Horror Poll Ballots, post them.

Nightmare On Elm Street, A
Night of the Hunter, The
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
From Beyond
Re-Animator (1985)
Freaks
Human Centipede: First Sequence, The
Child's Play
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Shaun of the Dead
Shining, The
Audition (1999)
28 Days Later
Ring, The (2001)
Nosferatu (1922)
Evil Dead, The
Candyman (1992)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Zombie [Zombi 2] (1979)
Silence of the Lambs, The
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Onibaba
Cabin Fever
Friday the 13th (1980)
Braindead [Dead Alive]
Carrie (1976)
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Suicide Club
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Basket Case (1982)
Woman in the Dunes
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
Drag Me To Hell
Alien
Event Horizon (1997)
Brood, The (1979)
Descent, The
Crazies, The (2010)
Eraserhead (1977)
Faust (1926)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
May
Paranormal Activity
Ravenous (1999)
Sentinal, The
Videodrome
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Grizzly Park
Slither

Poll Results

Suspiria - 50
Inferno (Argento) - 49
Deep Red (1975) - 48
Inland Empire - 47
Wicker Man, The - 46
Alucarda - 45
Thing, The (1982) - 44
Blood and Black Lace - 43
Tenebrae - 42
Exorcist, The - 41
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 40
Five Dolls For An August Moon - 39
Picnic at Hanging Rock - 38
She Killed In Ecstasy - 37
Short Night Of Glass Dolls, The - 36
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) - 35
Possession (1981) - 34
Repulsion (1965) - 33
Vampyros Lesbos - 32
All The Colours Of The Dark - 31
Beast, The (Borowczyk) - 30
What Are These Strange Drops Of Blood Doing On Jennifer's Body? - 29
Who Saw Her Die? - 28
Night of the Hunted - 27
Rosemary's Baby - 26
Braindead - 25
Devils, The - 24
Videodrome - 23
Dellamorte Dellamore (1994) - 22
Ghostwatch (1992) - 21
Ringu (1998) - 20
Zombi 2 (1979) - 19
Perfect Blue - 18
Tombs Of The Blind Dead - 17
To The Devil…A Daughter - 16
Tetsuo: The Iron Man - 15
Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The (1970) - 14
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 13
Nightmare On Elm Street, A - 12
Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh, The - 11
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) - 10
Uzumaki - 9
Your Vice Is A Locked Door And Only I Have The Key - 8
Dead of Night (1945) - 7
Event Horizon (1997) - 6
Black Sabbath - 5
Candyman (1992) - 4
Opera (1987) - 3
Autopsy (1975) - 2
Two Thousand Maniacs! - 1

my highly gamed & stragic ballot. will stand by most of the list, though a few films (cure, for ex) should definitely have been swapped out.

Dementia (1955)
Night of the Hunter, The
Inland Empire
Dagon
Psycho (1960)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Blood and Black Lace
Daughters of Darkness
Trouble Every Day
Phenomena (1985)
Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen] (1968)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Videodrome
American Werewolf in London, An
Carrie (1976)
May
Pontypool
Eraserhead (1977)
Company of Wolves, The (1984)
Bride of Frankenstein, The
Suspiria
Possession (1981)
Mulholland Dr.
Tenant, The
Re-Animator (1985)
Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore] (1994)
House [Hausu] (1977)
Wicker Man, The
Last Wave, The (1977)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Creepshow (1982)
Repulsion (1965)
Brood, The (1979)
Devil's Backbone, The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The
Anguish [Angustia] (1987)
Strange Circus (2005)
Naked Blood [Splatter: Naked Blood] (1996)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Shining, The
Alien
Thing, The (1982)
Inferno (Argento)
Evil Dead, The
From Beyond
Deep Red [Profondo Rosso] (1975)
Poltergeist (1982)
Phantasm (1979)
Cure [Kyua] (1997)

didn't vote in this but will def check out 'dementia (1955)' on the strength of that vote

it's awesome, and less than an hour long!

Alien - 50
The Shining - 49
The Exorcist - 48
Rosemary's Baby - 47
The Thing - 46
Them [IIs] - 45
Repulsion - 44
May - 43
Mulholland Dr. - 42
The Howling - 41
An American Werewolf in London - 40
Ginger Snaps - 39
Eraserhead - 38
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn - 37
28 Days Later - 36
Haxan (1922) - 35
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - 34
Let's Scare Jessica to Death - 33
Ravenous - 32
Salem's Lot - 31
Phantasm - 30
Wolf Creek - 29
Audition - 28
Nosferatu - 27
Let the Right One In - 26
Poltergeist -25
The Innocents - 24
House of the Devil - 23
Haute Tension - 22
Dog Soldiers - 21
Don't Look Now (1973) - 20
Shadow of the Vampire - 19
Cube - 18
Drag Me to Hell - 17
Vampire Circus - 16
The Ring (2001) - 15
M - 14
The Descent - 13
The Brood - 12
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 11
The Last House on the Left - 10
The Masque of the Red Death - 9
Creepshow - 8
The Serpent and the Rainbow - 7
Witchfinder General - 6
Phase IV - 5
Evil Dead - 4
Night of the Living Dead - 3
Near Dark - 2
The Devil's Backbone - 1

Placings in parentheses, ones that didn't place in bold.

