Jun '23
They said "Humanity as we know it is ending. You've been charged with saving 5 HORROR MOVIES from extinction. Let's hear your picks horror fans"
I'm not even 100% sure what they are asking here. I assume it's more than just "What are your 5 favorites?". I figure it's more along the lines of which 5 horror movies are worth saving the most? Which 5 could offer the proper inspiration to potential filmmakers way later after/if things get back to normal? Or at least the inspiration that you yourself would prefer so that the genre could, one day, be rebuilt into something decent. In that case, I guess your own personal taste should play a role in your answer. So, yeah. Which 5 would you want to be looked back on by future generations as the ones that RE-started it all?
It took a while to settle on 5, but I went with these...
House Of Dark Shadows (1970)
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
A Nightmare On Elm Steeet (1984)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Yeah, I think those should do it. I'm not the biggest Elm Street fan in the world but it's probably for the best that it's not lost forever. There was a few newer ones I wanted to go with, but figured I should keep it within the heyday of Horror where most of the modern inspiration comes from. I also wanted to pick something a little classier like Burnt Offerings, but for some reason, I went with Texas Chainsaw Massacre instead. It's hard as there are so many eras and masterpieces from various countries.
I'm not even 100% sure what they are asking here. I assume it's more than just "What are your 5 favorites?". I figure it's more along the lines of which 5 horror movies are worth saving the most? Which 5 could offer the proper inspiration to potential filmmakers way later after/if things get back to normal? Or at least the inspiration that you yourself would prefer so that the genre could, one day, be rebuilt into something decent. In that case, I guess your own personal taste should play a role in your answer. So, yeah. Which 5 would you want to be looked back on by future generations as the ones that RE-started it all?
It took a while to settle on 5, but I went with these...
House Of Dark Shadows (1970)
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
A Nightmare On Elm Steeet (1984)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Yeah, I think those should do it. I'm not the biggest Elm Street fan in the world but it's probably for the best that it's not lost forever. There was a few newer ones I wanted to go with, but figured I should keep it within the heyday of Horror where most of the modern inspiration comes from. I also wanted to pick something a little classier like Burnt Offerings, but for some reason, I went with Texas Chainsaw Massacre instead. It's hard as there are so many eras and masterpieces from various countries.
Targets (1968) <- Ties the old with realism
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) <- Brough grime and exploitation/shock to the cinema screen
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) <- found footage protege
Tetsuo (1989) <- techno and the strange finest moment done on a shoestring budget
The Descent (2005) <- creature feature at its finest, which is always a mainstay of horror but with a huge dose of psychological horror thrown in, pity marshall never kicked on
though for me personally for childhood reasons
The Omen <- the film that got me hooked, watching that alone at night, on our farm with the wind and rain, afterwards I had to walk down the long corridoor to bed
The Evil Dead <- VHS with my mates, one of the films I saw so many times
The Blood on satans claw <- Not sure how many times I watched this as a kid, for some reason they often played it late at night, but loved it, the atmosphere, and the chicks were hot to boot
The Thing <- entertainment does not get any better than this
Mothers Day <- my gateway into trash, film still holds up great today
Shout out to grizzly, first horor I saw, back in the cinema when they had no probs letting a 6 yr old in to watch a R18, film doesnt hold up today though