We’re in the home-stretch now!

To get into the spooky spirit of things, I’m doing a countdown of my favorite scary movies of all time. Now, these flicks may not be the freakiest or even the most popular or acclaimed of the genre, but they’re MY faves.

Tune in every weekday for another movie, until we get to my favorite scary movie of all time! Now, a recap of my faves so far:

#20: Jaws

#19: The Last House on the Left

#18: The Faculty

#17: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

#16: The Exorcist

#15: The Blair Witch Project

#14: Resident Evil

#13: Poltergeist

#12: Lady In White

#11: Friday the 13th

#10: April Fools Day

#9: Pet Sematary & It

#8: In the Mouth of Madness

#7: A Nightmare on Elm Street

#6: The Grudge

And coming in at number…

#5

Photos courtesy of Fox Searchlight

28 Days Later (2002)

directed by Danny Boyle; starring Cillian Murphy & Naomie Harries; Rated R

*This movie may not be suitable for kids under the age of 17

Though this isn’t a traditional horror movie (and NO, it’s NOT a zombie movie, people!!!!), it is a thriller which deals with the destruction of the human race as we know it…as well as some seriously pissed off people who are out for blood. In 28 Days Later, a cutie played by Cillian Murphy wakes up in an empty hospital to find that everything’s gone downhill since he landed in the emergency room. In fact, when he finally makes it outside, he discovers that most of the human population is nowhere to be found and the London he knew no longer exists. He learns that there was an outbreak of a rage virus, which turns otherwise friendly, normal, healthy people into anger-filled violent animals. Cillian, along with a group of misfits he picks up along the way, set off to find other survivors…despite the inherent danger surrounding them.

Betcha can't catch me!

WHY IT’S SCARY: Any kind of apocalypse movie is enough to instill fear in anyone. And now with the emergence of the Swine Flu, the idea of a virus which renders us less-than-healthy leaves us reaching for the face masks and anti-bacterial soap.

SCARIEST SCENE(S): When the military men abuse their power in the end.

FUN & FREAKY FACTS:

* For the empty London scenes, the cast and crew had to shoot at 4am and only had an hour to get everything they needed. In order to calm down angry drivers who had to wait for the shooting to finish, director Danny Boyle sent his young daughter around to explain the situation.

* Horror scribe, Stephen King, bought out an entire showing of the movie in New York City

* The symbol used on the cover of this film is the international symbol for blood-borne biohazard.

*The film was shot almost entirely in sequence.

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