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

inland empire was my first-thought-best-thought #3, and this seems like a pretty reasonable placement for it. scary as hell, but probably not most people's idea of a "horror movie".

Congrats, Eric, for resisting the image that is burned into so many retinas.

lots of mine are showing up today, hoping this doesn't result in a barren top 20. especially happy to see black christmas (too low), possibly the highest rated straight-up unambiguous horror on my ballot(#4).

I don't even like horror movies and yet for some reason this is my favorite movie list thread. Amazing stills, lots of stuff I've never heard of.

oh, I guess The Kingdom will count for this jonner, eh

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:06 AM (8 minutes ago)

pretty sure it doesn't count because it was tv show and not a movie.

xxp - i think the cruel joke he is playing is that the smartest characters in the show (the ones with the most knowledge) have Downs Syndrome. i think it's more about LVT's misanthropy.

yeah, i guess the question is how deliberately perverse we think he's being in his choices

Speaking of Kingdom, somebody tell me that Stephen King's remake was shit so I don't have to watch it. Thanks in advance.

it's Lars Von Trier, i'd be surprised if any of his perverse choices weren't deliberate!

Congrats, Eric, for resisting the image that is burned into so many retinas.

I chose one from 3 Pillbox submitted, and none of them were THAT image.

i'm happy just assuming it's shit. and that we won't see udo keir emerging from SPOILAR.

Well, that's three of my top five (Inland Empire, The Tenant, and Creepshow) that have shown up thus far. One of the others will be a no-show, but I certainly hope my #1 at least cracked the top 20.

I guess I can understand people dismissing other Lynch films as horror, but dismissing IE just feels reactionary.

there were a couple of movies I love that I voted for, despite their being on the borderline of horror

inland empire was one I just couldn't justify

movies that aren't scary can be horror films, so this is the converse example then - terrifying, but not necessarily a horror film

Will Wicker Man crack the top 20? I know we have an appointment, I just don't know what time it is.

I guess I can understand people dismissing other Lynch films as horror, but dismissing IE just feels reactionary.

i dismissed Inland Empire because for me, it was a literal snoozefest ... i did manage to see almost 2 hours of it though!

it doesn't count because it was tv show and not a movie.

nah, it was shown in theaters in 'Murrica, that's all that should count! Plus there's already been at least2 made-for-TV things, Threads and Duel.

that said, I don't complain about IE's placement here and expect there is another lynch in our future

Inland Empire was the only Lynch film i really considered 'horror' enough to vote for and was my no.4, i think. I'd say it's comfortably my favourite American film of the last fifteen years, or so.

I don't think the second half of "The Descent" is that bad, but the first half is intense that when things go horror movie it seems totally unnecessary. One of those movies where the original ending is absolutely essential, and it also helps to have seen it in a dark theater with people, new ending or no.

I grew up watching "Freaks," never thought it was scary. And in fact, it wasn't even until much later in life that I even considered it at all exploitative, let alone controversial. The "freaks," as such, are so sweet and sympathetic. And when they're played for revenge scares, you get the feeling the freaks are themselves playing it up for effect. And damn does their victim deserve their vengeance.

Somehow never seen "Inland Empire," even though I've seen everything else by the guy!

xp - i would've voted for the Kingdom had it been nominated.

I completely lost interest in Lynch after "Lost Highway" and have seen nothing since. And the only things I really liked from that were Robert Loggia beating up the tailgater, and Robert Blake.

it doesn't count because it was tv show and not a movie.

nah, it was shown in theaters in 'Murrica, that's all that should count! Plus there's already been at least2 made-for-TV things, Threads and Duel.

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:22 PM (23 seconds ago)

you missed the long debate about how TV movies are allowed, but not TV shows or miniseries

however, if salem's lot places....

I completely lost interest in Lynch after "Lost Highway"

High Five!

it's Lars Von Trier, i'd be surprised if any of his perverse choices weren't deliberate!

yeah, that's what i mean. sure, they seem to know a lot, but that only encourages us to speculate about how much they really understand (whether or not we wish to), draws attention to their relatively flat line readings. it seems a subtle barb aimed at the "simplicity" of goodness, relative to more entertainingly complex evil.

i've made only one attempt to watch inland empire and barely made it a half hour before throwing up my hands in exasperation. fuckin' rabbits.

