Over at AMC’s TV Blogs, Scott Sigler has listed his Top Ten Horror Movie Cars:

Ah, the American love affair with the car … well, you know, before that whole “let’s take billions and billions of our tax dollars and give them to a private, for-profit enterprise” thing. Bitchin’ cars and movies have always gone hand in hand, but nowhere is that cozy courtship more apparent than in horror flicks.

My focus here is unique cars: Cars that kill you, swallow your soul and/or become recognizable characters. I’m sure you’ve been waiting for someone of my utterly refined tastes and keen highbrow observational abilities to properly define and categorize this sub-genre, so allow me to put down my PopTarts, drain my Bud Light and present to you Uncle Scottie’s Top Ten Horror Movie Cars.

10. The 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III from The Car
How can you go wrong with this beauty? It’s a movie about a killer car, so it’s called, “The Car.” A major artifact from the heyday of murderous vehicles (The Car, Duel and Death Race 2000 all came out within the same five-year period), it starred James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd and a tricked-out Lincoln Continental. The combination of orange-red “driver cam” POV shots and a horrific car horn that sounded as each victim was claimed created a unique horror flavor. Warning: Unique doesn’t mean good. Used motor oil has a unique taste, but I wouldn’t recommended swapping your Coke for Castrol.

9. The Killer Road in Dead End
So it’s not really a killer car, but it’s a wacky killer road. No matter what you do, you wind up on the road, passing the same signs, the same landmarks. Stop, get out and run through the woods? You wind up back on the road. Is this a good movie? No. Is it an interesting metaphysical analogy for the linear path of life and the inevitability of repeating our cultural and personal mistakes? Yes. What, you though I just mainlined The Real Ghostbusters all day?

8. 1984 Dodge M4S from The Wraith
OK, so this Charlie Sheen/Nick Cassavetes movie ain’t that great, but we’re talking cars, man! Cars! And it doesn’t get much better than the supernatural motorized badassery that is the real star of the movie, a 1984 Dodge M4S. Supposedly, only four of these concept cars were ever made. Truth? They made one, and it channeled the spirit world to clone copies of itself. The movie carried a high price — a camerman died during one of the many chase scenes.

Head on over to AMC to read the entire list.

Link: Scott Sigler – Death Drives a Buick (or Horror’s Top Ten Killer Cars)