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THE FEARFUL FIVE! #12

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos may contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) DON’T MESS WITH A WOMAN: TOP 5 SCARY FILM HEROINES They screamed, they ran, and then, with no other choice, they turned and faced the enemy and proved that the so-called weaker sex can kick some monster butts when it has to: 5. Suzy Hendrix – Wait Until Dark (Audrey Hepburn) “Fragile” is a word […]

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Scariest Scary Movie #16: Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon) Pray for Rosemary’s baby Quick plot: In a nutshell: Sex and the City Goes to Hell. A young couple moves into a New York apartment building with some strange neighbors. Things begin to spiral out of control when she becomes pregnant, and her husband seems to become very distant. It becomes apparent that these crazy neighbors are actually Satanists, and they believe the mom-to-be is carrying the son of Lucifer. Scariest scene: Well, those hazy shots of Satan having his way with a woozy Mia Farrow are pretty icky. But hands […]

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Scariest Scary Movie #18 – Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead (1968, Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman) They’re coming to get you, Barbara! Quick Plot: A group of strangers hole up in a rural farmhouse after the dead come alive and start attacking. Scariest Scene: Um, that would have to be when the little girl turns into a zombie and stabs her mother to death with a spade. Why it Rocks: Night of the Living Dead set the tone for all horror films to come. It was something no one had ever seen before and no one has been able to duplicate since. For more […]

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THE FEARFUL FIVE! #11

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) IT SLICES, IT DICES! TOP 5 MOST SADISTIC SLASHERS A large collection of violent deaths certainly isn’t strictly the domain of horror films — go watch Commando or Rambo II to see Arnie and Sly mow down bad guys by the dozens, if not hundreds. But the deaths found in “slasher films” tend to be so […]

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THE FEARFUL FIVE! #10

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos may contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) SCARED SPEECHLESS: TOP 5 SILENT HORROR FILMS Don’t be scared off by the fact that these films are old, in black and white, and without sound. Instead, be very scared of their brilliantly horrific content: 5. The Golem (1920) An inspiration for the look and feel of Frankenstein about a decade later, this film tells […]

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Scariest Scary Movie #20 – Misery

Misery (1990, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth) “I’m your number one fan.” Quick Plot: Annie Wilkes rescues her favorite author Paul Sheldon from a snowy cold wreck in the mountains and nurses him back to health in the comfort of her home. She is his number one fan, but as he begins to recover, Paul realizes just what a psychotic, crazed fan she really is. While he continuously attempts to break free and let others know he is still alive, Annie tightens her clutches on him. Scariest Scene: The part when Annie realizes Paul has been getting out of […]

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Scariest Scary Movie #22 – The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project (1999, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams) In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary… A year later their footage was found. Quick Plot: Three student filmmakers investigate the legend of the Blair Witch. Their search takes them deep into the woods to a site where gruesome events took place long ago, at the bidding of a ghostly old woman. They expect to be gone for two or three days, but quickly lose their map and begin to walk in circles. Marshalled on by the […]

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Scariest Movie #21 — Stephen King’s “It”

It (1990, Tim Curry, Richard Thomas, Annette O’Toole) The Master of Horror unleashes everything you were ever afraid of … Quick Plot: In Derry, Maine in 1960, group of adolescent misfits who call themselves the Lucky Seven first encounter It: a monster that lives in the town’s sewer system and kills children. Over the course of the year, It terrorizes each member of the group in the form of a demonic clown, scarring them all for life. Bill has the worst of it when It kills his little brother. Bill and the gang work together to confront It in the […]

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THE FEARFUL FIVE! #9

Continuing our monthlong celebration of Halloween with various scary movie and TV-related lists. Check out our online movie database at staytunedmag.com to see if any of these or other scary titles are on this month. (Note: Videos may contain graphic violence, disturbing images and language.) DRAWING ON OUR FEARS: TOP 5 MOST UNNERVING ANIMATED SEQUENCES From their outset, cartoons haven’t always been for the kiddies. And even the ones that are often have their scary moments (see Bambi, Dumbo, Pinocchio, The Lion King, et al). We could fill up a page with such famous traumatic Disney moments alone, but believe […]

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Scariest Scary Movie #23 – The Descent

The Descent (2005, Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid) Scream your last breath. Quick Plot: Adventurous women set out to put a devastating event in their rear-view mirror on their annual “extreme” themed vacation. But this trip into uncharted caves leaves them more than they bargained for. Scariest Moment: Our first glimpse of the creatures that live below the earth. Though, quite frankly, if you’re claustrophobic, as soon as they enter the caves, it gets a bit hairy. Final Say: Most modern horror movies have a one-track mind. Gross the viewer out, add blood and occasional nudity and appeal to […]