Lost Highway is garbage but Mulholland is good fun. You're missing out.

xxp - or to speculate that "God is retarded"

inland empire much better in a theater where you are trapped for the duration, turning it off after 30 minutes is like ending yr shroom trip cuz yr stomach got upset

OTM

I don't think the second half of "The Descent" is that bad, but the first half is intense that when things go horror movie it seems totally unnecessary. One of those movies where the original ending is absolutely essential, and it also helps to have seen it in a dark theater with people, new ending or no.

og ending is SO much better, even tho I quite like the iconic image of the lead actress emerging from the gopher-hole.

are there rabbits in the first half hour of IE?

there's already been at least2 made-for-TV things, Threads and Duel.

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:22 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

TV movies count, TV series don't count. Though I have a couple on my ballot that could be considered borderline, I strongly count them as short-ish films, not just shows.

see, I am totally on-board w/ a committed viewing of IE, but I think alone in a dark room might actually be a more appropriate setting than a crowded theatre.

og ending is SO much better, even tho I quite like the iconic image of the lead actress emerging from the gopher-hole.

i thought that the OG ending had that bit, but also had other bits after

xpost So long as it's at night and you ate the key to your couch.

xxp - or to speculate that "God is retarded"

well yeah, that too

contenderizer, on second thought, you are totally otm re: descent ending(s).

Wait, wasn't Inland Empire an expansion of Lynch's web shorts? Isn't that where the bunnies come from?

OG ending ends (I think) with gopher hole. New ending keeps going to get in a random last shock scare on the highway. I think. Been a while ...

(The Descent, I'm talking about)

hmmm, what an arbitrary TV categorization thingy (The Kingdom Part I is what, 4.5 hrs?)

anyway you guys are into the recent crap now, so zzzzzzzzzz

The Descent was released in North America with approximately a minute cut from the end. In the American cut, Sarah escapes from the cave and sees Juno, but the film does not cut back to the cave.

yes, all the recent stuff like freaks and cabinet of dr caligari

"Ah, the Necro-NOM-icon, my favorite COOKBOOK!"

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31. THE EVIL DEAD
Sam Raimi, USA, 1981
(501 points, 17 votes)

It's kind of related to the "pictures of you and famous people" thread. Me and my husband met Bruce Campbell last year and he was very funny, nice, etc. My husband was going to have his picture taken with Bruce and Bruce asked me if I wanted to be in the picture. I made this disgusted face and said something like "Ugh, no" because I really hate having my picture taken -- and then I realized he thought I was revolted at the idea of having my picture taken with him. So somewhere out there Bruce Campbell thinks I'm a haughty bitch.
― Nicolars (Nicole), Monday, October 20, 2003 4:39 PM (8 years ago)

The first one is funny by accident. The sequels were intentionally comedic.
― Anthony (Anthony F), Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:35 PM (8 years ago)

The original Evil Dead was funny and looks it and I'm not talking about "so cheesy it's hilarious" funny but "oh my God some of this slapstick rivals Tati" funny.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:08 PM (8 years ago)

that Nicole story is still hilarious

You can tell a lot about a person based on whether they prefer Evil Dead 1 or 2.

hmmm, what an arbitrary TV categorization thingy (The Kingdom Part I is what, 4.5 hrs?)

Well, in total, but it's made up of several smaller episodes. I mean, they even have LVT appear at the end as a delineator of each one to tell us to tune in again. Do you think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a theatrical epic?

You can tell a lot about a person based on whether they prefer Evil Dead 1 or 2

This is so incredibly true. I kind of don't fully trust the people who choose the other one from the one I choose.

A million xposts to piscesx - I had the briefest instant of thinking people had voted for that House, too.

Voted for the Descent at #39. I don't remember being put off by any shift in the movie. I just remember being freaked out.

Freaks was my #13. It's worth noting that Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow and Schlitzie were circus performers when the movie was made, so I don't think being in a movie was any more exploitative than their daily lives. Also, the movie is really humanizing in a way that I imagine being a side show attraction at a circus was not.

This better mean that ED2 is top 20, because this is pretty low!

And, of course, those who choose Army of Darkness over both are not even relevant.