BEARPRINT STAFF 2012-13 The Bearprint Editor in Chief Volume 12, Issue 2 October Issue Matthew Dummeldinger K-Purch’s Top Ten Terror Films Sport Editor Since Halloween is just around the 1. The Exorcist (1973) – It’s any horror film slashers: Michael My- Matt Mastrogiovanni corner, everyone is all in for a good parents dream to have a child. ers. Remember it was the night HE scare, be it by trick-or-treating or However, once the child is pos- came home! Assistant Editor watching a classic horror film. Here sessed by Satan himself, what can 3. Friday the 13th (1980) – Summer Noah J. Landers are my top ten horror films of all- one do? If my kid did a spider walk camp seemed fun for everyone, time along with some honorable down the stairs with blood coming except Jason Voorhees and his mentions…. out of its mouth, I’d think I’d pass mother. The first film in this saga is Staff out. Not to mention the priests a memorable one. It’s dark, you’re Alysa Madrid attempting to strike the demon out in the woods, and you hear twigs Augustina Sosa of my child. It’d be disturbing to snap. The film is known for its Cameron Pulliam watch, wouldn’t you think? I feel iconic noises whenever the killer is Corey Gallagher bad for the child actress to play the nearby. It was the birth of a bunch Donna Hoang demon child. Congratulations to of sequels but Jason’s mother is Emily Hopf William Friedkin for directing the the killer first. What about Jason Esther Moon scariest film of all time! you might ask? I’ll leave that for 2. Halloween (1978) – When Hal- you in case you never saw the film. Josh Choi loween first came out in October 4. The Shining (1980) – It was first Kiera Slater 1978, people were afraid to go a 1977 thriller novel by horror writ- Kurt Lindhult trick-or-treating and for some time, er Stephen King, but in 1980 it was Kyle Purchase movie venders thought about stop- made into a movie that was di- Matt Nissenfeld ping showings of Halloween. John rected by the late Stanley Kubrick. Morgan McDermott Carpenter made this masterpiece The film deals with Jack Torrance, Natalie Swartz with memorable music, especially a desperate author who decides to Nick Barber the theme to Halloween, and the reside in the Overlook Hotel for the Shannon Choi creation of one of the icons of winter along with his family. Cont. Triniti-lynn Thornhill Pumpkin 101 It’s getting to be that time of year really isn’t a whole lot left! You might be a little unappealing, but again: pumpkin time! A pumpkin could carve a spooky face into it, the seeds are always an appetiz- is actually a vegetable called a or maybe “trick or treat” for Hal- ing and easy-to-make treat! You squash. Most squashes are long loween night! To really bring the just have to scoop them out of and thin, but pumpkins as we all pumpkin to life, you could make it the “pumpkin junk”, clean them know, are round! Now, what’s a a Jack-o-Lantern by putting a off and stick them in the oven. It’s person to do with said squash? candle in the center and lighting a simple snack and pumpkins Just about anything you like! it up! If carving isn’t your style, usually have lots of seeds. There are many things to be you could always leave the in- All in all, pumpkins are a fun done with a pumpkin; the most nards inside and paint the face way to get into the spirit of Hal- common would be carving it! All on. That way you can use pretty loween! Sometimes just getting a you need is a knife, a pumpkin, colors! Either way, decorative group together and going out into and a good idea! To begin carv- pumpkins are the way to go. a pumpkin patch can be a good ing, first you should cut the top If the decorating or carving time. Whether you’ll eat those off and remove all the stuff inside route isn’t the way you were look- pumpkins, carve them, or deco- (it may be a little gross, but it’s ing to go, you could always eat rate them, they are all great ways worth it). Once that’s done there the pumpkin! The entire pumpkin to have a little October fun. - Corey Gallagher P a g e 2 K-Purch’s Films Cont. However, while they are there, horror film BASED ON TRUE included some of the bloodiest Jack experiences what experts EVENTS. The crimes of murderer scenes in zombie film history, call “cabin fever” – a condition Ed Gein inspired 3 of the films on along with some surprises in the where someone