Ebert Posts A Non List of Streaming Online Horror Movies

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Oct 27, 2010 7:30PM

Movies have been on the brains of the staff here this week, whether it's been our list of favorite scary movies or Rob's enthusiastic reasons why you should check out the Chaplin retrospective at the Music Box (which, as an owner of the complete Chaplin collection on DVD, I agree with Rob completely). So what happens when a critic with the renown of Roger Ebert is asked to compile a list?

Ebert addressed that very question yesterday, writing on his blog that every Halloween he's asked to put together a list of his favorite scary movies and why he consistently refused to do so. "I realize, sadly, that many of those who have requested such a list don't really care about what's on it," Ebert wrote. "They're simply waiting to pounce on me for the titles that aren't on it."

What Ebert did was go to his "Great Movies" list and picked ten films, with the caveats that all were more than 60 years old and available to view in full online. It's a solid list with such classics as James Whale's "Frankenstein," Tod Browning's "Dracula," Fritz Lang's "M," Cocteau's "the Beauty and the Beast," Murnau's "Nosferatu" and "The Third Man." This list is a wonderful way to waste away to quitting time.