GAZE IN TERROR! At the horror podcast host betraying his ignorance of some of these movies!
COWER IN EMBARASSMENT! As he realises an Amazon wishlist could have sorted some of this out!
MURMUR APPRECIATIVELY! As he subverts traditional '50s b-movie trailers for a cheap comedic pop!
Hopefully at any rate:)
1. Let the Right One In
Vampires are so hot right now. This carefully controlled vampire tale manages to be quietly terrifying and oddly sweet. Not seen it, desperately want to. I'm currently looking at the spine of a friend's copy (As opposed to a friend's spine) so that will be remedied shortly.
2. Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi is back! That probably should be enough of a reason why Drag Me to Hell is number 2, but it doesn't hurt that no one does creepy-campy-funny-actually-scary better, and it's almost strong enough to forget about the horrors of Spiderman 3. MASSIVE fun. Loved this to pieces, especially the world's most evil goat.
3. Splinter
A really fun, really gross monster (not-technically, it's more like a parasite/bloodsucking/icky thing) movie set in a gas station and starring Paulo Costanzo. Maybe my tastes are a little bit retro, but give me a gross-out gore flick with lots of exploding blood and guts over the horrifying torture-porn of movies like Saw any day. This looked marvellous and I don't think ever played over here. Will have to seek it out.
4. Martyrs
French. Incredibly disturbing. An Amazon customer said it best "Brilliantly made, hard to watch". I think it's worth it. Again, I'm interested, but not had the chance to track it down.
5. Night of the Creeps [Blu-ray]
One of the greatest, most underrated campy sci-fi horror films of the '80's gets the treatment it deserves for repeated home viewings.
6. Trick 'r Treat
Finally released after being shelved for who knows what reason, just in time for Halloween - this movie has cult hit written all over it. I saw this at the supermarket of all places for a fiver. If they've still got it on Sunday, it shall be mine:)
7. True Blood: The Complete First Season
See Number 1. Scary enough to satisfy, sexy enough to make you happy it's on HBO. Northern Exposure with added sex, violence, vampires and swearing. What's not to like?
8. Audition: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]
Japanese horror master Takashi Miike made Audition back in 1999 - it was and still is the scariest movie I've ever seen. Reliving the amazingly disturbing climactic scene in new 1080P high-def is something I'm equally dreading and can't wait to experience. Sweet JESUS this is a disturbing movie. I find Miike's stuff hard going, as much due to the hype surrounding it as the violence, but this is a masterpiece. An awful, nasty, saw toothed masterpiece.
9. Grace
It's sick, it's wrong, but I love a good zombie baby. There are no laughs in Grace, the tone is unsettling from start to finish, but it's an interesting idea executed really well.#
This and
Rover are top of my zombie movie list as of now.
10. Repulsion - Criterion Collection [Blu-ray]
Well, it's Roman Polanski. So there's that. But very few films have ever come close to achieving this level of skin-crawling terror - it's gorgeous to watch on Blu-ray. Know nothing about this, will put it on the list.