Personal Top 100 Horror Films

[Festered]

Create your list of personal Top 100 horror films. If you can't think of 100 in 1 sitting, come back and re-edit any additions. They can be in any order you choose(alphabetized, numbered, random, etc.). One post per member. No convos.



This is the start of my list:



Beauty and the Beast (orig. Cocteau)
Bitter Moon
Blue Sunshine
Blue Velvet
Cape Fear(remake)
Carrie
Chamber of Horrors(1966)
Curse of the Undead
Curse of the Werewolf
Dahmer

Dawn of the Dead(remake)
Dawn of the Mummy
Dead Calm
Exorcist III
Freaks
Frenzy
Funny Games(orig)
Ganja and Hess
Haxan
Hearts and Minds

Horror of Dracula
House of a 1000 Corpses
I Spit on Your Grave
I Walked with a Zombie
Invasion of the Body Snatchers(orig)
Isle of Lost Souls
King Kong(orig)
Kwaidan
Les Yeux sans Visage
M

Mark of the Devil
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Night of the Living Dead
No Way to Treat a Lady
Onibaba
Peeping Tom
Phantom of the Opera(Hammer)
Psycho(orig)
Ravenous
Salem’s Lot

Salon Kitty
Seconds
Shadow of a Doubt
Silence of the Lambs
Sisters
Sugar Hill
Tarantula
Texas Chainsaw Massacre(orig)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Boston Strangler

The Bride of Frankenstein
The Bride Wore Black
The Devils
The Hitcher
The H-Man
The Most Dangerous Game
The Omega Man
The Thing(orig)
The Vampire Lovers
This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse

Tourist Trap
2000 Maniacs
Vertigo
Wild in the Streets
Witchfinder General
Vampyr
Targets
Blood Feast
Hunchback of Notre Dame (Laughton)
Misery

Darkman
From Hell
Citizen X
The Green Slime
Rivière du hibou, La(Incident at Owl Creek)
Taxi Driver
The H-Man
The King of Comedy
The Loved One
The Manchurian Candidate(orig)

10 Rillington Place
Alien
Bedlam
Black Sunday Straw Dogs
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
The Shining
Man with the X-Ray Eyes
The Devil’s Rain
The Wolfman
Session 9

Judgement at Nuremberg
Mad Love(orig)
Night of the Generals
Aliens
Dracula has Risen from the Grave
Altered States
The Fury
Interview with the Vampire
Dracula (1979)
Knife in the Water

[Posher778]

Do you have... any idea how long that would take? Can't you just settle for the countless top ten threads?

[Nella]

