I, personally thought that both Saw I and Saw II sucked. I'm kinda sick of cheap "psychological thrillers". Good list other than that. What about Wolf Creek instead of Saw?

Wolf Creek was terrible.

Saw II was stupid, i missed the first one but its supposed to be really good.

I think Saw and Saw II get overlooked because they were made on such small budgets. The acting in both is terrible, but other than that they are actually quality scary horror films, IMO.

i thought the first film was pretty unique, about a B+ or A- the 2nd one, meh... i'd give it a B-

Very good list. I don't agree with the top 3, but its still very good.

Ehhhhhhh. Wrong.

Depends on who you ask:p

return is right, i wasn't too crazy about the 2nd one either. i wouldn't say it sucked, but i didn't feel the tension/suspense i felt in the 1st installment.

I never actually stated an opinion on Saw II.

All I meant was that Saw wasn't "really good", like Mothman said. It was bad, actually. (Opinions are like assholes...)

That is to say that everyone's stinks except mine. :)

I saw The Beyond recently, and i really dont think it deserves a spot in the top 100, i found it pretty boring. other than the new york ripper, its probably fulci's lamest film (that i have seen) zombie, however, was definetly worthy of that list.

amen.

The last 30-odd minutes are the movie's saving grace.

Depends on my mood for the evening. Some nights, I might wanna hang with Reagan and the demon, sometimes I might wanna hang with Bela/Dracula, and sometimes I might wanna hang with Samara...it all depends. I can't put an order any more.

I agree, I did not like Wolf Creek -it did my meet my expectations basically. I wouldn't say it was terrible but... I think Saw I was great and was a bit disappointed with Saw II. As someone else said I didn't feel the suspense as I did with the first one. I hope Saw III will be better than II but I doubt it. All in all I think it's a great list, I haven't seen many all of em but I will start. Also, is Jacob's Ladder really considered horror??? I would say more of a Drama???

It scared me. There was more than enough of the macabre to make it viable horror, and Elizabeth Pena being humped to death by a giant mutant bat was pretty grisly.

Squish.

Jacob's Ladder is inducted into the horror genre just cuz of its atmospheric feel throughout the movie. Surreal, dark, creepy, intense and really wierd.

It was also pretty much the granddad of fast, twitchy movement.

i saw the thing recently, and searched the top 100 list to see whether it made a place here. #4. nice. that's where i would have put it. its on my top 10 now.

I am proud to say I have seen all of the top 20! :D

Nice top 100 list. I got to go check out Cemetary Man though, it looks like a lot of fun.

..it has some drama in it...
From IMDb: Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

..to me its more a horror movie than a drama...

I think it fits more into the Thriller category. Definatley not straight up horror flick.

Genres are all subjective.

For instance, someone who lived through Vietnam would think that Jacob's Ladder is pretty fucking horrifying.

I did not live through Vietnam, but I consider it horror.

i saw jacobs ladder recently, and i gotta say its a damn good horror film. didnt deliver any scares, and started off kind of weak, but it built up and eventually unfolded into an amazing horror movie.

I guess voting for these must have happened before I joined here because I certainly don't remember it. Anyway, interesting list. I agree with most of the content if not the order.

Time Is On My Side
 

I have 88 on DVD.

Here are the ones I do not have.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Frankenstein (1931)
Kwaidan
Vampire Hunter D
Battle Royale
The Birds
Ju-On
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Ringu
Kairo (Pulse)
Nosferatu
Dracula (1931)

For God's sake man! Why not?

I need to buy them.My dvd collection would look alot better with them in it.

not everyone thinks that old school is where its at. I know that statement is sure to garner a shit ton of turd flingin' my way but i could give two shits about movies made before i was born (with a handful and some hitchcock aside). I was born around the same time as the slasher, exploitation and general gore and i will continue to grow with it .

the way i like it is pretty much '70 and up. anything below usually ends up really boring. personally, i cant really tell which black and white film is better from the other, because they all come off as kinda the same IMHO. dont know why, just dont like them really really old ones. the only black and white film i can really remember enjoying was Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, the others just kinda put me to sleep.

I don't want to get into an arguement, but that's kind of a sad statement.

agreed, its the old school movies that paved the way for the modern movies. If you were a true horror fan ( no offence ) you would have some sense of history when it cam to horror films.
p.s. watch the thing if you dont like that one i give up.

My previous statement wasn't meant to imply that not enjoying the classics is a bad thing, or that my taste in movies is the correct one.

I do think it's sad, however, if you don't "give two shits" about the films responsible for where the genre you love today is at. They're important pieces of this history, so saying that you're a horror movie fan but you couldn't give a shit about its history just seems kind of ignorant to me.

important they are indeed. Although i may not watch them that often, i do very much appreciate them.

that totally contradicted your first statement.

no it didnt. They can be important and boing at the same time.

Of course the classics are important. While I really have a hard time coming to grips with the fact that some people can't watch old movies just because "they're old" it's a fact of life. I think that's why these lists we do are so great and (as cheesy as it sounds) important. We have several different generations and tastes compiling these. Yet unlike asinine magazine voting polls, we're all hardcore horror fanatics in our own way, and therefore I think the majority of us are represented reasonably well through them.

It's also fun to get drunk and look at your answers and blurbs. Although compiling them sucks, the end product always makes it worth the while.

I think a lot of people are turned off by the classics because they don't think they're "hardcore", "serious", or "scary". This is partially because they've become so deeply ingrained that they're an establishment, and horror fans have sort of an anti-establishment streak.Those who don't watch the classics should realize that many of them are as hardcore and anti-establishment as you can get. Bride of Frankenstein calls to task organized religion, mob mentality, scientific progress and all kinds of intolerance. That takes a lot more balls than most modern slasher types of transgression. I challenge those who think the classics aren't hardcore to watch Carnival of Souls, Mad Love and Bride of Frankenstein. Gore needs context, and that context comes out of the classics and their traditions.

Quick add, I took the time to add a list to Amazon.coms Listmania! for the first 40 films on the list (Opera is missing) just because. Take a look, it's only around $460 to own them all!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/lis...=UTF8&lm%5Fbb=