1. Repulsion (12)
2. Threads (74)
3. Suspiria (8)
4. Masque of the Red Death, The
5. Shivers
6. Wicker Man, The (5)
7. Hour of the Wolf (67)
8. Peeping Tom (42)
9. Stone Tape, The
10. Vanishing, The (56)
11. Deep Red (45)
12. Eraserhead (15)
13. Häxan
14. Onibaba (92)
15. Blood on Satan's Claw (98)
16. Signalman, The
17. Don't Look Now (26)
18. Rosemary's Baby (4)
19. Haunting, The (39)
20. Ringu (44)
21. Hausu (35)
22. Vampyr (60)
23. Possession (23)
24. Eyes Without A Face (46)
25. Black Sabbath
26. Asylum
27. Whistle and I'll Come to You
28. Beyond, The
29. Evil Dead, The (31)
30. Carnival Of Souls (24)
31. Kill, Baby, Kill!
32. Pit and the Pendulum, The
33. Tenant, The (53)
34. Cat People (59)
35. Nosferatu (41)
36. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
37. Wizard of Gore, The
38. Frankenstein (62)
39. Videodrome (17)
40. Tomb of Ligeia, The
41. Theatre of Blood
42. Witchfinder General (86)
43. Vampyros Lesbos
44. Night of the Bloody Apes
45. Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
46. Blair Witch Project, The (28)
47. Messiah of Evil
48. Paperhouse
49. Stuff, The
50. Nekromantik

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2. Night of the Living Dead
3. Rosemary’s Baby
4. Carrie
5. The Exorcist
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
7. The Dead Zone
8. Psycho
9. Halloween
10. Blue Velvet
11. The Night of the Hunter
12. Peeping Tom
13. The Shining
14. The Wicker Man
15. The Fly (1986)
16. The Silence of the Lambs
17. Sybil
18. Dead Ringers
19. Salem’s Lot
20. The Wolf Man
21. Dressed to Kill
22. Night of the Demon
23. Repulsion
24. A Nightmare on Elm Street
25. Cujo
26. The Ring
27. The Birds
28. Frankenstein
29. Hour of the Wolf
30. 2000 Maniacs!
31. The Stepford Wives (1975)
32. The Mummy (1932)
33. Cat People (1942)
34. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
35. Twin Peaks (pilot)

Shamelessly gimmicky film I forgot to nominate and would have voted for: The Cell
Film the poll most makes me want to see: Pulse
Film the poll has already inspired me to see: The Seventh Victim

Yeah, definitely going to seek out The Seventh Victim. Been meaning to watch Let's Scare Jessica to Death for ages, but think the poll may be an extra impetus.

ShariVari, I like your ballot!

Also, I totally could have done a ballot twice as long. Felt really bad missing off both oddball pets and straight classics to try to balance my ballot.

1. Black Christmas (1974) - 50

2. Innocents, The - 49

3. Exorcist, The - 48

4. Dead Ringers (1988) - 47

5. Evil Dead, The - 46

6. Eraserhead (1977) - 45

7. Calvaire - 44

8. Shining, The - 43

9. Wicker Man, The - 42

10. Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 41

11. Memories of Murder - 40

12. Tenant, The - 39

13. Wait Until Dark - 38

14. Audition (1999) - 37

15. Carrie (1976) - 36

16. 3 Women - 35

17. Vanishing, The (1988) - 34

18. Rosemary's Baby (1968) - 33

19. Blair Witch Project, The (1999) - 32

20. Fire Walk With Me - 31

21. Rabid - 30

22. Frailty - 29

23. Wake in Fright - 28

24. Inside - 27

25. Antichrist (2009) - 26

26. Night of the Hunter, The - 25

27. Let the Right One In (2008) - 24

28. Bug - 23

29. Trouble Every Day - 22

30. Stuck - 21

31. Strangers, The - 20

32. Jacob's Ladder - 19

33. Pan's Labyrinth - 18

34. Shallow Grave - 17

35. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) - 16

36. Brain Damage (1988) - 15

37. Near Dark (1987) - 14

38. Anguish (1987) - 13

39. Alucarda - 12

40. Society (1989) - 11

My ballot:

Seventh Victim, The (1943)
Bride of Frankenstein, The
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Brood, The (1979)
Body Snatcher, The
Scanners (1981)
Cat People (1942)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
American Psycho
Black Cat, The (1934)
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Eraserhead (1977)
Freaks
Blob, The (1958)
Old Dark House, The
Inland Empire
Curse of the Demon [Night of the Demon] (1957)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Carnival Of Souls (1962)
Innocents, The
Haunting, The (1963)
Videodrome
Psycho (1960)
Pulse
Death Line [Raw Meat]
Deathdream [Dead of Night] (1972)
Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage]
Mad Love
Tingler, The
Uninvited, The (1944)
Fly, The (1986)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Images
Black Christmas (1974)
Exorcist II: The Heretic, The
Frankenstein (1931)
Fright Night (1985)
God Told Me To [Demon] (1976)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Invisible Man, The (1933)
Shivers [They Came From Within] (1975)
Island of Lost Souls, The
Let the Right One In (2008)
Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane, The (1976)
Rabid
Poltergeist (1982)
Seconds (1966)
Wayward Cloud, The [Tian bian yi duo yun] (2005)

This was put together a little hastily; favorites went at the top but beyond that the order didn't matter so much, and American Psycho's high placement was actually an accident — doesn't seem to have affected the poll, though. I was somewhat arbitrary about what films I excluded on not-horror grounds; The Wayward Cloud isn't quite a horror film in any conventional sense but since someone nominated it and it probably wouldn't show up in much of any other poll I thought I'd include it. Scanners may be more of a sci-fi film, but my terror at seeing its video box and tagline in the rental store is among my favorite childhood memories.

