Every so often a horror movie comes along that really sends shivers down the spine, and none did that better than The Shining ($5). Another movie based on a book by the master of horror Stephen King, The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duval and Danny Lloyd. A family heads off for a winter vacation in an isolated hotel where an evil presence is lurking that transforms the father into psycho. His son is affected in a different way as he starts seeing things from both the past and the future. A terrifying ride from start to finish, this movie is still scaring the pants off people today, over 30 years since its release.
Over 4 decades after its release, The Godfather ($9) tops many lists of those movies that everyone has to see at least once in their lifetime. The ultimate Mafia movie stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and James Caan and is directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It tells the story of Don Corleone, the aging patriarch […]