Brenda's Top 30 Favourite Horror Flicks   1. The Exorcist, 1973   2. Night of the Living Dead, 1968   3. The Innocents, 1961   4. Carnival of Souls, 1962   5. Nosferatu, 1922   6. The Haunting, 1963   7. The Thing From Another World, 1951   8. The Evil Dead, 1981   9. The Night Stalker, 1972   10. Salem’s Lot, 1979   11. The Blair Witch Project, 1999   12. Let's Scare Jessica To Death, 1971   13. The Ring, Japanese and American versions, 2002   14. The Grudge, Japanese and American versions, 2004   15. The Wicker Man, 1973   16. The Phantom of the Opera, 1925 17. The Shining, 1980   18. 30 Days of Night, 2007   19. Psycho, 1960   20. Halloween, 1978   21. Rosemary’s Baby, 1968   22. The Omen, 1976   23. The Legend of Hell House, 1973   24. Frankenstein, 1931   25. The Mummy, 1932   26. London After Midnight, 1927   27. White Zombie, 1932   28. The Creature From the Black Lagoon, 1954   29. Paranormal Activity, 2007   30. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975

Ad Rates / Articles / Classified Ads / Editorial / Home / Links / Showtime   Hollywood horror master George Romero's fave horror flicks    List Brenda McNeilly Next   Halloween is on the way: It's horror movie time   We all have our favourite horror movies, but how about George A. Romero, Hollywood's master horror flick director?   Brenda McNeilly, a Wayback Times freelance writer with an inside track, got the Night of the Living Dead director's three favourites and why they register with him.   Director George Romero’s Top 3 Horror Flicks, by Brenda McNeilly George Romero describes his philosophy as “more of a story teller than an image maker.”   His top three are stories that haunt, disturb, shock and push our boundaries. I dig his choices. And do I need to tell you, George is pretty cool, too?   Note: Spoiler alert.   1. The Thing From Another World, 1951 “I was 12 at the time I saw it, a very vulnerable age," says George. "I was completely knocked out by it.   "Howard Hawks was genius. He used fast, overlapping dialogue, rapid fire. And the movie’s all about doors. Every time a door opens, The Thing appears or something shocking happens. The pace is like an attack.   "For me, this was the first movie that seriously asked ‘What if science isn't the answer? What if aliens really are evil’? Stephen Hawking believes they are.”   2. The Innocents, 1961 “I was old enough when I saw this that it shouldn't have scared me like it did," says George. "I was in college.   "There are scenes in it that are so memorable, once you've seen them, you never forget them, like the ghost in the lake, and Deborah Kerr in the classroom.   "It's an incredibly made, scary film.”   3. The Exorcist, 1973 “I was raised Catholic, so this film really hit me. I heard stories of what Billy Friedkin was like on the set, from people working on the movie.   Whatever the case, it is a really great film.   "The way it ends is interesting. The priest gets the demon to leave the girl and come into him, and hurls himself to his death. But, evil continues to exist, good continues to exist. I mean the devil still goes on his way, he's out there . . ."   Photo at top: George Romero, the American director, screenwriter and editor, and Brenda McNeilly, Wayback Times freelance writer   You can read more about George Romero on the IMDB website.     Return to top of page   This Is Publishing © 2011 581 8th Line West, RR1 Hastings, ON, K0L 1Y0 Phone/Fax: 705-696-1833   webmaster