HDC Presents: 100 Years of Horror

[tiberius]

Despite being a horror comedy, I am surprised that Dale and Tucker Vs Evil is not on the master list. It might be hilarious, but it has a great deal of horror and violence even if it is not scary.

[tiberius]

Never mind. I just realized it was Tucker and Dale, not Dale and Tucker.

[Giganticface]

I started compiling my list for the 2000s+. Black Swan will will definitely be near the top.

Others that have a shot are:

* Donnie Darko
* Inland Empire
* Requiem for a Dream

If we're giving labels to stuff, these might fall in some category like "surreal psychological horror thrillers" or something, where Requiem and Black Swan also qualify as body horror.

Now that I know that movies don't have to be in the Master List to be submitted, it makes no difference to me whether they're added. I just thought I'd throw them out there.

[metternich1815]

Giganticface and xX_StarChild_Xx, I just wanted to let you know that I got to watch Grindhouse (movies separate). I thought it was really good. Despite being both great, I will say that I preferred Death Proof. It had a great performance by Kurt Russel, while also being a very thoroughly entertaining movie. Planet Terror was good, but certainly much more humorous and over-the-top compared to Death Proof. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed both films in Grindhouse.

[Giganticface]

Cool. Glad you liked them. Yeah, Death Proof had to grow on me, but I ended up liking it a lot. Stuntman Mike is a great character. Although I liked Planet Terror better the first time around, if I were to watch one of them again it would be Death Proof.

[xX_StarChild_Xx]

Originally Posted by metternich1815

Giganticface and xX_StarChild_Xx, I just wanted to let you know that I got to watch Grindhouse (movies separate). I thought it was really good. Despite being both great, I will say that I preferred Death Proof. It had a great performance by Kurt Russel, while also being a very thoroughly entertaining movie. Planet Terror was good, but certainly much more humorous and over-the-top compared to Death Proof. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed both films in Grindhouse.

Awesome man! Yeah, to each their own, my friend. I enjoyed Death Proof, don't get me wrong, but I found Planet Terror to be more in line with my sensibilities in that it was over the top and humorous. I've always enjoyed my horror films with a healthy dash of humour, either intentional or not. ;) Stuntman Mike was awesome though, and I've always enjoyed Tarantino's films. :)

[Giganticface]

Now that the 80s is settled, I thought I'd post my top 20. I'd be interested in seeing others' to get to know everyone's tastes.

1 The Shining (1980)
2 Evil Dead II (1987)
3 The Evil Dead (1981)
4 Poltergeist (1982)
5 The Thing (1982)
6 Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
7 The Fly (1986)
8 Santa Sangre (1989)
9 The Beyond (1981)
10 Angst (1983)
11 Videodrome (1983)
12 Psycho II (1983)
13 Bad Taste (1987)
14 Demons (1985)
15 Hellraiser (1987)
16 Basket Case (1982)
17 Men Behind the Sun (1988)
18 Possession (1981)
19 An American Werewolf in London (1981)
20 Pin (1988)

Originally Posted by Giganticface

Just submitted my 80s list. Wow, that was tough. Interestingly, for the 80s being the slasher decade, I don't think I had a single true slasher film in the top 20.

...

21 Re-Animator (1985)
22 Altered States (1980)
23 Sleepaway Camp (1983)
24 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
25 Day of the Dead (1985)
26 Christine (1983)
27 Aliens (1986)
28 Halloween II (1981)
29 Prince of Darkness (1987)
30 Cujo (1983)
31 The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
32 Friday the 13th (1980)
33 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
34 My Bloody Valentine (1981)
35 Tetsuo (1989)
36 Pet Sematary (1989)
37 The Changeling (1980)
38 Deranged (1987)
39 Tenebre (1982)
40 Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

[_____V_____]

And here come the 90s...

Summation:-

Number of lists received = 13.


