Saturday
31Oct2009
Martin Scorsese's List of the Scariest Movies Ever
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 5:23PM
Even though movie lists are opinions (and we know what opinions are like), there's usually a kernel of
universality to them. For example, any knowledgeable list about the greatest movies ever made would almost certainly include The
Godfather, and if you're counting war movies, it's hard to see Saving Private Ryan being omitted. We just covered a list
about animated films, and not surprisingly, about half the titles would be on any respected collection. But what's interesting about most lists is in the exceptions.
2 - Isle of The Dead (1945)
3 - The Uninvited (1944)
4 - The Entity (1981)
5 - Dead of Night (1945)
6 - The Changeling (1980)
7 - The Shining (1980)
8 - The Exorcist (1973)
9 - Night of The Demon (1957)
10- The Innocents (1961)
11- Psycho (1960) It makes me wonder, though, how much Marty's psychological thriller Shutter Island will borrow from some of these films, particularly the older ones that seem to dominate his list.
2 - Isle of The Dead (1945)
3 - The Uninvited (1944)
4 - The Entity (1981)
5 - Dead of Night (1945)
6 - The Changeling (1980)
7 - The Shining (1980)
8 - The Exorcist (1973)
9 - Night of The Demon (1957)
10- The Innocents (1961)
11- Psycho (1960) It makes me wonder, though, how much Marty's psychological thriller Shutter Island will borrow from some of these films, particularly the older ones that seem to dominate his list.
Reader Comments (2)
Strange not to see Rosemary's Baby, The Omen, or Dawn of the Dead (or even Night of the Living Dead) on a list of older horror films.
Yesterday night i watched "The Thing" [1982]. Beyond doubt one of the best horror films ever made