Synopsis: Evil alien clowns cocoon humans in cotton candy to snack on when they return home.

Why top 100?: The Chiodo brothers greasy faced, extremely evil looking "klowns" are unlike any creatures in cinema history. Killer Klowns is equally hilarious and unsettling with more imagination than a years worth of mainstream Hollywood films. Some of the slapstick doesn't work and some of the performances are strictly amateur hour (exception the great John Vernon) but god damn if those clowns aren't worth it. A true original.

Moment you won't soon forget: Killer Klowns from Outer Space is chock full of 'em. The frightening clown driving down the highway in an invisible car - The little clown on a silly bike that gets picked on by a motorcycle gang and gets really pissed - The delightful moment when the clowns create animal balloon dogs which help them hunt humans - The creepiest most sinister moment: A huge clown beckons a little girl to leave her mother and come to him while hiding a huge mallet behind his back!

89) Nosferatu (1922, Dir. F.W. Murnau)

Synopsis: German version of Bram Stoker's Dracula (Murnau was sued by Stoker's widow over the similarities).

Why top 100?: A silent German film from 1922 still remains the ultimate vampire film with a twisted, horrid Max Schreck as one of the most frightening monsters in cinema. Watching Nosferatu it's hard to imagine Schreck was even human! A masterpiece of German Expressionism, Murnau keeps you off balance with bizarre angles and a dreamy pace. Nosferatu's influence can be seen in numerous films including the Herzog remake and the look of the Reggie Nalder vampire in Stephen King's Salem's Lot.

Moment you won't soon forget: Nosferatu standing on the deck of the ship looking down at you after he'd slaughtered the entire crew.

88) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974, Dir. Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones)

Synopsis: A horseless King Arthur roams the countryside while his sidekick slaps coconut shells together to simulate a horses gallop. The Kings quest for the Holy Grail is constantly interrupted by an insane slew of humans and monsters.

Why top 100?: The hilarious deadpan Monty Python crew created one of the funniest films ever made on zero budget (the budget was so minuscule they couldn't afford horses!). There is so much chaos going on in Holy Grail, so much ridiculous banter that it is infinitely re-watchable. Beware of Holy Grail maniacs who can quote the film verbatim.

Moment you won't soon forget: Possibly the most hilarious scene on film: the butchered Black Knight who refuses to stop fighting although all of his limbs have been hacked off. "Come back here you coward! I'll bite your legs off!"

87) Videodrome (1983, Dir. David Cronenberg)

Synopsis: A cable television programmer, seeking out videos of extreme sex and violence, happens upon a pirate signal which appears to broadcast real snuff films which cause the viewer to suffer hallucinations.

Why top 100?: Videodrome features a Cronenberg at the top of his game: weird sex, the body in revolt, hideous conspiracies, mind bending imagery, social commentary - Videodrome has it all. Videodrome also features the first truly great performances in a Cronenberg film - James Woods is at his manic best as the perverted businessman that gets in way over his head and Deborah Harry is sexy and sickening as his pain obsessed lover. The conspiracy at the heart of Videodrome is a real kicker and the idea of a Cathode Ray Mission, a place were vagrants can get their daily dose of television brainwashing, is the stuff of genius.

Moment you won't soon forget: The videotape yielding vagina in Woods stomach, the transforming television set and the slam bang nasty ending.

86) Santa Sangre (1990, Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky)

Synopsis: A young man, who witnessed his knife throwing father chop off his mothers arms before killing himself, is released from a mental asylum. He rejoins his mother becoming her arms during bizarre stage acts and killing woman at his mothers insistence.

Why top 100?: Cult favorite Alejandro Jodorowsky's most accessible film is a perfect merger of Bunuel, Browning, a dash of Argento (Dario's brother Claudio produced it) and the brilliant mind of one of the most eccentric directors alive - Mr. Jodorowsky himself. While the story is certainly influenced by Hitchcock's Psycho, there isn't a moment of Santa Sangre that doesn't seem completely original. Santa Sangre is brutally violent, surprisingly touching (the dying elephant parade is exceptional), funny, disquieting and strangely beautiful.

Moment you won't soon forget: The whole of Santa Sangre is unforgettable. Scenes that you can't shake: The butchering of Fenix's mother, the murder of the tattooed woman, the dead elephant which gets hacked to bits by hungry villagers, the opening birds eye view of the circus in Mexico City, Fenix's feminine hands replacing his mothers missing ones, etc.

85) The Last House on the Left (1972, Dir. Wes Craven)

Synopsis: Two Teenage girls on their way to a rock concert are beaten, raped and murdered by a group of thug convicts.

