The Movie Forums Top 100 Horror Movies
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Following the completion of The Top 100 Films of the 1930s, we turn our gaze to the genre of Horror films. These movies are designed to frighten, cause shock and terror, at times laugh, while bewitching and entertaining us at the same time. AMC Filmsite.org says, "Horror films deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality." There can also be a purifying component to Horror films. One of the first major Horror film movements was that of German Expressionism of the 1920s, which used effects of light and shadow to distort reality and stimulate the human psyche. They dealt with madness, the most famous being The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Nosferatu (1922). The first great American Horror performer was stage, film actor, make-up artist, director and screenwriter Lon Chaney. "The Man of 1,000 Faces." He often worked with director Tod Browning, a former carnival barker. There have been many wonderful Horror film movements from around the world including Hammer Horror out of the United Kingdom, Italian Horror & Giallo from filmmakers Mario Bava, Riccardo Freda, Antonio Margheriti, and Dario Argento, as well as Japanese Ghost Horror (Kwaidan, Onibaba, Kuroneko, etc). In the United States, Universal Picture Monsters were the first to explode really big, featuring stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Horror literature has been another popular way to adapt horror to film theaters, especially from authors Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King. Then there was Hitchcock. After that, a film movement that evolved from the 1960s hippie and counter-culture lifestyle was that of exploitation, with 70s films like The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House On The Left, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Perhaps the dominant time for Horror in the US, at least financially, was with the Slasher film cycle of the 1970s and 80s, which completely demolished competition at the box office often in spite of low budgets. These stories explored urban legends such as the Babysitter and "The man upstairs." There were also genre-mixing of Horror & Sci-Fi exemplified by Alien and The Thing, among many others. In the 1980s, gory "B-movies" which were panned by critics became cult classics (Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films). There are Vampires, Werewolves, Demons, Evil Clowns and Witches. That's not all. There's Zombies, and Little Monsters from films like Critters, Ghoulies, and yes *sigh* Gremlins. David Cronenberg "Body Horror" & Mad Scientist themes. Also self-reflective metafictional Horror films of the 1990s such as New Nightmare, In The Mouth Of Madness, and Candyman. Films which explore the relationship between fictional and real world horror. The trick became more overt with Scream, featuring teenagers inside the story fully aware of horror movies and openly referencing them. Along with that are splatter films taken to ridiculous excess - think Peter Jackson's Brain Dead (Dead Alive). Self-mocking parodies. Franchise films, Rob Zombie and a re-visit of Exploitation, Anthology Horror films, and Remakes. These are altogether by no means the only kinds of films to choose from, but give a foundation from which to build on. The Rules:
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Nice write up on the history of horror films:up: Looking good!
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I can't lie, I got kind of... scared ... typing all that.
All of this feels surreal. Can't wait to see your lists! |
I'll be surprised if anything new I watch can bump into my top 25, but I will give plenty of films the opportunity.
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Awesome, guess it's time to watch some new ones.
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That's a great introduction, Nostro. :up:
If anyone has any recommendations, particularly in psychological or supernatural horror films, feel free to tag or message me. I already have a ton of films I'd like to rewatch/finally check out, but I'm sure there are plenty of amazing horror films out there I haven't even heard of. |
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Finally a countdown I can participate. Already started rewatching some films that may end up on my list. Is there going to be Horror HoF(s) to accompany this?
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Sorry if this has already been asked, but will this countdown replace the previous one in the Lists section? Or will they both stay up and just add the year to differentiate them?
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Originally Posted by Fabulous (Post 1971525)
Sorry if this has already been asked, but will this countdown replace the previous one in the Lists section? Or will they both stay up and just add the year to differentiate them?
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Can I put The Care Bears Movie on my list? That movie scared the crap out of me.
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Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1971528)
Can I put The Care Bears Movie on my list? That movie scared the crap out of me.
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Originally Posted by pahaK (Post 1971518)
Finally a countdown I can participate. Already started rewatching some films that may end up on my list. Is there going to be Horror HoF(s) to accompany this?
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Does anyone have any recommendations? I've seen a lot of horror, but I feel like this is a chance for people to get some lesser known or personal favourites to be seen by more people.
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This seems like a lesser known horror that I thought was awesome-
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....HL._SY445_.jpg And of course Kill List, Possession, and Onibaba:) |
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Originally Posted by TheUsualSuspect (Post 1971589)
Does anyone have any recommendations? I've seen a lot of horror, but I feel like this is a chance for people to get some lesser known or personal favourites to be seen by more people.
Dead Of Night (1945) Zombie (1979) City Of The Living Dead (1980) The Changeling (1980) Just Before Dawn (1981) Demons (1985) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) Opera (1987) Night Of The Demons (1988) Frankenhooker (1990) |
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Pretty much got my list done already :D
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It's been a while but I loved Demons and Frankenhooker back in the day. Zombie was good too. I also have Opera on my watchlist.
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Sent mine :cool:
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Originally Posted by Nostromo87 (Post 1971629)
Dead Of Night (1945)
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