This list is for those who want to feel ‘creeped out’. Not all on this list are horror movies in the traditional sense. But all on this list paint a world for you that are indeed creepy.

While compiling such a subjective list I have to keep in mind that what I may find creepy is not what you might find creepy, and while asking the opinions of everyone I have talked to this week. I found that what is creepy for one generation is not what is creepy to the next. With that in mind, this list is chronological in order.

10. Nosferatu

Released in 1922. Nosferatu goes down in history not only as one of the earliest horror movies ever filmed, but certainly one of the creepiest films ever made.

Nosferatu is based on Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula. The production company changed a few things in the story because they were unable to acquire the rights to the novel. However they did not change enough aspects because Bram Stokers estate eventually sued the film company ‘Prana film’ for copyright infringement and won. All copies of the film were ordered to be destroyed but a few survived and Nosferatu is more popular today than ever before.

The lead role ‘Count Orlock’ [Dracula] was played brilliantly by the German actor Max Schreck. Oddly enough in German “schreck” means fright or terror. Mr. Schreck certainly lived up to his name in this film!

For a silent film, this is one of the creepiest movies I have ever seen. The mere sight of Count Orlock fills the viewer with dread and impending doom. At a time when the term “Special effects” had not even been coined yet, there are some surprising effects within this classic vampire film.

9. House on Haunted Hill

Released in 1959 this is one of many horror “B Movies” that moviegoers couldn’t get enough of at the time. This film starred the late great Vincent Price who is best known for appearing in so many of these types of movies.
Also at a point in movie history when special effects were nothing like we enjoy now, director William Castle did a fantastic job of creating a creepy feeling in the viewer with candlelight, shadows and movement in this film.
The plot line is pretty simple. Five people are invited to stay the night in a haunted house by an eccentric millionaire, Fredrick Loren (Vincent Price). The power will go out and all windows and doors will be locked at midnight. Everyone that survives the night will be awarded $10,000. Of course at midnight, people start dying off!

Ironically, director William Castle was a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock noticed the wild financial success of House on Haunted Hill and decided to make his own ‘b’ horror film which would not only go on to achieve great financial success, but would also eventually make it to the this coveted and prestigious list…

8. Psycho (1960)

Widely considered Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest film, this is one of the most recognized film titles in American cinema history. Although it did not win any of them, Psycho was honored with 4 Oscar nominations from the academy. In 1992 it was deemed culturally and historically significant enough by the library of congress as to be selected for preservation in their National Film Registry.

Filmed in black and white, few films since have created the stir this film has. Based around murder, voyeurism, suspense and insanity this film is burned into the minds of an entire generation of moviegoers as one of the scariest films they have ever seen.

I asked many generations for their list of “Creepiest movies” this past week. I asked people from the ages of 10 years old at the youngest, to 72 at the oldest. It became apparent to me that everyone in the generation that came before mine lists ‘Psycho’ as one of the scariest films they have ever seen. As a matter of fact I talked to two different men that admitted to me that to this day, when they stay in a hotel room they have to leave the bathroom door open when they shower. To see why I list this movie as creepy and not just scary you will have to watch it for yourself. Watch it alone. Watch it late. And watch it with all the lights off. You will see what I mean when I say “Creepy”

7. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Night of the living Dead presented some firsts that moviegoers had never seen previous. An African American Male as the lead character, a fully nude corpse lumbering around, and seeing a child brutally killing and eating her parents.

Prior to its release, the term “Zombie” meant someone who was enslaved to a voodoo witch doctor through a spell, or some type of mind control. Although the word zombie was never actually mentioned in Night of the living dead, this film is credited for transforming a zombie from the traditional voodoo curse to the now common concept of a person that rises from the dead and feeds on the living.

Initially disliked by critics, Night of the living dead later became recognized as a film with social significance. This film has been seen as a metaphor for everything from the cold war, the enemy in Vietnam to the inevitable corrosion of capitalism.

Night of the living dead was of course released before the MPAA rated movies. So during its time in theaters, anybody of any age was allowed to view it. This raised a lot of questions about censorship. The producers of the film found it nearly impossible to find a distributor for the film at the time, and Roger Ebert was quoted as saying in an early review of the film:
“The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence. The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through, and had become unexpectedly terrifying. There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe nine years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying”

6. The Exorcist

When it comes to classic literature, you must have compelling characters. There must always be a protagonist and an antagonist. These are just the rules of writing. We have come to know these characters as cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers and man against the aliens. But nowhere in cinema has history had good versus evil been as blatant as it was in The Exorcist.

Like Psycho was to the generation before mine, The Exorcist tops the list of most terrifying movies my generation has ever seen. Its concept is quite simple. God versus the Devil. A young girl is possessed by a demon and two Catholic priests must exorcize the demons out of her body.

So what makes this movie so creepy? In my estimation, it is the fear of the unknown. Can the devil or demons really control your body? What is happening to this poor little girl? Is it the devil or is it psychosis? Is it real or is it not. Even the Catholic Church itself tries to play down the whole practice of exorcism because of the obvious ridiculousness of the practice in today’s society, but there is this little known fact. William Peter Blatty, the author of the 1971 novel that spawned the 1973 film by the same name, admits that his fictitious novel is indeed loosely based on an actual exorcism performed on a 13 year old boy in Maryland in 1949.

