#DORK 74: Best Horror Franchise

Top 10 (of 100) Scariest Movie Moments via Bravo

Love this series that they ran years ago on Bravo. I've linked to it in the past. You can find all of it pretty much on YouTube. You can look up certain movies or watch in chunks like this. Enjoy. And Happy early Halloween!

#DORK 19: Horror Movie Remakes

#DORK 18: 31 Nights of Horror!

October is here, and Keefe gives you a movie (or movies) to watch each and every night of the month. Also included is some live commentary from some of the classic horror films like The Shining, The Exorcist, Halloween, and more.

Holiday Horror Movie Rankings

What "holiday" has inspired the best horror movies?  Everyone wants to know.  (Hey, it's better than a lame April Fool's joke.)  

1. HALLOWEEN (1978)

Obvious choice.  You get this one and the zillion sequels and anything else like "Trick r Treat."

2. BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)

How did a horror movie based around Christmas come out before Halloween?  Seriously, though.  If you haven't seen this one, make sure you see the original not the remake.  

3. FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)

Does this count?  Is this a holiday.  No?  Yeah probably not.  Ton of films though.  

4. MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)

Valentine's Day should have all the horror movies.  There's this one, a remake, one called just "Valentine."  You ever see "Valentine's Day?"

5. APRIL FOOL'S DAY (1986)

Slasher set on April Fool's Day, if you can believe it.  We've been running out of ideas for quite some time.

HONORABLE MENTION:

Eli Roth's fake trailer for Grindhouse of THANKSGIVING

 

Top 10 Scariest Movie Characters

HONORABLE MENTION:

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm St.)
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
Mrs. (Pamela) Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Pinhead (Hellraiser)
Damian (The Omen)
Regan (The Exorcist)
Jaws (Jaws)
Alien (Alien)
Raptors (Jurassic Park)


10. Jigsaw (Saw)

9. Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men)

8. John Doe (Se7en)

7. Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)

6. Candyman (Candyman)

5. Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs)

4. Samara (The Ring)

3. Michael Myers (Halloween)

2. Twins (The Shining)

1. Pennywise (It)

Halloween Party Playlist

Movie Theme Songs:
Halloween (1978)

Exorcist (1973)

Ghostbusters (1984)

From My Collection:

Boogie Woogie Wu – Insane Clown Posse
Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Marilyn Manson
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie

Classic Gems:

People Are Strange – (The Doors) cover by Echo and the Bunnymen

Season of the Witch – Donovan

I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

Absolute Must-Haves:

Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult

Thriller – Michael Jackson

Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Picket and the Crypt-Kickers 

Halloween Candy Trade Value Madness

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Halloween Candy Trade Value

Bill Simmons does his annual NBA Trade Value column, inspired by that, here is the Halloween Candy Trade Value Blog.  This is certainly an "in the eye of the beholder" type of deal, but whatever.  Here is my breakdown, with the idea that you wouldn't trade #1 for #2 straight up but maybe #1 for a #2 and #5 or something like that.  You get it.

Note: Any "big size" or "normal size" candy bar immediately takes the top spot on the trade value chart, this is based off of "fun size."

TOP 10:

1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

2. Snickers

3. Reese's Pieces

4. Sour Patch Kids

5. 3 Musketeers

6. Nerds

7. Kit Kat

8. Starbursts 

9. Twix

10. M&Ms/ Peanut M&Ms

Honorable Mention: Crunch, Milky Way, Skittles, Airheads (very rare find, would be higher if realistic get), Junior Mints, Twizzlers 

BOTTOM 5:

1. Raisins

2. Candy Corn

3. Necco Wafers

4. Smarties

5. Good & Plenty

Honorable Mention: Butterfinger, Almond Joy, Mounds

Top 10 Tuesday: Horror Movie Franchises

With it being October 1st why not get it going with some Horror Movie stuff?  Not sure what the definition of a movie "franchise" is but let's say it has to have at least 3 movies.  That works.  So this list takes in to account every movie in the series, keep that in mind as you enjoy it.  For example Silence of the Lambs is a terrific movie, but the rest in the batch, no so much. (I also don't include Alien or Jaws as Horror)

Honorable Mention: Child's Play, Candyman, Feast, Wrong Turn, Final Destination 

10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

9. Friday The 13th

8. Silence of the Lambs

7. Psycho

6.A Nightmare on Elm St.

