THE VAULT OF ILX Top 100 HORROR Movies Poll Voting Thread (voting closes May 9 *~*~*~*2012*~*~*~*)

Nominations are in and there are 734 movies that someone deemed worth of note. Only about 100 shy of the 835 or so movies nominated for the comedy poll. Good job, fellow genre geeks! Your years subscribing to Gore Zone were not for naught.

Feel free to big-up your last minute write-ins itt, but know that it's probably a lost cause. Lucky for you I went ahead and nominated The Cabin in the Woods a couple weeks ago because I knew you'd have wanted it that way.

After much soul-searching, I decided I couldn't go through with the ascending point value thingy, which would've given you only as many points for your top choice as you had films on your ballot (i.e. if you list 20 movies, your top-ranking movie gets 20 points; if you list 35, your top-ranking one gets 35). Mostly because it would've been a headache to tally.

That said, I am going to require a minimum of 20 movies on your ballot. Any ballot with less will be staked through the heart. SO ... submit your ballots to me in the same format as top comedies:

The Death of Nubile Emily – 50
Dave Gruebeck Takes Five (Lives) – 49
Hobo Boxcar Massacre – 48
etc.

I suppose if you are submitting a ballot of 20 where you don't actually feel all that enthusiastic about the bottom 10, you can feel free to give them less points than they would otherwise be given for placing in slots 11-20. Your call.

Polls are open for the next three weeks. Ballots should be sent to ephender AT gmail daht cahm

NOTE: As with the top 100 comedies and top 100 action movies polls, it's totally cool to campaign for your favorites here, but please do not reveal your own ballots.

Full nomination list:

