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The Centurion

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The Centurion

The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

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Top Ten Halloween Movies

Zombies, demons, and masked serial killers oh my! It is time for scary movies again.
The campus voted and these are the top 10 horrifying thrillers.

10. Friday the 13th: (1984)
The final Chapter
This list would not be complete without a movie featuring the
infamous masked character Jason. Jason doesn’t show up until
the sequel, but the fourth film in the series, starring Corey Feldman
who also starred in”The Lost Boys” is definitely the scariest
of all. Six teenagers rent a cabin next to the Jarvis family in
Crystal Lake. The final battle will define their destiny, be prepared
for the Final Chapter. “This movie makes me want to
never throw a party in the woods ever,” said Tom Harer, a nursing
major.

9. Last House on the Left (2009)
Even though some prefer the classic horror movies that were
made, pre 1990, this remake sent a chilling feeling down many
students’ spines. After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two
young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly
finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one
of the victims — a mother and father who devise an increasingly
gruesome series of revenge tactics. “The final scene, where the
father sticks the one creep’s head in the microwave, was disgusting,”
says Jordyn Pearlman, 19.

8. Aliens (1986)
Another gruesome sequel makes the list. The sequel to “Alien”
is a non-stop, high-tech, war movie, with space Marines, taking
off with the main character, Ripley. (Sigourney Weaver) “I had
no idea when one of those things was going to pop out. It kept
me on the edge of my seat,” says Jonathon Jones, 23.

7. Night of the Demons (1988)
Some might think twice about going off and
having a huge Halloween party in an abandoned mansion. Movie
first. On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decided to go to a
party at an abandoned funeral parlor.of course we’re talking
about a movie.so we hope! As the party starts, the teens gather
around a big mirror to perform a séance…BIG MISTAKE. They
awaken some evil force and find themselves trapped and isolated.

6. The Thing (1982)
The serious tone to this sci-fi, horror film, makes for an entertaining
movie night, by yourself, in the dark. Members of an
American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves
battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly
imitating its victims. The special effects create the scariest creature
that will have you changing your pants afterwards. Harer, a
Bucks student, says, “I jumped out of my seat when the guys
head turned into a spider alien. I flipped out!”

5. The Evil Dead (1981)
Finally, the word DEAD appears on the list. Five friends go up
to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking
in the forest. Bruce Campbell, who stars as Ash, becomes one of
the greatest hero characters ever, as he fights off demons in the
woods. There are great one-liners, and this movie is a treat to
watch.

4. The Exorcist (1973)
Even though the film was made over 30 years ago, it is still considered
one of the most frightening of the entire horror genre. “I
had to turn the movie off, I couldn’t finish after the girl turned
evil,” says Kelly Adams, 19.

3. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
In this first sequel to Night of the Living Dead, a group of four
people take up residence in a deserted mall while trying to stay
alive amidst armies of the dead and a vicious gang of militant
bikers.

2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The dead come back to life and eat the living in this low budget,
black and white film. Several people barricade themselves inside
a rural house in an attempt to survive the night. “I watch this
every Halloween. This film made me get into the whole horror
genre field. I want to make a zombie movie as good as this,”
says Sean Mcgonigal, film major.

1. Halloween (1978)
The granddaddy of them all! John carpenter’s classic, “Halloween.”
This movie made it scary to go out trick or treating.
Michael Myers, 6, comes home from trick-or-treating one night,
and stabs his sister to death… 15 years later; he escapes from the
mental hospital, and spots a bookworm teenager, Laurie
Strode.”Every time I hear the theme of this movie, I check to see
if there is a man in a mask chasing me,” says Adams.