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As an atheist, which supernatural horror films are your favorite? Which fantasy? Which SF? Why?

• Horror film - "The Bride of Frankenstein" due to its tongue in cheek presentation

  Science Fiction film - a tie between "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "Things To Come" and the entire Star Wars series. "The Day The Earth Stood Still" for Michael Rennie, "Things To Come" for its message of hope and incredible special effects and Star Wars simply for existing.

  Fantasy Film - "The Princess Bride" for being so damned clever. (Michelle Malkin #1)

• Horror: _An American Werewolf in London_, although I enjoyed _Poltergeist_

  SF: _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_

  Fantasy: _Dragonheart_ was pretty good, but I'd have to go with _Superman II_ for sheer number of viewings. (Tukla #1347)

• > Horror film -

  The Hellraiser trilogy (in four parts). Despite the contradictions in the films, the story is well written. Great costumes, and the little one-liners ("I am the way", "Do you really think I care what God thinks?") make my day.

  > Science Fiction film -

  The Matrix. Bladeunner for Nihilists. Excellent. I wrote a story a few years ago that seems to have been ripped off here...

  > Fantasy Film -

  Legend. A great myth, a battle between "good" and "evil", with both sides showing signs of each other. (Kae Verens #1664)

• Horror: "Prophecy" "The Omen" movies

  Fantasy: "Legend" "Dragon Heart"

  SF: "Stargate" "The 5th Element" (Lady Lorelei #1049)

• Supernatural horror - "The Screaming Skull" (MST3K version) - one of the riffs says it all: "Drab, flat passion Meanders across the screen!"

  Fantasy - "Jack Frost" (MST3K again) - You just can't beat those Russo-Finnis co-productions!

  SF - "Prince of Space" (Yep - an MST3K sweep!) - I just can't get enough of the laughter of the Phantom of Krankor! (Nemo #1331)

• Supernatural horror: I generally despise this genre because the plots are usually far too lame, even when I'm drunk. I guess I'd have to go with "Striptease". Demi's implants were truly freightening, not to mention, Burt dressed in Vaseline (OK, that was one of the funnier moments in the film).

  Fantasy: "Wizards" I really enjoy Ralph Bakshi's style of animation/ real combination which creates a higher level of surealism. "Altered States" was also a great one.

  Science fiction: You rarely see any science in SF movies. Usually they just put ordinary scripts in a "futuristic" setting or they put satan/invincible monster in a space ship. Oooooh, thrilling! Bad science usually kills it for me as well; example, "Jurassic Park". You would think that they would consult with a scientist in that field before going public, but no, they know it all. My favorite would have to be "12 Monkeys". The plot was feasable (except maybe the time travel bit). The acting was great, and the music set the perfect mood. Madeleine Stowe really looked hot in that red dress. (CTThegreat)

• My favorite SF film is Blade Runner. I like stories which try to blur the boundaries between what is and isn't 'a human'. I also love the film's bizarre view of the Los Angeles of the future.

  I don't really like "horror" or "supernatural" films. Unless you could put the film 'The Rapture' into this category. 'The Rapture' (the one with Mimi Rogers and David Duchovny) is one of my favorite films, because it demonstrates how unfair the Christian god is (if he existed). (pan #1432)

• Horror - Night of the Living Dead - I just like humor with my dose of blood.

  SF - Darkstar - If you need me to tell you, then you obviously haven't seen it. (Only just squeezes in ahead of Silent Running)

  Fantasy - Fantasia. I just love the animation along with the music. (Alan Ferris #1211)

• I hate to be so trite, but the Star Wars Trilogy is definitely my favorite SF. Horror is tough, since most of it is incredibly boring. I liked Scream because it had the element of this-could-happen. But I think I'd have to go with any well book-to-screen Lovecraft movies. Fantasy...drawing a blank -- oh, wait. Either The Princess Bride or Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

  In the horror/SF areas, it seems I'm attracted to the supernatural. Lovecraft has his Elder Gods/aliens/whatever, and Star Wars has the Jedi. On Fantasy, well, those two movies were just so amusing. And Carey Ewles(sp?) was in both of them, which was a definite plus. Again, though, there was an element of supernatural in these movies. So I guess I tend to like myth (so long as it's presented as fiction). (Dan McEwen #1617)

• I don't really have any favorites, it would largely depend on my frame of mind. I could make some general stabs, though, at films that made an impression on me.

  Supernatural horror: would probably have to be "Poltergeist." I'm not really into horror films, although "Scream" was entertaining.

  Fantasy: "Contact" comes to mind, but most people would label that science fiction, I guess. "Highlander" rates pretty high for me, and I must confess a weakness for "Ben Hur", although that is more because of my love for Roman history. The Star Wars films and Indiana Jones films impressed me as well.

  Science Fiction: "The Saint" is a particular favorite of mine, but isn't really heavy on the science part, it's more of an adventure film. Perhaps "Star Trek: Insurrection" would be my favorite here. Or even the Aliens films (Sigourney Weaver), although those are more like horror films.

  Can you tell I have a hard time classifying things? (Carl Funk #1229)