*28 Days Later (2002)
*American Psycho (2000)
*An American Werewolf In London
*An American Werewolf in Paris
*A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
*Black Christmas (1975)
*Black Christmas (2006)
*Burnt Offerings (1976)
*Cabin Fever
*Candyman (1992)
*Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
*Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999)
*Cape Fear (90's)
*Carrie (1976)
*Children of the Corn (1984)
*Critters (1986)
*Cujo (1983)
*Damien: Omen II (1978)
*Dead Calm (Nicole Kidman version)
*Deep Blue Sea
*Final Destination (2000)
*Final Destination 2 (2003)
*Final Destination 3 (2006)
*Freddy Vs. Jason
*Friday the 13th (1980)
*Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981)
*Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982)
*Friday the 13th: Part 4: The Final Chapter (1984)
*Friday the 13th: Part 5: A New Beginning (1985)
*Friday the 13th: Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)
*Friday the 13th: Part 7: The New Blood (1988)
*Friday the 13th: Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
*Friday the 13th: Part 9: Jason Goes To Hell (1993)
*From Dusk Til Dawn
*Funny Games (New version)
*Godzilla (90's)
*Jason X (Jason 2000: Friday the 13th Part X) (2002)
*Halloween (1978)
*Halloween II (1981)
*Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
*Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
*Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
*Halloween: H20 (1998)
*Halloween: Resurrection (Halloween 8) (2002)
*Halloween (2007)
*Hannibal
*Hellraiser
*House of 1,000 Corpses
*House of Wax (2005)
*King Kong (70's)
*I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
*Inside (À l'intérieur) (2007)
*In the Mouth of Madness
*Irreversible (French) (2002)
*I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
*It (Based on the Stephen King Novel)
*Jacob's Ladder
*Jaws
*Jeepers Creepers (2001)
*Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
*Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
*Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (Newer Version)
*Poltergeist (1982)
*Ravenous
*Red Dragon
*Rest Stop (2006)
*Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008)
*Saw (2004)
*Saw II (2005)
*Saw III (2006)
*Saw IV (2007)
*Scream (1996)
*Scream 2 (1997)
*Scream 3 (2000)
*Seven
*Session 9 (2001)
*Stephen King's Cat's Eye (1985)
*Stephen King's The Shining (1997)
*The Amityville Horror (1979)
*The Amityville Horror (2005)
*The Devil's Rejects
*The Exorcist (1973)
*The Fog (1980)
*The Fog (2005)
*The Grudge (2004)
*The Grudge 2 (2006)
*The Haunting (1999)
*The Hitcher (2007)
*The Omen (1976)
*The Others (2001)
*The Ring (2002)
*The Ring 2 (2005)
*The Serpent and the Rainbow
*The Shining (1980)
*The Silence of the Lambs
*The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
*The Wicker Man (Nicolas Cage Version)
*Vacancy (2007)
*Wrong Turn (2003)
*Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

[Nella]

Bump............

[Despare]

Besides, Top 10 is so overdone, and doesn't take any real skill or thought.

Skill? To list the films you think are best? Anyway, what it does take is an inordinate amount of time, nice thread though and almost as ambitious as your others. I feel the cold chill of a familiar wind...

[Nella]

Bump...Again. :)

[Festered]

Bump...Again. :)


I really appreciate you doing this Nella, but you should just let the patient die a natural death, as per Mr. Despare's request. He knows what's best, trust me.

I know....

come here, let me give you a hug, it's alright....

...the thread is going to a better place now.


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[Nella]

I really don't want to abandon the thread. I've spent too much time posting in it. I also think your idea is a good one. When new people like me come to HDC, they will want to know which horror films each individual has watched so that they can ask for a review of a certain one. Maybe this will prevent more posts in the wrong places. :)

[Elvis_Christ]

No they won't haha

[Doc Faustus]

In a more associative order than anything:
1.)Faust
2.)Night of the Hunter
3.)M
4.)The Unknown
5.Mad Love
6.)The Lodger
7.)The Black Cat
8.)The Abominable Dr. Phibes
9.) The Raven (Lugosi)
10.) The Raven (Vincent Price)
11.) The Seventh Victim
12.) Opera
13.) Cat People
14.)Gojira
15.) Ms. 45
16.) Videodrome
17.) Naked Lunch
18.)Black Sabbath
19.) The Blob
20.)Phantom of the Opera (Chaney)
21.)Bride of Frankenstein
22.) Horror of Dracula
23.) The Wicker Man
24.)The Man Who Laughs
25.)Black Sunday
26.)Nosferatu
27.)Terrifying Girls High School:Lynch Law Classroom
28.) Ichi the Killer
29.) Suicide Club
30.) Eraserhead
31.) Blue Velvet
32.) The Brood
33.)Bay of Blood
34.) Night Creatures
35.) Kiss of the Vampire
36.) The Wolfman
37.) Werewolf of London
38.) Opera
39.)Reanimator
40.)Phantasm
41.)Texas Chainsaw Massacre
42.)Incredible Shrinking Man
43.) Poltergeist
44.)Bride of the Monster
45.) Invaders from Mars
46.)At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul
47.)This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse
48.) Monster on Campus
49.) The Funhouse
50.) Eaten Alive
51.) Tenebre
52.) Phenomena
53.) Daughters of Darkness
54.) The Bloodspattered Bride
55.) Vampyr

