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Jeremy's top scary movies to watch this Halloween
Jeremy Carmona
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Entertainment
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10/31/07 - Keeping in theme with Halloween, let's talk about what scares us, especially cinematically. Thinking about what scares us makes us cringe at the thought that something so haunting could become a reality.
The thought of walking to your car alone late at night and hearing startling noises in the distance- and then having them creep up behind you- is not just a fear but something that could actually happen.
How about waking up in the middle of the night to see a figure standing in the corner, gazing at you and ready to make a move?
When I see horror movies, I enjoy getting scared. Movies that are based on monsters or creatures from outer space (think Killer Tomatoes) don't have an effect on me because I always keep in mind that none of that could ever happen in real life- but when a horror movie can keep you wrapped in the storyline and make you actually believe that what's on the screen is real, then the movie is a success.
The following is a list of the movies that scare me at the moment. As a side note, these movies scare me and may not scare you, so don't laugh or ridicule me.
1. The Shining
The first movie on the list is The Shining. In short: a family rents a hotel, the hotel is haunted, the husband goes crazy, husband tries to kill family and then... this is the part where you would rent the movie. The reasoning for its terrifying effect on me is because there is a part where the son is riding his tricycle down the halls of the hotel and encounters a pair of twin girls. They begin to chant "REDRUM," which, when spelled backwards, is murder.
2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is definitely not a fun movie to watch alone. Maybe the fact that it's based loosely on a true story might have something to do with it. Knowing that somewhere in the world there's a family that runs everything in a small town and has a relative that wears the skin of humans isn't easy to cope with.
The thought of walking to your car alone late at night and hearing startling noises in the distance- and then having them creep up behind you- is not just a fear but something that could actually happen.
How about waking up in the middle of the night to see a figure standing in the corner, gazing at you and ready to make a move?
When I see horror movies, I enjoy getting scared. Movies that are based on monsters or creatures from outer space (think Killer Tomatoes) don't have an effect on me because I always keep in mind that none of that could ever happen in real life- but when a horror movie can keep you wrapped in the storyline and make you actually believe that what's on the screen is real, then the movie is a success.
The following is a list of the movies that scare me at the moment. As a side note, these movies scare me and may not scare you, so don't laugh or ridicule me.
1. The Shining
The first movie on the list is The Shining. In short: a family rents a hotel, the hotel is haunted, the husband goes crazy, husband tries to kill family and then... this is the part where you would rent the movie. The reasoning for its terrifying effect on me is because there is a part where the son is riding his tricycle down the halls of the hotel and encounters a pair of twin girls. They begin to chant "REDRUM," which, when spelled backwards, is murder.
2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is definitely not a fun movie to watch alone. Maybe the fact that it's based loosely on a true story might have something to do with it. Knowing that somewhere in the world there's a family that runs everything in a small town and has a relative that wears the skin of humans isn't easy to cope with.