Films I've now seen thanks to the poll:
Threads (great, would've voted for this)
Audition (I'd seen Imprint and didn't really think I'd need to see anything else by Miike; I'd say I was probably right, though the gleeful sawing away at the foot and tossing it against the glass was worth a chuckle)

Still need to see:
Possession

Nice amount of 30s/40s stuff there. Still can't quite believe Shivers got so heavily robbed.

I DO DECREE

Wicker Man, The -- 50
Brood, The (1979) -- 49
Carnival Of Souls (1962) -- 48
Watcher In the Woods (1980) -- 47
Sisters (1973) -- 46
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? -- 45
Suspiria -- 44
Children of the Corn -- 43
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) --42
Let's Scare Jessica to Death -- 41
Carrie (1976) -- 40
Don't Look Now (1973) -- 39
Race with the Devil (1975) -- 38
Psychomania -- 37
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) --36
Repulsion (1965) -- 35
Rosemary's Baby (1968) --34
Season of the Witch [Jack's Wife] -- 33
Baby, The -- 32
Black Sabbath --31
Blair Witch Project, The (1999) -- 30
Blood on Satan's Claw [Satan's Skin] (1971) --29
Body Snatcher, The -- 28
Candyman (1992) -- 27
Unknown, The (1927) --26
Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm] -- 25
Company of Wolves, The (1984) -- 24
Creepshow (1982) -- 23
Demon Seed (1977) -- 22
Exorcist, The -- 21
Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage] --20
Fire Walk With Me [Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me] --19
Freaks -- 18
Haunting, The (1963) -- 17
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte -- 16
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) -- 15
Jacob's Ladder -- 14
May -- 13
Night of the Living Dead (1968) -- 12
Orphanage, The -- 11
Others, The (2001) -- 10
Paranormal Activity -- 9
Psycho (1960) -- 8
Seventh Victim, The (1943) -- 7
Shining, The -- 6
Silence of the Lambs, The -- 5
Sybil -- 4
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) -- 3
Thing, The (1982) -- 2
Tingler, The -- 1

I made little distinction for horror/not horror formality and voted for favorites

I loved how easy it was to enter your ballot after a certain point, La Lech.

I did fail to organize them after a while.

I was only sad it meant Texas Chainsaw would only be getting 3 points. And Seventh Victim 7 lol.

I was trying to submit by the deadline, it led to carelessness!

Hee, nice alphabeticalness. Yeah, there's definitely a bunch in there that I want to see - mostly the Girl Films.

Orphan keeps on getting shown on the telly and I get all excited because I think it's the Orphanage, which got really good write-ups, but it is not. And it's a bit rubbish.

33 of mine placed. Outliers are emboldened.

01. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
02. Vanishing, The aka Spoorloos (1988)
03. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
04. Eraserhead
05. Changeling, The (1980)
06. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
07. Picnic at Hanging Rock
08. Jaws
09. Haunting, The (1963)
10. M
11. Evil Dead, The
12. Psycho (1960)
13. Halloween
14. Thing, The
15. Others, The
16. Phantasm
17. Dead Ringers
18. Frailty
19. Repulsion
20. Martyrs
21. Carnival Of Souls
22. Strangers, The
23. Audition
24. City of the Living Dead [The Gates of Hell]
25. Alien
26. Devil's Rejects, The
27. Poltergeist
28. Return of the Living Dead
29. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The
30. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
31. Wolf Creek
32. Exorcist, The
33. Fly, The
34. Devil's Backbone, The
35. {rec}
36. Cabin Fever
37. Night of the Hunter, The
38. 28 Days Later
39. People Under the Stairs, The
40. Motel Hell
41. Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
42. Lost Boys, The
43. Nosferatu (1922)
44. Let the Right One In (2008)
45. Inland Empire
46. Nightmare On Elm Street, A
47. Dracula (1931)
48. Birds, The
49. Session 9
50. Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Unmasked. Was definitely hedging a few bets with the top 5 or 10, though all definitely count as personal faves:

50 Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
49 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
48 Carrie (1976)
47 Brood, The (1979)
46 Wicker Man, The
45 Tenant, The
44 Tenebrae
43 Night of the Hunter, The
42 Outer Space
41 Curse of the Cat People (1944)

40 Pulse [Kairo]
39 Deathdream [Dead of Night] (1972)
38 Suspiria
37 Shining, The
36 Rosemary's Baby (1968)
35 Poltergeist (1982)
34 Fly, The (1986)
33 Carnival Of Souls (1962)
32 Seventh Victim, The (1943)
31 Inside [À l'intérieur]

30 Inland Empire
29 God Told Me To [Demon] (1976)
28 Ms. 45
27 Creepshow (1982)
26 Dressed To Kill (1980)
25 Sleepaway Camp (1983)
24 Evil Dead, The
23 Phenomena (1985)
22 Birds, The (1963)
21 Possession (1981)

20 Maniac (1980)
19 Vampyr (1932)
18 Tales from the Crypt (1972)
17 Fury, The (1978)
16 Audition (1999)
15 Fog, The (1980)
14 Martyrs
13 Devils, The
12 Beyond, The
11 Freaks

