As was mentioned on the last Splattercast in regards to the Sleepy Cast asking for submissions for everyone’s 5 favorite horror films, it might be fun for all of us here at Deadlantern to post our favorite horror films leading up to Halloween. Understandably, it’s incredibly difficult to solidify 5, and only 5, films that we would consider our favorites. But in the interest of good fun, here’s my list:

5. The Last Man on Earth (1964): My favorite Vincent Price film and one of the most underappreciated and influential modern horror films of all-time in my opinion.

4. The Fly (1986): Cronenberg created the most horrifying love story I’ve ever seen. This movie still kicks my ass every time I watch it. No film has ever combined love and horror more grotesquely and effectively on screen.

3. The Mummy (1932): I love everything about this movie. It’s my favorite Universal horror film and my favorite Universal monster. I got to see this on the big screen this past summer and it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had at the theatre.

2. The Thing (1982): I don’t remember the experience, but my mom took me to see this when I was less than a year old. I consider this a perfect horror film. Paranoia, fear, horror and suspense have never been duplicated as well as they have in this film (with the possible exception of Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers).

1. Halloween (1978): This is it for me. The one film horror film that has never been surpassed for me. I can’t even describe adequately how much of an impact this movie had on my life and how I view horror films. The music, mood, atmosphere, villain, heroine, director….everything…are the be all end all as far as I’m concerned. The only reason it gets the nod over The Thing is because of the impact it had on me, otherwise they are on equal hallowed ground.

Look for the other guy’s to post their lists in the coming days.

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