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U.S. AIR FORCE CROSS INTO THE BLUE 4A Thursday, October 31, 2002 ^GGlEUFt THE battaJ The Blair Witch Project Heather Donahue 1999 Whether loathed or loved by moviegoers, there has been little middle ground in reaction to The Blair Witch Project. Ironically, most of the complaints of one side have been the rally ing points of the other - specifically, the tilm’s dependence on the viewer’s imagination. Despite extremely creepy aural effects, viewers must devote themselves to the experience and truly engage themselves as if the protagonists plight is theirs. The tale of three student filmmakers getting lost in the woods and encountering a malefi cent stalker draws on some of our most primal fears of the natural and supernatural world. It has been remarked as terrifying for its artistic lack of visual clues coupled with the startling ly convincing portrayal of terror. Man? Beast? Supernatural Entity? Whatever it is the viewer fears most is what he imagines stalking the students through the woods, trying to tear into their tent, and ulti mately driving them into one of the most chill ing and original final moments of any movie ever. The closing shot will haunt waking hours as well as nightmares for days to come. — Michael Whitlow The Omen Gregory Peck, Lee Remick 1976 Ever thought of little kids as creepy? The Omen boasts the creepiest child of them all: Damien, also known as The Antichrist. When U.S. diplomat Robert Thom's (Gregory Peck) wife Kathepne (Lee Remick) gives birth to a stillborn child, the couple adopts another baby, a little boy, whose mother died. What they got was so much more than they bargained for, as at age five, people around the boy begin dying mysteriously. The movie was released in 1976, and any gore that is prevalent in modem movies was used only at the most powerful moments, including a decapita tion that has made its way into the horror hall of fame. With shocking scenes, unforgettable music and a child's smile that can send chills down your spine. The Omen is sure to stay with you long after the credits finish rolling. — Denise Schoppe Silence of the Lambs Anthony Hopkins, Jody Foster 1991 Silence of the Lambs, a classic inthehisio ry of the horror genre, has everythins needed to be a required part of any Halloweenfrieln test. Anthony Hopkins stars as Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant thinker with fine musical and artistic tastes and a life sentence for murder and cannibalism. The movie is based around a hunt for a seri al killer who is terrorizing young women across the country. While this plot has been used frequently in horror movies, it never fails to terrify. Hopkins delivers a convincing per- formance as an incarcerated - and insane - murderer, and it is hard to dislike his charac ter even though he eats his victims. Unlike some horror movies that have unre alistic plots and unbelievable horror,Silence 1 the Lambs gets most of its scares fromthefaci that it could happen. It is a very frightening look at the darker side of human nature andit makes you look at your neighbors differently. Emilx li/iu I When A Stranger Calls Carol Kane 1993 When A Stranger Calls is every baby- worst nightmare come true. Jill Johnson (Carol Kane) is baby-sitting for’ two children w hen she receives phone callsfrm an anonymous caller w ho asks if she haschedd on the children. What follows is a creepy senesof events which end in murder. The plot thickens when the killer escapes fa the mental hospital and a determined (Charles Dunning) decides to take the lawintol own hands. As the detective sets out to killer, the killer sets out to find the now-adc. baby-sitter. While the actual storyline will keep view mildly scared, director Fred Walton passedE several opportunities to increase the film’ste- ror-quotient. 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