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4. Poltergeist

I just realized that I happened to skip number 4!

Number 4 on our list is Poltergeist. If The Ring didn't make you afraid of the static on the TV then this movie will. Lost ghosts and a demon take over the home of the Freeling family. They know their fears and use them to their advantage, eventually sucking the littlest into the bedroom closet. Super Creepy stuff here, people!

"They're here."

Little Bit of Horror On the Home Front

I just happened to be looking up some haunted places in Kansas when I came by a story in Emporia. The story goes that a minister and his mistress decide to drug his wife and send her and her car flying off a bridge, known as Bird Bridge. It is said that you can see the apparition of a woman walking down to the shore and you can hear screams. What really caught my attention was that this story was made into a movie in 1987. Even though it's not a scary movie and doesn't have anything to do with the apparitions, I still thought it was a pretty cool little fact. It was even filmed in Emporia.
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1. The Thing

Last but certainly not least, number 1, The Thing. What's more worse than living in Antarctica and studying science? How about being killed off, one-by-one, by a shapeshifting alien that takes the form of your  colleagues after it kills them? Yea, I think that's pretty scary too.
















This was, by far, my favorite scene. Runaway alien head!

2. Jaws

Number 2, Jaws, is the one reason why I can't swim in open ocean...ever. It's graphics may be pretty bad but its central theme is scary as all get out. Sharks are just scary in general, but a gigantic one that breaks apart a boats and eats people is about a trillion times as scary.

"We're gonna need a bigger boat."

3. The Exorcist

Another one of my favorite movies of all time! Number 3, The Exorcist. Any exorcism movie really gets me freaked out. That supernatural stuff is really creepy because you can't see it! It's all psychological scare factor. This movie, however, likes to show everything. And when I say everything, I mean everything. If you haven't seen it before, be prepared for some wild and very "adult" scenes. This is the famous "spider walk" scene.

5. Ju-on

My favorite movie of all time and number 5 on the list is the Japanese horror movie, Ju-on. This film is most commonly known in the US by it's remake, The Grudge. I don't know what it is about this film, whether it's the creepy cat noises the kid makes or just that fact that everyone in this movie looks creepy as heck, but I always get freaked out by it every time I watch it. Even watching the trailer gives me the chills.

6. Night of the Living Dead

Number 6 is Night of the Living Dead. It may be in grainy black and white but its still a really good movie. It's one of the first zombie films to be made and back in 1968, the gore was horrific and frightening. Today, it's just kinda cool.

"If it doesn't scare you, you're already dead."

7. Halloween

Number 7 is the classic film Halloween.

8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Aaaaand number 8 on the list is: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This was probably one of my favorite movies to watch on this list. I had already seen the 2003 remake so watching the original one from 1974 was very different. The remake definitely had better graphics and acting but I would have to say I like the original better. There was just something about it that made it more suspenseful. This is definitely a classic cult film that everybody should watch. It'll make you never want to drive to rural Texas.

9. Alien

"In space no one can hear you scream."

Number 9 is Alien, a sci-fi horror film that mixes aliens, action, and a cat. I'm not a big fan of sci-fi movies. I don't know why; I just could never stay hooked so watching this film got pretty boring for me. However, it did contain some pretty cool action scenes and the deaths, although filled with gore, were kind of awesome.

10. The Ring

The first movie I watched was number 10 on the list: The Ring. I had seen this film before when I was younger but as I watched it the second time, I noticed things that my untrained eyes didn't catch the first time. Basically, this movie is a remake of a very popular movie in Japan. It's about a video that is cursed. If you watch the video all the way through, you get a phone call. Then you die in seven days; pretty basic concept. The movie definitely wasn't that scary the second time, especially since I'm way older now, but I would still recommend it to any horror film newbies.

New Plan!!!

Hey guys! I've been thinking about this a lot and I have decided to change up how I'm going to be doing this blog. Instead of watching recent movies that are currently in theatres, I'm going to go through a list of the top 10 scariest horror movies. I found a list on Boston.com and I really like the movies they have listed. They seem like really interesting films and I actually haven't seen a lot of them. The list consists of:
10. The Ring (2002)
9. Alien (1979)
8. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
7. Halloween (1978)
6. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
5. Ju-on (2002)
4. Poltergeist (1982)
3. The Exorcist (1973)
2. Jaws (1975)
1. The Thing (1982)

I'm really excited to start with this project! I'm going to start with number 10 and have a post up hopefully by this weekend.

Introduction!

Hey Ya'll!
My name is Audri and my biggest love/passion/obsession is movies, especially horror movies. I can't get enough of them! I could sit down with my Netflix and watch hours upon hours of scary movies. Everytime a new one comes out in theatres, I round up a bunch of friends and insist on watching it with them. Most....actually all of my friends HATE scary movies and always get freaked out when watching them. However, I don't get scared really easily. A horror film has to be very scary to actually get a real scream out of me. Now don't get me wrong, I do get scared during some movies, mostly the ones when things jump out of nowhere at you (I mean, who doesn't), but if a movie has that true creepy, I-need-to-sleep-with-the-lights-on-for-a-week-or-two factor to it, it's on my favorites list for sure.
For this blog I'll mainly be reviewing recent scary movies, maybe some older classics even. I'm going to try and get other opinions on the movies as well. Since I don't get scared very easily, I'd like to know what "normal" people think. I think I'm also going to try and do a "Scare Factor" scale, rating movies on a scale of which ones are the scariest and which ones aren't. I'm also a Film/Video major so don't get freaked out when I start commenting on camera angles, lighting, blocking, ect. (this is very likely to happen).
Hopefully, people will like this blog and will take as much interest in horror films as I have.
P.S. I LOVE when someone suggests a movie for me to watch (I almost always go straight to my computer and start watching it) so if you have a favorite scary movie or any suggestions (whether they are good or bad) let me know!