Top 10 Scariest Movies Ever - 10 Horror Films You Don't Want to Miss!

Earlier today my girlfriend and some friends decided to investigate on what were the top 10 scariest movies ever to watch on Halloween none stop. Well, what better place than the internet to do the research on horror films. We went to several forums, asked some experts, we even went to Ask500 and did a couple of polls. I have only seen 4 of these movies personally, and yes they will scare the living hell out of you. But we are saving the good stuff for Halloween, you should join us! Here are our conclusions:

Top 10 Scariest Movies Ever

1. The Vanishing (Spoorloos) - 1988

2. Don't Look Now - 1973

3. The Sixth Sense - 1999

4. Halloween - 1978

5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 1974

6. The Shining - 1980

7. The Omen - 1976

8. The Haunting - 1963

9. Poltergeist - 1982

10. The Exorcist - 1973

While personally, me and my friends have only seen 4 of these top 10 scariest movies ever (The Sixth Sense, The Vanishing, Poltergeist and The Exorcist), we can truly say that these movies are not to be played around with, you definitely have to be over 18 and even then you might be going to a therapist after October's end. Take into account that we have asked over 1,000 people for these results, don't take them lightly.

One word of warning though, you actually have to watch the films I mentioned from those years. There are tens of hundreds of horrible remakes (and not in the scary way) especially the Hollywood commercial remakes, those are really terrifying to watch. If you are serious about watching some good and spooky stuff, you need to watch the old versions.

Best Movies of 2009 So Far - Top 10 Films of the Year Counted Down

I realize that 2009 is far from over, but since we are through the summer blockbuster season I figured it would be an appropriate time to come up with a list of the top 10 best movies of 2009 (so far). There are still a few big releases to hit like Sherlock Holmes, so there may be some slight alterations when all is said and done, but overall I am pretty satisfied that this is just about how things will shake out. Without further ado, here are my picks for the best films of the year so far:

10 - I Love You Man - Paul Rudd of Anchorman fame and Jason Segel of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and TV's How I Met Your Mother team up in this classic buddy movie about a guy who gets engaged only to discover he has no friends to stand up for him at his wedding. Under urging from his fiance Peter Klaven (Rudd) goes on a series of "man dates" in a quest to find a friend and a potential best man. After several spectacular failures he accidentally meets up with Sidney Fife (Segel), a painfully honest, but loyal friend. Though seemingly polar opposites the pair hits it off immediately, mostly due to a mutual love of the rock band Rush. However, Peter's fiance Zooey (Rashida Jones) is less than impressed Sidney's influence on her husband-to-be.

The movie is clever and consistently funny throughout, and features a great supporting cast including Jon Favreau, J.K. Simmons, Jaime Pressley, Andy Sandberg and Jane Curtin. If you missed this in theaters make sure to pick it up on DVD as it is one of the funniest movies of the year.

9 - Coraline - One of the best movies of the year is also one of the most unique. Featuring the voice acting of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and Ian McShane Coraline is an animated film that is quite different than the usual offerings you see from Pixar and Dreamworks. Fanning voices main character Coraline Jones who discovers a secret door in her house, walks through it, and discovers an alternate reality to her real life. The animation is top notch, featuring stop motion stereoscopic 3D, and combined with the voice acting, and the intriguing plot the movie is destined to be an instant classic that will be enjoyed for years to come by children and adults alike.

8 - Watchmen - To be honest when I heard this movie was coming out I thought it would have ended up a lot higher on a list of the best films of the year. That's not to say I was disappointed - I enjoyed the movie immensely - just not quite as much as I thought I would.

Much different than typical superhero films like Spiderman and X-men this film definitely had a darker, grittier side in the spirit of a film like Sin City. The movie isn't quite as action-packed as I expected and tends to wander and/or drag on in parts. However, the acting is top notch and the narration by Rorschach (Jackie Earle Hayley) is particularly good. For fans of the graphic novels this movie might be something of a letdown, but it is still much better than big budget films like GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

7 - Public Enemies - Johnny Depp is one of the most versatile actors working in Hollywood today. Whether he is playing a crazed pirate, a demonic barber, or in this case, legendary villain John Dillinger he is always completely believable. Public Enemies is a very good film, though it will not challenge Goodfellas or other films of that caliber as one of the best gangster movies ever made. Much like Watchmen the film seems to drag in places, but there is enough action throughout to keep views from getting too antsy. Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis isn't as good as Depp, but does a serviceable job.

