27 for me, and i'm guessing i voted for pretty much all of the top ten, too.
i can't tell if that makes me part of the problem or what.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
Can tell you for sure right now that there are some real heartbreakers (for me, and I presume for many others as well) in the #101-125 range.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:18 PM (5 minutes ago)
was always a massive long shot but if one of them has the initials lhodes I'll go a lil crazy inside
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
I do feel slightly bad for not including loads of out-there weirdo trash movies
you should! (n.b. a lot of my ballot was stuff like this)
Also, I voted for both versions of The Fly and both Invasions of the Bodysnatchers.
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Probably not, hausu chicken. Somehow, only two movies would be swapped out for a different two. I was surprised too.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:24 PM (2 minutes ago)
wow, that's some consensus... tho the pool of voters was significant enough I guess
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
27 of my picks have placed thus far, with at least another surefire 5 still to place in the top ten. So I'm pretty in-tune with these results, I guess, despite being a little more low-class and a little less Oldie Oldson.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
only 10 out of 50 of mine have placed.
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
25 of mine have placed.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
11 for me so fat
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
stuff on my ballot that's appeared so far ... 31 of my picks, so i'm doing quite well indeed:
011. The Fly (1986) (#24 on my ballot, 27 pts)012. Repulsion (#13 on my ballot, 38 pts)013. The Exorcist (#19 on my ballot, 32 pts)014. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (#33 on my ballot, 18 pts)015. Eraserhead (#9 on my ballot, 42 pts)016. Dawn of the Dead (#44 on my ballot, 7 pts)019. The Night of the Hunter (#1 on my ballot, 50 pts)024. Carnival Of Souls (#46 on my ballot, 5 pts)025. Let the Right One In (#39 on my ballot, 12 pts)026. Don't Look Now (#11 on my ballot, 40 pts)030. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) (#38 on my ballot, 13 pts)033. Freaks (#48 on my ballot, 3 pts)035. House (Hausu) (#27 on my ballot, 24 pts)036. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (#4 on my ballot, 47 pts)037. The Silence of the Lambs (#32 on my ballot, 19 pts)040. The Birds (#12 on my ballot, 39 pts)042. Peeping Tom (#21 on my ballot, 30 pts)045. Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) (#45 on my ballot, 6 pts)046. Eyes Without A Face (Les yeux sans visage) (#47 on my ballot, 4 pts)059. Cat People (1942) (#35 on my ballot, 16 pts)060. Vampyr (1932) (#3 on my ballot, 48 pts)061. M (#5 on my ballot, 46 pts)063. Shaun of the Dead (#23 on my ballot, 28 pts)067. Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) (#18 on my ballot, 33 pts)071. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (#49 on my ballot, 2 pts)075. (tie) Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) (#31 on my ballot, 20 pts)077. Pan's Labyrinth (#36 on my ballot, 15 pts)080. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (#10 on my ballot, 41 pts)082. Kwaidan (#14 on my ballot, 37 pts)090. Dressed To Kill (#37 on my ballot, 14 pts)093. Seven (#20 on my ballot, 31 pts)
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
so fat
― ahhhhhhh shit here comes the motherfuckin thread cops (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
I think I have 2 more that will make the top ten, but that's it
― I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
me so fat
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
chicken fat
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
PS: Fuck you, Gwenyth Paltrow. Get out of my important web searches.
haha, the exact same thought went through my head earlier today
― Chris S, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
27 of mine have placed
― Darin, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I discovered a treat for those of you who feel that YouTube is the ideal way to watch a movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_XPJHwOsHE
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
i'm sure night of the living dead will be in the Top 10, more so than last house on the left.
yeah, i was saying this earlier. by far the best film romero's ever made, and one of my all-time horror favorites. there's no way that last house on the left is beating it out for one of the remaining slots.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
27 of my votes have shown up so far, and i expect to have 32 on the list by end of day tomorrow
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
16 so far, I believe. 21 by poll's end for sure.
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
this movie is fat iirc
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NL2Gd68XOeo/T4yr17kezuI/AAAAAAAAFHk/puJavYNC-34/s1600/l_93990_37413efa.jpg
― Carnage of PJ Soles (Pillbox), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
Just watched Possession. It was very good.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
I watched it at the Yerba Buena in SF a few weeks ago. It messed up my brain.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 24 May 2012 06:47 (twelve years ago) link
How would the weighting votes work?
My impression is indeed that Hostel is being punished rather than celebrated for it's influence, but I am a little surprised at Saw. But then I guess if influence was king we'd be seeing Friday the 13th somewhere in here?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 07:28 (twelve years ago) link
As a near-complete ignoramus I am intrigued by finding out different levels of respect for what I'd absorbed as Those Horror Films, like the Friday 13th thing - what is the reason Last House of the Left should be top 10 when Amityville / Child's Play / Basket Case / The Hitcher don't make the top 100?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 08:01 (twelve years ago) link
no reason at all, and it won't be
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 24 May 2012 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
i want a reverse exacta on the shining and the thing.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 24 May 2012 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
Oh no I got that, but some people seemed to think it might be, I was just curious.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
Ok here's a brief Exorcist story. I've seen it once, in the cinema. It might be hammy but it scared the living fuck out of me and I couldn't go to sleep without the light on for literally weeks afterwards. I was 21 at the time. Even thinking about it now, in broad daylight - e.g. when reading about the spiderwalk scene upthread, which i happened to catch on tv one evening - can give me the shivers. And that is why i'm not a horror film afficionado. (Other films that have shitted me up good and proper: The Haunting, Ringu/The Ring, the 1980s Granada TV production of The Woman in Black.)
