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Anonymous — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:51:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/30/2016 15:51

Kudos, Mr. Paco, it is good to see someone else with a taste for camp. I mostly left them off my list, but over-the-top B movies are among the horror genre's greatest contributions.

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Hayden — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:19:08 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/30/2016 15:19

Aight, and that's the cutoff 😁 Tallied all the lists and I'll be posting it later.

I have to thank everyone for participating. I received a much larger turnout that I thought we would get for this. There were actually more lists submitted for this than the 40's or 50's, so thanks you 😄

Hoping you guys did the final list. I should be posting it somewhat soon-ish.

My final list:

Quote:

1. Psycho
2. Black Swan
3. Only Lovers Left Alive
4. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
5. What We Do In The Shadows
6. The Shining
7. The Silence of The Lambs
8. Let The Right One In
9. Onibaba
10. Green Room (if we're including it, it might as well be on my list)
11. Shaun of The Dead
12. The Wicker Man
13. Rosemary's Baby
14. The Neon Demon
15. The Skin I Live In
16. House
17. Repulsion
18. It Follows
19. Nosferatu
20. Rubber
21. Sleepy Hollow
22. Diabolique
23. The Babadook
24. The Witch
25. Zombieland
26. Coraline
37. The Phantom Carriage
28. Don't Look Now
29. Antichrist
30. Eyes Without A Face
31. Videodrome
32. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
33. Eraserhead
34. Black Sunday
35. Sweeny Todd
36. The Gift
37. Bone Tomahawk
38. Hour of The Wolf
39. Goodnight Mommy
40. Kuroneko
41. Crimson Peak
42. Berberian Sound Studio
43. Ginger Snaps
44. Stoker
45. Byzantium

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Hayden — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 10:51:25 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/30/2016 14:51

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

benpaco wrote:

37 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Unless you were raised Catholic (or Communist), that's a pecuilar film to designate as a "horror film"

Yeah... 🤔 At the end of the day, it won't make the list anyway because Ben has the only vote for it, but it's definitely an odd choice.

Although it is a fantastic film that I highly recommend 😁

Also, Ben, def watch A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night when you get the chance. Easily one of my favourite films of the decade.

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cestuneblague — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 10:33:34 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 10/30/2016 14:33

benpaco wrote:

37 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Unless you were raised Catholic (or Communist), that's a pecuilar film to designate as a "horror film"

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badseed — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 03:13:54 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 10/30/2016 07:13

Dude I'be had horror soundtracks playing in my head every day. Hell, I sang the main themes to both Tenebre ("bowow, ballwall, berlwerl, bowo") and Phenomena ("ho-o-o-o-o-oh ho-o-o-oh") flawlessly, covering multiple instruments at once with just my mouth, on the way to dinner the other night. Any time I'm fuckin just getting it like and I finally get it, I hear the "duh-duh-duh-duh-duhh duhhhh, duh-duh-duh" from the climax of The Beyond in my mind. Oh, and the song "Corn Rigs" from The Wicker Man was the first song I ever purchased on iTunes and after 5+ years it's still the most played track out of 13,000+ songs.

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WindowAbove — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:31:12 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 10/30/2016 03:31

1. Black Swan
2. The Shining
3. Psycho
4. Rosemary's Baby
5. Alien
6. Shaun of the Dead
7. 28 Days Later
8. It Follows
9. The Exorcist
10. Let the Right One In (Swedish one)
11. Evil Dead II
12. Zombieland
13. Halloween (Carpenter)
14. The Fly (Cronenberg)
15. The Skin I Live In
16. Green Room
17. Eraserhead
18. The Birds
19. Jaws
20. The Wicker Man (original)
21. Dawn of the Dead
22. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
23. Deep Red
24. Carrie (De Palma)
25. The Witch
26. The Thing (Carpenter)
27. Rec
28. I Saw the Devil
29. What We Do in the Shadows
30. Evil Dead I (Raimi)
31. A Nightmare on Elm Street
32. Manhunter
33. The Babadook
34. Jacob's Ladder
35. Videodrome
36. Misery
37. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
38. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
39. Don't Look Now
40. The Cabin in the Woods
41. Don't Breathe
42. Suspiria
43. Sleepy Hollow

Wish I saw this thread earlier so I could see more films but I think this is a solid list

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Hayden — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 22:26:09 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/30/2016 02:26

dividesbyzero wrote:

btw did anyone take soundtracks heavily into account when making their lists? I know I did. Eraserhead and The Wicker Man in particular rank among my favorites in big part because of the excellent music found inside

I aaaalllmoooosssttt thought of having a side-poll for best horror soundtracks. I don't think there's any other film genre with such a huge catalogue of iconic soundtracks.