1408
13 Ghosts (1960)
13 Tzameti
13: Game of Death
2,000 Maniacs
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
3 Women
30 Days of Night
Abandoned, The
Abby
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
Absentia
Acacia
Addiction, The (1995)
Alice, Sweet Alice
Alien
Alien 3 (1992)
Aliens (1986)
All The Colours Of The Dark
Alligator (1980)
Altered States (1980)
Alucarda
Amer (2009)
American Psycho
American Werewolf in London, An
Amityville Horror, The (1979)
Anaconda (1997)
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Angel Heart (1987)
Angry Red Planet
Anguish [Angustia] (1987)
Antibodies
Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist [L'Anticristo] (1974)
Apaches
April Fool's Day
Arachnophobia (1990)
Army of Darkness (1993)
Asylum (1972)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Atrocious
Attack the Block
Audition (1999)
Autopsy [Sunspots] (1975)
Awful Dr. Orloff, The
Baby, The
Bad Ronald (1974)
Bad Seed, The (1956)
Basket Case (1982)
Basket Case 2 (1990)
Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991)
Beast with Five Fingers, The
Beast Within, The (1982)
Beast, The [La Bete]
Bedlam (1946)
Begotten (1990)
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Bell from Hell, A
Beloved
Below
Beyond, The
Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The (1970)
Birds, The (1963)
Black Belly of the Tarantula, The
Black Cat, The (1934)
Black Christmas (1974)
Black Sabbath
Black Sunday
Black Swan
Blacula (1972)
Blade (1998)
Blair Witch Project, The (1999)
Blind Beast [Moju]
Blob, The (1958)
Blob, The (1988)
Blood and Black Lace
Blood Beach (1980)
Blood Feast
Blood for Dracula
Blood on Satan's Claw [Satan's Skin] (1971)
Bloodsucking Freaks
Blue Sunshine
Blue Velvet
Body Melt
Body Snatcher, The
Boy Meets Girl (1994)
Brain Damage (1988)
Brain Dead (1990)
Braindead [Dead Alive]
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Bride of Frankenstein, The
Bride of Re-Animator
Brood, The (1979)
Bucket of Blood, A
Bug
Burn, Witch, Burn
Burrowers, The
Butcher, The
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Cabin Fever
Cabin in the Woods, The (2012)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Call of Cthulhu, The (2005)
Calvaire
Candyman (1992)
Cannibal Holocaust
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
Carnival Of Souls (1962)
Carrie (1976)
Carry On Screaming
Castle Freak (1995)
Cat and the Canary, The
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1982)
Cathy's Curse
Cat's Eye
Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore] (1994)
Changeling, The
Chaser, The
Children of the Corn
Children, The (2008)
Child's Play
Christine
Church, The [La Chiesa] (1989)
City of the Living Dead [The Gates of Hell]
Class of 1984 (1982)
Clean, Shaven
Cloverfield
Cold Night's Death, A (1973)
Company of Wolves, The (1984)
Craft, The (1996)
Crazies, The (1973)
Crazies, The (2010)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creepshow (1982)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Cremaster 3
Cremator, The
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Criminally Insane (1975)
Cronos (1993)
Crowhaven Farm (1970)
Cube (1997)
Cujo
Cure [Kyua] (1997)
Curse of Frankenstein, The
Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Curse of the Demon [Night of the Demon] (1957)
Dagon
Dahmer
Dark Half, The
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 Beast, The [Dia de la Bestia] (1995)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Day of the Triffids, The (1962)
Dead and Buried (1981)
Dead Calm
Dead End (2003)
Dead Kids [Strange Behavior] (1981)
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1977)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Dead Zone, The (1983)
Deadgirl (2008)
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)
Death Line [Raw Meat]
Deathdream [Dead of Night] (1972)
Deep Red [Profondo Rosso] (1975)
Dementia (1955)
Demon Seed (1977)
Demons
Descent, The
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Devil Inside Her, The (1977)
Devil Rides Out, The (1968)
Devil's Backbone, The
Devil's Rejects, The
Devils, The
Diabolique [Les Diaboliques]
Disappearance of Alice Creed, The
Dog Soldiers
Donkey Punch
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
Don't Deliver Us from Evil
Don't Look Now (1973)
Dorian Gray (1970)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Dracula (1931)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Drag Me To Hell
Dreamcatcher
Dreamscape (1984)
Dressed To Kill (1980)
Driller Killer, The (1979)
Duel (1971)
DUMPLINGS!
Dunwich Horror, The
Dust Devil (1992)
Eaten Alive (1977)
Eden Lake
Embodiment of Evil
Entrails of a Virgin (1986)
Equus (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Event Horizon (1997)
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
Evil Dead Trap
Evil Dead, The
Evil, The
Evilspeak (1981)
Exorcist 3, The
Exorcist II: The Heretic, The
Exorcist, The
Exte
Eye, The
Eyes Of Laura Mars
Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage]
Faces of Death
Faculty, The
Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America (2003)
Faust (1926)
Faust (1994)
Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me Your Teeth Are In My Neck, The (1966)
Feast
Feed
Fido
Final Destination (2000)
Final Destination 2
Finishing Line, The
Fire Walk With Me [Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me]
Firestarter
Five Dolls For An August Moon
Five Million Years to Earth [Quatermass and the Pit]
Flesh for Frankenstein
Fly, The (1958)
