Best and Worst Horror...according to IMDb

[Unaboner3000]

Intersting read on what user's rated highest and lowest in the horror genre.

Top Rated "Horror" Titles
Rank Rating Title Votes

8.6 Psycho (1960) 74,516
8.4 Alien (1979) 88,948
8.3 The Shining (1980) 76,493
8.3 Aliens (1986) 87,577
8.3 Diaboliques, Les (1955) 5,496
8.3 Faust (1926) 1,541
8.2 Jaws (1975) 68,083
8.2 Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 6,769
8.1 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 11,554
8.1 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7,528
8.1 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 13,183
8.1 Spoorloos (1988) 4,758
8.0 Onibaba (1964) 1,505
8.0 Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das (1933) 1,452
8.0 Frankenstein (1931) 10,385
8.0 King Kong (1933) 18,366
8.0 Dead of Night (1945) 1,422
8.0 The Innocents (1961) 2,710
7.9 The Exorcist (1973) 49,693
7.9 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 7,586
7.9 Repulsion (1965) 5,425
7.9 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 20,044
7.9 The Thing (1982) 29,493
7.9 Kaidan (1964) 1,599
7.9 The Invisible Man (1933) 3,930
7.9 Batoru rowaiaru (2000) 22,547
7.9 Yeux sans visage, Les (1960) 1,589
7.8 The Unknown (1927) 1,011
7.8 Shaun of the Dead (2004) 39,583
7.8 The Birds (1963) 28,225
7.8 Night of the Living Dead (1968) 18,548
7.8 Peeping Tom (1960) 4,111
7.8 Jûbei ninpûchô (1993) 6,181
7.8 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 6,064
7.8 The Haunting (1963/I) 6,429
7.8 Survive Style 5+ (2004) 1,147
7.8 Büchse der Pandora, Die (1929) 1,486
7.7 Profondo rosso (1975) 3,681
7.7 Dawn of the Dead (1978) 20,112
7.7 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) 1,956
7.7 Vargtimmen (1968) 1,448
7.7 Halloween (1978) 28,135
7.7 The Others (2001) 50,422
7.7 The Holy Mountain (1973) 1,202
7.7 Evil Dead II (1987) 22,473
7.7 The Uninvited (1944) 1,187
7.7 The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 2,907
7.7 Cape Fear (1962) 5,476
7.7 Locataire, Le (1976) 4,106
7.7 Freaks (1932) 6,567


Bottom Rated "Horror" Titles
Rank Rating Title Votes

1.1 Die Hard Dracula (1998) 430
1.1 The Maize: The Movie (2004) 183
1.2 Bigfoot (1970) 210
1.2 Voyeur.com (2000) 265
1.2 Club Vampire (1998) 275
1.3 B.T.K. Killer (2005) 420
1.3 Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) 262
1.3 Flesh Feast (1970) 250
1.3 Savage Vengeance (1993) 130
1.4 Erotic Ghost (2001) 239


Courtesy of IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/chart/horror)

[VampiricClown]

Halloween at 42!

What is wrong with IMDB, my good sir?

[The STE]

there's 9 movies on that list that I wouldn't qualify as horror

[Unaboner3000]

I thought the same thing. I also thought Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead were a bit low. Also, it seems people really love the classics....as in the 1930's.

[VampiricClown]

I thought the same thing. I also thought Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead were a bit low. Also, it seems people really love the classics....as in the 1930's.

Those were good films....

[The Mothman]

nothing even goes over 8. people on imdb are far too picky.

[The Mothman]

I am glad to see BTK Killer on the lowest however. what a steaming piece of crap.

[VampiricClown]

nothing even goes over 8. people on imdb are far too picky.

I think it's just because there are far too many on there.

[Despare]

I think it's just because there are far too many on there.