Despite some minor flaws Public Enemies is still very much worth viewing at least once, and the set design and the digital imagery in the film are as good as it gets.

6 - The Hurt Locker - Of all the movies on this list, with perhaps the exception of Coraline, The Hurt Locker is the most unheralded. With names like Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes and even Evangeline Lily of television's Lost there is decent star power, but for whatever reason the film didn't get the promotion that it deserved. As emotional as it is thrilling The Hurt Locker gives the audience a vividly portrayed view of an elite unit that has the unenviable job (to say the least) of disarming bombs in the middle of battle. If you are among the many who haven't heard of this film definitely check it out when it hits DVD.

5 - Inglorious Basterds - There was a lot of hype surrounding this movie, and with director Quentin Tarantino and Holly A-list actor Brad Pitt attached to the film, the high anticipation hardly comes as a shock. Tarantino is back in a big way, after lukewarm reviews of his last film Death Proof, with this tale of a group of Jewish-American soldiers who spread terror through the enemy's ranks by brutally killing Nazis. Pitt is stellar in the lead role as Lt. Aldo Raine, and though the film is over 2.5 hours long you'll never find it dragging. If you hurry you can still catch it in theaters. Otherwise you'll have to wait the long months until it sees the light of day on DVD.

4 - Up - As good as Coraline was, it couldn't dethrone the 800 pound gorilla Pixar for the title of the best animated movie of 2009. Pixar, much like Johnny Depp, just never seem to make a bad movie, and no matter how much praise is heaped upon them for one movie they somehow seem to outdo themselves in the next.

Ed Asner, who was so good as Lou Grant on TV so many years ago, proves he still hasn't lost his acting ability, turning in a top notch performance as the voice of Carl Fredricksen, a cantankerous old man who sets out on an incredible adventure in the twilight of his life to fulfill a lifelong promise to his deceased wife. The movie, like all Pixar films, has plenty of humor, but also has moments that will have you blinking back tears. If you are a fan of Pixar films then you've no doubt already seen this one, but if you'd dismissed it as a kid's movie you are doing yourself a disservice, and you should make sure to pick it up on DVD (or Blu-Ray) the day it hits stores.

3 - District 9 - Though there are many that are calling this film the greatest science fiction movie of all time I wouldn't go quite that far. Still, it is an incredible movie and a stunning debut for director Neil Blomkamp. The movie is unusual right from the start for the simple fact of its setting. The story takes place in South Africa, a refreshing departure from other alien "invasion" movies that always seem to take place on U.S. soil. As you can see I've put the word invasion in quotes. This isn't your typical movie where army troops and a few extraordinary civilians must defend Earth from annihilation by unwelcome extra terrestrial visitors. Instead, the aliens purpose is unknown, and they've been segregated and forced into slums under the watchful eye of the military. I won't get into too many specific details, but suffice it to say the film is much different than any sci-fi movie that I've ever seen.

2 - The Hangover - While this might not have enjoyed the critical acclaim of several of the other films on this list, The Hangover deserves its spot as it is one of the funniest comedy movies to come along in years. Starring Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and the outrageously funny Zach Galifianakis the film is about 2 buddies (and one soon to be brother-in-law) who take their friend Doug to Las Vegas for his bachelor party. As often happens in Vegas (even in real life) things get quickly out of hand and after a night of debauchery the sorry crew wakes up and discovers they've lost their friend. Unable to recall what happened they must try and retrace their steps from the previous night to try and find Doug and get him home in time for his wedding.

Don't forget to stay right to the end of this one. The slideshow during the credits is just as funny as the main film.

1 - Star Trek - With so many installments of this venerable sci-fi classic already it seemed unlikely that yet another chapter would come up at number one on a list of the top 10 best movies of 2009. Yet here it is. Why, you ask? Quite simply, this isn't your father's Star Trek. The series has been completely reinvented, much in the way that Batman Begins was a few years back. It is darker, more violent and grittier than any of the previous installments.

This film is actually a prequel to the others, and follows the adventures of a young James Kirk, detailing how he came to the academy, met Spock, Bones, Scotty and the rest of the crew, and eventually came to captain the Starship Enterprise.

If you are not a fan of the original series and have snubbed this film as result you are making a mistake. This movie is great without being a die hard Trekkie, and if you haven't seen it make sure to mark November 17th on your calendar as that is the day it will be available on DVD.

