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

I'll post some bonus stats now.

First off, a total recap.

001. The Shining [1980, 1467 points, 38 votes, 4 first-place votes]
002. Alien [1979, 1209 points, 33 votes, 4 first-place votes]
003. The Thing [1982, 1117 points, 31 votes, 1 first-place vote]
004. Rosemary's Baby [1968, 1091 points, 30 votes, 1 first-place vote]
005. The Wicker Man [1973, 1057 points, 33 votes, 2 first-place votes]
006. Psycho [1960, 1049 points, 28 votes, 1 first-place vote]
007. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [1974, 1031 points, 27 votes, 8 first-place votes]
008. Suspiria [1977, 1014 points, 29 votes, 2 first-place votes]
009. Night of the Living Dead [1968, 961 points, 27 votes]
010. Carrie [1976, 945 points, 26 votes, 2 first-place votes]

011. The Fly [1986, 871 points, 29 votes, 1 first-place vote]
012. Repulsion [1965, 863 points, 26 votes, 1 first-place vote]
013. The Exorcist [1973, 862 points, 25 votes, 1 first-place vote]
014. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn [1987, 849 points, 26 votes]
015. Eraserhead [1977, 790 points, 22 votes]
016. Dawn of the Dead [1978, 728 points, 22 votes, 1 first-place vote]
017. Videodrome [1983, 673 points, 23 votes]
018. Halloween [1978, 662 points, 21 votes]
019. The Night of the Hunter [1955, 610 points, 17 votes, 1 first-place vote]
020. Poltergeist [1982, 603 points, 23 votes]

021. Braindead [Dead Alive] [1992, 598 points, 19 votes]
022. Jacob's Ladder [1990, 565 points, 17 votes, 4 first-place votes]
023. Possession [1981, 565 points, 17 votes, 2 first-place votes]
024. Carnival Of Souls [1962, 560 points, 20 votes, 1 first-place vote]
025. Let the Right One In [Låt den rätte komma in] [2008, 547 points, 25 votes]
026. Don't Look Now [1973, 547 points, 19 votes, 2 first-place vote]
027. The Ring [2001, 536 points, 17 votes, 1 first-place vote]
028. The Blair Witch Project [1999, 526 points, 20 votes]
029. Audition [Ōdishon] [1999, 519 points, 18 votes]
030. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [1978, 511 points, 15 votes]

031. The Evil Dead [1981, 501 points, 17 votes]
032. Inland Empire [2006, 482 points, 14 votes]
033. Freaks [1932, 475 points, 18 votes]
034. The Descent [2005, 471 points, 20 votes, 1 first-place vote]
035. House [Hausu] [1977, 467 points, 19 votes]
036. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [1920, 467 points, 18 votes, 1 first-place vote]
037. The Silence of the Lambs [1991, 445 points, 16 votes]
038. Black Christmas [1974, 437 points, 14 votes, 1 first-place vote]
039. The Haunting [1963, 434 points, 14 votes]
040. The Birds [1963, 431 points, 17 votes]

041. Nosferatu [1922, 417 points, 16 votes]
042. Peeping Tom [1960, 392 points, 12 votes, 1 first-place vote]
043. A Nightmare On Elm Street [1984, 384 points, 16 votes, 1 first-place vote]
044. Ringu [1998, 382 points, 12 votes]
045. Pulse [Kairo] [2001, 375 points, 13 votes, 1 first-place vote]
045. Deep Red [Profondo Rosso] [1975, 374 points, 15 votes]
046. Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage] [1960, 371 points, 16 votes]
047. An American Werewolf in London [1981, 368 points, 11 votes]
048. Jaws [1975, 363 points, 12 votes]
050. Sleepaway Camp [1983, 350 points, 10 votes]

051. The Brood [1979, 348 points, 13 votes]
052. Re-Animator [1985, 342 points, 13 votes]
053. The Tenant [1976, 338 points, 11 votes]
054. 28 Days Later [2002, 331 points, 13 votes]
055. Candyman [1992, 326 points, 14 votes]
056. The Vanishing [Spoorloos] [1988, 326 points, 11 votes]
057. The Bride of Frankenstein [1935, 326 points, 9 votes]
058. Martyrs [2008, 319 points, 10 votes]
059. Cat People [1942, 316 points, 12 votes]
060. Vampyr [1932, 314 points, 8 votes]

