Five Favorite Horror Movies - Joe's Always Wrong

Through the years Wendy Torrance, played by American actress Shelley Duvall, recoils in shock as her husband chops through the bathroom door with a fire axe in a scene from 'The Shining', directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1980. (Photo by Warner Bros./Archive Photos/Getty Images) (Warner Bros./Getty Images)

By Joe Calgaro

With the news of the passing of actress Shelley Duvall today...it got me thinking about my five favorite horror movies. Shelley played Jack Nicholson’s wife in my all-time favorite Stephen King horror movie “The Shining.” Watching Jack hack apart the door to the bathroom she was hiding in during the famous “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” scene was the scariest thing I had seen up to that point in my childhood. So in honor of Ms Duvall...here are my five favorite horror movies.

1. The Shining

2. Jaws

3. Halloween

4. The Thing

5. Poltergeist