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

there are only 2 Kubrick films i like more than the shining and that would be 2001 and dr. strangelove. i was even more obsessed w/ the shining than w/ a clockwork orange when i was a teen. it was #2 on my ballot & could've just as easily been #1 so FU shining haters.

I just got off the phone from another DEADLY LONG meeting but WOW
thanks to all of you for making this a fun week, but esp Eric and Pillbox for the hard work

oh and the other person who voted TWM #1

It's the gentlest horror movie in the top 10!

Eric, do you mean only the American the Ring, or do you include Ringu in that rant too?

La Lech, I wanna see your ballot! To the ballots thread, immediatement.

Just the American one. The one directed by the guy responsible for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Which are scarier than The Ring.

I subscribe to the idea that horror movies really came of age in the '60s. I imagine the same people who ran screaming up and down the aisles at The Mummy and The Phantom of the Opera still weren't sure that train wasn't going to bust through the screen and run them down one of these times.

Assuming this isn't trolling, here's more proof (in case anyone needed it) that Boomers have colonized all master narratives.

also, Val Lewton's films (along w/night of the hunter and freaks) are exactly the types of lol old-timey movies that would appeal most strongly to current tastes and sensibilities, even if they aren't gory. so i'm not at all surprised that so many Lewton films ended up in the Top 100.

i also cosign w/ eric's critique of the ring. but whatevah.

ok! momentico...

two people voted for Wake in Fright in a Top 100 Horror poll?! ARE THEY KANGAROOS?????

KJB, you'll have to forgive me if I'm overstating things now. It was a long seven days to remain (mostly) neutral.

But, yeah, poll no doubt voted on by mostly 20- and 30-somethings in preferring the films from 10 years on either side of their birth year shockah.

FTR:

Action poll winner: 1988
Comedy poll winner: 1980
Horror poll winner: 1980

Lewton's four films in the Top 100 was a highlight for me; non-finish of Friday the 13th was also gratifying. (I mean, the lower reaches would have been fine, but at one point I started to wonder if it was going to finish high, and that wouldn't have made sense to me.)

i would like to say i voted for Jacob's Ladder but not The Ring, which i've always regarded as even more of a pop culture flash in the pan than Blair Witch, i was totally surprised by its high ranking

OK, I feel like I ask this w/every poll that I either don't follow or do so only intermittently, but is it possible to see the results w/o loading the entire 4,000-post thread?

Permalink a post for me if that's easiest.

112. The Omen [151/7] 0_o

would never have predicted this so low. i'm amazed.

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

Thanks, Eric.

Much as I was glad to see the Lewton films place (being the one who voted Seventh Victim #1) I'd have to say that the exclusion of The Body Snatcher was probably the major disappointment for me. ILX did get rid of it. :(

I'm pretty surprised by the low placing of the Omen, too. I prefer it to the Exorcist, though it's not one of my favourite horrors by a long shot. It's just kind of fun.

Pirates & The Ring rule!

Eric, you were an AMAZING host. And guys, those stills. Thanks!

Never really cared for The Omen, or frankly many of the evil child sub genre. Recently, Joshua was an exception, but mostly because it's basically a metaphor for having a gay child.

a horror film w/ the 2nd Doctor (who doesn't get regenerated after he gets snuffed), Atticus Fitch & David Warner's flying decapitated head filmed from 4 different camera angles (one of the greatest GOTCHA! moments in film history b/c it was meant to fuck w/ folks who covered their eyes when they saw it coming) will always have a special place in my heart.

i mean, this is just so awesome on so many levels:

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

OK, I feel like I ask this w/every poll that I either don't follow or do so only intermittently, but is it possible to see the results w/o loading the entire 4,000-post thread?

there is this - the "ILX List of Lists" thread, where poll results are linked for future reference

personally, i always wish that poll managers would ask mods to update the OP to include a link to the ballot results (hint hint), but this suggestion hasn't proved terribly popular in the past

or frankly many of the evil child sub genre

Ophan is good for some pitch-black comedy & assorted ott lols

See my evil child faves 34,736 posts ago.

Thanks Eric, this was great. It was fun to make the ballot, and it gave me a lot to watch. I have library rentals of Onibaba and Wicker Man sitting by the TV. Totally feel you on The Ring, it felt like the world's longest Korn video.

Man now that I have seen the top 150 man you people really really hate the hostel movies huh?

Any chance of knowing where they placed Eric?

Totally feel you on The Ring, it felt like the world's longest Korn video.

LOL I voted for The Ring and like it a lot, but very LOL

cosign on LOL'ing at tipsy's comparison of the ring to a Korn video.

There are only about 10 or so of all the films mentioned in this entire thread, including ballots, that I've never heard of. I wonder if they are alternate titles?

oh man i just got home and finally got to look at this thread on my computer rather than my phone. THE GIFS! thank you so much, eric and pillbox.

