Author: Amie

5 Reasons to watch The Walking Dead

5 reasons you need to watch The Walking Dead I’m always wary of something that has SO much hype surrounding it. But you guys. YOU GUYS. The Walking Dead was so awesome I’m having trouble even thinking about how to describe it—so I whittled it down to the 5 best reasons: Andrew Lincoln (as Rick

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Why John Carpenter’s Halloween Rules

31 Horror Movies I Own #31: Halloween (1978) Still one of my favorites, Carpenter’s original Halloween may not be packed with the level of blood and gore that movies made now are, but it’s still creepy, unsettling, and yes, even scary. Good girl Laurie Strode (Jamie Leigh Curtis) has a boring evening of babysitting planned

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Cabin Fever

31 Horror Movies I Own #30: Cabin Fever I know everybody likes Hostel more, but I still stand by my belief that Eli Roth’s first film is his best (so far). Cabin Fever evokes the feeling of old-school slasher movies complete with the requisite amount of drugs, booze, and T&A—but instead of a crazy killer,

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Dead Alive

31 Horror Movies I Own #29: Dead Alive (AKA Braindead) My second favorite Peter Jackson film (Heavenly Creatures is the first), Dead Alive is a hilarious 1992 blood-fest from the LOTR master that makes me extremely happy. Shy Lionel Cosgrove is trying to escape his overbearing mother’s clutches so he can woo the girl of

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

31 Horror Movies I Own #28: A Nightmare on Elm Street “I’m your boyfriend now, Nancy” I’ve written previously about my love for A Nightmare on Elm Street, but I wanted to reiterate how AWESOME the original 1984 movie is. Wes Craven created one badass sicko in the form of Fred Krueger, which is why

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An American Werewolf in London

31 Horror Movies I Own #27: An American Werewolf in London Another horror-comedy, An American Werewolf in London is the film that kicked off my obsession with gory special F/X. College backpackers David and Jack are hiking across some spooky, fog-covered moors in England when the stumble upon a pub called “The Slaughtered Lamb”, and

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Rosemary’s Baby

31 Horror Movies I Own #26: Rosemary’s Baby Featuring the most frightening old people I’ve ever seen (with the exception of the rigor mortis smiling couple in Mulholland Dr.), Rosemary’s Baby is a beautifully filmed piece of terror-inducing thrill. Rosemary Woodhouse couldn’t be happier about being pregnant with her first child, until all her new

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