As with a lot of Kubrick's work, time has been kind, and it now seems blindingly obvious that The Shining is a masterpiece without parallel: precise, meticulous, surreal, visually astonishing, a shimmering study of a descent into madness. What a difference a bit of hindsight makes. Both lead actors left the shoot exhausted and resentful. The infamous "Here's Johnny!" scene took three days and 60 doors. Kubrick forced Shelley Duvall to do 127 takes of one scene, a record according to The Guinness Book Of Records. It wasn't a fun shoot either, by all accounts. (He 'lost' to Robert Greenwald's Xanadu). Stanley Kubrick, unbelievably, was even nominated for a 'Worst Director' award at the inaugural Razzies. Initial box-office returns were middling. READ MORE: The 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 21st Century 50) It: Chapters One and Two (2017 & 2019) READ MORE: The 100 Best Horror Movie Characters Here’s Empire’s list of the 50 best horror movies… So draw your salt circles, count the cutlery in your kitchen drawer, take a deep breath, and come with us as we guide you through the films that thrill us and chill us the most. From genre titans, to fun frighteners, or modern masterworks, there’ll be something here to make even the hardiest of horror connoisseurs among you double-check your doors are double-bolted by the time you’re done. on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, Cox Contour, and on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, LG TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One & Series XS, and soon on Hisense TVs. Whether it’s seminal slashers, creepy killer clowns, or arthouse works of elevated horror that cut to the quick of society’s most terrifying taboos that get your heart pounding and your cheeks clenching, of this much we can assure you – you’ve come to the right place to find your next sleepless night.Īt the dead of night, in an abandoned house along an old Texan dirt road, the Empire team gathered to conjure up a list of the 50 greatest horror movies ever made. But one good scare? And only at Halloween? Talk about stingy! Here at Empire, we like to believe that you can have the bejeezus frightened out of you any day of the year, as many times as you like. I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” It’s a good line, sure. As the great Sheriff Leigh Brackett once said in John Carpenter’s Halloween, “It’s Halloween.
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