Tales From The ILX Top 100 Horror Movies Poll Discussion/Nominations Thread

my wife did too

So did mine, and she doesn't much care for horror.

lol i just realized Morbs took a powder because the Mets game is on

Frankenstein (1931)

^sure it must be on ther list, but searched the thread and didn't see it on there (google docs blocked at work)

oddly enough it is not (tho bride of is)

we have a long way to go on the noms list

e.g.

creature of the black lagoon

I like the sequels but doubt they'd get many votes

Current list for those who can't get to the Google doc. 446 entries so far.

13 Ghosts (1960)
13 Tzameti
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
30 Days of Night
7th Victim, The
Abandoned, The
Abby
Acacia
Alice, Sweet Alice
Alien
Alucarda
American Werewolf in London, An
Amityville Horror, The (1979)
Angry Red Planet
Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist [L'Anticristo] (1974)
April Fool's Day
Asylum (1972)
Attack the Block
Audition
Awful Dr. Orloff, The
Bad Ronald (1974)
Bad Seed, The (1956)
Basket Case
Begotten
Bell from Hell, A
Beloved
Below
Beyond, The
Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The
Birds, The
Black Cat (1934)
Black Christmas (1974)
Black Sabbath
Black Sunday
Black Swan
Blade
Blair Witch Project, The
Blind Beast [Moju]
Blob, The (1958)
Blob, The (1988)
Blood Beach (1980)
Blood Feast
Blood on Satan's Claw
Bloodsucking Freaks
Blue Sunshine
Body Melt
Body Snatcher, The
Brain Damage
Braindead [Dead Alive]
Bride of Frankenstein, The
Bride of Re-Animator
Brood, The
Bucket of Blood, A
Bug
Burn, Witch, Burn
Cabin Fever
Cabin in the Woods, The (2012)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Calvaire
Candyman
Cannibal Holocaust
Carnival Of Souls
Carrie (1976)
Carry On Screaming
Cat and the Canary, The
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1982)
Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore]
Changeling, The
Child's Play
City of the Living Dead [The Gates of Hell]
Clean, Shaven
Cloverfield
Cold Night's Death, A (1973)
Company of Wolves, The
Craft, The
Crazies, The (1973)
Crazies, The (2010)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creepshow
Creepshow 2
Cronos
Crowhaven Farm (1970)
Cube
Cure [Kyua]
Curse of Frankenstein, The
Curse of the Demon [Night of the Demon] (1957)
Dagon
Dahmer
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The (1978)
Dark Water
Daughters of Darkness
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dead Calm
Dead End (2003)
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1977)
Deadgirl (2008)
Deathdream [Dead of Night] (1972)
Deep Red [Profondo Rosso]
Dementia (1955)
Demons
Descent, The
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Devil Rides Out, The
Devil's Backbone, The
Devil's Rejects, The
Devils, The
Diabolique [Les Diaboliques]
Disappearance of Alice Creed, The
Dog Soldiers
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
Don't Look Now
Dorian Gray (1970)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Drag Me To Hell
Dressed To Kill
Duel (1971)
DUMPLINGS!
Dunwich Horror, The
Eaten Alive (1977)
Embodiment of Evil
Eraserhead
Event Horizon
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
Evil Dead Trap
Evil Dead, The
Exorcist 3, The
Exorcist II: The Heretic, The
Exorcist, The
Eye, The
Eyes Of Laura Mars
Eyes Without A Face
Faces of Death
Faculty, The
Faust (1926)
Feed
Final Destination
Final Destination 2
Fly, The (1986)
Fog, The
Forbidden World [Mutant]
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Frailty
Frankenstein (1931)
Freaks
Friday The 13th Part II
Fright Night (1985)
From Beyond
From Beyond the Grave
From Dusk Til Dawn
From Hell
Frontiere(s)
Funny Games (1997)
Fury, The
Ganja and Hess
Gargoyles (1972)
Gemini
Ghostwatch (1992)
Ginger Snaps
God Told Me To
Golem, The (1920)
Gothic
Gremlins
Grudge, The (2004)
Halloween
Halloween II (2009)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Hampshire
Hands of Orlac, The
Hannibal
Happiness of the Katakuris, The
Haunted Castle, The [Le Manoir du Diable]
Haunting, The (1963)
Haute Tension
Häxan (1922)
Hell Night
Hellraiser
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Hidden, The
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
Hiruko the Goblin
Hitcher, The (1986)
Home Movie (2008)
Homicidal
Horrors of Malformed Men
Horseman, The
Host, The
Hostel
Hostel Part II
Hour of the Wolf
House (1987)
House [Hausu] (1977)
House of 1000 Corpses