10 Cannibal Holocaust
09 Inferno (Argento)
08 Nosferatu (1922)
07 Christine
06 Videodrome
05 Candyman (1992)
04 Irreversible
03 House [Hausu] (1977)
02 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
01 Uncle Sam

movies that did not place in bold

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - 50
Halloween (1978) - 49
The Shining - 48
Rosemary’s Baby - 47
Threads - 46
The Silence of the Lambs - 45
Inland Empire - 44
Alien - 43
The Thing (1982) - 42
Visitor Q - 41
Dawn of the Dead - 40
Videodrome - 39
Martyrs - 38
Suspiria - 37
Evil Dead 2 - 36
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - 35
Poltergeist (1982) - 34
Tetsuo: The Iron Man - 33
Re-Animator (1985) - 32
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 31
House/Hausu - 30
The Fly (1986) - 29
Night of the Hunter - 28
Eraserhead (1977) - 27
Psycho (1960) - 26
Near Dark - 25
Pulse - 24
Repulsion - 23
Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood - 22
Freaks - 21
Planet Terror - 20
Altered States - 19
Kwaidan - 18
Jacob’s Ladder - 17
M - 16
The Devils - 15
The Wicker Man - 14
The Brood - 13
Anguish - 12
Peeping Tom - 11
Last House on the Left (1972) - 10
Wolf Creek - 09
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death - 08
Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America - 07
Brain Dead/Dead Alive - 06
The Beyond - 05
Cronos - 04
The Descent - 03
The Hitcher (1986) - 02
Carrie - 01

biggest how-could-i-forget? regrets: possession, angst, nekromantik, inside
movies i mighta thrown some votes too despite them raising the is-this-horror? question if i could do it again: i stand alone
indefensible bullshit i might have voted for, for the lolz: urotosukidoji

Wayward Cloud, The [Tian bian yi duo yun] (2005)

― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:29 PM (26 minutes ago)

lol, i nominated this, and hedged about voting for it. wish in retrospect that i had.

Marebito - 50
Deadgirl (2008) - 49
Inside l'intŽrieur- 48
Anguish (1987) - 47
Hostel Part II - 46
Sleepaway Camp (1983) - 45
Reflecting Skin, The (1990) - 44
Cabin Fever - 43
Wolf Creek - 42
Children, The (2008) - 41
Cremaster 3 - 40
Outer Space - 39
Ring, The (2001) - 38
Strange Circus - 37
Human Centipede: First Sequence, The - 36
Eden Lake - 35
Funny Games (2007) - 34
Strangers, The - 33
Woods, The (2006) - 32
Below - 31
Dead End - 30
Descent, The - 29
Hostel - 28
Alien - 27
Shining, The - 26
28 Weeks Later - 25
Slither - 24
Martyrs - 23
Carnival Of Souls (1962) - 22
House Hausu 1977) - 21
Rec - 20
Psycho (1960) - 19
Jeepers Creepers - 18
Blair Witch Project, The (1999) - 17
Session 9 - 16
Signal, The - 15
Irreversible - 14
Roadkill - 13
Seven -12
Severance -11
Shrooms - 10
Sheitan - 9
Hard Candy - 8
Murder Loves Killers Too - 7
Abandoned, The - 6
Haute Tension - 5
Them (2006) - 4
Pulse - 3
Dog Soldiers - 2
Re-Cycle - 1

fuck pontypool, that movie can eat a bag of shit.

thanks for doing this eric!

-jj

Oh hahaha shit did not mean to c+p the whole email

dude did you really vote for hard candy? smdh

Psycho
Alien
Wicker Man, The
Jaws
Thing, The (1982)
Innocents, The
Haunting, The
Rosemary's Baby
Omen, The
Blair Witch Project, The
Shining, The
Bride of Frankenstein, The
Frankenstein (1931)
Cat People
Birds, The
Blood on Satan's Claw
Descent, The
Fire Walk With Me [Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me]
Rec [rec]
Videodrome
Tremors
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Others, The
Peeping Tom (1960)
Night of the Hunter, The
Suspiria
Fly, The (1986)
Eraserhead
Straw Dogs
Let the Right One In
American Werewolf in London, An
Near Dark
Final Destination 2
Duel
Phase IV
Audition
Mulholland Dr.
Orphanage, The
Ring, The (2001)
I Saw the Devil
Psychomania
Pontypool
Kill List
Devils, The
Witchfinder General
Seven
Curse of the Cat People
Halloween

I had a pretty consensus ballot, I guess, most things placed. I have to admit I've never worked up the nerve to watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which makes me a wuss of a horror fan. Just the idea of it always gave me the cold robbies. But maybe this poll will make me rectify that. (non-placing votes in bold.)

