What is the Best Horror Movie?

[DemonCleaner]

What is your Favorite Horror Movie?

Best Horror Movie (http://rankthese.com/What-is-the-Best-Horror-Movie.aspx)
http://rankthese.com/What-is-the-Best-Horror-Movie.aspx

I believe almost all of these are post-1970.
"The Shining" currently leads - will horror afficionados stand for this?:eek:
Until now, most voters in this poll are from the public at large. I'm interested in what true horror fans think. Check it out if you can spare 30 sec.

Thanks!
DC

[bloodrayne]

Umm...No Nosferatu...No Evil Deads...No Fulci, Argento, Bava or Lenzi...No Foreign Titles...

I'm sorry, but that's pretty lame...


Are they polling 10 year-olds?



Heh...I just added Nosferatu

[roshiq]

I have made another poll on Sci-fi movies there:)
guys..please give your valuable votes and add the missing movie names to make the poll worthy.

http://rankthese.com/poll.aspx?pollid=65

[slayer666]

I'd agree with The Shining.

[can't get enough gore]

I'd agree with The Shining.

i might sound like a broken record but texas chainsaw massacre should be number 1...that movie had a big impact for horror films back then...people could not stop talking about it... i dont remember alot of talk about the shining

[slayer666]

i might sound like a broken record but texas chainsaw massacre should be number 1...that movie had a big impact for horror films back then...people could not stop talking about it... i dont remember alot of talk about the shining

My rating was based on the film with the biggest impact on me rather than impact on film in general. If I was considering impact on film in general, I'd probably go with Jaws.

[can't get enough gore]

My rating was based on the film with the biggest impact on me rather than impact on film in general. If I was considering impact on film in general, I'd probably go with Jaws.

are you serious????? i would not consider that horror

[Roderick Usher]

are you serious????? i would not consider that horror

well it is

it's about a damn-near-impossible-to-stop killing machine

a proto-slasher

[can't get enough gore]

well it is

it's about a damn-near-impossible-to-stop killing machine

a proto-slasher

but the texas chainsaw was frightening because it could really happen(it did in a way i.e ed gein) dont get me wrong thousands of people are attacked by sharks each year but i dont know what is scarier cannibals or sharks either way you will get eaten:D

[Roderick Usher]

but the texas chainsaw was frightening because it could really happen(it did in a way i.e ed gein) dont get me wrong thousands of people are attacked by sharks each year but i dont know what is scarier cannibals or sharks either way you will get eaten:D

Funny how people are more frightened of being eaten by humans (or zombies) than by animals.

Eaither way something's gonna poop you out:D

[can't get enough gore]

Funny how people are more frightened of being eaten by humans (or zombies) than by animals.

Eaither way something's gonna poop you out:D

hahahha i read the zombie survival guide and they had a fake police report that a zombie ate so many people that it's intestenal lining exploded and it was forced out the anus:confused: :D

[Roderick Usher]

hahahha i read the zombie survival guide and they had a fake police report that a zombie ate so many people that it's intestenal lining exploded and it was forced out the anus:confused: :D

just choked on my chocolate milk:p

I love that book. I haven't yet read World War Z by the same guy - it's supposed to be a real blast.

[can't get enough gore]

just choked on my chocolate milk:p

I love that book. I haven't yet read World War Z by the same guy - it's supposed to be a real blast.

i never read that book before but the Z survival guide is the shit as far as funny books go....

Author: max brookes i beileve????:confused:

[ferretchucker]

Nosfertu was only made because the german who made it couldn't buy the rights to dracula hence, Count Orlok. I love his shadow as he's walking up the stares. Classic.

[Posher778]

but the texas chainsaw was frightening because it could really happen(it did in a way i.e ed gein) dont get me wrong thousands of people are attacked by sharks each year but i dont know what is scarier cannibals or sharks either way you will get eaten:D


Whoop de doo. I'm sick of all the TCM crap. I didn't think it was that great, sorry. Shoot me. I didn't like it at all, and I found it boring. It was repetitive, had no twists or anything that really should have made it recognized like it is today, so, i'm not sure why it's always number one or that close on most lists.


I added Scream, because it was a well made modern slasher, which is incredibly rare. It is also smart and well thought out, with many extreme twists in the plot along with a good deal of laughs, which in my opinion keep a horror movie watchable. Not saying if it isnt funny it isnt good, as you can obviously see in my signature, but Scream was a definite film that I would and have recommended to many people.

[DemonCleaner]

I have made another poll on Sci-fi movies there:)
guys..please give your valuable votes and add the missing movie names to make the poll worthy.

http://rankthese.com/poll.aspx?pollid=65

You guys are awesome.
Thanks to all those who voted! And double-thanks to all of you who added entries. Roshiq - great job creating the sci-fi poll!