House of the Devil, The
House of Wax (2005)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
House That Dripped Blood, The
Howling, The
Human Centipede: First Sequence, The
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
I Saw the Devil
I Walked with a Zombie
Ichi the Killer
In My Skin
In The Mouth of Madness
Initiation of Sarah, The (1978)
Inland Empire
Innocents, The
Inside [À l'intérieur]
Interview With The Vampire
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
Irreversible
Island of Lost Souls, The
It
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
It's Alive
It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive
Jack Frost (1996)
Jacob's Ladder
Jaws
Jigoku
Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
Keep, The
Kill List
Kissed
Kwaidan
Lair of the White Worm
Last House on Dead End Street
Last House on the Left (1972)
Legend Of Hell House, The
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Let Me In (2010)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Lifeforce
Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane, The
Living Dead Girl
Lost Boys, The
Lost Highway
Lost, The [Jack Ketchum's The Lost]
M
Mad Love
Man Who Laughs, The
Maniac Cop
Marebito
Martin
Martyrs
Masque of the Red Death, The (1964)
Massacre at Central High
Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People
May
Meet The Applegates
Memento Mori
Memories of Murder
Messiah of Evil
Mist, The
Mother's Day (1980)
Mulholland Drive
Murder Loves Killers Too
My Bloody Valentine
Mystery of the Wax Museum, The
Naked Lunch
Near Dark
Night of Fear
Night of the Creeps
Night of the Hunter, The
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
Old Dark House, The
Omen, The
One Missed Call
Onibaba
Orphanage, The
Other, The (1972)
Others, The (2001)
Outer Space
Pan's Labyrinth
Paperhouse
Paranormal Activity
Parents
Peeping Tom
People Under the Stairs, The
Phantasm
Phantasm II
Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
Phenomena
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picture of Dorian Grey, The
Pieces
Pin
Planet of the Vampires
Planet Terror
Poltergeist
Pontypool
Possessed, The (1977)
Possession (1981)
Prince of Darkness
Prom Night (1980)
Psycho
Psycho 2
Psychomania
Pulse
Pumpkinhead
Quiet Family, The
Rabid
Raising Cain
Ravenous
Re-Animator
Rebecca
Rec [rec]
Re-Cycle
RED (2008)
Reflecting Skin, The
Repulsion
Requium for a Vampire
Return of the Living Dead
Ring, The (2001)
Ringu
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Rosemary's Baby
R-Point
Rubber
Salem's Lot (1979)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Santa's Slay
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
Sauna (2008)
Saw
Scanners
Scream
Scream, Blackula, Scream
Sentinal, The
Serpent and the Rainbow, The
Session 9
Seven
Severance
Sexykiller (2008)
Shadow
Shadow of the Vampire
Shallow Grave
Shaun of the Dead
Sheitan
Shining, The
Shivers
Shock Waves
Shrooms
Shutter (2004)
Signal, The
Silence of the Lambs, The
Sisters (1973)
Slaughter High
Sleepaway Camp
Sleepy Hollow
Slither
Son of Dracula
Spider Baby
Splinter
Squirm (1976)
Stir of Echoes
Stone Tape, The
Straight-Jacket
Strangers, The
Straw Dogs (1971)
Stuck
Student of Prague (1926)
Suicide Club
Super 8
Suspiria
Tale of Two Sisters, A
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Teeth
Tell Me Something
Tenant, The
Tenebrae
Testament
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Theatre of Blood
Them [Ils] (2006)
Them! (1954)
They Came Back [Les Revenants]
They Live
Thing, The (1982)
Threads
Three
Three... Extremes
Throne of Blood
Tingler, The
Tomb of Ligeia, The
Torture Garden
Toxic Avenger, The
Tremors
Trial, The (1962)
Trick r' Treat
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Trouble Every Day
Twisted Nerve
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Uncle Sam
Underworld
Ungodly, The [The Perfect Witness]
Uninvited, The (1944)
Unknown, The
Unknown, The (1927)
Uzumaki [Spiral]
Valerie & Her Week of Wonders
Vampyr (1932)
Vanishing, The (1988)
Vault of Horror, The
Versus
Videodrome
Village of the Damned
Visitor Q
Viy
Wait Until Dark
Wake in Fright
Waxworks (1924)
Waxworks (1924)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
When a Stranger Calls
White Zombie
Wicker Man, The
Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm]
Wizard of Gore, The
Wolf Creek
Woman in Black, The (2012)
Woman in the Dunes
Woman, The (2011)
Woods, The (2006)
Zombie [Zombi 2] (1979)

