Just to be thorough, the article by King, which I cited from last week, had a second part in which he gave his list of the best scary movies in recent history. While King’s list didn’t really suggest a hierarchy he still agreed with us that Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and The Descent deserved high honors.

The rest of his list included: From Dusk Till Dawn, Scream, Mimic, Event Horizon, Deep Blue Sea, Stir of Echos, Final Destination, Pi, Red Lights, Saw, The Jacket, Pan’s Labyrinth, Jeepers Creepers, The Moth Man Prophecies, Eight-legged Freaks, The Hitcher (2007), The Mist, 1408, Funny Games, The Strangers, The Ruins, and Snakes on a Plane…

While it’s hard to agree with many of his choices… King, at least, presents a diverse from across the genre. King also gives great justification for each one. Without rehashing the entire article, a perfect example of this is his description of Final Destination where he compares it to “R-rated splatter versions of old Road Runner cartoons” because of the “Rube Goldberg” nature of some of the death sequences.

Also noteworthy, is that two his picks are based on things he wrote, however his praise of them are objectively geared towards the film elements. I personally thought 1408 was one of the weakest horror movies I’ve seen in a long while with the scariest element being the unnecessary casting of Samuel L.

Regardless, King’s list illustrates a diverse appreciation and open mindedness that we try to maintain here at No Room In Hell and more importantly doesn’t acknowledge the works of our patron punching bag, Rob Zombie.