It is not simply a horror film that is shocking not only to sudden noises or strong Gore to the audience - who may make, why so few mediocre films in the horror genre rise above. A film like Carrie has wonderful scenes, but the mood is ruined by the change of tone, as if they can not decide what kind of movie you want. Hellraiser has its share of frightening scenes, but the abundance of blood, it is difficult to control. And films such asPorter mind to suffer too absurd to create elaborate explanations for the supernatural. What I admire are movies that create a feeling of horror with more subtlety and art. During the following films are not all completely shocked "type, which deals with all themes of horror. In alphabetical order, here are my Top-13 takes you into the mind set of Halloween.
1st The Blair Witch Project - 1999, dir. DanielMyrick, Eduardo Sanchez. This modest, has low-budget film shows that you do not need to create eye-catching effects successfully create a climate of terror. The story is like a documentary about a real amateur shots found in a forest presented after three students disappeared while searching for a well known local legend as the Blair Witch. We have the characters, watch the pictures from their point of view in the viewfinder as they filmed, which attracts us and increases the peak cooling.
2.Carnival of Souls - 1962, dir. Herk Harvey. Then he took a job as organist of the church, is a woman haunted by a strange phenomenon. It takes an abandoned lakeside pavilion, from a chain of strange events. Harvey macabre masterpiece of low budget, which has the appropriate body to score a disturbing cult.
3rd Donnie Darko - 2001, dir. Richard Kelly. Time travel, a horrible little man in the dress and a rabbitProtagonist can not roll or in the form of mental illness mystery at the heart of the film cult science-fiction and horror rides, but is much more of both sexes. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Donnie Darko, a troubled teenager in the suburbs of Virginia, trying to make sense of seemingly unrelated worrying son and hallucinations. Everything is finally on the night before Halloween, when Donnie is forced to make a decision that his future and will change the face of hisPast.
4th The Exorcist - 1973, dir. William Friedkin. Even putting aside the hype, this remains one of the best horror movie at the time. Ellen Burstyn plays a mother who increasingly bizarre behavior is distracted daughter (played by Linda Blair). Reluctant to admit the possibility that their daughter is possessed by the devil finally agreed, however, call an exorcist. Minimalist music from Tubular Bells by MikeOldfield, which is built slowly and inevitably, what was not originally in the film for the horror in my head together, but only a few bars of the theme can raise the hairs on the back of the neck.
5th The Haunting (original version) - 1963, dir. Robert Wise. This is the original film version of Shirley Jackson's novel, a paranormal researcher and his three companions, who gather in an old house known for its terrible past. Claire Bloom plays the psychologicallyIn fragile slowly sinks badly under the influence of the house. Despite a few moments, Campy later than the time the film manages to maintain his power. Wise to understand that terrorism often what is not revealed.
6th The Nightmare Before Christmas - 1993, dir. Wrote Henry Selick (Tim Burton s). In this case, the action fantasy invention of the leaders of Halloween Town (as Jack Skellington, the "King of the Pumpkins' known) will help breathe new liferepetitive in the celebration of Halloween by kidnapping Santa Claus and their dark spin on Christmas Day to be imposed. The graphics are appealing, the music by Danny Elfman macabre provides the right balance between humor and horror in a good mood.
7th Onibaba - 1964, dir. Kaneto Shindo. This film is in black and white Japanese horror takes place during the 14th Century civil wars that rocked the country and led to mass extinctions. A woman and her daughter-in-lawsurvive through the sale of unruly warrior armor, the women for their deaths. Use the supernatural element is subtle, minimalist images as Pampa the wind, under a dark sky demon or Noh mask is masterful.
8 Others - 2001, dir. Alejandro Amenábar. Nicole Kidman plays a nervous woman, the English countryside with her two sons, photophobia, during World War II escapes to her husband againbefore. This variant of the classic theme of the Haunted House is done with the right touch of pathos and horror of the supernatural.
9th The Phantom of the Opera (Original Version) - 1925, dir. Rupert Julian. Lon Chaney appeared in the title role in this silent film about a mask, disfigured composer who haunts the Paris Opera and falls in love with one of the singers of the opera. It is famous for Chaney intentionally terrible, self-application of makeup. Later, built up, including theAndrew Lloyd Webber musical, are pretty lame compared with the power and the horror of the original.
10th Pitch Black - 2000, dir. David Twohy. It is the facade of a science fiction, but the story is really one of our initial concerns: the darkness. A cargo ship crashes on a desolate planet where only two keeping the planet in broad daylight, seemingly for all eternity. The survivors discover a mysterious deserted outpost and slowly realize that something terribleshould be issued, if the planet is dependent on the darkness of a total eclipse. Vin Diesel plays a man convicted of certain vision that they must learn to trust in order to survive the night. This film scared the pants for me.
11th Scary Movie 3-2003, dir. David Zucker. The kind of terror is ripe for a parody, and the third episode of Scary Movie flicks skewers not only the ring and the other, but from American Idol MichaelJackson. The scene after she makes me laugh so hard it hurts.
12th Shutter (original version) - 2004, dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom. A photographer and his girlfriend left accidentally on a young woman who appears out of nowhere on a dark road, so shamefully run. The dead woman begins to meddle in their lives, first appeared in photographs and are increasingly more physical presence. The last scene is a disturbing pictureThey still pursue long after the end of the film. Be sure to see the original Thai version, not the American remake.
13th The Silence of the Lambs - 1991, dir. Jonathan Demme. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, who in this thriller about an FBI agent, the assistance of a psychiatrist who seeks indicted for manslaughter for hunting a serial killer Stars. Instead of the supernatural, the reality is that this movie makes it scary, sparking fear of the real-life monsters of life in our community.
