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My Top 10 Horror Films Made to Date
Posted by flamingpoodle • 11/11/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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A recent survey done by the Vault of Horror asked for the top 10 horror films of a bunch of us who like our gore.
You can find my list here:
necrofiles.blogspot.com/2008/11/top-10-horror-films-made-to-date.html
Tell me what you think. Did I miss anything?
User Comments
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I would add '30 days of Night' to the list... awesome movie!-
Oooh yes. Great film.
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I haven't watched all of that yet, but it was pretty good. And I usually never like anything Josh Hartnett is in.
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@Flaming
I'd love to respond but I can't watch horror -
You have missed quite a lot.
Think about
Nightmare on Elm Steert (series)
Exorcist
Jeeper Creeper
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I left out Exorcist because that tops about every horror list I've seen.
The Nightmare on Elm Street series is awesome. Left that out for more or less the same reason.
I also left out The Omen series, which surprisingly doesn't make it onto that many top 10 horror lists. Could've added that one in there easily.
Jeepers Creepers was terrible though, mainly because the creature is not convincing. If you consider the alien in Alien, or Predator, those creatures look like they evolved in a particular environment. Alien has its whole life cycle represented and it is visually convincing. The Jeepers Creepers creature has some serious design flaws. Where does it keep its wings when it isn't flying? It looks like a lizard. Most lizard creatures are viviparous, but for a creature of that size, a viviparous angle would've been more effective. It is also unclear why exactly the creature needs to feast on humans. Surely, if it needs human body parts to construct its own body, it wouldn't look like a lizard? Very, very sloppy story that seems like a cash-in on the creature feature craze. -
Make that most lizard type creatures are oviparous, but for a Jeepers Creepers kind of creature, a viviparous angle would make more sense.
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I've always found The Exorcist to be a bit overrated. Also not as scary as one would think. I wasn't THAT scared with it, and I get scared of everything.
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The Exorcist doesn't seem that scary by today's standards, but when it came out it was really, really scary. I'm not sure if I think it's overrated, I just don't see the point in listing a film that's going to be on nearly everyone's top 10 anyway. Glad to see I'm not alone.
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What about "wolf creek"?
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Haven't seen that one yet. Looks interesting, thanks.
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What, no "Saw," "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" or "Night of 1,000 Cats?"-
Saw was classy. I left it out because I ran out of space - I only have 10 spots! And Vincent Price gets a spot!
Cat People (both of them) could've made it too I guess.
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flamingpoodle; Cat People was good...I'd forgotten about that movie!
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Me too. I have about 200 B-Grades and they rule, so that's why my top 10 list is a bit obsessed with older films.
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don't forget Saw 5. this is a latest sequel of Saw movies. -
What about Glitter?
It was truly horrific.-
Was it worse than Catwoman?
I love this quote, attributed to Mariah Carey:
"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I
can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that but not with all
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That is the single greatest quote ever.... EVER.
You know honestly I never made it through either movie to compare them. -
I didn't watch either. They looked too horrific. And this is from a guy who once viewed animal autopsy videos while eating breakfast.
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Interesting list this is mine.
1. Rosemary's Baby
2. Dracula
3. Nightmare on Elm Street (first one)
4. Halloween
5. Omen (series)
6. Exorcist
7. Aliens (first one)
8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (orginal none of the bad remakes)
9. Pet Semetary
10. Children of the Corn (first one)-
Good list! I didn't put in any Polanski films. Rosemary's Baby is awesome. I loved Ninth Gate too.
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Definitely the first ALIEN movie!
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Didn't think I'd ever see Non ho sonno (Sleepless) in a top 10 outside of a horror forum. Too bad there's no Region 1 disc available for it.
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I watch mine on my pc. It's region 4. We are region 2, I think. Don't really care because I have software to hack it.
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Surprised if SLEEPLESS / NON HO SONNO is in anyone's top ten, but then I love MALEFIC and I think I'm the only person out there who does ;0) - personally I'd go more for SUSPIRIA.
Also don't agree with excluding certain films on there because they're remakes - unless this is a 'top ten original horror film' list.... - I mean if you consider it to be better than the original, why not? THE THING is a classic and kicks ass on the original.
