We always love horror and thriller movies, my friend Ram and I. We make some ‘scary’ arrangements for watching those movies on laptop like closing the window with thick and dark blanket, switching off all the lights, increasing the treble and bass so that the sounds pierce through our ear drums to the heart. We always loved them!
For me, the character which horrifies me or thrills is the protagonist – the hero of the movie. I always love to see this character not dead at the end. I wanted to see that character to live always. I hate the movies which kills that character at the end. Many times I returned home from theatre scolding the story writer for killing that character. The feel you get is different when the ‘evil’ still ‘alive’ at the end. This character ‘haunts’ you! If the character could manage to ‘haunt’ me, that is my favorite movie.:)
Okay… these are apart. Ram sent me a list of best horror movies. Of course, it has some best entries along with the worst entries. They all got “Saturn Award for Best Horror Film” The worst part is… Sweeny Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street could make an entry into that. While watching that movie… I was impressed for the very first scene visuals – approaching the London Bridge while the boy was singing, “No place like London.” The rest of the movie goes fine – too good visuals. But the cutting throats and the much bleeding – in fact oozing blood did not horrify me but gave a wrong impression. That is not horror! Even though, I did not like the movie, Ram liked it, because he watched it in theatre. I watched it on my laptop. :) That makes the difference.
Here is that list sent by Ram. (In red are my favorites, In blue are the worst (means not haunting. 
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1972 Blacula
1973 The Exorcist
1974/75 Young Frankenstein
1976 Burnt Offerings
1977 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1978 The Wicker Man
1979 Dracula
1980 The Howling
1981 An American Werewolf in London
1982 Poltergeist
1983 The Dead Zone
1984 Gremlins
1985 Fright Night
1986 The Fly
1987 The Lost Boys
1988 Beetlejuice
1989/90 Arachnophobia
1991 The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Bram Stoker’s Dracula
1993 Army of Darkness
1994 Interview with the Vampire
1995 From Dusk till Dawn
1996 Scream
1997 The Devil’s Advocate
1998 Apt Pupil
1999 The Sixth Sense
2000 Final Destination
2001 The Others
2002 The Ring
2003 28 Days Later
2004 Shaun of the Dead
2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2006 The Descent
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
How many movies haunted you?
