Last night I had the idea to make this list. I haven't made many lists on my blog, and most of those are just "My favourite movies" and "My favourite TV shows", and frankly those are tiring. They are boring for you and they are boring for me. So I'm making my first themed list, and since it's 31st of October, that theme is horror and thriller.
I've read through my blog and gathered 11 movies that I thought I could re-introduce on this list. I've wrote about these before, sometimes even twice. Not all of these are very new to you, but you might have forgotten about few. And of course there are some classics we should remember to watch.
Attack The Block (2011), dir. Joe Cornish
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
A teen gang has to defend themselves from an alien invasion. I watched this movie with my friend once and we thought it would be some kind of B-movie, but it was way scarier than we thought. This film is absolutely astonishing visually, the writing is clever, cast is brilliant and it will keep you on the edge of your seat. There are few quite obvious jump scares, but this movie was still amazing.
9 / 10
Battle Royale (2000), dir. Kinji Fukasaku
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
In Battle Royale, a class of students is forced to fight and kill each other. Now Battle Royale isn't exactly scary, but it's still a thriller, and a damn clever one. This one is a cult classic, so if you're not into horror, but you like violent cult movies, this is the movie for you.
9 / 10
Death Proof (2007), dir. Quentin Tarantino
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
Two different groups of women are being stalked by an ex-stuntman with a death proof car. I wish I'd watched Planet Terror by now, so I could throw them both on the list, but no. Anyway, Death Proof is a homage to this kind of exploitation movies. Again, not scary, but amazing and thrilling. A cult movie everyone should see, and definitely worth a watch. Hey, it has to be good, if I usually hate car chases and car related movies of all sorts yet I love this.
9 / 10
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), dir. Robert Rodriguez
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
Two criminals end up in a bar populated by vampires. This is a B-movie, and it's absolutely ridiculous, I love that. The dialogue is clever, since it's written by Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez is a marvellous director. If any other people were behind this movie, it would be a disaster. Well, it's kind of a disaster now, but in a fun way.
7 / 10
Hostel (2005), dir. Eli Roth
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
Three backpackers end up in a hostel in eastern Europe without knowing what kind of hell awaits them. Hostel is full on torture porn. It's not exactly scary, but it's super disgusting and full of gore. So if you're into that, Hostel is your movie. Obviously this goes for Hostel Part II as well, I just didn't want to have two Hostel movies on the same list. But don't watch the third one. Everything is wrong with that one.
9 / 10
Jennifer's Body (2009), dir. Karyn Kusama
Scary (a little bit) / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
A high school teenager turns into a succubus who preys on her male classmates. Jennifer's Body is written by Diablo Cody, who is amazing writer. Again, this movie is ridiculous in a way, but it's one of my favourite movies. The cast is amazing and there's not one thing I don't love about this movie.
8 / 10
Oculus (2013), dir. Mike Flanagan
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
A woman tries to prove that a murder that was pinned on his brother was actually committed by a supernatural phenomenon living in a mirror. I saw glimpses of this movie at school once. This movie fucks with your mind and plays with time a lot. The movie is so creepy. I've only watched it once, but it affected me a lot never the less.
7 / 10
Orphan (2009), dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
A family adopts a nine-year-old, who turns out not to be as innocent as they first thought. When I watched this movie I already knew the most important plot twist, yet it was still so unnerving. This movie is very creepy and definitely worth another watch if you've already seen it.
7 / 10
Saw (2004), dir. James Wan
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
I've never seen the rest of the Saw movies, only the first one. The rest seem like they are just gore and they want to get as much money as possible, but the first Saw was brilliant. There's not so much unnecessary gore and it's very clever. So if you've been avoiding Saw movies because of how much they are spilling blood, watch the first one. It's good.
8 / 10
Shaun of the Dead (2004), dir. Edgar Wright
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
A man decides to win back his girlfriend and get rid of the zombies wandering around in the neighbourhood. Shaun of the Dead is a hilarious zombie movie. It's amazing British horror comedy. This movie is so much fun, yet it has all the drama of a good old zombie movie.
9 / 10
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), dir. Jonathan Demme
Scary / Funny / Thrilling / Disgusting / WTF / B-Movie
A young FBI cadet has to catch a serial killer with the help of another. This is the movie that made me into thrillers. Absolutely brilliant movie, so very slow yet still absolutely thrilling. The whole cast of this movie is astonishing. This is a classic, and if you haven't seen it yet, or haven't seen it in a while, watch it. Just watch this astonishing movie.
9 / 10
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