Alien -- 50
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) -- 49
Halloween -- 48
Psycho (1960) -- 47
The Exorcist -- 46
Poltergeist -- 45
Ringu -- 44
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The -- 43
Thing, The (1982) -- 42
Rosemary's Baby (1968) -- 41
Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage] -- 40
Shining, The -- 39
Carrie (1976) -- 38
Frankenstein (1931) -- 37
Carnival Of Souls (1962) -- 36
Repulsion (1965) -- 35
Picnic at Hanging Rock -- 34
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn -- 33
Dead Ringers (1988) -- 32
Audition (1999) -- 31
Vanishing, The (Spoorloos) (1988) -- 30
Don't Look Now (1973) -- 29
House (Hausu) -- 28
Suspiria -- 27
Inland Empire -- 26
May -- 25
American Werewolf in London, An -- 24
Pulse (Kairo) -- 23
Paperhouse -- 22
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) -- 21
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- 20
Curse of the Cat People (1944) -- 19
Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) (1968) -- 18
Black Sabbath (1963) -- 17
Dressed To Kill (1980) -- 16
Let the Right One In (2008) -- 15
Black Cat, The (1934) -- 14
Tremors (1990) -- 13
Old Dark House, The -- 12
Dracula (1931) -- 11
Duel (1971) -- 10
Silence of the Lambs, The -- 9
Tenant, The -- 8
Birds, The (1963) -- 7
Cronos (1993) -- 6
Last Wave, The (1977) -- 5
Uninvited, The (1944) -- 4
Tetsuo: The Iron Man -- 3
Gremlins (1984) -- 2
Village of the Damned (1960) -- 1

Oh, and should have bolded Cronos there, too.

Boldface for films that didn't make the top 100

My Top Whatever Number This Is

Fly, The (1986)
Carrie (1976)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Poltergeist (1982)
Shining, The
Exorcist, The
Carnival Of Souls (1962)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Thing, The (1982)
Blair Witch Project, The (1999)
Creepshow (1982)
Freaks
Wicker Man (original)
Evil Dead, The
Brood, The (1979)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
Alice, Sweet Alice
Amityville Horror, The (1979)
Beyond, The
Black Sunday
Blob, The (1988)
Body Snatcher, The

TM: for what it's worth, there are films on your own list much more graphic than Texas Chainsaw Massacre, although--as discussed during the countdown--TCM is incredibly intense and disturbing without being all that graphic.

my ballot (films that didn't make it onto the Top 100 in bold) ... which is more in-tune w/ ILX's tastes than my comedy ballot was, interestingly enough:

Night of the Hunter = 50
The Shining = 49
Vampyr (1932) = 48
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari = 47
M = 46
Throne of Blood = 45
Psycho (1960) = 44
Rosemary's Baby (1968) = 43
Eraserhead (1977) = 42
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) = 41
Don't Look Now (1973) = 40
The Birds (1963) = 39
Repulsion = 38
Kwaidan (1964) = 37
Black Swan = 36
Carrie (1976) = 35
Ichi the Killer = 34
Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) (1968) = 33
The Exorcist = 32
Seven = 31
Peeping Tom (1960) = 30
The Wicker Man = 29
Shaun of the Dead = 28
The Fly (1986) = 27
Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte = 26
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? = 25
House (Hausu) (1977) = 24
Alien = 23
Night of the Living Dead (1968) = 22
The Omen (1976) = 21
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) = 20
The Silence of the Lambs = 19
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn = 18
The Thing (1982) = 17
Cat People (1942) = 16
Pan's Labyrinth = 15
Dressed to Kill (1980) = 14
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) = 13
Let the Right One In (2008) = 12
Aliens (1986) = 11
From Dusk till Dawn (1996) = 10
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) = 9
Let Me In (2010) = 8
Dawn of the Dead (1978) = 7
Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) (1975) = 6
Carnival of Souls (1962) = 5
Eyes without a Face (Les yeux sans visage) = 4
Freaks = 3
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer = 2
Faust (1926) = 1

in retrospect i should've somehow worked suspiria, isle of the dead and hellraiser onto my ballot, but oh well.

xpost: Yeah I've always heard that, I think I just heard the basic scenario of TCM at an impressionable age and just the whole idea freaked me out. I do feel like I should see it.

i would vote for tcm in that snooty sight and sound poll for real

me too

yes

Oh and correction, that was my initial ballot before Eric was kind enough to let me add black Christmas in at number 4

Gonna spare you a vast sea of bold as only 14 of these placed (the numbers on the left are point values, duh)

50 Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore] (1994) *
49 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) *
48 Videodrome *
47 Alien *
46 28 Days Later *
45 Thing, The (1982) *
44 Reflecting Skin, The (1990)
43 Fly, The (1986) *
42 Brood, The (1979) *
41 They Live (1988)
40 Aliens (1986)
39 Omen, The (1976)
38 Bucket of Blood, A
37 Altered States (1980)
36 Braindead [Dead Alive] *
35 Cure [Kyua] (1997) *
34 Demon Seed (1977)
33 C.H.U.D. (1984)
32 Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
31 Night of the Lepus (1972)
30 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
29 Rabid
28 Spider Baby
27 Midnight Meat Train
26 Tremors (1990)
25 Anaconda (1997)
24 Naked Lunch
23 Alligator (1980)
22 Them! (1954)
21 Fly, The (1958)
20 Host, The
19 28 Weeks Later
18 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) *
17 Omega Man, The (1971)
16 Hunger, The (1983)
15 Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
14 Fury, The (1978)
13 From Hell
12 Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
11 Wicker Man, The *
10 Bad Seed, The (1956)
9 Carrie (1976) *
8 Cat People (1982)
7 Cathy's Curse
6 Blob, The (1958)
5 Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)
4 Village of the Damned (1960)
3 Seven *
2 Motel Hell (1980)
1 Trilogy of Terror (1975)

31 Night of the Lepus (1972)

<3

Fuck yes midnight meat train

28 Spider Baby

<3 <3 <3

night of the lepus is legit one of my mom's favorite movies

also a few months back i was over at her place and we watched ORCA: THE KILLER WHALE (another mom fave) and i almost felt like i had to throw some shine on it in this poll for the inadvertent-deckside-whale-abortion scene if nothing else, because it really did disturb me.

