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Winner of the HDC Best Horror Film of All-time:
The Exorcist 1973
Interesting Stats:
When we collected the Top 5 list from 13 respondents, this was the tally of votes:
Votes / Film
7 Halloween (1978)
5 Jaws (1975)
4 The Thing (1982)
4 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
3 The Exorcist (1973)
3 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2 Poltergeist (1982)
2 Evil Dead II
2 The Shining
2 Psycho (1960)
2 Dawn of the Dead (1978)
2 The Howling
2 Friday The 13th (1980)
But films going head-to-head put Exorcist on top. Any film Exorcist beat head-to-head could have been the second most regarded, but the last contest was among the closest, beating Alien by 1 vote.
FINAL FOUR:
Jaws (1975)
Alien (1979)
The Exorcist (1973)
Halloween (1978)
Films The Exorcist beat head-to-head Round 1-5:
1 - Underworld
2 - The Thing From Another World (1951)
3 - The Evil Dead (1981)
4 - Halloween (1978)
5 - Alien (1979)
Thank you all for participating and selecting the very best of Horror!