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119. “Inside” (Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, 2007)
The best pregnancy thriller since “Rosemary’s Baby” is also, frankly, one of the most unnerving slasher movies ever made. French directing duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury (whose comparatively understated gothic followup “Livid” is totally different) held nothing back for this tale of a pregnant woman fending off a home invader who wants the child in her womb. Never released in American theaters, “Inside” contains some seriously demented imagery, but not before setting up the scares with a technical efficiency that’s downright Hitchcockian. For the most part, “Inside” revolves around the efforts of expectant single mother Sarah (Alysson Paradis) to prevent an intruder from literally ripping a child from her abdomen. Knives and scissors fly freely, but the elegant camerawork makes it clear that the filmmakers aren’t aiming for pure shock value. Instead, “Inside” is a classic home invasion story with the suspense turned up to 11 and the bloody punchlines turned up to 12. Watch it once and ever slasher movie you see afterwards will have to work a little harder to prove its worth. —EK
118. “Paranormal Activity” (Oren Peli, 2007)
Before it became a never-ending franchise of middling horror movies, “Paranormal Activity” got its start as a ruthlessly effective low-budget thriller that gained national attention on its way to becoming one of the most profitable film releases in history. Like its found footage predecessor “The Blair Witch Project,” “Paranormal Activity” tells a simple story about a couple tormented by a supernatural presence in their San Diego home. Director Oren Peli decided to shoot the majority of the film using stationary cameras (unlike the mobile camera in “Blair Witch”), and it’s a decision that results in maximum fear. As scenes are dragged out and the camera never moves, the viewer is forced to study every inch of the home until something creeks or something moves and the fear is too palpable to handle. The inevitable franchise that followed has proven a bit unwieldy, but the simple pleasures of the original “Paranormal Activity” still work. —ZS
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