But kudos to anyone who can put a top ten together. It's tough, I love so many of these films but each for very different reasons.
Of recent films, I'd have to add THE ORPHANAGE and .REC in there in any top ten list. -
Yes, Susperia is awesome. I like about all the Argento films I've seen.
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Children of the Corn, eh? Interesting... I didn't think that was scary at all.
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The Exorcist, The Shining, The Thing, Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Halloween
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I prefer Manhunter to all the other Hannibal Lecter films. It's done with more class and it doesn't ride on the big names. Not that Jodie Foster, Juliana Moore, Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Fiennes don't do great jobs, I just prefer Manhunter as an overall film.
The Thing by John Carpenter is a remake. Won't go on any of my lists..
Halloween is a good one. So is Exorcist. I left those out because they're on all the top 10 horror lists (with good reason). The Shining is great but not really my taste for a horror film.
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Shutter (Korean Version)-
Yes, I have to get around to the Korean horror films at some point. Thanks!
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Shutter is Thai, not Korean.
Great horror film. Made me jump from my seat a few times (and my older siblings were afraid to watch it, but I convinced them to).
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Just did a review for one of my favourites:
necrofiles.blogspot.com/2008/11/brain-that-wouldnt-die-dvd-review.html
Comments are welcome, but please use your head. -
PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES - great flick, lovely atmosphere in those old Hammer films.
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Awesome movie
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three must haves:
1. abbott and costello meet frankenstein
2. reanimator
3. phantasm-
Yes, Reanimator is a great pick. I chose Dagon though - from more or less the same production team. Also a Lovecraft story.
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Audition needs to be on there. It's scary on two levels: 1) the movie itself and 2) the fact that someone actually made it.
Oh, and Hellraiser.-
Audition yes! I haven't actually investigated the Eastern horror films yet, so I have lots of discovering to do in that area.
I thought long about Hellraiser. While I do love the film, I don't think it is classic. It's a poorly made film from a technical view. Of course, the story and the overall entertainment value of a film are more important than the technical side of things, and in these departments Hellraiser scores.
I did review Hellraiser too:
necrofiles.blogspot.com/2008/01/tearing-your-soul-apart-hellraiser-1987.htm...
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That's a very dodgy list, I don't know a lot about the genre but how can you have a list of Horror films without the Shining?
Plus I wouldn't say manhunter was a horror it's more a psychological thriller.-
Not a big fan of the Shining. Kubrick is too close to respectable for my tastes.
Good point regarding Manhunter though!
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...oh, yeah and that stupid Ben Stiller movie, Dodgeball, that has got to be on someone elses top 10 horror flicks. -
I left out Titanic and Pearl Harbour too. Those have to be some of the worst films ever.
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As a kid the only one I can recall being cheesey yet scary was The Crawling Eye. The whole fog thing had me going. -
The Vault of Horror survey is out!
thevaultofhorror.blogspot.com/2008/11/cyber-horror-elite-have-spoken.html
It's been getting a lot of media attention from the big boys in the horror world like Fangoria and Bloody Disgusting. Check it out! -
The top ten must defintely include a Saw Movie surely!!!-
Saw is on my top 10 recent horror list:
necrofiles.blogspot.com/2008/12/top-10-horror-films-of-nineties-and.html
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Funny Games. But it's more psychological torture and horror. Unbearable to watch! -
the saw movie I couldn't stand. its too messy -
The others
The descent
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Great movies! Also, ones that are unlikely to end up on someone's top 10.
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Glad you like my choices
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The Others was a great film. Just watched it for the third time. The ending was a total surprise.
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The scariest movie I've ever seen is Jaws. People don't think of it as a horror movie because it isn't supernatural or involve a maniacal, escaped mental patient; but, it's pretty darn frightening.
