The Best Of Horror

[Quorthon]

My problem with Wrong Turn remains that it's a weak Deliverance/Texas Chainsaw Massacre rip-off with a lot of ridiculous elements stuffed into the story.

Like I said, jump from Ranger station/tower, land on ribcage in tree several feet below. No harm done to the girl. And that's just the one that stuck with me!

Creature From the Black Lagoon. Excellent film.

[Bartwald]

slayrrr666 said:

But L thought that you were to take one off from each decade you'd put one in from the same decade? Creature was from the 50s, while Wrong Turn was this century? I'm confuseed on that statement, Bart.

You're right, I had to break some of the rules I made there - but it's been done in the name of the better quality of the list. I mean, otherwise I wouldn't be able to put either Creature or The Bride Of Frankenstein there.

Quorth: I totally agree Wrong Turn isn't original. At all. But it's so damn well made I was literally on the edge of the seat while watching it - true story!

[slayrrr666]

Well, when you put it that way, I can live with it.

[danielgriner]

my list ...best horror ever... wow, this is gonna be hard..
alice sweet alice
alien
Basket case
battle royale
black christmas
blair witch project
Brain Damage
Cannibal Holocause
Cemetary Man
dawn of the dead (original and remake)
day of the dead
event horizon
Evil Dead series
frightmare
funny games
Guinea Pig series (Wow, talking shocking)
henry: portrait of a serial killer
Ichi the Killer
interview with a vampire
invasion of the body snatchers
Junk
last house on the left
living dead at manchester morgue
luther the geek
maniac
mute witness
night of the living dead
nodferatu
pin
prison
Re-animator
session 9
Shawn of the Dead
stacy
stagefright
stir of echoes
suicide circle
the beyond
the changeling
the dark hours
the exorcist I and III
the haunting (original)
the other
the ring
the sender
the vanishing (original)
Zombie Flesh Eaters

my favorites, i'm sure i'm forgettin alot of em'.
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[danielgriner]

by the way man, i love your list, i disagree with a few but after i posted my list i read yours and saw like 10 i wouldve put on my list had i remembered them, so many movies in my head to sort through. but just so ya know all the movies on your list i havent seen ' i'll be watching and forcing my finace' to watch here in the next month or so, appreciate it...d

[Quorthon]

Welcome aboard danielgriner! Post often!

[Fenril]

admin said:

Now, what remakes and sequels should get a honorary nod here (they still don't get to the main list , though)? The obvious being:

Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
The Thing (1982)
The Fly (1986)

Invasion of the body snatchers (1978). Even better than the first one IMHO.

[Bartwald]

I agree that the '78 version had some advantages (better ending, most of all) but in this case I'll stick with the original anyway - it just had this unforgettable feel to it.

And Daniel - I thought of including some of films from your list, too (for example - the great, great Funny Games) but for various reasons I had to skip them in the end. Very SOON I will put the final version of the list here - still putting final touches to it and considering all the pieces of advice you gave me here.

[slayrrr666]

Nice. Still looking forward to it.

[LivingDeadGirl]

danielgriner said:

my list ...best horror ever... wow, this is gonna be hard..
alien
blair witch project
dawn of the dead (original and remake)
day of the dead
Evil Dead series
henry: portrait of a serial killer
interview with a vampire
invasion of the body snatchers
last house on the left
night of the living dead
nodferatu

Re-animator

the exorcist I
the ring

the vanishing (original)

Those would also be on my list...if I weren't too lazy to make one. ;D But seriously, there were a lot on there that I'd never heard of. Been trying to broaden my horizons in the horror genre w/ the help of the other horror fans around here. Which reminds me, you can go to the "Viewing Suggestions" thread & add your two cents on what you think some must-see's are.

[Bartwald]

Here goes the final version of the list. Huge thanks to everyone who helped me come up with it. Further comments are more than welcome.

