Last Updated on July 27, 2021
Ask the average genre fan what their favorite horror movies are and you’re going to get an answer from a pretty set cannon most times – HALLOWEEN, PSYCHO, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE EXORCIST, etc. All these films and their esteemed bretheren have become so ingrained in genre consciousness that you find about as many surprises as on the reading list for an English Lit course. That’s to say not many.
But there are other genre films to see and treasure out there. Some because they are truly great, some because they simply do a familiar thing greatly, but all worth remembering when someone comes to you for your expert opinion.
And don’t be shy, Spit Bullets on your fav’s below!
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I don’t care if I get killed for this pick, because it is a hella fun flick. It’s dark, brutal, unrelenting, well-paced and well shot. Plus it features Paris Hilton, the main reason many hate it, getting a death that almost eclipses Taye Diggs’ loss of face in Equilibrium for pure awesomeness. Keep it to yourself if you must, but this sweet baby gives it up gooooooood!
Out of the gate I have to give you that Ashton Kutcher is a distraction in this movie. Even if he hadn’t been the coverboy of the year for knocking boots with a famous MILF, his performance is relatively weak in an otherwise strong and intriguing flick. The whole thing still would have worked though, if the studio hadn’t forced a pussified ending on theater goers. Instead of that crap feel good ending with him scoping happy Amy Smart they should have stayed with the in utero strangulation. Dark? Yes. Bleak? Maybe. The perfect ending? Hell yeah!
Put a hot chick in tiny outfits and have her run around kicking undead ass. What more do you want? Fan of the original game and didn’t like the adaptation? Tough f*cking luck. It’s an adaptation, and a damn fine one at that. Plus it features an unexpected cooter slip that has probably worn out more DVD’s than Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl slip has broken TiVo’s. Screw the 2nd film, but I’ll sit down with the original any day.
Guy buys doll. Guy meets girl. Guy tries to turn girl into doll. Y’know, the usual. What I love about this entry on the list is that it doesn’t really play like a genre film. It has the feel of some awkward romantic comedy, but then descends into horror and does so hard core. The shift in tone and unexpected nastiness at the end pack a Mike Tyson like bite because it’s all so damn incongruous.
Talk about a flick that has it all and does it well. This gives us a fun slasher that still establishes characters we like, dialogue that is well above the norm, and an ending that is a legitimate surprise. Sure the day of the unexpected twist ending is past, but in its day this was one unique picture that truly caught most people off guard. Why it doesn’t generate more verbal affection is a puzzle to me.
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