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

It's really good! Creepy and cool. xp to em.ily

Another nom, and I'm sorry I keep one offing these:

Slumber Party Massacre

Yes, The Baby, thanks.

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

OTM esp bc meat DUMPLINGS! are delicious but icky to me under the best circumstances.

Pieces: I really did enjoy it. I had it on a box-set of slasher/horror films that has been sat in my DVD pile for gosh 7 - 8 Years!?

Me, too! I think I mentioned it somewhere upthread. I bought it on a total half-assed lark, but via that purchase, I discovered the wonders of Pieces and God Told Me To. And then it sat, forgotten, in storage for five years until I just this week witnessed the brain-damaged majesty of Cathy's Curse. I'm almost afraid to watch the rest of the movies, lest they be terrible or, perhaps, the most transcendent films I've ever seen.

For some contextual reason, I find DUMPLINGS! to be the most nauseating film title mentioned in this thread.

(Does anyone recall why that particular little reformatting trick became a thing?)

haha i do know it happened before we started talking about 3 extremes

This may or may not be a controversial nomination (largely due to its brevity), but...Apaches, anyone?

Me, too!

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The 3 DVD set I have doesn't have the films you wrote about - it does have Memorial Valley Massacre: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the tent..." and Night of Bloody Horror: "Touted as the goriest film of its time"

I can't remember if I've seen either of those - probably not, I guess.

The Baby is pretty messed up! I'm uneasy. Liz Taylor is brilliant.

is e.mily going to vote for any horror as misogynistic as Groucho razzing Margaret Dumont?

btw when pontypool shows up placing anywhere at all i am going to be such a dick, because that movie is fucking garbage and i hate that its become the new face of smarty horror.

also AP please add marebito to your list for watching

Pontypool was OK, IMO, but just OK. Interesting concept, but it got overly complicated so it bogged down the pace but still never quite felt satisfying as a puzzle. Some good thrills, and worth watching, but not a fave.

just watched Susperia again, and man that [SLIGHT SPOILER] end part - from the head witch to when the credits drop to some spaced-out Italo prog jam - is probably one of the most vibey sequences ever. heavy as fuck

honestly the miike is the only part of 3 extremes id probably ever watch again.

i have a severe distrust of chan-wook park and that didnt help.

― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, April 6, 2012 8:40 PM (Yesterday)

yeah that miike segment is one of the best things he's done but seems to be divisive

does chan-wook owe you money or

I really liked park's segment up until he tacked on one twist too many at the end

that was my octopus he used in oldboy. without asking.

I can't figure out how to add something to the spreadsheet--"insert" is gray-scaled. Anyway, I'll definitely be voting for The Wolf Man with Lon Chaney Jr. (1941). It was one of the films I wrote about when I did my big horror-film course in university. Not particularly scary, but it looks great and is really smart about the whole monster-within theme.

We're not allowed to manipulate the spreadsheet anymore, clemenza. We were being careless and someone spilled grape juice all over it.

I'm gonna go ahead and officially nominate this stuff. Y'all can decide with your votes whether they count or not.

Apaches
Cathy's Curse
Wages of Fear
Nightmares (1983)

The spreadsheet! Oh, dear. Brand-new spreadsheet...these people are so clumsy!

http://foodforthethoughtless.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rosemarys-baby-ruth-gordon1-300x231.jpg

xp: fuck yes nightmares!

bishop of battle omg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKqdOXI5YQ

It's like The Last Starfighter crossed with Hellraiser. Or something.

is e.mily going to vote for any horror as misogynistic as Groucho razzing Margaret Dumont?

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Saturday, April 7, 2012 4:36 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There is NOTHING more etc etc...

(Also, lols Morbius, well played sir)

I am the Bishop of Battle
Master of all I survey...

On my iPhone so I can't check atm but has Singapore sling been nommed? Not even sure if I think it's horror qua horror, but if eraserhead is allowed this deserves some contemplation as well.

it hasn't been nominated. i thought about it a couple days back, but decided it wasn't a horror film.

certainly less scary than eraserhead. then again, has more traditional horror/thriller trappings than eraserhead, so...

