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Top Horror Films – #1 – The Exorcist

Date: Sun, 31 Oct, 2010 at 11:25 AM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

The Exorcist
1973; directed by William Friedkin; screenplay by William Peter Blatty, from his novel

Allen: What is it about The Exorcist that has left such an impression on audiences?

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Top Horror Films – #2 – Alien

Date: Sat, 30 Oct, 2010 at 04:34 PM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

Alien
1979; directed by Ridley Scott; screenplay by Dan O’Bannon; story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett

Allen: To me, not only does Alien belong up there as one of the best horror films, but also one of the best science fiction films ever made.

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Top Horror Films – #3 – The Shining

Date: Fri, 29 Oct, 2010 at 04:35 PM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

The Shining
1980; directed by Stanley Kubrick; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson, from the novel by Stephen King

Jeremy: The Shining is as seminal as films come.

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Top Horror Films – #4 – Halloween

Date: Thu, 28 Oct, 2010 at 03:01 PM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

Halloween
1978; directed by John Carpenter; written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill

Allen: Of all the movie killers in film history, none had quite the effect on me as Michael Myers did in Halloween.

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Top Horror Films – #5 – The Thing

Date: Wed, 27 Oct, 2010 at 10:26 AM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

The Thing
1982; directed by John Carpenter; screenplay by Bill Lancaster, from the story by John W. Campbell, Jr.

John: The best remake ever made.

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Top Horror Films – #6 – A Nightmare on Elm Street

Date: Tue, 26 Oct, 2010 at 10:37 AM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984; written and directed by Wes Craven

John: When you die in your dreams, you die in real life. One of the best ideas in the history of film.

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Top Horror Films – #7 – Jaws

Date: Mon, 25 Oct, 2010 at 09:00 AM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

Jaws
1975; directed by Steven Spielberg; screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, from the novel by Peter Benchley

Allen: The birth of the blockbuster film was here, with Steven Spielberg’s Jaws.

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Top Horror Films – #8 – Psycho

Date: Sun, 24 Oct, 2010 at 01:05 PM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

Psycho
1960; directed by Alfred Hitchcock; screenplay by Joseph Stefano, from the novel by Robert Bloch

Allen: Alfred Hitchcock would forever change the game with Psycho.

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Top Horror Films – #9 – The Descent

Date: Sat, 23 Oct, 2010 at 11:39 AM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

The Descent
2005; written and directed by Neil Marshall

John: Neil Marshall is my favorite modern horror director, thanks to this film and Dog Soldiers. This tops my list of best horror of the new millennium.

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Top Horror Films – #10 – An American Werewolf in London

Date: Fri, 22 Oct, 2010 at 01:01 PM | Author: Brandi Sperry | Category: MacGuffin Team Picks

An American Werewolf in London
1981; written and directed by John Landis

John: Werewolves are my favorite horror monsters and this is my favorite horror movie of all time.

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