Greatest Horror Movie of All Time - Final Nominations

[swede123]

Ok gang. Back last year sometime I put together a nominations thread for horror movies. There were lots of movies mentioned, well over 100, so in order to narrow it down I went to a good friend who's a big horror movie buff. He and I hammered through the list and got it down to 64. I'd like the input of the OOT horror buffs if there are any absolutely terrible omissions on this list, with a particular emphasis on movies that might actually have a shot at advancing in this poll.

Here's the list of 64 as it stands right now.

28 Days Later
Alien
American Werewolf in London
Bad Seed
Black Christmas
Blair Witch Project
Bloodsucking Freaks
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Cabin Fever
Carrie
Children of the Corn
Child's Play
Christine
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Dead Alive
Evil Dead
Frankenstein (1931)
Freaks
Friday the 13th
Halloween
Hellraiser
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jacob's Ladder
Jaws
Misery
Night of the Living Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street
Nosferatu
Pet Semetary
Phantasm
Poltergeist
Psycho
Re-Animator
Rope
Rosemary's Baby
Salem's Lot
Scanners
Scream
Seven
Silence of the Lambs
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Sixth Sense
Suspiria
The Amityville Horror
The Birds
The Blob
The Changeling
The Dead Zone
The Exorcist
The Fly (w/ Jeff Goldblum)
The Grudge
The Haunting
The Hitcher
The Howling
The Invisible Man
The Omen
The Others
The Ring
The Shining
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Thing (w/ Kurt Russell)
The Wicker Man
The Wolfman (1941)
When a Stranger Calls

Swede

[diebitter]

That's a very good list, but I'd add Repulsion

I've got several others, but they're sort of obscure (The Devil Rides Out, Vampire Circus, Frailty, Death Line aka Raw Meat, Dead Alive aka Brain Dead), and I wouldn't object to their omission.

[The Vibesman]

No "Dracula" jumps off the page.

Never considered "Seven" a horror film. Silence of the Lambs is closer.

"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" probably deserves a place on the list over such drek as Children of the Corn or the Hitcher. Also, perhaps "Ed Gein," and, if The Others is good enough to make it, "Frailty" should probably get in there too.

[Pocketducks]

I'd say Jaws only because it had the most extreme effect on the population (the summer it release, beach traffic dropped significantly). As far as preference goes, the Exorcist takes it.

[Duke]

I assume you mean the 1958 Blob, and not the 1988 version.

Cat's Eye is better than some of these. Sixth Sense isn't really horror.

Silence of the Lambs and Jacob's Ladder are terrific movies, but aren't really horror either. The problem here will be in people picking the better movie instead of the better horror movie.

I've heard good things about Saw.

Some other older movies: H-man, The Tingler, the Pit and the Pendulum, House of Wax (price), Them

~D

[man]

Dog Soldiers, please.

[Dominic]

Where's The Brood or Videodrome? No horror list can be complete without early Cronenberg.

[ScottieK]

Um, where's "It"? If it was submitted, considered, and dismissed.....that's fine.

Nice list, BTW.

ScottieK

[Dominic]

and how the hell does a piece of ccrap like "The Hitcher" get on this?

[SL__72]

One that comes to mind is Diabolique, but I'm not sure if it should be on the list or not as I haven't seen it yet (its near the top of my netflix queue). Maybe someone else has seen it can chime in...
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