Top 5 Films of 2014

Well it's that time of year.  2014 has been a good year for horror.  A lot of films I've heard from Sundance, I've finally got to see.  I present to you, my "Top 5 Films of 2014.

*NOTE* Some of these movies were in the festival circuit, so I didn't get to see them til they came on DVD this year.

5. Godzilla

Even though there wasn't much monster fighting, the destruction that Godzilla and the Mutos created was worth it. Of course this was directed Gareth Edwards, who did Monsters (a monster movie with not much action).  But I did enjoy the story.  Cranston was great.  And I geeked out when Godzilla blew his first flame.  I was expecting more, but I'm happy with what I got.

4. Snowpiercer

Captain America's Chris Evans and John Hurt live in the ghetto side of a train, and are no longer gonna take it.  Joon-ho Bong's post-apocalypse flick was a fun watch.  I don't know what the Weinstein Company took out, but I thought this was a good flick.  If the movie was suppose to be even longer, then I really would like to see what was cut out.

3. Big Bad Wolves

The suspense almost killed me.  And even though the ending was pretty sad, I really enjoyed the story and the dialog.  The opening scene was well done.  The acting was great.  And I really had some great laughs.  People should really check this movie out.

2. Tusk

It's a huge bummer that not many people went out to see this flick in the theaters.  But I hope people will check this out when it comes to DVD.  There was some funny moments, but I was mostly waiting for the Walrus suit.  And it was fun to see everything that Kevin Smith talked about on SModcast, come to life.

1. The Sacrament

Many people have said that Ti West can be "hit or miss".  The Sacrament did not disappoint.  Maybe the reason I enjoyed this movie was because the whole Jonestown thing.  I've read so many stories about that, and always use it to point out what's wrong with religion/cults.  I already knew how it was going to end.  I just wanted to see how Ti West will pull it off.  Definitely my favorite movie of 2014.  

Big Bad Wolves (2013)

When you got a thriller like "Big Bad Wolves"; coming from Israel, you're gonna have a lot of people talking.  Most likely because you really don't hear too much horror/thriller movies coming from the Holy Land.  Of course you've seen the blurb from Quentin Tarantino on the movie poster.  But don't let that be your deciding factor.  If you've seen Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado first film "Kalevet"; also known as "Rabies" in the US, then you'll enjoy their second feature.

The movie begins with three detectives taking a man; who is accused of murdering a young girl.  They interrogate the accused by giving him a beating.  They get a call from the chief who tells them to stop because there wasn't any evidence.  Later the chief gets a anonymous call from someone who found the body of the missing girl. When they find the body, her father shows up.  This event makes the father to take things in his own hands.  Later, the detective who was in charge of the case was let go when a video surfaced on youtube, where the detectives were roughing up the man they brought in for interrogation.  Still believing that the man is the suspect, he follows the suspect and takes him to the woods and tries to get him to admit for the murder.  The father shows up and hits the detective with a shovel.  The accused man was grateful, but didn't know that the father wanted him for himself.  The father takes the detective and the suspect to a house far away from the city.  In there, he tortures the suspect to get him talking.  The suspect claims that he didn't do anything.  The father continues torturing him.  Because the suspect is taking a lot of pain, we start to think that maybe he wasn't the killer.  Or maybe he can handle a lot of pain.

I really enjoyed Big Bad Wolves.  The acting was great.  There was some dark humor which made this flick enjoyable.  And even though the torture scenes weren't gory, they sure were brutal.  The ending was really sad, but don't let that steer you away.  If you enjoy revenge flicks, then check out Big Bad Wolves.