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so who wants to move to a landlocked
country or just a really dry state maybe
okay please – please welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movies
that make you want to stay out of the
water for this list we’re looking at any
film that takes place on or around a
body of water that winds up being a
serious source of anxiety fear or mortal
danger that can be as a result of the
water itself or creatures found lurking
in it Oh a spoiler alert is probably a
good idea
number ten Lake Placid I never heard of
crocodile crossing an ocean baby steps
right let’s start with a nice simple
visit to a lake before conquering our
fear of the ocean Black Lake Maine
sounds nice and it is until a 30-foot
long crocodile bites you clean in half
or decapitate you Lake Placid definitely
brings elements of comedy into the mix
but the humor does nothing to lessen the
general sense of dread one feels when
presented with the possibility of a
monster crocodile lurking somewhere in
Maine Maine I’m allergic to timber sure
it’s just a movie but who can honestly
say they weren’t stressed out by the
mystery of where that second crocodile
was being shipped well she didn’t want
to tell us about the second croc she’s
afraid we blow it off oh and that Betty
White seems to be raising a few of these
killer crocs as her own that’s one way
to keep us out of the water for good I’m
rooting for the crocodile a few swallows
your friends hole number nine Titanic
gentlemen it has been a privilege to
play with you tonight
talk about a striking contrast between
two films from horror to historical
drama from freshwater to saltwater from
a giant crocodile to a giant iceberg
Titanic was no horror film but it had
plenty of horrifying imagery an elderly
couple holding each other as their cabin
fills with water young Irishman fighting
to escape the lower quarters hundreds
floating in the water freezing to death
the Titanic was called the unsinkable
ship but as we learned from Icarus and
the Tower of Babel humankind’s hubris is
always their downfall this maiden voyage
of Titanic must make headlines the
Titanic for all its glitz glamour and
proof of human innovation becomes little
more than a water crypt forcing viewers
to fear the North Atlantic’s frigid
waters oh go get a liver let go number 8
Creature from the Black Lagoon for the
record nobody really recommends that you
go exploring lagoons in the first place
so if you’re planning some late-night
skinny-dipping in a lagoon this movie
might actually be doing you a favor by
scaring you off this is a classic
monster movie but don’t let the lack of
fast-paced action or gore fool you this
thing packs plenty of walking dead style
slow creeping turn around and why aren’t
you running kind of horror
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originally shown in theaters using 1950s
3d technology you can only imagine the
fright cinema-goers at the time must
have felt that monstrous hands slowly
creeping out of the water
likely enough to keep a whole generation
of kids on dry land my boys call it the
Black Lagoon
they paradise only they say nobody has
ever come back to Peru be number seven
anaconda it snakes up to this big much
like lagoons the Amazon River would rank
poorly on a list of great places to go
swimmin but that’s what’s so remarkable
about anaconda it doesn’t just make the
Amazon River look scary it kind of ruins
all rivers and lakes actually anaconda
takes the fun out of water in general
and replaces it with paralyzing fear a
strike wrap around you
oh you’re tighter than your true love
Terry Flores and her film crew just want
to document a long-lost indigenous tribe
but snake hunter Paul Cerrone forces
them into helping him capture the
world’s largest anaconda
people fear snakes people fear water
people fear and angry jon voight put it
all together and you get a film that
really makes your skin crawl
never look in the eyes of those who kill
they will haunt you forever number six
deep blue sea we have to kill it’s a
tale as old as modern medicine the
single-minded pursuit of a medical
breakthrough which in this case is a
cure for Alzheimer’s leads a group of
scientists to create a monster which in
this case is monster sharks we’re going
to pull together and we’re gonna find a
way to get out of here first we’re going
to see from five-time Razzie nominee for
worst director Renny Harlin comes what
can only be described as the prototype
for every over-the-top Shark Week
mockumentary it’s pretty scary stuff
in this underwater research facility
ethical codes have been violated and
three sharks now have above-average
intelligence but they’re not interested
in playing chess or reading noam chomsky
they’re out for blood
sharks are intimidating enough already