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benpaco — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 21:51:01 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 10/30/2016 01:51

So my list in the end is EMBARASSING due to me losing access to Hulu during my last good watch weekend and me having had a flu, 4 midterms, 1 cancelled job interview, 1 real job interview, and 2 mini-papers due in the past week alone, but here's what I got:

1 Shaun of the Dead
2 House (1977)
3 Eraserhead
4 Repo! The Genetic Opera
5 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
6 Cloverfield
7 Vampire's Kiss
8 28 Days Later...
9 Nosferatu
10 The Cabin in the Woods
11 Hannibal Rising
12 Saw
13 Housebound
14 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
15 30 Days of Night
16 Phantom of the Opera (1943)
17 Haxan (1922)
18 Re-Animator (1985)
19 Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
20 Knights of Badassdom
21 Transylvania 6-5000
22 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
23 Zombieland
24 Frankenstein (1931)
25 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
26 Zombeavers
27 Pro Wrestlers vs. Zombies
28 Sharktopus
29 The Fearless Vampire Killers
30 The Invisible Man
31 Monster House
32 Fascination (1979)
33 Dinocroc vs. Supergator
34 The Wolf Man (1941)
35 The Grapes of Death
36 Son of Frankenstein (1939)
37 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
38 Holidays (2016)
39 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
40 Sharknado
41 Sharknado 2: The Second One
42 Deep Blue Sea
43 The Babadook
44 Hellboy
45 Piranhaconda
46 Dinoshark
47 The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
48 Dark Shadows (2012)
49 Schizo
50 The Phantom of the Opera (1991)
51 Dead Space: Aftermath
52 Don't Blink
53 El Mascarado Massacre/Wrestlemaniac (2006)
54 Ouija
55 Super 8

Things that I don't find even classifiable as horror comedy but at least tear apart horror tropes in fun ways: Ghostbusters 1 and 2 (and maybe the remake idk I haven't seen it), Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Young Frankenstein. Things that I don't think of as horror but are good and somewhat similar (i.e. sci-fi thriller/etc): The Abyss (1989), Silence of the Lambs, District 9, Terminator 2, Donnie Darko, Pacific Rim, etc, etc there's a lot that does spooky and or tense that doesn't feel like horror.

And before y'all ask, didn't end up getting to see A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Alien, Cube, Rosemary's Baby, Funny Games, or Let the Right One In before the date but all are still high on my watchlist (also need to see The Shining at an appropriate age)

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Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:47:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/30/2016 00:47

btw did anyone take soundtracks heavily into account when making their lists? I know I did. Eraserhead and The Wicker Man in particular rank among my favorites in big part because of the excellent music found inside

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Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:31:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/30/2016 00:31

CellarDoor wrote:

dividesbyzero wrote:

Amazing list in any case, though I do have a question about Funny Games.
does everyone think this counts as horror? Please convince me, because if you succeed I might just have to put it up on my list very very high.

It's horrifying because as a viewer we have to mentally engage in the "games", the violence, to fully experience the movie.
Funny Games also kind of predates the torture porn trend of the 00s in the unnerving voyeuristic position Haneke sets the viewer.

Yep I'm convinced. Hayden already tallied it up but just know I've voted for Funny Games in my heart 😁

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CellarDoor — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:09:48 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 10/30/2016 00:09

dividesbyzero wrote:

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cestuneblague — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:02:59 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 10/30/2016 00:02

Im too tired and I gotta go to work soon so here's just a top ten or so

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Frankenstein 😕
Nosferatu
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Eraserhead
The Face of Another
Halloween
Peeping Tom
The Babadook
Evil Dead
Curse of the Demon
Ginger Snaps
Pieces
Wake in Fright
The Cremator
The Loved Ones
Celia
The Descent
Re-Animator
Slumber Party Massacre
The Blood Spattered Bride
Demons
Laurin
Don't Look Now
Angst
Poison for the Fairies
Dead Snow
Bad Taste
Audition
The Hottie and the Nottie
Dance of the Damned
Isolation
The Bad Seed
The Whip and the Body
Child's Play
Phenomena
Orphan

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Hayden — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:48:51 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/29/2016 23:48

Oh, the list is being posted tomorrow night by the way. Not to get confused with Halloween.

