The Blu-ray Community Top 31 Horror Films of All Time (please read first post)

[Romulus]

It is finally October 1st (for most of us at least) which means its time to figure out the Blu-ray.com Community number 1 Horror film of all time. (Credit to MarkJ801 for suggesting 31 films instead of 25).

I thought I would continue after the success of the "Top 50 Blu-ray Community Films of All Time" thread. (Which can be found here: Original Thread and Results)


How does it work? It's easy. You come up with a list of what you think are the Top 31 Horror films of all time. Based on how they place on your list, the movie will receive a certain amount of points. The Top 16 films on your list will be scored accordingly:

1. 16 Points
2. 15 Points
3. 14 Points
4. 13 Points
5. 12 Points
6. 11 Points
....
13. 4 Points
14. 3 Points
15. 2 Points
16. 1 Point

Every movie placed after the 16th spot will also receive 1 point. So essentially, you only have to rank the Top 16 while putting the remaining 15 in no particular order.

RULES
1. Unlike the last thread which made you think what was the greatest film of all time, you may list your favorite horror films. It doesn't matter how bad the film may be perceived by everyone else.

2. Movies such as Alien, which can be two different genres, can be allowed as long as the horror genre is one of them. Alien is a science fiction horror film, which qualifies in my book. What doesn't qualify in my book, is Aliens, which is a science fiction action movie. If you are unsure, look it up on Wikipedia or IMDB and see the official listing of genre. If it isn't horror, I won't count it.

3. TRILOGIES or SERIES DO NOT COUNT AS ONE. It was quite aggravating in the last thread to see somebody's number 1 film of all time be: The Original Star Trilogy or The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. These are 3 films, not 1. So if you put the Halloween Series as your number one horror film of all time, I won't count your list. Simple as that.

4. Do NOT put multiple movies at the same ranking. Don't put 3 films at the number one spot then start the list at 4 following it. Put only ONE film at each rank, or I won't count your list. Otherwise if you had multiple films at number 1, I would take 16 points and divide it by how films you had at that spot. Which kind of defeats the purpose.

5. Since this is a favorite film list, be respectful of each other. If somebody had Anaconda at number 1, who cares? The point of the thread is to find out what the community as a whole thinks is the best horror film.

6. Deadline: October 11, 2009 12:00:00 AM PST. I wont take any lists after this. So make sure you get it in before then. This should be plenty of time to make a list.

That should be everything, I may make a few corrections tomorrow at lunch.


Now let's see some lists! I'll have mine up in a few days.


Films that qualify
Alien
Constantine
The Silence of the Lambs
Underworld


Films that DON'T qualify
Aliens
American Psycho
Blade
The Crow
Hellboy
Hellboy 2
Vampire Hunter D

[jamsbooking]

1. the thing
2. day of the dead
3. the mist
4. dawn of the dead (original)
5. halloween (original)
6. creepshow
7. night of the living dead (1960's)
8. friday the 13th
9. the hills have eyes
10. alien
11. from dusk till dawn
12. saw
13. night of the creeps
14. underworld
15. texas chainsaw massacre (2003)
16. poltergeist




these are my close favorites, most are in order, you'll notice i didn't list alot of sequels....i didn't want to take up TOO much room. i like the IDEA behind alot of these, and it really makes you think about .... "what if this guy...was me..?"


edit: i'll shave off a few to make 16 just to be even.

[OrlandoEastwood]

I am doing 16 this time around.

One thing I've really noticed about all the horror films is that it's all isolated incidents.

01) Zombi 2 - I loved the atmosphere to it all. The isolation, the mayhem amongst the living dealing with the undead and so on.
02) The Shining - Again, the isolation in the dead of winter. King's stories are great and I feel it is one of Kubrick's best films.
03) Jaws - It seriously makes you think that there could be some bas**rd shark out there just hungry for man meat, LOL. And again some slight isolation as you're mostly the farthest out when Bruce gets you.
04) Silent Hill - Video game fan, 'nuff said.
05) Creepshow - "I. WANT. MY. CAKE!"
06) Friday the 13th: Part 3-D - He gets the hockey mask.
07) Cujo - Man's best friend gone mad.
08) Sairen (FORBIDDEN SIREN) - Great Japanese horror based off of the PS2 game, Siren 2.
09) 1408 - Possessed hotel room. King's the man.
10) House of 1000 Corpses - I guess the first, well to me, white trash horror film. I'm sure there are others out there.
11) Saw - It's a horror film that kept you guessing until the end. Too bad the sequels weren't like that.
12) Takashi Miike's Audition - Man, I tell you! It wasn't until the very end until it hit the fan.
13) A Nightmare on Elm St. - Freedy owns.
14) Frontiere(s) - Samuel Le Bihan pulls off the Skinhead role well.
15) Blood Creek - I know I am probably the only member on the forum to see it. It was good for what it is.
16) Night of the Living Dead - George Romero's classic.

