A bunch of howling, screaming people with the odd bit of laughter thrown in. Low crunching sounds, the wind playing havoc outside, eyes all large in anticipation…

Fear not. This is not a scene right out of a slasher movie! Just a bunch of happy or probably terrified people watching a movie at home, online. That too, for free! How’s that possible, you might ask. Well, Captain Internet to the rescue! With the WWW packed with sites that offer free movie downloads, the days of waiting in line for a ticket or spending money on DVD rental are on their way out.

www.directmoviedownloads.net is one such site that lets you download movies for free. Be it new, old or any genre you might prefer, the site has it all. There are many other sites that keep you clicking, asking for email addresses and card details, making you run around in circles for a downloading a new movie. Well, none of that bull here! Just select what you want, a few clicks here and there, and you are watching your favourite movie in no time!

So, what movies are the best to keep the microwave busy popping corn? There are some that you just cannot go wrong with. For the action freaks, The Terminator series beats every movie hands down, with Senator Schwarzenegger at his menacing best in the first, oozing cool with his shades in the second and coming back for unfinished business in the third. Just wait till the fourth arrives! Then you have Jason and Freddy to keep the girls busy screaming. For the kiddos, anything from Pixar and Disney will do, as long as it’s got singing animals! If you prefer the more serious stuff, you’ve got The Reader, The Shawshank Redemption and classics like Citizen Kane, Casablanca etc. Then there’s the usual fare of Bollywood sings and dance, foreign gems from Majid Majidi, Tarkovsky, Goddard and many more.

Tough to make up your mind, eh! Best place to start would be online at www.directmoviedownloads.net. Select the movie you like, download it and watch it with friends or family. Don’t forget to turn up the volume!