13 GHOSTS - 1960 - (ghost/haunted house) - 4 skulls - D: William Castle

13 GHOSTS - 2001 - (remake/ghost/haunted house) - 4 skulls - D:Steve Beck, Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidzt, matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Rah Digga, F. Murray Abraham

2,000 MANIACS - 1964 - (ghost) - D: Herschell Gordon Lewis, William Kerwin, Connie Mason, Jeffrey Allen, Ben Moore, Gary Bakeman


28 DAYS LATER - 2003 - (zombie/apocolyptic) - 6 skulls - D: Danny Boyle, Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen, David Schneider, Cillian Murphy, Toby Sedgewick, Naomie Harris.

3 ON A MEAT HOOK - 1972 - (backwoods chamber) - W, D: William Girdler


4D MAN - 1959 - (science gone wrong) - D: Irvin S. Yeaworth

976-EVIL - 1989 - (satanic) - D: Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger),

A

ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE - 1953 - (comedy/universal monsters) - D: Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff,
(LAMONT: abbott & costello meet the invisible man)


ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN - 1948 - (comedy/universal monsters/monster vs monster) - D: Charles Barton, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi


ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN - 1951 - (comedy/universal monsters) - D: Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello,
(LAMONT: abbott & costello meet dr. jekyll & mr. hyde)

ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF - 1949 - (comedy/universal monsters) - D: Charles Barton, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff,

ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY - 1955 - (comedy/universal monsters) - D: Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff,

THE ABOMNIBLE DR. PHIBES - - Vincent price


A CAT IN THE BRAIN - 1990 - (giallo) - W, D: Lucio Fulci
(FULCI: W, D: zombie, house by the cemetary, city of the living dead, don't torture a duck, manhatten baby,)

AENIGMA -


AGUIRRE: WRAITH OF GOD


AILEEN WEIRNOS: THE 2002 INTERVIEW - 2004 - (documentary/serial killer) - D: Nick Broomfield, Aileen Wournos,

ALICE, SWEET ALICE - 1976 - (slasher) - D: Alfred Sole, Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Miles McMaster, Jane Lowry

ALIEN -1979 - (alien monster) - 8 skulls - D: Ridley Scott, Sc: Dan O'Bannon ( Writer, Director of "Return Of The Living Dead". One of the best zombie films of all time.) Sgourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Skerrit,

THE ALIEN AGENDA: ENDANGERED SPECIES


ALIENS - 1986 - (alien monster) - D: James Cameron, W: Dan O'Bannon

ALIEN 3 - 1992 - (alien monster) - D: David Fincher, W: Dan O'Bannon

ALIEN RESURRECTION - 1997 - (alien monster) - D: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Sigourney Weaver, Wynona Ryder,

ALIENS VS. PREDATOR


ALLIGATOR - 1980 - (animal attack) - D: Lewis Teague,

ALLIGATOR 2: THE MUTATION - - (comedy) -


THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE - 1959 - (science gone wrong) - D: Roy Del Ruth,

ALL NIGHT LONG - - (asian) -


ALL NIGHT LONG 2: ATROCITY - - (asian) -


ALONE - -


ALONE IN THE DARK - 1982 - (slasher) -

ALMOST BLUE - -


ALTERED STATES - 1980 - (science gone wrong) - 8 skulls - D: Ken Russell - William Hurt (his film debut), Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Drew Barrymore,
(RUSSELL:, the devils, lair of the white worm, gothic.)


AMERICAN GOTHIC - 1988 - (backwoods chamber) - D: John Hough, Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Steiger

AMERICAN MOVIE - 2000 - (documentary) - 8 skulls - D:Chris Smith, Mark Borchardt, Mike Schank

THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE - 2002 - (serial killer/slasher) - D: John Keeyes,


THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE - 2000 - (documentary) - 7 skulls - D: Adam Simon, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, david Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, George A. Romero

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON - 1981 - (werewolf) - 9 stars - W, D: John Landis, david Noughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, Frank Oz.

