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Top 25 Horror MoviesThis list of the best horror films of all time was compiled by aggregating multiple best-of lists (see resources at bottom of page) along with films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database. 1. Halloween (1978) 2. The Exorcist (1973) 3. The Shining (1980) 4. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 5. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
6. Psycho (1960)
11. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
16. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
21. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Resources:
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| The ShiningReleased: May 23, 1980 Studio: Warner Bros. Genre: horror Box Office (numbers in millions):Domestic: 44.02 Worldwide: ? Adjusted for Inflation:Domestic: ? Worldwide: 119.29 |
Directing: Stanley Kubrick Screenwriting: Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers Review:The Shining is an “intense, epic, gothic, haunted house horror film masterpiece.” FS It is often called “the scariest horror movie ever made.” E18 It’s also “the least suitable movie to watch on Father’s Day ever” E18 unless you think “chasing after your wife and kid with an axe constitutes good fathering.” E18 “The film has beautiful, stylish work that distances itself from the blood-letting and gore of most modern films in the horror genre.” FS Kubrick “created lush images within the ornate interior of the main set” FS making “it warm, well-lit, and devoid of threat.” T95 He added “a disturbing synthesized soundtrack…., used a Steadicam in groundbreaking fashion…and built an unforgettable, mounting sensation of frustration, rage, terror, ghosts, and the paranormal.” FS The movie stars “a wonderfully deranged Jack Nicholson” E18 as frustrated writer Jack Torrance. He, his wife Wendy (Duvall), and son Danny (Lloyd) “are the snowbound caretakers of an enormous resort.” A07 They “become affected by a ‘psychic photograph’ of a bloody series of historic murders committed” FS at the Overlook hotel. “Cabin-fever and telepathy collide, as frustrated writer Nicholson goes completely insane.” A07 The film bears little resemblance to its source material – Stephen King’s best-selling third novel from 1977. The title “refers to the extra-sensory, paranormal psychic abilities possessed by the Overlook’s head cook Halloran (Crothers) and Danny.” FS Kubrick and co-screenwriter Diane Johnson “moved from the conventions of traditional horror film thrillers, displacing them with his own, much more subtle, rich, symbolic motifs.” FS Sources:
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