I recently marked my 600th slasher movie with the odd Irish quickie Stitches.
Thus, what better time to recap some of the other landmark films that only a geek with too much time on his hands would keep.
#555
The made-up area code in so many movies and, considering the film it corresponds to, kinda freaky…
Final Destination 5 (2011)
So #555 was the fifth film in a franchise about freaky coincidences… Sing that Twilight Zone theme for this is just such a creepy occurrence. Creepier still, the film is odds on the best sequel out of the lot.
#500
Sorority Row (2009)
A rare straight-up slasher film that got a theatrical release in the UK was a nice treat for my 500th flick, and Sorority Row was an absolute blast from start to finish!
#400
The Tooth Fairy (2005)
My backpacking trip to Asia in 2006-07 reaped dozens of DVDs that still haven’t received a UK release more than half a decade later. Fortuitously, The Tooth Fairy was one of the more entertaining ones.
#300
Club Dread (2004)
Yet another likeable landmark; Broken Lizard’s only really fun film takes a stab at slasher cliches and Club 18-30 culture. Bill Paxton is superfun as Coconut Pete.
#200
My Little Eye (2002)
Though I got to see this on the big screen, as with FD5 and Sorority Row, I didn’t think a whole lot of it. A slow, ill-thought out sort of slasher Big Brother, which is riddled with more holes than Bonnie & Clyde’s car.
#111
Fatal Games (1983)
Why? 111 is a cool number. I *HEART* this unloved old school flick, which is like Graduation Day was shot with a glitter cannon: A javelin-toting killer, lesbianism, transsexuals, buck naked midnight chase around an empty school. It has everything.
#100
Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge (1989)
The first big landmark was this oddball Valley-Girl-Comedy-Slasher-Flick with some fairly well known cast members. It’s cheap, but it’s entertaining.
#1
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Recently crowned best threequel; I was petrified when I first saw this at a camp with several other (younger!) kids one rainy afternoon around 1990. But it’s unquestionably awesome.
#700 coming in about… 2-3 years.
March 12th, 2013 at 2:50 am
Haha, congratulations, mate! and what a title to hit the landmark!
I see some very promising titles here (well, less on Fatal Games. As much as i enjoy it, it’s kinda “normal” for me. I must be getting old…yikes!)
I’ve yet to see Club Dread, though. I would kill to see that one *snaps a carrot in half*
March 12th, 2013 at 11:05 am
I think you liked Stitches more than I did, as will be seen soon. You must be well past 600 by now.