5. Saw

4. Night of the Living Dead

3. Evil Dead

2. Scream

1. Halloween

A Krispy Kreme Halloween

One of the best rappers in the game, Krispy Kreme (even if he may be playing a character), has released his latest video: Halloween.  Haven't had a chance to post much recently, for solid horror movie stuff just search for it through the archives.  There are plenty of gems.  But for now, enjoy Krispy Kreme's Halloween.




-Keefe

Happy Halloween

Ridiculous List of Horror Movie Remakes

It really is comical how many horror movies have been remade in the last 10-15 years. There are so few original ideas out there. Movies that came out 20 somethin years ago are still being remade or "re-imagined" as those involved like to say. I'm not dumping on all of these movies, cause I have enjoyed some, but still this is a bit much. ALL of these movies listed below have been re-done. (Not a complete list)

• Halloween


• Halloween II


• Friday the 13th


• A Nightmare on Elm Street


• Black Christmas


• When a Stranger Calls


• The Hills Have Eyes


• The Hills Have Eyes II


• Psycho


• The Thing (twice)


• The Fly


• House on Haunted Hill


• Dawn of the Dead


• Cape Fear


• House of Wax


• The Hitcher


• Dracula


• Frankenstein


• The Wolfman


• Prom Night


• The Omen


• I Spit on Your Grave


• The Wicker Man


• It's Alive


• The Last House on the Left


• Red Dragon (was Manhunter)


• My Bloody Valentine


• Night of the Living Dead


• Piranha


• One Missed Call


• Quarantine (was REC)


• The Ring (was Ringu)


• The Ring 2 (was Ringu 2)


• Sorority Row (was The House on Sorority Row)


• The Amityville Horror


• The Crazies


• The Eye


• The Fog


• The Grudge


• The Haunting


• The Stepfather


• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre


• The Uninvited (was The Tale of Two Sisters)


• 13 Ghosts

There are many more, but these are the most popular. So remember young fans of Horror, when you're watching a movie, ask yourself, "Is this the original?" Chances are, the answer is no.

-Keefe

Your 2011 Halloween Costume

Every year you end up going to a costume party on Halloween. Even if you think you won't, you do. The keys to a great costume are simple.

1. Funny
2. Topical or Ironic or Whatever (Recognizable, you don't want to have to explain to everyone what the hell you are.)
3. Cheap (How much you need to spend on something you wear once?)
4. Ability to be Comfortable (Not Hot, Cold, etc.)
5. Ability to Drink/ Eat (Masks are an obstacle)

With all that being said, I think this year it's obvious. Go as Jon Lester or Josh Beckett or, if you are a mouth breather John Lackey.

What you need...

Sox Hat.


Sox Jersey of Shirt (player name optional).


Bud Lights. "Rally Beers."


Good Ole Fried Chicken. Popeye's if you can.


It's that easy. If you want to really play it up you can get some of those ridiculous necklaces that they all wear, and depending on which pitcher you choose, you can add details accordingly.

Happy Halloween

-Keefe

Happy Halloween!

Solid sports Halloween as well, Week 8 of the NFL with the Patriots vs. Randy Moss, Brett Favre, AP, and the Minnesota Vikings. Also Game 4 of the World Series from Texas where the Giants are up 2-1 over the Rangers.

13 Scariest Movies of All-Time

You won't find Friday the 13th on this list, but what you will find is the 13 scariest horror movies ever made. (That I have seen). One week left until Halloween, why not break out this list of horror classics. We here at The Sports Brief are no strangers to horror movie lists, just search "horror" in the upper left and check out our achieves dedicated to scary stuff. Enjoy the list. Boo.