5. A Nightmare on Elm Street

In 1984 Wes Craven wrote and directed what my wife calls “A movie that f*cked up my life!”

This movie is not in this list because my wife was terrified by it as an 8 year old child, but because it is consistently recognized by the generation that came (shortly) after mine as the creepiest movie they had ever seen.
Time and time again, Movie studio’s and critics like to proclaim that the horror genre is dead.

Much like when a bell rings and a fairy get’s its wings…
When a pretentious overweight blow-hard critic spews his nonsensical eulogy for this genre, a great film is produced.

This film attacks the audience in a very vulnerable and personal place, a place that all of us spend one third of our lives, in dreams. Whether you are Mother Teresa or Genghis Kahn at some point you have to sleep. When you sleep you dream. When you dream, Freddie comes for you.

The only thing creepier than the movie itself is the sight of middle-aged women fawning over a teen-aged Johnny Depp!

4. Dead End

I realize that I am making a leap from 1984 until almost 20 years later when Dead End was released in 2003. I am certainly not trying to insinuate that there were no ‘Creepy’ movies produced in this time period. But here is the problem. When you survey people on “Creepiest movies you have ever seen” everyone, no matter the demographic, reaches back to childhood. So this is a pick that future generations can think back to for their own creepy movie lists.

I firmly believe that Dead End is a very creepy film that will be remembered as one of the best for my children’s generation. Not widely known and not a big box-office hit, this is one of those sleeper films that most overlook but does deserve some accolades.

The premise is simple. A family (and the older daughter’s boyfriend) is in a car on their way to a nice Christmas dinner at the grandparent’s home. The dad decides to take a shortcut on a no name secondary road to not only shave some time off the trip, but for a change of scenery. For some strange reason, the road never seems to reach its destination and horror follows closely behind the family as they travel deeper and deeper into their own secrets and other creepy and horrifying mile markers along the way.

This is not a horror film in the traditional sense. It’s not even a ghost story in the traditional sense. It is simply a good film that will leave you with such a creepy feeling at the end that you will want to take a hot shower in hopes of scrubbing the creepy feeling away.

3. The Woodsman

Yes that is Kevin Bacon you see there in the poster. No, you probably never heard of this film, and for good reason. It had a very limited release in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. It only made about $1.5 million in U.S. theaters at no more than 84 locations.

Kevin Bacon was critically acclaimed for his role in this film. This film was nominated for the “Grand Jury Prize” at the Sundance film festival as well as winning the “Jury Special Prize” at the Traverse City film festival.

So why have you never heard of The Woodsman? Because the subject matter of this movie is absolutely terrifying to every single parent in America.
Kevin Bacon brilliantly plays the part of ‘Walter’. A convicted child molester that has just been released from prison and has to adjust to life on the outside. He finds himself with a menial job at a saw mill, and a small apartment across the street from an elementary school that educates his biggest temptation, young girls.

While Walter meets a woman his own age at work (Kyra Sedgwick, Bacon’s real life wife) he also finds himself spending a lot of time with a young abused girl from the local school who likes to watch birds.

Mos Def plays the cop that abuses Walter verbally at every visit, and you never know if he is protecting our children or just abusing ex-convicts.
This is not a horror movie by any stretch of the imagination. It is a drama. But as a father to 3 young daughters, this ranks number one in my personal list of “Creepiest movies ever”.

2. Deliver us from Evil (documentary)

Released in 2006, this film chronicles the real life story of Catholic Priest Father Oliver O’Grady and his alleged sexual abusing of hundreds of American children between the late 1970’s and the early 1990’s.
This man spent only 7 years in prison and was deported to Ireland. Documentary filmmaker Amy J. Berg caught up with Father O’Grady and interviewed him in Ireland in 2005. This powerful and terrifying film features interviews with the victims, victim’s families, court documents and a whole host of information that proves that the Catholic Church was not only aware of these atrocities, but went out of its way to cover them up.
On a footnote, our current Pope was shown to be quite instrumental in the Catholic Church cover up of Father Oliver O’Grady’s horrible actions, but was pronounced immune to prosecution by George W. Bush. Very Creepy.

1. Inside (French)

I have to admit that this is not the only creepy thing that I have ever seen come out of France. After all, they did give us ‘Mime’.

But number one on this list (chronologically speaking of course) is a French film produced in 2007 called “Inside”.

It is not the “creepiest” film I have ever seen, but it is the creepiest film I have seen recently. The version I found did not have an English dub in it, just English subtitles.

The movie starts off with a pregnant woman in a horrible car accident that kills the father of her unborn child and leaves her and the driver of the other car severely injured. It then picks up on Christmas Eve just before she is about to give birth to the baby. She is at home alone when there is a knock at the door. The stranger on the other side explains an emergency and Sarah (The pregnant lead) refuses to open the door. Mayhem ensues.

