HDC top 100.
 

I know there have been a ton of posted Top 100 Horror lists, and a ton of voting tournaments. As far as I can tell, no one has ever compiled a Top 100 list coming directly from all of the members here. It is a massive, daunting task. It is also one that I'd be willing to undertake, if there is interest.

Before I say I'm going to do this, I want opinions from all of you as to how it should be done & whether it's worth it or not.

Here's a basic outline of how I'd think it would work.

I'll create a Gmail account specifically for voting. This would eliminate the trouble of my PM box getting filled up.

Each member would email a list of 25 horror movies. The first 5 on the list should be in order. Number 1 would receive 6 points, 2 would recieve 5, etc. on to #5. The other 20 needn't be in any order, just movies you think deserve to be on the list, each recieving 1 point. I don't really have any great ideas for tie-breakers, but suggestions are welcome.

After all the points are tallied, I'll dig up some info to post with it, such as average imdb/amazon rankings & the regular stuff such as director, year, etc. Then a member would be invited to write a small blurb about the movie (I think that's a cool idea to get everyone involved) The list would be posted in installments of 25 movies each.

All questions & comments are welcome. If you want to do this, I'll put forth the effort. If not, I'll reserve my extra time for watching more bad B-movies.

Thanks,
-Flayed

that sounds pretty awesome

I like the idea

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i'd never pass-up a chance to force my opinion on others, cheers!

Okay. I set up an email account. Once I establish the submission guidelines, I'll repost it so the entries can begin.

Guidelines for submission

Please email all entries to [email protected]. In the subject line, simply put your HDC screen name.

Please list 25 horror movies you think are deserving to be on the list. The top 5 should be in order. Number 1 on your list will be assigned 6 points. Number 2 will be assigned 5, and so on until number 5, which will be assigned 2. the other 20 can be in any order, and will each be assigned one point.

All entries must be in by June 27th at 11:59 Eastern time, U.S.

You will more than likely be asked to write a blurb about one of the movies on your list that makes the Top 100. If you do not wish to be considered to write a blurb, please state so at the bottom of your entry.

When all votes are tallied, the winners list will be posted in segments in a thread in the General Forum. If the project has not received an adequate number of entries, it will be cancelled.

If you have any ideas, questions, comments or anything else, please reply in this thread.

Thank you all,
-Flayed

why don't we just pm it to you......

You can if you prefer. I would prefer an email account, because that gives me the freedom of not having to clean it out, where as the PM box has a maximum capacity. I have nothing against anyone PMing their list, it'd just make it a lot easier for me the other way.

My list is sent. I wouldn't mind writing a blurb if one of mine is selected.

I sent you my list through PM.

Sounds like fun.

I think I have one decent way to solve tie-breakers so far. Points will count first, followed by the number of people with the movie on their list.

Example:
Say House of the Dead (har!) and Octopus both have 13 votes. However, only 3 people had HotD on their list, while 5 had Octopus. Octopus would move 1 place ahead of HotD. That seems like a reasonably fair way to decide.

My votes are cast:cool:

Heh....15 of 'em are pretty obvious:p

Wow! Thanks for the overwhelming response so far, guys! 6 hours into Day 1, and I already have several different lists with well over 100 movies on it so far!

I'd just like to add a few things that a couple of people have been curious about.

Anime horror is completely fine. I've already had several sent in, and I think every good Horror 100 should have a few. Also, as far as judging what is horror and what is not: that's completely up to you. I'm not going to tell you something shouldn't be on the list because it's more of a suspense/thriller, or whatever. The only way I'm going to throw a vote aside is if it's for something like Big Mamas House - you know, something that blatantly has no business even being there.

I've sent mine to your PM box.

What a cool idea....I'm working on my list

the checks in the mail!!!!!!!!!!:D

I was just about to send it in and then I saw that you didn't count Big Momma's House so I have to re do my list. I'll get it to you sometime this week.

sent mine last nite.

Since this is a list of top 100 horror movies, I had to take into account the creepy, atmospheric, gloomier, dark, psychological, insane, maniacal, chilly movies before the gorific, splatter-fest, cgi-loaded, photographic tricks loaded flicks.

My top 10 stay the same as my signature, but the order is different. Hope Flayed got my email.

No, I didn't get yours, V. If it's easier, you can PM it to me. Several people have chosen to do this, so I don't stalk them:p

Bright and early on day 2, and we're still ahead of where I thought we'd be. My goal is to get no less than 30 members to participate, and we're almost half way there! Thanks to everyone who participated so far!

