I remember seeing a short documentary on the Discovery channel or its ilk about the fate of the Essex crew after it was sunk. That was pretty hair-raising, but not really because of the production; it was just a brutal set of circumstances.

"that's my opinion?"

Oh shit, good call on Miike. I'd love to see what would make his list.

The Haunting of Hill House is a great, great book. You should read it.

I really love this feature, and I don't want to be a buzzkill or anything, but… next year, could we get someone other than a white male to compile this list? I realize white men dominate the horror genre (as they do Hollywood in general), but surely there's some other options out there? Steve McQueen? The Hughes…

For me it's the descent to the operating room in the hospital from hell. Or else that smug, slithering voice that just says: "dream on…" God damn that movie is terrifying.

As someone who loves both genealogy and Nirvana, this is little short of mind-blowing.

If "noir" had any useful definition, it might be worth arguing. But as far as I can tell people use "noir" to describe any movie where something bad happens, so damn near anything qualifies.

The edit on the Roadrunners article was by this person:

Todd, this is OT for the thread, but I thought you might be interested: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" is the name of a famous short story by Delmore Schwartz. It's collected with others here:

Amen to this. Autoplay is a fucking sin.

He's a real troll's troll, that Armond.

Dowd doesn't grade to the curve like other writers do. Some among the commentariat seem to be offended by it.

I don't know about the muscle mass, but his veins keep getting bigger every time I see him. You could drive a truck through the ones on his forearms.

Man, everybody wants to start you on the X-Files with the funny, self-referential episodes. Don't get me wrong, those are great, but they're a lot more enjoyable if you've gotten the vibe of the show before you watch them. Watch something like "Ice," "Beyond The Sea," or "Tooms" to get started. Those are solid…

That's Nick Chinlund as Donnie. I think that episode typecast him - he seems to play a creepy heavy most of the time. Certainly I can't see him in any role without being reminded of Donnie Pfaster.

I still recommend the X-Files to people, but usually just a selected list of the great monster-of-the-week episodes. If they're really into it after that, then they can explore at their leisure and take their chances with the mythology.

It's also a rare episode where they actually capture clear-cut, unequivocal evidence of something science cannot currently explain. The scariest part of the episode to me is when they wheel the flukeman down the hall strapped to that gurney and then put him in a prison cell. Watching that the first time I was…

Wasn't that pretty much the entire premise of Law Abiding Citizen?

@avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus "You are the ones who are the ball lickers" is my WiFi SSID.  I really hope my neighbors appreciate it.