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS - 1997 - (werewolf) - D: Anthony Waller, W: Tim Burns, Tom Everett Scott, Julie Deply,

AMERICAN PSYCHO - 2000 - (slasher) - D, Sc: Mary Harron, Christian Bale,

AMERICAN PSYCHO 2: ALL AMERICAN GIRL - 2002 - (slasher) - D: Morgan J. Freeman, Mila Kunis, William Shatner,

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - 1979 - (haunted house/satanic) - 8 skulls - D: Stuart Rosenberg, P: Samuel Z. Arkoff, James Brolin, Margo Kidder, Rod Steiger

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - 2005 - (remake/haunted house/satanic)

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR 2: THE POSESSSION - 1982 - (haunted house/satanic) - D: Damiano Damiani, Burt Young,

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR 3: IN 3D - 1983 - (haunted house/satanic) - D: Richard Fleischer

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR 4: THE EVIL ESCAPES - 1989 - TV - (haunted house/satanic) - D: Sandor Stern, Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Fredric Lehne, Lou Hancock.

AMUCK - -


ANATOMY - 2000 - (slasher) - 6 skulls - W, D: Stefan Ruzowitzky, Franka Potente, Benno Furmann, Anna Loos, Holger Speckhahn, Sebastian Blomberg, Traugott Buhre.

ANATOMY 2 - -

AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS - 1973 - (haunted house/british) - D: Roy Ward Baker, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee.


AND SOON THE DARKNESS - -


ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA - 1974 - (dracula/italian/french) - D: Paul Morrissey, Udo Kier,


ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN - 1974 - aka FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN - (dracula/ italian/french/german) - D: Paul Morrissey

ANGEL HEART - 1987 - (satanic/pscycho thriller) - D: Alan Parker, Mickey Rourke, Robert DeNiro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling.


ANTHROPOPHAGUS: THE BEAST - -


THE ANTI-CHRIST - - (demonic possession/italian) -

ANTI-HORROR - -


APRIL FOOL'S DAY - 1986 - (slasher) - D: Fred Walton, Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'neal, Clayton Rohner.

AQUANOIDS - -


ARACHNAPHOBIA - 1990 - (animal attack/science gone wrong) - 7 skulls - D: Frank marshall, P: Steven Speilberg, Jeff Daniels, harley jane Kozak, John Goodman, Juulian Sands,

ARE YOU ALONE IN THE HOUSE? - -

ARMY OF DARKNESS - -

ARNOLD - 1973 - (comedy) - D: Georg Fenady, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Farley Granger.


THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE - 1999 - (alien monster/psycho thriller) - 5 skulls - D, W: Rand Ravich, Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp, Joe Morton, Clea DuVall,

THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES - 1967 - -

ASWANG - -


AT DAWN THEY SLEEP - -


THE ATOMIC BRAIN - -

ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES - -

ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE - 1963 - (Japanese/science gone wrong)

ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE - -

THE ATTENDANT - -


THE ATTIC - -


THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS - -


AUDITION - - (asian) -


AUDREY ROSE - -


AUTOPSY - 1973 - (giallo) -

AWAKENING OF THE BEAST - -


THE AWFUL DR. ORLOCK - -


AXE - -

B

BABA YAGA - - (erotic) -


THE BABYSITTER - -

BAD DREAMS -

BAD INCLINATION - - (giallo) -


BAD MOVIE POLICE CASE #1: GALAXY OF THE DINOSAURS - - (comedy) -


BAD TASTE - - D: Peter Jackson

BARON BLOOD - -


BASKET CASE - -


BASIC INSTINCT - -

THE BAT - -

BATS - - (comedy) -


BEAST OF THE YELLOW NIGHT - 1971 - (japanese) -

THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS - 1961 - (science gone wrong) - Tor Johnson (of Ed Wood fame),

THE BEAST WITHIN - -

BEETLEJUICE - - (horror comedy/ghosts) - D: Tim Burton

THE BELOVED -

THE BEYOND - -

BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR - - (science gone wrong)

BEYOND THE DARKNESS - -


BEYOND THE DOOR - -


BEWARE: THE BLOB - 1972 -

BEWITCHED -

THE BIG EMPTY - -


BIGFOOT - 1970s

BILLY THE KID MEETS DRACULA - -

BINGE AND PURGE - -


BIOHAZARDOUS - -


BIO-ZOMBIE - (japanese/comedy)