Fly, The (1986)
Fog, The (1980)
Forbidden World [Mutant]
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Fourth Man, The [The 4th Man] (1983)
Frailty
Frankenhooker (1990)
Frankenstein (1931)
Freaks
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday The 13th Part II
Fright Night (1985)
Frighteners, The (1996)
Frogs (1972)
From Beyond
From Beyond the Grave
From Dusk Til Dawn (1996)
From Hell
Frontiere(s)
Funhouse, The (1981)
Funny Games (1997)
Funny Games (2007)
Fury, The (1978)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Ganja and Hess (1973)
Gargoyles (1972)
Gate, The (1987)
Geek Maggot Bingo (1983)
Gemini
Genesis
Ghostwatch (1992)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
God Told Me To [Demon] (1976)
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971)
Golem, The (1920)
Gothic
Gozu (2003)
Grandmother, The
Grave Encounters
Graveyard Shift
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Grizzly Park
Grudge, The (2004)
Habit (1995)
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (2009)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Hampshire
Hands of Orlac, The
Hannibal
Happiness of the Katakuris, The
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
Hard Candy
Hardware (1990)
Hatchet
Haunted Castle, The [Le Manoir du Diable]
Haunting in Connecticut, The
Haunting, The (1963)
Haute Tension
Haxan (1922)
Hell Night
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellstrom Chronicle
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Hidden, The (1987)
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
Hills Have Eyes, The (2006)
Hiruko the Goblin
Hitcher, The (1986)
Home Movie (2008)
Homebodies (1974)
Homicidal
Horde, The
Horror Express (1972)
Horrors of Malformed Men
Horseman, The
Hospital Brut
Host, The
Hostel
Hostel Part II
Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] (1968)
House (1986)
House [Hausu] (1977)
House by the Cemetery (1981)
House of 1000 Corpses
House of the Devil, The
House of Wax (2005)
House Of Whipcord (1974)
House on Cuckoo Lane, The
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
House That Dripped Blood, The
House With Laughing Windows, The
Howling, The (1971)
Human Centipede 2: The Full Sequence, The
Human Centipede: First Sequence, The
Hunger, The (1983)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
I Drink Your Blood (1970)
I Saw the Devil
I Spit on Your Grave [Day of the Woman] (1978)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Ichi the Killer
Idle Hands (1999)
Images
Impulse (1984)
In My Skin
In The Mouth of Madness (1994)
Incubus
Inferno (Argento)
Initiation of Sarah, The (1978)
Inland Empire
Innocents, The
Inside [Ë l'intŽrieur]
Interview With The Vampire
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
Invisible Man, The (1933)
Irreversible
Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996)
Island of Lost Souls, The
Isle, The [Seom] (2000)
Isolation (2005)
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 (1975)
Jennifer (1978)
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
Kill, Baby, Kill! (1966)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Killers (1996)
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Kissed
Kwaidan (1964)
Lair of the White Worm, The (1988)
Last House on Dead End Street
Last House on the Left, The (1972)
Last House on the Left, The (2009)
Last Wave, The (1977)
Lawnmower Man, The (1992)
Legend Of Hell House, The
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Leprechaun 2
Let Me In (2010)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Let the Right One In (2008)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Lifeforce (1985)
Lisa And The Devil
Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane, The (1976)
Living Dead Girl
Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Lost Boys, The (1987)
Lost Highway
Lost, The [Jack Ketchum's The Lost]
Love - Zero = Infinity [Iyarashii hitozuma: ureru] (1994)
Love Letters to a Portuguese Nun (1977)
M
Macbeth (1971)
Machine Girl, The
Mad Love
Man Who Laughs, The
Mangler, The
Maniac (1980)
Maniac Cop
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Man's Best Friend (1993)
Marebito
Martin (1977)
Martyrs
Masque of the Red Death, The (1964)
Massacre at Central High (1976)
Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People
Maximum Overdrive
May
Meet The Applegates
Memento Mori
Memories of Murder
Messiah of Evil (1973)
Midnight Meat Train
Mimic (1997)
Mist, The
Motel Hell (1980)
Mother Joan of the Angels [Matka Joanna od Anio?—w] (1961)
Mother's Day (1980)
Mulholland Dr.
Mum & Dad
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly [Girly] (1970)
Murder Loves Killers Too
Murder Party
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
My Little Eye
Mystery of the Wax Museum, The
Nadja (1994)
Naked Blood [Splatter: Naked Blood] (1996)
Naked Lunch
Near Dark (1987)
Needful Things
Nekromantik (1987)
Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Night of Fear
Night of the Bloody Apes
Night of the Creeps
Night of the Hunted [La nuit des tranquees]
Night of the Hunter, The
Night of the Lepus (1972)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Nightbreed
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
Nightmares (1983)
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Noroi [Noroi: The Curse] (2005)
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
Old Dark House, The
Omega Man, The (1971)
Omen, The (1976)
One Missed Call
Onibaba
Opera [Terror At The Opera] (1987)
