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

It's at roughly this point in the Action and Comedy polls that I did a big "What's left" post, which added some specificity to the discussion and annoyed the hell out of a some people. I have no freaking idea what might be in the last 25, and only some of this is because this isn't really my scene. Like, if it didn't recieve a kicking upthread, I'd have assumed that Friday the 13th was still a lock.

And like in those two polls, I imagine that everything will be fairly nailed down this time tomorrow when there's only the top 10 left, so this is a pretty good place to be, savouring the antici.....

I love how "In Bruges" riffs on "Don't Look Now."

i don't think in my lifetime there's been a wider gap between the critics' view of a film and the general public's than with Blair Witch.

...dery.

The Wicker Man is definitely top ten, come now. I'd like to see it win, to be honest, even though it wasn't my number one.

Yeah, I still have approximately no idea what the top 25 will be. I could probably make a list of 10 or so that are absolute locks (and my #1, although a bit on the obscure side, looks to be safely among that top 25, which makes me happy) but I have no idea what the other 15-ish would be. Excitement!

I guess I should rewatch The Wicker Man again. Like, when I'm not actively dozing off throughout it's runtime, maybe.

Oh yeah, my number one is still to come. Would be incredibly surprised if it made the top spot, though.

At this point, I guess Motel Hell isn't going to place.

these are locks, I'd wager:

Exorcist
Shining
Wicker Man
DeadAlive/Braindead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Psycho
Carrie
EvilDead 2
Halloween
Suspiria

+ more Cronenberg

Out of my top ten, 4 have placed, I'm pretty sure 4 are a lock, one was never going to make it, and the other almost surely won't either, but if it does, that is going to be an awesome day.

ive seen all of those on the locks list except Suspiria. should really check that out some day.

I expect Carrie to burn this house down at some point.

Romero's gonna be dominatin' the top 25. And there's that one movie where apparently nobody can hear anybody screaming...

the shining is going to be too high goddammit

Impossible.

I'm assuming these will place, too:

Rosemary's Baby
Salem's Lot
Repulsion
The Thing
Eraserhead

I feel super, super confident that anything that hasn't placed from my top 15 will wind up in the top 25. Aside from my #4 (TESTAMENT, YOU HEATHENS!!!!), whose now-inevitable absence apparently has me in the throes of the 'anger' stage of grieving.

Yeah, Darin, you and Shakey are fairly OTM, I reckon.

xxxxpost yeah Alien and let's not forget Poltergeist...?

xxpost With the possible exception of Salem's Lot. Not that I personally oppose it.

wasn't sure how horror movie partisans in general felt about voting for stuff that is nominally sci-fi/action (Alien, Videodrome, The Thing etc)

I didn't vote for the Shining, completely forgot about it. I'm sure it will do fine without me tho so meh

It may be bias, but I'd be surprised to see Salem's Lot place this high. It just isn't that good.

I am starting to worry that some of my more beloved but non-canonical stuff is not gonna make it - God Told Me To, Basket Case, Society

yeah Salem's Lot is iffy since a lot of folks probably discounted it due to it's tv status, too

lol I wouldn't hold out too much hope for Basket Case!

If I don't see Poltergeist …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtoELWWEoTk

Awww Basket Case. That probably won't place but I mourn its absence with you.

At this point, I guess Motel Hell isn't going to place.

:(

(I am dispirited at the lack of confidence in Motel Hell, here - not suggesting it is out of the running, by any means..)

But who will mourn The Human Centipede with me? ;_;;_;;_;

the shining is going to be too high goddammit

― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:25 PM (6 minutes ago)

how is this not one of the greatest horror films of all time? Are you arguing genre?

I hadn't really considered that the sci-fi thing might compromise votes for Alien and The Thing (don't think Videodrome will make it, but I've already been wrong about approximately 57 things wrt these results). They might wind up towards the bottom of the 25 as a result, but I'm confident they'll show up.

Motel Hell is allright but I didn't vote for it, a bit too slow in places. Harvest sequences are amazing though.

I don't know, ppl are exhibiting some pretty high class taste so far in these results. But Motel Hell is a scrappy, can-do movie so maybe! Just maybe!

There's got to be love for a guy wearing a pig head and having a chainsaw fight, right?

I am starting to worry that some of my more beloved but non-canonical stuff is not gonna make it - God Told Me To, Basket Case, Society

You have a co-God Told Me To voter in me, Shakey, but I don't think it has a chance in hell at this point.

best thing abt Motel Hell imo is the VHS cover art:

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/4074/19802020motel20hell20vh.jpg

Carl, I would not have minded Human Centipede at, say, #89. So I'm basically with you.

I thought The Thing and The Exorcist would be fighting for the top spot and that the former would win.

unless there's a Criterion Collection version of Motel Hell I'm unaware of, it prob won't place :(

xp

how is this not one of the greatest horror films of all time? Are you arguing genre?

― kraudive, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:35 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

shining is not very scary and seems to come at horror from the wrong direction -- why's it so sterile and expensive-looking?

As much as I'm vibin' on these poll results, I'd really like to see the results of a parallel low-class horror movie poll.

Not telling anybody what to do but man I hate the part of the poll where everyone starts speculating on the top results, takes all the fun out of the rollout

Garbage-y stuff I'm sad won't be showing up here: Brain Damage, Pieces, Cathy's Curse, God Told Me To (hell, any Larry Cohen), the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels.

Basket Case is on my ballot, Shakey, so keep hope alive.

The Shining was pretty f. scary I reckon, the scenes in the shower, the twins, REDRUM. It gets to me.

Sterile? Hmm, I really don't get that. The snow and hotel are perfect. This is even before we speak of JN's performance.

I do agree that results so far have been, for lack of a better term, largely "high class". Not sure if that's a good thing or not.

I would've killed a man to get Tourist Trap on this poll.

xp yeah sorry - I agree best not to talk about films before they come.

It was only that I came to the thread and realised I hadn't voted when DNL came too early.

Would 'low-class' mean a lot more US-centric?

not really - see giallo and asian horror