THE BIRDS - - D: Alfred Hitchcock

THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE - - (giallo) -


BIZARRE - -


BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA - - (giallo) -


BLACK CADILLAC - -


THE BLACK CAT - -

BLACK CHRISTMAS - - (slasher) -


BLACKENSTEIN - 1973 - (blaxploitation/frankenstein) -

BLACK MAGIC RITES AND THE SECRET ORGIES OF THE 14TH CENTURY - -


BLACK SABBATH - - (ghost) - Boris Karloff

BLACK SUNDAY - -


BLACKULA - - (blaxploitation) -

A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA - 1975 - (giallo) - D: Massimo Dallamano


BLADE - -


BLADE 2 - -


BLADE 3: TRINITY - -


A BLADE IN THE DARK - 1983 - D: Lamberto Bava (BAVA: demons.) - -


THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT - -

BLAIR WITCH 2: BOOK OF SHADOWS - -

THE BLOB - 1958 - Steve McQueen

THE BLOB - 1986 - (remake)

BLOOD AND LACE - 1971 - (backwoods chamber) - 6 stars - Vic Tayback


BLOOD AND BLACK LACE - 1964 - (giallo) - D: Mario Bava


THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR - 1967 - (vampire) - aka THE VAMPIRE BEAST CRAVES BLOOD - D: Vernon Sewell, Peter Cushing, Robert Fleming


BLOODBEAT - -

BLOOD FEAST - - D: Herschell Gordon Lewis, Connie Mason

BLOOD FEAST 2: ALL YOU CAN EAT - 2003 - (comedy) - D: Herschell Gordon Lewis


BLOOD FREAK - 1972 -

BLOODLUST - -

BLOOD OF THE BEAST - 2003 - (apocolyptic/zombie) - 5 skulls - D, W, Pr: Georg Koszulinski, Georg Koszulinski, Sharon Chudnow, Matt DeVine, Joshua Breit, Natalie Sullivan, Keia McCarty, Charles Norton.
     One of the best no-budget independent films I've ever seen.

BLOOD OF THE VIRGINS - -


BLOOD SISTERS -


THE BLOODSTAINED BUTTERFLY - 1971 - (giallo) - D:Duccio Tessari


THE BLOODSTAINED SHADOW - 1978 - (giallo) - D: Antonio Bido


BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS - 1975 - (exploitation/backwoods chamber) - 2 stars -

BLOOD SURF - -


BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE - - (anime) -


BLOOD TIDE - - (voodoo) - James Earl Jones,

BLOODY PIT OF HORROR - 1965 - (exploitation/backwoods chamber) - Horror Hottie rating
6 skulls -

BLUEBEARD - -

BLUE VELVET -     - (psychological thriller) - 8 skulls - D: David Lynch
(LYNCH: lost highway.)

THE BODY SNATCHER - - (alien monster)

BOOGEYMAN - - (slasher) - 2 skulls - D; Charles E. Cullen (CULLEN: night of the bums, modern day western, super bad-ass.)

THE BOOGEYMAN - - (ghost/demonic possession) - 4 skulls -

THE BOOGEYMAN - - (remake) -

BORDELLO OF BLOOD - -

BRAINDEAD - - (zombie) - aka DEAD ALIVE - D: Peter Jackson


THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE - -

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA - 1992 - (dracula/remake) - Keanu Reeves, Gary Oldman

BREEDERS - -


THE BRIDE - -

BRIDE OF CHUCKY - -

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN - -

BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR - -

BRIDE OF THE MONSTER - -

THE BRIDES WORE BLOOD - -


THE BROOD - -

BUBBA HO-TEP - -

A BUCKET OF BLOOD - -

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - 1992 - (horror comedy/vampire) - 7 skulls - D:Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman), Rutgr Hauer, Luke Perry,

THE BUNKER - - (ghost) - 3 skulls -

THE BURBS - - (comedy) - 9 skulls - Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Wendy Schaal, Bruce Dern, Corey Feldman.