lol i just realized Morbs took a powder because the Mets game is on

haven't even checked the score, actually. You know me well.

buhbye

if you type his name three times in a thread, he appears

this is a fave ---> The Devil's Backbone

For info Blood on Satan's Claw was retitled Satan's Skin in the US.

Apologies if any of these are listed under different names:

Tombs Of The Blind Dead
Blood and Black Lace
Night Of The Hunted (Rollin)
Vampyros Lesbos
She Killed In Ecstasy
The Short Night Of Glass Dolls
Who Saw Her Die?
Five Dolls For An August Moon
All The Colours Of The Dark
The Strange Vice Of Mrs Wardh
What Are These Strange Drops Of Blood Doing On Jennifer's Body?
The House With Laughing Windows
Twitch Of The Death Nerve
Inferno (Argento)
Your Vice Is A Locked Door And Only I Have The Key
Terror At The Opera

Oh, why not:

Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

The first four are as far as I'm willing to go.

Death Takes a Coffee Break
The Corpse Came Gift-Wrapped
Dial N for Nurder

if there's a minimum, it needs to be much lower than 20 IMO, otherwise you are... filtering out the people who aren't as well-versed in the genre

what a savage, unthinkable approach that is, btw.

Truth bomb.

dream warriors has some pretty creepy moments iirc

no new nightmare for you eh

Death Takes a Coffee Break
The Corpse Came Gift-Wrapped
Dial N for Nurder

Almost included these btw, but no.

Grave Encounters
Atrocious
Violent Kind, The
Horde, The
Genesis (if shorts are allowed)
Chaser, The
Midnight Meat Train
Shuttle
Butcher, The
Terror Train (1980)
Hatchet
Donkey Punch
Shiver (NOT the same as shivers)
Antibodies
Shallow Ground

Ooh, with TV movies allowed we can have the BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, right? In that case:

Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
Signalman, The (1976)

If anyone wants to rule these out then I don't mind so much, the fewer amazing things I have to choose from then the less arduous task I have ahead of me.

But anyone who hasn't seen them - do so! Classic creepy stories for sitting around a low-burning hearth. Brrrr.

What are some all time movies that horror fans would know but would probably be obscure to a relatively mainstream audience?

I will try to watch some of these so as to give consideration to things that should place high.

― HE HATES THESE CANS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, April 5, 2012 5:48 PM (1 hour ago)

off the top of my head, black christmas, sleepaway camp, martyrs

thanks, jjj!

The Black Cat (1934, Edgar G Ulmer)

Karloff & Lugosi's finest moments together -- "bit by bit!"

dream warriors has some pretty creepy moments iirc

Ayup.

no new nightmare for you eh

Anope.

martyrs...*shudder*
I did not enjoy/like that much at all

We also need to keep Nightmare on Elm Street 2 in mind if we ever do a 'films with a barely disguised gay subtext' poll.

it's not for everybody... even the director hates it!

I thought about voting for The Cat and the Canary in the comedy poll, but I need to rewatch it; been over a decade now :/
Trying to think of the best Lon Chaney films to nominate.

Oh wait, there's already been a bunch of nominations for The Unknown, which tbh is the one which functions best w/our present-day understanding of horror.

Midnight Meat Train sounds promising

reading the wiki entry of Martyrs does not make me want to see it, I gotta say... why is it such a big deal?

Glad to see The Man Who Laughs is up for consideration - more a melodrama, but gloomy'n'Expressionist to count. Conrad Veidt is the dreamiest!

xxp It's based on a Cliver Barker story. Haven't seen it yet.

actually it seems to have decent reviews

Yeah, my ballot is going to very bereft of French new wave horror. And heavy on camp. Apologies in advance.

well 71% on Rotten Tomatoes is probably less than exemplary xp

reading the wiki entry of Martyrs does not make me want to see it, I gotta say... why is it such a big deal?

― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, April 5, 2012 3:23 PM (5 minutes ago)

best horror film of the last 10 years imo. brutal & pitiless in its exploration of pain and sadism, nihilist to the core.

tho part of the "fun" is not knowing where it's going, avoid spoilers if possible

Not trying to inject another Taxi Driver diversion, but I don't see Blue Velvet yet. I wasn't going to mention it at all, but I do see Lost Highway on the list. For me, BV isn't just a much better film, it's also much more frightening.

Fire Walk with Me

I think that's a legit horror movie, but I wouldn't put up a fight if it gets rejected.

for about half of martyrs you're unsure who is the victim and who is the victimizer, and once you do it attempts to grind yr soul into a fine powder. how it makes its way out of its untenable plot positions is a vicious thing of beauty.

Like I said upthread, I wouldn't complain about the nomination of pretty much any Lynch film. Might get a bit testy if The Straight Story winds up in the top ten, but we'll cross that bridge once we've slowly driven our riding mowers up to it.

I didn't think either Sleepaway Camp or Black Christmas were that far removed from mainstream notice, tbh? I mean, Sleepaway Camp was used in a Robot Chicken sketch and Black Christmas was remade in 2006

Anyone that hasn't seen Ghostwatch (1992) should get themselves over to Youtube - after reading the back story a little maybe. Really chilled me when it was first shown. I'm glad it is allowed.

The Thing is gonna win this, right?

My fave might have to be Don't Look Now - a beautiful film throughout, and it is a horror. I think.

The Thing is gonna win this, right?

on ilx? probably

btw Black Christmas is one of the few slasher movies I enjoyed watching

I LOVE The Thing and hope to heaven it does NOT win this poll. That one's a monster movie, not a horror movie.

NEED TO SEE black christmas, sleepaway camp, martyrs, the hills have eyes, audition, deep red, hour of the wolf, carnival of souls, videodrome, the changeling, prince of darkness

SHOULD I SEE high tension, insideous, night of the demons, the orphanage, the legend of hell house, pumpkinhead, don't look now, in the mouth of madness, last house on the left?

xpost i dunno when a head melts off, shrieks and grows legs, i'mma forgive someone for being horrified