I can't really put my finger exactly on what
is horror and what isn't. It's kinda like art or pornography, in that you know it when you see it but everyone sees it differently. However, these are the films from the 100 that I didn't watch as horrors.
Spoorloos
Peeping Tom
Angel Heart
Shadow of the Vampire
The Silence of the Lambs
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
The Hitcher
The Sixth Sense
Tremors
Witchfinder General
Misery
The Birds
Alien
Jaws
Shaun of the Dead
Psycho
Aliens
Some of them I included on my own list, just because I thought that they'd make the 100, so I may as well put them on too and bump them up the list(Psycho, Jaws, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, The Hitcher and Peeping Tom). I'm not saying they're absolutely not horror films and shouldn't be on the list, just that, until a few years ago, I'd never considered them horror films and was surprised when I found out that others did. If we're going to include them as horror films, then I'd be happy to see all of them on the list.
Some of you may've noticed that I've included the 1956 version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers and not the 1978 version. The reason for this is that, for reasons I don't know (or can't remember) the '78 version seemed a lot more like a horror film than the '56 version and not just because it was in colour and was more modern. There was just something about it and, to put to bed any fears of favouritism, while I put the '56 version on my list (because I love it) I didn't include the '78 version, because I don't like it. So I'm actually ruling out a film I love for a film that I don't even like.
However, unless the majority want them on there, then I'd like to 'lose' the following:
Spoorloos
Angel Heart
Silence Of The Lambs
Shaun Of The Dead
Aliens
And, even though everyone else has mentioned it, I'd like to do the same, thank you so much Lisa for all of this and please don't feel the need to apologise for not doing it all in a couple of days. It's obviously a lot of work and we all appreciate what you do here.