HDC Presents: 100 Years of Horror

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by Straker

If YOU are uncomfortable in voting for a film YOU haven't seen, then don't vote for it, but I think its a little much to start deciding for other people how they should cast their votes and what logic they should apply. Some people are prepared to take into consideration the arguments laid out by others and use their votes to support those movies, please don't presume to apply your standards to their decisions....

You make a good point, Straker. I shouldn't have the power to force you to apply my standards to these decisions you're making. Your decisions are your own. And I also highly applaud your honesty about it.

On a side note, in regards to your comment, "please don't presume to apply your standards to their decisions", let me remind you, people have been applying their standards to others' decisions throughout this thread. There are plenty of black kettles and pots talking here.

I'm just giving my opinion, and I know it's just my opinion. I'm REQUESTING of my fellow members, that they refrain for voting for, or more so Negging, a film they haven't seen -- and instead trust in this thread's group decision process. I'm aware members are entitled to disregard this. The rarer the better.

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We still haven't found our final film for the 50s.

Both aforementioned films (War of the Worlds, Beast from 20,000 Fathoms) are still in the fray, with plenty others (I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The Day the Earth Stood Still, El Vampiro) breathing down their necks.

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...616#post953616

[metternich1815]

I'll also back The Day the Earth Stood Still. For some reason, I thought it was already on the list.

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3 films in the fray now for that final spot. Competition is heating up!

[Sculpt]

The 3, or 4 actually, being:

3 The War of the Worlds (1953) (backed by Sculpt, Kandarian Demon, metternich1815)
3 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) (backed by The Villain, realdealblues, Straker)
2 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (backed by Kandarian Demon, metternich1815)
2 El Vampiro (1957) (backed by Straker, neverending)

Actually Villain posted, in effort to sew things up, "If no one else casts a vote, I'll remove my backing from War of The World's since I backed both it and Beast from 20,000 Fathoms...". Villain initially un-backed War of Worlds to break our tie, and then Metternich backed War of the Worlds. Villain, if you really meant "If no one else casts a vote", and you want to break the tie again, let us know if you want to re-back War of the Worlds. Or we could wait for more votes.

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The Day The Earth Stood Still has 3 backings, not 2.

And if we are also taking 2 backings into account, I Was A Teenage Werewolf has 2 backings as well. That makes it 5 films vying for that final spot for the 50s.

[The Villain]

I said if no one casts a vote. The way I figured it was my backing hadn't been removed yet.

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Originally Posted by The Villain

If no one else casts a vote I'll remove my backing from War of The World's since I backed both it and Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and i consider that the better film one which I thought to be inspiration for other monster movies that came later

Originally Posted by metternich1815

I'll back War of the Worlds.

Originally Posted by The Villain

I said if no one casts a vote. The way I figured it was my backing hadn't been removed yet.

So, do you want to keep your backing for The War of the Worlds, Villain? If yes, it will be our 22nd and final choice for the 50s.

I guess the debate is for whether it's more of a sci-fi film than horror. But, as an impartial host, I will go with whatever you folks decide.

[The Villain]

Although I'd rather have Beast in the list, I'll keep my backing of War of The Worlds since it doesn't seem like anyone else is casting a vote

[Sculpt]

Otay! Here's our 19050's page http://www.horror.com/forum/showpost...&postcount=726

For our 6 Honorable mentions, I support:

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) - (thought it had a lot of heart and was shocking to me when I saw it as a kid)
The Killer Shrews (1959) - (cult classic for a reason. It's dark moody scary quicken pace to it. Some dark characters too. A bit like being trapped in the house in The Birds film. May have to see it understand what I mean.)
Tarantula (1955) - (A generalized classic. I actually liked it's slower character driven pace. Kind of a sleepy rainy day horror film).

There are better films in the list, such as Day the Earth Stood Still and This Island Earth are wonderful films. I don't personally consider them Horror, but I've seen both these films included in Horror collections of various types. So I have no wider objection to their inclusion.