Movies

Last House on the Left (1972, Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess) Repeat this to yourself: It’s only a movie. It is not a snuff film. It’s just a movie… Quick Plot: Three escaped convicts kidnap and brutalize two teenage girls. After their murderous lust is sated, the bad guys seek refuge in a nearby suburban home – the last house on the left. The unsuspecting owners, who are anxiously waiting for their daughter and her friend to arrive home, invite the group to spend the night. When the parents realize the truth, they exact a merciless revenge. Scariest Scene: […]

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 disturbing images and language.) HIDDEN HORRORS: TOP 5 SCARY FILMS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF Like unexpected terrors lurking in the dark just waiting to jump out and grab you, these little-seen horror films offer startling surprises: 5. It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958) In the way-off year 1973, an interstellar spacecraft unknowingly picks up a deadly alien stowaway […]

28 Days Later… (2002, Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston) Okay, Jim. Got some bad news. Quick Plot: A dangerous virus called the Rage is unintentionally released into the world, infecting the population with a permanent state of murderous rage. 28 days later, Jim wakes up from a coma and stumbles onto the desolate streets of London. He soon discovers other survivors and they make their way out of London toward a military encampment. But once there, they realize that the infected are the least of their worries. Scariest Scene: The spookiest scene is when Jim is walking around the […]

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. RHAPSODY IN “BOO!”: TOP 5 CREEPIEST FILM SCORES In the liner notes for the 25th anniversary release of the Jaws soundtrack, director Steven Spielberg writes that, “To this day, I think that [John Williams’] score was clearly responsible for half the success of the film.” So it could be with many scary films, particularly the five listed here, which feature composers getting the macabre musical […]

Children of the Corn (1984, Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong) Outlander! We have your woman! Quick Plot: A bunch of freaky looking kids form a corn-cult around an even freakier looking kid and murder every adult in town. Scariest Scene: The opening sequence in the diner really starts this movie off with a meat cleaver to the chest. Or the scene when a demonic Isaac rises from the corn. Final Say: Children of the Corn doesn’t rank the highest among King adaptations; it can be crude, somewhat distasteful, and definitely did not age well. But that is what makes […]

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. BACK OFF, MAN — I’M A SCIENTIST: TOP 5 MADDEST MOVIE DOCTORS The doctor is out — way out. They all laughed at them back at the university, and with good reason! These demented docs may have started their research with good intentions (though not always), but in the end they learned the hard way that being God ain’t all it’s cracked up to be: […]

The Ring (2002, Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman) Before you die, you see the ring… Quick Plot: A mysterious videotape brings death to those who watch it, seven days later. Journalist Rachel Keller begins to investigate, but after she and her young son view the tape, her search quickly becomes a race against time. Can she piece together the tape’s clues and her son’s psychic connection to them before the seven days are through? Scariest Scene: Just as Rachel is closing in on the mystery, Noah, her ex and co-conspirator, is paid a terrifying visit from Samara. The television […]

The Thing (1982, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter) Man is the warmest place to hide. Quick plot: A group of Antarctic researchers uncover a deadly alien that can imitate the human form. Scariest moment: The funny answer would be when we see Wilford Brimley turn psycho. Man, I didn’t even want to look at oatmeal after that! But seriously, this is one of the best slow burns in horror cinema. Every scene drips with tension and distrust. But that blood test scene, when Kurt Russell’s character has tied up his fellow survivors and tries to determine who is still […]

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. SURREAL ESTATE: TOP 5 HORROR MOVIE DWELLINGS The real estate industry is down, and these nasty places certainly aren’t helping drive up values. Not nice places to visit, and you wouldn’t want to live there: 5. The Bates House, California (Psycho, 1960) An ultra-creepy version of your great-grandma’s house, this place makes its adjoining motel look the Ritz. We all know what waits in the […]