Watched Paranormal Activity II yesterday. I liked the first one quite a bit, but thought II was too slow until it went totally bananas in the last 20-30 minutes, especially since the slow build up was p much the same as in the first one.

But then, bc it's been awhile since I saw the first one, I didn't pick up on the relationship between the two movies (lol memorable characters, I guess?). Once I realized that, I appreciated II a little more. Also I woke up at 3 am last night and lied in bed thinking about the end of the movie for awhile, which is not something I'd recommend.

Anyway, I wonder if I and II would work as one movie. I'm not sure, because I did like the slow reveal about the cause of the events in the first one. But there is a lot of zzzz buildup, which is kind of old hat by the second movie.

In conclusion, I like this franchise more than I thought I would and will definitely watch III. A fourth myth be pushing it, though.

i saw PA 2 in the theater without having seen the first until later. like both, probably 2 more than 1, but yeah the connections between them are more just a little added fun than a real strong narrative thread.

I don't really get the problem with Eraserhead on this poll. I mean, it's not genre-horror in any slavish sense, but it's TERRIFYING. I'd definitely class it as some kind of surreal psychological horror.

xp, the third one ties the narrative together a little more. On balance, i think it's probably marginally better than the second.

just noticed the fly (1986) is nommed but the fly (1958) is not

please rectify this egregious error

one of the most horrifying pre-60s films, saw it again about a year ago and could not believe how disturbing it was, also reminded me why I was so mad when I first heard it was being remade in the 80s, even if by cronenberg

Eraserhead is one of my favorite movies of all time but i will probably abstain from voting it for fear that Lynch will loom somewhat inappropriately over the results the way the Coens did over the comedy poll

cronenberg acquitted himself honorably obv

I like both versions of The Fly, but I've only seen the original once, so Cronenberg's is more affixed in my brain. I think I actually prefer the remake of Body Snatchers, though. Speaking of which, do we have both of those on the list?

If you mean the first remake of Body Snatchers (never saw the next two), agree completely. The first is great in its way, the second is one of the best films of the '70s.

The 1933 Invisible Man doesn't seem to be on the list yet, I think it should be added.

The 1958 The Fly haunted me when I was a child-the ending was horrifying- but I don't think I've seen it since.

Loved 1958 version. Never saw the Cronenberg version. I should rectify that.

re: Lynch - Though none of these are 'genre films' obv, I think Eraserhead, Lost Highway, and Inland Empire are all quite frightening (in spots at least) & have more than enough elements of the macabre to qualify them for inclusion in this.

yes, you should!

xp

cronenberg fly was one of the first "adult" horror movies i saw as a grade schooler (along with shining, halloween, tcm, r's baby, etc) and it's probably not gonna make my list but probably should for the effect it had on me.

actually I think cronenberg will be the cohen bros of the horror poll

I am ok w/ this

I don't really get the problem with Eraserhead on this poll. I mean, it's not genre-horror in any slavish sense, but it's TERRIFYING. I'd definitely class it as some kind of surreal psychological horror.

cosign. i think lynch (and cronenberg) should "loom somewhat inappropriately over the results the way the Coens did over the comedy poll." between lost highway, mulholland dr. and inland empire, i'd say that lynch become a straight-up horror filmmaker, if an unconventional one. certainly the most gifted maker of terrifying cinema currently working in america.

hey Lynch should definitely be in the list with at least a couple movies, no doubt. but if he has like 6 movies in the top 100, including some that are barely horror (Coens/comedy style), it'll be goofy, is all i'm saying.

I love lynch but there's no way that he deserves more than 1 film in a horror countdown

And that film should be The Elephant Man.

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

― carl agatha, Friday, April 6, 2012 5:37 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I totally get why many/most people don't like this movie (and I'm not an aficionado of much of this stuff, so grain of salt here) but Eaten Alive is one of the few horror movies I own. Seeing it last on the bill at a smalltown drive-in in '78 sort of defined the whole grindhouse aesthetic for me.