I can’t tell you much about the film because chances are that you have not seen it yet. But I will tell you this. It is gory, violent and disturbing. This film is not for the squeamish! Grab a rag and a squeegee, some popcorn and a stiff drink. Sit back, turn out the lights and prepare to be CREEPED OUT!

10. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

A terrible school bus accident in a small town – might not sound like the most exciting film, but it sure makes for good drama. Atom Egoyan directed a strong cast led by Ian Holm, Bruce Greenwood, and future Away From Her director Sarah Polley. Tensions between grieving parents and an opportunistic lawyer encouraging the filing of a class action lawsuit drive the film, and the film rewards you by not simply providing the same old story. Might not be the happiest film you’ve ever watched, but it’s certainly worth a view (the nice people at Cannes agreed).

9. Ghost World (1998)

You know the name Scarlett Johansson now, but you didn’t know it very well in 2001 when this film came out. She and Thora Birch (the girl from American Beauty) star in this comedy based upon Daniel Clowes’ wildly popular graphic novel (high-class comic book). This movie is about two teenage girls who are not in sync with the world that surrounds them, and they provide a running commentary on that world, until an unconventional love interest (the always great Steve Buscemi, who won an American Spirit Award for this role) for one of them throws a monkey wrench into the works.

8. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

This film boasts an absolute all-star team: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney — with Sidney Lumet directing. The essential plot is that two brothers in desperate financial straits plan to rob their parents’ jewelry store, but there is so much more than that (and any further discussion here would spoil it for you, which would just be wrong). Adding to the strength of this film is the fact that the complex and multi-layered story is presented in a compelling non-chronological fashion. Lumet returns to the form of his earlier classics The Verdict and Serpico, and the acting is flat-out fantastic. Why this movie did not do better in the theaters is beyond us (and we don’t think that the sight of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s butt – yes, you read that right – was the reason).

7. Walking & Talking (1996)

Independent films are hard to find these days…at least actual independent films, not ones put out by the arm of a major studio. In the 1990s, though, truly independent films still existed, and writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s second film fits that bill. If you are looking for an action movie, you should move on. But if you want excellent character studies and charming, witty dialogue (and you enjoy Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, or Liev Schreiber), then this is your movie. Yes, the film is filled with dialogue-heavy scenes, but that is the very reason that this movie has such a strong fan base – you actually care about these people, because you know them (if you are not one of them).

6. Barcelona (1994)

Picking a Whit Stillman film to include is difficult, even though he has only directed three. His first, Metropolis, was in the vein of Walking and Talking, with verbal wit and deeply developed characters taking the place of a lot of action (and it worked well). Barcelona had a bit more action to it than most independent films (which isn’t really saying much), but the treasure here is an adept and flexible cast, led by Stillman stalwarts Taylor Nichols and Chris Eigeman, whose articulate conversations on mundane subjects make you wish you talked like that. The basic plot concerns men (one a businessman working in his company’s Barcelona office, and the other his Naval officer cousin) trying to find love in a foreign country in the early 1980s, but such a simple description of this indie classic is almost an insult. It is (as with so many on this list) a multi-layered character study, and the language and humor don’t feel dated. If you’ve traveled overseas, you will appreciate the cultural commentary (equally aimed at both the visitors and the hosts), but the dialogue and story would have worked in any setting.

5. Mute Witness (1994)

This suspense thriller was filmed in Moscow with a nearly all-European cast (and has old Ben Kenobi himself, Sir Alec Guinness, in one of his last roles). It’s the story of three Americans who find themselves in a dangerous situation that is beginning to spin out of their control. One of them, Billy (Russian actress Marina Sudina), is a mute makeup artist working on a low-budget slasher film — locked in the broken-down film studio late at night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film, which causes a terror-filled night to occur. This one has drawn comparisons to the work of Brian DePalma and Hitchcock, so it’s definitely worth a look.

4. In Bruges (2008)

This is the movie that so many others wanted to be: a comedy/crime and action thriller taking place in a European setting — that kicked some serious ass. Don’t be fooled by any previews you might have seen – this is not simply Pulp Fiction in Belgium – it is a fast-paced, funny, thrill-a-minute roller coaster that will keep you watching. It was only given a limited release in the United States (much wider in Britain and Europe), but those who saw it loved it (including critics). Need more proof? Colin Farrell won a Golden Globe Award, and screenplay writer Martin McDonagh won a BAFTA (the British Oscar).

3. Lone Star (1996)

Director John Sayles paints a rich and nuanced picture of Texas border town life in this movie, but that is only half the story. Chris Cooper stars as a small town sheriff attempting to solve the decades-old murder of one of his predecessors (and realizing that it just might be his father, who then became sheriff after the disappearance of the other). Kris Kristofferson and Matthew McConaughey portray the previous sheriffs in a series of flashbacks that provide the background for this multi-layered (again, we have to use the word) and complex story, addressing concerns such as race, family history, socioeconomic development, and personal identity. Chris Cooper and Elizabeth Peña give subtle and understated performances that provide a deep understanding of the characters and their motivation for making the difficult choices that have led them to this point. At its core, this movie is a murder mystery, but it’s unlike any mystery you’ve seen.