061. M [1931, 312 points, 9 votes, 1 first-place vote]
062. Frankenstein [1931, 301 points, 13 votes]
063. Shaun of the Dead [2004, 301 points, 11 votes]
064. Gremlins [1984, 299 points, 12 votes]
065. Mulholland Dr. [2001, 299 points, 9 votes]
066. The Innocents [1961, 298 points, 10 votes]
067. Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] [1968, 292 points, 10 votes]
068. Cure [Kyua] [1997, 289 points, 9 votes]
069. Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore] [1994, 288 points, 8 votes, 1 first-place vote]
070. Let's Scare Jessica to Death [1971, 272 points, 11 votes]

071. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1986, 272 points, 10 votes]
072. (tie) Curse of the Demon [Night of the Demon] [1957, 261 points, 9 votes]
072. (tie) Drag Me To Hell [2009, 261 points, 9 votes]
074. Threads [1984, 251 points, 6 votes]
075. (tie) Creepshow [1982, 250 points, 10 votes]
075. (tie) Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [1956, 250 points, 10 votes]
077. Pan's Labyrinth [2006, 246 points, 9 votes]
078. Hellraiser [1987, 232 points, 10 votes]
079. Dead Ringers [1988, 228 points, 8 votes]
080. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht [1979, 226 points, 8 votes]

081. Duel [1971, 224 points, 8 votes]
082. Kwaidan [1964, 224 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote]
083. Picnic at Hanging Rock [1975, 220 points, 7 votes]
084. Near Dark [1987, 219 points, 10 votes]
085. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [1992, 218 points, 8 votes]
086. Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm] [1968, 209 points, 10 votes]
087. I Walked with a Zombie [1943, 208 points, 8 votes]
088. The Seventh Victim [1943, 206 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote]
089. Wolf Creek [2005, 205 points, 7 votes]
090. Dressed To Kill [1980, 202 points, 8 votes, 1 first-place vote]

091. Curse of the Cat People [1944, 200 points, 5 votes]
092. Onibaba [1964, 191 points, 7 votes]
093. Seven [1995, 189 points, 10 votes]
094. Paranormal Activity [2007, 189 points, 7 votes]
095. The Cabin in the Woods [2012, 189 points, 6 votes]
096. May [2002, 186 points, 8 votes]
097. Rec [rec] [2007, 178 points, 7 votes]
098. Blood on Satan's Claw [Satan's Skin] [1971, 177 points, 8 votes]
099. Pontypool [2008, 176 points, 7 votes]
100. Phantasm [1979, 175 points, 8 votes]

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Also, I'll post the images all alone in a separate thread sometime tomorrow. Unless someone else wants to scrape the code today. Too DEAD tired to do it right now.

101 has gotta be God Told Me To.

amazing. i prefer those stills to the film itself i think.

Great job, tons of fun.

would love just a link to a flickr gallery where you could scroll through the images fullscreen, they really are beautiful at full size (ilx code squashes them quite a bit)

I totally voted for Anguish fwiw.

Fantastic poll.

Splendid work, Eric H!

Good poll. Except for the results.

huge undying fangs to eric and pillbox for driving this poll into our collective hearts

BY DECADE
1920s - 2
1930s - 5
1940s - 4
1950s - 4
1960s - 13
1970s - 24
1980s - 20
1990s - 11
2000s - 16
2010s - 1

MAD Shining parody:

http://www.theoverlookhotel.com/post/22654310628/parody-of-the-shining-entitled-the-shiner

I placed 26/50, and 8 out of my top 10, not bad

Aw, shoot, I took too long writing about my "The Shining and it's unintentional feminist subtext theory" and now we're into stats.

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

FANGS so much, Eric HATE-CH and KILLbox

Too DEAD tired to do it right now.

^this - but yeah. I have such a wealth of extras, backups & what not, and it would be a waste not to post those on such a thread as well, but I'm def done for the day!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh1jac75Av1qhtovio1_r1_1280.jpg

The Shining.

Alien:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lirbjrEzN21qhtovio1_1280.jpg

Just got to this line in Marabou Stork Nightmares on the way home:

"In Muirhoose nae cunt can hear ye scream...well, they can hear ye, they just dinnae gie a fuck."

Aw, shoot, I took too long writing about my "The Shining and it's unintentional feminist subtext theory" and now we're into stats.

By all means, post away. I'm working my way up to the most interesting stats (i.e. what just missed).

Thanks to Eric and Pillbox, and thanks to all the people who took time out to write lengthy posts explaining/defending their choices. I was mostly at work during this, so was often posting hurriedly during the day--appreciated all the thoughtful commentary. I had 24/35 place, which I expected; I always knew my taste in this genre was on the conservative/consensus side of the spectrum.

