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

Although it was a TV movie pilot first, right?

Rocky Horror Picture Show

nominations threads are good just so it gives everyone a chance to talk about a bunch of movies before they vote, imho

fair enough

xps

Edward III - there is a whole world of difference between a TV movie and a TV series. I shake my head at thee.

eh kinda think of MPD as a miniseries so

warning: last house on dead end street will place high on my ballot

A miniseries is still a series! There is no way you can get around the fact that it just isn't a film.

I'll keep it on the list if you're really going to vote for it, edward iii. But, yeah, it's not going to get much support.

dude I've been wanting to see a bunch of these (God Told Me To, Blue Sunshine, Suspiria, Tetsuo: the Iron Man) forever

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
Pumpkinhead

I kind of want it struck from the list because I don't want to see it languishing at the bottom like an unloved film, when it should instead be seen as a much-loved TV programme.

liked Tetsuo: the Iron Man.

horror is way cleverer, has better cinematography, more plot, deeper characterisation

B+ trolling, but shitty tech qualities actually HELP many horror films... early Romero, Cronenberg before he moved to the adults' table, etc.

Hmmm . . . maybe at some point we should poll "monster movies" separately from "horror movies."

Pan's Labyrinth?

Morbs sort of makes a valid point, but I'd argue they're expertly deployed shitty tech qualities.

A stupid choice but one that scarred me for life as a kid because it dealt with two of my worst fears: live burial and anthropophagy

Blood Beach (1980)

Really want to veto Pan's Labyrinth, ftr.

B+ trolling, but shitty tech qualities actually HELP many horror films... early Romero, Cronenberg before he moved to the adults' table, etc.

Not trolling. And yeah, I used cinematography rather than 'technical qualities' because I think that's a strong point with a lot of horror (but by no means all - I guess I was suggesting that the pinnacle of horror cinematography is far far superior to the pinnacle of comedy cinematography). But I adore low rent lo-fi tech stuff just as much. Hence why in my next post I am going to nominate Herschell Gordon Lewis' The Wizard of Gore.

man, the VHS cover to Blood Beach used to freak me out.

Another nomination:

The Wizard of Gore (1970)

Forbidden World (aka Mutant)

xp: I did say many of my nominations would be pushing it!

Also I would take issue with the idea that the tech qualities on early Cronenberg are particularly shitty.

Massacre at Central High

Taking a break to not get fired, but I'll check this thread/update the doc on my lunch break.

Squirm (1976)

the pinnacle of horror cinematography is far far superior to the pinnacle of comedy cinematography

see Play Time, Manhattan

The Others
House
Ginger Snaps
The Mist
Ravenous
Wolf Creek
Cronos
28 Weeks Later
Son of Dracula
Faces of Death
Fright Night (1985)

I'm not sure how to add to the spreadsheet (at work right now), but I didn't see Robin Wood favourite It's Alive.

you can't add to the spreadsheet, post here and eric will add them

tv movies opens a whole can of worms given the amount of viable 70s entries

gargoyles (1972)
don't be afraid of the dark (1973)
bad ronald (1974)
crowhaven farm (1970)
dead of night (1977)
duel (1971)
salem's lot (1979)
trilogy of terror (1975)
dark night of the scarecrow (1981)
the dark secret of harvest home (1978)
devil dog: the hound of hell (1978)
the initiation of sarah (1978)
a cold night's death (1973)
the possessed (1977)
satan's school for girls (1973)

omg Devil Dog

Engaging in some DJP-steez genre-pushing:

Orson Welles's version of Kafka's The Trial

B+ trolling, but shitty tech qualities actually HELP many horror films... early Romero, Cronenberg before he moved to the adults' table, etc.

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:48 AM (9 minutes ago)

otm, carnival of souls will place v high on my ballot and it looks like it was made for $5

have no prob w/ MPD psycho being dropped from the list

Glad to see people repping for Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Not sure if people will allow Teshigahara's adaptation of Abe's Woman in the Dunes?

I saw a "live" performance of Carnival of Souls where they had musicians, voice actors and a foley artist on stage below the projection, replacing all the sound. A vast improvement tbh!

the lipsync was prolly better

I will even rep for tetsuo II: body hammer!

Hard to add to Edward III's list, but Moju/Blind Beast & Kurosawa's Throne of Blood probably qualify.

A miniseries is still a series! There is no way you can get around the fact that it just isn't a film.

― emil.y, Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:46 AM (21 minutes ago)

kind of a pedantic point imo, also that means no salem's lot unless you're gonna be like "I'm voting for the international theatrical cut!"

that said I don't really care all that much either way, I've already got more shit than my ballot can hold

I'm not sure how to add to the spreadsheet (at work right now), but I didn't see Robin Wood favourite It's Alive.

I wasn't completely joking when I said elsewhere that It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive should be nominated. It's hugely entertaining.

New Zealand has a depressing history of wannabe filmmakers attempting to recreate the Peter Jackson origin story and failing miserably.

OTOH Aussie film has Wake in Fright, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Night of Fear, & Body Melt.

Does Bava's Planet of the Vampires count as horror, or is it too sci-fi?

does Picnic at Hanging Rock count?

Event Horizon

ahahaha DEVIL DOG

not voteworthy, but it scared the hell out of me and my brother one sunday afternoon. I could tell that it was a horrible movie, but still effective like most horror on TV during those still summer afternoons when the cicadas are shrill.

close up of dog
cut to dude pantomoming trying to stop his arm from being psychically forced into lawnmower
cut to dog
cut to dude struggling to look like he is struggling not to put arm in lawnmower
cut to dog
etc

DEVIL DOG

oh man

did I watch that movie with you or did we watch that independently of each other? that lawnmower scene is all-time

another nomination:

The Craft

lol AP

can I take a moment to rep for coffin joe's comeback movie, embodiment of evil? one of the most gonzo horror films of the past decade. the trailer makes it look more grueling than it actually is, there's a comic book zaniness that lightens the proceedings (tho I guess you should keep in mind happiness was my #2 vote in the comedy poll). trailer nsfw to the 10th power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6uTzFKsDqk

anyway french stuff ooh la la

dead end (2003)
frontiere(s)
haute tension aka switchblade romance aka high tension
a l'interieur aka inside
in my skin
martyrs
sheitan
les revenants aka they came back
ils aka them (2006)
trouble every day

did I watch that movie with you or did we watch that independently of each other? that lawnmower scene is all-time

― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Thursday, April 5, 2012 10:22 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

p sure we saw it separately. and given your reaction to horror, I suspect that you were also a little freaked out despite how awful the movie is

ils aka them (2006)

^^^watched with jjj and it was awesome