I wrote about it on my blog:
Dead Rooster at Sea: Face Down in an Ocean of Terror
deadrooster.com/humor/dead-rooster-at-sea-face-down-in-an-ocean-of-terror-
Its hard for me to take Jaws seriously. I consider it more of an action movie now-a-days... though, I do agree, the first time i saw it, it was pretty scary. And I'll continue with it is the scariest ocean/shark movie. The other copy-cats, I forget their names, like Deep Sea or something, was awful... and any other number of knock offs, like ones with giant crocidiles.
So. Jaws is good, but I wouldn't consider it scary now, in the present. Sorta of like how I can't take Alien seriously anymore. -
Obviously, you never went surfing in the ocean the morning after you saw it like I did...
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Yeah. And probably never met an evil sea lion, either.
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Hahaha. Yeah, I'd probably never touch the ocean again!
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Sharks and I have a deal: they get the water, I get the land.
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"10 best" lists are so subjective... Is it the 10 best quality wise? Effectiveness? Importance to the genre? Just the 10 I like best?
I'll give 10that I might just like the best... Here goes nothin'
1- The Exorcist
2- Halloween
3- TCM (1974)
4- Suspiria
5- Salem's Lot
6- Session 9
7- Hellraiser
8- A Nightmare on Elm Street
9- A'Linterieur (Inside)
10- The Fog-
Questioning motives is so sour grapes. That's a great list and your blog rules!
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Description:
There was this scifi/horror movie circa 70s/80s. I remember it was somewhere in Antarctic. There was a lab and scientists were attacked by alien or something. Those scientists became monsters. One type of monsters was a walking head with legs attached. Dog was attacked as well (or was it wolves?).
I don't remember the title of that movie. Any chance you guys know what I'm babbling about?
Edited: Ah, found it! A movie called The Thing (1982).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liS2csDM25Y&feature=related-
That's a John Carpenter remake. The only kind of remake I will accept
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the first Alien movie
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There's actually a huge debate about whether Alien is a horror movie or a sci-fi epic. It has the sci-fi setting, but it has the horror movie plot of the Last Girl. If you rate it as a horror then certainly it's one of the best ones ever made, but I think Alien is one of the best films ever made, period.
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In no particular order.
1. Horror Hospital
2. Shivers
3. Alien
4. The Thing
5. The Shining
6. Reanimator
7. Hellraiser
8. Man Bites Dog
9. Tetsuo: The Iron Man
10. Videodrome-
Which The Thing? John Carpenter's 1982 version or the original?
Awesome list!
Edit: Oh, I see the comment on my blog does stipulate Carpenter's version. Thanks.
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Sleepless is now reviewed:
necrofiles.blogspot.com/2009/03/dario-argento-sleepless-dvd-review.html
This means all of the ten films on my list now have reviews:
necrofiles.blogspot.com/2008/11/top-10-horror-films-made-to-date.html
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Someone found my blog by googling for 'necro furry porn'. Yeah, I'd rather not know.
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My Top 5:
5) Rosemary's Baby (Excellent subtext, the evil are the nice people next door, not big bad monsters but rational, polite and gentle on the exterior)
4) Misery (Ow! my ankle!)
3) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (Really spooked me as a kid)
2) Exorcist (Just Classic)
1) From Justin to Kelly (Had to endure this while babysitting my niece, try watching this straight through, pure torture.)-
Thanks for the recommendations! I don't think I've seen From Justin to Kelly or Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
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Now this, is fail bit.ly/G7jta
See the last 2 comments. -
Dagon was actually a pretty cool little film. I love Lovecraft!-
Yes I enjoyed that a lot. Buckets of blood, gratuitous boob shots and some plot vaguely resembling Lovecraft at some point. I think.
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I saw "Drag Me to Hell" on Friday and it was amazing. Really scary, funny, and suspenseful. If you like Evil Dead, then you should watch this.-
Thanks! Yes, most of the horror blogs I frequent were quite excited about this.
Try them out:
thevaultofhorror.blogspot.com/
dayofwoman.blogspot.com/ -
repost, please delete.
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Return of the living dead - thats gotta be in there.-
Yes! Has to be. I haven't seen it until recently - it's difficult to get hold of in my country, but I managed to track a copy on DVD.
This is my review:
necrofiles.blogspot.com/2009/03/return-of-living-dead-dvd-review.html
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