The Haunt Of Fear: ILX Top 100 HORROR Movies Poll Results Thread

I had my reasons! I swear!

Never seen it, always heard it was solid. Has me wondering how high The Strangers will place.

Wolf Creek is the epitome of the kind of movie I hate to admire. I guess that means it is performing a time-honored and vital role in the genre. OK, yes, I think I just convinced myself it belongs on this list in spite/because of my objections to it. I mean, it's horror!

How long are you going to keep your ballot's secret a secret, jjjusten?

it certainly belongs on this list. i didn't vote for it cuz i don't like it much (though i do admire it).

eleven down, and not one that made it onto my ballot. screen-cap cards are truly gorgeous, Pillbox. running SCARE-ation is sidesplitting, E.

thanks contenderizer, but w/ few exceptions, the images are all legit screencaps. I formatted them against a template for reasons of consistency, info display & such, but I've actually been fairly particular about not using anything for the central imagery other than actual film stills, screengrabs and what not.

Wolf Creek was a steaming pile of shit. Boring, badly made, not even remotely shocking. (nb: I quit watching the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre right after the first murders because it was boring me to tears)
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:51 PM (6 years ago)

this quote is interesting to me because i think it gets at a lot of where i go wrt modern horror (in a very reverso backwards way) - the stuff that tries to hit that TCM mix of dread and hopelessness is where its at. wolf creek is very very much a TCM for now.

would agree w that. not as punk/lo-fi, but similar in spirit. prefer TCM though.

I like Wolf Creek, btw, and I voted for it here, but I'm not sure I could explain WHY I like it w/o sounding like a depraved sociopath. Then again, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is my favorite of all time & I'm hard pressed to explain that half of the time even.

think wolf creek is the first thing here to make my ballot

eric this is wonderful so far btw, thank you

ok fine i'll spill my ballot thing - because of my worry that modern horror was going to get unfairly snubbed in favor of 70s 80s and 90s stuff, i only allowed myself 10 spots from before the year 2000. recruiting kjb to vote was largely because i knew i could hedge my bets on all of the older stuff i love that way. also because i greedily want to pillage his ballot for all the awesome stuff i havent seen yet.

roll out the hate!

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ha, you are the anti-me

xp

that said, i have no reservations at all abt my ballot. and i still had to cut it down from like 200+ movies on my first run through

you voted for rubber didn't you

"You can lead a country girl to city water, but you can't make her SINK INTO DEPRESSION!"

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88. THE SE7ENTH VICTIM
Mark Robson, USA, 1943
(206 points, 6 votes)

Opting for Seventh Victim, just 'cuz there ain't that many films as uniquely depressing.
― Emile Zola predicts World War I and then he dies. (R Baez), Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:21 AM (6 months ago)

Apparently when someone asked Lewton what the 7th Victim was about, he said "death is good"!
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, December 1, 2008 4:26 AM (3 years ago)

Some people share wine or weed; I share The Seventh Victim...countless times, esp. with students ("here! look at all the shit you can pack into 70 mins.!!"). I'm genuinely stunned it's not as notorious as Psycho. After all, it includes a shower sequence almost as scary and invasive. I cannot think of a single second in this masterpiece that doesn't thrill me or needs to be cut. The dipsomania discussion. The fucked-up kiddie song. The floating trademark. Most of all, the deep, deep sadness conveyed in the scene where Mary gets her hair done. It just keep pinning your back to the wall.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, December 1, 2008 5:34 PM (3 years ago)

Looooooove this movie. KJB super otm as usual.

*stares at all these 21st century voting fools*

xpost - ooh, not seen that one, sounds good.

its amazing, and from what i know abt your tastes emil.y you would love it

not familiar w/this one but it sounds great.

lol at "the se7enth victim"

If I can get the interminable Public Enemies over and done with, I think I'll watch (for the first time) The Seventh Victim tonight.

I def saw Kim Hunter do a Q&A at Film Forum, I think it was for this!

Apparently when someone asked Lewton what the 7th Victim was about, he said "death is good"!

*adds to list*

lol ditto

One of the most satisfying endings I've ever seen too.

every positive review I've read of the seventh victim seems to be tempered with some kind of hedging, that lewton line sells it tho

Hmm. Literally do not think I've ever seen/heard discussion of that movie prior to this poll. Intrigued.

still haven't seen the seventh victim. with onibaba, one of the films these results have convinced me i need to see.

jjjjjj, you are a silly. much love to la lechera. school's done so i can outloud it more often. xo

i support justen's ballot as a political choice but given these results so far if you're the reason like tcm places outside the top ten or something i swear to god man

love jjj's voting strategy. admirably odd, but also just crazy pyrrhic.

it's all but guaranteed that most of his choices won't place

Somebody had the good sense to choose this as their #1! Not me, though.

thats ok! although i am glad that i got rec in here prob, and gave a boost to wolf creek xpost

anybody who's seen my ballot reveals on the ilm year end polls is prob familiar w/my general vote vs place ratio. in fact i'm sure i'll do better here than i do usually!

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87. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
Jacques Tourneur, USA, 1944
(208 points, 8 votes)

The ending of The Seventh Victim is so [SPOLIER] depressing.
― Eric H: not a troll, with one exception (Eric H.), Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:36 PM (6 years ago)

why did you have to go and tell us that it was DEPRESSING, now it's ruined!
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:59 PM (6 years ago)

I couldn't believe it when [SPOLIER] she walked with a zombie!
― Eric H: not a troll, with one exception (Eric H.), Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:35 PM (6 years ago)

aargh I guess that's about a bazillion movies I have to see now

being remade btw

Mr Thnig and I watched this movie at like 6am iirc?

The lower-100s glut of Lewton seems to suggest what? Maybe voters felt obligated to honor Lewton even though true maniac love isn't there?

well he's got a higher hit rate than anybody else in the poll

I voted for it. I have no maniac love for the genre.

vote splitting prob as well

this one barely missed making it onto my ballot.

digging the possibility that lewton might be the most represented figure on this poll

The lower-100s glut of Lewton seems to suggest what? Maybe voters felt obligated to honor Lewton even though true maniac love isn't there?

that's sort of how i feel, tbh, and i do feel sort of bad about it, but i had to go with my heart here

I should watch I walked with a zombie again. was kinda turned off by the racist subtext when I was in lol college, but after all, it was lol college.

when I was all about SUBTEXT