THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED A HORROR MOVIE WAS WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD AND I WATCHED 'ALIEN' ON LATE NIGHT ITV TELEVISION. AT FIRST I HATED IT AS IT WAS TOO DARK AND THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ON SCREEN HORROR, BUT SINCE THEN, I HAVE LEARNED THE KEYS TO TRUE HORROR MOVIE MAGIC, DARKNESS, A LOT OF IMPLIED VIOLENCE, MINIMAL SHOW-OFF VIOLENCE AND NEVER HEARD OF ACTORS. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE KEYS TO THE GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME.
SOME OF THE TRUE HORROR GREATS HAVE COME IN MANY SHAPES AND FORMS. WHETHER IT'S HITCHCOCK'S 'PSYCHO' OR CARPENTER'S 'HALLOWEEN,' IT MIGHT EVEN BE HOOPER'S 'THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE' OR EVEN TO THE EXTREME REALMS OF THE BIZARRE AS DAVID LYNCH'S 'ERASERHEAD,' WHATEVER THE HORROR GREAT MIGHT BE, ONE THING THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THEY ARE ALL MEMBERS OF HISTORY IN THE ANNALS OF TIMELESS HORROR MOVIES. |