but give them problem-solving and
teamwork skills and that’s enough to
make anyone rethink their trip to the
waterpark done brothers never make it
out of situations like this not ever
number five the abyss I’m coming daddy
videos the abyss inspires equal parts
wonder and fear the deep-sea alien
life-forms created by James Cameron are
beautiful and peaceful and most of the
humans in the film find them to be
fascinating howdy
uh are you guys doing it coffee and his
team of Navy SEALs however immediately
consider them a threat and plan an
attack but they’re way off base he’s
about to declare war on an alien species
just when their time to make contact
with it three so why should this movie
cause anyone to fear the ocean because
it shows that the ocean floor is freakin
terrifying and the man-made crafts we
use to explore it are claustrophobia
inducing death traps
the ocean is a dark cold lonely place
the aliens are cool but if they like the
ocean so much they can have it will
stick to dry land
well hail son you better get a line down
to us when moderately poor shape down
here
number four piranha what about the
goddamn piranhas they’re eating the
guest sir no we’re not talking about the
ridiculous remake or its sequel those
movies might make you fear Spring Break
but not water
the original piranha was a response to
the then recent success of Jaws and the
many bad horror flicks like Orca and
grizzly that imitated it terror horror
death film at 11:00 this sharp witty
Gore fest is almost as scary as it is
fun unlike the remakes which are
pristine CGI nightmares the original
film used puppets models and even some
stop-motion underwater scenes were
really filmed underwater in all its
murky vision obstructing glory
they used classic horror tropes and you
know what it works just like never going
to an aquarium let alone swimming ever
again works Bob I’m gonna have to get
back to you on this we’ve got a we got a
situation down here number three the
perfect storm I always find the fish
always the sea can be beautiful the sea
can inspire great works of art or a
spirit of adventure they say that all
life started in the ocean before coming
to land but the sea is a force of nature
it can bring sudden devastating swells
and catastrophic storms it can take life
as easily as it gives it some might
argue that the perfect storm is the one
that never actually happens but for the
crew of the Andrea Gail it was the
meeting of two weather fronts that came
together and ended up taking all their
lives much too soon for anyone who’s
thought it’s just a few waves it’ll be
fine
think again number two open water Daniel
is that a shark baby or a dolphin a
little over a decade before Blake Lively
found herself clinging to a buoy in the
shallows open water through a single
location survival-horror party and
invited sharks big ones tapping into
man’s deepest oceanic fears its
endlessness the fathoms of water beneath
your kicking feet and the creatures that
inhabit it this film is 79 minutes of
nail-biting pull out your hair tension I
wanted to go skiing it was filmed on a
budget of $500,000 and was bought by
lionsgate for five times that after its
initial screening at Sundance Daniel
where’s the boat it’s a good question I
guess it’s rose it’s truly minimalist
filmmaking and the viewing experience
isn’t just visual it’s physical you feel
the isolation the panic and the sense of
hopelessness as the Sharks circle these
two stranded divers and it makes you
glad to be sitting on your couch and not
in the middle of the ocean if a story
we’re gonna be telling for the rest of
our life before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
why
number one jaws duh
that’s it fine I’m not gonna waste my
time arguing with a man who’s lining up
to be a hot lunch I’m gonna seal this
welcome to the quaint island of Amity
known for its sandy beaches tourist
trade and a man-eating great white shark
jaws requires little introduction it’s
considered one of the greatest films
ever made and has been called the first
summer blockbuster seen by some 67
million people in the summer of 75 boys
I think he’s coming back for his noon
feeding what makes it such a powerful
film is the sense of acute anxiety it
cultivates this shark lurking off screen
torments the residents of Amity and
viewers alike
[Applause]
we only ever see glimpses of the beast
but John Williams score lets us know
it’s there
the shark is scary to behold but its
absence is the real source of infectious
terror spreading out across the water
waiting to strike you’re gonna need a
bigger boat
do you agree with our list its first
real smart thing you said all day
what movie kept you out of the bathtub
for weeks for more sinister toptenz
