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Originally Posted by Jake.Ashworth (Post 1026171)

Damnit, you ruined the sweep!

Repo's back to his dirty nonconformist ways.

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Originally Posted by Jake.Ashworth (Post 1026163)

I vote for 72

Where is you "This place"? Just curious.

Aboard the Nostromo.

Shit. I think I just deleted BUNCH of stuff. Accident! I'll scream for help from Hammer!

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Originally Posted by Repo'd (Post 1026172)

I ruin everything.

It wasn't a very difficult choice for me. I probably shouldn't say this to a guy with your avatar, but I consider Hellraiser a good movie, not a great movie. The same for Evil Dead 2, although I do enjoy that one a hell of a lot.
Now, I do love Opera, Monster Squad, Near Dark and The Lost Boys, but they don't resonate with me the way some of those titles from 77 do. Suspiria, The Hills Have Eyes, Rabid, Kingdom Of The Spiders, Hausu,..all among the most rewatchable films of their era.

I know what you mean, but those 77' films weren't really accessible to me when they came out (except Kingdom Of The Spiders, which surely caught my imagination). It's more of a resonate issue, but seeing a film when it comes out sure increases the chance of resonance.

I guess one could say a films ability to resonate with people years later is one fair measure of all-time greatness. In that regard, Hills, Susperia, Sentinel and Rabid didn't really resonate with me (though I really enjoyed Susperia), but Eraserhead and Kingdom Spiders did.

I can't say many 87' films resonated with me either. And I don't really put prestige in rewatchability. I just think 87 has a nice spread of styles and quality horror films like ED2, Predator, Angel Heart, Monster Squad, The Gate, Opera, Hidden, Lost Boys, Bad Taste,
Near Dark & Creepshow 2... nice volume of quality.

Just chattin' up while we wait. ::big grin::

I find ( and I think this is why I'm an 80's gal) that movies from a certain Era are ones that I watched with my kids and we had cozy times and it just evokes a nice memory. Monster Squad, The Gate, Lost Boys etc. I think that affects my voting as well.

HY1987 - 7 (Jake.Ashworth, MichaelMyers, Bloof, Sculpt, Roiffalo, hammerfan, roshiq)
HY1977 - 1 (Repo'd)

The darling of the 80s era thumps the 70s to thunder through to the win!

ROUND 2 - MATCH 15

(1981)

HIGHLIGHT FILMS:

- The Evil Dead

- An American Werewolf in London

- Scanners

Also -
Wolfen,
Possession,
The Prowler,
Ghost Story,
The Beyond,
The Burning,
The Howling,
Heavy Metal,
Halloween II,
The Funhouse,
Galaxy of Terror,
Dead and Buried,
Saturday the 14th,
My Bloody Valentine,
Happy Birthday to Me,
Friday the 13th Part 2,
The House by the Cemetery,
Omen III: The Final Conflict
...among many others.

vs.

(1999)

HIGHLIGHT FILMS:

- The Blair Witch Project

- The Sixth Sense

- Sleepy Hollow

Also -
Audition,
eXistenZ,
Stigmata,
Ravenous,
Idle Hands,
Lake Placid,
End of Days,
Stir of Echoes,
Deep Blue Sea,
Ringu 2 (original),
The Haunting remake,
Storm of the Century series,
House on Haunted Hill remake
...among many others.

Voting is OPEN for the next 24 hours.

The LEADER in votes by the end of this period will be declared the WINNER.