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Originally Posted by TheWickerFan
No matter who ended up deciding the Top 100, I'm sure there would always be films I'd strongly object to being on there. It's inevitable.
Maybe you should check out the HDC Vintage list.
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Yeah, there is that. Everyone will have a different list.
But even if the list was 100 Greatest MODERN Horror films, I think stuff like Shaun of the Dead should not have any place on it, especially when things like The Hunger and Fright Night don't make the list at all.
Certainly the original Night of the Living Dead and the powerful Dawn of the Dead remake should make the list, but the 1970s sequels should barely qualify for the bottom of a Top 100 list that isn't zombie specific.
Romero's "social commentary" approach to films just isn't very interesting so his sequels tend to grade right below your average Roger Corman film. Ironically I don't see many Corman films on the list either and their contribution to the genre is pretty significant. American International virtually pioneered the B grade horror film standard that most of us love.
And I did check out the vintage list, lots of WTF on that one too.
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Russ Meyer Boobie movie, not a horror film)
The Most Dangerous Game (Great film with Fay Wray, but not sure it really qualifies as horror).
Rashomon (Excellent Kurosawa movie but hardly horror - yeah I know the ghost of his wife is in there).
And some very questionable Top 101s, with many significant films missing.
I guess at least is was just an alphabetical list rather than a ranking attempt.