John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV

Creator of the audio drama Enter The House Between. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Reader Top Ten Greatest Horror Films Circa 1960 - 2000: Aaron DePhillips

Reader and friend Aaron DePhillips provides us our next top ten greatest horror films (circa 1960 - 2000) list, and he's got some terrific titles here...

Aaron writes:

"10. Aliens (1986)

09 Creepshow (1982)

08. Halloween (1978)

07. The Wicker Man (1973)

06. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

05. The Evil Dead (1983)

04. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

03. Jaws (1975)

02. A Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors (1987)

01. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984),"

Aaron: Terrific list. The original A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) is such a great film. I watched it recently and it still holds up, and it is still really scary. Craven's film boasts a tremendous atmosphere of dread, and I'm always impressed by Heather Langenkamp's performance as Nancy.

I'm also happy to see The Blair Witch Project get another shout-out. Elm Street launched the rubber-reality sub-genre, and BWP launched the found-footage genre, for sure...

John Kenneth Muir

award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).