2. Runaway Train (1985)

You might be wondering why a movie about a runaway train (hence the title) is listed as number two – how great could it really be? Really great. Jon Voight (who was nominated for an Oscar, and won the Golden Globe for best actor), Rebecca DeMornay, and Eric Roberts star in this classic. It really is a basic plotline, in which Voight and Roberts are two convicts who have escaped from a maximum security prison in Alaska, and hop a train headed for the “Lower 48,” but their trip turns terrifying when (as the title clearly states) they are on a runaway train without brakes or an engineer (DeMornay plays a female railroad worker along for this terror ride). As with the other movies on this list, this movie delivers because its characters are well-developed – we don’t have to like these guys to be emotionally invested in their fates.

1. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (1999)

Forest Whitaker is an Oscar-winning actor and director, who has enjoyed a long and successful career. This movie, much less known than his other films, explains why Whitaker has had that success. Whitaker stars as the “Ghost Dog,” a mafia hitman who adheres to the ancient code of the samurai (outlined in Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, which is featured heavily throughout the film). Director Jim Jarmusch is nothing if not a quirky visionary, and he is at his quirky best here. How many times have you heard a crime thriller be described as existential? This movie defies labels, but the beautifully-shot scenes (particularly that of a night drive than can only be described as transcendent) remind you that you are watching artists create….well….art. Critics gave this movie high praise, and it has a very strong (if limited) fan base.

10. Non-Virgins Being Killed By Psychopathic Maniacs

Jason, Freddy, What’s-His-Name from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. They all have one thing in common, besides homicidal killing sprees: they all seem to kill the girls who won’t be wearing white to their weddings first. We wonder what the origin of this movie prejudice is? After all, it seems like a girl whose really put herself out there (so to speak) has probably had her heart broken a few times might be a bit tougher and stronger than the delicate virginal beauty in white lace. Certainly, we can’t think of any physical reason why non-virgins would be easier to kill than virgins. For once, we’d like to see the chick (and guy) who are having the chaste conversation about waiting until their wedding day be the first ones to go, while the girl who has been around the block a few times is the one to survive until the end.

9. Trailers That Don’t Accurately Reflect the Movie

We’ve all had this happen. You see a trailer for what looks like a really funny, lighthearted movie, only to get to the movie itself and discover that it’s kind of a downer. This is the movie industry’s way of suckering you into see a movie that you otherwise might not: by lying. For example, I remember seeing the trailer for the film “Muriel’s Wedding.” The trailer would have me believe that this was a breezy, coming-of-age film about an awkward teen who grows up to accept herself for who she is. Oh, and it promised to be filled with ABBA songs! But when I actually saw the movie, it turned out to be a rather depressing study of one girl’s battle with her own self-esteem, which included her mother’s suicide, her best friend’s cancer, and her wedding to a guy who didn’t love her. And there might have been one or two ABBA songs. Clearly, not what I had in mind.

8. Giving Away the Whole Movie In The Trailer

Don’t you hate it when you go to see a really funny movie, only to realize that you already saw the best/funniest parts of the movie in the trailer? So do we. If you can’t come up with more than 3-4 really great moments in the movie, and you feel compelled to put them all in the trailer in order to convince people to come see it, you might want to head back to the editing room. Or send the movie directly to DVD. Nothing makes movie-goers angrier than shelling out $15.00, only to find out that they’ve already seen the only worthwhile parts of the movie in the coming attractions.

7. Bad Adaptations

“Bad adaptation” can mean so many different things: poor screenwriting, not being faithful to the original story, leaving out too many essential parts of the story, adding in or leaving out essential characters. Presumably, a producer decides that he wants to adapt a book for the big screen because the book was either extremely popular, well-written, or told a great story. Why then certain screenwriters feel the need to begin editing the essential story is beyond us. Books have a certain pacing and character development to them that screenwriters often seem to completely disregard, leading to movies that appear stilted, non-sensical, or emotionally devoid. While we certainly understand that no ever page of book can make its way onto the silver screen, screenwriters must understand that purchasing the screen rights to a book do not equal a license to start messing around with the story.

6. Poor Casting

If there’s one thing that can ruin a movie, especially one adapted from a book, quicker than you can say “popcorn, please,” it’s bad casting. Of course, every moviegoer has a certain idea of what a character should look like, and a casting director can’t take everyone’s opinion into consideration when choosing an actor for a role. However, sticking somewhat to the way a character is described in a novel, comic book, or well-known role goes a long way towards helping moviegoers out. For example, it was rumored that Nicholas Cage was originally being considered for the most recent Superman Returns role, which wound up eventually going to Brandon Routh. Thank goodness cooler heads prevailed, because Nicholas Cage as Superman would have been very bad casting.

