What Makes Your Favorite Film Your Favorite Film?

“What’s your favorite scary movie?” This famous quote by Ghost Face in Wes Craven’s Scream is pretty much a common conversation starter. (Obviously, it’s not the question itself that makes this quote so famous but the way in which it is said.)

Amused, Casey answers the question as she leans against her kitchen counter. She says, “I don’t know,” to which Ghost Face responds, “What comes to mind?” She picks John Carpenter’s Halloween and immediately picks up a knife from a knife stand—by the way, a nifty foreshadowing technique. But, of course, I will spare you my dissertation on what makes Scream a great film. [If you’re interested in a brief overview, though, check out my Tumblr post on my top 10 horror films—I’ll eventually post up something more extensive on Indies Unchained!].

So, I’d like to broaden it up to something even more standard: what’s your favorite film? When asked this simple question, a lot of people get stumped.

Bite the Cone: 7 Types of Trailers You’re Probably Tired of Watching

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Aside from Stumbling and watching Jimmy Kimmel Live interviews online—and let’s not forget my social media sites, too—I spend a large portion of my time on the web watching trailers on Apple Trailers. After watching thousands (dare I say millions?) of them, I’ve compiled a list of the 7 film trailer types I’m sick of watching, and I’m pretty sure you are too. The movie may have very well been good, but the trailer, in one way or another, pissed me off. By the by, please excuse the ice cream metaphors, I took some sleepy time Vanilla tea for the night, and it seemed like a really good idea. In any case, if studios and independent production companies want me to shell out the 10-15 bucks to watch their so-called “#1 Movie of the Year,” then they’ve got a max of 2 minutes and a half to keep me interested. Easy enough, right? Apparently not…