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Originally Posted by neverending
Personally, I don't find Jeepers Creepers to be original or well done at all. The script is a typical pastiche of monster film tropes, and the acting is average. I haven't argued against it because there seem to be so many who like it. Compromises have to be made.
I love Bubba Ho-Tep, and agree with everything Straker said about it. I just didn't put any comedies in my list, though I also love Fido and Zombieland.
I also love 28 Days Later, though I'm not going to give it any backing while other films I like better languish.
The debate about sci-fi vs. horror is a slippery slope. I don't consider Alien a horror movie, but everyone else does, so I shut up. I wouldn't consider Promethius a horror film either. But, if you start eliminating all films that have a scientific background, there go things like Frankenstein, so you make allowances.
In the end, these lists we make are not going to be any better or more accurate than any other list you'll find on the internet, but they pass the time.
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I understand what you are saying on Jeepers Creepers, but I think that was intentional (to make it a typical monster movie). I disagree on the acting, I thought it was actually really good, in my opinion, I could really feel for the characters. I do understand and respect your views on the film though.
I consider any comedy that has a horror element to be horror and there are many sci-fis that I consider to be horror (The first Terminator, the Alien movies, the predator movies, Signs, Slither, and most of the 50s sci-fi, as well as their remakes such as The Thing and The Fly). Of course, I tend to cast a wide net of what is and is not horror. Prometheus is debatable, in my opinion, but, either way, I do not think I would include it on the top 22 of the 2000-2012.
I have not seen Bubba-Hotep and I believe that 28 Days Later seriously should be on the list and am deeply surprised it is not already.
I, personally, think that this list will be better than any on the internet because we all participated, in my opinion, that makes it inherently better.
I do deeply respect your opinions, even if I disagree with them.
By the way, I will back Ginger Snaps.