13. Psycho (1960)


12. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

11. Saw (2004)

10. Candyman (1992)


9. Scream (1996)

8. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)


7. The Others (2001)



6. It (1990)


5. Halloween (1978)


4. Silence of the Lambs (1991)

3. The Exorcist (1973)

2. The Ring (2002)

1. The Shining (1980)

Happy Halloween!

-Keefe

Keefe's Pick 3 for Week 8/ Halloween

Ravens (-3) over Broncos

Texans (-3.5) over Bills

Colts (-13) over 49ers

Last week: 2-1

Overall: 7-11

Halloween Pick 3:

Movies:

1. Halloween (1978)

2. Scream

3. The Shining

Villians:

1. Michael Myers

2. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct)

3. Dracula

Candy:

1. 3 Musketeers

2. Snickers

3. Reese's

Happy Halloween from all of us at The Sports Brief!

-Keefe

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from The Sports Brief

31 Nights of Horror

October is here, and that means its international scary movie month. I’ll give you 31+ Horror movies to watch from now until Halloween. What does this have to do with sports? Absolutely nothing. I’m a fan of all these movies, and recommend you do your best to watch as many as you can this month. Of course it’s basically impossible to watch that many films in a given month, not even mentioning the fact that there’s playoff baseball, NFL, college football, and even the start of the NBA season. Well do what you can. (Each number corresponds with the appropriate day of the month.)

1. A Nightmare on Elm St. (1984)

We’ll kick off the movie marathon with a timeless classic. The emergence of Freddy Kruger, and he’s been putting the scare in kids for 24 years and counting. Also the film debut of one Johnny Depp.

2. Feast (2005)
This is one that you’ve probably never seen, but you’ll be glad you did. It was the winner of that Project Greenlight or whatever with Affleck and Damon a few years back. Bunch of people stuck in a bar in the middle of the desert when crazy creatures show up. Can’t miss.

3. Cape Fear (1991)
One of the few remakes that may actually be better than the original. Robert De Niro has a fantastic performance as Max Cady.

4. Psycho (1960)
It’s in black and white, but it’s a classic. Norman Bates is an absolute creep show, one of the best Horror movies of all time.

5. Urban Legend (1998)
Say what you want about Urban Legend, but I liked it. Takes place in a fictional school in NH and stars one Rebecca Gayheart.

6. Evil Dead II (1987) The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead’s are both horror classics. Bruce Campbell began his reign as a horror icon in these films. Watch them both if you want, if you had to only see one, I’d lean towards II. They’re pretty similar with II done just a bit better in my opinion.

7. Army of Darkness (1992)
The third installment of the Evil Dead trilogy is Army of Darkness. More blood, more gore, more action, more one liners. My personal favorite of the three. “First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me. Blow.” -Ash

8. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Rob Zombie’s first feature film. There’s a lot going on here, and it’s pretty crazy, but give it a chance. You’ll be glad you did particularly when watching the film that comes next.

9. The Devil’s Reject’s (2005)
The sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects drops some of the wild fantastical story lines from the first, and focuses more on the Firefly’s, a serial killing family. This is in my top 5 all-time Horror movies. You don’t have to watch Corpses to understand what’s going on, but it adds to the characters.

10. Friday the 13th (1980)
Its Friday the 10th this month, really the best we can do. Part of that slasher triumvirate that has produced countless and mostly terrible sequels along with the Nightmare and Halloween franchises. This again, is the original, look for a young Kevin Bacon as one of the councilors at Camp Crystal Lake.

11. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
This is actually the debut of hockey mask wearing killer Jason Voorhees, therefore it has to be on the countdown and on its own night.

12. Grindhouse (2007)
Not even sure if this qualifies as a horror movie. Grindhouse is the double feature that includes Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. If you only have time for one go with Planet Terror. Rose McGowen is great as is the story and ensemble.

