SHOCKtober: 68-45

You know what, I'm just gonna shut up and get outta the way because man, we got nothin' but bangers today. It's kind of been that way every day, but today, wow. Okay, shutting up now. Let's get to it with movies that are perfect ten vote getters. 

68. Raw – 2016, Julia Ducournau

67. Pulse (aka Kairo) – 2001, Kiyoshi Kurosawa

66. Mullholland Dr. – 2001, David Lynch

65. Don't Look Now – 1973, Nicolas Roeg

Time to crank it up to films that received eleven votes each:

64. The House of the Devil – 2009, Ti West

63. The Evil Dead – 1981, Sam Raimi

62. REC – 2007, Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza

61. Messiah of Evil – 1974, Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz

60. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II – 1987, Bruce Pittman

59. Ghostwatch – 1992, Lesley Manning

58. Fright Night – 1985, Tom Holland

57. The Exorcist III – 1990, William Peter Blatty

56. Deep Red (aka Profondo rosso) – 1975, Dario Argento

55. Daughters of Darkness – 1971, Harry Kümel

54. Cat People – 1942, Jacques Tourneur

53. Bride of Frankenstein – 1935, James Whale

52. Barbarian – 2022, Zach Cregger

51. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors – 1987, Chuck Russell 

50. 28 Days Later – 2002, Danny Boyle

Ooh, now it's time for twelve not-angry...vote-receiving...movies...............

49. Train to Busan – 2016, Yeon Sang-ho 

48. House (aka Hausu) – 1977, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

47. Halloween III: Season of the Witch – 1982, Tommy Lee Wallace

13 votes each! Spooky!

46. Trick 'r Treat – 2007, Michael Dougherty

45. The Fly – 1986, David Cronenberg

• Pulse is terrifying, depressing, prescient...its 20th Anniversary passed during the pandemic and I wrote a feature for Rue Morgue celebrating it and tying it to that particular time. One of my favorite things I've written, I won't lie!
• Awww yeah Messiah of motherfucking Evil!! I will continue to spread my Messiah of Evil agenda forever.
• A reader on The Evil Dead: "Bunch of us cousins would rent this every Christmas when I was a pre-teen/teen. Every time I watch I think of Christmas with the family."
• I love those kinds of ties we get with specific horror movies. When I think of The Evil Dead, I think of the friend I watched it with who made me take the tape out of the VCR when it was over--she didn't want to touch it because she was sure it was cursed.
• Barbarian was a late late night random "eh, why not throw this on" flick and hot dang what a flick it was! Loved it.
• A reader on The Exorcist III: "Kinderman talking about the carp in his bathtub plays on a perpetual loop deep in the recesses of my brain." 
• It's great that Ghostwatch is so readily available now (I only saw it Back in the (Relative) Day because of the wonders that having a region-free DVD player can bring) and it still holds up so well, even if you know...you know. But wow, what it must have been to see it Back in the (Actual) Day and not know. You know?