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

Yeah, I would def file things like Death Becomes Her in comedy first, horror a distant second. (I had DBH in my top 10 on the comedy poll, btw.)

Yeah, there are lots of worthy horror comedies already nominated. I guess, for the sake of clarity, I was thinking more of comedy horrors. If that makes sense.

Ha. Apparently it does.

i probably woulda voted for visitor q on both comedy and horror polls

am psycho and planet terror fit here too

xpost nah it totally makes sense

Watcher in the Woods
Vampyros Lesbos
Alice, Sweet Alice
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Phenomena

― Chris S, Friday, April 6, 2012 5:38 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ these are those already on the list, fwiw. i nommed watcher yesterday.

The Fourth Man (1983) - aka The 4th Man, Die Vierde Man

^ paul verhoeven's last dutch film (prior to his recent return). bizarre & awesome hitchcockian thriller w lots of gore and surreal dreaminess. echoes of de palma & argento, anticipates ken russell's crimes of passion. little seen these days?

Anguish (1989) - aka Anguista

^ seriously odd spanish meta horror. again, strong debt to hitchcock & argento, but even more surreally bent than the fourth man. kind of falls apart just past the halfway mark, but up to that point, one of the best horror movies of its era.

The Wayward Cloud (2005) - aka Tian bian yi duo yun
The Isle (2000) - aka Seom

hardly genre horror, but both horrifying in their way

Holy shit guys. RE-CYCLE. I see that it's been nommed. Who's voting for it? I WANT TO MARRY THIS FLICK

I must see: The Eye

tried to watch re-cycle a couple years back on netflix streaming, but the video quality was so poor i couldn't take it (had a super-slow internet connection at the time). looked promising, though. it's really that good?

and, yeah, the eye is p great. not "i'm gonna vote for it" great, but worth a no pun intended.

It's been years since I've seen it, but iirc, as a horror movie it was sufficient, but as a fantastical movie with v unsettling and sometimes terrifying moments, it was amazing.

Is Anguish the one in the movie theater?

gonna start my campaign for polanski's macbeth now. ghosts, witches, gore, not only my fave shakespeare adaptation, one of my fave movies period.

was the first movie he made after the manson murders so it's got a meta-creepy factor too.

emil.y was bagging on the eye upthread, but I like it as a 2nd tier ghost w/ long hair flick. ending's a bunch of junk but first 2/3 bring plenty of good shocks. I love the asian horror movies that are rated R for nothing more than general scariness and the eye is one of them.

Is Anguish the one in the movie theater?

yup, although most of the best parts take place outside it

I like it as a 2nd tier ghost w/ long hair flick. ending's a bunch of junk but first 2/3 bring plenty of good shocks. I love the asian horror movies that are rated R for nothing more than general scariness and the eye is one of them.

otm. the eye dumbs out at the end, but before that, it's extremely scary. give it points just for that. really slick and cleverly shot/edited, too.

Definitely. Really liked it.

Going to spend Good Friday afternoon watching movies from the nom list I haven't seen but feel like I should to cast an educated ballot. I hardly know where to start.

i don't know what you're complaining about, there's only like 600 movies on there

12 a day, that only take you, what, two months or so?

Haha

I've seen maybe a third so really only 400 to watch.

gonna start my campaign for polanski's macbeth now. ghosts, witches, gore, not only my fave shakespeare adaptation, one of my fave movies period.

was the first movie he made after the manson murders so it's got a meta-creepy factor too.

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, April 6, 2012 10:31 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh shit, I see that Throne of Blood has been nominated. DANG. Will have to see 1971 macbeth.

LOL For the "more like this" selections for Hour of the Wolf, Netflix lists Portlandia.

Very scary.

I keep on getting Hour of the Wolf confused with Time of the Wolf. Neither of which I have seen, and both of which I really want to see.

Here is my list of horror flicks to watch (roughly listed by priority):

black christmas
martyrs
Hour of the Wolf
prince of darkness
The Eye
tetsuo: the iron man
village of the damned 1960
sleepaway camp
Cure
videodrome
the hills have eyes
the changeling
694 Pinocchio
MacBeth (1971)
deep red
don't look now
the quiet family
Onibaba
happiness of the katakuris
pumpkinhead
audition
versus
One Mised Call
Spiral (uzumaki)
dead zone
the orphanage
last house on the left
the legend of hell house
memento mori
insideous
night of the demons
in the mouth of madness
high tension

Thanks, guys! This thread is awesome!

You forgot Nekromantik.

loool

Austerity, move In The Mouth Of Madness up that list a bit! Maybe halfway. It's amazing.

Death Line/Raw Meat (not sure how to handle this one - different titles per U.S./U.K.

This is the cannibal-in-the-london-tubeway thing, right? Dang, that movie. Not scary at all, but SUCH a nearly odiferous atmosphere of grubbiness, dankness, shabbiness... and the most pathetic (in the orig sense of the word) killer i can imagine...

Jesse's here and we're watching Eaten Alive. This blond lady needs to read The Gift of Fear.

Never much cared for The Changeling, but its reputation makes it one of the ones I'd most like to revisit before balloting closes.

694 Pinocchio

holy cats, did that get nominated?!? thought i was the only one who'd seen it.

[checks] okay, it's not on the list. not great, but recommended to tetsuo fans.

LOL For the "more like this" selections for Hour of the Wolf, Netflix lists Portlandia.

someone upthread was asking about "movies like possession". though there aren't any, hour of the wolf might be a good lateral jump. that or trouble every day.

is uzumaki worth watching if you've already read the manga?

yeah, definitely. it was clearly done on the cheap, but with creativity and love. some of the effects are v impressive, and it's got a distinctive vibe of its own.

Death Line/Raw Meat (not sure how to handle this one - different titles per U.S./U.K.

same issue with dead alive/braindead.you could do two entries with the names switched and combine votes after?

The talk of Death Line reminds me of Creep from a few years back starring Franka Potente. Same premise, really shat me up when I saw it accidentally on TV.

Argh I keep forgetting to watch Creep! It's probably expired off instawatch by now...

So I just watched Pieces, a Spanish / US dubbed slasher pic. Clearly it is ludicrous but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Awful acting, terrible dialogue but some wonderful moments. I'm surprised it isn't more known as a cult classic. It is not in the least bit scary but it might fit into a top fifty. Recommended. In fact, it's got to be seen to be believed.

I'm surprised it isn't more known as a cult classic.

it is, though just among 80s horror fans and gorehounds. eli roth has it on his top 10 horror list.

Watched Eaten Alive, which I did not like at all, despite it being right in my wheelhouse.

Watched Pontypool and loved it and am composing my pro-Pontypool stump speech to convince everyone else to vote for it, too.

Watching DUMPLINGS!, which is making me hungry and nauseated by turns, because yum, DUMPLINGS! but also dear god no, DUMPLINGS!.

Watched Pontypool and loved it and am composing my pro-Pontypool stump speech to convince everyone else to vote for it, too.

i'll be right there with you

and yeah, DUMPLINGS! is excellent, but really fucking hard to watch

DUMPLINGS!

yeah, thought so

lol

I know I'm in the minority opinion, but d.umplings was my least favorite segment of three extremes

I am at home and I am going to watch DUMPLINGS! or maybe sleep not sure which urge will win.
Damn, Jenny what was that movie I said I needed to remember to add to my queue?? I forgot.

Pretty sure Pieces will make it into my top 50 (or however many votes we're being given). If we ever get around to that unintentional comedy poll, it might be my number one with a bullet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgLICoFgb2s

xp The Baby - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby_(film)

I have another nomination:

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie