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~His Top 50 Favorite Horror Films~
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Introduction
Welcome to the darkest and most sinister location to ever exist on these comfortable and restful grounds of this lovely movie forum. I want to invite you all into the most haunting and horrifying experience you will ever step your foot inside, and I’m fairly certain that once you leave it, it won’t be in a state that mirrors that of which you were in before. The eerie atmosphere will confuse your mind; the alarming and apprehensive postings will trick your soul, and ultimately make you surrender to the Devil himself. This is…
MovieMeditation’s Top 50 Favorite Horror Films!
Signing the Contract of Death
I feel it is frighteningly important, to quickly drag you all into the rules and regulations of things. As you know the horror genre isn’t the most straightforward of them all, and it is sometimes doubtful whether or not a certain film truly belongs in this ominous genre… Therefore I will now present you all with 3 simple and sincere clarities of how I personally define a film to be of the horror genre.
• The Subject
What is the film essentially about? Are we dealing with something supernatural, something otherworldly, or something completely unknown to man? Or is the subject maybe something we mostly know about and understand, but is spiced up with the following statements…
• The Approach
How does the director approach the story he wants to tell? Is the story and subject being presented as something strange or supernatural, or is it very realistic and dramatic?
• The Atmosphere
In what way is the subject being presented? Is it clear that the director tries to frighten the audience, either with dark visuals or scary music, or does he/she deliberately create a lighter and calmer atmosphere, despite of whatever the subject might be, and thereby moves away from what is truly a horror atmosphere?
The Ghostly Details
It should be said though, that these are guidelines and are mostly compatible when defining horror, yet there are a few films on my list that arguably don’t fit these categories perfectly… Anyways, there were also some films I didn’t put on this list because I don’t see them as being horror films in the truest sense. Very dark and frightening thriller dramas like Black Swan, Antichrist, Misery, Coherence and Silence of the Lambs did not make the list because I don’t see them as horror films. Silence of the Lambs is somehow a horror film to some, but to me I don’t see why. Neither the subject, the approach or the atmosphere tries to create anything other than drama and tension, and there are no horror elements present at all, other than Dr. Lecter is a cannibal and Buffalo Bill is mentally sick; and neither is ever approached or presented in a horror kind of way. It is very authentic and realistically done, and therefore not a horror film to me… Same goes for Jaws; it is a bigger than average shark, but it is never discussed being anything than unusually big. The film mainly goes for thrills not kills (I don’t know how well this last part defines it, but it did sound nice in a sentence haha). But please, don’t begin to take these guidelines too seriously, it is only my attempt at closing in a genre that is often very free; so please, discuss the films I post, not whether or not they fit the genre or my guidelines.
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Lastly, I have decided that instead of doing a list where multiple movies from multiple franchises appear, and thereby makes the list boring and repetitive both for you and for me, I have chosen to combine the films into one spot at several occasions. That depends, of course, on whether or not I like the majority of the given franchise. And for those franchises, which have installments that totally separate themselves from the others – these will instead be given their own spot… And with that said, let’s all dive wholeheartedly into my macabre and darkest thoughts and feelings on the movie medium.
Here are my...
Top 50 Favorite Horror Films as of 2015!
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