i knee jerkingly top 10ed CITW, it blew me away. will i regret that, who knows? i still stand by it a week or two after.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
You think that's bad, I just watched Scream 4. It disappears right up its own asshole.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
cinematic centipede
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
also i have no problem with recent stuff making it into the countdown (wait until you see my ballot) but yeah cabin in the woods is not probably going to age as well as some might hope i think. gotta see it again before i go all in with that pronouncement, but as much as i enjoyed it i found it a little bit slight, also joss whedon should stop doing interviews abt it that irritate me
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
RE: SCREAM 4
The first five minutes are silly metastupid fun, though. The rest, bleh.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
I need to rewatch Phantasm. The best word I can think of to sum up my memory of it is 'unmoored'.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:20 AM (47 minutes ago)
phantasm was on the shortlist but just missed my ballot. a great, great b-movie, the ideas and scope are way beyond what they had the budget to pull off but they still went for it with a madness.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:25 AM (42 minutes ago)
describes pretty well what i like about phantasm. also has a strange, psychedelic, deeply 70s look and vibe that reminds me in a weird way of stuff like valerie and her week of wonders.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
liked cabin in the woods a lot, but i dunno that it'll go down as one of my all time favorites. fun, but a little glib. we'll see in a couple years.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
"PARANORMAL? In my day, they used to call it VERYNORMAL!"
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94. PARANORMAL ACTIVITYOren Peli, 2012(189 points, 7 votes)
Problem w/ Paranormal Activity gag: required having seen Paranormal Activity.― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Monday, March 8, 2010 12:52 AM (2 years ago)those dudes are always dicks in these movies, not antiheroes. Dude in paranormal activity is a total jerk.― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:26 PM (1 year ago)
those dudes are always dicks in these movies, not antiheroes. Dude in paranormal activity is a total jerk.― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:26 PM (1 year ago)
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
hmmmmm
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
also joss whedon should stop doing interviews abt it that irritate me
geting dangerously close torture porn discussion. we need some sort of early warning system
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't vote, but loving the images and having fun watching the results.
When I was little I used to wake up super early on Saturdays to anticipate cartoons. My parents encouraged this because I could handle breakfast and turning on the TV myself, allowing them a few more hours of precious sleep. I often woke up early enough to turn on the TV before the farm report. One morning I caught the last twenty minutes or so of Phantasm. I'm pretty sure those twenty minutes still inform my fucked up dreams, more than 26 years later.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
very happy to see phantasm, pontypool and may show, even if at the very bottom of the list.
not a big fan of paranormal activity or [rec]. both okay, but kind of empty.
never seen blood on satan's claw. (adds to list)
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
hay guys, thanks for the big ups, kind words and what not regarding the screencaps. I've wanted for some time to handle such duties for an ilx movie poll, and the fact that I was able to do so for the ALL TIME HORROR poll, of all things, was just too awesome and challenging an opportunity to take lightly. And, you know, there are going to be 100 of these things all told, so if you have any requests, suggestions or would like to collaborate on something for a movie you suspect might be making an appearance later down the line, plz holla @ me and/or Eric via email: s t g e r t z @ gee male.
― Troll 3 (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Paranormal Activity? Really? I don't like where this is going.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
guys these polls are never going anywhere unless by anywhere you mean everywhere
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for Cabin in the Woods, top ten. It is pretty much everything I want a horror movie to be. Supernatural, smart, funny, fun, holds up to multiple viewings, the right kind of gore, not teeth-grindingly sexist, no rape-as-central-metaphor for anything. Will I like it less in a few years? Maybe, but my guiding voting principle was "guy instinct," so there it placed.
Voted for Paranormal Activity as well. I am kind of fascinated by those movies and sometimes just think about how effective and dirty cheap they are. Ultimately though I voted for it because the two hour (four? whatever, a long time) stretch of the girlfriend standing stock still and staring at her sleeping husband gives me the creeps on a lizard brain level, and jacks right into one of my oldest fears - that the people I love and trust are actually horrible monsters just biding their time until they get me.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
LOL "GUT instinct," not guy instinct. Voting on guy instinct would result in a much different ballot.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ morbs on paranormal activity
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
jacks right into one of my oldest fears - that the people I love and trust are actually horrible monsters just biding their time until they get me.
no worries. the people you love trust are *very* patient
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
bulletin from the pedant bureau: paranormal activity is 2009
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
FUCK! Did I forget to vote for Paranormal Activity?
― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Also, if you have ever shared a bed with someone who sleepwalks or has night terrors, you know how brain-stem terrifying it is to wake up in the middle of the night and find the person you sleep with doing something super weird and creepy and wrong and omg.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
do tell
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Every time someone points out a CUT and PASTE error on my part, I'll CUT off one of their fingers and PASTE it to their knee.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
I sleepwalk/talk/laugh and also suffer from a fear of intruders, so Paranormal Activity was grade-A SCARY AS SHIT for me. No shame in that vote.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
That CUTTING comment has certainly put us in our PIECES
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
xp no i didn't nvm this movie rulz
― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
jeepers this thread is giving me the chills
i thought paranormal activity was very, very scary. i watched it alone at night in the dark, and it gave me the creeps. didn't upset me in any lasting way, but i can see why people responded to it, and it must have been a blast in a packed theater. problem is that there wasn't anything else to it. bad script and performances, dull photography, no subtext or ideas, no personality, just a wasteland.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
hmm don't know anything about May or Blood on Satan's Claw
xp
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Not putting that business out on the street other than to say it's pretty f'n creepy.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I appreciated Paranormal Activity more after I watched the sequels. My vote for it was honestly more a vote for the entire franchise.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:21 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
^ this, basically. I was quite entertained, but self-awareness played for farce in horror movies doesn't often age well.
― Troll 3 (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
oh ha see i was going to put something negative on here abt paranormal activity but then realized that i had liked the first one ok but that the second one had ruined the whole thing for me retrospectively xpost
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I terrify easily, but I look forward to reading the wiki plot summary for most of these.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Ultimately, though, I think Paranormal Activity would work better as three short films that you watch in a row than three full-length features. There's a lot of filler in there. But I also think they have to be separate movies to work as well as they do. I told you I think about these movies a lot!
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
This X 1,000,000. I mean, it's not like you can even tell from this vantage point that the rest of the results are going to consist mostly of '90s Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequels and installments from the Scary Movie franchise.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
and just fyi now that pontypool is sinking into the dregs of shameful memory, i really intend not to bag on anybodies personal voting choices here (reserving the right to go back on that if theres a Space Jam Soundtrack moment obv). I'm down w/anybody geeking out abt whatever horror!
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'm glad James Whale's entire oeuvre is finishing above these
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
I have seen the future of this poll and I tell you it is rife with Children of the Corn sequels.
― Troll 3 (Pillbox), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
"All SEVEN and we'll watch them fall ... down DEAD!"
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93. SE7ENDavid Fincher, 1995(189 points, 10 votes)
Se7en (1995) -- Is ther anybody who didn't get the gag in this about ten minutes in?― ex-jeremy (x Jeremy), Friday, September 17, 2004 7:34 PM (7 years ago)I mean Zodiac has a couple of flaws, but comparing it to a piece of hackwork garbage like Seven (fuck putting the 7 in the middle) does it a grave disservice.― Alex in SF, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:21 PM (3 years ago)seven was gross and rainy, but okay for a laff. [fincher's] a moody motherfucker. probably fancies himself a bit of a tough guy and a rebel. i dunno if this means he has a small weewee or not. his blues are pretty blue alright. would like to see him work some red in. trent and him play d&d at sharon tate's house i think. which is cool. i can't remember which one is the troll.― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, September 17, 2004 7:39 PM (7 years ago)David Fincher -- c/d?
I mean Zodiac has a couple of flaws, but comparing it to a piece of hackwork garbage like Seven (fuck putting the 7 in the middle) does it a grave disservice.― Alex in SF, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:21 PM (3 years ago)
seven was gross and rainy, but okay for a laff. [fincher's] a moody motherfucker. probably fancies himself a bit of a tough guy and a rebel. i dunno if this means he has a small weewee or not. his blues are pretty blue alright. would like to see him work some red in. trent and him play d&d at sharon tate's house i think. which is cool. i can't remember which one is the troll.― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, September 17, 2004 7:39 PM (7 years ago)
David Fincher -- c/d?
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
Circling back to May (only one of these so far that I voted for), I'd put Angela Bettis on that list of great horror performances.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Paranormal Activity had a couple of decent scares, but nothing in it would make me vote for it as one of the 100 GOAT, nor lead me to want to watch Paranormal Activity N.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
I dont think Show Boat is going to make it morbs sorry
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Love Se7en. Not horror.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
would've voted for this if I considered it horror.
was gonna make that joke, thx jjj.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
may kinda reminds me of secretary (both came out in 2002 incidentally). quirky damaged girl seeks love in the modern world, except secretary is a comedy which means it ends in a wedding (of sorts), and may is a tragedy which means, well, you know. la lechera otm about it being very late 90s/early 00s indie, there are some cheesy music video editing choices, but bettis' performance was on my alltime great list.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
roflz
kinda resent this movie for foisting Kevin Spacey on us all
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Even if I had liked Se7en enough to vote for it (I didn't), I wouldn't have voted because I wouldn't call it horror, either. However, scott seward's comment there is so great that I can't gin up any irritation at its appearance on these results.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
really, we'd be fine if Kevin Spacey had been limited to this amount of screentime in everything.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link