Orphanage, The
Other, The (1972)
Others, The (2001)
Outer Space
Pan's Labyrinth
Paperhouse
Paranormal Activity
Parents
Peeping Tom (1960)
People Under the Stairs, The (1991)
Perfect Blue
Pet Sematary (1989)
Phantasm (1979)
Phantasm II (1988)
Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
Phase IV (1974)
Phenomena (1985)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picture of Dorian Grey, The
Pieces
Pin (1988)
Piranha (1978)
Pit and the Pendulum, The
Pit, The (1981)
Planet of the Vampires
Planet Terror
Poltergeist (1982)
Pontypool
Possessed, The (1977)
Possession (1981)
Prince of Darkness
Prom Night (1980)
Prophecy, The (1995)
Psycho (1960)
Psycho 2
Psychomania
Pulse [Kairo]
Pumpkinhead (1988)
Puppet Master (1989)
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
Quiet Family, The
Quiet Place in the Country, A (1969)
Rabid
Race with the Devil (1975)
Raising Cain
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Ravenous (1999)
Razorback (1984)
Re-Animator (1985)
Rebecca
Rec [rec]
Rec 2
Re-Cycle
RED (2008)
Reflecting Skin, The (1990)
Repulsion (1965)
Requium for a Vampire
Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)
Riding The Bullet
Ring, The (2001)
Ringu (1998)
Rituals (1977)
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Rogue
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
R-Point
Rubber
Ruins, The
Salem's Lot (1979)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Santa's Slay
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
Sauna (2008)
Save the Green Planet!
Saw
Scanners (1981)
Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1994)
Scream
Scream, Blackula, Scream (1973)
Season of the Witch [Jack's Wife]
Seconds (1966)
Secret Window
See No Evil [Blind Terror] (1971)
Sender, The (1982)
Sentinal, The
Serbian Film, A
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988)
Session 9
Seven
Seventh Victim, The (1943)
Severance
Sexykiller (2008)
Shadow
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Shallow Grave
Shallow Ground
Shatter Dead (1994)
Shaun of the Dead
She Killed In Ecstasy
Sheitan
Shining, The
Shiver
Shiver of the Vampire
Shivers [They Came From Within] (1975)
Shock Waves
Short Night Of Glass Dolls, The
Shout, The (1978)
Shrooms
Shutter (2004)
Shuttle
Signal, The
Signalman, The (1976)
Silence of the Lambs, The
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Silver Bullet
Singapore Sling
Sisters (1973)
Slaughter High
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Sleepwalkers
Sleepy Hollow
Slither
Snuff
Society (1989)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Son of Dracula
Species (1995)
Spider Baby
Spiral (2000)
Splice (2009)
Splinter
Squirm (1976)
Stacy [Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies] (2001)
Stalker (1979)
Stendhal Syndrome, The (1996)
Stepfather, The (1987)
Stir of Echoes
Stone Tape, The
Straight-Jacket
Strange Circus (2005)
Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh, The
Strangers, The
Straw Dogs (1971)
Street Trash (1987)
Stuck
Student of Prague (1926)
Stuff, The (1985)
Suicide Club
Super 8
Suspiria
Tale of Two Sisters, A
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Tales from the Hood (1995)
Teeth
Tell Me Something
Tenant, The
Tenebrae
Terror Train (1980)
Tesis (1996)
Testament
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Thankskilling
Theatre of Blood
Them [Ils] (2006)
Them! (1954)
They Came Back [Les Revenants]
They Don't Cut the Grass Anymore (1985)
They Live (1988)
Thing, The (1982)
Thinner
Thirst (2009)
Threads
Three
Three... Extremes
Throne of Blood
Through the Looking Glass
Tingler, The
To The Devil... A Daughter (1976)
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Tomb of Ligeia, The
Tombs Of The Blind Dead
Torture Garden
Tourist Trap
Toxic Avenger, The (1984)
Tremors (1990)
Trial, The (1962)
Triangle (2009)
Trick r' Treat
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Trouble Every Day
Twillight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Twisted Nerve
Twitch Of The Death Nerve
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Ugly, The (1997)
Uncle Sam
Underworld
Ungodly, The [The Perfect Witness]
Uninvited, The (1944)
Unknown, The (1927)
Untold Story, The
Uzumaki [Spiral]
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Vampire Circus (1972)
Vampyr (1932)
Vampyros Lesbos
Vanishing, The [Spoorloos] (1988)
Vault of Horror, The
Versus
Videodrome
Village of the Damned (1960)
Village of the Damned (1995)
Violent Kind, The
Virgin Spring, The [JungfrukŠllan] (1960)
Visitor Q
Viy
Wages of Fear, The
Wait Until Dark
Wake in Fright
Warlock (1989)
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
Watcher In the Woods (1980)
Waxworks (1924)
Wayward Cloud, The [Tian bian yi duo yun] (2005)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
What Are These Strange Drops Of Blood Doing On Jennifer's Body?
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
When a Stranger Calls
Whispering Corridors
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
White Zombie
Who Saw Her Die?
Wicker Man, The
Wild Zero (2000)
Wishmaster (1997)
Wishmaster 2 (1999)
Witch Who Came From the Sea, The (1976)
Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm]
Wizard of Gore, The (1970)
Wolf (1994)
Wolf Creek
Wolf Man, The (1941)
Wolfen (1981)
Woman in Black, The (2012)
Woman in the Dunes
Woman, The (2011)
Woods, The (2006)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Xtro (1983)
Your Vice Is A Locked Door And Only I Have The Key
Zombie [Zombi 2] (1979)