[paws the great]

Whoop de doo. I'm sick of all the TCM crap. I didn't think it was that great, sorry. Shoot me. I didn't like it at all, and I found it boring. It was repetitive, had no twists or anything that really should have made it recognized like it is today, so, i'm not sure why it's always number one or that close on most lists.


I added Scream, because it was a well made modern slasher, which is incredibly rare. It is also smart and well thought out, with many extreme twists in the plot along with a good deal of laughs, which in my opinion keep a horror movie watchable. Not saying if it isnt funny it isnt good, as you can obviously see in my signature, but Scream was a definite film that I would and have recommended to many people.



I agree with you 100% on both points.

[can't get enough gore]

Whoop de doo. I'm sick of all the TCM crap. I didn't think it was that great, sorry. Shoot me. I didn't like it at all, and I found it boring. It was repetitive, had no twists or anything that really should have made it recognized like it is today, so, i'm not sure why it's always number one or that close on most lists.


I added Scream, because it was a well made modern slasher, which is incredibly rare. It is also smart and well thought out, with many extreme twists in the plot along with a good deal of laughs, which in my opinion keep a horror movie watchable. Not saying if it isnt funny it isnt good, as you can obviously see in my signature, but Scream was a definite film that I would and have recommended to many people.

are you seriously saying that scream was better than TCM??? scream had no where close as much of a following as TCM did..TCM made a impact in the horror genre for its time(until dawn of the dead) TCM is at least one of the greatest horror movies of all time

News flash!!!!! you wouldnt have scream without halloween!!!:D

[DEATHH DREAMS author]

Posher778 that is the worst top ten list of horror I have ever seen. I'll give you The Thing, but good golly, the rest of those are Hollywood cheesers. Here are the first top ten that come to me in no order:

Texas Chainsaw Mass. (original)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Nosferatu
Night of the Living Dead
Psycho (original)
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Zombie

Ok that's only 8, but there's also a bunch of great B's like Let's Scare Jessica to Death and Messiah of Evil which are better than that Hollywood crap.

No disresepct intended, I know you have the right to your opinions. Sometimes though expanding your horizons is a good thing...

[can't get enough gore]

Posher778 that is the worst top ten list of horror I have ever seen. I'll give you The Thing, but good golly, the rest of those are Hollywood cheesers. Here are the first top ten that come to me in no order:

Texas Chainsaw Mass. (original)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Nosferatu
Night of the Living Dead
Psycho (original)
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Zombie

Ok that's only 8, but there's also a bunch of great B's like Let's Scare Jessica to Death and Messiah of Evil which are better than that Hollywood crap.

No disresepct intended, I know you have the right to your opinions. Sometimes though expanding your horizons is a good thing...

agreed... i like so many horror films that i cant make a top ten:D

[Doc Faustus]

I added Gojira to the list. With the rerelease this year, people finally get access to a serious, message based sick-to-your stomach horror film. It blurs the line between monster movie and disaster movie in wonderful ways, not to mention the fact that it's beautifully shot and incredibly haunting.

[can't get enough gore]

I added Gojira to the list. With the rerelease this year, people finally get access to a serious, message based sick-to-your stomach horror film. It blurs the line between monster movie and disaster movie in wonderful ways, not to mention the fact that it's beautifully shot and incredibly haunting.

do you mean godzilla????

because they came out with a special edition of Godzilla:king of monster(in japan it was called gojira)

BTW i fucking love the godzilla movies:D

[The_Return]

(in japan it was called gojira)

Looks like you answered your own question, genius:rolleyes:

[can't get enough gore]

Looks like you answered your own question, genius:rolleyes:

just love sarcasm:rolleyes: :D

[crazy raplh]

Posher778 that is the worst top ten list of horror I have ever seen. I'll give you The Thing, but good golly, the rest of those are Hollywood cheesers. Here are the first top ten that come to me in no order:

Texas Chainsaw Mass. (original)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Nosferatu
Night of the Living Dead
Psycho (original)
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Zombie

Ok that's only 8, but there's also a bunch of great B's like Let's Scare Jessica to Death and Messiah of Evil which are better than that Hollywood crap.

No disresepct intended, I know you have the right to your opinions. Sometimes though expanding your horizons is a good thing...

Yea I wouldnt even say Donnie Darko is horror that again is just another movie trying to be complex. I did like the soundtrack though that was the best part.

[Doc Faustus]

do you mean godzilla????

because they came out with a special edition of Godzilla:king of monster(in japan it was called gojira)

BTW i fucking love the godzilla movies:D

I mean the original Japanese version. It has a half hour of completely different material than the American one and no Raymond Burr subplot. The American one cut a half hour out of the Japanese version and added the Raymond Burr footage. The half hour of material is really good stuff. It's been available since September and I highly recommend getting ahold of it. I discovered that for years, I hadn't actually seen one of my favorite movies, and America at large had the wrong impression of a real horror classic.

[BASSI]

i would say Briandead,, it's funny, it's gory, it's silly, it's creepy
what more can you ask for