The Best Of Horror 1920-2005

28 Days Later (2002)
Alien (1979)
An American Werewolf In London (1981)
Audition (1999)
Bay Of Blood (1970)
The Beyond (1981)
The Birds (1963)
Blair Witch Project (1999)
Braindead (1992)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
The Brood (1979)
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1919)
Candyman (1992)
Carnival Of Souls (1962)
Carrie (1976)
The Cat People (1942)
Cemetery Man (1994)
The Changeling (1979)
Child’s Play (1988)
Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
Creepshow (1982)
Cronos (1993)
Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
Day Of The Dead (1985)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Deep Red (1975)
Demons (1986)
The Descent (2005)
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Dracula (1931)
The Evil Dead (1982)
Evil Dead II (1987)
The Exorcist (1973)
Final Destination (2000)
The Fly (1986)
Friday The 13th (1980)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
God Told Me To (1977)
The Golem – How He Came Into The World (1920)
Halloween (1978)
The Haunting (1963)
Haute Tension (2002)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988)
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer (1987)
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
House (1986)
The Howling (1981)
House On Haunted Hill (1959)
Inferno (1980)
The Innocents (1961)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
It’s Alive! (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Ju-on (2003)
Land Of The Dead (2005)
The Last House On The Left (1972)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
Maniac Cop (1988)
Matthew Hopkins – Witchfinder General (1968)
Medium (1985)
The Mummy (1932)
Near Dark (1987)
Night Of The Demon (1957)
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Omen (1976)
Phantasm (1979)
Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
Piranha (1978)
Poltergeist (1982)
Psycho (1960)
Psycho II (1983)
Re-Animator (1985)
Repulsion (1965)
The Ring (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Scream (1996)
The Serpent And The Rainbow (1988)
The Shining (1980)
Sisters (1973)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Spirits Of The Dead (1968)
The Stuff (1985)
Suspiria (1977)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1979)
Them! (1954)
The Thing (1982)
Tombs Of The Blind Dead (1971)
Tremors (1990)
Videodrome (1983)
The Village (2004)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Wolf Creek (2005)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Zombie Flesh-Eaters (1979)

[slayrrr666]

Only personal choices would keep some of those off the list (I utterly despise 28 Days Later, Blair Witch Project, Signs, Sixth Sense, and The Village) and have never seen or heard of God Told Me To and Medium. But otherwise, I'd call that a great list. Ordering them now would be the hard part.

[frankenjohn]

slayrrr666 said:

Only personal choices would keep some of those off the list (I utterly despise 28 Days Later, Blair Witch Project, Signs, Sixth Sense, and The Village) and have never seen or heard of God Told Me To and Medium. But otherwise, I'd call that a great list. Ordering them now would be the hard part.

Can't believe you don't like those (The Village I understand though).

God Told Me To is a great Larry Cohen movie about a cop whos bent on finding out why many people are commiting murders in the name of God.

[slayrrr666]

Both The Sixth Sense and Signs are boring films that launched a total hack's career after a whole bunch of clueless watchers in 1999 were amazed by a twist that anyone could've easily seen coming a mile away. I really never found any of his films to be good and I get angry at all of his films. I see them to see if he's changed, but they're all just nearly crap.

Blair Witch Project is nearly as bad, but once you've seen Cannibal Holocaust, there's no need to insult yourself with C-grade work at all. And it wasn't that spectacular at all in the first place.

[Bartwald]

slayrrr666 said:

Only personal choices would keep some of those off the list (I utterly despise 28 Days Later, Blair Witch Project, Signs, Sixth Sense, and The Village) and have never seen or heard of God Told Me To and Medium. But otherwise, I'd call that a great list. Ordering them now would be the hard part.

Ordering them would be impossible!

I agree with you that The Blair Witch Project is boring - plus there's not much true horror in it! - but it caused quite a stir in the horror world, that's why it's on the list. 28 Days Later and the Shyamalan's films I consider great, atmospheric pieces of cinema - a matter of taste, I guess.

God Told Me To you already know about from frank (a very weird film, almost Cronenbergian), and Medium is a Polish psychological thriller/horror - much recommended but I guess next to impossible to find in the States.