The Blu-ray.com Community Top 20 Pre-'70s Horror Films: The Results

[MechaGodzilla]

You voted, here are the results!


20. Vampyr (1932)
104 Points | 9 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (Al_The_Strange)




19. The Invisible Man (1933) (tie)
106 Points | 11 Votes | Highest Ranking: 3rd (october27)




19. Dracula (Horror of Dracula) (1958) (tie)
106 Points | 11 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (returnofthemack)




18. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
109 Points | 12 Votes | Highest Ranking: 3rd (Michael24 and AKORIS)




17. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
112 Points | 10 Votes | Highest Ranking: 2nd (Todd Tomorrow)




16. Carnival of Souls (1962)
113 Points | 11 Votes | Highest Ranking: 3rd (Cujo)




15. The Thing from Another World (1951)
120 Points | 8 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (dommie)




14. Night of the Demon (Curse of the Demon) (1957)
122 Points | 12 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (cakefactory)




13. Les diaboliques (Diabolique) (1955)
143 Points | 9 Votes | Highest Ranking: 2nd (Al_The_Strange)




12. Dracula (1931)
157 Points | 15 Votes | Highest Ranking: 3rd (evilive)




11. Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) (1960)
173 Points | 14 Votes | Highest Ranking: 2nd (Helter145 and JWFORD)




10. Repulsion (1965) (tie)
176 Points | 10 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (JWFORD)




10. Peeping Tom (1960) (tie)
176 Points | 12 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (dallywhitty and Talleyrand)




9. The Innocents (1961)
177 Points | 16 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (Zoop)




8. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu) (1922)
208 Points | 18 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (callahan09)




7. King Kong (1933)
228 Points | 15 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (qb2333)




6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
241 Points | 20 Votes | Highest Ranking: 2nd (The Great Owl)




5. Frankenstein (1931) (tie)
268 Points | 21 Votes | Highest Ranking: 2nd (Indiana Solo and october27)




5. The Birds (1963) (tie)
268 Points | 21 Votes | Highest Ranking: 2nd (ajburke, Zoop and AaronJ)




4. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
295 Points | 21 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (Viriconium and october27)




3. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
399 Points | 23 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (Abby is Q, stigdu and jupiter123)




2. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
527 Points | 25 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (Helter145, ajburke, SillySauce, Cujo, Narcissus, Todd Tomorrow, AaronJ and thewerepuppygrr)




1. Psycho (1960)
614 Points | 30 Votes | Highest Ranking: 1st (spawningblue, Michael24, AKORIS, Leslie Dame, Rich65, Astro Zombie and The Great Owl)




And here's our runner-up 20 (I thought these were at least worth a mention as there are some really good films in there):

21. The Wolf Man (1941) - 99 points
22. Black Sunday (1960) - 93 points
23. Cat People (1942) - 91 points
24. The Haunting (1963) - 90 points
25. The Mummy (1932) - 88 points
26. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) - 85 points
27. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - 82 points
28. House of Wax (1953) - 78 points
29. Blood and Black Lace (1964) & What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - 76 points (tie)
30. The Phantom Carriage (1921) - 70 points
31. Kwaidan (1964) - 65 points
32. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - 64 points
33. Godzilla (1954) - 61 points
34. Black Sabbath (1963) - 60 points
35. Dead of Night (1945) - 59 points
36. The Blob (1958) - 56 points
37. Island of Lost Souls (1932) - 54 points
38. Freaks (1932) - 52 points
39. Them! (1954) - 50 points
40. Onibaba (1964) - 47 points


Thanks to (in order of posting):

dallywhitty
Helter145
spawningblue
Al_The_Strange
Michael24
ajburke
qb2333
Abby is Q
AKORIS
octagon
evilive
SillySauce
JWFORD
stigdu
Leslie Dame
callahan09
jupiter123
Rich65
Viriconium
Cujo
Astro Zombie
Narcissus
Indiana Solo
The Great Owl
Talleyrand
dommie
cakefactory
Zoop
spanky87
Todd Tomorrow
october27
AaronJ
returnofthemack
brainofj72
thewerepuppygrr

[dallywhitty]

Highest Ranking: 1st (dallywhitty and Talleyrand)

Peeping Tom should've won. It's you and me against the world, Talleyrand.

Thanks for putting this together, Mecha baby.

[esteban²]

Thanks for organizing this. When it comes to pre-70s Horror, I have a lot of work to do. Since I couldn't even name ten good ones that I've seen. This list is the perfect guideline.

[AaronJ]

Thanks a lot for all the work. This was a very tough list to compile! And it was fun.

[qb2333]

Great list. Nice work. Thank you!

[Talleyrand]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Peeping Tom should've won. It's you and me against the world, Talleyrand.

[Rich65]

Thanks for posting.

[evilive]

This is a damn good list. Your work is appreciated, Mecha!!

[Helter145]

Great list, although I am a little bummed out no Mario Bava films or Val Lewton productions made it to the top 20, but at least Black Sunday and Cat People were pretty close; on the other hand this reminds me I really need to watch the 1956 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as well as the 1933 version of King Kong; thank you for posting the results.

[The Great Owl]

Outstanding!

[qb2333]

Originally Posted by Helter145

Great list, although I am a little bummed out no Mario Bava films or Val Lewton productions made it to the top 20, but at least Black Sunday and Cat People were pretty close; on the other hand this reminds me I really need to watch the 1956 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as well as the 1933 version of King Kong; thank you for posting the results.

