Tis Halloween. Horror films abound!

I hate "horror" films. Mostly because they're just gore films. They insult my intelligence, using cheap shock tricks and splatters to make an audience afraid. I don't want some gory Jason Vorhees movie, or some cheap Wes Craven remake. I want something that messes with my mind, takes my brain down those scary places that haunt me afterwards as I can't help but replay as I drive home.

One of those films that always struck a nerve with me is Nosferatu. What about this movie doesn't frighten a viewer? The antagonist, horribly deformed and genuinely sub-human, does the most unnevering, inhuman activities. From the way he rises to the way he falls, the vampire is completely alien to us all.

Along these same lines, zombie flicks have the same effect. Nothing stops a zombie except fire or a shot to the head. Zombies want nothing more than to consume flesh and reproduce themselves through some viral-like agent. Zombies are not phased by Hulkmania. They truly are inhuman.

Finally, the favorite kind of scary movie of mine, the kind that truly strikes fear into my heart, makes me retch at the mere thought of it, makes me wonder what kind of gross, disgusting injustices have happened in this world, are any films by the Wayans Brothers.




Oh, I forgot to mention how much Duel rocks