― the fey monster (ledge), Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
ledge i thought you were a hardcore rationalist, what's happened to you man?
― You can do it Sun Myung Moon (NickB), Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
I went to see The Exorcist on its rerelease ~7/8 years ago - I just had one of those "see 7-8 films" weekends, and the Exorcist was last thing on Saturday. And then again first thing on Sunday, arguing with the cashier to let me in an hour into the film, where I fled the night before :)
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
xp I don't know man! Well of course not believing something doesn't always make it any less scary. Also I think the Exorcist is an incredible depiction of pure evil, distilled and exaggerated obviously but all the more effective for it; and although I don't believe in the form it's presented in that doesn't mean I don't believe in the idea or its ability to scare.
― the fey monster (ledge), Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
Loving the poll though. Quite a few on here I want to check out - and a few I know I should stay the hell away from.
― the fey monster (ledge), Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:52 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen 11 of these which is surprsing to me. i remember watching Eraserhead in a lecture hall at uni with about five other people. my housemate had her eyes covered for the whole of the second half lol.
― kid steel (cajunsunday), Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
The Hitcher! Would have made a fine addition to the list. Or Basket Case, for that matter.
Really glad Day of the Dead never appeared. That movie is dull as fuck, with a great beginning, a great ending, and an hour of talking and yelling in the middle.
A couple of other great Romeros, of course, won't make it (Martin, Crazies). Same with Carpenter. The question is, which inevitable surprise of the top ten will get the biggest reaction? I predict Nightbreed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
The only thing I expected to place which hasn't and probably won't now is Carpenter's 'They Live'. I thought that was fairly well regarded, though perhaps not enough 'horror' in it for some.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
I might have expected Tenebrae to place but i can't see two Argento films being in the top ten. Too much vote splitting, perhaps.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
Spoilers: Tenebrae missed out on my vote as I already had two Argento films on my ballot.
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
xp I'd love to see any surprise of course, but particularly Lost Highway.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
rmde
there's no way the argento isnt suspiria but who knows with this list anymore
― me so fat (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
Martin is Romero's best flick, maybe second best, so obv it won't place.
predicting Frankenhooker ftw
― Cyders from Mars (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
no Demons either? honest to god fuck this i knew i shd've voted
― Cyders from Mars (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
David Lynch but no fucking Demons poll is dead inside
― Cyders from Mars (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
Items from my ballot that have made it so far (28/50, not bad!):
011. The Fly 013. The Exorcist014. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn016. Dawn of the Dead 017. Videodrome 018. Halloween 020. Poltergeist 021. Braindead [Dead Alive] 024. Carnival Of Souls 025. Let the Right One In [Låt den rätte komma in] 027. The Ring 028. The Blair Witch Project 030. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 036. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 038. Black Christmas043. A Nightmare On Elm Street 045. Deep Red [Profondo Rosso] 046. Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage] 047. An American Werewolf in London048. Jaws 052. Re-Animator 056. The Vanishing [Spoorloos] 071. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 075. (tie) Invasion Of The Body Snatchers078. Hellraiser081. Duel093. Seven 100. Phantasm
Items from my ballot that will under no circumstances show up:
Prince of Darkness, Scanners, Sisters, The Crazies, Pumpkinhead, The Blob (1988), Altered States
― it was a dark and stormy genitals. (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
Strongo, I think everyone is assuming that Suspiria is getting in. I know I am, and that's what I thought ShariVari meant by not seeing two Argento films making it top ten (as in, Tenebrae doesn't stand a chance, not that it could be one or the other)... Unless I'm misunderstanding you?
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
NV, you totally should have voted. Shame on you.
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, i'm assuming Suspiria is a lock.
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
If Suspiria were number one I wouldn't be shocked. I doubt it will be, but if it was, I wouldn't be shocked.
They Live isn't horror at all, even by the loose standards of "horror." But it would make a great entry in a dystopian sci-fi satire poll!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxp
too many films, too few braincells
― Cyders from Mars (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
Another thing I'm surprised didn't make it into the top 100: Ghostwatch. Although its absence can probably be blamed on the 'Murricans (although I saw and voted for it). Or maybe you had to be of a particular age when it first aired for it to have a significant impact on you.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
I cut Ghostwatch because I hadn't seen it since first broadcast, and I was worried that its growing reputation and cult status may have built it up in my mind to be better than it was.
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 May 2012 13:17 (twelve years ago) link