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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so who wants to move to a landlocked
country or just a really dry state maybe
okay please – please welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movies
that make you want to stay out of the
water for this list we’re looking at any
film that takes place on or around a
body of water that winds up being a
serious source of anxiety fear or mortal
danger that can be as a result of the
water itself or creatures found lurking
in it Oh a spoiler alert is probably a
good idea
number ten Lake Placid I never heard of
crocodile crossing an ocean baby steps
right let’s start with a nice simple
visit to a lake before conquering our
fear of the ocean Black Lake Maine
sounds nice and it is until a 30-foot
long crocodile bites you clean in half
or decapitate you Lake Placid definitely
brings elements of comedy into the mix
but the humor does nothing to lessen the
general sense of dread one feels when
presented with the possibility of a
monster crocodile lurking somewhere in
Maine Maine I’m allergic to timber sure
it’s just a movie but who can honestly
say they weren’t stressed out by the
mystery of where that second crocodile
was being shipped well she didn’t want
to tell us about the second croc she’s
afraid we blow it off oh and that Betty
White seems to be raising a few of these
killer crocs as her own that’s one way
to keep us out of the water for good I’m
rooting for the crocodile a few swallows
your friends hole number nine Titanic
gentlemen it has been a privilege to
play with you tonight
talk about a striking contrast between
two films from horror to historical
drama from freshwater to saltwater from
a giant crocodile to a giant iceberg
Titanic was no horror film but it had
plenty of horrifying imagery an elderly
couple holding each other as their cabin
fills with water young Irishman fighting
to escape the lower quarters hundreds
floating in the water freezing to death
the Titanic was called the unsinkable
ship but as we learned from Icarus and
the Tower of Babel humankind’s hubris is
always their downfall this maiden voyage
of Titanic must make headlines the
Titanic for all its glitz glamour and
proof of human innovation becomes little
more than a water crypt forcing viewers
to fear the North Atlantic’s frigid
waters oh go get a liver let go number 8
Creature from the Black Lagoon for the
record nobody really recommends that you
go exploring lagoons in the first place
so if you’re planning some late-night
skinny-dipping in a lagoon this movie
might actually be doing you a favor by
scaring you off this is a classic
monster movie but don’t let the lack of
fast-paced action or gore fool you this
thing packs plenty of walking dead style
slow creeping turn around and why aren’t
you running kind of horror
[Music]
originally shown in theaters using 1950s
3d technology you can only imagine the
fright cinema-goers at the time must
have felt that monstrous hands slowly
creeping out of the water
likely enough to keep a whole generation
of kids on dry land my boys call it the
Black Lagoon
they paradise only they say nobody has
ever come back to Peru be number seven
anaconda it snakes up to this big much
like lagoons the Amazon River would rank
poorly on a list of great places to go
swimmin but that’s what’s so remarkable
about anaconda it doesn’t just make the
Amazon River look scary it kind of ruins
all rivers and lakes actually anaconda
takes the fun out of water in general
and replaces it with paralyzing fear a
strike wrap around you
oh you’re tighter than your true love
Terry Flores and her film crew just want
to document a long-lost indigenous tribe
but snake hunter Paul Cerrone forces
them into helping him capture the
world’s largest anaconda
people fear snakes people fear water
people fear and angry jon voight put it
all together and you get a film that
really makes your skin crawl
never look in the eyes of those who kill
they will haunt you forever number six
deep blue sea we have to kill it’s a
tale as old as modern medicine the
single-minded pursuit of a medical
breakthrough which in this case is a
cure for Alzheimer’s leads a group of
scientists to create a monster which in
this case is monster sharks we’re going
to pull together and we’re gonna find a
way to get out of here first we’re going
to see from five-time Razzie nominee for
worst director Renny Harlin comes what
can only be described as the prototype
for every over-the-top Shark Week
mockumentary it’s pretty scary stuff
in this underwater research facility
ethical codes have been violated and
three sharks now have above-average
intelligence but they’re not interested
in playing chess or reading noam chomsky
they’re out for blood
sharks are intimidating enough already
but give them problem-solving and