What a great list. The only thing that bums me is all those wonderful & original films after #100 & seeing Cabin in the Woods in their place.

it's a shame that the impact of Salem's Lot (@ least over here in the UK) was badly diminished by a butchered 'theatrical' edit that was all you could get on VHS, was an hour shorter and made no sense, it was terrible. you couldn't get a full length home video version until the mid 1990s. i'm sure that if you could it'd have the same rep as many of the great King adaptations cause it's bloody terrifying even now. very little has dated about the actual horror aspects.

amazing poll though aye; hats off poll-organiser chaps!

I guess I'm not as completely unschooled on horror as I thought...I've seen 35 of the top 100, and ten more from #101-150.

This has been a lot of fun to follow, even as a non-voter. I have some must-sees on my list now. Thx to Eric and Pillbox for running this.

I wasn't around for the final couple unveilings, so in defense/justification of my #1 vote for Alien, I think it is a.) the greatest monster movie ever, and b.) better at being the best-ever in its category than any of the other best-ever category contenders that I've seen (important caveat). Its real leap (beyond its amazing design and conception) was dispatching with the superfluous hero and boiling the story down to monster vs. damsel. IN SPACE!

Seriously, I think it's one of the greatest movies ever made. I don't know how you could improve it.

You did not just call Ripley a 'damsel'. You did not.

List of movies that didn't get a single vote, fwiw (I will upload the .xls file eventually):

1408
13 Ghosts (1960)
Abby
Absentia
Acacia
Addiction, The (1995)
Alien 3 (1992)
Angry Red Planet
Antibodies
Atrocious
Awful Dr. Orloff, The
Basket Case 2 (1990)
Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991)
Beast with Five Fingers, The
Beast Within, The (1982)
Beloved
Black Belly of the Tarantula, The
Blood Beach (1980)
Bloodsucking Freaks
Blue Sunshine
Body Melt
Boy Meets Girl (1994)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Bride of Re-Animator
Butcher, The
Call of Cthulhu, The (2005)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
Castle Freak (1995)
Cat and the Canary, The
Cat's Eye
Church, The [La Chiesa] (1989)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Cold Night's Death, A (1973)
Criminally Insane (1975)
Crowhaven Farm (1970)
Curse of Frankenstein, The
Dark Half, The
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The (1978)
Day of the Beast, The [Dia de la Bestia] (1995)
Day of the Triffids, The (1962)
Dead and Buried (1981)
Dead Calm
Dead Kids [Strange Behavior] (1981)
Dead of Night (1977)
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Devil Inside Her, The (1977)
Devil Rides Out, The (1968)
Disappearance of Alice Creed, The
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
Don't Deliver Us from Evil
Dorian Gray (1970)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
DUMPLINGS!
Dunwich Horror, The
Dust Devil (1992)
Eaten Alive (1977)
Entrails of a Virgin (1986)
Equus (1977)
Evil Dead Trap
Evil, The
Evilspeak (1981)
Faces of Death
Faculty, The
Feed
Fido
Firestarter
Fly, The (1958)
Forbidden World [Mutant]
Fourth Man, The [The 4th Man] (1983)
Frankenhooker (1990)
Frighteners, The (1996)
From Beyond the Grave
Frontiere(s)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Gate, The (1987)
Geek Maggot Bingo (1983)
Genesis
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971)
Grave Encounters
Graveyard Shift
Grudge, The (2004)
Habit (1995)
Halloween II (2009)
Hampshire
Hardware (1990)
Hatchet
Haunted Castle, The [Le Manoir du Diable]
Haunting in Connecticut, The
Hell Night
Hidden, The (1987)
Hills Have Eyes, The (2006)
Hiruko the Goblin
Horde, The
Horseman, The
Hospital Brut
House by the Cemetery (1981)
House of 1000 Corpses
House Of Whipcord (1974)
House on Cuckoo Lane, The
House That Dripped Blood, The
Human Centipede 2: The Full Sequence, The
Idle Hands (1999)
Initiation of Sarah, The (1978)
Interview With The Vampire
Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996)
Isolation (2005)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
It's Alive
It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive
Jack Frost (1996)
Jennifer (1978)
Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
Keep, The
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Kissed
Last House on the Left, The (2009)
Lawnmower Man, The (1992)
Legend Of Hell House, The
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Leprechaun 2
Lisa And The Devil
Living Dead Girl
Love - Zero = Infinity [Iyarashii hitozuma: ureru] (1994)
Love Letters to a Portuguese Nun (1977)
Machine Girl, The
Man's Best Friend (1993)
Mangler, The
Maniac Cop
Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People
Maximum Overdrive
Meet The Applegates
Mimic (1997)
Mum & Dad
Murder Party
My Little Eye
Mystery of the Wax Museum, The
Nadja (1994)
Needful Things
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Night of Fear
Night of the Creeps
Nightmares (1983)
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
One Missed Call
Other, The (1972)
Parents
Phantasm II (1988)
Picture of Dorian Grey, The
Pit, The (1981)
Planet of the Vampires
Possessed, The (1977)
Prom Night (1980)
Prophecy, The (1995)
Psycho 2
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
Quiet Family, The
Quiet Place in the Country, A (1969)
R-Point
Raising Cain
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Razorback (1984)
RED (2008)
Requiem for a Vampire
Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
Riding The Bullet
Rituals (1977)
Rogue
Rubber
Ruins, The
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Santa's Slay
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
Sauna (2008)
Save the Green Planet!
Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1994)
Secret Window
See No Evil [Blind Terror] (1971)
Sender, The (1982)
Sexykiller (2008)
Shadow
Shallow Ground
Shatter Dead (1994)
Shiver
Shutter (2004)
Shuttle
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Silver Bullet
Singapore Sling
Slaughter High
Sleepwalkers
Snuff
Species (1995)
Spiral (2000)
Splinter
Squirm (1976)
Stacy [Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies] (2001)
Stendhal Syndrome, The (1996)
Stepfather, The (1987)
Street Trash (1987)
Student of Prague (1926)
Super 8
Teeth
Tell Me Something
Terror Train (1980)
Thankskilling
They Came Back [Les Revenants]
They Don't Cut the Grass Anymore (1985)
Thinner
Thirst (2009)
Three
Torture Garden
Tourist Trap
Toxic Avenger, The (1984)
Twisted Nerve
Twitch Of The Death Nerve
Ugly, The (1997)
Ungodly, The [The Perfect Witness]
Versus
Village of the Damned (1995)
Violent Kind, The
Wages of Fear, The
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
Waxworks (1924)
When a Stranger Calls
Whispering Corridors
Wishmaster (1997)
Wishmaster 2 (1999)
Witch Who Came From the Sea, The (1976)
Wolf (1994)
Woman, The (2011)
Xtro (1983)

