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

Now imagine it done with CGI & resist shooting self in face.

I think my perfect man is a cross between Jack Burton + Macready, ie Kurt Russell in a truck in the snow , lol

I fear a carpenter fan fic session about to surface

how many of you saw the '51 Thing?

What you ppl wd consider the best ROMANTIC COMEDIES (show respect) is way scarier than anything in this poll.

macho by the numbers? boo

that makes it sound like a crummy seagal movie. The Thing has all that intensity of WHO THE FUCK IS THE MONSTER. I love that. No friends, no nothing, just you and whichever one of you's the alien

I mean it has to be reductive because of the situation, it's a kill or be killed scenario so I personally don't really want nuances and emoting, I want to see decisive actions and impulsive bravery and bizarre outbursts of violence and cowardly behaviour

it's just my kinda movie, lol

I'm okay with The Thing being all dudes, btw. I am not a fan of token women characters; it's pandering and does more harm than good.

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how many of you saw the '51 Thing?

it's okay

YeAh. It's pretty good.

Years ago--phantom-directed by Hawks, right? James Arness looks like a big carrot.

http://www.darkrecesses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/James-Arness-The-Thing.jpg

I would not try to eat this carrot

<3 the hallway scene in the thing from another world

blarch

http://www.darkrecesses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/James-Arness-The-Thing.jpg

macho by the numbers? boo

that makes it sound like a crummy seagal movie. The Thing has all that intensity of WHO THE FUCK IS THE MONSTER. I love that. No friends, no nothing, just you and whichever one of you's the alien

yeah, i don't see the thing as an oppressively "macho" movie. if anything, the tough guy stuff is dialed back relative to both assault on precinct 13 and escape from new york. it's more matter of fact, less wildly imaginative than the horror films i tend to like, but the monster more than makes up for any deficiencies in that department.

don't particularly care for the '51 original.

"If you can just stick a cowboy hat on him, you might have something..."

Carpenter's take on The Thing is almost as amazing as Cronenberg's take on The Fly.

the monster effects in The Thing are my favorite though. God it is still such a trip seeing it even today.

I'm trying to decide if I should go home now or wait out the top two at work...

"Can John HURT get an epidural?!"

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/7263436354_8ded5f9fb3_o.gif

02. ALIEN
Ridley Scott, USA, 1979
(1209 points, 33 votes, 4 first-place votes)

that maternal subtext is HUGE and significantly complicates the subtext of the first (ripley defending her womanhood against the asexual rapaciousness of the alien and the asexual murderous logic of the android)
the sexual subtexts are easily the best thing about the alien movies - why else have giger design the shit?
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:19 PM (7 years ago)

alien is my comfort movie
― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Friday, November 14, 2008 4:19 PM (3 years ago)

I am the HR Giger of cock.
― Snappy (sexyDancer), Monday, February 7, 2005 7:39 PM (7 years ago)

"Um, FIENDS … It looks like the RomCom crew already banded together to PRE-COUNTERSTRIKE!"

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/7264151058_c2df5fc03c_o.gif

01. GHOST
Jerry Zucker, USA, 1990
(1577 points, 42 votes, 7 first-place votes)

Dude, Ghost is mad sad, it's about a dude what gets killed for some reason that I forget and then killer guy macks his wife and she makes pots or something and lezzed up with Whoopi, ok I don't really remember what happens in Ghost but I remember it was damn ass sad.
― Allyzay, Monday, March 1, 2004 7:29 PM (8 years ago)

Ghost gave a really big boost to Whoopi Goldberg's career.
― Aimless, Friday, April 10, 2009 8:25 PM (3 years ago)

The Thing is so damn manly with all those guys & their beards.

Fans of this need to see the 80s The Blob, which deserves much more love than it gets.

That Blob remake is on my ballot.

I had already seen The Thing probably a dozen times before I was married, so the first time I watched it with my wife it was pure delight anticipating how she would react to the scares. During the blood test scene I think she jumped about 85 feet in the air.

I've discussed the 1951 version w/Morbs before, and while it's a fine movie, I have always been a big fan of the original story, and I think Hawks's version simply fails as an adaptation. It ignores the concerns with identity and paranoia and isolation that Carpenter nails so well, and replaces them with what would quickly become well-worn sci-fi/horror tropes about monsters and the pinko scientists who love them/fail to recognize the threat. (And no, it doesn't get a break for helping to invent those tropes.)

Bwahahahhaaa

Alien was my #1 btw.

macho by the numbers? boo

that makes it sound like a crummy seagal movie. The Thing has all that intensity of WHO THE FUCK IS THE MONSTER. I love that. No friends, no nothing, just you and whichever one of you's the alien

yeah, i don't see the thing as an oppressively "macho" movie. if anything, the tough guy stuff is dialed back relative to both assault on precinct 13 and escape from new york. it's more matter of fact, less wildly imaginative than the horror films i tend to like, but the monster more than makes up for any deficiencies in that department.

― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:08 PM (1 minute ago)

keep in mind that you + VG are debating the perceptions of 11yo me lol

'50s Thing From Another World is fine (they're watching it in Halloween!) but it's still pretty strictly b-movie TV grade, and not scary/intense. I don't think of the remake as macho, necessarily. Dudes are scared and panicking, not to mention, you know, losing.

Alien a satisfyingly canonical non-canonical pick.

lol 7 first place votes

Alien did terrify me when it came out, but whatever it is that brings me back to a horror film once the scares are registered, that was missing.

A+ inclusion of still from wrong film too

xp

looool @ Cosby, well played

"I hope that rug was CROTCH-guarded!"

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7264151606_ca054a40b2_o.gif

01. THE SHINING
Stanley Kubrick, USA-UK, 1980
(1467 points, 38 votes, 4 first-place votes)

The Shining

I'm trying to think if any other Great Director's Worst Film has inspired such slavish devotion...
― Dr Morbius, Monday, November 26, 2007 8:01 AM (4 years ago)

I'd remix this movie by using it as kindling
― El Tomboto, Monday, November 26, 2007 2:18 PM (4 years ago)

If anybody here could provide me with information regarding the paintings/posters of nude women with afros on Scatman Crothers' character Dick Hallorann's walls, I would greatly appreciate it. Extensive Googling has turned up nil so far.
― Stuart, Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:47 PM (9 years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/IhOqq.jpg
― Chris S, Friday, March 2, 2012 11:53 AM (2 months ago)

can't front, I love alien so much

there's a thread around here where I wax nostalgically about the many alien toys I was able to buy cheap in 1979 because really who was going to buy alien toys for their kids

my gf just got really excited reading over my shoulder when ghost appeared.

the hawks 'thing' is great and classic for what it is (great credit sequence, evil blood-sucking plants, archetypal scientist who sympathizes with the alien over humanity, 'KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES!'), but it's kind of silly to act like carpenter invented all this 'gory' stuff as a crass desecration of the original film when virtually ALL of the mindfuck/gore stuff is in john w. campbell's original story.

no posts from sexydancer in re: the shining seems cruel

hahaha The Ghost Dad bit is precious and adorable.

dying @ Shining stills

Love that carpet in the gif.

Even though Ridley considers the theatrical cut his "director's cut," I think Alien does benefit from exactly two additions in the longer cut: The scene where they listen to the alien beacon, which is an amazing piece of sound design; and the longer version of Harry Dean Stanton's death, where Kotto and Weaver run in at the end and his blood splashes down on them.

Yeah, but you see too much monster.

The Shining opened Memorial Day weekend, 1980.
32 years ago on May 23 … another mirroring … another memory.

http://kdk12.tumblr.com/post/23620658431/32-years-ago-on-may-23

disappointed the shining won, was kind of hoping ilx would throw up something a bit diff like anguish or something. but, beyond all that, bravo and thank you to eric and pillbox for a, frankly, classy thread.

All those pentagons in the carpet conclusive proof that Kubrick directed the fake-moon-landing footage.

Yay the Shining! I know there will be haters, but I'm really happy to see this at number 1. It was number 2 on my ballot.

Like I mentioned before, seeing this on the big screen was game changing. I already loved it, but seeing it in a theater gives lets you immerse yourself in the sound, which ratchets up the paranoia. And seeing the patterns used in the set (you can see good examples in the screen caps - also LOL Simpsons :D - the hedge maze, the carpet, the wallpaper) spread out huge in front of your face. It's a whole different experience.

Is The Shining the most symmetrical movie ever made?

Poor Morbs, he hates both of the top two. Sorry we disappoint, here's a peace offering:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KvVwrmIDvzs/TPP1ObNeROI/AAAAAAAAABo/LltQxxdnFyo/s1600/Brooklyn%2BLager.jpg

thread = poll xxp

anguish was in my top ten. speaking of which, eric, do you want to roll out stats before people share their ballots or?

xxxposts

I'll post some bonus stats now.

First off, a total recap.

001. The Shining [1980, 1467 points, 38 votes, 4 first-place votes]
002. Alien [1979, 1209 points, 33 votes, 4 first-place votes]
003. The Thing [1982, 1117 points, 31 votes, 1 first-place vote]
004. Rosemary's Baby [1968, 1091 points, 30 votes, 1 first-place vote]
005. The Wicker Man [1973, 1057 points, 33 votes, 2 first-place votes]
006. Psycho [1960, 1049 points, 28 votes, 1 first-place vote]
007. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974, 1031 points, 27 votes, 8 first-place votes]
008. Suspiria [1977, 1014 points, 29 votes, 2 first-place votes]
009. Night of the Living Dead [1968, 961 points, 27 votes]
010. Carrie [1976, 945 points, 26 votes, 2 first-place votes]

011. The Fly [1986, 871 points, 29 votes, 1 first-place vote]
012. Repulsion [1965, 863 points, 26 votes, 1 first-place vote]
013. The Exorcist [1973, 862 points, 25 votes, 1 first-place vote]
014. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn [1987, 849 points, 26 votes]
015. Eraserhead [1977, 790 points, 22 votes]
016. Dawn of the Dead [1978, 728 points, 22 votes, 1 first-place vote]
017. Videodrome [1983, 673 points, 23 votes]
018. Halloween [1978, 662 points, 21 votes]
019. The Night of the Hunter [1955, 610 points, 17 votes, 1 first-place vote]
020. Poltergeist [1982, 603 points, 23 votes]

021. Braindead [Dead Alive] [1992, 598 points, 19 votes]
022. Jacob's Ladder [1990, 565 points, 17 votes, 4 first-place votes]
023. Possession [1981, 565 points, 17 votes, 2 first-place votes]
024. Carnival Of Souls [1962, 560 points, 20 votes, 1 first-place vote]
025. Let the Right One In [Låt den rätte komma in] [2008, 547 points, 25 votes]
026. Don't Look Now [1973, 547 points, 19 votes, 2 first-place vote]
027. The Ring [2001, 536 points, 17 votes, 1 first-place vote]
028. The Blair Witch Project [1999, 526 points, 20 votes]
029. Audition [Ōdishon] [1999, 519 points, 18 votes]
030. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [1978, 511 points, 15 votes]

031. The Evil Dead [1981, 501 points, 17 votes]
032. Inland Empire [2006, 482 points, 14 votes]
033. Freaks [1932, 475 points, 18 votes]
034. The Descent [2005, 471 points, 20 votes, 1 first-place vote]
035. House [Hausu] [1977, 467 points, 19 votes]
036. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [1920, 467 points, 18 votes, 1 first-place vote]
037. The Silence of the Lambs [1991, 445 points, 16 votes]
038. Black Christmas [1974, 437 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote]
039. The Haunting [1963, 434 points, 14 votes]
040. The Birds [1963, 431 points, 17 votes]

