nTTx's Five Favorite Horror Films

Toronto based Synthpop/EBM musician Gord Clement puts all his musical efforts into nTTx, but we took him away from his music making so he could tell us his five favorite horror films. Zombies, demon possession, and a once innocent children's movie all make the list. What's not to love about it? 

"The Shining" by Stanley Kubrick

"Yes it strays wide from the novel, that's fine with me. Kubrick's mastery of the open frame and timing livens King's words like Sriracha in an open axe wound."





"Dawn of the Dead" by George A. Romero

"Mixing horror, comedy and social commentary with zombies before it was commonplace. Made me want to learn makeup FX."









"The Blair Witch Project" by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez

"Seeing this in a pitch black theatre is the only way and it only works the first time you see it. It called back nights as a tent camper in the wilderness, not knowing what was happening. It put the scary into your mind and only you knew what was out there hunting you."






"The Exorcist" by Wiliam Friedkin

"Depth of story and character, matched with groundbreaking film making techniques. Charging faith against belief and logic a primal fight of wills."







"Milo & Otis" by Masanori Hata

"What was once a lovable fun movie as a child is now viewed as an animal torture video. I recently watched this for the first time since childhood and I had to turn it off. What I saw sickened and scared me that anyone could make such a movie. The terror was real."