Davros must have "borrowed" it.

@LittleDragon: I see that working only if Susan Lucci gets to play God.

@LittleDragon: That would be a twist. I wonder, though, would it be like Lucifer possessing Nick? Since that particular body wasn't designed for him, Dean simply couldn't contain his power. Of course there still is the consent issue.

@LittleDragon: Funny, because it was my older brother who let me watch most of those films when I was with him and his friends. That must be in the "older brother" job description. The one that really terrified me, and I still can't watch to this day, is Pet Cemetery. Something about that dead little kid that totally…

@crashedpc - Mehr: Oh come on, you're really just advertising your mating availability. I think it may be time to have you neutered.

@braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: As a fellow io9'er, I expect to receive an advance screening copy. I will then turn around and lambast you for destroying a beloved classic of the horror genre. Such is the nature of the universe.

@LittleDragon: I first saw a lot of those late 70's and early 80's horror films (NOES, Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween) when I was about 9-10. And they scared the shit out of me. But they also made me into a life-long lover of horror movies.

@braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I always thought Freddy had made the glove of knives while he was still alive. As a sick method of torturing his child victims. And that after they burned him alive, it transitioned with him as part of his psychic persona.

@Tk42OnE: I know Twain had a wicked sense of humor, but Mysterious Stranger is on whole different level. Quotes like "There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a Dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And You are but a Thought — a vagrant…

And I suppose the Death Star was just a giant hamster ball.

@AdrianTheRed: That is still within the mythology established by the original. In that movie Nancy's mother tells her that the parents of Elm Street burned Freddy alive because he was a child molester who was released on a technicality. Establishing that Freddy is exacting revenge from beyond the grave.

Oh, and here's hoping that when Lucifer finally poses Sam, we'll have a new addition to the "Best Satan Scenes Ever." That scene from The End points to good things.

It's been awhile since I've watched Barton Fink. Thanks for the clip, Annalee. Although my personal favorite Satan scene is this one from an adaptation of Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger. It's not scary in the horror sense, but it has a certain subversive quality.

@Marcelo Abans: Keep in mind that the Oscars did have 10 (or more) nominated movies in the Best Picture category from about the late '20s to mid '40s. So it's not an unprecedented change.

@Kurt Roithinger: I would add Precious into the contest for Best Picture as well. It's probably not a movie that's on a lot of io9ers radars, but I thought some of the performances in that movie were outstanding.

Dan Simmons, is this where you got the idea for Ilium? Come on now, be honest.

@Evdor: I agree it being a sci-fi movie is a disadvantage. I think the closest sci-fi movie to win Best Picture has been Return of the King.

@EdificeComplex: Sorry, The Exorcist didn't win Best Picture that year The Sting did. My bad.

@Evdor: Movies like The Godfather, The Exorcist and The Silence of the Lambs all won Best Picture and were dark and violent. So I wouldn't say those qualities automatically disqualify District 9. I haven't seen it yet so I can't say otherwise if it deserves a nomination or not.

@Killer Toilet: