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post #1 of 14
10/29/02 at 4:27pm
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13. Rosemary's Baby
12. The Thing
11. Jaws
10. Se7en
09. Psycho
08. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
07. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
06. The Silence of the Lambs
05. Alien
04. A Nightmare on Elm Street
03. The Shining
02. Halloween
01. The Exorcist
I'm curious what seasoned horror fans like yourselves think about this list made up from a poll of average movie goers.
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post #2 of 14
10/29/02 at 5:03pm
Just my humble opinion.....

13. Rosemary's Baby
Deserves higher mention....

12. The Thing
Also deserves higher rtanking. And this has to be the JC version, not the original.

11. Jaws
10. Se7en
This shoudl b nowhere on this list.

09. Psycho
08. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
07. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
06. The Silence of the Lambs
This also sshoudl be nowhere on this list. it is not horror, and it was not scary.

05. Alien
Rated too highly i think.

04. A Nightmare on Elm Street
03. The Shining
This is rated far too highly.

02. Halloween
01. The Exorcist
No complaints here whatsoever.

But the problems with the list?

Where was the Omen?

Where was Salems lot or It? Either one is clearly superior to the Shinning....

Course, they never watch films like Night of the demons, or Day and Dawn of the Dead apparently.

Too many good flicks left out, but the Omen is clearly a massive oversight.
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post #3 of 14
10/29/02 at 5:14pm
What happened to Dracula, Frankenstein, or the Wolf Man? No House on Haunted Hill? Hellraiser? What about Evil Dead, Zombie, or The Omen? Phantom of the Opera, or Nosferatu? Dead Alive, or The Return of the Living Dead? Jesus christ! Silence of the Lambs! Se7en! Do these people even watch horror movies?
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post #4 of 14
10/29/02 at 7:38pm
and there also saying scariest...Return of the Living Dead and Braindead are no way scary at all. Course...no saying on the others you mentioned Chainsaw...they are scary.

13. Rosemary's Baby
Should be higher
12. The Thing
Perfect placement
11. Jaws
Perfect placement
10. Se7en
Wasn't scary but good, horrific...but not horror
09. Psycho
Not a horror movie...that is a mystery that involves a killer...that doesn't define it as horror...it defines it as a thriller.
08. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Perfect placement
07. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Should have been rated higher
06. The Silence of the Lambs
Not a horror movie
05. Alien
Perfect placement
04. A Nightmare on Elm Street
Rated WAY to highly...
03. The Shining
Should have been #2 rather than #3
02. Halloween
Should have been #3 rather than #2
01. The Exorcist
No contest..
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post #5 of 14
10/29/02 at 8:06pm
A lot of that stuff has pretty good placement. Silence of the Lambs is a great movie but should not be on there because it is not scary and is in no way a horror movie. Se7en, another good movie but not scary, it shouldn't be on the list. Alien is another good movie but I didn't find it very scary and I don't think it should be on the list. Everything else on the list is has a pretty good placement. Return of the Living Dead and Dead Alive are not scary they are just bloody fun films. They should of added movies like Evil Dead, Hellraiser, and Candyman.
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post #6 of 14
10/29/02 at 8:26pm
Woah, woah, woah...Samurai X...you didn't nearly shat your pants when you first the infamous ventilation system scene in Alen?? Gosh...that was sooo scary the first time I watched it.
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post #7 of 14
10/29/02 at 8:43pm
There were some pretty scary scenes in Alien but I'm not sure if it should go on the top 13 scarriest classic horror movies.
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post #8 of 14
10/29/02 at 9:12pm
No, Alien had some SHOCKING scenes... but event horizon was scary. there is a difference. One makes you jump (no big deal) but one makes you think....
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post #9 of 14
10/29/02 at 11:35pm
Lists are always open to debate but this one seems relatively ok.

My pet peeve is with horror fans who don't recognize films like Psycho, Silence of the Lambs and Seven as horror.

These are the kind of horror films that should define the genre and be the real benchmarks of great horror. Never mind should - they are benchmarks of modern horror. Modern horror wouldn't even exist if not for Psycho and in the '90s Silence of the Lambs and Seven helped bring the genre back to its proper stature after the dismal late '80s.

It's no wonder that horror has such a hard time finding respect when even some of its fans fail to acknowledge its essential works.
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post #10 of 14
10/30/02 at 12:27am
Um, cause they are not horror...

Even many of the fine italian Gaillio (sp?) works are not horror. theya re Gore, but not horror. If idiots woudl stop calling Silence of the lambs and Se7en horror, maybe the studios woudl stop looking at their annual budget, seeing these names, and pass on REAL horror movies cause it is not in the budget to do any moe HORROR that year.
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post #11 of 14
10/30/02 at 2:16am
Silence of the Lambs and Se7en are horror films. They just happen to be horror films that also venture out into different genres. It's like Jaws. Though I consider it to be a horror film, many other people consider it an adventure film, or a suspence film. Just because Se7en and SotL can also be placed under the suspence/thiller section doesn't mean they're not horror films.

Personally, I'm glad to see Se7en get on the list. While I'm not agreeing that it's one of the top 10 best ever, it's definately in my top 10 fave horror films.

Anyways, I'm probably gonna catch flark from some of you for saying this, but I stand by it.

- Fixxxer
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post #12 of 14
10/30/02 at 9:12am
Scarier than most . . .

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post #13 of 14
10/30/02 at 10:07am
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If idiots woudl stop calling Silence of the lambs and Se7en horror, maybe the studios woudl stop looking at their annual budget, seeing these names, and pass on REAL horror movies cause it is not in the budget to do any moe HORROR that year.
That makes no sense whatsoever. When intelligent horror films do well commercially and receive the kind of critical acclaim that these films did, it elevates the genre and encourages studios to not be ashamed of making REAL horror films.

I'd rather see studios do more films like Silence of the Lambs and Seven and not be afraid to call them horror than see studios refer to their genre releases as horror when only it's a low-brow effort they're clearly (and justly) embarrassed by.

Unfortunately many viewers and studios feel they need to constantly split hairs and refer to any sophisticated horror film as a "psychological thriller" or "suspense".

It's sad that no one thinks twice about calling Jason X "horror" but a truly scary film like Silence of the Lambs or Seven that has a truer affliation to the genre is somehow not a genre film.

Whenever films like Silence and Seven aren't recognized as horror, it only helps keep the genre disreputable wherein the term "horror" is limited to films like Ghost Ship and Valentine.

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post #14 of 14
11/2/02 at 2:37am
If Se7ven and JAWS can be on the list then so can "Poltergiest."

I just watched this again last night and WOW!, its still damn cool as ever.

My favorite haunted house film ever.

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