Best Ever Horror Films 2.0 [LIST] - Movies & TV

PurpleHazel

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1. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) 621 points
2. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) 481
3. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) 458
4. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968) 447
5. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975) 424
6. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) 423
7. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) 420
8. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) 415
9. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978) 413
10. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) 409
11. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922, F.W. Murnau) 402
12. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968) 401
13. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) 365
14. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
15. Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)
16. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
17. Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
(tie) The Fly (David Cronenberg, 1986)
19. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983) 282
20. Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974)
21. It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, 2015)
22. Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
23. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)
24. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1983)
(tie) Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper, 1982)
26. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
27. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
28. The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
29. Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987)
30. Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932)
31. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956)
32. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981)
33. Hellraiser (Clive Barker, 1987)
34. They Live (John Carpenter, 1988)
35. The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)
36. Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962)
37. Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)
38. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
39. The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963) 194
40. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
41. A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018)
42. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)
43. Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
(tie) Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, 2009)
45. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
46. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
47. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
48. Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon, 1985)
49. Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931)
(tie) The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
51. The Beyond (Lucio Fulci, 1981)
52. Braindead / Dead Alive (Peter Jackson, 1992)
(tie) Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)
54. Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, 1960)
55. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
56. Audition (Takashi Miike, 1999)
57. Phantasm (Don Coscarelli, 1979)
58. Dracula (Terence Fisher, 1958)
59. The Wolf Man (George Waggner, 1941)
60. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
(tie) Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)
62. The Devil’s Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005)
63. Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964)
64. Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
(tie) Night of the Comet (Thom Eberhardt, 1984)
66. [REC] (Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza, 2007)
67. The Return of the Living Dead (Dan O’Bannon, 1985)
68. The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
69. From Dusk Till Dawn (Robert Rodriguez, 1996)
70. Black Sunday (Mario Bava, 1960)
(tie) Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)
72. It (Andy Muschietti, 2017)
73. Deep Red (Dario Argento, 1975)
(tie) Split (M. Night Shyamalan, 2016)
(tie) Tenebrae (Dario Argento, 1982)
(tie) The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)
77. Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942)
(tie) The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999)
79. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978)
80. The Cremator (Juraj Herz, 1969)
81. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2012)
(tie) Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
83. Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino, 2018)
84. The VVitch (Robert Eggars, 2015)
85. Fright Night (Tom Holland, 1985)
86. Dead of Night (A. Cavalcanti, B. Dearden, R. Hamer & C. Crichton, 1945)
(tie) Final Destination (James Wong, 2000)
(tie) Friday the 13th (Sean Cunningham, 1980)
89. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
90. The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)
91. Saw (James Wan, 2004)
92. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Chuck Russell, 1987)
93. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
94. I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943)
95. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
96. Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992) 100
97. Train to Busan (Sang-ho Yeon, 2016) 99
(tie) US (Jordan Peele, 2019) 99
99. The Tenant (Roman Polanski, 1976) 98
100. Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008) 97

341 individual films were submitted. Psycho is the only film that appeared on every list. Martyrs is the only film to make it onto the list with just one vote.

Last edited by PurpleHazel on 12/30/2019 22:25; edited 1 time in total

badseed

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Age: 35
Location: FL

Man, this is infinitely better than our previous list in every way. Amazing. Great blend of old and new. Not a bad movie here. Only a couple that wouldn't even make my top 250. Nothing weird about the order. Surprisingly high appearances by some great films that were very underrated (or not even listed) last time. Honestly, this is right up there with our silent film list for me as one of the absolute best looking lists we've made.

I'm sorry I shit the bed. Thanks a lot to PurpleHazel for putting in the work. Again, one day I might talk about the reason why I abandoned you guys. But to be honest, I've got to finish getting through it first. But don't worry about me. Worry about checking out whatever films on this list you haven't seen. Because holy cow. This might be the best horror list online.
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badseed

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Age: 35
Location: FL

Just looked again though and you have both Invasion of the Body Snatchers listed as the '56 version.
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PurpleHazel

Corrected. Glad you feel your goal of improving upon the previous list has been achieved.

Hayden

Location: CDMX

Yeah, overall it's a much better list than the last. Feels a lot more well rounded.

Maybe I finally have to watch Jaws Laughing

.... maaaaaybe 2019 or the decade list next? Anxious

The decade list would probably be open for quite a while.

PurpleHazel

Hayden wrote:

.... maaaaaybe 2019 or the decade list next? Anxious

The decade list would probably be open for quite a while.

I say 2019 first. A deep dive into 2019 will obviously help when making a 2010s list. Also I plan to watch a lot for the decade list and will cram as much as possible into however long a viewing period we have. Have already watched a handful of movies with a decade list in mind.

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PurpleHazel

Just watched Train to Busan. Excellent. Wish I could still vote for it.

Hayden

Location: CDMX

PurpleHazel wrote:

I say 2019 first. A deep dive into 2019 will obviously help when making a 2010s list. Also I plan to watch a lot for the decade list and will cram as much as possible into however long a viewing period we have. Have already watched a handful of movies with a decade list in mind.

Will take note. Figure 2019 makes sense first too.

Might end up starting it earlier than usual this year. Last couple of years it's been March, but film accessibility is easier than usual in 2019. Issue's the time. Might go mid-Feb to mid-March or something.

PurpleHazel

Not sure if mid-February's late enough for the streaming services to get as high number of 2019 films as they did 2018 films last year (Amazon Prime was so useful for me), but It'd be greedy and probably impractical of me to expect a longer viewing time for the decade poll AND the starting time I prefer for the 2019 one. Obviously, as the 2019 poll host, you have to do what you think is best for the polls and best for you.

Hayden

Location: CDMX

PurpleHazel wrote:

Not sure if mid-February's late enough for the streaming services to get as high number of 2019 films as they did 2018 films last year (Amazon Prime was so useful for me), but It'd be greedy and probably impractical of me to expect a longer viewing time for the decade poll AND the starting time I prefer for the 2019 one. Obviously, as the 2019 poll host, you have to do what you think is best for the polls and best for you.

Should also note the Oscars are REALLY early this year. I usually wait until post-Oscars, but it might even be a few weeks after Laughing

We'll see. Hoping everyone gets to see some of 2019's best first.