is with a certain my list, this being one of them. film. There was a 2004 remake amount of people for a long time Leatherface is the chainsaw wield- of the film, but I like the original. and feels trapped inside. The ing killer in this old flick. This horror Honorable Mentions condition can lead to mental film was almost rated X for content 1. Stephen King’s IT (1990) – breakdowns. I’m surprised Jack since the death scenes were more Based off of Stephen King’s Nicholson didn’t get any awards gruesome compared to slasher novel IT, The film and novel both for his role as Jack Torrance, films. touch on a homicidal clown because he made you think he 8. Scream (1996) – The beginning named Pennywise that torments actually went crazy to kill his fami- of Scream is iconic. Who would kids in their childhood in the ly. Then who could forget, “Here’s have thought that Drew Barrymore 1950’s and then again in adult- JOHNNY!”, “all work and no play dies within minutes of the film? hood. Stephen King wrote the make Jack a dull boy” or Wes Craven directed Scream as a novel because he noticed how REDRUM? parody of horror films. The main kids were terrified of clowns, and 5. Nightmare on Elm Street characters of Scream talk about how he particularly believes that (1984) – Before he directed the “rules” of horror films. Jamie they were not funny. Since the Scream, Wes Craven did this Kennedy’s character says that you novel and the film adaptations, memorable flick, and introduced can never do these things in a many people were touched by another movie monster. Freddy horror film; say “I’ll be right back” King’s work of something they Krueger invaded teenagers’ because you won’t be, have sex, or were terrified of as a kid. dreams and killed them in their drink alcohol. Ghostface has been 2. The Silence of the Lambs sleep. This film was a general a very popular Halloween costume. (1991) – This film was a winner horror flick in those days where I guarantee you that little kids with of the “Big Five” Academy teenagers explored their sexual that costume have no idea how Awards, including Best Picture promiscuity and eventually died scary he was back in 1996, espe- and Best Actor. Anthony Hop- because of it. Johnny Depp’s cially with those creepy phone calls kins’s role as Hannibal Lecter is death scene is the most memora- to victims. his most memorable role. Hop- ble scene in the film. He got 9. Alien (1979) – Directed by Rid- kins thought that it’d be creepier pulled into his bed by Freddy, and ley Scott, Alien was actress Sigour- for a film to have the Lecter then a huge hole appears and ney Weaver’s big breakout film. character be very charming and then…a geyser of dark, red blood! The film was known for special calm to Clarice (Jodie Foster), 6. Psycho (1960) – Directed by effects when it came to the infa- instead of a maniac killer. Good horror master Alfred Hitchcock, mous “chestburster” scene with the morning Clarice….. Psycho is always a top horror death of actor John Hurt’s charac- 3. Jaws (1975) – One of Steven film. Another film inspired by Ed ter, Kane. The film also introduced Spielberg’s best films, Jaws, Gein, Psycho was about a man the Alien. Characterized by a huge, based off of Peter Benchley’s who looked after his motel as well column shaped head, along with a bestseller, made people afraid to as his mother. Dead mother I mouth within a mouth, not to men- swim in the ocean for fear of a should say. The film will always tion a sharp tail that could slice a shark attack. The mechanical be remembered for the shower human clean in half, the Alien shark was named Bruce after scene where the main character quickly became one of the scariest Spielberg’s attorney. The film dies halfway though the film; movie monsters of all time. was known for not just the shark viewers only see the shadow of 10. Dawn of the Dead (1978) – but the famous movie line the killer whose identity isn’t re- What could be bad about going to “You’re gonna need a bigger vealed until later. When it was the mall? According to director boat,” and the final sequence first released in 1960, people, George A. Romero, a Pennsylva- between “Bruce” and actor Roy especially teenage girls, were nia mall being ambushed by flesh Scheider’s character. afraid to take showers. If people eating zombies would be unimagi- There you have it.