Top Ten Netflix Horror Movie Picks by the Gruesome Foursome

By ChuckGGuest Blogger(view all posts by ChuckG)
at 8:56AM Thursday October 27, 2011
under Holidays

Frankenstein, Dracula, Mummy and Werewolf are retired. No, seriously, quit their kill-innocent-people night jobs. They are tired of villagers with pitchforks chasing them out of town. Dracula dreads that next "stake-in-heart" near fatal incident. The Mummy and Frankenstein's feet ache from stomping about and Werewolf wants to chill…arrooo!

This Halloween the gruesome foursome will relax on a sofa, sit next to a warm fire (the Mummy, not so much) and drink blood or snack on flesh and watch the top ten most popular horror movies of all time courtesy of Netflix.

Saw - "How much blood will you shed to stay alive?"
Two men wake up trapped in a room with a dead body. They don't know how they got there but to stay alive they must follow rules set by a mad man nicknamed Jigsaw. "Wanna play a game?"

Friday the 13th - "Welcome to Crystal Lake."
Group of teen counselors reopen a campground against the behest of the local town people. Soon a masked homicidal maniac named Jason Voorhees appears and kills them off one by one.

Nightmare on Elm Street - "He knows where you sleep."
Freddy Krueger wields a bladed-gloved hand to kill people in their dreams, which results in their real life deaths. "One, two, Freddy's coming for you..."

Hellraiser - "He'll tear your soul apart."
An unfaithful wife moves into an old house to discover the zombie of her dead lover hiding upstairs. Once resurrected by a drop of blood he forces his ex-mistress to bring him human sacrifices to complete the restoration of his body.

The Ring - "Before you die, you see the ring."
Young newspaper reporter investigates a mysterious videotape, which if viewed causes the death of those who have seen it within a week. When she sees the images on the tape, she has seven days to unravel the mystery or die.

Child's Play - "You'll wish it was only make-believe."
Andy Barclay gets the doll he wanted, what he doesn't know is that the doll is alive.

Psycho - "Check in. Relax. Take a shower."
After a young woman steals $40,000 from her employer, she leaves town to rendezvous with her lover. A severe storm however forces her to check-in for the night at the Bates Motel--only to never checkout.

The Shining - "The Horror is driving him crazy."
Aspiring novelist accepts a position as the off-season custodian at an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil presence suddenly influences him into violence. "Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!"

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - "Who will survive and what will be left of them?"
Five young friends take a summer drive to visit a family's old house, but a family of cannibals is what they come home to including a chainsaw-wielding killer nicknamed "Leatherface."

Halloween - "The night HE comes home."
When sociopathic killer Michael Myers escapes a mental institution, he immediately returns to his hometown and haunts a teenage girl, killing anyone who stands in his way.

Which horror movies are your gruesome guilty viewing pleasure?

Charli "Chuck" Gulley is a screenwriter, filmmaker and freelance writer who lives in Southern California. Quite the tomboy, she enjoys Rugby, Fencing and touch football. She's an alumnus of the prestigious screenwriter's workshop, "Writers Bootcamp." Her passion is Hollywood, anything and everything to do with filmmaking. If you don't find her on set, you can find her at the arcade playing air hockey and eating pizza.