Wanna See Something Really Scary?

Just in time for Halloween, a list of my all-time favorite horror flicks. So dim the lights, cue the scary music, and don't look (tension inducing pause) behind you!

10. The Blair Witch Project: Easily written off as gimmick reliant film, this movie offers much more than shaky camera work and whiny actors. While documenting the final hours of a group of three film school students lost in the woods, the movie creates fear through tension and atmosphere.

9. The Tingler: Although I'd be hard pressed to find a William Castle film that wouldn't make a fine addition to this list, I've chosen this one because it operates above any and all logic. The film is dependent on the belief that people have a lobster inside of them that tingles when they are frightened. It's a hard concept to look beyond but if you can you'll be treated to a fine example of Castle's unique mixture of horror and crime.

8. Halloween: John Carpenter's 1978 film stands as one of the genre's true masterpieces. Wearing a modified William Shatner mask and wielding a butcher knife, Michael Myers AKA "The Shape," laid the groundwork for every slasher that would follow. It also has a kick ass score.

7. Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The campiest film on the list, this movie defies explanation. Watch it and you'll see what I mean.

6. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter: The hottest chicks of the series, a high body count, Corey Feldman and Crispin Glover! 'Nuff said, fanboys.

5. Psycho: A horror film by one of the greatest directors of all time. This movie works as more of a character study than anything else. It's beautifully filmed, perfectly acted and features a string-filled Bernard Herrmann score that is still aped to this day.

4. Cabin Fever: An ode to horror films from the '70s and '80s. This film takes the familiar concept of attractive young teens on a weekend getaway in the woods and tweaks it a bit. It's at times funny, tense, surreal and gruesome. And they said horror was dead.

3. Bride of Chucky: Don't give me that look! Hey, it's my list, and I can put any film I want on here.

2. House of 1000 Corpses: Rob Zombie's love letter to the horror films of yesterday is much like his music: Brutal, hard-hitting and downright surreal. Following the exploits of a group of guys and gals looking for the place where psycho killer Dr. Satan died, they stumble across a sinister and demented family. Anyone care for a bowl of Agatha Crispies?

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: Tobe Hooper's sequel to his 1974 classic delivers more gore than its almost blood-free predecessor. Featuring an over the top Dennis Hopper who is out for vengeance, this film is gratuitously violent as well as laugh out loud hilarious.