Is there a 1 vote, 1 point list? Or did all films end up with more than one point?

You did not just call Ripley a 'damsel'. You did not.

distressed, even

xposts:

Only in genre terms! I mean, she is this fusion of the girl chased by the monster and the dragon-slaying hero all in one.

The five 1 vote, 1 point movies:

My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Nekromantik (1987)
Shiver of the Vampire
Uncle Sam
Wayward Cloud, The [Tian bian yi duo yun] (2005)

i woulda voted for nekromantik had i remembered.

i toyed with just c+p'ing the "video nasties" entry on wiki as my ballot.

Oh, from the no voters:

Black Belly of the Tarantula, The - a friend lent me this, but didn't make it to watching before voting ended, it's supposed to be good.
Blue Sunshine - was tempted to vote for this solely on the basis of the trailer, but didn't.
Body Melt - think I saw this, but only really remember Street Trash well of the melt movies.
Gate, The (1987) - awww, this isn't bad. Poor the Gate.
House by the Cemetery (1981) - really? Nobody? I mean, BOB'S VOICE is worth a point, surely?
House Of Whipcord (1974) - I thought this was supposed to be okay?
Parents - surprised by this. Not amazing, but of the right era for our demographic.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale - I really liked this film. A lot. But not enough for top 50 horrors.
Street Trash (1987) - what the hell? No votes? I knew I should've voted for this.
Student of Prague (1926) - this is pretty good from what I remember, too.
Witch Who Came From the Sea, The (1976) - again, I'm sure I've heard good things about this.

List of movies that didn't get a single vote, fwiw (I will upload the .xls file eventually):

Basket Case 2 (1990)
Blue Sunshine
Body Melt
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Bride of Re-Animator
Call of Cthulhu, The (2005)
Castle Freak (1995)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Day of the Beast, The [Dia de la Bestia] (1995)
Dead and Buried (1981)
Dead Calm
Dead Kids [Strange Behavior] (1981)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Dust Devil (1992)
Evilspeak (1981)
Faculty, The
Fly, The (1958) (HOLY CRAP @ THIS!!!)
Forbidden World [Mutant]
Fourth Man, The [The 4th Man] (1983)
Frankenhooker (1990)
Frighteners, The (1996)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Hardware (1990)
Hidden, The (1987)
Hiruko the Goblin
House of 1000 Corpses
Isolation (2005)
Keep, The
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Legend Of Hell House, The
Machine Girl, The
Nadja (1994)
Night of the Creeps
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Parents
Phantasm II (1988)
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
Rubber
Save the Green Planet!
Sender, The (1982)
Singapore Sling
Spiral (2000)
Stacy [Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies] (2001)
Stepfather, The (1987)
Street Trash (1987)
Teeth
Thirst (2009)
Twitch Of The Death Nerve
Ugly, The (1997)
Waxworks (1924)
Wishmaster (1997)
Wishmaster 2 (1999)
Witch Who Came From the Sea, The (1976)
Woman, The (2011)
Xtro (1983)

^ these are all good-to-great! could carve a satisfactory anti-ballot just out of stuff that got no votes.

In 2010, Arrow Video released a 2 DVD set in the UK featuring the documentary Meltdown Memoirs along with a previously unavailable featurette with Jane Arakawa and the booklet 42nd Street Trash: The Making of the Melt written by c-man.[11]

(i know, i know. but it still makes me 0_o.)

Tipsy, you know that Ripley's character was originally written as a man? I mean, I'm not one to say that intent is everything, but I wonder how that affects your reading.