The Guardian has covered South Park’s ‘201st’ Episode furore in various ways (eg No freak-out over South Park), but an addition to Ed PIlkington’s news article lists its Ten Top Shockers. (Despite getting four of the titles wrong. Yeah, I emailed them already.) This seems like a good excuse for a playlist, so here you can watch all of the Guardian’s top 10 shocking episodes.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) Dir: Tobe Hooper Stars: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley
This is a rollercoaster of pure nastiness. It’s horrific, uncomfortable, but not devoid of… Hope. From the tense, claustrophobic opening scene, we know what this is going to be. A woman wakes up trapped in a box. Upon freeing herself, she is rewarded by a blow to the face with a rifle-butt.
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I am a huge Corey Haim fan. Have been ever since I saw him in Joel Schumacher’s cult classic The Lost Boys (1987) when I was eight years old. Haim’s hilarious portrayal of Jason Patric’s younger brother was, for me, one of the highlights. The witty banter and palpable chemistry between him and future frequent co-star Corey Feldman proved a massive hit with fans worldwide and helped contribute to Lost Boys’ fanboy status.
A gaggle of chattering schoolgirls are making their way to the edge of a train platform. They join hands, and as the train pulls into the station, all 54 of the uniformed waifs jump in unison onto the tracks. What follows is pure carnage. Heads are flattened, blood sprays and within a few seconds it hits you: this is going to bit a sick, twisted blood-fest. Yay! Suicide Club spirals into one gory and confusing death-scene after another, as a string of apparently unrelated suicides baffle the police. At each crime scene, they find a bag, in which rolls of human skin have been stitched together. As the story unfolds, detectives begin to suspect that the skin was removed...
Say what you like about Christian Bale, but you can’t argue with his commitment to a role. I haven’t seen shoulder muscles like that since Bruce Lee swinging his nunchaku about in Enter the Dragon. In fact, Christian Bale is a living lesson in “body” horror.
In the 1970s, the devil and satanic cults got a bad rap, and proved attractive forbidden fodder for movie goers. The Exorcist had people fainting in the aisles. The Manson Family terrorised a nation. Rosemary’s Baby was a hit, and made you question your neighbours. Race With the Devil belongs to a genre that’s often overlooked. This holiday from hell/car chase/popcorn flick is a great movie for different reasons. Directed by Jack Starrett (sometimes credited elsewhere as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr), it stars Peter Fonda and Warren Oates, two further reasons to see the film. It all starts when a pair of Texan best buds decide to take their wives on a skiing trip. So on to Aspen in...
Freddy Krueger to guest star on Bones? Meh, not really. Winner of the Most Misleading Headline of the Day goes to these guys. Robert Englund will guest star on an episode of Fox’s Bones. The slasher-themed episode sees Brennan (Emily Deschanel) forced to attend her high school reunion when a murder sends her and Booth (Angel’s David Boreanaz) to the scene…
Last year, I was diagnosed with swine flu. Upon being quarantined in my flat, with much time on my hands, I scanned my movie archive. My first appropriate choice to keep my feeble mind busy was , the Spanish sleeper-hit that took many by surprise in 2007. I love that movie for many reasons. The claustrophobic intensity. The manic frustration of the residents trying to figure out what’s going on. And now, I shared their plight. I was ushered out of my Doctor’s office faster than a whore in church, once it was verified I was infected. Luckily for my sick butt, I was given a copy of 2 by a buddy (thanks Ishi!). So I was, as...
