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Originally Posted by neverending
I think the only reason Bava isn't there is because of V's use of foreign titles. I'm not putting the blame on V, but on lazy bastards like myself who couldn't be bothered with looking up foreign titles, when there were hundreds of other films to consider. I think Black Sunday should be on the list (not only for Bava, but Barbara Steele as well!), but I can't think of any of the 6 chosen to eliminate.
I know you think Karloff/Price/Lorre/Corman/Matheson are overrepresented, but there's a reason if someone says name a horror actor, the majority of the time it's going to be one of those. And it's a better film than some already chosen- such as Masque of the Red Death, or Pit and the Pendulum.
Mr. Sardonicus is certainly one of the top films of Castle's career.
Little Shop is a legend and an icon.
Triffids has been argued for persuasively by several.
Onibaba- I've never seen it, but if we eliminate it, then we lose diversity.
Blood Feast- as has been said, Lewis should be on the list. 2000 Manics is a better film, but this is his most famous.
I guess if Black Sunday was going to be included, I'd recommend eliminating one of the last two. Which should we lose- early Asian horror or a seminal Lewis film?
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You make a compelling case.
I'd rather not lose Onibaba or Blood Feast for what they represent.
I wish we could replace the Quatermass sequel with Triffids, but I suppose it's too late for that.
Little Shop is certainly iconic. Personally, I think we could live without it because it's not _required_ on a horror list... it's horror-themed. If it were that essential, it should have made the initial top 20. But yeah, it's a tough one to lose.
I would vote for dropping The Raven. I know you backed it, and it might be better than some already on the list, but it's not seminal -- it's just another really good film in a genre that's already heavily represented in the list. Ignoring the inception of giallo would be a flaw in our "history."
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Also, remember we're talking about Honorable Mentions here. That doesn't have to mean "the next best that didn't make the list." It's a good way to do some clean up on the proper list. We have Asian horror, B-movie/exploitation/splatter-inception, comedy (assuming we keep Little Shop), and giallo if we get Bava in. I once read a top N horror list that had Michael Jackson's Thriller as an Honorable Mention. I thought that was a great idea. You would never in a million years include it in the list of proper "top" movies, but it was a great way to include it in the conversation, and show that it had significance.