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Originally Posted by TheWickerFan
As you can probably tell, I love lists and countdowns; they're the best way to discover movies in genres you like, and discuss all the films you've seen and how you would rate them. There have been many best horror movie countdowns, some state the obvious (Psycho, The Exorcist) and some really investigate all horror films out there (countdowns on this website). After looking at dozens of lists, these films were mentioned over and over again as being excellent horror movies, but I think are too overrated.
Peeping Tom (1960)
Black Sunday (1960)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Hour Of The Wolf (1968)
Hellraiser (1987)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Vertigo (1958) (I love Hitchcock, but I don't understand the appeal of this one).
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The only two of these that I have seen are Vertigo and Wait Until Dark.
I really like Vertigo and do not think that it is overratted. I'm not sure that it is a horror film. More like a psychological thriller.
I first saw Wait Until Dark last month and recorded it from TCM. I enjoyed it but not as a horror film but more as a thriller. My interst was the lead actress Audrey Hepburn. As a thriller it is very good but certainly would be overrated as a horror film.
To me the worst and most overrated film was The Blair Witch Project. A group of first graders could have done better.