Top Movies 68-70 in Brief
70. “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” (1966)
When Knotts left the Andy Griffith Show he made a string of comedies that have a TV movie feel. But I like the wholesome, hilarious bunch. In this film he plays the man-against-the-world, the sole person who knows the truth about a house in his town, and no one believes him. That is a compelling story that has been retold many times on film. In fact, there are more movies on this list that will fit the category.
70. “Scream” (1996)
Scream is a hard R horror film, a slasher film like so many that had been made in the decade before Scream came out. But Scream is at once a slasher film AND a satire of the genre. It is the Quixote, if you will. And it is very clever.
70. “Nanny McFee” (2005)
Nanny McFee is a slightly more sinister and dangerous Mary Poppins. (And Poppins was plenty sinister if you squint your eyes just right.) I love children stories that tell it straight.
69. “Charade” (1963)
Charade is my favorite Hitchcock film that Hitchcock didn’t make.
69. “Innerspace” (1987)
This is one of my favorite adventure comedies from the Eighties. I need to write more about it.
69. “Crimson Peak” (2015)
Of all the atmospheric Del Toro films, this is the most atmospheric. It is as gothic and ghostly as you can get. A horror that relies on a creepiness that isn’t gore or squirm.
68. “The Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954)
One of my favorite Universal Monster films, because it is a wholly other type of monster. More nature than supernatural, the cinematography is beautiful and ground breaking.
68. “Much Ado About Nothing” (1993)
I think this was the movie that caused me to really enjoy Shakespeare for the firet time without having to dress it up or dumb it down.
68. “Babadook” (2014)
This unique little horror story is one of the better psychological horrors. I put it up there with Rosemary’s Baby or the Omen, but with this one you can’t tell yourself in the end, “monsters don’t exist,” because the creature is all too real.
When Knotts left the Andy Griffith Show he made a string of comedies that have a TV movie feel. But I like the wholesome, hilarious bunch. In this film he plays the man-against-the-world, the sole person who knows the truth about a house in his town, and no one believes him. That is a compelling story that has been retold many times on film. In fact, there are more movies on this list that will fit the category.
70. “Scream” (1996)
Scream is a hard R horror film, a slasher film like so many that had been made in the decade before Scream came out. But Scream is at once a slasher film AND a satire of the genre. It is the Quixote, if you will. And it is very clever.
70. “Nanny McFee” (2005)
Nanny McFee is a slightly more sinister and dangerous Mary Poppins. (And Poppins was plenty sinister if you squint your eyes just right.) I love children stories that tell it straight.
69. “Charade” (1963)
Charade is my favorite Hitchcock film that Hitchcock didn’t make.
69. “Innerspace” (1987)
This is one of my favorite adventure comedies from the Eighties. I need to write more about it.
69. “Crimson Peak” (2015)
Of all the atmospheric Del Toro films, this is the most atmospheric. It is as gothic and ghostly as you can get. A horror that relies on a creepiness that isn’t gore or squirm.
68. “The Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954)
One of my favorite Universal Monster films, because it is a wholly other type of monster. More nature than supernatural, the cinematography is beautiful and ground breaking.
68. “Much Ado About Nothing” (1993)
I think this was the movie that caused me to really enjoy Shakespeare for the firet time without having to dress it up or dumb it down.
68. “Babadook” (2014)
This unique little horror story is one of the better psychological horrors. I put it up there with Rosemary’s Baby or the Omen, but with this one you can’t tell yourself in the end, “monsters don’t exist,” because the creature is all too real.
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