Title: Time's 25 GREATEST HORROR FILMS
Description: Uh, you won't believe what made the list
William S. Wilson - October 30, 2007 07:42 PM (GMT)
Richard Corliss put together a list of the 25 GREATEST HORROR FILMS.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/art...1676808,00.htmlSomehow the first film on the list is SHAUN OF THE DEAD. To be fair, they are actually going from most recent to oldest so it isn't no. 1. But SHAUN OF THE DEAD? Come on! But the film right after it will really have you scratching your head (at least it is a horror film). And you have to love the film nerdom for the last pick.
The entire list if you don't feel like click through it:
-SHAUN OF THE DEAD
-RED DRAGON
-AUDITION
-BRAINDEAD
-MEN BEHIND THE SUN
-THE FLY (1986)
-ALIEN
-HALLOWEEN (1978) - with a still from HALLOWEEN 5
-CARRIE
-JAWS
-THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
-THE EXORCIST
-NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
-BLOOD FEAST
-BLACK SUNDAY
-PSYCHO (1960)
-PEEPING TOM
-INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
-DIABOLIQUE
-BAMBI
-FREAKS
-FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
-THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
-NOSFERATU (1922)
-ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN (1896)
Bob Gutowski - October 30, 2007 08:25 PM (GMT)
BAMBI???
Isn't that Corliss a cutie? And including that silent short, ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN? So clever.
This list is worth less than the price of the paper it was printed upon, I'd say.
Jeff Dolniak - October 30, 2007 08:27 PM (GMT)
I really enjoyed Shaun of the Dead but it has no place on there IMO.
Another interesting choice,MEN BEHIND THE SUN. I would have never thought that would get a mention on the pages of TIME.
Craig Blamer - October 30, 2007 11:07 PM (GMT)
What's funny is that the inclusion of even Bambi makes more sense than Red Dragon... as they say, WTF? Is he implying that it's a better film than Silence of the Lambs?
That'd be the first time I've heard that opinion...
William D'Annucci - October 30, 2007 11:32 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
| To me, though, The Silence of the Lambs was to me a competent but pallid version of Thomas Harris' soul-chilling novel. |
To me, this is downright awful writing to me. Who has the job of editing Corliss over there? The water cooler?
Jennifer Young - October 30, 2007 11:36 PM (GMT)
To me, William, you are making me laugh to me.
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - October 31, 2007 12:06 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Jennifer Young @ Oct 30 2007, 07:36 PM) |
| To me, William, you are making me laugh to me. |
That *was* kinda awesome! :lol:
Bob Cashill - October 31, 2007 01:35 AM (GMT)
Corliss has an HK jones, explaining MEN. I would've gone with the unabashedly sleazy guignol of, say, EBOLA SYNDROME myself.
The rest is largely same old same old, RED DRAGON a way (a foolish way) to stand out from the pack as Time.com probably obliges him to turn out this assignment year after year. I remember when he was Time's brash young Turk, oh, 25 or so years ago; now he and the deathless Richard Schickel probably share the same pacemaker. :)