SID HAIG APPRECIATION THREAD

Strongo, how does your mom feel about the 1978 movie Piranha? It is another gem imo.

she enjoys that one as well

another mom fave is 1972's FROGS, which borders on lynchian at times

i think Frogs is a must-see for me. I can't believe I haven't seen it.

i probably shoulda had my mom submit a ballot. she told me a while back the two movies she enjoys watching most when she can't get to sleep are giant-ant film THEM and the original h. hawks version of the thing, because they calm her right down.

yeah, it's great. hard to peg as a horror movie (tho it was certainly marketed as such), too creepy to call a domestic drama, and not very thrilling for a thriller.

my first viewing at 7 or 8yo was interrupted when I lost my mind at the first death scene, which is mildly shocking but overall pretty innocuous. kids are weird.

Contendo - Dagon REPRESENT!!!

La Lech - explain me Watcher In The Woods?

Hal Jam - I feel really bad about the Hammer Dracula. I did my ballot in great haste at the last minute and at work, and I honestly couldn't remember which fkin Dracula was the US title for this.

Croupier - wait so Dahmer is worth seeing...?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkpf2IzmMVg

How is this even a Disney movie?

very interesting giallo-heavy list, ShariVari. but i think you and I are in complete disagreement about what makes for a great giallo. Five Dolls instead of Girl or B&BL? Glass Dolls instead of Perfume? Locked Room rather than Ms. Wardh? and no Footprints (on the moon), Seven Bloodstained Orchids, Iris, Petals, Butterfly, or The Fifth Cord?

We might disagree less than you think! Blood & Black Lace was my no.8, Ms Wardh and Locked Room were pretty close on my ballot and i voted for The Case Of The Bloody Iris under the name "What Are Those Strange Drops Of Blood Doing On Jennifer's Body".

I think there came a point when i just had to stop myself voting for more gialli, though, which is how some of the other missed out.

D'oh! indeed. there they are. a thousand apologies, ShariVari! selective blindness, glazed-over eyeballs. ooh! Gatti Rossi! 4 Mosche! the well is deep. we could go on and on...

Gemini is a brilliant choice, E3, my dear fellow in LHODES, Lemora, Viy, and Messiah-love.

i need to watch EoE again. and TED, prolly.

day-late considerations: Reeve's The Sorcerers. how'd this film get lost? and Freda's L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock, clearly worshiped by both Bava and Argento.

Reeves', rather. Witchfinder must've gobbled up all of his cult quotient.

EoE is so whacked out that I tend to show it to ppl, I've seen it many times now and it really never gets old

considering his cult appeal I'm surprised there hasn't been some kind of reeves box set... including the she-beast!

http://www.archive.org/details/TheSheBeast

50 Wicker Man, The
49 Haunting, The (1963) SOMEONE RELEASE THIS FUCKING SOUNDTRACK!!!
48 Suspiria
47 Shining, The
46 Alien (at least 50% because of the music)
45 Poltergeist (1982)
44 Halloween (1978)
43 Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
42 American Werewolf in London, An
41 Pontypool probably a smidge of challops vs jjj here
40 Nosferatu (1922)
39 Blair Witch Project, The (1999) eh I hastily overrated this, rly belongs at 25 or so
38 Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
37 Birds, The (1963)
36 Kwaidan (1964)
35 Trilogy of Terror (1975) solely for indelible kindetrauma: gibbering doll
34 Jacob's Ladder
33 Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm] SOMEBODY RELEASE THIS FUCKING SOUNDTRACK!!!
32 In The Mouth of Madness (1994) Deric and I are not kidding!
31 Phantasm (1979)
30 Exorcist II: The Heretic, The at least 50% because of the music
29 Creature from the Black Lagoon
28 Carrie (1976)
27 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Would never have incl this but happened to rewatch it about 2 months ago and it was much much better than I remembered from 20 yrs ago
26 Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988) this is fkin great, fuk u all
25 Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
24 Fly, The (1986)
23 Gremlins (1984)
22 Let the Right One In (2008)
21 Let Me In (2010) felt it behooved me to vote these two adjacently since I think they're neck-and-neck quality wise and v interestingly different
20 Black Christmas (1974)
19 Lost, The (Jack Ketchum's The Lost) this was my lucky mckee vote even though he only produced and scripted. seriously SEE THIS MOVIE
18 Dagon hi-5 to contendo
17 Nightbreed mostly for creature design/general vibe and for elfman's killer score
16 Carnival Of Souls (1962)
15 Funhouse, The (1981) SO SEEDY AND GROSS THESE HAVE TO BE IRL CARNIES RIGHT?
14 Fright Night (1985)
13 Tremors (1990)
12 Dead Zone, The (1983)
11 Them (Ils) (2006)
10 Crazies, The (1973) have not seen remake
9 Gargoyles (1972)
8 House (1986)
7 Incubus
6 Warlock (1989) for Richard E Grant worship
5 Craft, The (1996)
4 Zombie [Zombi 2] (1979)
3 Omega Man, The (1971)
2 Burrowers, The
1 Aliens (1986)

Reeve's The Sorcerers.

