Two Sheets to the Wind: Top Five Horror Heroes

We’ve covered our Top Five Slashers, Vampires and Zombies but what’s a horror without those fallible yet seemingly indestructible souls who despite always running upstairs rather than out the door manage to either get away with it or save the day. Those protagonists who possess no superpowers or special skill other than sheer determination of spirit. Obviously as we are discussing the reasons we list our chosen Heroes are amongst our Top 5 there are spoilers contained in this post. You can’t say we didn’t warn you. Lottie’s Top Five Horror Heroes 5. Father Karras - The Exorcist (1973) “Ego te absolvo in nomine Patris, et Filiii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.” The Whiskey Priest who faces his own demons in order to free a possessed child and regain his faith, Karras like any true hero gives up his life* in order to cast Pazuzu out of Regan’s body. *While at … There’s more

Two Sheets To The Wind: Top 5 Horrors

Now this one I have really been looking forward to. I’ve banged on before about my great affinity for Horror Movies, the scary, gory, funny and kitsch alike. I expected to sit down to toil over one of the toughest lists so far but my Top 5 came forth with relative ease and I somehow managed to choose my top 5 each from a slightly different sub-genre of horror. So here goes: Lottie’s Top Five Horror Movies 5. Wolf Creek (2005) “See? Head on a stick!” I am a firm believer that brutal violence does not a true horror make. That is the reason that the Saw Franchise won’t make my list, despite Saw I being a spectacularly horrific and clever movie. I want however to consider the movies that have really affected me and Wolf Creek certainly meets that criteria. I watched 70% of the film from behind the … There’s more