Tuesday 28 December 2010

101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die


So last Christmas my wife bought me a book called 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die. As a big horror buff I had watched many of the films on the list but I was annoyed that I had been missing out on many classics. I set myself the challenge of watching all 101 films by the end of the year. Not that I have any plans on dying soon or anything but more to see if I could. After an amazing start to the year, I was soon well on the way to completing my goal extremely early. Sadly I soon stopped watching films from the list at the pace I started. And before I knew it, it was December and I had fourteen films left to watch. But with some late nights and my wife kicking my ass and making me watch a film from the list rather than playing on the PS3 or flicking through the Sky channels to find something to watch. I’m pleased to announce that on 27/12/10 I completed my list and have now watched all 101 horror films. I have enjoyed some great films that I wished I had watched years ago. The Golem, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Old Dark House, Black Sunday, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Nosferatu the Vampyre, The Hunger and A Tale of Two Sisters. These are some amazing horror films. Sadly like all good lists I had to sit through some real turkeys. Diabolique, Cat People, The Innocents, Peeping Tom, Repulsion, Hour of the Wolf, Blacula and The Others. Considered as classics? You must be joking. I am very pleased I have completed my challenge. Now I’m going to have to find another list of films to do in 2011
1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
2. The Golem (1920)
3. Häxan (1922)
4. Nosferatu (1922)
5. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
6. Dracula (1931)
7. M (1931)
8. Frankenstein (1931)
9. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
10. Vampyr (1932)
11. Freaks (1932)
12. White Zombie (1932)
13. The Old Dark House (1932)
14. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
15. King Kong (1933)
16. The Black Cat (1934)
17. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
18. The Wolf Man (1941)
19. Cat People (1942)
20. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
21. Diabolique (1955)
22. The Bad Seed (1956)
23. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
24. The Horror of Dracula (1958)
25. The Tingler (1959)
26. Eyes Without a Face (1959)
27. Peeping Tom (1960)
28. Black Sunday (1960)
29. Psycho (1960)
30. The Innocents (1961)
31. Carnival of Souls (1962)
32. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
33. The Haunting (1963)
34. The Birds (1963)
35. Onibaba (1964)
36. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
37. Repulsion (1965)
38. Viy (1967)
39. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
40. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
41. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
42. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
43. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
44. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
45. Daughters of Darkness (1971)
46. Blacula (1972)
47. The Last House on the Left (1972)
48. The Exorcist (1973)
49. The Wicker Man (1973)
50. Don't Look Now (1973)
51. Deathdream (1974)
52. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
53. Deep Red (1975)
54. Jaws (1975)
55. The Omen (1976)
56. Carrie (1976)
57. Eraserhead (1977)
58. Suspiria (1977)
59. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
60. Halloween (1978)
61. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
62. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
63. Phantasm (1979)
64. The Brood (1979)
65. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
66. Dressed to Kill (1980)
67. Friday the 13th (1980)
68. The Shining (1980)
69. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
70. The Howling (1981)
71. The Beyond (1981)
72. Poltergeist (1982)
73. The Hunger (1983)
74. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
75. Re-Animator (1985)
76. The Fly (1986)
77. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
78. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
79. Hellraiser (1987)
80. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
81. The Vanishing (1988)
82. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
83. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
84. Man Bites Dog (1991)
85. Candyman (1992)
86. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
87. Cemetery Man (1994)
88. Scream (1996)
89. Ringu (1998)
90. Audition (1999)
91. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
92. The Sixth Sense (1999)
93. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
94. The Others (2001)
95. 28 Days Later (2002)
96. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
97. High Tension (2003)
98. Ju-on (2003)
99. Saw (2004)
100. The Descent (2005)
101. The Orphanage (2007)

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