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

I think yours and emil.y's are going to have the most "things I not seen and need to see ASAP" value for me.

things I HAVE not seen, OBVIOUSLY. GOD.

How have I never known of the existence of "Miracle Mile" before this minute? Looks really fun.

not a big fan of miracle mile but it does have rabid supporters out there. ending is kinda like whoa.

ballot sent...

screening this month here

http://spectacletheater.com/shot-by-rybczynski#angst

fuuuuuuuuu i woulda totally voted for angst

ha, I did vote for angst. I think it was my one and only non-nommed vote, not sure how it slipped by.

it's at least 15 years ahead of its time in style and technique. wish the director would let the original cut be screened but he's gone all lucas on us.

OK, I am now sitting at 49 ballots. I know I said I would close the polls about one half-hour from now, but I know there's got to be at least one more ballot sitting out there somewhere, right?

hey look, that page the good doctor linked to offers a free download of the angst soundtrack!

by klaus schulze!

I think you should hold out for the magic number, Eric. To have accumulated one short of your stated goal & have to stop at that point.. you'd think morbs could at least eke out a quick top-20, right?

can I just make up a ballot of every whale, tourner, and silent horror movie and submit it on morbs' behalf

Can't get mine done for 36 hrs at least.

I happen to love Cronenberg's The Fly, smartypants

I will wait for Morbs' ballot.

If anyone wants an extension beyond, oh, say the next couple hours, they need to state it explicitly in this thread.

i could vote twice if that would help, got all these sockpuppets lying around doing nothing.

I am sending mine RIGHT NOW.

Miracle Mile unnerved the shit outta me when I was 10.

Can't wait for Walter Chaw's upcoming book on the film.

I happen to love Cronenberg's The Fly, smartypants

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 11:47 AM (21 minutes ago)

pffft I voted for the '58 version

I will send you mine in abt 30 minutes!

When do you think the rollout will begin, Eric?

You should be receiving a ballot from "Mustachioed Ponies" soon.

He will have a deep voice and will probably be wearing sunglasses and a trenchcoat.

chiming in re: Miracle Mile - fantastic movie, super-nihilistic ending is o_0

also parents going to eat pastrami before they die

I can do another ballot where I remember Vampyr and Night of the Hunter.

I was originally aiming to rollout starting next Monday, but I think I'll need an extra day or two to gather some quotes. Haven't even started that yet.

I figure groups of 15 over seven days (last day = 10) should be grand.

As in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSWrEZ8q5ck

I would very much like Morbs to get in a ballot, as I'm hoping he might bump up some of the older stuff (not an age joke). Although I'd like oddities to make it in, and I don't really give a shit about established canon, I'll definitely be annoyed if there's barely anything pre-50s...

Just sent mine. I hope I listed them correctly-- 50. is my favorite, 49. is my second favorite, 1. is my least fave out of these 50, etc.

It's crazy how many of my all-time favorite movies on the list I had to disallow for not being horror by my compass.

It's crazy how many of my all-time favorite movies are horror.

Ha yeah. My top three aren't just my favorite horror movies; they're my favorite movies.

I think I forgot Night of the Hunter! After all that talk. Sheesh.

^^^^ otm!!!! i hadn't realized that before i made this list, but yes.
life is horrifying, people are terrible, and horror movies are the best.

multiple people who forgot NotH are getting me down ;_;

I didn't forget it, and it's an all-time fave, but I had to disallow it.

I *still* haven't seen it.

Oh gosh I envy you!

I can feel myself gettin' awful mad. I'm out of patience, children.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/936full-the-night-of-the-hunter-poster.jpg

Do you want me to call for help?
http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/eyeswithoutaface-scob.jpg

send... more... cops

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/rotld.jpg

reporting for duty, sir

http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/news/aug08/ManiacCop.jpg

I would very much like Morbs to get in a ballot, as I'm hoping he might bump up some of the older stuff (not an age joke). Although I'd like oddities to make it in, and I don't really give a shit about established canon, I'll definitely be annoyed if there's barely anything pre-50s...

― emil.y, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 1:30 PM (54 minutes ago)

agree w/ all this. tho there are over 10 canon films from the 60s/70s I dropped from my ballot to make room for other stuff, my breakdown by decade still looks like:

20s - 2
30s - 2
40s - 1
50s - 3
60s - 7
70s - 18
80s - 8
90s - 5
00s - 4

apparently 1973 was the most horrifying year on record, and, with one off-the-wall exception, all my post 80s picks ended up being non-US.

kino's blu-ray of ganja and hess came out yesterday. one of my last ballot cuts.

Burton's Dark Shadows is set in 1972, which explains why it's not horrifying I guess.

It's crazy how many of my all-time favorite movies are horror.

― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:40 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha yeah. My top three aren't just my favorite horror movies; they're my favorite movies.

I think I forgot Night of the Hunter! After all that talk. Sheesh.

― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:44 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^ otm!!!! i hadn't realized that before i made this list, but yes.
life is horrifying, people are terrible, and horror movies are the best.

― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 10:45 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol, yeah, there isn't much difference between my "favorite horror movies" list and my "favorite movies" list, thought the former doesn't include like the philadelphia story and repo man.

i did not forget to vote for night of the hunter

Man. Listening to Mancini's score to Lifeforce right now and it's so damn good. Meant to see the movie in time for this poll, but a long visit from the mother-in-law prevented that. Maybe I'd have ended up with three Tobe Hooper joints on my ballot instead of two...

Sweet. I wondered if anyone else voted for Spontaneous Combustion and The Mangler.

OK, I'm calling it. Balloting is officially closed ...

UNLESS you can provide me a compelling excuse for your tardy ballot while I await Morbs' ballot, which I granted an extension. If I like your story enough and you're reasonably hasty, I'll let it slide.

I'm just waiting to see which Rest Stop movie will place higher.