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The best and worst years of horror
I was checking out IMDB, researching horror movies by year, when I started to question "What has been the absolute best or worst year for horror movies?"
I started at 1920, and disregarded years that didn't have a significant amount of movies released to qualify (although I could understand the point that a year without horror = the worst) Here's what I've found so far: There are a lot of really good years, but 1968 and 1978 look to be hard to beat. They both have lots of iconic releases that changed the horror genre, plus plenty of hidden gems. 1968 Rosemary's Baby Night of the Living Dead Witchfinder General The Devil Rides Out Black Cat From the Grove Spider Baby 1978 Halloween Dawn of the Dead I Spit On Your Grave Invasion of the Body Snatchers Magic Right now, 1991 is looking like one of the worst. The line up includes mostly sequels and crap, including: 1991 Freddy's Dead Child's Play 3 Critters 3 Evil Toons The only real redemption I could find is People Under the Stairs, which although I enjoy, some might not consider much of an argument. So what are your thoughts? Got any nominees for the best/worst years in horror? What criteria would you judge it on? |
I did a project where I had to pick the best horror movie from each year 1975-present, and discovered I had to leave 1993 blank, so I guess that would be the worst year for me.
These were my picks for the best horror movie of each year 1975-present (really, really hard to pick just one in a lot of cases): 1975 - Jaws 1976 - The Omen 1977 - Suspiria 1978 - Halloween 1979 - Alien 1980 - The Shining 1981 - Evil Dead 1982 - The Thing 1983 - Of Unknown Origin (not a very good year) 1984 - Nightmare On Elm Street 1985 - Phenomena 1986 - Aliens 1987 - Evil Dead 2, Dead By Dawn 1988 - The Vanishing 1989 - Society 1990 - Misery 1991 - Silence Of The Lambs 1992 - Dead Alive (pretty bad year too) 1993 - nope 1994 - Mute Witness 1995 - Seven 1996 - Scream 1997 - The Relic 1998 - Whispering Corridors 1999 - The Blair Witch Project 2000 - Battle Royale 2001 - The Devil's Backbone 2002 - Signs 2003 - Identity 2004 - Saw 2005 - The Descent 2006 - The Host 2007 - The Mist 2008 - Let The Right One In 2009 - Drag Me To Hell |
Freddy's Dead
Child's Play 3 Critters 3 Evil Toons Sadly enough I enjoyed all 3........:o |
Here are some other awesome years for the genre:
1963: Black Sabbath Blood Feast The Birds The Comedy of Terrors Dementia 13 Diary of a Madman The Haunting The Haunted Palace The Kiss of the Vampire Matango The Raven The Sadist Twice-Told Tales The Whip and The Body 1964: At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul Castle of Blood The Evil of Frankenstein The Gorgon Kwaidan The Last Man on Earth The Masque of the Red Death Onibaba The Tomb of Ligeia Two Thousand Maniacs! 1973: Andy Warhol's Frankenstein The Asphyx Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things The Crazies Don't Look Now The Exorcist The Legend of Hell House Sisters Theater of Blood Torso The Vault of Horror The Wicker Man 1981: (The Rise of American Slasher?) An American Werewolf in London The Beyond The Burning The Entity Friday the 13th Part 2 Galaxy of Terror Halloween II Happy Birthday to Me The House by the Cemetery The Howling Just Before Dawn My Bloody Valentine Possession The Prowler Scanners |
I choose 1932.
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