The difference being, this low budget shocker is supercharged by Marcus Nispel (successful reboots of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “Friday the 13th”) and delivers scares with outrageous visuals and bombastic sound effects. It belongs in the pantheon of fright films along with “Re-Animator”, “Return of the living Dead”, and “Phantasm”. “Exeter” – This wonderful mix of horror, humor, and mystery has all the earmarks of a cult classic. Whatever “it” is delivers thrills and chills, and is perfect viewing for Halloween late night with all the lights off and speakers blaring.
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The old idea of ‘sex kills’ that was ushered in by “Friday the 13th” is taken to a whole new level with a genuine STD boogeyman (or person). It’s a wonderful blend of Carpenter’s “Halloween” and Herk Harvey’s “Carnival of Souls”. This film has to be one of the creepiest films of 2015. “It Follows” – Some have been divided on this, but I believe they are merely looking at the surface. They also lead the horror pack way out in front of the usual Blumhouse fare that has started to become frightfully predictable (“Insidious 3”, “Ouija”, “Sinister 2” and any number of “Paranormal” sequels). The reason being – each and everyone of them are very unique in their presentation. So, without further ado I present 2015’s top fright flicks to watch on this All Hallow’s Eve in no particular order. Perhaps the only thing missing is the sticky floors (depending on your housekeeping skills).
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Which actually puts them (and us) on the losing end since if they had chanced a little nurturing they might have had another “Friday the 13th” phenom on their hands.īut with the great picture and sound that is now available on home video systems, and having the ability to invite a horde of horror fans to your house, you can get pretty close to the theatrical experience. Either they were misrepresented, and not nabbed by a decent distribution company or their producers just did not want to take the risk and instead opted for a quick cash-and-grab home video release. This was not due to quality, but unfortunately it ended up being all about economics.
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2015 is one of the best years we’ve had in the genre.Īt least half of these films did not get a decent city-wide theatrical release. But this year happens to be the exception. Generally, I don’t mention ‘the year in horror’ because most of the time I could not come up with ten decent films in this genre that are near and dear to my bleeding heart. “Witching and Bitching”, “Juan of the Dead”). “Phantasm”, “Basket Case”), and foreign (i.e. Halloween Treats – Ten Frightful Films for Halloween Article by Ray SchillaciĮvery year I come out with a list of top ten horror movies to watch at Halloween.