[Blu Myers]

Here's my list. Boy this was tough to put together.

1. Halloween (1978)
2. The Thing
3. Alien
4. The Fog
5. The Descent
6. Jaws
7. The Shining
8. Halloween 4
9. Friday the 13th Part 2
10. The Exorcist
11. Friday the 13th
12. Nightmare on Elm Street
13. High Tension
14. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973)
15. Poltergeist
16. Pet Cemetary
17. Psycho
18. Halloween II
19. Let the Right One In
20. Scream
21. Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
22. Friday the 13th Part 4
23. Friday the 13th Part 7
24. I Spit On Your Grave
25. Dawn of the Dead (Original)
26. 28 Days Later
27. The Howling
28. American Werewolf in London
29. Halloween III
30. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
31. The Sixth Sense

[SleeperAgent]

1. The Thing
2. 30 Days of Night
3. Alien
4. The Mist
5. The Exorcist
6. Let the Right One In
7. Sweeney Todd
8. Night of the Living Dead (Original)
9. Pandorum
10. The Shining
11. Nightmare on Elm Street
12. Poltergeist
13. 1408
14. Event Horizon
15. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
16. 28 Days Later

[Kryptonic]

1. Jaws
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. The Thing
4. Alien
5. The Shining
6. The Mist
7. The Evil Dead
8. Halloween (1978)
9. Silence of the Lambs
10. Event Horizon
11. Christine
12. In the Mouth of Madness
13. Drag Me to Hell
14. Evil Dead II
15. Se7en
16. Shaun of the Dead
17. From Dusk Till Dawn
18. Poltergeist
19. Psycho
20. The Omen (1976)
21. The Exorcist
22. The Fog
23. The Descent
24. An American Werewolf in London
25. Bride of Frankenstein
26. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973)
27. Rosemary's Baby
28. A Nightmare on Elm Street
29. Prince of Darkness
30. Signs
31. Candyman

[owa]

1. The Exorcist
2. Halloween (1978)
3. The Omen (1976)
4. The Fog (1980)
5. Candyman
6. Witchboard
7. The Amityville Horror
8. Bram Stoker's Dracula
9. Nightmare on Elm Street
10. Friday the 13th (1980)
11. The Grudge
12. The Ring
13. 30 Days of Night
14. Hellraiser
15. The Descent
16. The Cave
17. Carrie (1976)
18. They
19. Silent Hill
20. Venom
21. I Know What You Did Last Summer
22. Pumpkinhead
23. The Orphanage
24. The Changeling
25. Rosemary's Baby
26. Scream
27. The Breed
28. Children of the Corn
29. Poltergeist
30. Phantasm
31. Event Horizon (I would have ranked this much higher but wasn't sure if it's considered "horror" or not)

[Elvis]

1. The Exoricst = any other answer is just plain wrong.
2. Alien
3. The Shining
4. The Thing
5. Santa Sangre
6. Carrie
7. Halloween (1978)
8. The Omen (1976)
9. Psycho (1960)
10. Shiver (2008)
11. Jaws
12. The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1974) Based on a true story
13. Mothman Prophecies
14. The Amityville Horror (1979)
15. It's Alive (1977)
16. Them (Ills)
17. Poltergeist
18. Open Water
19. Salems Lot (1979) Televison...scared the crap out of me at 14!
20. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
21. Ghost Story
22. What Lies Beneath
23. Road Games (1981)

You should netflix these foreign films for Halloween

Shiver

http://www.amazon.com/Shiver-Mar-Sod...4408916&sr=8-1

Them (aka Ills)

http://www.amazon.com/Them-k-Ils-Oli.../dp/B000X1RYEQ



And this should be required viewing for all your horror fans. Sadly Region 2 Only....

http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Sangre-N...4413446&sr=1-1
I find the foreign stuff so much better when it comes to horror. Better than Hollywood slasher films!