13. From Dusk til Dawn (1996)
Speaking of Rodriguez and Tarantino here is another collaborative effort from those two. Rodriguez directed the film that Tarantino wrote and co-stared in. Really two films in one as it starts out with George Clooney and Tarantino as bank-robbing/ killer brothers on the run that end up at a bar with their hostages that turns out to be a feeding ground for vampires. And it might even be better than it sounds. This starts off our string of Vampire films.

14. Dracula (1992)
You can’t have a horror movie list that doesn’t involve at least one Dracula film. I went with Bram Stoker’s Dracula starring Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins, and directed by Francis Ford Coppella. It’s the original story, and I figured you’d have a better chance of watching this one then the 1931 version starring Bela Lugosi.

15. Interview with the Vampire (1994)


In my mind probably the best performance by a child star as Kirsten Dunst, at 11 or 12, steals the show from Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. A great film to wrap up the mini vampire marathon.

16. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Who doesn’t enjoy the headless horseman? Anyone? Tim Burton directs this creepy tale that stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci. “Heads will roll.”

17. Scream (1996)
In the middle of the month, make it a complete Scream weekend. Can’t believe this movie has been out for 12 years now, but you know what, it’s still good. Some horror fans love it others think it’s a mockery, I fall in the former. This is one of my top-10 films all-time, any genre.

18. Scream 2 (1997)
Clearly not as good as the first, but horror and sequels go together like roller coasters and nausea.

19. Scream 3 (2000)
I’ll do it, I’ll put the 3rd one on the list. Follow the ghostface killer (not the guy from Wu-Tang) through these Wes Craven led works of art. I admit, they get worst as they go on, but still worth a watch this October.

20. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
This movie is nuts. Crazy, creepy, scary, satanic, dark, you name it. You’ll feel for Rosemary, guaranteed.

21. Seven (1995)
Not sure if this is technically a horror movie. Seven does have some memorable gruesome images and a diabolical and unique serial killer, so I’m going to include it. Brad Pitt and the great Morgan Freeman try to track down John Doe who kills using the 7 deadly sins.

22. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Is it cheesy? Yeah, maybe a little bit. One of the countless slasher films that came out immediately following the success of Scream, but in my opinion it’s one of the best out of that group. Teens stars, brutal deaths, what more could you want?

23. Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Only horror movie to sweep the Oscars. Everyone has seen this movie, all you need to say is Hannibal Lector.

24. Candyman (1992)
Say his name 5 times in the mirror. You won’t.

25. Saw (2004) Saw II (2005)
I remember seeing the first one in the theater during college and being blown away. Then the second one, and the third one… haven’t seen the fourth yet, and the fifth is on the way. Wow. Even Nightmare, Friday the 13th, and Halloween took some time off while making all their sequels. No rest for the Saw people. Definitely watch the first one, they’re short, so maybe squeeze in another couple.

26. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The film quality is crappy and you’ll wonder what the hell you’re watching, but it’s a classic. One of the most well renowned B-movie horrors of all-time. There’s been remakes recently, but this the debut of Leatherface.

27. The Ring (2002)

Top-5 scariest movie on this list. It just creeps the hell out of me. Let’s move on.

28. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Another classic right here. You could swap it out with any George A. Romero zombie movie, but this is the first. I also really enjoyed the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. Can’t go wrong with either.

29. The Shining (1980)
Talk about some crazy stuff going on. After you’ve seen it a couple of time, really look for things that you may have missed. Just weird. I never read the book, so I don’t know what that was like. Jack Nicholson is as scary as they come and his wife, played by Shelley Duvall is frightening just to look at.

30. The Exorcist (1973)
People passed out in the theaters when this movie was released in 1973. You combine the Devil with religious views and you’re just asking for trouble… or one of the highest grossing horror films of all time.

31. Halloween (1978) Halloween II (1981) Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
What else would you watch on Halloween. Make it an unprecedented triple-feature while you’re passing out candy this year. There’s I believe 9 films that carry the “Halloween” name, but these are the best 3 by far. The third one doesn’t even involve Michael Myers, so go original, II (which takes place literally right after the first ends), and then go 4. It’s the only way to cap off a ridiculous month of horror movies.

-Keefe