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Mercury — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:11:07 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 10/29/2016 23:11

Ryan's Inadequate Horror Movie List (60)

Alien
Halloween
Let The Right One In
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Evil Dead II
Psycho
Rosemary's Baby
The Thing
Man Bites Dog (not sure if qualifies?)
Carrie

Night of the Living Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Creepshow
Day of the Dead
The Silence of the Lambs
Vampyr
Paranormal Activity
Jaws
An American Werewolf in Paris
28 Days Later

Nosferatu
The Exorcist
M
The Shining
Zombieland
Scream
28 Weeks Later
Peeping Tom
Videodrome
The Good Son

The Others
Don't Look Now
The Babadook
The Conjuring II
The Conjuring
Kuroneko
Re-Animator
Dawn of the Dead
The Descent
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

It Follows
Pan's Labyrinth
Repulsion
Let Me In
Goodnight Mommy
Freaks
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Jacob's Ladder
The Fly (the one with Jeff goldblum)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
The Cabin in the Woods
Black Swan
The Birds
The Witch
Onibaba
Poltergeist
What We Do In The Shadows
Ringu

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Hayden — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:23:15 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/29/2016 22:23

badseed wrote:

You know what? I don't care what makes it and what doesn't. This is gonna be a really fun list.

Just tallied it all up 😁 It's definitely a fun list. It's extremely varied with a lot of different types of horror, including comedic and some borderline thrillers, and it all makes an excellently creepy aesthetic.

Hoping you guys like it 😄 Expecting a few more lists to come in within the next few hours. Deadline is midnight.

*plays myself out to John Carpenter music*

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Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:58:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/29/2016 21:58

Eraserhead fascinated me and stimulated my imagination tremendously, but did not horrify me. If I dreamed this, I would not see it as a nightmare, but I can imagine those with children or young siblings might experience it differently.

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badseed — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:50:58 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 10/29/2016 21:50

You know what? I don't care what makes it and what doesn't. This is gonna be a really fun list. There's so much variety in here, I don't mind seeing a thriller or two or Scream or whatever. This is fun stuff. I do wish those of you who haven't seen a couple of these films will hit up YouTube for them, if I can do some last minute promoting for three that I wouldn't have even considered had I not discovered or rediscovered them.

Maniac (1980) is simply put a definitive slasher film; very low budget but with some of Tom Savini's sickest effects yet and a great performance by Joe Spinell as the killer who scalps women to decorate his mannequins.

Alone in the Dark (1982) seems to be a forgotten classic about a group of psychos (including Jack Palance and Martin Landau who are both stellar) that slash their way out of a mental asylum during a power outage. Can't believe this film isn't more famous.

Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) - a little girl (Brooke Shields in her brief film debut) is burned to death at her communion. Did her little bitch of an older sister do it? An intriguing, violent early slasher.

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Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:15:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/29/2016 21:15

CellarDoor wrote:

Well actually I did hesitate adding Eraserhead to the list, but the "baby" scenes are all too horrifying not to add.

not just the baby scenes but really I think the whole thing is just the epitome of surreal horror. Nightmares are also fairly removed from our reality, and I think most people would classify those as horrific. Amazing list in any case, though I do have a question.

CellarDoor wrote:

45. Funny Games 1997

does everyone think this counts as horror? Please convince me, because if you succeed I might just have to put it up on my list very very high.

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AwaitingAndrew — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 14:34:51 GMT

Author: AwaitingAndrew

Posted: 10/29/2016 18:34

Just watched Dracula (1931) and added it to my list, assuming that's ok. In time it might go a bit higher but it'll be #19 for this list.

Dropped my previous #30 (out of 30) off, though I will miss finishing my list with horror films starring Harry Potter and Frodo Baggins.

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CellarDoor — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 10:32:09 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 10/29/2016 14:32

Allabaster wrote:

Very nice list indeed, Mr. Door. I should say that Eraserhead would probably be in my top 10, but while its imagery was certainly similar to that of horror films, it was so divorced from our reality that I could not rightly say that I experienced it as horror.

Well actually I did hesitate adding Eraserhead to the list, but the "baby" scenes are all too horrifying not to add.