By Staci Layne Wilson

Tops on TV

#1 -- Dexter - Father Knows Best

#2 -- Masters of Horror - The Fair-Haired Child

#3 -- Dexter - Pilot

#4 -- Dexter - Let's Give the Boy a Hand

#5 – Desperation - (Movie)

#6 -- The Lost Room - (Miniseries)

#7 -- Masters of Horror - Pelts

#8 -- Nightmares & Dreamscapes - Battleground

#9 -- Masters of Horror - The Damned Thing

#10 -- What It’s Like Being Alone - Pilot

The Very Best Direct-to-DVD

(or, only put out in super-limited release)

#1 -- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

#2 -- Feast

#3 -- Abominable

#4 -- Sheitan

#5 -- Andre the Butcher

"Coulda Been A Contenda"

Movies & DVDs that I really liked aspects of and were "almost there" but didn't quite make the best-of lists

#1 -- Hollywoodland

#2 -- SLiTHER

#3 -- The Black Dahlia

#4 -- Da Vinci Code

#5 -- The Prestige

#6 -- Hard Candy

#7 – Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Umney's Last Case

#8 -- Final Destination 3

#9 -- Masters of Horror: Imprint

#10 -- Asia Argento's The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things

Best Shorts

I hardly ever see short films, but a few I caught this year (two are new, the other is older but has not to my knowledge been on DVD till 2006) were noteworthy, and they are:

• The Raven (directed by Peter Bradley)
• King in the Box (directed by Adam Green & Ryan Schifrin)
• Lazarus on Nokia N93 (directed by Yam Laranas)