#9 - VENOM

Plot: A zombie person is hellbent on maiming a group of teenage friends due to some voodoo ritual thing.
Why is this a contender for Best Movie. Ever?
You get exactly what you pay for with this one. Thrills, spills and more thrills. I seen a lot of zombie movies, but I've never seen one like this. For one, there isn't a ton of zombies. There is only one which adds an entirely new way of interpreting the genre. The twist here is that the one zombie packs the power of about 400 zombies, and is armed with hooks and barbed chains and all kinds of nasty tools of torture. What really sets this apart from most horror movies is that this really goes for the jugular in the scares department. Voodoo has always been one of the scariest and mysterious things for me since I was a child, so this definitely got under my skin. Throw in an inventive story to tie things together, unusually good character development and some truly awesome makeup design, and you get one of the best little horror movies in years. Don't overlook this one.
Best scene: The terrifying swamp battle between the zombie and the girl. I don't want to spoil anything, but trust me when I tell you it will stay with you.

I have no doubt this movie accurately portrays voodoo culture.