I want to see this so badly

somebody needs to Cc: this thread to BFI.

Funny how I am not in tune with ILX on the little things: only 2 of my bottom 20 placed.

I remember really liking the funhouse, in the 90s I considered it one of hooper's most underrated films. there's a serious, dramatic approach to the material, in contrast to other 80s watch-teens-die-while-trapped-in-death-trap films. not sure why it didn't end up on my ballot.

The Funhouse seems very much a product of what was evidently a pretty troubled shoot, but the very things that don't seem to work (i.e. it takes about an hour for it to even start getting "scary") are also what make it resonate. The teen victims aren't exactly that much more fully shaded than your average F13 flick, but you've spent more time with them at any rate, and so when one gets assaulted and killed against that flickering light from behind the giant exhaust fan, it's genuinely upsetting.

Plus, William Finley as moonshine-sneaking sideshow magician/vampire A+

Also the extras in the cast are just so delicious!

the funhouse's treatment of the "monster" also very interesting

Croupier - wait so Dahmer is worth seeing...?!

People who don't like it really don't like it, but I thought Jeremy Renner was fantastic and disturbing in this

i also enjoyed it, and mostly for renner's performance as well. i think i watched it based on a croup ilx rec in the first place.

Yeah I just read Derf's My Friend Dahmer graphic novel and was eying that movie on nf streaming.

haven't had a chance to read through all of this yet but here's mine:

1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) - 50
2. Thing, The (1982) - 49
3. Videodrome - 48
4. Evil Dead, The - 47
5. Basket Case (1982) - 46
6. Alien - 45
7. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn - 44
8. Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 43
9. Re-Animator (1985) - 42
10. Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 41
11. Inland Empire - 40
12. Martyrs - 39
13. Fly, The (1986) - 38
14. Audition (1999) - 37
15. Braindead [Dead Alive] - 36
16. Carrie (1976) - 35
17. Suspiria - 34
18. Cemetery Man [Dellamorte Dellamore] (1994) - 33
19. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) - 32
20. Creepshow (1982) - 31
21. Possession (1981) - 30
22. Wild Zero (2000) - 29
23. Shining, The - 28
24. Don't Look Now (1973) - 27
25. Dagon - 26
26. Them [Ils] (2006) - 25
27. Prince of Darkness - 24
28. Return of the Living Dead, The (1985) - 23
29. Throne of Blood - 22
30. Wicker Man, The - 21
31. Sentinel, The - 20
32. Hellraiser (1987) - 19
33. Altered States (1980) - 18
34. Brood, The (1979) - 17
35. Candyman (1992) - 16
36. Rosemary's Baby (1968) - 15
37. Deep Red [Profondo Rosso] (1975) - 14
38. Gozu (2003) - 13
39. Drag Me To Hell - 12
40. Repulsion (1965) - 11
41. Fog, The (1980) - 10
42. Dead Zone, The (1983) - 9
43. Jacob's Ladder - 8
44. House [Hausu] (1977) - 7
45. Onibaba - 6
46. Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm] - 5
47. Pulse [Kairo] - 4
48. Descent, The - 3
49. Let the Right One In (2008) - 2
50. House of Wax (2005) - 1

basket case and return of the living dead were the most surprising omissions to me. dagon is also a really cool movie and y'all should watch it if you haven't yet.

Yeah I'm esp sad abt Dagon and In The Mouth...

50. House of Wax (2005)

it did not occur to me to consider this for my ballot, but will say that it is surprisingly decent.

Yeah I'm esp sad abt Dagon

me too :'(

I wish I'd thought mine out harder, but here it is:

Pulse/Kairo - 50
Cure/Kyua (1997) - 49
Alien - 48
Serbian Film, A - 47
Descent, The - 46
Signal, The - 45
Shaun of the Dead - 44
Devils, The - 43
Martyrs - 42
Rosemary's Baby (1968) - 41
Isle, The/Seom (2000) - 40
Day of the Dead (1985) - 39
Rec - 38
Untold Story, The - 37
Dog Soldiers - 36
House /Hausu (1977) - 35
Onibaba - 34
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 33
Let the Right One In (2008) - 32
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 31
Ring, The (2001) - 30
Rec 2 - 29
I Drink Your Blood (1970) - 28
Birds, The (1963) - 27
Tetsuo: The Iron Man - 26
Tenant, The - 25
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) - 24
Audition (1999) - 23
Ichi the Killer - 22
Pet Sematary (1989) - 21
Re-Animator (1985) - 20
Hard Candy - 19
Straw Dogs (1971) - 18
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn - 17
28 Days Later - 16
Funny Games (2007) - 15
Beast, The /La Bete - 14
13: Game of Death - 13
Irreversible - 12
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon - 11
Jaws (1975) - 10
They Live (1988) - 9
Event Horizon (1997) - 8
Exorcist, The - 7
Freaks - 6
Friday The 13th Part II - 5
Videodrome - 4
Gozu (2003) - 3
Pontypool - 2
Shivers (1975) - 1

I love K Kurosawa maybe way too much yeah I know dudes.

i threw my ballot together at the last minute and couldn't even cough up a full 50, so apologies for being lame, definitely still need to see most of the movies that place but wanted to throw in my 2 cents anyway:

Exorcist, The
Shining, The
Bad Seed, The (1956)
Eraserhead (1977)
Alien
Pontypool
Drag Me To Hell
Braindead [Dead Alive]
Jacob's Ladder
Rebecca
Silence of the Lambs, The
Saw
Scanners (1981)
Descent, The
Fly, The (1986)
Psycho (1960)
Cabin Fever
It
Paranormal Activity
Ravenous (1999)
House of Wax (2005)
Cloverfield
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
Wolf Creek
Pan's Labyrinth
Dead Zone, The (1983)
Feast
Aliens (1986)
Planet Terror
Twillight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Yeah I'm esp sad abt Dagon and In The Mouth...