BURIAL GROUND - 1980 - (zombie) - aka THE NIGHTS OF TERROR -

BURIED ALIVE - -

BURNT OFFERINGS - - (haunted house) -

C

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI - - (silent/vampire) -

CABIN FEVER - -

CAMPFIRE TALES -


CANDY MAN - -

CANDY MAN 2 - -

CANDY MAN 3 - -


CANNIBAL FEROX - - (italian) -

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST - -

CAMP FEAR - -

CARNAGE: THE LEGEND OF QUILTFACE - - (slasher) - 2 stars -

CARNIVAL OF BLOOD - 1970 - (slasher) - 2 skulls

CARNIVAL OF FEAR - - 2 skulls - Christopher Lee,

CARNIVAL OF SOULS - - (zombie/ghost) - Candice Hilligoss -

CARNIVORE - -

CARRIE - -

CARRIE: THE RAGE - -

CARRIE - 2002 - (remake) - TV


CASTLE FREAK - -

CATHY'S CURSE - -

CAT O'NINE TAILS - -

CAT PEOPLE - -

CATS EYE - - W: Stephen King, Drew Barrymore,
(KING: W: carrie, christine, the shining, misery, cujo, pet cemetary, maximum over-drive, silver bullet, creepshow, the stand, it, children of the corn, the langoliers, firestarter, the dead zone,thinner, needful things, night shift, the mangler)

THE CELL - - (serial killer) - Jennifer Lopez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn,

CEMETARY MAN - - (zombie) - D: Michele Soavi, Rupert Everet
(SOAVI: stagefright, cemetary man.)

CENTIPEDE HORROR - 1989 - (chinese) -

THE CHANGLING - -

CHAOS - - (asian) -


CHILDREN OF THE CORN - - W: Stephen King
(KING: W: carrie, christine, the shining, misery, cujo, pet cemetary, maximum over-drive, silver bullet, creepshow, the stand, it, the langoliers, firestarter, the dead zone,thinner, needful things, night shift, cats eye, the mangler)


CHILDREN OF THE CORN 2 - -

CHILDREN OF THE CORN 3 - -

CHILDREN OF THE CORN 4 - -

CHILDREN OF THE CORN: REVELATIONS - -


CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED - -

CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED - - (remake) - D: John Carpenter

CHILDREN OF THE LIVING DEAD - -


CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS - 1972 - (zombie) - 3 stars

CHILD'S PLAY - -

CHILLER - -

CHEERLEADER MASSACRE - -


CHOPPER CHICKS IN ZOMBIE TOWN - -

CHRISTINE - -

CHUD - -

CHUPACABRA - -

THE CHURCH - 1988 - (satanic/italian) - D: Michele Soavi - P: Dario Argento
(SOAVI: stagefright, cemetary man.)

CIRCUS OF FEAR - -

THE CORPSE BRIDE - 2005 - (animation/comedy) - D: Tim Burton,

THE CORPSE VANISHES - - Bela Lugosi

CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD aka THE GATES OF HELL Fulci

CLUB DREAD - -

THE COLOSSOL MAN - -

CONTAMINATION - - (alien monster/italian)

THE CORPSE GRINDERS - 1971 - 2 stars

A CRACK IN THE FLOOR - -


CRAZY LIPS - - (asian) -


CREATURE - - (alien monster) - Wendy Schaal (from "The Burbs"),

THE CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE - -

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - -

CREEP - -

CREEPERS - -

THE CREEPING UNKNOWN - - (alien monster) -


CREEPSHOW - -

CREEPSHOW 2 - -

CUJO - - (animal attack) - 7stars - W: stephen King

THE CURSED - 2005 - -

CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH - -

CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN - -


THE CURSE OF THE SCREAMING DEAD - (zombie) - 1 star

THE CURSE OF THE WOLFMAN - -

CURTAINS - -

CRASH - - (erotic) -


THE CRAWLING HAND - -

THE CRAZIES - -

CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS - - (erotic) -

D

DANCE OF THE DAMNED - -

THE DARK BACKWARD - -

THE DARKNESS - -

DARKNESS FALLS - -

DARK WATER - - (asian) -


DARK WATER - - (remake) - Jennifer Connelly

DAUGHTER OF HORROR - -

DAWN OF THE DEAD - -

DAWN OF THE DEAD - 2004

DAY OF THE DEAD - -

DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS - -

DEAD AGAIN - -

DEAD ALIVE - - (zombie) - aka BRAIN DEAD - D: Peter Jackson

DEAD END - -

THE DEAD HATE THE LIVING - -

DEADLY FRIEND - - D: Wes Craven

DEAD RINGERS - -

THE DEAD ZONE - -

DEATH BECOMES HER - -

DEATHWATCH - -


DECOYS - -

DEEP SHOCK - -


DELIVERANCE - - (rape/revenge)

DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE - - (zombie/comedy) - aka CEMETARY MAN - D: Michele Soavi, Rupert Everett,
(SOAVI: stagefright, cemetary man.)

THE DEMENTED - -

DEMENTIA 13 - -

THE DEMON - -

DEMONIAC - -

THE DEMON LOVERS - -

DEMON NIGHT - -

DEMONS - - (zombie/giallo) - 8 skulls - D: Lamberto Bava, P: Dario Argento,

DEMONS 2 - -

DEMON SEED - -

DERANGED - -

THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - - (satanic/thriller) - 6 stars - Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Al Pacino,

THE DEVIL RIDES OUT - -


THE DEVILS - D: Ken Russell
(RUSSELL: altered states, lair of the white worm, gothic.)

THE DEVIL'S REJECTS - 2005 - (slasher/exploitation/erotic) - D: Rob Zombie, Cherie Moon,

THE DEVONSVILLE TERROR - - (witchcraft/satan) - Suzanna Love, Donald Pleasence

DISTURBED - -

DISTURBING BEHAVIOUR - -

THE DOLL MASTER - -


DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE - -

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK - -

DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT - -

DRACULA - 1939 - (dracula) - Bela Lugosi

DRACULA 2000 - -

DRACULA 1979 A.D. - -

DRESSED TO KILL - - (slasher) - D: Brian DePalma

DUEL - - W, D: Stven Speilberg, Dennis Weaver

THE DUNWICHE HORROR - -

E

THE EAST SIDE KIDS MEET BELA LUGOSI - -

EATING RAOUL - -

ED AND HIS DEAD MOTHER - -

ED GEIN - -

ED WOOD - -

EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS - -

THE ELEPHANT MAN - -
(LYNCH: blue velvet, lost highway)

THE EIGHTEENTH ANGEL - - (satanic) -

EMBRYO - -

EMPIRE OF THE ANTS - - (animal attack/science gone wrong) - Joan Collins

ENEMY FROM SPACE - 1957 - (remake/alien monster/british) - aka FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH - D: val Guest, Brian Donlevy, Michael Ripper, Sidney James, Vera day.
     Remake of THE CREEPING UNKNOWN.


THE ENTITY - 1983 - (satanic/haunted house/exploitation) - D: Sidney J. Furie, Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, jacqueline Brooks,

ERASERHEAD - 1978 - D: David Lynch (directorial debut),
(LYNCH: W,D: lost highway, blue velvet)


EUGENIE: THE STORY OF HER JOURNEY INTO PERVERSION - - (erotic) -


EUGENIE DE SADE - - (erotic) -


EVIL DEAD - -

EVIL DEAD 2 - -

EVIL DEAD TRAP - - (asian) -


THE EVIL WITHIN - - (giallo)

EYES OF LAURA MARS - (slasher) - 7 skulls - D: Irvin Kershner, W, Sc: John Carpenter, Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois, Raoul Julia
(CARPENTER: halloween, halloween 2, the fog, the eyes of laura mars, the thing, they live, in the mouth of madness, vampire bats, ghosts of mars, prince of darkness, children of the damned.)

