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For horror lists I really like Kimberley Lindberg's blog Cinebeats and her 31 Films That Give Me the Willies.
Deep Red over Suspiria is an interesting choice. I favor Suspiria, but probably because I saw it first at a very impressionable age, and it was far less edited to incoherence than the US version of Deep Red. Ultimately, I think Tenabrae is the best Argento movie, over both (or any), but Deep Red is pretty amazing.
I'm just going to double down on what Frank said. With the exception that I saw Suspiria at the impressionable age of 30-something, and it was still highly effective.
And from Hec's link to Shoot the Projectionist:
17. (TIE) Nosferatu (1922; F.W. Murnau) 413 pts.
The Descent (2005; Neil Marshall) 413 pts.
That's right, Murnau's insanely creepy vision of the vampire--the most animalistic and downright scary bloodsucker ever put on film--received exactly the same amount of votes as that movie about the spelunking girls from a few years ago.
LAME!
I can see it though. It's such an early film, the stylization (not to mention the silence) is really a barrier to getting into the story for a modern audience. I caught a broadcast of Nosferatu on AMC or TCM the other day and dozed off in the middle of it, and horror enthusiasts more biased toward classic films than I aren't exactly thick on the ground.
Filmmaking had advanced enough by the 30s that I don't think the Universal horror greats have the same problem translating for modern tastes. Those movies are still damn entertaining, if you can only find a channel that broadcasts them these days.
I thought The Descent was really great.
Me too. Haven't seen Nosferatu, though.
Haven't seen Nosferatu, though.
Dude. See it now!
Or else watch Beck's "Loser" video (as they copy the 'moving coffin' bit from Nosferatu).
I'm embarassed to admit I haven't made it all the way through Nosferatu. I'm trying to think of a slower-paced film that I enjoy. I get bored so easily.
You can always watch the Werner Herzog Nosferatau.
That's pretty good too. Klaus Kinski!
I was going to watch it on Netflix Instant, but the reviews say it has an updated score that's terrible. Maybe one of the library DVDs has an older, more appropriate score.