[Doc Faustus]

56.) Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
57.) Driller Killer
58.) The Monster Squad
59.)Kill, Baby Kill
60.)Son of Frankenstein
61.)Curse of the Crying Woman
62.) Friday the 13th
63.)Hellraiser
64.) Halloween
65.) The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave
66.) Curse of Frankenstein
67.)Invasion of the Body Snatchers
68.) Plan Nine from Outer Space
69.) Savage Weekend
70.)Dagon
71.) Return of the Living Dead 3
72.) The Exorcist
73.) X: The Man With the X Ray Eyes
74.) A Bucket of Blood
75.) It
76.)Magic
77.)The Lost Boys
78.)Hatchet for a Honeymoon
79.) Godzilla vs. Hedorah
80.)Hangover Square
81.) Tales of Terror
82.) Mystery of the Wax Museum
83.) Doctor X
84.) Zombi
85.) Night of the Living Dead
86.)Fiend Without a Face
87.) Les Yeux Sans Visage
88.) Haxan
89.) Bad Taste
90.) Aliens
91.)In the Mouth of the Madness
92.) The Stand'
93.)Freddy Vs. Jason
94.)Ju-On
95.) House of a Thousand Corpses
96.) Vertigo'
97.) Twenty Million Miles to Earth
98.) The Gore Gore Girls
99.)Blood Feast
100.) The Gruesome Twosome

[neverending]

Nice list, Doc.

[urgeok2]

i cant do any more lists ...

other than the top 5 or 6 - everything changes depending on my mood... and what i can remember

[Nella]

Can someone "sticky" this thread? Thanks. :)

[Despare]

Nice list, Doc.

That's another problem, I could add almost his whole list and need to add more! :)

[Doc Faustus]

Thanks. It seems accurate.

[neverending]

No.



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[Doc Faustus]

Anybody else here a fan of the Bloodspattered Bride? I saw it just a month ago and it shot right up there for me.

[fortunato]

i cant do any more lists ...

other than the top 5 or 6 - everything changes depending on my mood... and what i can remember

haha i feel the same way.

[Festered]

Do you have... any idea how long that would take? Can't you just settle for the countless top ten threads?

Now that this thread has disintegrated to another mindless chatfest, I can give you a more complete answer.

It takes little skill to prattle off 10 hip films you know everyone will approve of, but is more revealing to list 100, as your viewing habits will be more apparent. As I said before, nobody is required to post 100 in one sitting. It can be done over the course of 1 day, week, month or year. Matters not to me.

[neverending]

Every thread turns into a mindless chatfest. You should know that.

[Nella]

One more time: Can someone "sticky" this thread? Thanks. :)

[Elvis_Christ]

NO ........

[Nella]

NO .....

Ok. ;) Just trying to keep it on this page.

[Elvis_Christ]

+1




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[Doc Faustus]

No.



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You're right. Somehow I forgot Freaks.

[Nella]

Has anyone seen Dario Argento's "Jenifer"? It got mixed reviews. I don't remember seeing it mentioned here. I've thought about watching it a couple of times but it's only about an hour long. I'm trying to avoid wasting time and money. Let me know if you think it's worth watching. Thanks!

[Nella]

Doc, I have Cat People on my Netflix list. I've heard of it a lot but I thought it might contain bestiality. Does it?

[Doc Faustus]

The Val Lewton one? Not so much. The remake doesn't either, but there's incestuous overtones. Cat People is quiet horror at its best. If you're looking for "catpeople", watch the Island of Doctor Moreau or Terror is a Man.

[Nella]

The Val Lewton one? Not so much. The remake doesn't either, but there's incestuous overtones. Cat People is quiet horror at its best. If you're looking for "catpeople", watch the Island of Doctor Moreau or Terror is a Man.