041. Nosferatu [1922, 417 points, 16 votes]
042. Peeping Tom [1960, 392 points, 12 votes, 1 first-place vote]
043. A Nightmare On Elm Street [1984, 384 points, 16 votes, 1 first-place vote]
044. Ringu [1998, 382 points, 12 votes]
045. Pulse [Kairo] [2001, 375 points, 13 votes, 1 first-place vote]
045. Deep Red [Profondo Rosso] [1975, 374 points, 15 votes]
046. Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage] [1960, 371 points, 16 votes]
047. An American Werewolf in London [1981, 368 points, 11 votes]
048. Jaws [1975, 363 points, 12 votes]
050. Sleepaway Camp [1983, 350 points, 10 votes]

051. The Brood [1979, 348 points, 13 votes]
052. Re-Animator [1985, 342 points, 13 votes]
053. The Tenant [1976, 338 points, 11 votes]
054. 28 Days Later [2002, 331 points, 13 votes]
055. Candyman [1992, 326 points, 14 votes]
056. The Vanishing [Spoorloos] [1988, 326 points, 11 votes]
057. The Bride of Frankenstein [1935, 326 points, 9 votes]
058. Martyrs [2008, 319 points, 10 votes]
059. Cat People [1942, 316 points, 12 votes]
060. Vampyr [1932, 314 points, 8 votes]

061. M [1931, 312 points, 9 votes, 1 first-place vote]
062. Frankenstein [1931, 301 points, 13 votes]
063. Shaun of the Dead [2004, 301 points, 11 votes]
064. Gremlins [1984, 299 points, 12 votes]
065. Mulholland Dr. [2001, 299 points, 9 votes]
066. The Innocents [1961, 298 points, 10 votes]
067. Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] [1968, 292 points, 10 votes]
068. Cure [Kyua] [1997, 289 points, 9 votes]
069. Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore] [1994, 288 points, 8 votes, 1 first-place vote]
070. Let's Scare Jessica to Death [1971, 272 points, 11 votes]

071. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1986, 272 points, 10 votes]
072. (tie) Curse of the Demon [Night of the Demon] [1957, 261 points, 9 votes]
072. (tie) Drag Me To Hell [2009, 261 points, 9 votes]
074. Threads [1984, 251 points, 6 votes]
075. (tie) Creepshow [1982, 250 points, 10 votes]
075. (tie) Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [1956, 250 points, 10 votes]
077. Pan's Labyrinth [2006, 246 points, 9 votes]
078. Hellraiser [1987, 232 points, 10 votes]
079. Dead Ringers [1988, 228 points, 8 votes]
080. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht [1979, 226 points, 8 votes]

081. Duel [1971, 224 points, 8 votes]
082. Kwaidan [1964, 224 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote]
083. Picnic at Hanging Rock [1975, 220 points, 7 votes]
084. Near Dark [1987, 219 points, 10 votes]
085. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [1992, 218 points, 8 votes]
086. Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm] [1968, 209 points, 10 votes]
087. I Walked with a Zombie [1943, 208 points, 8 votes]
088. The Seventh Victim [1943, 206 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote]
089. Wolf Creek [2005, 205 points, 7 votes]
090. Dressed To Kill [1980, 202 points, 8 votes, 1 first-place vote]

091. Curse of the Cat People [1944, 200 points, 5 votes]
092. Onibaba [1964, 191 points, 7 votes]
093. Seven [1995, 189 points, 10 votes]
094. Paranormal Activity [2007, 189 points, 7 votes]
095. The Cabin in the Woods [2012, 189 points, 6 votes]
096. May [2002, 186 points, 8 votes]
097. Rec [rec] [2007, 178 points, 7 votes]
098. Blood on Satan's Claw [Satan's Skin] [1971, 177 points, 8 votes]
099. Pontypool [2008, 176 points, 7 votes]
100. Phantasm [1979, 175 points, 8 votes]

<3

Also, I'll post the images all alone in a separate thread sometime tomorrow. Unless someone else wants to scrape the code today. Too DEAD tired to do it right now.

101 has gotta be God Told Me To.