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Laff’s Lists

September 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pm by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment

 

Laff’s Lists:

 

 

 

 

Just like John Cusack in “High Fidelity” (2000), I like to put my opinions in some sort of order… in lists of favorites, here now, is a work-in-progress blog of My Favorite Movie-Related things…

 

 

 

31 Best Scary Movies (updated 10/26/09):

(this list based on quality standards and movies I’ve seen)
"The Ring" poster courtesy DreamWorks"The Shining" poster courtesy Warner Brothers"The Exorcist" poster courtesy Warner Brothers"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" poster courtesy Bryanston Pictures 

 

 

 

1. “The Ring” (2002)
2. “The Shining” (1980)
3. “The Exorcist” (1973)
4. “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974)
5. “Halloween” (1978)
6. “Psycho” (1960)
7. “Paranormal Activity” (2009)
8. “Saw” (2004)
9. “The Grudge” (2004)
10. “The Sixth Sense” (1999)
11. “The Others” (2001)
12. “Jaws” (1975)
13. “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968)
14. “Amityville Horror” (1978)
15. “Identity” (2003)
16. “The Mothman Prophecies” (2002)
17. “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991)
18. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)
19. “The Omen” (1976)
20. “Alien” (1979)
21. “Carrie” (1976)
22. “Poltergeist” (1982)
23. “The Blair Witch Project” (1999)
24. “The Birds” (1963)
25. “Arachnophobia” (1990)
26. “Dark Water” (2005)
27. “House on Haunted Hill” (1999)
28. “House of Wax” (2005)
29. “Misery” (1990)
30. “Vacancy” (2007)
31. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978)

 My Top Patrick Swayze movies

"Dirty Dancing" poster courtesy Artisan"Point Break" poster courtesy 20th Century Fox"Road House" poster United Artists 

 

 

 

 1. “Dirty Dancing” (1987) as the dancer “Johnny Castle”

2. “Point Break” (1991) as surfer criminal “Bodhi”

3. “Road House” (1989) as “Dalton”, the bouncer at a rough bar

4. “The Outsiders” (1983) as “Darrel ‘Darry’ Curtis”, the oldest brother

5. “Red Dawn” (1984) as “Jed”, the unofficial leader of the “Wolverines”

6. “Ghost” (1990) as the stuck-in-limbo “Sam Wheat”  (more…)