[master_8ball]

Okay question here, American Psycho... love the movie don't really classify it as a horror but imdb has it under genres.... what do u guys think?

[CZAR]

Ok lets get this goin!! My list below in order:

1. Friday The 13th Part 2 (1981)
2. Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
3. Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984)
4. Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
5. Friday The 13th Part III: 3D (1982)
6. Halloween II (1981)
7. Halloween (1978)
8. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
9. Silent Rage (1982)
10. Phantasm II (1988)
11. Poltergeist (1982)
12. Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
13. Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead (1994)
14. The Shining (1980)
15. Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
16. Phantasm (1979)
17. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
18. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
19. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
20. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
21. Saw (2004)
22. Scream (1996)
23. The Mist (2007)
24. The Ring (2002)
25. Wrong Turn (2003)
26. Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
27. The Faculty (1998)
28. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
29. Scream 2 (1997)
30. Joy Ride (2001)
31. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)


Yes sir!! Great thread! Lets celebrate Horror movie month! Got Em!!

[Porkchop Express]

1. The Thing
2. Alien
3. Jaws
4. Halloween
5. American Psycho (if this counts)
6. The Descent
7. Drag Me to Hell
8. Dawn of the Dead
9. Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
10. Event Horizon
11. Evil Dead II
12.American Werewolf in London
13. Evil Dead
14. Hellraiser
15. From Dusk Till Dawn
16. Night of the Living Dead
17. Silver Bullet

[kpkelley]

Nosferatu
Rear Window
The Exorcist
Psycho
The Silence of The Lambs
Frankenstein(1931)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Jaws
Bride of Frankenstein
Let the Right One In
The Shining
Misery
Rosemary's Baby
Young Frankenstein
Repulstion
Shaun of The Dead
28 Days Later
Alien
An American Werewolf in London
The Orphanage
The Mummy (1932)
The Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari
Dracula(1931)
The Thing
Carrie
The Hour of the Wolf
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Birds
Dracula (1958)
The Host
Dawn of the Dead

[hookem2845]

1. The Exorcist (1973)
2. Rec (2007)
3. Halloween (1978)
4. Chakushin Ari (2003)
5. Ringu (1998)
6. Ju-On (2002)
7. Poltergeist
8. À l'intérieur (2007)
9. Pandorum
10. 28 Weeks Later
11. Funny Games
12. The Strangers
13. Martyrs
14. Body #19
15. Jisatsu Sākuru (2001)
16. The Orphanage
17.The Descent
18. High Tension
19. Saw
20. 28 Days Later
21. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
22. 30 Days of Night
23. Last House on the Left
24. Rosemary's Baby
25. Midnight Movie
26. Nightmare on Elm Street
27. Friday the 13th Part 2
28. A Tale of Two Sisters
29. Exorcism of Emily Rose
30. White Noise
31. The Unborn

[Secretagentnumber6]

1. Let the Right One In
2. The Thing
3. The Devil's Backbone
4. Exorcist
5. The Descent
6. Jaws
7. Halloween(original)
8. Friday the 13th(original)
9. Texas Chainsaw Massacre(original)
10. Dog Soldiers
11. Alien
12. Shaun of the Dead
13. Evil Dead 2
14. The Others
15. The Orphanage
16. 28 Days Later
17. Ravenous
18. Frailty
19. Dead Alive
20. Event Horizon
21. The Fly (Cronenberg)
22. The Sixth Sense
23. Dawn of the Dead (remake)
24. Poltergeist
25. Session 9
26. The Host
27. 28 Weeks Later
28.Pet Semetary
29. Amityville Horror (original)
30. Dawn of the Dead (orig)
31. Night of the living Dead (original)

[Al_The_Strange]

The following titles have all been verified on IMDB as horror films of some type or another; I seem to enjoy the silly over-the-top ones and horror/action ones the best. For some odd reason, movies like “Hellboy,” “The Crow,” “Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust” were not listed as horror (I always thought they were horror in a way), so I omitted them. Oh well…

