Hello horror fans - and boy have we got a good one for you today.
Welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube - Top 5 Scary Videos - the place where we
can’t help but dive deep into the horrific world of horror cinema and see what silver-screen
creepers come crawling back out.
What’s going on guys - as always, I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch - as we rummage
through the ancient reels, fire up the projector - and take a look at the Top 5 Scary Movies
You Need To Pray Before Watching - Part 2.
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Guys - come on, I hear what you’re saying in the comment section for our Part 1 video,
but it’s just a figure of speech.
Relax.
And hey - if you find comfort in pleading for aid from a mystical cosmic deity, be it
Thor, Pazuzu, Apollo, Diana - or the Mother Mary herself - then you do you.
Every little helps.
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Damn, I love this series.
On with the show.
Now - I made sure to scour your comments for Part 1 of this video, and there were some
absolutely incredible suggestions that you offered - some of which, I just can’t cover
in this video due to the nature of them.
A Serbian Film, Cannibal Holocaust - the cinematic stuff of nightmares, that because of licensing
we’ll just generally avoid - but - well - I hope this list takes things up a notch.
Kicking off at Number 5 - The People Under The Stairs.
Damn straight - this film absolutely terrified me as a young little horror fan - and most
of the terror lies within the films twisted plot.
It’s a thought that burrows into your head and keeps you wide awake at night.
You never know who lives next door, eh?
The People Under The Stairs, released in 1991 - was written and directed by horror aficionado
Wes Craven - the same mastermind that bought us classics such as Last House on the Left,
The Hills have Eyes and A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Now listen - I understand, this film might seem a little weaksauce - but seriously, watch
this film alone at night - let it sink in after a while, look out across your neighbourhood
- and tell me you don’t feel that creepy sense of dread.
It involves a young kid named Fool, played by the awesome Brandon Adams, who finds himself
upon the strange, twisted house of The Robesons during a planned robbery.
Well - they get a little bit more than what they bargained for, put it that way.
Cannibals, incest - bodies in the wall - the psychological fear of deranged parents - this
cult classic is definitely one to hit on your list, and the special effects, while dated
now, are the stuff of horror nightmare nostalgia.
Next up at Number 4 - The Loved Ones.
Sensing a theme here?
Yeah, I’m not saying this list is influenced by my own internal fears - but I’m also
definitely saying that.
The Loved Ones is a relatively unknown 2009 Australian horror film, written and directed
by Sean Byrne - who also recently delivered us The Devil’s Candy, a fantastic horror
film with a relatively unknown cast that deserves more acclaim.
When I say that The Loved Ones is genuinely, genuinely terrifying - I really mean it.
Because somewhere out there, there is someone not so far removed from Lola and her Dad - and
that spells true terror.
It’s a basic premise - but where it does deliver - are in its small, horrific moments
of well timed violent gore and psychological back and forths.
It stars Xavier Samuel as Brent - a highschool teen who tragically lost his father - and
Robin McLeavy - who has a father, but is messed the hell up.
Both of who are actors who absolutely nail their roles - and deliver some of the best
indie horror performances that I’ve seen in recent years.
Put it this way.
Imagine if Carrie and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had a baby - you’d get this film.
Damn, I really don’t want to ruin anything for you guys - but seriously watch this film
if you haven’t.
Also - this song will haunt your dreams.
Thank me later.
Coming in at Number 3 - Martyrs
Again - the same with [REC] which we covered in another recent video - please, please,
please watch the original French language version of this film - and not the trashy
2015 remake.
I’m all for a good remake, but - that was just plain terrible.
Anyway.
Martyrs is a French psychological horror film, released back in 2008 and written and directed
by Pascal Laugier - who unfortunately, hasn’t seemed to hit the mark since this titan of
horror cinema was released.
Seriously.
I’d go so far as to say this is the scariest psychological thriller released this century.
If that’s not worth a watch, then I don’t know what is.
Martyrs covers some pretty serious ground - and is incredibly unforgiving in its subject
matter.
It was also heralded as the most divisive film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival
in the year that it premiered, indicating to audiences that they would either love it
- or be absolutely horrified.
Again, I don’t want to ruin a lot for you guys, simply because if you haven’t seen
it I don’t want to take away that awful, creeping sense of dread.
This film gnaws at you - all the way up until the end, where one of the most insanely horrifying
reveals of horror cinema takes place.
Give it a go, you’ll soon find out what I mean.
Swinging in at our Number 2 spot - Funny Games.
Now - this is also another moment where I talk about remakes.
But there’s a small twist to this reveal - because I actually don’t mind which version
of this film you watch.
In fact, watch both - and enjoy them both equally - because they’re both fantastic,
different examples of horror cinema in their own right.
Both versions of the film are written and directed by the same person - and I’m fine
with that.
Personally, I enjoy the 2007 American remake - purely because Michael Pitt is a colossus
of horror.
Originally released in Austrian in 1997 - and written and directed by the awesome Michael
Haneke, Funny Games is a psychological thriller that pits a family against two young psychopaths.
Stylistically speaking - this film is an absolute pleasure to watch - which adds to that strange
feeling that the film inhabits.
Things may look nice on the surface, but deep below - some terrifying stuff is happening.
The plot involves two young men holding a wealthy family hostage in their own summer
home, while torturing them and playing sadistic games.
This film also deals with the audience in an interesting way - suggesting that we’re
almost complicit with their actions - subverting the genre in a way that horror cinema rarely
pulls off.
One of my favourite films of all time - go ahead and give it a watch.
And finally - at our Number 1 Spot - I Saw The Devil.
Really, I did.
Because talking about subverting horror cinema - then like with most other things - South
Korean cinema does it again, in 2010’s I Saw The Devil.
This film is absolutely terrifying - for many reasons - but for one reason above all - it
puts you in the shoes of the killer.
And it’s a strange, strange place to be.
Directed by Kim Jee-woon, I Saw The Devil is the tale of a special detective, is he
embarks on the quest to avenge the death of his murdered wife at the hands of a brutal
serial killer.
And, strangely enough - the film offers up enough space for us to begin to empathise
with the killer - questioning the very integrity of the human mind.
Don’t tread into this film lightly - because there is some seriously handled violent content
that may take you unaware, and some absolutely breathtaking special effects - that give you
that classic, holy shit what the hell did we just watch moments.
It’s a fantastic horror film - and a testament to just exactly what the genre can do under
the correct circumstances - give it a watch, you won’t be disappointed.
Anyway guys - that’s my list, make sure to leave your thoughts in the comment box
down below - and hopefully, we’ll be heading into a Part 3 of this awesome series.
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