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.
View Larger Map

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.