SHOCKtober: 40-31

The following films each received five votes:

40. The Sentinel -- 1977, Michael Winner

39. The Amityville Horror -- 1979, Stuart Rosenberg

38. Don't Look Now -- 1973, Nicolas Roeg

37. The Evil Dead -- 1981, Sam Raimi

Each of the following received six votes:

36. Pet Sematary -- 1989, Mary Lambert

35. Event Horizon -- 1997, Paul W. S. Anderson

34. The Exorcist III -- 1990, William Peter Blatty

33. Phantasm -- 1979, Don Coscarelli

32. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- 1978, Philip Kaufman

31. The Conjuring -- 2013, James Wan

Boy oh boy, 40-32 is like music to my eyeballs. So many terrific films. You guys have the best taste, I swear! And perhaps after the next Film Club meeting, I'll be as excited about #31 on this chunk o' list. Stranger things have happened.

Speaking of strange things, here's something...uh, strange. It seems to me that the majority of horror fans really love Exorcist III. It's scary. It's unexpectedly solid, a hell of a lot better than Exorcist II (even if, let's face it, it's really lacking in musical numbers and Linda Blair). That's not strange- I love the movie myself. What's strange is that Warner Brothers doesn't take advantage of this love by releasing DVD after DVD! There's long been rumored to be more footage out there, and fans have desired a Director's Cut for quite some time.

All we've got, however, is a bare-bones DVD from 1999. In this age of duping the public with new editions every five years (I mean, how many times can Halloween and Friday the 13th be released?) and even the most obscure horror flicks receiving the deluxe Blu Ray treatment, it seems like a no-brainer. Ah well, we'll get something eventually I'm sure. The world can't go forever without weird grandmas creeping about in super hi-def.

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