I'd really enjoy taking a look at everyone's list after you've collected your data.

I realize you may not want to just hand them over (in interest of peoples privacy or whatever) but maybe we could each post our top 25 on this thread or something too (In addition to sending it to you).... ? I don't know. Just a thought. I probably will post mine here once I've made my list.


Who knows... Someone else might have a #1 that I've never seen or vice versa ya know? It could just be a good source of recommendations to each other or something...

This is an excellent idea, by the way. I forgot to say that before. Pat yourself on the back for me Flayed. That's what I'd be doing if I was standing right behind you. :eek:


;)

If you want to post your top 25 here, you're more than welcome. I'd suggest maybe waiting until the official list is posted (that way it's all a surprise when it finally hits.)

Thanks for the compliment, BTW. I just hope everyone joins in. I have a feeling if people don't want to do it, after they see the list, they'll wish they would have.

BTW, just so you know, at the end of the official list, there will be an honorable mentions section where every movie that received a nomination will be listed, so you will know what everyone sent in (names will not be associated with movies). They'll probably just be in alphabetical order, though, so you wouldn't know if somone had a certain movie #2 or not.

Please note one large change: I've moved the final submission date back to June 27th. After doing a couple of practice posts to see how entries will look, I realized this is going to take a bit more time than I thought. I have a 5 day 4th of July weeked, and I want to try to get it done over those days. This will also give the members more time to submit their blurbs.

Thanks again,
-Flayed

While doing a little research for my list, I was at imdb.com & was a bit surprised to see what they had ranked as the top 25 horror movies of all time... Here's the imdb list. (I haven't even heard of a few of these!)

1 Psycho
2 Alien
3 Diabolique
4 The Shining
5 Aliens
6 Jaws
7 Faust
8 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (It's lined up on Netflix already.)
9 Night of the Hunter
10 Bride of Frankenstein
11 Nosferatu
12 Spoorloos
13 Onibaba
14 Dead of Night
15 The Innocents
16 Frankenstein
17 King Kong
18 Repulsion
19 The Excorcist
20 Rosemary's Baby
21 Kaidan
22 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
23 The Thing
24 The Invisible Man
25 Les Yeux sans Vasage


The bolded ones are movies I haven't seen. The underlined ones are movies I've never even heard of. If anyone knows anything about any of those in bold or underlined, please share some info. For instance, what the hell is Spoorloos? And is it really leaps and bounds ahead of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm St., Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead? (All of which are not even in this top 25 list.)

i'm assuming #21 should be kwaidan

spoorloos is the original dutch film (with original dutch title) that was remade as "the vanishing"

i'm also assuming #3 should be "les diaboliques" and not the shitty sharon stone remake

repulsion is roman polanski's first english language film

les yeux sans visage (eyes without a face) is one of the best euro horrors.

Thanks. I suppose I'll have to check them all out now, since they are on the list and all...

Even though, I can't imagine more than one or two of those movies making it on to my top 25 list...

Diabolique - Its the french flick made in 1955 which "inspired" the Sharon Stone version. The original was much much better in terms of plot, acting and direction, but the story's the same. Its about a man who is killed by his wife and mistress, but his body disappears. This one has a Hitchcock-ian touch to it. (I havent seen this one)

Faust - Its a german movie made way back in the 1920s. The story is based on the original work written by Goethe about the soul of a person pawned to the Devil. I highly doubt if its available in the US, but it was released in Canada so who knows (I havent seen it myself). A Hollywood version was later remade with Andrew Divoff and Jeffrey Combs in it, which pretty much sucked bad.

The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari - I m surprised you havent seen this german masterpiece of the 1920s. The cinematography and the plotline makes for some really great viewing. Its about this magician and his future-telling assistant, who predicts death and actually kills people under the hypnosis of the magician. A must-see.

Night of the Hunter - 1955 movie about an ex-con evil preacher who marries his cellmate's wife in order to get the cellmate's hidden sum of money. A great anti-hero role by Robert Mitchum. Another must-see.

Spoorloos - Like zwoti said, its a dutch version made in '88 which later inspired "The Vanishing" with Keifer Sutherland. If you have seen that one, you can skip this one. Both movies are similar in many respects.