I'm doing this only because jj asked me to. So we're voting for a maximum of 50, right?

this is gonna be tough. watched Fulci's "The Beyond" as, uh, "research" for this thread last night. pretty silly. plotless gore! loads of great setpieces tho. and the painting motif was a good touch.

Oops, yeah. Maximum ballot of 50. Minimum of 20.

hey where's Taxi Driver?

totally psyched to spend these intervening weeks catching up on old favorites & binging on ILX recommendations btw

Let the horror commence *cackles evilly*

I love The Isle by Kim Ki-Duk, but who the hell thinks it's a horror movie?

really no need to ask about that one w/ The Virgin Spring on there

Done. That was easy. Freakishly, I wound up with exactly 50 titles after breezing through the list once.

Soooo not a horror film: Wages of Fear, The

Really, this is a horror film?: 3 Women

well it's pretty creepy

So is Patch Addams.

Don't think anyone actually explicitly nominated Taxi Driver, ftr. But I'm sure it'll be on everyone's minds as they do their ballots now.

interesting that The Sixth Sense wasn't nominated. I guess it it technically more of a thriller or whatev, though there is enough spooky haunted house stuff, zombie-ghosts and what not, to qualify it imo. Personally, I do like it, but I prob wouldn't have voted for it in this. That's valuable real estate!

an accidental oversight, or perhaps simply indicative of how badly MNS's subsequent cavalcade of banalities has tarnished the esteem held for his one actually pretty good film (tbh tho I'd prob stan for Unbreakable over TSS, tho it's been a steep and steady decline from there..)

This is the first ilx ballot poll I've participated in w/o ghostbusters on the nom list.

Sixth Sense felt more supernatural drama than horror to me, the few shock scenes it had were tacked-on, as it clearly wasn't a scary movie at heart.

was decided early in the nom process that horror film does not necessarily equal scary film

the lack of something like the sixth sense is not because it's not a horror a film, but prolly because nobody was willing to rep for it on the nom thread

it was a shitty movie at heart

yeah, there are a bunch of these that i don't think of as horror films and i'm not a genre-pedant at all. 3 women is one of them -- wages of fear might cut it as a "suspense" film (as would, for another example, blue velvet), and truthfully i have difficulty of diabolique as a horror film (consequently, if wages of fear and diabolique are "horror" films, then why should le corbeau be excluded? if anything, le corbeau has more horror film elements than the foregoing clouzot films!)

but hey, easy enough to settle i won't include those on my ballots and everyone else can vote for whatever they want so ignore me lalalala.

http://www.gbfans.com/images/store/m/1554_2096451093.jpg

xp - surely GB is not enough of a horror flick to warrant inclusion here, tho I will say that this ^ scene scared the bejeezus out of me when I saw it for the first time in the theatre as a kid.

was decided early in the nom process that horror film does not necessarily equal scary film

What does "horror film" mean, then? Any movie with a supernatural element? Is that why movies likes like The Isle or Stalker, which have absolutely no scary scenes at all, are on the list?

...except that The Isle doesn't have supernatural elements either.

it's a movie where the primary conflict is resolved through gory setpieces

or devil babies

also creepy music

Glad Paperhouse is on the list. Another sort of unconventional horror movie, but really unnerving. I first saw it with about a dozen friends in college at my girlfriend's apartment, and I remember a few scenes where everybody in the room jumped at once.

also, is testament the 1983 film about nuclear war?!? i guess that it must be, since threads is also on the list.

Testament is possibly the scariest movie I've ever seen

I have no idea why Stalker was nominated either, unless it was a different one than the Tarkovsky movie. Or maybe the final shot (SPOILER ALERT?) tipped someone off into Carrie territory?

this is gonna be tough. watched Fulci's "The Beyond" as, uh, "research" for this thread last night. pretty silly. plotless gore! loads of great setpieces tho. and the painting motif was a good touch.

― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, April 16, 2012 12:51 PM (46 minutes ago)

the beyond is kind of like suspiria's slow brother, it tries to leap over yr aesthetic concerns by going for a similar pervasive atmosphere of terror, which translates to an almost poetic surrealism in some scenes, and a final sequence that is truly haunting. but it is a deeply stupid movie.

I love The Isle by Kim Ki-Duk, but who the hell thinks it's a horror movie?

i nominated the isle because it's suspenseful, grisly, disturbing and it maintains an atmosphere of dread. a lot of contemporary "horror" focuses more on ordeal than scariness. nominated ming-liang tsai's the wayward cloud at the same time for similar reasons, though that one's got more genuinely unnerving scenes (e.g., the porn basement). mostly just wanted to throw in some outliers.

it's a movie where the primary conflict is resolved through gory setpieces

If that's enough to make a horror movie, then why didn't anyone nominate Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

xp Its going to place for me on the final scene alone. Also my inherent weakness for foamy, pink blood.

re: The Beyond - it's funny how the plot is so non-existent, characters are established but then they do things and go places for no apparent reason, there's no discernible logic to the sequence of events etc

xp

edward III otm re: the beyond. i nominated it for its reputation, gore and atmosphere, and for its terrific conclusion, not cuz it's a conventionally good movie.

that was a joke Tuomas

xp

it's funny how the plot is so non-existent, characters are established but then they do things and go places for no apparent reason, there's no discernible logic to the sequence of events etc

this is actually a good description of a lot of horror movies from the 1980s onwards ...

The Beyond might be the only Fulci film from that era I love, much less like.

(xx-post)

To me the Isle just felt melancholy and beautiful, I can't remember any suspense in it. Sure, there's that one icky scene, but if something is horror because of an icky scene, regardless of the context, that sounds like a way too technical definition to me.

interesting that The Sixth Sense wasn't nominated. I guess it it technically more of a thriller or whatev, though there is enough spooky haunted house stuff, zombie-ghosts and what not, to qualify it imo. Personally, I do like it, but I prob wouldn't have voted for it in this. That's valuable real estate!

yeah, that does seem like a pretty surprising oversight. i'd meant to nominate it, but forgot. it's certainly not that i wouldn't be willing to rep for it. i love that movie.

The Beyond might be the only Fulci film from that era I love, much less like.

yeah, that was the other reason i nominated. i felt that fulci deserved representation on this list, and the beyond is the only film of his that i've ever really enjoyed.

The City of the Living Dead is awkward. Zombie is lugubriously paced and then there's a shark vs. zombie battle that's awesome in concept but *yawn* in execution. New York Ripper is grimy without being truly disturbing like Maniac.

oh come on contenderizer, Zombie is plenty entertaining. a zombie punches a shark! underwater!

lol xp to Eric

only saw the sixth sense once in the theaters and I have to give it props as a well-done horror film, I think most of the resistance to it is actually horror at what shamalama did afterwards

There's a few grindhouse nasties I forgot to nominate but probably that's for the best. Goodbye Uncle Tom is definitely some *kind* of horror movie, but maybe not this kind.

it's funny how the plot is so non-existent, characters are established but then they do things and go places for no apparent reason, there's no discernible logic to the sequence of events etc

every italian horror film

The Grim Reaper with Tisa Farrow probably should've been at least given a mention tho.

I am simultaneously cursing and thanking you for cutting off the nom process eric

i should have my ballot to Eric within the next half-hr. going fairly old-school, so i doubt it'll shake up the SQ all that much. nor should it require for more img sourcing.

Good to know; if that's the case, I bet it won't affect too many of the tiles that are already shelled out.

(Right now, I only have the first batch of 15 and I think pillbox was finalizing the next 15 last night.)

(Which, by the way, I think the images Pillbox has worked up are gorgeous. He's going to deserve the lions share of credit for the success of this poll.)

if pillbox doesn't wanna or can't redo the tiles, and that should really be the deciding factor here, then maybe just include a note where HJ's ballot would change the rankings?

Yup, I've emailed him and await his verdict.

well this is a fine turn up for the books :) plus i'm off work thursday so that's a great day for the countdown to begin.

who is this HalJam-come-lately?

If Eric is a list queen, you are all ladies-in-waiting.

I for one would like all spring/summer list projects to be announced by March next year, so I can decide whether to order MLB.com for the season.

