I loved the ending to the Mist. Was a lot more bleak and I never expect the endings of the books to remain in movie adaptations anyway. Especially short stories.
As for favorite horror movies, I'll add mine.
1) The Beyond - Best zombie movie ever. Everything from the kills to the music to the story, it's just awesome. It's pretty dated as far as effects go, but if you are a real horror fan that stuff shouldn't bother you.
2) Gates of Hell/City of the Living dead - Easily the most brutal kill scene ever with the dude who makes the chick barf out all of her organs out of her mouth. So fucked up looking.
3) Dawn of The Dead - don't really need to elaborate....
4) Night of the Demons - It's one of the campy 80's flicks that usually gets lost in the shuffle when people are rattling off their favorite Jason movie. It's got a great cast of cheesy 80's characters, some awesome quotes, and a really fucked up demon sex scene.
5) Event Horizon - I don't care that Paul Anderson sucks balls in everything else he has ever done, this movie is awesome. Sam Neil and Lawrence Fishburne both rocked in it and the supporting cast was perfect. Liberate Tutame Ex Inferis!!!!
6) Tenebrae - Suspiria is awesome, but this is one of Argento's other masterpieces from that era. Best axe to the head scene ever. Giallo at it's best.
7) Hellraiser 2 - The first one is obviously awesome as well, but this fucking movie is brutal. The whole scene with the mental patient slicing himself up with the razor to "get the bugs off him" and the skinless bitch coming out of the blood-soaked mattress is one of the most gut-wrenching scenes in history. Dr. Channard is the coolest character in the entire series as well (next to Pinhead of course).
8) Demons - Argento produced demon flick. Really gross demon transformations, and a ludicrous story about how a movie about demons changes people into demons, but it's got a lot of character to it.
9) Black Sabbath - One of Mario Bava's best. It's got 3 stories, but the middle one is my favorite. It features Boris Karloff as as "wurdalak", (basically a vampire) who feeds on his family. The directing is fucking amazing....an obvious inspiration to Argento's Suspiria, so if you are a fan of that watch this movie.
10) Inside - Rather new movie by french newcomer Alexandre Bustillo about a chick who wants to steal the baby of another chick...while it's still in her womb. I haven't had my jaw drop like I did while watching this movie in YEARS. So fucked up, shocking, and well-directed to boot. Reminded me of a more gory, more fucked up Halloween.
I could type for hours about horror movies...I live it and breathe it even more than metal, so I'm happy this was necroed.
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