14). Funhouse (39% Rotten Tomatoes)
And yet another 80's slasher film. This one, however, is unique in that all the main kills occur in one place - inside the Funhouse. In this film, four teenagers decide it would be fun to sneak inside the Funhouse and stay there overnight. It becomes anything but fun when they witness a murder in the room below through a crack in the floor. They are discovered and then stalked by a deformed person. The action doesn't really begin until about 45 minutes into the movie. The first half of the movie is all about them doing things at the carnival, and because you know two girls had been murdered at this carnival a year ago, this part of the movie sets up many possible suspects - from a hobo wandering the carnival talking about God to the fortune teller they manage to offend to the odd looking barker at the Funhouse. This film was good entertainment.
13) Friday the 13th II (48% Rotten Tomatoes)
Guess what? Another 80's slasher film. A bunch of young counselors show up for training at a summer camp. They spend some time getting to know each other and then, as night descends, some of them go off to have a drink while the rest stay behind. This is when Jason picks off the kids one by one in completely gruesome, and sometimes hilariously funny ways. Again, a nice watch which doesn't require a detailed plot.
12). Halloween H2O (49% Rotten Tomatoes)
I never understood the meaning of the title...I mean, what does water have to do the movie? I recently discovered that the 2O part stands for 20 years after the original Halloween. I assume the H stands for Halloween.
Laurie Strode, still traumatized by the events 20 years earlier, is now a mother to a teenage son (something that changes in subsequent Halloween movies to a daughter) and is the dean at a prestigious boarding school. The school staff and students leave campus for an overnight camping trip leaving Laurie at the school with a security officer, her boyfriend, and unbeknown to her, four students who ditched the camping trip which, of course, includes her son.
In typical slasher film style, Michael finds a way to enter the gated school and starts his murderous rampage. The end of the movie features Laurie decapitating Michael - but no need to fret, he comes back for 6 more movies.
11). House of Wax (42% Rotten Tomatoes)
This movie was slow to start but the horror escalates quickly once it has begun. The movie begins as two carloads of college students from Gainesville attempt to travel to Baton Rouge for a football game. They camp out overnight only to wake up and discover one of the cars had been tampered with while they slept and will not start. One carload of students decide to drive on to the game while one girl goes along with her boyfriend to the nearest "town" for an auto part.
The town seems to be abandoned until they look in the church and see what appears to be people attending a funeral. As the plot continues to develop you learn that there are no people in this town because everyone has been killed and then made into wax figures. After learning this, the girl and her brother, who has returned with the rest of the students after an unsuccessful attempt to make it to the game, and goes into town looking for her. The draw of this movie is definitely the gruesome murder of Paris Hilton.
The special effects in the movie are cool, especially when the House of Wax Museum (which is made out of wax) catches fire and melts.
10). Blair Witch Project (56% Rotten Tomatoes)
A fictional disguised as a documentary, three young adults begin to film thinking they would debunk the legend that a wicked witch lives in a local woods. The film, which is recorded in a vlog manner, begins harmless enough as the three interview locals on their beliefs about the Blair Witch. They enter the woods, end up getting lost, and aimlessly wander as they become terrified after hearing twisted sounds in the night.
The actors do an incredible job staying in the vlog character and are very believable. This low-budget film is a great watch.
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