TYPEFACES OF DEATH

What better way to list my top 5 favorite horror flicks than to display their titles as they appear on the title screens of their respective films? You're right, there are probably scads of better ways, but this is the one I'm sticking with. And just to push the geekiness level to the maximum, I've also done my best to identify the typefaces (aka fonts) that were used. So here we go, in no particular order...

Font: Serif Gothic Extra Bold

Font: Carbono
Probably just Helvetica with an outline (see comments)

Font: Franklin Gothic Demi

Font: Gill Sans (or something close)

Font: Helvetica
(Incidentally, Kubrick's self-proclaimed favourite typeface was Futura Extra Bold)

Analysis:
80% of my top 5 favorite horror movies use a white title on a solid black background.

60% utilize their "official" typeface (the same one from the posters and other marketing paraphernalia). For some reason I've always thought that it's kind of cool when movies don't use their official typeface on their title screen. (A fact probably best kept to myself.)

20% employ a serifed font.

100% of this post is utterly useless information.