#9. The Thing - I remember seeing the trailer on TV when I was really young. I don't remember exactly what I saw, but just that alone gave me nightmares for days. I probably didn't see the film till years later, but it freaked me out pretty good at that time too, although I think the real damage had already been done by the trailer.

Today, it's still one of my personal favorites. I love the arctic setting, it's got some very memorable characters and one of the greatest "villains" of all time. I love that it can infect anyone, they themselves may not even realize it and after that, they're pretty much indestructible and the old school make-up effects are still wonderful. Just a kick-ass film all around, John Carpenter's best.

Grindhouse is the best experience I've had in the theater all year long. Two very fun flicks together, with some cool fake trailers. I saw it in an almost empty theater opening day. I'm disappointed that it bombed so badly in theaters, because I thought it could be a great format, for genre filmmakers to go all out.

I thought that Death Proof was the better of the two as a film, though I had more fun with Planet Terror. I wanted to see it in it's longer cut. Even though it was half an hour longer, and didn't add any action or gore as far as I could tell, it didn't feel any longer. That's a testament to Tarintino's dialogue and his getting the most out of his actors. Because the rest of this film, by any rights shouldn't be entertaining. Two groups of girls, talking about nothing in particular.

I love how he sets up each story the same, but the second time around the girls take their revenge. I fell in love with Zoe Bell in this film. She's got a ton of charisma, and her stunts are top-notch. Tarintino continues to make extremely well made genre films... I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

I was in the mood for a good action film. I'd found this in the discount bin a few weeks ago, and remembered it being a cool one. Kurt Russell is one of my all time favorite action heroes thanks mostly to John Carpenter flicks like Escape from New York and The Thing.

It's a simple set-up, Russell and wife Breakdown in the middle of the desert. A kindly trucker offers to drive her to the nearest stop to make a phone call. When Russell shows up there, she never showed up and now he's got to find her. What follows is some top-not car chases, stunts involving hanging off trucks and some good tension is built at the end. Awesome character actor J.T. Walsh is perfect as main bad guy. The ending is highly satisfying.