Hello ladies, gentlemen, and creatures lurking in the shadows! This month, October, is a favorite among horror fans, such as myself. My goal for the next 31 days is to share with you the scariest and best of the genre. The films will range from old school classics to modern day gorefests (they won't be in any particular order). So scout these movies out, grab a bag of popcorn (or a blood bag) and enjoy!
Dracula (1931) Dir. Tod Browning
Universal's Dracula may not hold up as well today with a contemporary audience more used to seeing perfect CGI fighting robots than bats dangling on "invisible" strings, but it's still gothically atmospheric and Bela Lugosi created an iconic performance that to this day holds the golden vampire standard.
One of the scariest things about Dracula (and still relevant to even contemporary horror films like Paranormal Activity) is the fact that he bites you on the neck while you're sleeping. If you are conscious and have a cross and clove of garlic you stand a fighting chance, but in terrifying Freddy Krueger fashion Drac will kill you while you dream of kitty cats and puppy dogs, making you into a horrible vampire without you even knowing! Dracula covers a lot of the "horror" standards like this - such as old creepy castles, bloodthirsty animals, and scariest of all a Hungarian actor.
*Sorry about the laziness, but this one was either gonna be half-assed or I would've screwed up doing one per day! Sorry folks - it's not like these blogs are mind-blowing academic studies into the annals of each film anyway...I'm just throwing out movies off the top of my head!
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