Not only that but people rate based on how they feel about a director, actor, or political statement that a movie "makes". So a great movie like the Departed could get a 1 from a guy who thinks that it's a rip off of Infernal Affairs while a movie like House of the Dead could get a 10 from the director who goes on and rates his own movies.

[Angra]

"Aliens" at nr. 4???

Totally disagree.

[Unaboner3000]

"Aliens" at nr. 4???

There are so many things wrong with that chart (which is why I posted it), but I actually think that the users rated Alien and Aliens about where they should be. I also don't mind Psycho at number 1. Psycho and Alien, for better or worse, really created their respective genres(slasher and sci-fi horror). They were fantastic films. A better argument can be made agaisnt The Shining....nice film...but number 3? No way. (Kubrick fans will start throwing shit at me). Jaws at 7 is a stretch as well. Again, not a bad film....but there are plenty of films below it that I thought were much better.

[roshiq]

WTF??!!
:mad:
no TCM!?! no F13!?!
damn it!!


1.4 Erotic Ghost (2001) 239
[/LIST]
Courtesy of IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/chart/horror)

humm...interesting...haven't seen it yet.

[Angra]

A better argument can be made agaisnt The Shining....nice film...but number 3? No way. (Kubrick fans will start throwing shit at me). .



*Picks up a huge pile of poop.... Aiming..*

[AUSTIN316426808]

My biggest gripes..

Battle Royale is a horror movie?

Shaun of the Dead #29, in front of films like Halloween, Phantom of the Opera and Dawn of the Dead?

[AUSTIN316426808]

why do you think so many people think battle royal is a horror movie ? and survive style 5+ horror ?


I suppose it's because of the atmosphere and tension.

[AUSTIN316426808]

and survive style 5+ ?


Never seen it, the couple of people who've told me about it say it's kinda funny. Although that's not to say it's not horror because they're completely throwed off.

[pinkerton]

Never seen it, the couple of people who've told me about it say it's kinda funny. Although that's not to say it's not horror because they're completely throwed off.



Its a good movie, not horror but good.Watch it for free here:


http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/movies.htm

[Unaboner3000]

i will take the HDC top 100 and put it up against any old list on the net any day !

thanks flayed werever you are

HAHA! Nice list of movies to watch for free. But not exactly a "top" list. Otherwise, films like Hollow Man 2 and Hostel would not be on it. :D

But it is a cool list. And it seems that 90% of that list is films of the 60s and before. I will bookmark this and comeback and watch some of these later.

[Angra]

HAHA! Nice list of movies to watch for free. But not exactly a "top" list. Otherwise, films like Hollow Man 2 and Hostel would not be on it. :D

But it is a cool list. And it seems that 90% of that list is films of the 60s and before. I will bookmark this and comeback and watch some of these later.


Did you just dis the HDC list?.... Punk!! :mad:

[Unaboner3000]

Did you just dis the HDC list?.... Punk!!

Uh...no. I clearly said it was a cool list. I dissed Hollow Man 2 and Hostel. :p

[The_Return]

Uh...no. I clearly said it was a cool list. I dissed Hollow Man 2 and Hostel. :p

Uh...what list are you looking at? Neither of those are anywhere near the HDC Top 100...

[Unaboner3000]

Bah! My fault. I was replying to the earlier post about this list:
http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/movies.htm

I see now that you guys are referring to another list. :p

[Angra]

Flayed, will you take this one? :rolleyes:

[The Flayed One]

*starts warming up*

[Posher778]

Imdb bases their lists off votes, not any other way.

[VampiricClown]

Not only that but people rate based on how they feel about a director, actor, or political statement that a movie "makes". So a great movie like the Departed could get a 1 from a guy who thinks that it's a rip off of Infernal Affairs while a movie like House of the Dead could get a 10 from the director who goes on and rates his own movies.

True. I hate it when people do stuff like that, but hey, it's their own opinion. I can't stand satanic movies. They're all the same, but I'm not going to downrate it on my own personal hatred towards them.