Top Grossing Films of 2010

2010 is half-over without noticing it, thanks to the movies that are keeping us entertained for the past eight months already. They are not just ordinary movies, in fact, they are masterpieces in their own right. To know which one reigns supreme, let us check the box office sales as of August 16, 2010. The Expandables is the top grossing film as of this week with $34, 825, 135 box office gross after its debut in more than three thousand cinema last August 13, 2010. The movie is about a mission to depose a South American dictator by a group of elite mercenaries. The conflict erupted due to the arrest of their informants.

The action-war film is one of the most star-studded films in Hollywood in which the main casts are Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Steve Austin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke and Randy Couture. The movie was written by David Callaham and co-written and directed by Sylvester Stallone himself. Love Eat Pray is based upon the bestselling book written by Elizabeth Gilbert. The film is starred by Julia Roberts whose character is in desperate search of her heart's desires after a tragic divorce. She went to Italy in pursuit of pleasure. She even traveled to India to seek her spirituality. She also went to Indonesia in search for her true love.

Columbia Pictures bought the movie rights of the author's memoirs. This film hits on the number two spot on its first release in theaters last August 13, 2010 with debut weekend gross of $23, 104, 523 The Other Guy is co-written and directed by Adam McKay raked the box office with $69, 951, 822 box office gross since its release last August 6, 2010.

This action-comedy crime film ranked number three this weekend is about a two New York City detectives, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell, paired together and have issues getting along with their job. Inception is another movie masterpiece produced, written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Leonardo DiCaprio is the lead star of this movie. He plays Dom Cobb, a professional thief who infiltrates and takes out information from his victims' subconscious mind while sleeping.

This science-fiction movie topped the box office during its debut weekend with gross earnings of $62. And as of August 16, 2010 it ranked number four with a gross to date box office earnings $248, 649, 482. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is starred by Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Scott Pilgrim is the Sex Bob-Omb Band's bass guitarist and is looking forward of meeting the girl of his dream. The plot revolves around winning the heart Ramona (Winstead) over her seven ex-boyfriends who are going to exterminate him.

This comic adaptation movie from Scott Pilgrim written by Bryan Lee O'Malley earned $10, 609, 795 box office gross sales upon its wide-release in North America. No wonder it has taken it righteous place in the box office ranking.

The abovementioned new release movies have proven their worth in box office sales not to mention the cinematography that truly captures the hearts of the movie goers. However, we still have four months to come and there are still great upcoming movies rushing toward the thousand of theaters worldwide.

Top 10 Korean Films In the 21st Century

The small sphere of cinema fans plugged into the World Cinema know something of the new and surprisingly good works coming out of up and coming nations like South Korea every year. As one of the burgeoning powers in world wide pop culture, South Korea became not only a major force in the online gaming sphere in the past few years, but have grown in the animation fields and in countries like China and Japan, their music industry is exploding rapidly. The films aren't all pop and circumstance though (though, they manage to pump out their fair share of goofy romantic comedies) as a small circle of directors has begun to affect not only those of us attuned to film from afar, but winning the top prizes at Cannes and more. For those of you still wholly unfamiliar to Korean cinema, I'm compiled for you a list of some of the best films to come from our Far Eastern neighbors in the 21st century. These are all films released in the last 7 years that display where and how Korean Cinema is going and why you should pay attention.

My Sassy Girl - The first film of Jae-Young Kwak, My Sassy Girl is the quintessential romantic comedy out of Korea. It's important to remember that in South Korea all young men are expected to serve a short term in the military. For a country on the border of a communist country under the leadership of a psychopath, conscription is necessary. So, there's been a long tradition of a 20-something cinema that makes light of the young men and their situation and their futures that are always abruptly cut out from them for a couple of years in their twenties. This film takes that anxiety and crafts a brilliant comedy, in which our nimble, anxious young man can't quite keep up with his energetic, straightforward girlfriend. The love story is powerful and shortly after this film was released, a few hundred more copycats were made, none of them nearly as good, but all of them pocketing cash in handfuls. As one of the first true crossover college age hits to America, there's currently an American remake in the works (which I beg you all to boycott).

