Personal Top 100 Horror Films

[Elvis_Christ]

Jenifer is a decent watch. Its a modernization of an old story. I've got a Bernie Wrightson comic with it in it.

I prefered his Masters of Horror episode Pelts to that one tho.

But you may aswell just get a hold of Sleepless or Mother Of Tears which are the best of his modern work.

[Nella]

Thanks for the suggestions, Elvis. I appreciate your answering my question, too.

[ChronoGrl]

Ok, This was actually pretty tough.

Now, as Alky and some others have noted, there is a bit of a gap in my horror film background... HOWEVER, here's my first crack at putting together a top 100.

I don't think that I can honestly rank my Top 100 films. They way they separate in my mind are in the genres that I will distinguish below:

My Top 94

My Intro Into Horror: The First Horror Films I Had Ever Seen

1. Carnival of Souls
2. Psycho
3. Halloween
4. Alien
5. The Thing From Another World
6. The Incredible Shrinking Man
7. The Invisible Man
8. The Wolf Man
9. Frankenstein
10. Rodan
11. Aliens
12. House on Haunted Hill (original)
13. The Shining
14. The Blob (original)
15. The Innocents (1961)
16. The Day The Earth Stood Still
17. The Birds

Other "Classic" Films (define "Classic" as you will):

1. The Bad Seed
2. Black Christmas (original)
3. Zombie II
4. Rear Window
5. Night of the Living Dead
6. Godzilla
7. Nosferatu
8. Rosemary's Baby
9. The Exorcist
10. Eyes Without a Face
11. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
12. The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Modern Horror

1. Inside
2. Ils
3. Blue Velvet
4. Eraserhead
5. Deliverance
6. From Dusk Til Dawn
7. The Thing (Carpenter)
8. The Lost Boys
9. House of a Thousand Corpses
10. Wizard of Gore (remake)
11. The Grudge (remake)
12. 28 Weeks Later
13. The Blair Witch Project
14. Grindhouse (I can't separate the two films - They are an experience)
15. Slither
16. Jeepers Creepers
17. American Psycho
18. Event Horizon
19. The Devil's Backbone
20. Jacob's Ladder

Indie Horror

1. The Signal
2. May
3. Severance
4. Crazy Eights
5. Mulberry Street
6. Borderland
7. Murder Party
8. Session 9
9. Bug
10. FEAST
11. The Descent
12. Dog Soldiers
13. Cube
14. Cube 2: Hypercube
15. Cabin Fever

Asian Horror

1. Audition
2. Gozu
3. Ichi the Killer
4. Tokyo Gore Police
5. Shutter (original)
6. Oldboy
7. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
8. Lady Vengeance
9. Three... Extremes
10. Three... Extremes II
11. The Host
12. Paprika
13. A Tale of Two Sisters
14. Tetsuo
15. The Grudge (original)
16. Rinne

Comedy

1. Evil Dead II
2. Dead Alive
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Night of the Comet
5. Fido
6. Army of Darkness
7. Scream
8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Hollywood Horror

1. Cloverfield
2. The Others
3. The Sixth Sense
4. House on Haunted Hill (remake)
5. Jaws
6. Deep Blue Sea <-- (guilty pleasure)

[Nella]

Originally Posted by Doc Faustus

Anybody else here a fan of the Bloodspattered Bride? I saw it just a month ago and it shot right up there for me.

I haven't seen that. I'm gonna do a search for that and the ones Elvis mentioned. I just thought of 4 or 5 movies that I've seen to add to my top 100 list.

Chronogrl, I like your list. Great organization!

[Festered]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

1. Session 9

I should probably add this to my list, as well, as it is one of the rare modern horrors that gave me a sense of unease. Kind of like The Spiral Staircase.

[pinkfloyd45769]

I'm not listing any cause my list would be crap next to the ones on here.I do want to say that i like this thread,i am writing down alot of the movies so i can get em.I can't believe how many horror movies that i have never seen.Thanks:)

[jenna26]

I can't believe I actually attempted this......;) but here ya go. I KNOW I forgot something, and I know that it would change so regularly, with my mood, it will probably be different in an hour. Oh and also, I didn't really put them in any particular order.

Evil Dead 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74)
The Exorcist
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Freaks ('32)
Hellraiser
Tenebre
Videodrome
An American Werewolf in London
The Evil Dead
Psycho ('60)
Night of the Living Dead ('68)
Martin
Dawn of the Dead ('78)
Halloween ('78)
The Omen ('76)
The Haunting ('63)
American Psycho
Near Dark
Oldboy
A Tale of Two Sisters
Re-Animator
Black Christmas ('74)
The Phantom of the Opera ('25)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('56)
The Thing From Another World ('51)
The Thing ('82)
The Fog ('80)
The Innocents ('61)
Nosferatu ('22)
The Descent
Opera
The Fly ('86)
The Hills Have Eyes ('77)
Alien ('79)
Jaws
American Psycho
Deep Red
Dead Alive
Return of the Living Dead
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Black Sunday ('60)
The Mummy ('32)
Bubba Ho-tep
Cat People ('42)
Dog Soldiers
Brides of Dracula ('60)
Horror Of Dracula
Dracula ('31)
Pumpkinhead
Creature from the Black Lagoon ('54)
King Kong ('33)
Nightbreed
The Brood
The Body Snatcher ('45)
The Black Cat ('34)
Session 9
The Wolf Man ('41)
Audition
Suicide Club
Pan's Labyrinth
The Devil's Backbone
Ravenous
Bride of Frankenstein ('35)
The Curse of Frankenstein ('57)
Frankenstein ('31)
Blue Velvet
Frenzy
Poltergeist
White Zombie ('32)
Scanners
Carrie
In the Mouth of Madness
Night of the Demon ('57)
Rosemary's Baby
The Wicker Man ('73)
Black Sabbath
Bay of Blood
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ('20)
The Silence of the Lambs
Eraserhead
Jacob's Ladder
Rebecca
House of Usher ('60)
Sleepy Hollow ('99)
Carnival of Souls ('62)
Suspiria ('77)
From Beyond
The Stepford Wives ('75)
House on Haunted Hill ('59)
Frenzy
Seven
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Silence of the Lambs
Shivers
Don't Torture A Duckling
The Devil's Rejects
Shaun of the Dead
Candyman
28 Days Later

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Festered

I should probably add this to my list, as well, as it is one of the rare modern horrors that gave me a sense of unease. Kind of like The Spiral Staircase.

I haven't seen Spiral Staircase... I'll have to check it out.

Originally Posted by Nella

Chronogrl, I like your list. Great organization!

Thanks - The only way I could get my mind around a top 100 was to categorize them. By the way... You seem to like a lot of modern horror... May I suggest some of my favorite indie horror films... May, The Signal, and Session 9. Check them out when you get a chance.

Jenna - Your list is awesome! I can't believe that I forgot Creature from the Black Lagoon! Adding now...

[ChronoGrl]

Oh, crap - How could I forget Tokyo Gore Police??? *adds*

[Nella]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

I haven't seen Spiral Staircase... I'll have to check it out.



Thanks - The only way I could get my mind around a top 100 was to categorize them. By the way... You seem to like a lot of modern horror... May I suggest some of my favorite indie horror films... May, The Signal, and Session 9. Check them out when you get a chance.

Jenna - Your list is awesome! I can't believe that I forgot Creature from the Black Lagoon! Adding now...

I appreciate the suggestions. I added The Spiral Staircase to my "movies to be watched" list.

CG, I've seen Session 9. I'll check into the other ones.