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

some had to be hospitalized after they lit a bunch of dead dog carcasses on fire out back and the smoke seeped into the set.

tbh this sounds like a scene from some of the parties I went to in high school

can anyone recommend me a good book /interviews etc for background deets? I'm really interested, dunno why I never dug around before now

IFC did a horror movie month when I turned 21 and I spent each weekend eating pizza alone and watching a ton of canonical stuff hosted by tom savini instead of doing the stuff you're supposed to do when you turn 21. They even aired TCM with a commentary track on.

Most of the filming took place in the farmhouse, which was filled with furniture constructed from animal bones and a latex material used as upholstery to give the appearance of human skin. The house was not cooled, and there was little ventilation. The crew covered its walls with drops of animal blood obtained from a local slaughterhouse. Art director Robert Burns drove around the countryside and collected the remains of cattle and other animals in various stages of decomposition, with which he littered the floors of the house.

The special effects were simple and limited by the budget. The on-screen blood was real in some cases, such as the scene in which Leatherface feeds "Grandpa". The crew had difficulty getting the stage blood to come out of its tube, so instead Burns's index finger was cut with a razor. Burns's costume was so drenched with stage blood that it was "virtually solid" by the last day of shooting. The scene in which Leatherface decapitates Kirk with a chainsaw worried actor William Vail (Kirk). After telling Vail to stay still lest he really be killed, Hansen brought the running chainsaw to within 3 inches (8 cm) of Vail's face.

I am also interested in more than the wikipedia article about the making of this movie and all of the misery involved.

why would anyone set a bunch of dead dog carcasses on fire

ever since the first time I watched it, whole of TCM just felt creepy as all get out from the beginning. Like it just looks kinda greasy and sweaty and *shudder*

Leatherface *looks* like he stinks

no wonder it was so effective, I had no idea it was so grody irl

why would anyone set a bunch of dead dog carcasses on fire

just another Friday at the quarry

if i was pressed i think i might say that the slamming metal door might be the greatest moment in horror film history

DJP, lets be fair, those werent dog corpses, that was toxic fumes from burning tires

I WANT TO WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW PLEASE

those making-of details go a long way to explaining how grimy everything looks

but no way would teenagers pour pig blood on each other

the modern interviews are full of still lingering rage at the shit they had to put up with on set.

Also basically nobody got paid.

Thx to distribution deal with the mafia.

tbh I voted for it even tho I don't think I've ever watched the thing all the way through - I've seen the entire thing, just in various disconnected chunks

which I guess is appropriate lol

Yeah it has a real docu-drama feel ...and then there's stuff like the famous low-angle tracking shot up to the house, real artist-type shit.

slamming metal door might be the greatest moment in horror film history

Definitely right up there for me. I didn't vote in this poll, but TCM would have been my number one.

ever since the first time I watched it, whole of TCM just felt creepy as all get out from the beginning. Like it just looks kinda greasy and sweaty and *shudder*

Eaten Alive is the same way, though nowhere near as good a movie.

also "who will survive...and what will be left of them" is unbeatable

if i was pressed i think i might say that the slamming metal door might be the greatest moment in horror film history

^Yes! This is when you realize, OH DAMN THESE PEEPS IN SOME DEEP DOO DOO!!

if i was pressed i think i might say that the slamming metal door might be the greatest moment in horror film history

That whole scene from the moment he enters the screen door until the metal door slams shut may be my favorite scene in any movie ever.

if i was pressed i think i might say that the slamming metal door might be the greatest moment in horror film history

Yep. It's the moment that makes you wonder what the fuck you've gotten yourself into; ie, the purpose of horror films.

+ the pig sound effects over the whole thing

I don't remember how old I was when I first saw it, teens I guess, but I loved- (well it scared me at the time but retrospectively)- I loved how it felt like it was really happening in front of me the first time I saw it. that docu-dramayness can't be underrated

also you guys I think we need to take a moment and thank ed gein for being such a great inspiration [vomits]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42uwfMszG1r4yp0qo1_500.gif

this is the first point where i feel actively bad abt my strategy voting because this really should have been higher. if the next film beats it by less than 50 points i will feel like a jerk.

lol @ u for strategy voting btw

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gbrq7tTy1r7qjoeo1_500.jpg

Cmon let's just appreciate these.

incredible screencaps/images eric! the bar has been raised for all future polls.

omg Thnig that gif literally made me recoil

Cmon let's just appreciate these.

Her butt cheeks?

who wears short shorts

TCM my #2

would just like to point out that dead dog carcasses is redundant

whatever is actually number one now = i hate you disgusting savages.

incredible screencaps/images eric! the bar has been raised for all future polls.

All credit goes to Pillbox, including the decision to make the Top 10 rotating gifs.

texas dead dog carcass massacre

ok guys, you're posting way too much

The Wicker Man is seriously not better than this last run of half-dozen entries

xpost keep up old man, or Leatherface'll GITCHA :D

Still need over 2,000 posts to come within earshot of comedy poll.

I didn't even vote itt and I'm 100% invested in the outcome now

tcm may have the most...diseased vibe of any film i know.

quality over quantity imo

xps

xp Ha, me, too. Well, I voted, but I'm also super invested. I even suspended my "no ILX on my work computer" rule for the duration of this poll. Let's hope nobody looks at my browsing history (why are there all these searches for "666 birthmark" and "gory eyeball death"?).

eh fuck it, i got some stuff i love higher than it would have been for sure. and considering i did it out of worry about these films getting neglected and only 13 of mine are going to place, it feels warranted.

also to clarify, i totally stand by my ballot, and although it isnt the real deal academic top 50 i would do if i was like writing an article about it, its definitely a description of the horror movies that i am the most passionate about.

xpost to DJP

besides if we do ballots and stats in here you'll get yr filthy bloodsoaked 2000 maniac posts

TCM looks how our garbage can smells when Mr Veg throws away the offcuts of a pork shoulder