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1. Cabin in the Woods- One of the most brilliant movies ever made. The greatest deconstruction of the genre.

2. Pontypool- The first half of this movie is amazing. Genuinely scary and pretty unique. It mines a lot of horror out of not understanding things and even more out of just hearing about things. The last half gets much more generic and loses a lot of momentum. Still, well worth the watch.

3. Hausu- It's like Scooby-Doo meets Evil Dead 2 meets Holy Mountain meets Japan. Completely insane, totally fun.

4. Posession- The 1981 movie. It's just brutal. It's confusing, disturbing, surreal, uncomfortable and unpleasant. I don't even really know what to say about it. I saw it once and it had an incredible effect on me. Has one of my favorite endings ever.

5. Muholland Dr- Not really a horror movie, but it has the scene that scared me more than any other ever has. "There's a man in back. He's the one doing it."

The Thing is great, one of my favorites. What's a shame is that a lot of movies that have scared me aren't good movies. Lake Mungo is a C-grade movie except for the scene that just worked so well it still gives me the creeps. The Fourth Kind is even worse, but it has a few elements that really shook me.

I don't think Picnic at Hanging Rock counts as a horror movie, but that's an amazing film that looks beautiful and completely creeped me out. I can't explain why.