Favourites
I love films and have quite a few favorites over several different genres and at this point I think they've all been mentioned & done to death!

But here's a few personal favourites.

Aliens - Saw this for the first time when I was about 12. Made a hell of an impression then and still does today.

Alien - Only "discovered" the first one after watching the second one. An excellent film, very tense, dark and well acted. Aliens wins because of Pulse rifles & Smart guns though. :-)

Pan's Labyrinth - for all the reasons already stated. Cronos was excellent, if a little weird, as well.

John Carpenter's The Thing. This terrified me as a kid and have I just recently bought the DVD again to re-live it. The chest biting scene and the scene with the huskies is still brilliant. In fact the whole movie has withstood the test of time quite well. Shows these modern day CGI filled fuckfests how it was done!

Hellboy - another one of Del Toro's films. I loved the comic book styling in this. I think Ron Perlman was made for this roll. I'm really looking forward to the sequel.

Sunshine. One of the recent sci-fi films that has actually been any good at all. I rented this one a few months ago and really, really enjoyed it. Instant amazon order after watching the film. Great effects, it had suspense in droves and it was all done on a budget of "only" $20 million.

Other faves include - Shawshank, Predator, LOTR trilogy, Batman Begins, The 1st Matrix (despite Keanu's & Carrie-Annes acting), Das Boot, Die Hard, The Abyss, and Jaws and finally, last but not least - Who can forget Big Trouble In Little China!
So many to pick from!

My "Guilty pleasures" would include such laughably dire horrors and god-awful Sci-Fi as I can lay my hands on - "The Cave", "The Core", "Sphere" and "House of the dead" to name a few. - Anything this bad is comedy gold after a few beers!
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