Kevin's 5 Best Horror Films of 2006

I would like to know what people thought of The Descent

In a great year for true horror films, i thought The Descent was the best. I originally bought this film on british dvd over the summer, and upon several viewings with friends, I just loved it. I loved the entire thing. The girls were great, the cave was awesome, the story was phenomenal, and the creatures were genius. I hope everyone has seen the movie with the original ending, as the chopped down version in american theaters was utter shit. It made no sense. People who have seen both will will agree with me. I left theater thinking, "so is it a ghost story now?" I just want to know what all of you thought. When i define horror movies, i do it in 2 ways, group 1 is true horror, like hostel and hills have eyes, where people are in horrific situations and horrific things happen to people. These dont scare me as much as make me cringe, and horrify me with their brutality. I love them. The second group of movies are movies that try to scare you with quick scares and terrifying images and sounds, usually a monster or ghost or demon of some nature. I thought that The Descent was the best mix of Both ever made. Tell me what you thought!!!!

I thought it was a shitty year for horror. I liked Hostel, Hard Candy, and Slither. That's bout it. Strange because, overall, I thought it was a fucking amazing year for movies.

I agree with Patrick's choices. I loathed Descent. Rarely has a less deserving film received so much love from horror fans. It's better than Saw, but that's as much slack as I'm willing to cut it.

I haven't seen enough of this year's horror movies to comment on the list at large, but I did see HOSTEL, and totally agree with your nod to Rick Hoffman. I love that Roth doesn't let him off the hook. So often those characters are the comic relief and that's it. If Roth had left it at that, it would've been okay, but the follow-up scene with Hoffman and the Asian girl shows what a nasty motherfucker the Businessman really is. To me it was another one of those details that separates HOSTEL from the glut of average horror films we're getting these days.

Saw III?

The year wasn't THAT bad.

Christ. I haven't seen any of those.

Descent was great until the goblins showed up. The sense of claustrophobia was great and really really unnerving. The mean toothed creatures were just....eh? Granted, I didn't see it in theatres so maybe it would have made a difference on the big screen, but I doubt it.

I'd have to agree with a few here- The Descent was a decent film, but not a great one, and didn't really deserve the praise lavished upon it.
Really, all we had this year were Hard Candy, Slither and possibly Silent Hill. (Hostel not being my thing)

I pretty much agree with the list. I really liked The Descent, and I think Feast should have been there. I think that this year opposed to others, has been a pretty good year for horror movies. It started off with a bang with Hostel, and pretty much never let up.

It scared me more than any other movie this year.

But that's because you have a fear of women.

That movie wasn't scary at all. Or very good.

Kevin, I dig your list, but you and me are going to have a few words over this whole "Saw" thing...

I have a fear of women cutting out my balls.

Trust me, it didn't. I checked out of the movie at the exact same point you did.

"Cutting OUT my balls"???

You see, there's your problem...have you noticed your voice seems at a higher pitch than most men, or are you 8?
...Do you like movies about gladiators?
...Have you ever seen a grown-man naked?

As in, remove them from my ball bag. Cut them out of the ball bag. Sew the ball bag back up. Cutting my balls out.

Most women I know wouldn't go to the trouble of sewing things back up...unless they were my mother.

...but that's another story.

And the more common name for the 'ball bag' is the scrotum.
Who said the internet wasn't informative?

(sorry, do I need to add smilies...?)

She sews them back up in Hard Candy. Try to at least pay attention to the context.

And Ball bag is one of those phrases that gets funnier everytime I say it out loud. The effect wasn't quite the same online, but close enough.

Context be-damned, that's fiction; never happens in real-life.

'Ball bag', if I said it in polite company would make me sound like a retard.
Think it has to do with describing yourself in a childish manner.
'Sweater-puppies' or 'Fun-bags' on the other hand...

Oh I'm sure it happens more often then we realise.

Actually, I think "Fun Bags" is a euphamism for a woman's breasts. Sweater Puppies just made me snark Pepsi thru my nose. Bravo.

See, that's the point...I wouldn't be describing myself; ipso facto no feeling of childishness.
Of course, if the female I was labelling as having nice 'jubblies', 'norks' or 'mams', overheard me, I'd probably die of embarassment.