Top 5 Scary Movies (that aren't horror)

Top 5 Scary Movies (that aren't horror)

Around the world, the box office charts are being dominated by Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latest example of Marvel Studios' habit of attempting to shake some of the dust off the formula of formulaic comic book superhero action movies by flavoring them with a little bit of genre. In this case, for the first time in Marvel's history, that genre flavoring is horror, and that's gotten us to thinking about all the other times a not-actually-horror movie got to play around in horror's sandbox. And that's gotten us to our next episode topic: the Top 5 Scary Movies That Aren't Horror. From childhood trauma where it frankly makes no sense to find it, up to movies that disquieted us powerfully as adults without it necessarily being clear why, we're looking for scares where you least expect it.

Tune in and we hope you enjoy!

Rob Top 5:

  1. Contagion
  2. Requiem for a Dream
  3. Blindness
  4. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
  5. The Neverending Story

Carrie Top 5:

  1. Willow
  2. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
  3. Edward Scissorhands
  4. Powder
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Tim Top 5:

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. The Seventh Seal
  3. Beauty and the Beast
  4. Barton Fink
  5. Brazil

Audience Top 5 Top 5 Chicago Movies (Not Named "Chicago")

  1. Inland Empire
  2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  3. Picnic at Hanging Rock
  4. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
  5. Star Wars | Indiana Jones

This week's winner – Zev Burrows

  1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  2. Inland Empire
  3. Full Metal Jacket
  4. Barton Fink
  5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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