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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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mildly scared, director Fred Walton passedE
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