One of the best ways to spend a night with friends, no matter what age you are is watching horror films. A night of popcorn, the Cree and laughter can make for great entertainment, especially if you have a system large home theater.
Many great classics were reissued in high definition on Blu - ray discs, but there are also many on the internet, you can even make a list, and let your friends choose the night. Many televisions now have access to the internet, so you can watch the movies directly on the TV. Or you can connect a projector to your PC and make your own little theatre in your living room.
These five films are the perfect recipe for a great night of horror films. This is a selection of titles that were made during the last fifty years, showing that great horror never dates. Not only these big scary movies, but they were also just great films being nominated for awards and in many winning cases. While many can stick their nose to horror movies, five films that should see it at least once.
The first film to put on your list should be the classic Alfred Hitchcock Psycho. Made in 1960, it is always also strange and shocking today, with a brilliant performance by Anthony Perkins. Bates Motel is always merit a visit, unless of course Janet Leigh. Do not make the mistake to get re-make who plays Vince Vaughn: Norman Bates is also frightening. Psycho nominated for 4 Oscars.
In 1973, the Exorcist of William Peter Blatty was released on the big screen. Since that it was scaring folk everywhere in the world, and this story of a possessed teenager played by Linda Blair, who has been nominated for an Oscar for his role, is guaranteed to send shivers in your back. The Exorcist won two Oscars, for best sound and writing and received 8 other appointments.
JAWS, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975, is an instant classic. Yes, it is not height in today's technology and shark is perhaps a bit of cheese, but it makes people shout and jump still. He won 3 Oscars, including one for the unforgettable original music by John Williams.
Stephen King was the master of horror written for most of the past four decades, and choose one of the film of his books adaptations can always add a night scary. Kathy Bates won an Oscar in 1990 for her role as Annie Wilkes in the misery, a chilling tale about an obsessed fan who saves a writer celebrates after a car accident.
With 6 Oscars in 1999, the sixth sense is a modern masterpiece. While many of his other films have fallen far from great, M Night Shyamalan hit every note perfectly in it. Haley Joel Osment offers one of the best child performance ever as the boy who sees dead people, and Bruce Willis and Toni Collette argue brilliantly.
If you have not seen these films, engage now, because they are only the visible tip of the iceberg when it comes to horror. Naturally if you like horror, you know, he y of the thousands of other films out there, the Japanese classics in the independent gore flicks.
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