Best Horror Movie of 2013

[CZAR]

I love all the Evil Dead love. Great film. I will be rewatching it during the the October Horrorthon which seems so far away! Got Em!!

[DuranFanWI]

The Conjuring was "okay" so I voted for Evil Dead. Still don't understand why an unrated edition never came out for this film.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by CZAR

I love all the Evil Dead love. Great film. I will be rewatching it during the the October Horrorthon which seems so far away! Got Em!!

im gonna hold of for October too..i didn get to watch many this year, so am looking forward to this october

Originally Posted by Visco.

The Conjuring and The Act of Killing

The Act of Killing says it was released in 2012 on imdb....was it really that good? its a documentary right?

[Jasonic]

I kind of meant the actually genre of horror

I found nothing about The Act of Killing surprising, nor horrifying. Certainly sad, and especially for the old guy it mainly follows around at the end, but that's about it. I'm no documentary enthusiast, but certainly not amongst the best I've seen.

[Foggy]

Sad? The guy is hailed a hero for his killing of innocent people. I certainly found it horrific, how can certain parts of the world still live like that and hail people heroes for horrific hate crimes, and it takes him until the end of the film for the guy's actions to Dawn on him, it's terrifying as far as I'm concerned that people live like that. Certainly scarier than any jump scare saddled crap America tends to chuck together.

[csdot]

it is a horrific subject but its not a "horror movie"

[tylerdurden10]

While I enjoyed Evil Dead, can you really call it the best Horror film of 2013 when it wasn't even remotely scary? I would think a more traditional "scary" film like The Conjuring would've been the unanimous choice for most, although I haven't seen You're Next so I can't speak for how scary it is.

P.S. It's an embarrassment to the horror genre to place the Carrie remake in it! That movie was a joke.

[buzzwoody]

The Conjuring is one of the best horror films ever made. The same can't be said of Evil Dead, but certainly that is the more entertaining of the two. "Best" is such a broad and nonrestrictive term... both are winners in my book.

From this list, Mama and You're Next both deserve a nod while Carrie and The Purge are better placed in worst of, or more appropriately, you had such promising material, how could you possibly screw that up?.

[csdot]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

While I enjoyed Evil Dead, can you really call it the best Horror film of 2013 when it wasn't even remotely scary? I would think a more traditional "scary" film like The Conjuring would've been the unanimous choice for most, although I haven't seen You're Next so I can't speak for how scary it is.

P.S. It's an embarrassment to the horror genre to place the Carrie remake in it! That movie was a joke.

i cant remember the last time i actually though a movie was scary but theyre still horror movies and i still enjoy them. what does that have to do with my enjoyment of the movie?

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by csdot

it is a horrific subject but its not a "horror movie"

That's subjective.

[csdot]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

That's subjective.

actually its not, "horror movie" is a definable term.

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by csdot

actually its not, "horror movie" is a definable term.

And whether or not you feel a film fits those terms is subjective.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world.

I feel The Act of Killing fits that definition.

[csdot]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

And whether or not you feel a film fits those terms is subjective.



I feel The Act of Killing fits that definition.

then either you didnt understand the movie or you dont understand the definition. the movie was not made to shock or scare you, it is meant to shed light on horrific things that happen in other parts of the world most people would rather not know about. to lump it in with a form of entertainment is just wrong.

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by csdot

then either you didnt understand the movie or you dont understand the definition.

There's more than one way to understand a movie, and I understand the definition just fine.

Originally Posted by csdot

the movie was not made to shock or scare you, it is meant to shed light on horrific things that happen in other parts of the world most people would rather not know about.

A. Citation needed.
B. Even if the film wasn't made to scare me is irrelevant. If I find a movie that wasn't made as a comedy, funny, then to me that film will be a comedy regardless.

Originally Posted by csdot

to lump it in with a form of entertainment is just wrong.

I don't think all horror films are stictly meant to entertain.

[Clark Kent]

I actually thought The Purge was one of the poorest films I saw in 2013.

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Sad? The guy is hailed a hero for his killing of innocent people. I certainly found it horrific, how can certain parts of the world still live like that and hail people heroes for horrific hate crimes, and it takes him until the end of the film for the guy's actions to Dawn on him, it's terrifying as far as I'm concerned that people live like that. Certainly scarier than any jump scare saddled crap America tends to chuck together.

Yes sad. I found it sad how the man came to terms with what he had done. Like I said, I found none of it surprising. Of course there are still places like this in the world. Were you born yesterday? Did you previously think everyone in the world has grown up with your ideologies? Do you also believe people in North Korea grow up seeing the world the same way we do?
Much of Indonesia is still a third world country. Governments all around the world poison their people with ideologies. These people, most of which haven't killed anyone themselves, grow up on the stories of what they have been told is right, and don't know any better. So yeah, I find all of that sad, as I feel pity for these people.

Horrific though? That indicates being terrified, and scared. Why would I feel scared watching something like this? Flinching, and wanting to turn my eyes away? Sorry, but that sounds odd and naive.

[csdot]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

There's more than one way to understand a movie, and I understand the definition just fine.

It's not a movie, it's a documentary. There is no room for interpretation with a documentary like this, the film makers intention is the point, period. I don't know how you can put a documentary about mass murders of innocent people in the same category as the other movies on the list. Do you really not see the monumental difference??

Originally Posted by SimBelm

A. Citation needed.
B. Even if the film wasn't made to scare me is irrelevant. If I find a movie that wasn't made as a comedy, funny, then to me that film will be a comedy regardless.

And you would be wrong. Genres have definitions. The whole point to genre labeling is being able to describe a movie objectively.

Originally Posted by SimBelm

I don't think all horror films are stictly meant to entertain.

Again, you can think that all you want but you would be incorrect.

[Hucksta G]

The Conjuring (8/10)
You're Next (8/10)
Byzantium (8/10)
World War Z (7/10)
Evil Dead (6/10)

[Echovoid52]

People are forgetting this.


Personally I thought The Conjuring was tons of fun. It probably beats out Lords or is on par with it for me.


Evil Dead was an absolute letdown. I hated it.

[Doomnaut]

The Act of Killing

I voted for The Conjuring though.