Onibaba - Havent seen this one. It sounds Asian. Have to check up IMDB for this. (Netflix here I come!)

Dead of Night - I m assuming the 1945 one (cuz there are more of the same name). A deep psychological horror movie. You will really dig this one. Another must-see.

The Innocents - :eek: BW, dont tell me you havent seen this one?? Its on par with "The Haunting" as one of THE best atmospheric horror movies of all time. Go, grab your coat and run to the store...NOW!!

Repulsion - I havent had a chance to see this one yet. :( I have seen people rave and chant about the movie though. Its a masterpiece by Polanski which stretches the boundaries of the human psyche when one is left in solitude and a claustrophobic environment. Damn I have to get my hands on this one soon!!

Kaidan - Absolutely no idea whatsoever. Need a trip to IMDB for this one too.

Eyes Without a Face - A really superb french flick. Maybe made in the early 60s about an insane surgeon trying to put his daughter's horribly disfigured face back together by implanting faces of young gurls whom he gets kidnapped. A racy chilling movie. It had some of the most gruesome scenes of surgery I ve seen. Put it in your must-watch list too.

I've had it at the top of my queue on Netflix for like a month & a half now & it always shows as a very long wait. *shrug* I'll get around to it whenever they send it.

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Night of the Hunter - 1955 movie about an ex-con evil preacher who marries his cellmate's wife in order to get the cellmate's hidden sum of money. A great anti-hero role by Robert Mitchum. Another must-see. Dead of Night - I m assuming the 1945 one (cuz there are more of the same name). A deep psychological horror movie. You will really dig this one. Another must-see. The Innocents - :eek: BW, dont tell me you havent seen this one?? Its on par with "The Haunting" as one of THE best atmospheric horror movies of all time. Go, grab your coat and run to the store...NOW!!

I'm not real big on ghost stories so The Haunting has never really appealed to me. Dead of Nigth & Night of the HUnter are probably both just before my time & I haven't gotten around to seeing them yet. Like I said, though, I intend to check out all those bold films on the list just because I haven't seen them yet.

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Eyes Without a Face - A really superb french flick. Maybe made in the early 60s about an insane surgeon trying to put his daughter's horribly disfigured face back together by implanting faces of young gurls whom he gets kidnapped. A racy chilling movie. It had some of the most gruesome scenes of surgery I ve seen. Put it in your must-watch list too.

Gruesome surgery scenes? Cool.

Did anyone catch that the director IN scream 3 is named roman? And there wasthat *spoiler* incident with the director and producer...? Think theres a significance in there?

The Dutch version and the American version shouldnt even be mentioned in the same sentance. The quality is incomparable. I cant believe I forgot to put Spoorloos on my top 25. I searched for this movie for 2 years before seeing it, and It's one of those rare movies that was completely worth the wait. See it.

Thanks a lot. I was happily ordering from Deepdiscountdvd for their 20% off sale, keeping the price managable. then you posted this, and all of the sudden I owe the fuckers over $100.:p

Well, we've got over 50% of the goal number of lists I was hoping for. It's turning out great so far, and I know 2 more people at least have commited to one. Keep them coming, guys!

a great european film tarnished by an awful american remake, who'd have thought


coughnightwatchcough

Okay, this is gonna get confusing....


I am aware of a Russian vampire film, Nightwatch, which is part of a trilogy along with Daywatch & something else, but none have been released in the US yet.

I'm also aware of an American suspense film with Ewan McGregor called Nightwatch where he's a security guard at a morgue.

I'm assuming the remake you are refering to is the Ewan McGregor one, but what is it a remake of? Is there another European film also called Nightwatch or is it a different title?

My apologies. But if it's any consolation, I didn't know they had a sale going on so now I'm off to spend some money as well & it's your fault. I guess that makes us even. ;)

Regarding the Spoorloos - Vanishing debate, the American remake of the Dutch original was decent watchable fare IMO. I never compared em, cuz a remake cant be compared the the original whatsoever. I d give Spoorloos a 9, and Vanishing a 6, but that doesnt mean Vanishing is so pathetic and bad that nobody cant see it. Its worth a watch at least.

Nightwatch - The Ewan McGregor flick which was released in 1998 was a remake of the original 1994 movie by the same director. The original is from Denmark, so is the director.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110631/

Oh.


Well if it's the same director, I don't have any problems with remaking a film. Are they both very similar? (Like an Evil Dead & Evil Dead 2 sort of thing?)