5. Historical Inaccuracies

This is where the movie industry basically calls you an idiot, betting that you are stupider than the movie and that you won’t notice (or care about) glaring historical inaccuracies. Having a husband who was a history major, I’ve long grown used to the exasperated sighs and gritted teeth that signal every time a movie takes creative license with history. I have to admit that this didn’t really bother me, until a movie took license with the story of one of my favorite historical figures: Queen Elizabeth. This movie starring a young Cate Blanchett was beautifully done, except when it came to the most important part of the story: Elizabeth’s love affair with Robert Dudley. The movie flat out states that Elizabeth never speaks to Dudley again following his part in a plot to overthrow her, which is completely baseless, historically wrong, and an insult to everyone in the movie theater.

4. Girls Who Trip And Fall

There might have been a time, say, in the antebellum South, where women were unaccustomed to having to run at high speeds, making every movie in which a woman falls and twists her ankle while attempting to escape a murderer or monster somewhat believable. But in this age of Title IX, women are as capable as running fast without falling down as men are. In fact, we would love to see a movie where the man falls and twists his ankle, and the girl has to help him limp to safety. Now THAT’s an escape scene we would pay to see.

3. Gratuitous Gore

Don’t get us wrong, we appreciate that gore has its time and place in a movie. After all, who could forget the Nazi’s face melting off in Raiders of the Lost Ark or Anakin’s ill-fated battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi in Revenge of The Sith? But there are some movies that just cross the line, with a constant stream of disturbing images that wind up being in exercise in a) seeing which scene can out-gross the others and b) how long moviegoers can last before they get a second taste of their popcorn. The recent spate of super-gore movies such as Hostel, Saw, and Scream come to mind. Note to movie directors: if you can’t take out some of the gore, at least give us a chance to recover in between scenes.

2. Movies That Set Up Sequels

This isn’t to say that a sequel can’t be good, even great. But movies that are banking on a sequel before we’ve even had a chance to rave about the first installment are arrogant and tacky. A sequel should be made because the public is clamoring for it, not because the script and half the scenes for the second and third movies are already in the can. For example, a movie that ends without all the loose ends being tied up is trying to vault itself into the stratospheric company of movies like Star Wars, The Godfather, and Raiders of The Lost Ark, all of which gave us original movies that were able to stand on their own, despite that fact that two of three were part of trilogies.

1. Happy Endings

Sure, everyone loves happy ending, but after 70 years of movie happy endings, things are beginning to get a bit stale. Did Giselle and Robert really have to end up together in Enchanted? Wouldn’t The Wedding Singer have been a teensy bit more interesting (not to mention realistic), if Adam Sandler wound up alone and Drew Barrymore wound up with Billy Idol? Is there anyone out there who wouldn’t have loved to see what the Green Goblin could have accomplish if Spiderman didn’t keep getting in his way? Some of the greatest stories of all time have unhappy endings: Les Miserables, To Kill A Mockingbird, Jude the Obscure. So far readers, and moviegoers, have survived. Let’s mix it up a little.

10. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

A simple man named Prince Adam became He-man and his weak cat Cringer became a battlecat when Adam used his powers to harness all the strength of the universe. When he took that sword and pointed to the sky shouting “By the Power of Greyskull, I have the Power,” you knew the bad guys were in for it. He fought the evil Skelator with his allies and gave the impression that the meek can become strong and defeat evil, a sound notion for young children to be taught. After each show, we all did our best to harness the universe’s strength and little brothers and sisters everywhere felt the brunt of our wrath.

9. The Adventures of the Little Prince

While many of the great classic cartoons involved heros that fight bad guys with their super powers, the Little Prince was a simple character who traveled to earth to meet new friends. In a way, there was a certain sadness to the character. He lived on a tiny little planet, Asteroid B612, and had to catch a comet with his net in order to explore the universe. He was also a little inspiring though, in his devotion to his true home. He always returned to be with his best friends, Swiftee the Space Bird and the Little Rose Girl who sprouted from a tiny seed.

8. Spiderman and his Amazing Friends

In 1981, Marvel Comics revitalized their original Spiderman, which debuted in the late 60s, as a way to draw more attention to their wide range of comic book characters and shortly after, another series was born called Spiderman and his Amazing Friends. It’s a blur to this writer as to what differentiated each series, but I do remember how Peter Parker inspired me to believe that a geek could hold super powers and save the day, every time. To crawl up walls and fly through the air on strings of webs was the dream of many kids during those days. Spiderman would continue his updating over the years, but the shows of the early 80s remain some of the classics.

7. The Yogi Bear Show

After being introduced on The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958, Yogi Bear became a cartoon celebrity and in 1961, The Yogi Bear Show hit small screens. There was something special about a carefree bear who would do everything he could to outwit the Ranger, much to the despair of his sidekick Boo Boo. Every once in a while Yogi’s lovely girlfriend, Cindy, would come around and she most often disapproved of his attempts to steal food from the campers in Jellystone Park. She always came back, though, which allowed us to believe that a little mischief never really hurt anyone.

