Interview: Jeff Tuttle of Dillinger Escape Plan’s Top 10 Horror Movies

October 31, 2007

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Jeff Tuttle of Dillinger Escape Plan’s Top 10 Horror Movies!

1. THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY – Sam Raimi

Do you remember when movies were cheesy, but still great? I do, and that’s why these movies are my all time favorites. There’s plenty of blood, guts, one-liners, and Bruce Campbell to go around.

2. DEAD ALIVE – Peter Jackson

Before Peter Jackson made the Lord of the Rings he made gore movies. As funny as it is disgusting, this film features one of my favorite movie scenes of all time; the slaughtering of a house full of zombies by a man with a lawnmower.

3. THE DESCENT – Neil Marshall

Horror movies never get really bloody until a good 45 minutes have passed. This film is not any different, however, its first 45 minutes feature a group a girls getting lost and trapped in a system of caves. The claustrophobia it induces is almost as scary as the monsters that end up hunting and killing them.

4. THE BEYOND/ CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD – Lucio Fulci

Fulci films always spend a lot of time depicting very realistic violence. Whether it’s a zombie bleeding maggots, a guy getting a drill through the brain, or tarantulas ripping a guys face apart, there’s not much dislike.

5. RE-ANIMATOR – Stuart Gordon

The very-over-the-top story of a doctor that develops a way to bring the newly dead back to life. The result… A decapitated egomaniac that rapes a woman while carrying his head around in a pan. Enough said.

6. AUDITION – Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike is the king of making his viewers feel uncomfortable. His use of social taboo is always cringe-worthy. That being said, this film is the journey of a widower who goes from getting back out on the dating scene to getting partially dismembered and fed a bowlful of vomit.

7. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE – Tobe Hooper

What more can be said about this film? It started the slasher genre on a shoestring budget, but creates more sheer terror and chills than most major movie productions could ever dream of.

8. SUSPERIA/ INFERNO – Dario Argento

These films create a world that suck you in and never let you out. The colors (very bright and vibrant), the violence (very realistic), the music (eerie-ness meets fusion), and the stories (a mix of horror and eroticism) all create a look and a feel that are the signature of Argento’s films.

9. CABIN FEVER – Eli Roth

In an industry that gravitates toward creating computer generated gore, praise to Eli Roth for bringing the horror genre back to its humble beginnings. This film is simple in its premise, but it is ingenious in its special effects, streamlined story, and follow-through.

10. BROKEN – Adam Mason and Simon Boyes

I hate the phrase “instant classic”, but this film embodies all the great things about horror movies. The classic tale a woman taken captive, her struggle to survive, and all the mutilation, self-surgery, and brutal realism that comes along with it.