Making a Top five list for your favourite movies is so hard....
so this is my top 7ish
7. Dawn of the dead (both 1978 and 2004)
Its not a surprise i start with a classic zombie mall saga. the reason i list both movies is because the 1978 original by the godfather of zombies George A Romero, epitomizes true zombie traits, you know the slow, sloppy, mindless dragging of their bodies, in aimlessness. Whereas the modern rendition by Zack Snyder, is quick paced and more so terrifying since it seems zombies have evolved in the decades of movie making. The first 20 minutes of the movie with Sarah Polley is some of the most terrifying zombie scenarios i could ever imagine. (So both are a tie since the old is gold and the new gives my nightmares).
6. Rob Zombies
House of 1000 corpses and... The Devils Rejects.
Another Tie, well only because you cant watch one without the other!! Today there are so many crappy horror movies being pumped out. Aside from Eli Roth, Rob Zombie is the only modern Horror Movie maker that i would give the time of day to. His movies are so thoughtfully made and the Characters are way larger then life. My favorite is Baby Firefly played by Zombie's real life wife Sheri Moon Zombie. Both movies are infinity fucked..... ok also rent his Halloween he manages to give that movie a fuked up face lift as well. Way betts then origy.
5. The Last House On the Left (1972)
Recently a shitty remake came out. Not surprising in the world of terror, all great classics need to be remade, or they are not the best! Originally when this movie was released by Wes Craven the MPAA had not actually rated it. He used another films rating (r) and pasted that into the film. Hilarious since the brutality and gore were decades before its time.
4. El Topo (1970)
Cult western and underground film, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed, dwarfed, circus freaks and heavy doses of Christian symbolism and eastern Philosophy, the film is about the eponymous character "a violent, black-clad gunfighter" and his quest for enlightenment. For many years the film could only be seen at midnight screenings, in art houses and via partially censored Japanese bootlegged videos until its official DVD release on May 1, 2007. Some of the craziest scenes. I recommend mushrooms with you EL TOPO
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Imagine as a child your family doctor telling you stories about how in med school he skinned a cadavers face off and wore it to a Halloween party. A story like that would kind of stay with you forever. Tobe Hopper is my kind of guy. He got the idea for the movie while trying to leave a very crowded Sears. He happened to be right beside a display of chainsaws and thought "this would get me out of here fast". The rest is beautiful cinematic history. Taking ideas from everyday life (like the fear of family dinners) and political ploys (days of Nixon, running out of gas, etc..) Hopper manages to transform these so called normalcy’s into the scariest fucking scenario in history.....
2. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Ruggero Deodato has arguably made one of the most shocking movies in all history. Originally thought to be snuff when first released in
Set deep in the Amazonian, a group of young documentary makers set out in search for the Cannibalistic tribes they have heard about. And eerie terror ensues. The movies really messed up on so many different levels. It’s no wonder why there were so many criminal investigations into how the movie was made. The movie was shot in the Amazon jungle and get this, they used actual cannibal tribes. Also they brought cadavers in for the tribes to eat on film… I’m not making this up. There are so many cinematic mysteries in this movie it will make your head spin. (note: this movie is only appropriate for die hard horror enthusiasts. Like don’t get this movie for date night, ever. This is a seriously horrific film…… that must be seen if you love that type of stuff)
1. Night Of the Living Dead (1968)
Godfather George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead brought '60s counter cultural values into the horror movie. Though it was not the first movie to do this, it was the only one whose potent social commentary still reverberates today. It established the foundation upon which modern horror is built and set the standards by which it is judged.
Night of the Living Dead takes the conventions of the horror genre and turns them on its head. Unlike other horror films, the heroine Barbara, is a catatonic wreck after her brother is murdered by one of the zombies during a visit to a local cemetery. The two middle class characters, Harry and Helen Cooper, represented the older generation, stuck in its ways and unable to cope with a changing society. The most progressive aspect of the film was the lead hero played by a black Duane Jones as Ben. What made him revolutionary as a black man is he was brave and resourceful where before that, they were portrayed as cowardly and inefficient in film.
This last social comment pushes Night of the Living Dead above the usual grind house fare of gore and blood. Night of the Living Dead spelled a dawning of new political and social realities that would overtake American values, sometimes ending in the deaths of those who fought and struggled for those new realities, but opening ways for changes that would redefine
that was so much fun
