Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been hinting on both my Twitter page and as well as the Super Podcast that I was working on a special article in honour of Halloween for supermarcey.com. Well, here it is: the 50 greatest shots in horror films. One of the reasons why I came up with this article was so that I could showcase some of my favourite shots from horror films that I personally found to be either iconic, beautiful, disturbing, breathtaking, chilling and, of course, scary. Whether they are a simple well crafted shot on its own or as part of a truly memorable scene. But one thing I do know for certain, and hopefully you’ll also agree with me, is that the 1st time we saw these shots, they insantly burned into memories so that we would never forget them. While there some horror films do have more than one great shot in them, I’ve decided for this list only to pick one per film. I must warn that this list does contains images that could be considered either spoilers or NSFW. Enjoy!
Here are my top 50 greatest shots from horror films:
50. FRAILTY
49. WOLF CREEK
48. CANDYMAN
47. THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977)
46. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
45. DAY OF THE DEAD (1986)
44. NEAR DARK
43. DEEP RED
42. VAMPYR
41. THE EXORCIST III
40. NIGHT OF THE DEMON
39. HORROR OF DRACULA
38. THE FOG (1981)
37. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
36. VIDEODROME
35. AUDITION
34. SCANNERS
33. THE WICKER MAN (1973)
32. SUSPIRIA
31. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
30. MAY
29. HIGH TENSION
28. THE STRANGERS
27. REPULSION
26. THE BURNING
25. PHANTASM
24. ZOMBIE
23. BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
22. THE BIRDS
21. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
20. DRACULA (1931)
19. DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
18. HELLRAISER
17. CARRIE (1976)
16. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
15. SLEEPAWAY CAMP
14. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
13. KING KONG (1933)
12. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
11. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
…and now the top 10…
10. PSYCHO (1960)
9. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
8. THE EXORCIST
7. JAWS
6. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
5. THE OMEN (1976)
4. HALLOWEEN (1978)
3. THE SHINING
2. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
…and the number 1 greatest shot in horror films is…
1. NOSFERATU
Agree? Disagree? Is there any I missed out? Let me know at either here on the comment page, the Super Podcast Facebook page or at my twitter at www.twitter.com/BedeJermyn.
– Bede Jermyn
Well done
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Agreed, nice work dude!
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Thanks guys! I’m glad you enjoyed this list!
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Good List 😀
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