Top Ten Films: Horror

Subject: 2010 Top Ten Film Project.
The Mission: Compile top ten films of all time in ten genre categories.

Category: Horror.
Comments: You know, for Valentine's Day;)

(work in progress)

The Strangers
thriller - Funny Games (the 2007 remake)
The Vanishing (1988, Netherlands title: Spoorloos)
Paranormal Activity
thriller - The Minus Man
thriller - American Psycho
Halloween (1978)
Suspiria

Honorable Mention:

Good Old Fashioned Scares
American Psycho
28 Days Later
Night of the Living Dead
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Land of the Dead
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Haunting (1963)
The Fog (1980)
The Grudge (2004)
The Ring
The Omen (1976)
Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed
The Mist
Cat People (1982)
Poltergeist
The Descent
House on a Haunted Hill (1959)
A Tale of Two Sisters
Jaws

Emotional / Psychological Torture
(most of these will be moved to Thriller)
Seven
Shallow Grave
Blood Simple
The Hitcher (1986)
Hard Candy
A Clockwork Orange
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Funny Games (remake)
Blue Velvet
The Shining
Cujo
The Crow
Let the Right One In
Audition
Sisters
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Play Misty for Me
Dressed to Kill (1980)
The Minus Man
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
The Strangers
Antichrist
Mr. Brooks
Manhunter
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Red Dragon
Hannibal Rising

"Um, would you mind sleeping over tonight?"
The Vanishing (1988 original)
The Blair Witch Project
Eraserhead
Repulsion
The Others
Don't Look Now
The 6th Sense
The Orphanage
The Devil's Backbone

Hip Scary
Scream
Scream 2
The Lost Boys
The Craft
Jennifer's Body
Night of the Comet

Scary for Kids
The Witches
The Worst Witch

Bonus Suggestion:
Twin Peaks TV show (watch one ep a day during all of October)

Top Ten Films: Romance

Subject:  2010 Top Ten Film Project.
The Mission: Compile top ten films of all time in ten genre categories.


Category:  Romance.
Comments:  For Valentine's Day.


(work in progress)


Leaving Las Vegas
Broadcast News
Brokeback Mountain
Sense and Sensibility
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Groundhog Day
Annie Hall
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Modern Romance
Jerry Maguire



Honorable Mention:
Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Bridget Jones' Diary
Manhattan

Films 2010

Seen in theaters since Christmas Eve:


Up in the Air x2
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
A Single Man
An Education
Avatar x2
Sherlock Holmes
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Leap Year

Agreeing to headline a film that combines the plot from ‘What About Bob’ with the mentally unbalanced lead from ‘Taxi Driver’ was a really bad idea, Sandy.

I think America is just about ready for a Mercury Rising remake with Jeremy Piven in the Baldwin role and Michael Cera as the autistic child.