Movies I Watched This Week:
23. The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
Spanish horror film by Guillermo del Toro [wrote & directed]
One of my favorite directors.
An orphanage is haunted by the ghost of a young boy seeking revenge.
This one was pretty spicy for all the blood.
46. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Philip Kaufman
Starring young Jeff Goldblum.
On HBOmax right now.
90. Les Diaboliques (1955) The Devils
French horror film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
A wife and mistress plan the murder of their lover.
Remade in 1996 starring boss babe Kathy Bates.
7. Carnival of Souls (1962)
Herk Harvey
A church organist starts having visions of demons after getting in a car accident.
On HBOmax right now.
52. M (1931)
German horror film by Fritz Lang.
The mob goes after a child murderer because he’s drawing too much attention from the police.
On HBOmax right now.
76. The Blob (1988)
Chuck Russell, starring Steve McQueen.
My husband’s take was that it was boring. It is definitely slower-paced, and even the blob moves pretty slowly.
Total: 45/100
Top of My List:
87. Dead Alive (1992)
Peter Jackson
A horror comedy, another one of my favorite combinations.
Also, the only kind of horror movies my husband or bestie will watch with me.
18. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Roger Corman
Starring Vincent Price
1. The Howling (1981)
Joe Dante
3. House of Usher (1960)
Roger Corman
Vincent Price
31. The Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg
Starring Jeff Goldblum.
55. House of Wax (1953)
Andre De Toth
Starring Vincent Price.
61. Misery (1990)
Rob Reiner
Based on the book by Stephen King.
Starring Kathy Bates.
One of my all-time favorite actors. A lot of people said this role was the reason that she was cast in American Horror Story.
11. Black Sunday (1960)
Mario Bava
30. Village of the Damned (1995)
John Carpenter
Based on, “The Midwich Cuckoos.”
32. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Wes Craven [wrote & directed]
Another one of my bestie’s favorite movies.
Foreign Horror Films:
45. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
French horror film directed by Georges Franju.
72. Kwaidan (1964)
Masaki Kobayashi
77. Freaks (1932)
Tod Browning
This movie stars actual “circus/sideshow freaks” who were performing during that period.
Inspiration for the AHS season Freak Show.
89. Onibaba (1964)
Kaneto Shindo [wrote & directed]
91. Wolf Creek (2005)
Australian horror film directed by Greg McLean.
95. The Descent (2005)
British horror film directed by Neil Marshall.
96. Suspiria (1977)
Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento.
It was remade in 2018 by Luca Guadagnino for Amazon studios.
Zombie Films:
4. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
George A. Romero
9. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
George A. Romero [wrote & directed]
16. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Jacques Tourneur
Written by Inez Wallace.
48. Evil Dead II (1987)
Sam Raimi [wrote & directed]
53. Zombi 2
This one I had a really hard time finding any info on.
70. The Plague of Zombies (1966)
John Gilling
98. 28 Days Later (2002)
British horror film directed by Danny Boyle.
This one is on HBOmax right now.
Creature Features:
25. Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Roger Corman
28. Cat People (1942)
Jacques Tourneur
Remade in 1982, by Paul Schrader.
51. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Jack Arnold
54. The Wolf Man (1941)
Remade in 2010, by Joe Johnson starring Anthony Hopkins.
56. The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter
73. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Terence Fisher
I’m almost positive that I have this in a DVD box set I borrowed from my mom last Halloween.
All of the Rest:
6. The Innocents (1961)
Jack Clayton
Based on, “The Turn of the Screw”
8. The Invisible Man (1933)
James Whale
Based on the writings of H.G. Wells.
12. The Uninvited (1944)
Lewis Allen
Based on, “Uneasy Freehold.”
17. Teeth (2007)
Mitchell Lichtenstein [wrote & directed]
20. Them! (1954)
Gordon Douglas
22. Let the Right One In (2008)
Tomas Alfredson
24. The Mist (2007)
Frank Darabont [wrote & directed]
Based on Stephen King
36. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Jee-woon Kim [wrote & directed]
37. Irreversible (2002)
Gaspar Noe [wrote & directed]
39. Shivers (1975)
David Cronenberg [wrote & directed]
43. The Last House on the Left (1972)
Wes Craven [wrote & directed]
47. 30 Days of Night (2007)
David Slade
50. Martyrs (2008)
Pascal Laugier [wrote & directed]
58. Not of this Earth (1988)
Jim Wynorski [wrote & directed]
59. The Wicker Man (1973)
Robin Hardy
Based on, “Ritual” by David Pinner.
62. The Vanishing (1993)
George Sluizer
64. The Signal (2007)
David Bruckner, Dan Bush & Jacob Gentry
66. Peeping Tom (1960)
Michael Powell
67. High Tension (2003)
Alexandre Aja (D&W)
69. Audition (1999)
Takashi Miike
74. Dead Ringers (1988)
David Cronenberg [wrote & directed]
75. The Eye (2008)
David Moreau & Xavier Palud
83. Dead of Night (1945, 1977)
86. Hellraiser (1987)
Clive Barker [wrote & directed]
Dishonorable Mention
78. Repulsion (1965)
Roman Polanski
[I will not be watching this one… There is a lot of really distressing sexual content in it, and that combined with Polanski’s reputation is gonna be a hard pass for me]
It sounds very Clockwork Orange, but with a sister dynamic and VERY heavy and persistent rape themes throughout.