Monday, November 2, 2009

My Top Film Scary Movies

I like top film's and with today being Halloween what better time to share with you my favourite scary movies.
The Shining :
Released in 1980. A family with jack Nicholson as Dad become the winter housesitters of a hotel in the mountains of Colorado. Nicholson's character jack Torrance is writing a book but the isolated hotel's ghosts take hokd of him and insanity takes over Torrance played magnificently by Nicholson whose face bursting through that door still sends shivers down my spine tody.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick.Adapted from a stephen king novel.
The Omen:
Released in 1976.Gregry Peck is the ambassador to the United States whose wife has a stillborn child.Without her knowledge he substitutes another baby as theirs. The son is called Damien and the family move to London when Robert Thorn(played by peck)becomes the US ambassador. Thorn then finds out that the child is the son of Satan. Who can forget Damien riding around the house on is tricycle? This movie has an name thir son Damien after 1976?
Directed by Richard Donner. Lee Remick, Patrick, Troughton and Harvey Stephens also starred.
The Silence of the Lambs:
Released in 1991.A young FBI cadet,Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, has been sent the Batlimore state hospital for the criminally insane to interview an inmate Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant, cunning but psychotic psychiatrist turned infamous psychopathic serrial killer. A story of trust evoves as Starling gathers cluesin the hunt for Buffalo Bill.Scott Glenn and Anthony Heakd also starred.
Directed by Jonathan Demme
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Carrie:
Released in 1976. After being taunted and ridiculed bu classmates following the unespected timing of her first period, Carrie(played bu Sissy Spacek) discovers the art of telekinetics. Roundly abused at home bu her crazy mother she finally gets to go to the prom with adate. However a nasty trick gets played on Xarrie and her date for the night and later at home her mother finds her in the bath covered with pig's blood.
Piper Laurie, Amy irving and John Travolta also starred.Directed by Brian De Palma.

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