Attack the Gas Station (and Kick the Moon) - Two films here. Both from Sang Jin Kim, and both amazing. I group them because they kind of take on the same ideas. And Attack the Gas Station was released in 1999, so it's pushing the requirement. Anyways, it's the tale of youthful indiscretion and anger in young men, once again the youth culture of Korea out of control and striking out. Four young men in need of money attempt to rob a gas station for the fifth time and run into a few troubles. They get stuck in a hostage situation and hilarity ensues. The key to Korean comedy is that it's never fully about the comedy. They don't forget the reality of the characters' situations or what will happen to them after things are over. It's very dry in that regard, but at the same time that much easier to feel a part of. One of the defining films of the generation, and its follow up Kick the Moon, which is about returning to youth after this period and confronting for the second time those youthful urges, is a better film if not quite as funny.

3-Iron - This film is one of the newer films from Kim Ki-Duk, who at this point is probably my favorite Korean filmmaker. His mastery of the subtle, washed out tones of contemporary life is genius. This film in particular is about a young man who travels from house to house of families on vacation and breaks in to use their home, himself homeless. That is until he accidentally makes a mistake and breaks into a home that isn't empty. The sparse detachment of this film is what makes it so effective. One of the growing trends in Korean film is the ability to step back and just show, to have an outside force affect your life without you knowing its there. Once again, I attribute this to repressed awareness of the neighbors to the north and the imminent danger they represent, but must be ignored for the sake of a routine daily existence. The main character here becomes just that. Something of a shadow, capable of being in a room with four walls and no furniture and not allowing anyone to see him.

Oldboy - Going in a completely different direction is Oldboy, part two of Chan-Wook Park's revenge trilogy, consisting of Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. This was the best received of the three, winning the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes and wooing American splatter king Quentin Tarantino to its cause. It's the quintessential revenge flick, a genre in and of itself in Korea nowadays, in which the Dae-su Oh is kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and then released and given 5 days to discover who did it. The shear animal rage that Park manages to capture in his characters, such raw emotion makes this one of the greatest films to come out of Korea period. Unfortunately his other two piece to the trilogy, while carefully crafted and amazingly filmed, fall short in terms of strength and power of story.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring - Another of Kim Ki-Duk's films, this tale of a young Buddhist monk raised on an island in a lake finding sexual awakening in the arrival of a sick young woman in need of healing, follows his fall from grace and return to the lake to heal his own spirit. It's a powerful film, beautifully shot, like any of Kim Ki-Duk's films, and also like those films is sparse in dialogue or action. But the subtlety that he masters in each and ever scene makes his films that much more powerful. Some might find them boring, but the key to his films is not listening or watching, but really becoming part of it and observing to the point of living along with the characters. And his characters force that reaction. The feeling that you're somehow entwined with their fate.

A Bittersweet Life - From Ji-woon Kim, A Bittersweet Life is yet another masterful revenge epic, this time from a Korean horror director. This film takes from the style and direction of Park, and ups the anti to look at the characteristics of a life much more established and attached to others, a rich man of sorts taken down to the ground for no apparent reason other than crime lord politics. The results are a bloody terrifying good time, and another reason why this sort of film should never be made in America, except by Tarantino of course.

Save the Green Planet - As one of the oddest movies of the list, Save the Green Planet tells the story of a young man who believes the world is about to be invaded by aliens and subsequently does a lot of horrible things to try and prevent it. It's a cross between sci-fi, torture horror, and Korean comedy (i.e. very dry), but it still manages to be upbeat and funny most of the film. You find yourself liking the poor Byeong-gu despite what he does in the name of protecting the earth, and in the end the film maker surprises three fold with half incredible, half incredulous ending. A must see for all Korean film newcomers.

Memories of Murder - Based on a true story of a Rapist/Serial killer in the 80s in South Korea, this film tells the story of two cops whose methods become more and more extreme as they attempt to unravel the crime. The fear of violence, the impatience to stop it and Joon-ho Bong's masterful direction make this film one of the best to come out of Korea from that year. It managed moderate crossover success and you might even be able to find it in your local video store. If not though, try and find it elsewhere, because this is a film well worth your time and interest. And keep an eye on this director.

Joint Security Area - The JSA, part of the DMZ in Korea is a border post where North and South Korean soldiers share and guard the border. The two sides might meet and become friends as they are essentially neighbors. When two soldiers turn up dead from North Korea, a South Korean is blamed. The Swedish delegates are brought in to oversee the case and when the pieces don't add up the entire case starts to get a little weird, revealing a much more complicated tragic answer. It's a good movie that takes a solid look at DMZ politics as well as presenting a thriller worth the time involved.