Amicus Productions We're arbitrarily extending the spooky season to November 1, and by special request we're presenting The House That Dripped Blood, as a followup to Carnival of Souls from the other day.  This 1971 classic was produced by Amicus Films, a studio which specialized in horror anthologies like this one, each featuring 4 stories linked by a framing device. In this case, it's the house itself, and the sad and horrific histories of its ill-fated tenants.   As with many Amicus films, this one has a fabulous cast including Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Ingrid Pitt, the gorgeous Polish actress who escaped from the Nazis to make a new life in England. Each story is unique in tone, with the last having been intended as a comedy. When the money men watched the rough cut, they apparently flipped out and demanded it be re-cut as a drama, which sadly doesn't quite work. At least they kept the cute little jab he took at Lee in the dialogue (they were pals of...

According to the "Science of Scare" study, the top 20 scariest movies of all time, in order, are Sinister, Insidious, The Conjuring, Hereditary, Paranormal Activity, It Follows, The Conjuring 2, The Babadook, The Descent, The Visit, The Ring, A Quiet Place, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 28 Days Later, The Exorcist, Hush, It, and Scream. The study invited 250 people to watch 40 feature films that are among the best horror films according to expert critics in the field. The team measured the average impact the shortlisted movies had on the heart rate, measured in beats per minute, and heart rate variance, which is the time between each heartbeat. They used this measurement to assess how stressed audience members might become while watching the film, making it "a good indicator of slow burn fear and dread." They combined the two metrics to create a "Scare Score" and determine which scary movies have the biggest impact. The...