Just Plain Top 100
^ this
― picture jean rollin (Pillbox), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
Friday The 13th Part IIRabidShiversRinguThe Haunting Of Hell House
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
Will I be the only person voting who still covers my eyes when a film scares me? Seriously. And I'm 50. (I even covered my eyes through a lot of No Country for Old Men the first time I saw it.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I was just realizing what a Pandora's box I opened up with that google doc.
For sanity's sake, I think doing it the old-fashioned way might be better for me to keep track.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
woops, I meant The Legend Of Hell House. Different movie!
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
Will I be the only person voting who still covers my eyes when a film scares me? Seriously. And I'm 50.
It doesn't happen much, but I'll admit at the end of Paranormal Activity 2 I was worried what they'd do for an encore and watched between fingers.
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDES: pulse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286751/
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
― HE HATES THESE CANS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
Sooo...are we keeping track here of stuff we added to the spreadsheet? If so:
An American Werewolf in LondonBlob, The (1988)Brain DamageCreepshowDawn of the Dead (1978) (Dates are gonna be crucial with some of these entries)Day of the Dead (1985)EraserheadExorcist 3, TheFog, TheFrom Dusk Til DawnGod Told Me ToGremlinsHausuHellraiserHowling, TheIn The Mouth of MadnessInland EmpireLegend of Hell HouseNightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream MasterPhantasmPiecesReturn of the Living DeadSalem's LotShaun of the DeadTestamentTingler, TheTrick r' Treat
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
(Dates are gonna be crucial with some of these entries)
I'd also like to see a distinction between the Haunting (1963) and The Haunting (1999). While I can't imagine voting for the latter, someone might.
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, I closed off edit access to all for that doc, but I'll keep adding stuff to it myself. It's just easier for me to keep track of new entries that way.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, man, yeah...this might be a PITA for you, Eric. Like, I was trying to pare down my list as I noticed people mentioning stuff in this thread, but I still managed to add some dupes. Plus an unintentional string of bbcode (which I watched someone delete in real time and didn't realize was a thing Google Docs did...creeeeepy).
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, never mind. Ha ha.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
LOL, yeah, when I was trying to edit and saw two other users adding stuff, I thought: This is a mistake.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
So, to recap. Nominations doc is available for all to read. I'll add titles that are listed in this thread, and the ones that received votes in the yearly horror movie polls (later).
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Carry on ScreamingDeep RedDog SoldiersHellraiserKill ListLet the Right One In (2008)LifeforcePsychomaniaSleepy HollowTheatre of Blood
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
I have 4 types of things I generally look for in a good horror movie (but not necessarily in the same flick):
* terror/fright* tension/thrills/accelerated heart rate* unease/despair* lols
there are probably going to be a few movies that are just classic or great that I'll include on my list (and I probably have more criteria than what I listed), but this is what I think of first when I think of horror/comedy horror.
I don't scare easy, so I love a good fright. Maybe a half-dozen movies have legit scared me.
― HE HATES THESE CANS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
wait, what?
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Does Threads count?
Testament will be very high on my ballot, so I'd say horrifying Reagan/Thatcher-era nuclear war nightmares absolutely count (maybe this will be the kick in the seat I need to finally watch Threads). And I think TV movies should probably get a huge pass in this poll to allow for the inclusion of stuff like Salem's Lot and It.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of which, I nominate:
Ghostwatch
Okay, some more noms:
Häxan (1922)Vampyr (1932)SuspiriaThe Stone TapeValerie & Her Week of WondersBlood on Satan's ClawEraserhead
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
Bird with the Crystal PlumageTenebraeAngry Red PlanetIt! The Terror from Beyond Space
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
Evil Dead IIThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIRinguPhantasm IIThe ChangelingWhite ZombieFrailtyHalloween IIIZombieRec aka [rec]Black Christmas (1974)SlitherMartyrsScannersZombie aka Zombi 2 (1979)Eraserhead
― picture jean rollin (Pillbox), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
^ oops @ Zombie repeat
― picture jean rollin (Pillbox), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
I love how many times Eraserhead is getting nominated. :)
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
will be an easy ballot cuz there are only about 20 respectable horror films ever
and one of the top 5 is Kobayashi's Kwaidan (1964)
figure it will get 3 votes.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 April 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
Added that boring movie to the nominations list.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
also..
The Changeling (1980)
(not the one w/ Angelina Jolie)
― picture jean rollin (Pillbox), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Horror = a gazillion times better a genre than comedy. And often funnier, too.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
know-nothingism reigns, it is the Year Zero!
