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

btw has Michael Caine ever been worse?

btw has Michael Caine ever been worse?

Talk about releasing the Kraken.

It's such an instantly iconic image.

I can almost tangibly remember my sense of awe when I saw the film for the first time and that image materialized--it really is a thing of beauty.

Michael Caine was also in Stallone's remake of get carter, which was awful.

My memory of Curse of the Cat People is of a fairly gentle film with a lot of wonder. Seeing its placement here, I'm going to assume The Seventh Victim is coming up, or else you're all gonna get it.

ha the fact that the top three known for results wrt michael caine on imdb are the dark knight, batman begins, and the prestige is just so painful to me

i did not vote for any lewton (more on that later) but if i had 7th victim would have been my choice for sure

some people just want to watch the world burn, and all that

obv michael caines finest moments are either in austin powers goldmember or as a voice in gnomeo and juliet or cars 2. looking at this list, jesus the man sure likes a paycheck

scotch costs money

blame it on rio bro

he's a higher-rent Christopher Walken in that regard, then!

Also, I like how your image card notes that DTK had a first-place vote. Nice touch.

"Keep an EYE on that rear-VIEW mirror! ... Oh shit, I'm thinking of HOSTEL. Um ... I'm sure contenderizer will HOWL over our next gristly selection!"

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89. WOLF CREEK
Greg McLean, Australia, 2005
(205 points, 7 votes)

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)

then your opinion is invalid.
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:51 PM (6 years ago)

Wolf Creek was like Hostel only it replaced the National Lampoon's Amsterdam Vacation with Slow Arty Indie Film With Stunning Cinematography/low-brow comedy with beautiful landscapes. FWIW I loved both of them.
― baron kickass von awesomehausen (nickalicious), Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:55 PM (5 years ago)

have somehow managed to avoid seeing wolf creek

it's really well done, just not my kinda thing

will take this opportunity to join the choir of thanks and praise to pillbox for these badass illustrations ("screencaps" seems insufficient)

every time I scroll past wolf creek screengrab I think killer say hi to me

wolf creek = another one that i haven't even heard of, much less watched.

Wolf Creek is fantastic, rises above lots of the modern gritty stuff with a real legit core-hitting menace.

Bitch, you made me vote in this for the express purpose of olding things up and you didn't vote any Lewton?

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.