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   This film scared the shit out of me and is probably the most disturbing film I've seen this decade. It affected me on the level that might not affect anyone who is not a parent, but on an emotionally level as a parent myself my biggest fear is my wife and I dying and leaving my children parentless.  In the case of this film the young girls are left with a crazy mother and her crazy children who would rather torture these girls who just lost their parents than comfort and look after them. It's a very dark film based on a true story. It's the first horror film that ever made me cry, and for that it deserves to be my top pick of the year.
 

   Probably the most intelligent horror movie ever made. The Last Winter is not far from real life with it's plot.  The film deal with many economic, environmental and energy issues. It has the feel of John Carpenters The Thing, but the whole film gives off this eerie and dark feeling that keeps the mind thinking and makes you feel very uncomfortable.  It's psychologically scary and will keep you thinking for days after the film ends.

   Another great horror film based on a Stephen King novel. The Mist not only has the fun of a scary horror film, but also deals with the human condition and the will to survive and protect our children.  It also has a great fantasy element to it and is an overall great monster movie.

   A black comedy in which zombies are enslaved to their human masters.  Fido is a film that deals with many social issues we face in society today, and also looks at not only zombies as a bunch of savages but at human beings as well. A very intelligent and entertaining piece of cinema.

   I loved this film, simply because it was a comedy take on the whole horror icon genre. I haven't had so much fun watching a horror film like this in a while.  Great acting, great plot great everything. What held it in the fifth spot however is my ever growing need for horror with a meaning. While Behind the Mask may be one of the best fictional based horror films I've seen in a while it didn't have that horrific meaning I like in my horror films.

    Politics and Horror, most of the time they do go hand in hand.  This film was fun and entertaining while politically getting it's message across. I loved every second of it.

   Who say's you need gore and an R rating to be a great horror film? Not this PG-13 flick based on the novella by Stephen King. This film had all the scares and thrills of a classic horror film.

  I understand that a lot of people didn't like or get this horror film. The fact of the matter is that it's not a horror film for everyone.  It has a very intelligent plot that deals with truth and insanity.  Are there really bugs or are the characters in this film just crazy.  Great acting and directing, I don't think anyone could of pulled this script off like Exorcist director William Friedkin did.

Driftwood :   Director: Tim Sullivan
 

   Driftwood was a very personal film for director Tim Sullivan, and I caught wind of the real story he was trying to tell in Driftwood. It's a great ghost story that deals with the issue of growing up and finding ones self.

   I've always said a good vampire film these days is hard to come by. But when you put them in the snow in a place that stays dark for thirty days and base it on a very well received graphic novel; then you have yourself a good film.  A very well put together film that puts the viewer right into the action.