01: “The Shining”
02: "Silence of the Lambs"
03: “Army of Darkness” (aka “Evil Dead 3”)
04: “Christine”
05: “Sleepy Hollow”
06: “The Re-Animator”
07: “Braindead” (aka “Dead Alive”)
08: “Event Horizon”
09: “House on Haunted Hill” 1999
10: “In the Mouth of Madness”
11: “Creepshow”
12: “Creepshow 2”
13: “Planet Terror” (Grindhouse)
14: “The Thing” 1982
15: “The Fly” 1986
16: “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” 1992
17: “Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein” 1994
18: “The Ring”
19: “Silent Hill”
20: “Underworld”
21: “The Mist”
22: “The Invisible Man” 1933
23: “Alien”
24: “Saw”
25: “The Devil’s Backbone” (aka “El Espinazo del Diablo”)
26: “Psycho” 1960
27: “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” 1978
28: “Signs”
29: “Resident Evil”
30: “Constantine”
31: “The Exorcist”

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by master_8ball

Okay question here, American Psycho... love the movie don't really classify it as a horror but imdb has it under genres.... what do u guys think?

I consider most movies about killers and psychos as horror films, even if they are mostly dramas or psychological thrillers. I say go for it.

[master_8ball]

Okay here we go.

1. Alien
2. Army of Darkness
3. Evil Dead 2
4. Dead Alive
5. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
6. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
7. The Exorcist
8. The Shining
9. Halloween (1978)
10. Interview with the Vampire
11. The Devils Rejects
12. Re Animator (1985)
13. The Thing (1982)
14. From Beyond
15. Event Horizon
16. Hellraiser
17. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
18. Poltergeist
19. The Descent
20. High Tension
21. In the Mouth of Madness
22. Stir of Echoes
23. Misery
24. Cube
25. Suspiria
26. The Fly (1986)
27. Return of the Living Dead
28. Creepshow
29. Basket Case
30. Frailty
31. Audition

Honourable mentions to: House of 1000 Corpses, Bram Stokers Dracula, Cannibal! The Musical, Castle Freak, Dagon, Session 9, Dead Ringers and Faust

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

The following titles have all been verified on IMDB as horror films of some type or another; I seem to enjoy the silly over-the-top ones and horror/action ones the best. For some odd reason, movies like “Hellboy,” “The Crow,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “Underworld,” and “Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust” were not listed as horror, so I omitted them. Oh well…

01: “The Shining”
02: “Army of Darkness” (aka “Evil Dead 3”)
03: “Christine”
04: “Sleepy Hollow”
05: “The Re-Animator”
06: “Braindead” (aka “Dead Alive”)
07: “Event Horizon”
08: “House on Haunted Hill” 1999
09: “In the Mouth of Madness”
10: “Creepshow”
11: “Creepshow 2”
12: “Planet Terror” (Grindhouse)
13: “The Thing” 1982
14: “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” 1992
15: “Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein” 1994
16: “The Ring”
17: “Silent Hill”
18: “Resident Evil: Apocalypse”
19: “Blade 2: Bloodhunt”
20: “The Mist”
21: “The Invisible Man” 1933
22: “Resident Evil”
23: “Resident Evil: Degeneration”
24: “Alien”
25: “Saw”
26: “The Devil’s Backbone” (aka “El Espinazo del Diablo”)
27: “Psycho” 1960
28: “Blade”
29: “Resident Evil: Extinction”
30: “Constantine”
31: “The Exorcist”

Thats because they are not horror films and neither is Blade but still a great movie!! Got Em!!

[Blu Titan]

Nice thread. This is my top 20:

1. The Exoricst
2. The Shining
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Jaws.
5. Night of the living Dead (original)
6. Halloween (original of course)
7. Phantasm
8. The Omen (original)
9. Alien
10. Psycho (1960)
11. The thing
12. The Birds
13. The Others
14. Misery
15. King Kong 1933
16. Frankestein 1936
17. Saw
18. Evil Dead
19. Rosemary's bsby
20. Les diaboliques

[JRS03]

1. the Exorcist
2. The Shining
3. Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Amityville Horror (1979)
5. Alien
6 The Omen (1976)
7. Audrey Rose
8. The Thing
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
10. War of the Worlds (1953)