The one I was referring to is the remake, I think. I will try watching it and see what it's like. Do you know anything about "Jenifer"? I posted about it above. Thanks for replying.

[Elvis_Christ]

Jenifer is a decent watch. Its a modernization of an old story. I've got a Bernie Wrightson comic with it in it.

I prefered his Masters of Horror episode Pelts to that one tho.

But you may aswell just get a hold of Sleepless or Mother Of Tears which are the best of his modern work.

[Nella]

Thanks for the suggestions, Elvis. I appreciate your answering my question, too.

[ChronoGrl]

Ok, This was actually pretty tough.

Now, as Alky and some others have noted, there is a bit of a gap in my horror film background... HOWEVER, here's my first crack at putting together a top 100.

I don't think that I can honestly rank my Top 100 films. They way they separate in my mind are in the genres that I will distinguish below:

My Top 94

My Intro Into Horror: The First Horror Films I Had Ever Seen

Carnival of Souls
Psycho
Halloween
Alien
The Thing From Another World
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Invisible Man
The Wolf Man
Frankenstein
Rodan
Aliens
House on Haunted Hill (original)
The Shining
The Blob (original)
The Innocents (1961)
The Day The Earth Stood Still
The Birds


Other "Classic" Films (define "Classic" as you will):

The Bad Seed
Black Christmas (original)
Zombie II
Rear Window
Night of the Living Dead
Godzilla
Nosferatu
Rosemary's Baby
The Exorcist
Eyes Without a Face
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Creature from the Black Lagoon


Modern Horror

Inside
Ils
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead
Deliverance
From Dusk Til Dawn
The Thing (Carpenter)
The Lost Boys
House of a Thousand Corpses
Wizard of Gore (remake)
The Grudge (remake)
28 Weeks Later
The Blair Witch Project
Grindhouse (I can't separate the two films - They are an experience)
Slither
Jeepers Creepers
American Psycho
Event Horizon
The Devil's Backbone
Jacob's Ladder


Indie Horror

The Signal
May
Severance
Crazy Eights
Mulberry Street
Borderland
Murder Party
Session 9
Bug
FEAST
The Descent
Dog Soldiers
Cube
Cube 2: Hypercube
Cabin Fever


Asian Horror

Audition
Gozu
Ichi the Killer
Tokyo Gore Police
Shutter (original)
Oldboy
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Lady Vengeance
Three... Extremes
Three... Extremes II
The Host
Paprika
A Tale of Two Sisters
Tetsuo
The Grudge (original)
Rinne


Comedy

Evil Dead II
Dead Alive
Shaun of the Dead
Night of the Comet
Fido
Army of Darkness
Scream
Killer Klowns from Outer Space


Hollywood Horror
Cloverfield
The Others
The Sixth Sense
House on Haunted Hill (remake)
Jaws
Deep Blue Sea <-- (guilty pleasure)

[Nella]

Anybody else here a fan of the Bloodspattered Bride? I saw it just a month ago and it shot right up there for me.

I haven't seen that. I'm gonna do a search for that and the ones Elvis mentioned. I just thought of 4 or 5 movies that I've seen to add to my top 100 list.

Chronogrl, I like your list. Great organization!

[Festered]

Session 9

I should probably add this to my list, as well, as it is one of the rare modern horrors that gave me a sense of unease. Kind of like The Spiral Staircase.

[pinkfloyd45769]

I'm not listing any cause my list would be crap next to the ones on here.I do want to say that i like this thread,i am writing down alot of the movies so i can get em.I can't believe how many horror movies that i have never seen.Thanks:)

[jenna26]

I can't believe I actually attempted this......;) but here ya go. I KNOW I forgot something, and I know that it would change so regularly, with my mood, it will probably be different in an hour. Oh and also, I didn't really put them in any particular order.

