HDC Chooses: Best Horror Movie of 2011
 

Okay, let's try this again. The first attempt had too many films which nobody had seen, and hopefully by now many of you might have seen these movies already.

So which one do you think deserves the crown for 2011?

For me, it has to be Tucker and Dale vs Evil. A very funny horror comedy with a great premise.

Out of those, Troll Hunter. That was an amazing movie. I love giant monster movies.

I enjoyed both of those movies a lot, but for me it was Stakeland - Great character piece and I liked the horrifying post-apocalyptic world that they created.

Not seen Tucker and Dale vs Evil yet, but I voted for Troll Hunter. Stakeland was good too, but Troll Hunter was just too much fun. :cool:

Insidious without a doubt.

I voted Stakeland. If I could pick 2nd, I'd go with Red State although I admittedly have yet to see Troll Hunter or Tuck & Dale. (Perhaps this thread will be enough to prompt me to finally watch them on Netflix.) Scream 4 was run of the mill. Insidius didn't do anything for me. PA3, I will wait for video but can't imagine it's muc different than the first two. This is the 1st I've heard of Black Death or Grave Encounters so I guess I'll have to check them out. I thought Stakeland and Red State were both pretty wicked though.

Insidious definitely but with Troll Hunter and Grave Encounters joint second they were both amazing too.

From the films on the poll, I'm voting Black Death. Considering the story content I think it's the best one from the poll. But my more precise picks would be this one, that I created & maintaining on IMDB.
Btw, most of the '2010' films on the list actually become 'available to watch' (legally & illegally) in 2011.

Good list man. There's a lot on there i've been meaning to watch.

Being new I feel pretty small posting amongst everybody here with their multi-thousand post counts, but I picked Insidious. I felt it was one of the best haunting type movies to be released in quite some time. The second half of the movie wasn't as good as the first half I thought, but overall it still ranks as one of the best horror movies in recent years. Tucker and Dale was great though.

Don't feel nervous posting. We all started somewhere.

My son convinced my husband to give Netflix a try (yay!!:)), so I've now seen half of the films. Troll Hunter is still the one to beat.

Stakeland for me. Tucker & Dale was really good and everyone knows how harsh I am on horror comedies :D

Still need to watch Troll Hunter been slack on that one. I have a copy but just haven't been in the mood for watching something with subtitles.

I enjoyed Tucker and Dale, was underwhelmed by Trollhunter, wouldn't touch Scream 4 with a ten foot pole and have yet to see Stakeland, making my favorite horror film of the year most likely Chillerama. Chillerama was not great, but I think it was the best horror movie of 2011 on the basis of its daring, its ingenuity and its willingness to transgress. It shows hope for the genre to become more in-your-face. We haven't seen a lot of films in the tradition of H.G Lewis and Frank Hennenlotter and whatnot, but this seems like a sign of bolder, badder, nastier films to come that remind filmmakers that they are not limited by propriety or notions of what the genre is, but by their imagination and courage.

I'll round off my double feature tonight with Chillerama. You've sold me on it.

I hope you enjoy it. You should at least get a few laughs and a chance to see a glimmer of hope in the new trend toward audacity. Without audacity, horror doesn't work.

I think I'll go with...."Insidious"