6. The Mighty Hercules

The opening song of The Mighty Hercules speaks of a hero of song and story with the strength of 10 ordinary men, softness in his eyes and iron in his thighs, who battled for the virtue of the good people and creatures of ancient Greece. Along with Newton, the Centaur and Tewt, the mute satyr who communicated with a flute, Hercules battled evil hydras and minotarus and worst of all, the evil Daedalius and his cat Dydo. It was campy, to say the least, but from atop Mt. Olympus, Hercules embodied the power that all kids aspired to. It didn’t hurt that the beautiful Helena held affection for the mighy Herc and it’s quite probable that at some point, any kid who watched this show stood atop a small hill with a band of tinfoil around their finger, vying to capture a little of Herc’s might for themselves.

5. The Jetsons

There was magic in the concept of a family that lived in this remarkable world known as “the future”. Even though the year might have been 1983 when a child sat wide-eyed as George climbed into his bubble-topped flying car, the Jetsons made us believe that by the time the 21st century hit, we would all be dressed by robots and highways would make way for the open skies. When the show was over for the week, more than a few kids were whisked into imagining that their closets were teleporting booths that could take them anywhere on the planet in the flash of an instant.

4. The Flintstones

The opposite of the Jetsons were the Flintstones, and their neighbors, Barney and Betty Rubble. As kids we loved the idea of eating brontosaurus burgers and cruising around barefoot. The Flintstones existed long before political correctness took hold and parents felt the need to shelter their children from unwholesome images. When Fred got angry, the world knew it and when he and Barney hatched a plan to head to the lodge against their wives wishes, it was considered funny, especially when their plan went awry, as they often did. Bam Bam Rubble was a bruiser of a kid – a real boy’s boy – and little Pebbles was the cutest little red-headed baby around. One of the greatest aspects of the life of the Flintstones was the fact that their pet, Dino, was a dinosaur. Who didn’t dream of that as a young kid?

3. Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles

The concept of a group of four mutated, pizza-scarfing vigilante ninjas, who happened to be turtles that lived in the sewers of New York City and were taught by a rat with a Japanese accent was so far fetched it made the ideal cartoon. The fight scenes against mutant rhinos and the black-clad foot soldiers were the best and you could always count on a few one liners. The turtles’ ally, Casey Jones, wore a hockey mask and fought with hockey sticks and golf clubs and the reporter the turtle’s befriended, April, made all young boys aspire to be heroes if for no other reason that to attract the attention of a girl like her. And for those who feel that no child could ever learn culture from a cartoon, ask any man under the age of 34 to name any of the greats from the illustrious world of art history and you’re likely to get at least four names in response: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michaelangelo.

2. Looney Tunes

There was a time when a crazed man with a Texan accent could run around brandishing a six-shooter at the same time as a befuddled old man could stalk the woods with a shotgun in search of a wabbit, and this was seen as good fun. A wiley coyote could build bombs from the Acme company to search for one type of prey while a sheep dog keeping watch over a flock could pound the living crap out of the same coyote after he punched the clock. In the glory days of the Looney Tunes era, Bugs could dress in drag if it was deemed necessary and the crooning French skunk, Pepe Le Pugh, could do anything in his power to try and swoon an unfortunate cat with a stripe accidentally painted on her back. Those days are gone it seems, for many of those classic episodes are deemed to be unfit for the children of today. For the lucky ones who remember the simplicity of a chicken teasing a dog until it choked on its chain, we think fondly of those good old days.

1. Scooby Doo, Where are You

Daphne was hot and Fred was dashing. Scooby and Shaggy could foil the bad guys despite their fears and Velma Dinkly made it cool to be a little nerdy. The gang toured the country in a pimped out van in search of a good concert, but all they ever found was a mystery that needed solving. They were just teenagers but they could outwit the worst villains and all they ever got out of it was maybe a pizza or a few sodas at the malt shop. To watch each show was exciting – you felt a little of the same fear as Shaggy and Scooby, despite the fact that you knew the ghost or monster was really just a bad guy in disguise. Scooby Doo almost always dressed up in some strange costume and the music was fantastic. In later years, Scrappy Doo was introduced and today, there’s a new take on the old classic, but nothing can compare to the glory days of the early episodes.

10. Niki Sharelle (AKA Sincere)

Young innocent and sexy with a sincere smile to go with it. watch out Tyra Banks you have met your match. At elimination, before Sinceer is given her clock, she must apologize to Bunz, which she does. To the camera, she says her apology wasn’t sincere. [Wikipedia]

9. Mercedes Clausen (Prancer)

Very cute face and petite body with a sexy smile. I like the picture to the right the most because it shows a little bit of her real self. I don’t understand why this particular girl is not on the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader team.

8. Tykeisha Thomas (Somethin)

Somethin is probably known as the girl that decefated on the floor but she still looks good. Personally, I think she should have made it further in the show. She sports an awsome hourglass figure right along with plump and juicy breasts. Makes you wanna eat’em.

7. Autumn Joi (seezinz)

I would love to meet Seeinz in person, I think she looks the most beautiful without all the makeup and glamour. I just wish I could have found pictures of her without those pants. That would be a very nice view. Seezinz went up to Sinceer and they yelled at each other. Due to their previous encounter, Seezinz suggested Flavor Flav to eliminate Sinceer due to their earlier argument. Even though she went up to Flavor Flav, Sinceer did not get eliminated. Cute hour glass figure and love the smile.