I forgot to vote for in the mouth of madness but it's a lot of fun. the part *mild spoiler* at the hotel check-in counter where the camera pans down to the naked guy chained by the neck is when I realized I was in for a weirder ride than I expected.

and the house of wax remake is a fun one to get drunk with some buddies on a weeknight to. throws a few more curveballs than it needed to even. almost definitely not the 50th best horror movie I've ever seen but it's a good time and I felt like my ballot was a little canon heavy, so I threw it a bone.

Jacob's Ladder - 50
The Shining - 49
Wes Craven's New Nightmare - 48
Martyrs - 47
Deep Red - 46
Videodrome - 45
Lord of Illusions - 44
964 Pinnochio - 43
Hausu - 42
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht - 41
Braindead - 40
Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - 39
Sleepaway Camp - 38
Scream - 37
Demons - 36
Candyman - 35
Saw - 34
Suspiria - 33
Cabinet of Dr. Calagari - 32
April Fool's Day - 31
Hellraiser - 30
Event Horizon - 29
Alien - 28
Eyes Without a Face - 27
Naked Blood - 26
Dawn of the Dead - 25
Diabolique - 24
American Psycho - 23
Hour of the Wolf - 22
Cabin in the Woods - 21
Paranormal Activity - 20
Sisters - 19
28 Days Later - 18
Hellraiser II - 17
Shaun of the Dead - 16
Audition - 15
Cube - 14
Let The Right One In - 13
Repulsion - 12
The Exorcist - 11
Poltergeist - 10
Puppet Master - 9
Lost Boys - 8
Aliens - 7
May - 6
A Serbian Film - 5
The Fly - 4
Dead Ringers - 3
Puppet Master - 2
Wicker Man - 1

but it was super hastily thrown together and could ahve totally been done better

some dude, you voted for rebecca, too! not sure why this surpises me but awesome. also, until today all i knew about house of wax (2005) is that it's the film the pr campaign went "come see paris hilton die" over.

I didn't sweat the last 10, or really the whole thing.

Peeping Tom
Psycho (1960)
The Fly (1986)
Bride of Frankenstein
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Pulse
Kwaidan
Rosemary's Baby
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Cure [Kyua] (1997)
Near Dark (1987)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
Frankenstein (1931)
Curse of the Demon
Eyes Without A Face
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Freaks
The Dead Zone
Charisma

Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm]
Village of the Damned (1960)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The Unknown (1927)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Dead Alive
Videodrome
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Nosferatu (1922)
Cat People (1942)

Cronos
Jaws
Don't Look Now (1973)
The Innocents
The Man Who Laughs
The Devil's Backbone
The Black Cat (1934)
Ringu
Memories of Murder
Evil Dead 2

Let Me In (2010)
Altered States
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
A Bucket of Blood
The Uninvited (1944)
Repulsion (1965)
The Wicker Man
Bedlam
Wolfen

kind of bittersweet that the poll w/ the most morbs-friendly results in terms of silent, 20th century, and international films is the one he couldn't care less about

I started to wonder why horror fans are so awesomely well-rounded and then I stopped

Looks like five of us had Altered States on the ballot, too bad it didn't quite make it.

Eric, tell us about this "Uncle Sam."

I wrote this some years back: http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/uncle-sam/1466

William Lustig is on a spaghetti western panel here next week, with J Hoberman and Tony Musante.

Uncle Sam is really terrible but also hilarious. features the longest/funniest/most unfortunate potato-sack-race-chase-scene ever, plus legendary shot of Uncle Sam as a peeping tom

Plus him running away on stilts. Incongruous, accidental surrealism, et al.

yeah it has its moments

I know it's basically idiotic. It helps if you think patriotism is basically idiotic, too.

tbh I wish more b-grade stuff like that had made the Top 100. one of the reasons I love the horror genre so much is that it makes room for these kinds of bizarre artifacts.

There was a new guy at a meeting today at work and none of us knew who he was -- my only point of identification is that he looked exactly like Grandpa Seth.

Hey, in the interest of making it really easy for people to see what the hell is wrong with me, here is a list of everything from my ballot that is currently available on netflix streaming (at least in the us).

Deadgirl (2008)
Human Centipede: First Sequence, The
Jeepers Creepers
Session 9
Signal, The
Irreversible
Severance
Shrooms
Sheitan
Murder Loves Killers Too
Them (2006)
Pulse

man Shrooms just did not work for me EXCEPT for the excellent inbred cabin freaks.

they are a high point, to be sure

it's kind of fascinating going through the Wiki summaries for these movies and seeing how many current stars are in them (for example, I had no idea that Justin Long was in Jeepers Creepers)

he's one of those stars you can only see with the Mt Palomar telescope.