#1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the remake.
It's not every movie that a disturbed hitch-hiker has a gun holster in her vagina. It is, on the other hand, every horror movie that you see a girl in a wet (white) t-shirt run through a frozen meat locker with no bra. This movie carries it's own cliches, but in a good way that makes it timeless. Carrying over ideas from classic horror movies (like corrupt law enforcement) and blending them with new techniques (like camera angle shots through a blown out skull to the broken glass and street behind) has made this movie one of my favorites of all time. I know, it is a remake. I know that the original kicked ass, but this is the Soft Core Porn of the horror World- its horror with a plot.
#2. Rob Zombie's, House of 1000 Corpses
Rob Zombie borrows and steals his ideas in this movie, but it turned out to be a masterpiece and one of my favorite movies of 2003. The cinematography was an intense mixture of virtual sound scape of mind fuck and unbelievable camera techniques. The most memorable scene is a long, drawn out (near silent) execution in the middle of the day. The clown rears its ugly head and the cheerleader always gets laughed at in the end. Put on a dead mans face and ask yourself...Who's your Daddy.
#3. Monster
I will have to say this movie is not on the scary side, but it did have ugly deaths and ugly prostitutes. When i saw this movie for the first time, I was traumatized to see Charlize Theron look the way she did. The acting was INCREDIBLE and worthy of an award...wait she got one. Based on a true story, this compelling movie was right out of every business man's worst nightmare. Death via hooker for revenge is not on any ones list of a fun time, but this movie made the viewer sympathise with the villain like any good kidnapped victim usually is. When killing someone, it is always important to get a beer and a good meal after you have washed your dirty hands on the victims credit card.
So... Are these the best from 2003? I think so.
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Well I hate to critique here. But I had to hate on Texas chainsaw massacre for a sec, I mean in order for it to classify as soft core, there at least has to be a nipple in the movie. Jessica Beil running around in a non-transparent (somehow) wet white shirt.....and you get nothing...damnit.
ReplyDeleteIf you want a real horror movie from 2003 check out the 3rd installment of the matrix....Keanu Reeves can't act his way out of a paper bag. And it's totally frackin frightening.
2003 was a surprisingly good year for horror.. i'd agree with your House of 1,000 Corpses and TCM re-vamp, but i think "Monster" has no need to be on this list. SO MANY HORROR movies came out in 2003. Ready?
ReplyDeleteCabin Fever (What's his nuts' first film.)
Freddy Vs. Jason
Tattoo (German Film)
Bubba Ho-tep
May
The Eye (Japanese Version)
Suicide Club
28 Days Later (This would replace Monster for me)
.. i dunno. I know its just a blog, i'm just sayin.. there were LOTS of other movies that could have been chosen over Monster.