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

i just sent in my ballot -- i'll defend everything on my list, but i don't expect about 40%-50% of them to show up in the final tally.

watched Frankenheimer's Seconds last night, will be placing it pretty high i think. ticks a lot of my boxes.

really not a horror film unless '60s orgies give you the willies.

well i'd better not vote for it then. remind me which of the films nominated for Top 100 horror films aren't actually horror films then otherwise this is gonna be one big waste of time for everyone.

those scenes in cali are p horrifying, at least in part b/c the movie would be a lot better w/o them

no way, it wouldn't be half as interesting w/out them.

Pretty sure Seconds ends with a drill kill or something close to it, right? I think that's horror enough.

genuinely don't see how it could be considered not, paranoid and with a weird, uncanny feel.

plus the drill kill obv.

I want to put a ballot in but feel like there's huge blind spots (mostly in the last decade) that I feel remiss about

no one's ever going to see everything, just send a ballot

plus I like handicapping recent films, as good as horror has been in the past decade there are only 2 movies on my ballot from that period

Oh crap nobody nominated The Asphyx either!

― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Sunday, April 22, 2012 7:17 PM

I thought about it, not sure why i didn't. I wouldn't vote for it but it's a good flick. kind of obscure I guess? super-unique premise.

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Sunday, April 22, 2012 7:43 PM (1 week ago)

by the way, a remastered asphyx was just released on blu-ray. would like to see it again in widescreen as I have a fond but dim memory of a decades-ago viewing.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Asphyx-Remastered-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B0074V61KG

voted

awesome xpost

Anyone within driving distance of Chicago? There's gonna be a free showing of GOD TOLD ME TO and Cohen's new movie tomorrow, w/ Q & A session.

wow, would love to see that, but i am not within anything like driving distance, sadly. can't find any info on what his "new movie" might be, either. kind of excited to find out.

Ohhh, man. Of course that happens after I've left Chicago.

if I had know y'all were gonna start repping experimental films I would've nommed olivier de sagazan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-S862p69B0

So awes.

Wow.

It's good to see that Mummenschanz is still going strong.

transfiguration, by olivier de sagazan

^^^OOOOOOOOOOOH

huh, that's really good. never heard of him

only scary part is wondering if he'll poke an eye out

wow, that was great! wouldn't make my top 50 list, but damn cool.

ok i swear i will get my ballot in before the deadline eric but i have strange circus showing up on friday and i need to see if it places

lol, that is a fucked-up movie

well then given my tastes i better see it first

it's probably gonna be on my list fwiw

Ballot submitted! It's more mainstream than I expected, once all was said and done, but I threw a few decent curveballs in there that will hopefully have some effect. Also, I never really considered just how many Puppet Master movies there are, but it thankfully made the top quarter of my ballot pretty much a no-brainer.

working on compiling mine and it is tough!

^ same here, plan to get it in tonight though. tomorrow maybe...

my ballot is definitely mainstream/"classical" horror (e.g., i have a few silents in there) b/c that's about as far into the horror genre as i'm normally willing to go. so there's very little of the buckets-of-blood-and-gore stuff on my ballot.

20 ballots in now. A movie I presumed would be in the top 10 finally managed to get there with the most recent batch of ballots, after languishing in the 40s or 50s for awhile now.

Still plenty of room to push your favorites into the top 100. Right now there are eight movies in there on the strength of a mere 2 ballots.

I'm going to try to get it together tonight or tomorrow -- I treat deadlines like due dates, unfortunately.

Hey Eric, did you say there might be a short extension to the voting deadline? I'm working my ass off at the moment, and don't see me whittling down my incredibly long shortlist at any time before the actual deadline day...

sort of bummed that there haven't been more responses (while still delaying my own). i guess horror fandom on ILX is a small but vocal cult.

I'd be unsurprised if the number of ballots doubled (tripled?) by the deadline.

I don't want to encourage everyone to procrastinate, but yes, I will likely hold open the polls for an extra day or two or three.

as u may know, EH, I have other priorities til Wednesday.

Ah crap just remembered another intended nom, the dark hours! This ballot is killing me

I'll probably turn in the ballot right at the deadline. Sorry!

watched begotten last night cuz it'd been forever and i remembered liking it. quite a trip, won't make my ballot.

Sent my ballot in. Sorry so last minute. I was hoping to see more movies before I voted.

working on compiling mine and it is tough!

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ same here, plan to get it in tonight though. tomorrow maybe...

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, May 3, 2012 9:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, sry for the delay on mine, Eric. I should have it submitted tomorrow, though.

I just sent mine in. Sorry it took so long. I was hoping to rewatch more

Been super busy with end-of-semester stuff. I have a 48-item ballot ready to go but I've been putting off finding two more films and sending it for about two weeks... argh.

i'm posting one last minute. sorry but i'm really taking my time over this, care about it even more than the psb poll tbh.

i am doing this right now

aggggghhh. sent. nothing i can do about it now stop looking at it.

I do want to mention/pimp 2 that I cut at the last moment because they were just not quite horror enough (more revenge story really) that would have been in my top 20, RED by lucky mckee (well kinda) and the The Horseman (not the horsemen with dennis quaid), which are both completely amazing.