Best horror movie...

oooo yeaaa, lots of horrors here that are new to me. Much enjoyment ahead. I do like horror movies, though I must be in the mood.

The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is creepy and scary, I completely agree! It does the job. The remake......man, I was more angry than scared watching that one. They turned it into a pure T&A thing. Booooring.

I really love the original Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. There is a good freakiness factor to it, and it is also interesting. I'm not so much interested in sh*tting my pants in terror as the 'mind f*ck' that some movies manage. I like the exploration of different themes, not just pure slash n' tits.

Thoroughly enjoyed 28 days later. I'm a sucker for 'apocolyptic' and zombie movies I guess.

Shawn of the Dead I liked - that lil twist of humor and darkness.

Rosemary's baby - - Classic. Liked it very much!

IMDB top ten horror movies.

Good list -- those are user ratings I believe?

Yes, it is user ratings -- might as well have the entire list of 50, and the bottom of the barrel:

11. 8.1 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 10,492
12. 8.0 Onibaba (1964) 1,031
13. 8.0 Frankenstein (1931) 7,744
14. 8.0 King Kong (1933) 14,609
15. 8.0 Spoorloos (1988) 3,518
16. 7.9 The Exorcist (1973) 41,183
17. 7.9 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 15,268
18. 7.9 Kaidan (1964) 1,120
19. 7.9 The Innocents (1961) 1,940
20. 7.9 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 6,319
21. 7.9 The Thing (1982) 22,174
22. 7.9 Yeux sans visage, Les (1959) 1,017
23. 7.9 Batoru rowaiaru (2000) 16,414
24. 7.9 Dead of Night (1945) 1,116
25. 7.8 Repulsion (1965) 4,060
26. 7.8 The Invisible Man (1933) 3,147
27. 7.8 Shaun of the Dead (2004) 28,287
28. 7.8 The Birds (1963) 23,487
29. 7.7 The Others (2001) 42,893
30. 7.7 The Haunting (1963) 5,440
31. 7.7 Freaks (1932) 5,070
32. 7.7 Night of the Living Dead (1968) 14,895
33. 7.7 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 4,712
34. 7.7 Dawn of the Dead (1978) 16,231
35. 7.7 The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 2,275
36. 7.7 Peeping Tom (1960) 3,053
37. 7.7 Profondo rosso (1975) 2,794
38. 7.7 Halloween (1978) 23,067
39. 7.7 Evil Dead II (1987) 18,726
40. 7.7 Locataire, Le (1976) 2,923
41. 7.6 Vampaia hantâ D (2000) 3,384
42. 7.6 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) 1,284
43. 7.6 Night of the Demon (1957) 1,321
44. 7.6 Misery (1990) 15,578
45. 7.6 Dracula (1931/I) 5,000
46. 7.5 Sinnui yauwan (1987) 1,869
47. 7.5 Tesis (1996) 4,861
48. 7.5 The Wicker Man (1973) 6,321
49. 7.5 Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932) 1,013
50. 7.5 Nattevagten (1994) 2,690

Bottom Rated "Horror" Titles
Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 1.5 Die Hard Dracula (1998) 139
2. 1.6 Club Vampire (1998) 128
3. 1.9 Voyeur.com (2000) 96
4. 1.9 Troll 2 (1990) 2,690
5. 1.9 Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970) 143
6. 1.9 Maniac Nurses (1990) 184
7. 1.9 Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) 110
8. 2.0 The Curse of the Screaming Dead (1982) 90
9. 2.0 Curse of Bigfoot (1976) 57
10. 2.0 Feeders (1996) 187


The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:

weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) ?- R + (m ÷ (v+m)) ?- C where: R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating) v = number of votes for the movie = (votes) m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 50 (currently 1000) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.6)
for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.

In order to appear in the Bottom 10 Titles chart the title must have received at least 50 votes.

"28 Days Later" is on my top twenty-five -- surprised it's not on the IMDb top fifty.

The scariest horror movie I ever saw was "The Town that Dreaded Sundown." The movies where you never get to see the killer's face because of a mask or something scare me to death! This was supposedly taken from true events and I had nightmares for weeks about this one. They never did discover who the killer was. It's been many, many years since I saw it but I won't ever forget it.

MA -- you shouldn't be watching those kinds of films. They are evil.

The AFI top ten from their list of 100 all time best "thrillers:"

AMERICA's 100
GREATEST THRILLERS


(Part 1)





1. Psycho (1960)
Marion Crane (Leigh) takes a shower. Lila Crane (Miles) meets Mrs. Bates in the fruit cellar.

2. Jaws (1975)
A woman skinny-dips at night in the ocean and feels a sudden, sharp tug at her leg. After seeing the Great White Shark, Chief Martin Brody (Scheider) gasps to Quint (Shaw), "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

3. The Exorcist (1973)
A possessed Regan (Blair) spins her head around 360 degrees. Father Damien (Miller) exits Regan's room through the window.

4. North by Northwest (1959)
Roger Thornhill (Grant) is chased by a crop duster. Roger and Eve Kendall (Saint) cling to the face of Mount Rushmore.

5. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Clarice Starling (Foster) meets Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) in prison for the first time, and he reveals his culinary peculiarities. Clarice stalks serial killer Buffalo Bill (Levine) in his dark lair.

6. Alien (1979)
Engineer G. W. Kane (Hurt) hatches an alien. The alien's teeth distend from its mouth in a shower of acidic saliva.

7. The Birds (1963)
Melanie (Hedren) runs inside a schoolhouse to warn the teacher (Pleshette) of an ominous flock of crows gathering in the playground. Seagulls swoop from high above to attack Bodega Bay citizens, causing a gas station to be engulfed in flames.

8. The French Connection (1971)
Popeye Doyle (Hackman) commandeers a civilian car and chases an elevated train through the city streets. Popeye, Buddy (Scheider) and a large police back-up corner the members of a drug cartel in a warehouse on Ward's Island.

9. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Minnie (Gordon) presents Rosemary with a dessert that makes her dizzy. Rosemary, armed with a butcher knife, finds her son in a black bassinet.

10. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones (Ford) escapes jungle booby traps, including a giant rolling boulder. Indiana Jones lowers himself into a snake-infested Egyptian tomb.

Im surprised somebody thought of The Green Mile as a horror story!

It is in a way. I kind of like the idea of horror in the thriller genre, the AFI list including "The French Connection" as well as "The Exorcist."

Here's the entire list of 100 on their site:

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/thrills.aspx

From Premier Magazine:


Top Ten Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Ken Kirziger, A.K.A. Jason Vorhees in Freddy vs. Jason, picks the top ten greatest horror films of all time.


1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

2. Jaws (1975)

3. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

4. The Fly (1958)

5. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

6. Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

7. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

8. Alien (1979)

9. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

10. The Sixth Sense (1999)

sweet those are some good ones... has anyone seen any good horror movies lately, like recent ones? there seem to be a lot of them out but nothing too spectacular...

That movie only rated a "5.4" on IMDB user ratings, and therefore it's obviously as scary as burnt toast. You should be embarrassed for having listed a movie with such a poor rating. Didn't you visit IMDB or "Rotten Tomatos" before you posted here? How dare you...






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Tico,

I know! I was pretty young when I saw it. So, at the time it WAS scary! But, I did see it a few years ago and did have to ask myself why I was so scared. I just don't like those ones where the killer's face is hidden! Gives me the willies! I really need to get out more! :wink:

I remember when I was younger falling asleep in front of the TV, and waking up during "The Omen." The scene on the TV was both very disturbing, and frightening, and doubtless more so because of my age. We're obviously more impressionable when younger.

"The Exorcist", will always remain a Masterpiece.

Aliens 2
The Ring
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Silence Of the Lambs

The new flicks getting (re)produced this year

1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Buena Vista - July 7
More malevolent ghosts, murder and mayhem with Johnny Depp reprising his role as Capt. Jack Sparrow.
2) Silence, Universal - March 31Mystery, murder most foul… and 100 ventriloquist dummies! Yikes!
3) Black Dahlia, Universal - (TBA 2006)
One of the most gruesome, unsolved murders in Hollywood history, brought to life by director Brian De Palma.
4) Zodiac, Paramount - September 22
Murder... (Are you detecting a theme here? It's starting to look like a slaying symphony) ... another unsolved crime, this one about The Zodiac Killer, directed by David Fincher.
5) The Omen 666, Fox - June 6
A good, old-fashioned devil flick. This is a remake of the classic 70s film.
6) Snakes on a Plane, New Line - August 18
With a name like that, how could I not want to see it?
7) The Visiting, Warner Bros. - Aug 11
Nicole Kidman stars in this Invasion of the Body Snatchers styled alien horror/thriller.
8) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, New Line - Oct 6
Pure horror here: Leatherface, the baddest Sheriff this side of an armadillo roadkill, and stupid teens in a 60s setting.
9) Lady in the Water, Warner Bros. - July 21
I'm not quite sure if I've forgiven M. Night Shyamalan for Signs and The Village, but on the strength of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, I'm willing to try.
10) The Wicker Man, Warner Bros (TBA 2006)
I know it didn't need to be remade, but I'm very curious to see what director Neil LaBute has to bring to bring to this sacrificial hoedown.

I hope they don't turn out to be bunch of flops in recent times like we saw
The Village, Exorcist the beginning, Exorcism of Emilie Rose, The Fog, Land of the Dead, Doom.

How do you find Amityville Horror (2005) anyways?

I am so sick of The Silence of the Lambs! It plays constantly on satellite and my husband never misses it. Then for hours after it is over he goes around the house saying, "Dr. Lector? Dr. Lector?" Drives me nuts!

LOL

Tico, you're also about as scary as burnt toast.

I suppose shlocky horror is entertaining -- it's the old mantra about something being so bad that it's good.

The best horror flick of the past ten years is still "28 Days Later." "Red Dragon," the remake of "Manhunter" is also good and is the introduction of Hannibal Lector.

That should be interesting. The original was done with a sort of simplicity and innocence about it, that made the denouement all the more horrifying. I would love to see if they can pull off the remake without too much heavy handedness.