teamwork skills and that’s enough to
make anyone rethink their trip to the
waterpark done brothers never make it
out of situations like this not ever
number five the abyss I’m coming daddy
videos the abyss inspires equal parts
wonder and fear the deep-sea alien
life-forms created by James Cameron are
beautiful and peaceful and most of the
humans in the film find them to be
fascinating howdy
uh are you guys doing it coffee and his
team of Navy SEALs however immediately
consider them a threat and plan an
attack but they’re way off base he’s
about to declare war on an alien species
just when their time to make contact
with it three so why should this movie
cause anyone to fear the ocean because
it shows that the ocean floor is freakin
terrifying and the man-made crafts we
use to explore it are claustrophobia
inducing death traps
the ocean is a dark cold lonely place
the aliens are cool but if they like the
ocean so much they can have it will
stick to dry land
well hail son you better get a line down
to us when moderately poor shape down
here
number four piranha what about the
goddamn piranhas they’re eating the
guest sir no we’re not talking about the
ridiculous remake or its sequel those
movies might make you fear Spring Break
but not water
the original piranha was a response to
the then recent success of Jaws and the
many bad horror flicks like Orca and
grizzly that imitated it terror horror
death film at 11:00 this sharp witty
Gore fest is almost as scary as it is
fun unlike the remakes which are
pristine CGI nightmares the original
film used puppets models and even some
stop-motion underwater scenes were
really filmed underwater in all its
murky vision obstructing glory
they used classic horror tropes and you
know what it works just like never going
to an aquarium let alone swimming ever
again works Bob I’m gonna have to get
back to you on this we’ve got a we got a
situation down here number three the
perfect storm I always find the fish
always the sea can be beautiful the sea
can inspire great works of art or a
spirit of adventure they say that all
life started in the ocean before coming
to land but the sea is a force of nature
it can bring sudden devastating swells
and catastrophic storms it can take life
as easily as it gives it some might
argue that the perfect storm is the one
that never actually happens but for the
crew of the Andrea Gail it was the
meeting of two weather fronts that came
together and ended up taking all their
lives much too soon for anyone who’s
thought it’s just a few waves it’ll be
fine
think again number two open water Daniel
is that a shark baby or a dolphin a
little over a decade before Blake Lively
found herself clinging to a buoy in the
shallows open water through a single
location survival-horror party and
invited sharks big ones tapping into
man’s deepest oceanic fears its
endlessness the fathoms of water beneath
your kicking feet and the creatures that
inhabit it this film is 79 minutes of
nail-biting pull out your hair tension I
wanted to go skiing it was filmed on a
budget of $500,000 and was bought by
lionsgate for five times that after its
initial screening at Sundance Daniel
where’s the boat it’s a good question I
guess it’s rose it’s truly minimalist
filmmaking and the viewing experience
isn’t just visual it’s physical you feel
the isolation the panic and the sense of
hopelessness as the Sharks circle these
two stranded divers and it makes you
glad to be sitting on your couch and not
in the middle of the ocean if a story
we’re gonna be telling for the rest of
our life before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
why
number one jaws duh
that’s it fine I’m not gonna waste my
time arguing with a man who’s lining up
to be a hot lunch I’m gonna seal this
welcome to the quaint island of Amity
known for its sandy beaches tourist
trade and a man-eating great white shark
jaws requires little introduction it’s
considered one of the greatest films
ever made and has been called the first
summer blockbuster seen by some 67
million people in the summer of 75 boys
I think he’s coming back for his noon
feeding what makes it such a powerful
film is the sense of acute anxiety it
cultivates this shark lurking off screen
torments the residents of Amity and
viewers alike
[Applause]
we only ever see glimpses of the beast
but John Williams score lets us know
it’s there
the shark is scary to behold but its
absence is the real source of infectious
terror spreading out across the water
waiting to strike you’re gonna need a
bigger boat
do you agree with our list its first
real smart thing you said all day
what movie kept you out of the bathtub
for weeks for more sinister toptenz
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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