6. Rashida Shaw (Tree)

Stands 6′ 3” and all is good. I would vote her most likely to become a super model. She would definitly out “cute” some of worls top models. Tree has a nice oval face structure and in my opinion has the best overall body. Tree scored the highest in the Ex competion and raised suspicion that she was still into her ex boyfriend.

5. Heather Crawford (Krazy)

Got a body that can bring grown men down to their knees. I bet most people are still crazy about her. There was alot of commotion about Krazy being fake and there for her own benefit.

4. Nicole Alexander (Hoopz)

Bow down to the winner of the very first Flavor Flav Season. My goodness her bikini looks so good on her. Her bumps and curves are just right. A hug from her no be declined. Correct me if I am wrong but doesnt this girl look just like Alicia Keys. Hoopz is like a pretty girl next door.

3. Larissa Aurora (bootz)

I understand why Flavor Flav wanted to get this charm under his satin sheets. She said he is not fu**ing me until I get to know him better. She knows she looks awesome and most men would would double/triple take at the presents of this fine piece of work.

2. Shay Johnson (Buckeey)

Hubba Hubba Go ahead Buckeey knock’em dead. Kiss your problems good bye Buckeey has the answer to all your frustrations tucked away in those shorts. She has an unbelievable shape and face and any type of clothing would fit just right on this women. Buckeey has the best breasts out of all contestants for all seasons.

1. Chandra Davis (Deelishis)

Deelishis has a beautiful voice that brought Flavor to tears. But that ass can bring a man to tears too.

10. America Ferrera

• Movie/Show: Ugly Betty

9. Henry Grubstick

• Movie/Show: Ugly Betty

8. Sarah Jessica Parker

• Movie/Show: Square Pegs

7. Amy Linker

• Movie/Show: Square Pegs

6. Anthony Michael Hall

• Movie/Show: Weird Science

5. Steve Urkell

• Movie/Show: Family Matters

4. Heather Matarazzo

• Movie/Show: Welcome to the Dollhouse

3. Agelina Jolie

• Movie/Show: Hackers

2. Josh peck

• Movie/Show: Drake and Josh

1. Mandy Moore

• Movie/Show: A Walk to Remember

10. People Are Alike All Over

Warren Marcusson, an eternal optimist, and his cynical shipmate, Samuel Conrad, crash land on Mars. Though Marcusson is killed in the crash, Conrad survives. Terrified at first, Conrad is relieved to find that Martians are compassionate and even human-like. Though they communicate telepathically, the Martians care for Conrad and even give him his own home. However, Conrad quickly realizes that, in the Twilight Zone, things are never as they seem. In the end, Conrad is forced to confront man’s inhumanity toward other creatures, and learns that people are indeed alike all over.

9. Eye of the Beholder

Originally titled “The Private World of Darkness,” “Eye of the Beholder” provided an astute commentary on the definition of beauty and societal norms. When viewers are first introduced to Janet Tyler, her face is swathed in bandages. Viewers are told that this is Janet’s eleventh and final attempt to have her facial abnormalities corrected so that she can fit in with the rest of society. If her surgery fails, the State will send her to a segregated community for outcasts like herself. When doctors finally remove the bandages from Janet’s surgically “repaired” face, viewers learn, in a twist still shocking more than forty years later, that one society’s idea of beauty is not necessarily another’s. This episode remains as relevant today as it was during the burgeoning Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

8. Kick the Can

Can one hold on to his youth simply by remaining young at heart? This is the question posed to Ben Conroy, a residentof Sunnyvale Rest, a nursing home for the elderly. When a fellow resident, Charles Whitley, declares that the secret to remaining young is to act young, Conroy dismisses him as crazy. One night, when Whitley wakes all the residents of the home to play kick the can, Conroy decides he’s had enough of Whitley’s nonsense and alerts the home’s supervisor. But when Conroy and the supervisor head outside to round up the residents and discipline Whitley, Conroy discovers thetrue secret to remaining young. One of the saddest and sweetest episodes the TZ ever aired, “Kick the Can” remains a favorite among the TZ devotees, and was adapted for Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983.

7. Mirror Image

If the TZ is any indication, few things in life are scarier than realizing that you’re experiencing a different reality from those around you. This is the setting for “Mirror Image,” which starts out, innocently enough, with young Millicent Barnes waiting for a bus. Soon enough, odd events begin to unsettle Millicent: people answer questions she hasn’t asked, she learns her luggage has already been checked, the washroom attendant comments that she was just in the restroom. As the episode progresses, Millicent learns that reality and dimension are flexible and can be manipulated in the struggle for survival, not just by those on our dimensional plane, but by those on others as well.