Why top 100?: Wes Craven's gritty, realistic, sickeningly depraved film was the directors response to the publics' seemingly apathetic response to the Vietnam war. Craven was an avid war protester (and a Humanities Professor!) who felt a realistic depiction of the horror of murder would shake people out of there television induced haze. Led by the intense, frightening David Hess the group of madmen (and woman!) get there kicks out of torturing the girls for what seems like hours before the Virgin Spring inspired finale. The Last House on the Left remains one of the most painful cinematic experiences one can endure (there have been numerous reports of Last House playing "Grindhouse" cinemas in the city where frightened critics watched as the audience cheered the brutality inflicted upon the teenage girls - pretty frightening!).

Moment you won't soon forget: The young girl Cassel, having just witnessed her best friends murder, is raped by Hess before wandering zombie-like into a lake where she is brutally shot to death. The parents revenge, especially the fate of Hess. OUCH!

84) Phantom of the Paradise (1974, Dir. Brian De Palma)

Synopsis: A psychedelic, eye popping, rock and roll version of Gaston Leroux's classic novel The Phantom of the Opera mixed with Goethe's Faust.

Why top 100?: Brian De Palma's visual flair along with Jessica Harper's singing voice, Sissy Spacek's loony set designs and Gerrit Graham's turn as "Beef," makes Phantom of the Paradise one of the most entertaining films of the seventies. Hell, even that little weasel Paul Williams as "Swan" turns in a great performance. De Palma's love for the horror/thriller genre can be seen as countless, classic films are commented on (Universal Studios horror, Hitchcock suspense, German Expressionism, etc.). Paradise is also a thought provoking comment on celebrity and audience manipulation. Oh yeah, don't forget it has the mesmerizing Jessica Harper belting out tunes.

Moment you won't soon forget: The goofy Juicy Fruits and Beef and The Undead performances, Jessica Harper in full cult force and Winslow/the Phantom going crazy in Swans studio before getting his head crushed by a record pressing machine.

83) Masque of the Red Death (1964, Dir. Roger Corman)

Synopsis: A cruel Devil Worshipping Prince plans on outlasting the plague by locking himself and other elite's in his lavish castle.

Why top 100?: The best of the Roger Corman / Edgar Allen Poe adaptations and arguably the finest movie in Corman's absurdly long filmography. Corman's first film to be shot in England it features a rich, vibrant color courtesy of the great Nicolas Roeg. Corman, a big fan of Bergman, borrows from some of his imagery and pacing (The Seventh Seal being an obvious influence). Masque of the Red Death gives Vincent Price one of his best roles - playing Prince Prospero with all his acting might while holding back slightly on his famous hamminess. A really beautiful and depressing film which proves Corman can hang with any of the big boys when he aspires to.

Moment you won't soon forget: Death gliding across the dance room floor covered from head to toe in blood red fabrics. As he touches dancers on his way to the Prince they collapse to the ground dead. This sequence is as magical as anything Fellini or Bergman have done.

82) King Kong (1933, Dir. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack)

Synopsis: An adventurous film crew sails to Skull Island but have their leading lady kidnapped by villagers who plan to sacrifice her to the god Kong. Kong turns out to be a huge gorilla that falls for the gal and battles man and beast to possess her.

Why top 100?: Because it's King Kong bitch! Still one of the most thrilling fantasy films ever made. The stop motion effects by Willis O'Brien will continue to enthrall viewers long after the effects of The Matrix are long forgotten. A screaming Fay Wray, Kong's battles with dinosaurs, the horrific log death, the crushing of villagers and of course the climbing of the Empire State Building - man, what a movie. King Kong remains open to numerous interpretations - it seems everybody has one. Is it the story of the filmmakers repressed sexuality? Does Kong represent the era's fear of a black man's sexuality? Does Kong represent the destruction of the powerful African empires, is Kong a once powerful African ripped from his homeland via the slave trade? Whatever your take there is no denying the sheer pleasure King Kong delivers.

Moment you won't soon forget: King Kong's huge face peering inside Fay Wray's apartment room and the inexplicably heartbreaking finale (why do we care so much for this gorilla?).

81) Dawn of the Dead (1979, Dir. George Romero)

Synopsis: Survivalists fighting flesh eating zombies overtake a huge shopping mall where they try to live somewhat normal lives while battling an ever increasing horde of the hungry dead.

Why top 100?: George Romero's Dawn of the Dead has everything you want in a horror movie - few other films deliver such a volume of thrills, laughs and moans as this epic splatterfest. Ken Foree and company deliver terrific performances in this low budget masterpiece and Tom Savini really delivers the goods in the gore department. Romero has a jolly good time poking fun at our brain dead consumerist society while delivering up a slew of characters we actually care about (a technique modern filmmakers seem to have forgotten). They don't make them like this anymore!

Moment you won't soon forget: Wow. Where to begin. The NASTY bites taken out of a woman in the housing projects. The helicopter decapitation. The biker gut ripping finale. The brutal attack on flyboy. That fucking creepy Hare Krishna. Etc. Dawn of the Dead is like some horror greatest hits album.

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