Evil Dead 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74)
The Exorcist
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Freaks ('32)
Hellraiser
Tenebre
Videodrome
An American Werewolf in London
The Evil Dead
Psycho ('60)
Night of the Living Dead ('68)
Martin
Dawn of the Dead ('78)
Halloween ('78)
The Omen ('76)
The Haunting ('63)
American Psycho
Near Dark
Oldboy
A Tale of Two Sisters
Re-Animator
Black Christmas ('74)
The Phantom of the Opera ('25)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('56)
The Thing From Another World ('51)
The Thing ('82)
The Fog ('80)
The Innocents ('61)
Nosferatu ('22)
The Descent
Opera
The Fly ('86)
The Hills Have Eyes ('77)
Alien ('79)
Jaws
American Psycho
Deep Red
Dead Alive
Return of the Living Dead
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Black Sunday ('60)
The Mummy ('32)
Bubba Ho-tep
Cat People ('42)
Dog Soldiers
Brides of Dracula ('60)
Horror Of Dracula
Dracula ('31)
Pumpkinhead
Creature from the Black Lagoon ('54)
King Kong ('33)
Nightbreed
The Brood
The Body Snatcher ('45)
The Black Cat ('34)
Session 9
The Wolf Man ('41)
Audition
Suicide Club
Pan's Labyrinth
The Devil's Backbone
Ravenous
Bride of Frankenstein ('35)
The Curse of Frankenstein ('57)
Frankenstein ('31)
Blue Velvet
Frenzy
Poltergeist
White Zombie ('32)
Scanners
Carrie
In the Mouth of Madness
Night of the Demon ('57)
Rosemary's Baby
The Wicker Man ('73)
Black Sabbath
Bay of Blood
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ('20)
The Silence of the Lambs
Eraserhead
Jacob's Ladder
Rebecca
House of Usher ('60)
Sleepy Hollow ('99)
Carnival of Souls ('62)
Suspiria ('77)
From Beyond
The Stepford Wives ('75)
House on Haunted Hill ('59)
Frenzy
Seven
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Silence of the Lambs
Shivers
Don't Torture A Duckling
The Devil's Rejects
Shaun of the Dead
Candyman
28 Days Later

[ChronoGrl]

I should probably add this to my list, as well, as it is one of the rare modern horrors that gave me a sense of unease. Kind of like The Spiral Staircase.

I haven't seen Spiral Staircase... I'll have to check it out.

Chronogrl, I like your list. Great organization!

Thanks - The only way I could get my mind around a top 100 was to categorize them. By the way... You seem to like a lot of modern horror... May I suggest some of my favorite indie horror films... May, The Signal, and Session 9. Check them out when you get a chance.

Jenna - Your list is awesome! I can't believe that I forgot Creature from the Black Lagoon! Adding now...

[ChronoGrl]

Oh, crap - How could I forget Tokyo Gore Police??? *adds*

[Nella]

I haven't seen Spiral Staircase... I'll have to check it out.



Thanks - The only way I could get my mind around a top 100 was to categorize them. By the way... You seem to like a lot of modern horror... May I suggest some of my favorite indie horror films... May, The Signal, and Session 9. Check them out when you get a chance.

Jenna - Your list is awesome! I can't believe that I forgot Creature from the Black Lagoon! Adding now...

I appreciate the suggestions. I added The Spiral Staircase to my "movies to be watched" list.

CG, I've seen Session 9. I'll check into the other ones.

[jenna26]

May, The Signal, and Session 9. Check them out when you get a chance.

Jenna - Your list is awesome! I can't believe that I forgot Creature from the Black Lagoon! Adding now...

May is very good, should probably be on my list somewhere. So should Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.
And thanks, I tried, not an easy list to put together. And there is still so much I haven't seen, especially when it comes to foreign horror. But I'm working on it.....;)

[Nella]

Anybody else here a fan of the Bloodspattered Bride? I saw it just a month ago and it shot right up there for me.

I found that one on Netflix but it's not currently available. In fact, quite a few of the ones I wanted from these lists weren't.

[Nella]

How could I forget Misery?! I've seen that more than twice. :o