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If you're into horror, and you don't know the name Adam Wingard, you're probably not as into horror as you should be.

Wingard's latest (released) horror film, "You're Next," opens Friday. Some of Adam's past work includes segments for "V/H/S" and "V/H/S 2," and the underrated "A Horrible Way To Die."

Check out a few interviews with Wingard for more info about his interesting POV on horror films…

http://www.craveonline.com/film/int...view-adam-wingard-simon-barrett-on-youre-next

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/46965/exclusive-interview-director-adam-wingard-horrible-way-die

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/sxsw-interview-adam-wingard-youre-next.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeTpc5Rc6r0
 
Here, in no particular order, are my top horror (for the most part) films of all time…


Suspiria
Seven
Evil Dead
The Shining
Don't Look Now
Poltergeist
Let The Right One In
Audition
The Tenant
Rosemary's Baby
Psycho
The Thing (1982)
Repulsion
Cronos
The Orphanage
28 Days Later
The Devil's Backbone
Alien
The Beyond
The Descent
Videodrome
The Changeling
Dawn of the Dead
The Exorcist
Ringu
Cabin In The Woods
 
Some of the "Dread's" earliest horror memories are not of the films, but the "hosts" who presented them. Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, Svengoolie, and more. They introduced many a viewer to the joys of (usually low-budget) horror films.

To celebrate them, I present to you, dear reader, "American Scary," a documentary that celebrates these unsung heroes of horror…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kph0aEnQnPo
 
Tonight, we're going to talk briefly on TDD about a horror film that most people seem to always forget about: Don't Look Now.

Directed by Nicholas Roeg, and starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, Don't Look Now is a master class in creating atmosphere, skillful editing, and the development of suspense that comes largely out of the characters' psychological and interpersonal issues. And thanks to Roeg's distinctive visual flair, the film doesn't feel dated like many other films of the same era.

It's a must-watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUWB-Kw4FiM
 
My Five Favorite Monsters

My Five Favorite Monsters

Few things make a horror movie "work" better than a great monster. From Count Orlok to Jason Voorhees, the genre is littered with evil figures we've come to know, love, and can't get enough of.

What makes an awesome cinema monster? Is it gruesome-looking and fright-inducing makeup effects? Sure. But it's more than that.

The best movie monsters say something about us, about our humanity, about the choices we make, and the often-nasty effects those choices have on the world and the people around us. They give us more than cheap scares, but make us think, and often force us to empathize in some way with the evil they represent.

For example, let's look at two classic movie monsters: Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers. Both are your straightforward slasher film villains. Both are more than happy to kill in any number of creative and entertaining ways. Both have parental issues. And both are essentially faceless killing machines.

Then why does Michael Myers inspire such terror, while Jason is largely a punchline?

It's simple: Michael Myers is real (in the cinema sense). He comes from the world we inhabit. We hear his story. And we can completely accept that, in our modern world, evil like his is most certainly real. (I'm talking about the original Halloween and Halloween II movies here. Things get a little shark-jumpy beyond that.)

The fact is we are much more frightened by the things we recognize than the things we don't. A killer who looks like us might be living next door. A monster who becomes such because of a dreadful decision they make is a direct reflection of the choices we make in our everyday lives. And monsters we "create" out of fear and greed are so very terrifying because they hold a mirror to our collective humanity, or lack thereof.

All of this is true except for number one on my list. That s*$t is just flat-out scary.


The Daily Dread's Top Five Movie Monsters

5. Pinhead (Hellraiser)

4. Brundlefly (The Fly)

3. Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare On Elm Street)

2. Gwoemul (The Host)

1. The Thing (The Thing…obviously)
 
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