The Court Jester

I am a huge fan of scary movies and when I saw the post Sympatico’s MSN Entertainment site, I had to pass it along. They seem to have a good handle on what I like about scary movies: A good scare without all the excessive gore that a lot of today’s movies seem to have. They did leave Poltergeist out… which I found a bit disappointing though.

The mark of a great horror film is whether it sustains its vision of terror through several generations of increasingly desensitized viewers. Does the movie still make you jump or squirm or sweat or scream? The following efforts do all of the above. [source: Sympatico/MSN Entertainment]

Top 10 Scariest Movies - We count down the films that still scare us silly
[credit: Dave McCoy, MSN Movies]

10. “Eraserhead” (1977)
9. “The Exorcist” (1973)
8. “Halloween” (197
7. “Don’t Look Now” (1973)
6. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974)
5. “Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)
4. “Suspiria” (1977)
3. “Night of the Living Dead” (196
2. “Repulsion” (1965)
1. “Psycho” (1960)

For the full description on why these movies are great, visit the full MSN post here.