one of the best approaches to spend a night with friends, no matter what age you are, is watching horror movies. A night of popcorn, screams, and laughter can make for good entertainment.
You can make a list of horror films you want to see and let your friends select on the night of. There are many great classics available on the internet, as well as being re-released in High Definition on Blu-ray Discs. Another good option is utilizing the fact that many TVs and game consoles now have internet access, and are connected to Netflix instant, so you can see the movies from the internet directly on the TV.
There are a plethora of horror movies to select from but here are five movies are the perfect recipe for a great night of horror movies. Not only were these great scary movies, but they were also just great movies, being nominated for awards, and in many cases winning. It is a selection of titles that have been made over the last fifty years, showing that great horror never dies.
The quintessential horror movie everybody should see is the Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho. Do not make the mistake of getting the re-make which starred Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates and is not nearly as scary. Made in 1960, it is still as eerie and shocking today, with a brilliant performance from Anthony Perkins. Bates Motel is always worth a visit unless of course, you are Janet Leigh. Psycho was nominated for 4 Oscars.
Jaws, which was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975, became an instant classic. It won 3 Academy Awards, including one for the unforgettable original score by John Williams. True, it may not live up to the technology of today, and the shark may be a little cheesy, but it still makes people scream and jump just the same.
Stephen King has been the master of horror writing for the better part of four decades and picking one of the movie adaptations of his books can always add to a scary night. Kathy Bates won an Academy Award in 1990 for her role as Annie Wilkes in Misery, a chilling tale about an obsessed fan who rescues a famous writer after a motor accident. If ghosts and haunted houses are more your styles you should pick up Rose Red. It’s quite long and worth every minute. Despite the technology not being the newest it still provides plenty of chills and screams, leaving you feeling very satisfied with watching it.
In 1973 William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist was released on the big screen. The Exorcist won 2 Oscars, for Best Sound and Writing, and received 8 other nominations. Ever since it has been scaring folk around the world, and this story of a possessed teenager played by Linda Blair, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her role, is guaranteed to send chills down your spine.
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