6. To Serve Man

An episode of any series is truly preserved in immortality when it’s lampooned by The Simpsons, as “To Serve Man” was in the first “Treehouse of Horror” in 1990. Earthlings are at first startled by the landing of the Kanamits, who have arrived on Earth from elsewhere in the universe. Earth’s fears, however, are quickly put to rest when the Kanamits immediately prove themselves trustworthy, helpful, and kind. To show their goodwill towards man, the Kanamits leave a book, written in code, entitled “To Serve Man,” at the United Nations. Decoding expert Michael Chambers, along with millions of other earthlings book passage to the Kanamits’ home planet, but not before he and his assistant, Pat, attempt to decode “To Serve Man.” In a classic TZ ending, the lowly assistant Pat finishes decoding the book, allowing her to avert the fate that so many others did not. “To Serve Man” is a classic TZ swipe at man’s sense of self-importance within the cosmos.

5. Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?

Forced off the road during by a damaged bridge during a snowstorm, a bus driver and his six passengers stop in a greasy spoon to wait out the storm. They are soon shocked to learn that a UFO reportedly landed nearby, and that footprints in the snow lead from the ship to the diner. Their panic increases when they realize that, though there were only six passengers on the bus, seven passengers now occupy the diner. In a scathing social commentary on paranoia among neighbors at the height of the Cold War, the passengers become increasingly suspicious and begin to turn on one another as they attempt to flush out the alien. The twist-within-a-twist at the end of the episode ensures that even the most astute observers are caught off guard.

4. The Midnight Sun

Decades before fear of global warning was known to the masses, the TZ took up the task of scaring the bejesus out of viewers by depicting life on a quickly warming planet. In “The Midnight Sun,” Earth has abruptly changed its solar orbit, and is heading ever-closer to the sun. While most of New York City has fled in a desperate attempt to survive, Norma and her landlord, Mrs. Bronson, remain in their apartment building. In this corner of the Twilight Zone, every hour of the day is high noon, every day the hottest. When Mrs. Bronson dies from the heat and a man breaks into Norma’s apartment and drinks the last of her water, Norma is left, alone and doomed, to face her death alone. Or is she? The turn of events at the end of the episode leave viewers pondering the many ways in which the earth might cease to exist.

3. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

The real genius of the TZ was its unfailing ability to play upon the secret (and not-so-secret) fears of its viewers. When it comes to phobias for many Americans, flying is right up there with spiders and monsters in the closet. In this classic TZ episode, which many fans count as their favorite, Robert Wilson, played by William Shatner, has been recently discharged from a sanitarium after a nervous breakdown, and is on his way home to reunite with his family via airplane. Glancing out the window during the flight, Wilson sees a gremlin on the wing of plane who seems determined to bring the plane down. As continues to watch the creature attempt to destroy the plane, his pleas for help go unheeded by the rest of the passengers and crew, who find Wilson’s story unbelievable. The perceived line between sanity and insanity blurred, viewers never learn if Wilson is vindicated in his heroic efforts to save the plane, or indeed, if the plane ever really needed saving. Another TZ masterpiece, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” was brilliantly parodied by The Simpsons in “Treehouse of Horror IV.”

2. Time Enough at Last

When the average viewer talks about their favorite TZ episodes, “Time Enough At Last” is one of the most frequently-mentioned. This chapter in the series has all the hallmarks of a great TZ episode: the destruction of Earth, one man left alone, and a twist of an ending to remind viewers that they are in the Twilight Zone. Henry Bemis’ one salvation in a life with a shrewish wife, an overbearing boss, and an unfulfilling bank job is his love of books. Having snuck into the vault of the bank to read during his lunch hour, Henry is rendered unconscious by a shockwave. Upon awakening, Henry discovers that the world has been obliterated by nuclear war. Left alone in a barren landscape, Henry determines to kill himself when he happens upon a library. Thrilled at the prospect of spending his remaining days tucked away in the pages of a book, Henry pulls all the books he intends to read from the shelves and settles in to begin. What ultimately happens to Henry probably accounts for the large number of Americans who currently sport contact lenses.

1. It’s a Good Life

If there was one set of common themes in the TZ series, it was that things are often not what they seem and that evil can exist where one least expects it. Such is the case with “It’s a Good Life,” set in the tiny town of Peaksville, Ohio. In the episode’s introduction, Rod Serling tells viewers that a monster has laid siege to the town of Peaksville, cutting it off from the outside world. Residents are so terrified that they do nothing but feign happiness in an attempt to please the monster, who can read their every thought and emotion. If the monster is displeased, he grotesquely disfigures the residents or sends them into the cornfield, a fate worse than death. But when viewers finally meet “the monster,” who is firmly in charge of everyone and everything in Peaksville, he is a blue-eyed, angel-faced six-year-old boy named Anthony Fremont. What could be more frightening than an entire town full of adults left to the mercy of the capricious whims of a six-year old child with a penchant for gruesome punishments? Turns out, nothing. “It’s A Good Life” is the scariest TZ episode ever aired, not so much because of what viewers see, but what they don’t see. Viewers never learn what is in the dreaded cornfield or what specifically Anthony has done to render the entire town so terror-stricken in his presence. Rather, it’s the look of horror on the faces of the townspeople at the prospect of someone upsetting Anthony that tells the entire story.