Showing posts with label American Werewolf in London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Werewolf in London. Show all posts

Monday, October 31, 2011

Okay kiddies tell your Uncle Gryphen the name of YOUR favorite horror film in celebration of this All Hallow's Eve.

I believe I have mentioned before that I was torn between starting this political blog or a blog dedicated to movies.  However due to my fixation at the time on Kerry's loss to George W. Bush, and my anger at the Iraq war, politics won out.

However I remain a true fan of the cinema and watch dozens, and dozens of movies a year. And my favorite ones are, you guessed it, horror movies.

These last few days my television has been playing nothing but non-stop horror, from the Halloween series, to The Omen, and even including back to back viewings of both the original and updated version of "The Fog." (Yeah, you're right, neither one was very good.)

So I got to wondering. exactly what is YOUR favorite horror movie my IM friends?

Here let me start you off with my favorite horror genre:

The Werewolf movie.

My favorite in that category:

American Werewolf in London.

And my favorite scene (Okay if you are at work you are going to DEFINITELY have to wait to watch this clip until after you get home. It contains inappropriate language, a truly epic and disturbing werewolf roar, and a brutal attack scene. You have been warned.):

One of the best scenes ever filmed for a horror movie in my opinion. Though to be honest it was almost a toss up between that one and the amazing John Landis directed transformation scene, featuring the unparalleled make up of Rick Baker. (Just a bit of trivia, werewolf movies live and die based on their transformation scenes.)

So tell me you ghouls and goblins, what was the movie that scarred YOUR psyche and kept you up at night?