IN THE CUT

Candyman (1992) - 11

Jacob's Ladder (1990) - 9
Scream (1996) - 9
Se7en (1995) - 9

Army of Darkness (1992) - 8
Dead Alive (1992) - 8
Misery (1990) - 8
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - 8
The Blair Witch Project (1999) - 8 (-1)

The Sixth Sense (1999) - 7


DEBATABLE

Audition (1999) - 6 (backed by The Villain, seconded by Giganticface)
Leprechaun (1993) - 6 (backed by realdealblues, seconded by natedog722) [The Villain withdrew his backing]

Dracula (1992) - 5 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by Straker, realdealblues)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) - 5 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by The Villain, realdealblues)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - 5 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by Straker, neverending)
Ringu (1998) - 5 (backed by neverending, seconded by Giganticface)
Wishmaster (1997) - 5 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by The Villain, realdealblues, Kandarian Demon)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - 4 (backed by metternich1815)
Funny Games (1997) - 4
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) - 4 (backed by The Villain, seconded by realdealblues)
Night of the Living Dead (1990) - 4 (backed by Kandarian Demon)
The Exorcist III (1990) - 4 (backed by Straker, seconded by Giganticface, realdealblues)


MINORITY

Cemetary Man (1994) - 3 (backed by Straker)
Cronos (1993) - 3 (backed by Straker, seconded by Giganticface, The Villain)
Cube (1997) - 3 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by The Villain, natedog722)
Deep Blue Sea (1999) - 3 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by The Villain, tiberius) (-1)
Event Horizon (1997) - 3 (backed by tiberius, seconded by metternich1815)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) - 3 (backed by natedog722) (-2)
Natural Born Killers (1994) - 3 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by Giganticface)
Nightbreed (1990) - 3 (backed by Kandarian Demon, seconded by neverending)
Predator 2 (1990) - 3 (backed by metternich1815)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) - 3 (backed by The Villain, seconded by neverending, Giganticface)
Urban Legend (1998) - 3

Anaconda (1997) - 2 (backed by tiberius) (-2)
Blade (1998) - 2
Bride of Chucky (1998) - 2 (backed by metternich1815) (-1)
Child's Play 2 (1990) - 2
Frankenhooker (1990) - 2
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) - 2 (-2)
Hardware (1990) - 2
House on Haunted Hill (1999) - 2 (backed by Kandarian Demon)
Interview with the Vampire (1994) - 2
Subspecies (1991) - 2
The Faculty (1998) - 2 (backed by The Villain, seconded by metternich1815)
The People Under the Stairs (1991) - 2
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) - 2 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by Kandarian Demon, tiberius)
Tremors (1990) - 2 (backed by The Villain, seconded by realdealblues)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) - 2
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) - 2 (backed by Kandarian Demon)
Wolf (1994) - 2


SINGLE VOTES TO

Alien³ (1992)
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Arachnophobia (1990)
Basket Case 2 (1990)
Begotten (1990)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Castle Freak (1995)
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
Clean, Shaven (1993)
Cure (1997)
End of Days (1999) (backed by natedog722)
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
Fallen (1998)
Fear (1996) (backed by neverending)
Flatliners (1990)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Godzilla vs. Destroyah (1995)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Hiruko the Goblin (1991) (backed by The Villain)
Humanoids from the Deep (1996)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Lake Placid (1999)
Man Bites Dog* (1992) (backed by Straker)
Mirror Mirror (1990)
Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993)
Needful Things (1993)
Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain) (1990)
Perdita Durango (1997)
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994 Video)
Ravenous (1999) (backed by Giganticface)
Scream 2 (1997)
Shakma (1990) ([backed by The Villain)
Sphere (1998)
Stigmata (1999)
Stir of Echoes (1999) (backed by neverending, seconded by Straker, Giganticface)
Terror Firmer (1999)
Tesis (1996)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
The Dentist (1996)
The Frighteners (1996)
The Guardian (1991)
The Lawnmower Man (1992)
The Night Flier (1997)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
The Relic (1997)
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
The X Files (1998)

(* = not in the original 90s Master List)



TEN films have made it in, by a vote percentage of at/over 50%.

We need to select TEN more, preferably from the DEBATABLE section.

If everyone is in agreement, we can toss in all films which have scored 6 votes and 5 votes (SEVEN in total), and pick 3 films from the 4-votes section, and thus we get our chosen top 20. (although how Leprechaun managed to get the favor of 6 listers is beyond my comprehension)

Or, we can debate over the other films, pick up those which are lower in the vote list with some solid backing, and hammer out the 20 in that way.

So, let's hear your thoughts - backing, seconding and otherwise.

[_____V_____]

Thanks to tiberius and Straker for submitting their 22 choices for the 00s.

[neverending]

Wow... so I guess I was the only one who voted for Fear and Stir of Echoes. I thought Fear was pretty scary the first time I saw it. Certainly a lot better than much of the crap that's got multiple votes in this list.