Happy Halloween, everyone! This wraps up another year of October Horror Month for me, which always makes me a little sad (but also a little happy since I can go back to reviewing all sorts of genres instead of just horror). Until October 2018… 🙂
Ah, the horror genre. Between horror & comedy, I’d have to say we get the largest number of movies that are complete & utter shit. Very disappointing. I suppose part of the reason may be that they’re probably the cheapest types of movies to make but, also, people’s tastes vary so widely on these genres so only a small handful end up with praise & high ratings.
It felt like I reviewed only a couple of good horrors in 2016 & that the rest were dreadful. This year I’ve again seen some truly abysmal horrors but, overall, I lucked out and saw some really good ones. Yay! On this list of 32 movies: I loved numbers 1-4, I liked numbers 5-9 quite a lot, and I thought numbers 10-15 were fine & had fun with them. The rest were meh or awful. But 15 decent ones out of 32 is REALLY good for the horror genre! Oh, I should add that I cheated a little & threw a few “thrillers” in as well.
So here’s my ranked list, counting down to My Top Ten Horror & Thriller Movies Watched For 2017 October Horror Month:
32. The Forest
31. Lifeforce
30. The Neon Demon
29. Poltergeist (2015)
28. The Girl On The Train
27. Byzantium
26. Only Lovers Left Alive
25. Cooties
24. 1922
23. Cell
22. Ghostbusters (2016)
21. Ouija: Origin Of Evil
Top Twenty:
20. Green Room
19. Mother!
18. Alien: Covenant
17. Split
16. Get Out
15. Monster Hunter (aka Dark Was The Night)
14. The Watcher In The Woods
13. Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
12. Before I Wake
11. The Babysitter
Top Ten:
10. The Witch
9. Pontypool
8. The Wailing
7. The Gift
6. Coherence
5. The Final Girls
4. House (Hausu) (1977)
3. Gerald’s Game
2. Train To Busan
1. It (2017)
Phew. Horror Month is over! Now I can go watch something happy & fun. Any recommendations? 🙂
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This is very serious. Did not expect you’d consider Coherence for this list 😃
Ha! Yeah, I decided to throw in some “thrillers” this year as well. I can only take SO much horror… 😉 Coherence is a very good film. 🙂
I keep hearing praise for Train To Busan. Seems to be popular among bloggers!
It’s a great film! I recommend it. I think it’s popular since it’s so rare to have likeable characters in a horror film. 🙂
Great list! I completely agree with your ranking, especially The Neon Demon, which totally deserves #30, way way too bizarre for me and i like bizarre quite a bit. I would rank Only Lovers Left Alive a bit higher. I’m a Jarmusch fan so I’m biased. I need to check out all your Top Ten, especially Gerald’s Game.
Thanks! Yeah – I normally like bizarre so thought I’d love The Neon Demon, but… Nope! Not for me. Weird just for the sake of being weird. A lot of people are fans of Only Lovers Left Alive. 🙂 I liked its style but was just a bit bored overall. I really liked Gerald’s Game but I AM a huge King fan. It’s a great adaptation. The ending is bizarre, though (as in the book). But, before that, a great psychological thriller. Would love to know your thoughts if you see it. 🙂
I’m debating whether to read Gerald’s Game or watch the movie. What do you recommend?
Hmm. It wasn’t a favorite King book of mine but I read everything of his. If you’re not a big King fan, I’d say you can go straight to the movie on this one. 🙂
I am, actually. I’ll give the book a try. Thanks! 🙂
You always watch so many movies. I don’t know how you do it but keep it up 👍
Haha. Thanks, Alex! 🙂 It’s not easy but, with this, these are movies I’ve watched in the past year (back to November 2016). I store up the horror movies for a year. But I did squeeze in watching three of these at the very end of October this year. 😉
You’re so honest haha.
😁