MOST POPULAR YEARS
1968 -- Rosemary's Baby; Night of the Living Dead; Hour of the Wolf; Witchfinder General
1979 -- Alien; The Brood; Nosferatu: Phandom der Nacht; Phantasm
1982 -- The Thing; Videodrome; Poltergeist; Creepshow
2008 -- Let the Right One In; Martyrs; Paranormal Activity; Pontypool
(1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1992 and 2001 all had 3 films place.)

Brilliant rundown, I even rinsed the 3G on my non-smartphone to keep up. Awesome work all round!

38/100, p high i'd imagine so i shouldn't gripe. there was something about 2008 i think, i also had a couple on my ballot from that year that didn't plsce.

That MAD Shining parody!!! I read that as a kid long before I ever saw the film & even MAD's version freaked me out!!

The 1982 entries seem like a perfect encapsulation of what I imagine 1982 to have been like.

Supposedly horror films get better during anxiety-ridden times: '68, '79, '82 (major recessions) all qualify. Will leave 2008 jokes for Morbius.

I think 19 of mine placed.

It has been great fun. Thanks to all involved.

The 1982 entries seem like a perfect encapsulation of what I imagine 1982 to have been like.

the list of films I saw in the theaters when I was 11/12 is mindboggling. saw the thing, poltergeist, and creepshow from this list alone. had to settle for reading the novelization of videodrome.

1968 -- Rosemary's Baby; Night of the Living Dead; Hour of the Wolf; Witchfinder General

kind of mind blowing to me that these 4 came out in the same year.

THE SHINING: http://maxgif.com/3pO

would love just a link to a flickr gallery where you could scroll through the images fullscreen

Not 100 percent sure these are all in the right order, but they should be close:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leechlake/sets/72157629754853602/

ALIEN: http://maxgif.com/3pR

great work Eric.

MOVIES THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN WITH WEIGHTED VOTES
The Beyond (#88)
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (#100)

MOVIES THAT WOULD'VE BEEN OUT WITH WEIGHTED VOTES
The Cabin in the Woods (#105)
Curse of the Cat People (#107)

25/100

Saddest omissions: Child's Play, From Beyond, and The Human Centipede.

"Weighted Votes" in this context would've taken away some of the power of rankings. Each vote would've counted for the number of points in the normal system + the average of all potential points put together (25.5). This would've theoretically given a little more favor to the movies that received more votes, even if they were toward the bottom of people's ballots.

Oh, and for the record, no movie came even close to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for number of first-place votes. In fact, the next three down on the list -- The Shining, Alien and Jacob's Ladder -- only got half as many at 4 each.

all hail pillbox and eric, most fun i've ever had with an ILX poll

Yaaaay. Now, who's starting the ballot thread?

On the train now but the executive summary is that The Shining is a metaphor for domestic violence and Wendy is the hero of the story.

we pushed hard to get in as many votes as we could, but i wonder if the results would have been a little less predictably canonical if the poll had closed as originally scheduled, with fewer ballots in

Yaaaay. Now, who's starting the ballot thread?

why not just do it here?

Not really. The last-minute people were pretty evenly split between the canon devotees, the lunatic fringe and the general non-fan.

THE BEYOND!!!! ;_;

the executive summary is that The Shining is a metaphor for domestic violence and Wendy is the hero of the story.

otm, but it's as much a depiction of domestic violence as a metaphor

TOP 10 PASSIONDEX IN TOP 100
01. Threads -- 41.83
02. Curse of the Cat People -- 40
03. Vampyr -- 39.25
04. The Shining -- 38.6
05. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre -- 38.19
06. Psycho -- 37.46
07. Kwaidan -- 37.33
08. Alien -- 36.63
09. Rosemary's Baby -- 36.37
10. Carrie -- 36.35

BOTTOM 10 PASSIONDEX IN TOP 100
01. Seven -- 18.9
02. Witchfinder General -- 20.9
03. Phantasm -- 21.875
04. Let the Right One In -- 21.88
05. Near Dark -- 21.9
06. Blood on Satan's Claw -- 22.125
07. Frankenstein -- 23.15
08. Eyes Without A Face -- 23.1875
09. Hellraiser -- 23.2
10. May -- 23.25

(I'm as surprised as any that there are so many of the overall top 10 finishers in the top of the Passiondex.)