HalJam is Claudio Fragasso

hal is a ravenous horror junkie and drive-by poster who dropped science in the post-2005 horror thread

and on the year-by year polls

I am a mere Eve Harrington to Mr. Hal Jam's Margo Channing.

well, you can put that honor where your telltale heart should be.

oooh, so close. i am Bruno Mattei. who is Morbo Channing? oh and ballot submitted. apologies to two directors who just didn't make the cut. you know who you are.

damn, that was fast. took me like three weeks!

I want to be sure to be around to complain abt pontypool when it places

I got yr back on this, don't worry

and i'll sink your battleship

hey guys - just fyi for those wondering abt my continuing progress on the screencap tiles & how it might be effected by the unexpected late-game Hal Jam factor, I'm happy to report that only some slight numerical rejiggering will be required & there will be no substantial revision otherwise - a small price to pay inho for the sagelike contributions and general presence of ilx's most elusive titan of horror standom!

In other words, it is still game-on in my corner. Let's do this thing!

awesome!

I am feeling antsy and impatient, but it isn't gonna kill me. Or at least, it might not. I dunno. I might have caught some sort of rage disease which will explode inside my head, splattering my brain across the entire poll.

yay

xps

So are results rolling out tomorrow then?

Also I will have to be out of the loop on Friday, but that is because I will be hanging out at the site of one if minnesotas most infamous murders so I will be here in spirit

I think all systems are likely go for a Wednesday launch imo.

Set your alarm for 5:00 a.m.: you must start it up sometime during the hour of the wolf.

(Which, by the way, I think the images Pillbox has worked up are gorgeous. He's going to deserve the lions share of credit for the success of this poll.)

― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

the procurement of thematically resonant and illustrative visual materials is something this poll, of all polls, deserves especially - i have simply tried to rise to the occasion, the process of which has been frankly a blast, if also rather exhausting. But make no mistake, Eric. I am but a bit player to your cackling ringleader in this Grand Guignol of delirium and atrocity!

I think all systems are likely go for a Wednesday launch imo.

yay! hopefully during Vargtimmen too!!

Just need to get on my feet at work and then I can begin.

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

YESSSSS

crowhaven farm was one of my late ballot cuts, feel like when this is over we need to have a TV horror movie poll
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:10 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes, then sybil and harvest home can finally get the respect they deserve
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:12 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Found Crowhaven Farm on YouTube; transferred it to a USB and watched it on TV. Another one, like Something Evil, I vaguely remember watching when it originally aired. Rosemary's Baby pilfering notwithstanding (mixed in with a bit of The Lottery), still creepy--and a little confusing, and almost borderline pedophiliac at times. Between this, Rosemary's Baby, Something Evil, and The Exorcist, why did kids suddenly become so terrifying in the late-'60s/early-'70s?

Going to watch The People with Kim Darby next.

FYI: http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/12/04/monster-fest-2016-are-you-in-the-house-alone-is-a-mighty-tv-movie-tome

Thanks. Recognized the Trilogy of Terror still right away...There are a bunch of these on YouTube, although the quality varies: She Waits with Patty Duke, The Horror at 37,000 Feet with a big airplane, When Michael Calls, etc.

Hope Lange sure was beautiful. Never knew she was married to Alan J. Pakula.

Shame The VVitch isn't on the list

Also - Braindead is on here twice.

Anyway - I voted, and pretty happy with my ballot :-)

The Witch wasn't out 4 years ago

oh... didn't realise newer titles weren't included

I complained at the time about films from the future being ineligible. I still think it's a shame that 2023's The Terror Pit of Madame Hate wasn't recognized as the masterpiece it will be.

Lol @ dog latin

just out of interest (I wasn't there during the initial discussion), why are we not including newer films?

Because this poll happened four years ago?

No excuse.

The VVitch was robbed

I have helpfully updated the title for the hard of thinking.

I think dl is horsing around. Either that or he's in need of emergency medical services.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Either I fell through some sort of portal or I genuinely got 2012 and 2017 mixed up. Like, what is wrong with me? I voted and everything... :-O :-O

wait... we haven't done a different horror poll since have we?

Nerp. I'd be down, though. I've seen 45673862839 horror films since then (although relatively few that have been produced since then) so I imagine my ballot would be quite different.