With the resurgence of 3-D, director James Cameron has announced he plans to transform his 1997 mega-blockbuster hit TITANIC into three dimensions for the big screen. In addition, LORD OF THE RINGS director Peter Jackson hinted around during a panel discussion at this year's Comic-Con that he would like to bring back his record-breaking trilogy in the format as well.

This got me thinking about what some of my picks would be to bring back to the theater in this way. I must say that my personal wish list isn't as lofty as TITANIC or the RINGS trilogy. None of my choices were box-office blockbusters and they really weren't wildly hailed by the critics as anything more than what they were: entertainment. However, they were monumental to me.

Here are a few of my picks:

VIDEODROME (1983)

A sleazy TV programmer (James Woods) who is into rough sex and violence (read: my soul mate) is looking for something different out there for his cable channel and finds it in the form of a Pittsburgh, PA-based show called Videodrome. I have always loved this genre-breaking classic directed by David Cronenberg, with the controlled and subdued performance by the usually intense Woods; the amazing visual effects; and Deborah Harry's boobs. So, if it is so good on its own then why add 3-D?

Um, hello? The expanding "flesh screen" for one! Also, I want to be this close to Woods as he inserts the gun into the giant vaginal opening in his stomach. Heck, I'll even help him fish out the gun. Oh, and ladies, for those of you who wished that could have been you Woods was smacking with that whip, now is your chance!

A lot of these stomach-churning scenes would have caused you to pass on that bowl of popcorn but 3-D would have made this little acid trip, well, a little more trippy (while on the subject of Cronenberg, let's throw in 1981's SCANNERS, when Michael Ironside makes that bald guy's head explode.)

THE EVIL DEAD (1981)

This Sam Raimi classic was one of the movies that began my education in Certain Death 101. How can you guarantee death and misery for you and a few of your closest friends? Go deep into the woods on a weekend getaway! Nothing can go right in this scenario especially when a cabin and books that can unleash evil forces are involved. Trust me, the evening will end in total body dismemberment.

3-D just would have upped the cheese factor ten-fold and made an already fun movie that much more enjoyable. Do we really need to see up close and personal accounts of Cheryl being raped by the trees or the fact that Bruce Campbell was in serious need of a pair of tweezers? Well, yeah. Watching the evil spirit sail through the woods courtesy of a third dimension point-of-view shot, however, would have been cool too.

ALIEN (1979)

This Ridley Scott classic was one of the first films that scared the absolute crap out of me. Even the tag line, "In space no one can hear you scream," was frightening. It was also one of the first movies I experienced where a woman was tough, could fight and even squeezed in a couple of "f" words here and there. She didn't cower behind the male lead; she grabbed a gun and saved the day. I almost had reservations about putting this on my list. Like THE DESCENT, ALIEN wasn't campy or tongue-in-cheek in the slightest and giving it the 3D treatment may have given the film what it didn't need, a slightly lighter tone. But alternately it would have set a tone early on in using 3-D to help create mood instead of just being a way to make a movie fun and to make audiences reach out in front of their faces just to make sure that object really isn't there.

The money shot, the alien bursting out of John Hurt's chest, doesn't occur until at least an hour into ALIEN but getting there would have been phenomenal, not to mention the egg-hatching and the alien popping out onto Hurt's face. To see those in 3-D would have been amazing. Some of the scenes in ALIEN are truly breathtaking visually and unbelievable when you realize they were done 30 years before CGI. Some movies are practically criminal to watch unless they are on a big screen and, for me, ALIEN is one of those movies.

THE DESCENT (2005)

Claustrophobia, stalagmites and creepy cave creatures, oh my! Neil Marshall's THE DESCENT supplied these things, not to mention a bone-chilling atmosphere, in spades but I say let's up the ante even more and give it a three-dimensional touch! The only thing missing would be feeling the chill in the air and getting a whiff of the damp smells of those caves.

Claustrophobia and no way to escape it could be taken to new heights. Let's face it; these things are mother's milk to a fear junkie. I know adding the 3-D element could possibly be disrespectful and detract from the astounding character development and underlining tragedy centering on loss. But a girl can dream, can't she?

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
(1984)

What better movie to see in 3-D than one about a child killer who is burned alive by a mob of angry parents? You’re telling me watching Freddy bounce in and out of Nancy's dreams with unabridged 3-D glee wouldn't have been a delight? The scene with Johnny Depp and the water bed would have been cool, too. Hey, let's not forget the scene where Freddy makes like Stretch Armstrong in the alleyway.

As time went on for the NIGHTMARE franchise, the character of Freddy reached almost cartoonish proportions. The once chilling and frightening premise was replaced with one goofy one-liner after another, but the original was revolutionary and was the movie that started many a fan down the blood strewn road of horror films.

SUSPIRIA (1977)

Watching this Dario Argento classic, one is obviously taken with his use of color. I mean, just look at all of that bright red blood! What got to me, though, was the vicious violence. Argento truly took a no-prisoners approach when choreographing the grand death scenes.

Watching Eva Axen take a nose-dive through that beautiful stained glass ceiling in 3-D would be worth the price of admission alone. If that weren't enough, Argento gives us a two-for-one when Susanna Javicoli gets impaled and catches a hunk of glass in her face!

When all of this happens in the first few minutes of a movie, you know you're in for it. Watching all of it in 3-D would make it even better.

Well these are just a few of my picks. Not to knock Cameron but who wants to sit in a theater for over three hours wearing 3-D glasses and watching a boat sink? Or could you imagine sitting down for over 6 hours in a dark theater (because you know the studio would release the trilogy all at once) next to a guy dressed as Frodo? Me neither.

Perhaps one day, at a convention somewhere, David Cronenberg will get an idea that some goofy little blonde chick would like to sit in a dark theater and watch VIDEODROME in 3-D.

Hey, and if she has to sit by a guy dressed like a sleazy TV programmer who is into sex and violence, then so be it.