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
Oh. Oh, oh, oh. I started watching Cathy's Curse last night (from the same 10 for $10 box set that introduced me to the wonderful God Told Me To and Pieces) while going to sleep, and I'll have to finish it to see whether it belongs here, but what I saw was the most jaw-droppingly :O sub-Ed Wood ineptitude which was somehow so inept that it started crossing over into something surreal and unnerving even while it made me laugh. It doesn't feel like something made by human beings or anything with the capacity for conscious thought.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
(Also, horror is way cleverer, has better cinematography, more plot, deeper characterisation... I could go on...)
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, god, yeah, The Changeling. That movie scared the ever-living crap out of me when I was like 12 and saw it on HBO.
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
k, emil.y added to enemies list
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
Glad to see that Morbs will be maintaining the complain-a-thon throughout this poll, as well.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, like months ago.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Morbs is going to take it to the next level on this one.
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariMLet the Right One In (2008)Bloodsucking Freaks
― picture jean rollin (Pillbox), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
You've admitted repeatedly that you don't enjoy being scared and don't like horror movies generally, Morbs, so I suspect the thread will give your cavils all the attention that they merit.
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
actually I won't DWH, since it's my least fave genre and I don't care what you guys think about anything
*into Carrie Weiss's grave*
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
So I really love ringu, dark water, pulse
Any other Japanese horror movies you folks can recommend?
Also loved A Tale of Two Sisters (and The Host which is of a different sort than what I'm looking for here)
So obv looking for recommendations for Korean horror as well
― HE HATES THESE CANS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
omg Carrie Weiss :)
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, April 5, 2012 3:03 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You just can't handle the truth!
I will check out Kwaidan at some point, though, I quite like a good portmanteau.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
C'mon, Morbs, you're not fooling anybody. You may not agree with anything we think, but you care so hard what we think about everything.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
Speaking of which, have we had:
Black Sabbath (Bava, 1963)
?
Austerity Fluffles, I will have a think about Japanese/Korean horror for you. There's definitely some amazing stuff.
― emil.y, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
Dead of NightFrenzyDead RingersMy Bloody Valentine (1981)
― I will transmit this information to (Viceroy), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
^ the way into Eric's knickers
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Thinking of nominating the Paul Schrader "Cat People" just for the lols. Although the scene where Ed Begley gets his arm ripped off by Catcolm McDowell and bleeds to death on the floor scared the pants off me when I was 13.
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
Okay because when I went to the google doc, stuff seemed to move out of order? No idea what happened, but hope it wasn't me.
I added The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and the 1920 and 1931 versions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Waxworks (1924)The Phantom of the Opera (1925)Student of Prague (1926)The Unknown (1927)The Man Who LaughsFreaksWhite ZombieThe Island of Lost SoulsThe Mystery of the Wax MuseumBlack Cat (1934)Mad LoveCat PeopleThe 7th VictimI Walked with a ZombieThe Uninvited (1944)Dead of Night (1945)The Body SnatcherThe Picture of Dorian GreyLes DiaboliquesDementia (1955)The Bad Seed (1956)Curse of the Demon (1957)JigokuLes Yeux Sans VisageThe Innocents
Burn, Witch, BurnMatango: Attack of the Mushroom PeopleBlood FeastOnibabaHush..Hush, Sweet CharlotteThe Masque of the Red Death (1964)The Tomb of LigeiaViyWitchfinder GeneralThe Devil Rides OutSpider BabyHour of the WolfTorture GardenTwisted NerveHorrors of Malformed MenThe Dunwich HorrorThe House That Dripped BloodFour Flies on Grey VelvetBlood on Satan's ClawAsylum (1972)Requium for a VampireThe wicker Man
Vault of HorrorFrom Beyond the GraveThe CraziesA Bell from HellMartinBlue SunshineAlucardaThe BroodPossession (1981)Living Dead GirlBasket CaseThe Company of WolvesPhenomenaRe-AnimatorReturn of the Living DeadGothicNear DarkLair of the White WormPaperhousePin
Evil Dead TrapParentsThe Reflecting SkinCemetery ManCubeMemento MoriThe Devil's BackboneA Tale of Two SistersThe OrphanageLet the Right One In
A Tale of Two Sisters
― MrDasher, Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
Getting the name wrong on one of the most indelible characters in horror history? Sure bet.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
last wave, the (1977)
^ weird that classics like this are still getting nommed, down to the wire and we're still missing good stuff but ah well
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 16 April 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
THE VAULT OF ILX Top 100 HORROR Movies Poll Voting Thread (voting closes May 7)
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Monday, 16 April 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link