EXORCISM - - (erotic) - D: Jess Franco


THE EXORCIST - 1973 - (demonic possession) - D: William Freidkin, Writer novel/screenplay: William Peter Blatty (who , ironically, was known for writing several successful Hollywood comedies of the late fifties/sixties.) Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow.
     Based on Blatty's novel which was based on a semi-true case of an alledgedlly possessed boy in Mt. Ranier, near washington DC (alledgedly.) Interestingly enough the film predicts the true events surrounding a French girl named Annilese Michel who died while under an excruciateingly long, severe exorcism that began the year the film was released. Recently a movie about Annilese's story has been made starring Laura Linney. I haven't seen it yet but I'm sure it sucks.
     All demonic possession movies suck for the most part. Except for "The Exorcist"! Nearly every demonic possession movie is an idiotic and repulsive (and I don't mean that in a good way) attempt to capture any semblance of what makes The Exorcist perhaps the greatest horror film of all time, if not the scariest. There have been many sequels and knock-offs: "Exorcist 2 The Heretic, 3, & 4 (All pale by a million miles to the original and none involving Freidkin or blatty except 3 which was written and directed by Blatty and only sublimely delivers any true scares. Ironically the novel 'Legion' which was adapted by Blatty into '3' is a great book and worth reading if you are a fan of Blatty or just really good suspenseful novels.) House of Exorcism (Jess Franco Hodgepodge), The Temptor, Audrey Rose, Good Against Evil, A blax-ploitation rip-off that I can't remember the name of, and many more.
It's funny that younger audiences don't seem to be that impressed (My friend, Monty Bass). No doubt, I guess. With today's action pacing, high-tech FX palettes, and routinely gratuitous, mindless splattering and dissection of the human form for shock value younger viewers have already seen the worst of the worst of what the eyes can grasp.
     Nonetheless, The Exorcist is the single most bone-disturbing film to exist on celluloid. The make-up and FX are impecable.The films direction is so faithful to the book that it is an amazing accomplishment for Freidkin and everyone involved in the making of the film. Burstyn, Cobb, Miller, Sydow and Blair deliver unsettleling, starkly realistic performances as well. Adding to the realism of the film is the fact that (Freidkin's idea) four priests in the film are actually priests in real life, and being from the same area that the boy that the book was inspired by lived during the alledged possession. When this movie came out it scared the shit out of the world. I saw it on TV for the first time around 1977 (two years after I was scared shitless by the novel) and I was equally disturbed by the film's intensity. I must have slept with my light on for months (no exageration,) and no film has ever affected me that way since. It was banned in more country's than any other film in history and set the bar for special effects and the artistic integrity that can exist in a horror movie. I think I've seen it over forty times (I'm still beat by Beetlejuice.)
     The novel on it's own is beyond scary. Easily the scariest work of fiction ever written. If you don't believe me go out and get it. Read it alone. Try in the dark. I guarantee you won't be able to read it without many lights on in the house. I've read the novel 9 times and I can't do it without every light on within my sight. I feel very strongly that Reagan/Pazuzzu is hands down the most infamous horror creature ever created on the printed page (or celluloid), only palely rivaled by Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, or Stoker's Dracula.
     I dig on Linda Blair. Her career specifically relies on her role in The Exorcist, unfortunately. Without that role she would have never been a household name. She has probably done more bad movies than any other actress in history. She has also probably personally delivered some of the worst acting in the history of cinema as well. It's not always her fault, however sometimes it is. Nonetheless, I dig on her and she has done a few good films, but only one great one. She was also highly praised for her role opposite Mark Hamill in "Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic", and in "Born Innocent" about a troubled youth in an adolescent detention home. I will not give The Exorcist a Horror Hottie rating for Ms. Blair's presence because that would just be weird, because she was 12 at the time. Sharon, The house Assistant to Reagan's mother in the film is fine though.
(FREIDKIN: the exorcist.)

EXORCIST 2 THE HERETIC - - (demonic possession) - 3 skulls - Linda Blair, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris

EXORCIST 3 - - (demonic possession) - 4 skulls - W, D, Sc: William Peter Blatty, George C. Scott

EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING - 2005 - (demonic possession) - 1 skulls -



EXTREMITIES - 1986 - (rape/revenge) - farrah fawcett, James Russo

EYE OF THE CAT - 1969 - (thriller) - D: David Lowell Rich, Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunicutt, Eleanor Parker, Tim Henry, Laurence Naismith



THE EYE - - (ghost/philapines) - 6 skulls -



THE EYE 2 - - (ghost/philapines) -