Those are both great movies. I need to watch a few I've missed on this list as well, so in fact this is a public service list

[MechaGodzilla]

Thanks guys. As you can see, our top 20 actually became a top 23 as there were a few ties. I kind of think that's a good thing, as it brings attention to a few more titles that would have gone unmentioned otherwise.

Two members, octagon and jupiter123, posted incomplete lists. Jupiter's was close enough to complete (19 movies) that I counted it like all the others, while octagon's three picks counted for 1 point each.

Originally Posted by qb2333

Those are both great movies. I need to watch a few I've missed on this list as well, so in fact this is a public service list

That was one of the ideas behind it. If it gets even just one person to check some of these movies out, it was worth doing.

I have plans for another one of these threads, but that won't be until in a few months, probably spring or summer (unless someone else gets to it before me, I guess). One reason is we have enough of them going right now as is, another is they take a lot of work so I'm not in a hurry to throw myself into another right away. It's fun, but time-consuming.

[Michael24]

Wow! The first of these lists where barely any of my choices placed. I only had five make it into the Top 20 and another four that were runner-ups, and the rest didn't make it at all.

1. Psycho (1960) [#1]
2. The Thing From Another World (1951) [#15]
3. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) [#18]
4. Strait-Jacket (1964) [#-]
5. House on Haunted Hill (1959) [#-]
6. The Last Man on Earth (1964) [#-]
7. The Devil Rides Out (1968) [#-]
8. Carnival of Souls (1962) [#16]
9. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) [#26]
10. Black Sunday (1960) [#22]
11. The Tingler (1959) [#-]
12. Them! (1954) [#39]
13. House of Wax (1953) [#28]
14. Horror of Dracula (1958) [#19]
15. Godzilla (1954) [#33]
16. Scrooge (1951) [#-]
17. 13 Ghosts (1960) [#-]
18. The Bat (1959) [#-]
19. The Plague of the Zombies (1966) [#-]
20. White Zombie (1932) [#-]

I managed to revisit or see for the first time most of the classic Universal Monster movies in October but never got around to going back and adding any to this list. I'm surprised to see The Bride of Frankenstein ranked so high, as I didn't think it was that good. At least Carnival of Souls made it to the Top 20, though. Kind of wasn't expecting it to make the list at all since it doesn't seem that well known.

[thewerepuppygrr]

Awesome list, thanks for the work, MechaGodzilla! Pleased to see Night of the Demon in there, I only got to watch it this October but I enjoyed the heck out of it. Can totally see how it influenced Drag Me to Hell.

[ajburke]

Fun topic! Thanks, MechaGodzilla

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Michael24

Wow! The first of these lists where barely any of my choices placed. I only had five make it into the Top 20 and another four that were runner-ups, and the rest didn't make it at all.

1. Psycho (1960) [#1]
2. The Thing From Another World (1951) [#15]
3. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) [#18]
4. Strait-Jacket (1964) [#-]
5. House on Haunted Hill (1959) [#-]
6. The Last Man on Earth (1964) [#-]
7. The Devil Rides Out (1968) [#-]
8. Carnival of Souls (1962) [#16]
9. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) [#26]
10. Black Sunday (1960) [#22]
11. The Tingler (1959) [#-]
12. Them! (1954) [#39]
13. House of Wax (1953) [#28]
14. Horror of Dracula (1958) [#19]
15. Godzilla (1954) [#33]
16. Scrooge (1951) [#-]
17. 13 Ghosts (1960) [#-]
18. The Bat (1959) [#-]
19. The Plague of the Zombies (1966) [#-]
20. White Zombie (1932) [#-]

I managed to revisit or see for the first time most of the classic Universal Monster movies in October but never got around to going back and adding any to this list. I'm surprised to see The Bride of Frankenstein ranked so high, as I didn't think it was that good. At least Carnival of Souls made it to the Top 20, though. Kind of wasn't expecting it to make the list at all since it doesn't seem that well known.

All except two of the movies on my list made the top 40, so I'm pretty pleased.

Originally Posted by thewerepuppygrr

Awesome list, thanks for the work, MechaGodzilla! Pleased to see Night of the Demon in there, I only got to watch it this October but I enjoyed the heck out of it. Can totally see how it influenced Drag Me to Hell.

I too was glad to see Night of the Demon make it into the top 20. A great film, and one I really need to pick up on Blu-ray...

[Foggy]

Seen 12 from the list overall:

• Dracula (1958)
• The Night of the Hunter
• Les Diaboliques (Diabolique)
• Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face) - this would have been my Number 1 film.
• Repulsion
• Peeping Tom
• The Innocents
• King Kong
• The Birds
• Night of the Living Dead
• Rosemary's Baby
• Psycho

Thanks for the work Mechagodzilla.

[esteban²]

I'm glad the few I did see that I considered good enough are in the top 10.

[esteban²]

As usual I created a list.

BLU-RAY.com | TOP 20 | HORROR (Pre-’70s)

Feel free to watch, like, follow or ignore.

[stigdu]

Great work, Mecha, and thanks!

A little irked to see Psycho at no.1, as I had a funny feeling it would be in the top spot, but having watched it again a few weeks ago it's just not as brilliant as it's made out to be by critics. Very good, but not great. Just IMHO of course!