I think the only reason Bava isn't there is because of V's use of foreign titles. I'm not putting the blame on V, but on lazy bastards like myself who couldn't be bothered with looking up foreign titles, when there were hundreds of other films to consider. I think Black Sunday should be on the list (not only for Bava, but Barbara Steele as well!), but I can't think of any of the 6 chosen to eliminate.
I know you think Karloff/Price/Lorre/Corman/Matheson are overrepresented, but there's a reason if someone says name a horror actor, the majority of the time it's going to be one of those. And it's a better film than some already chosen- such as Masque of the Red Death, or Pit and the Pendulum.
Mr. Sardonicus is certainly one of the top films of Castle's career.
Little Shop is a legend and an icon.
Triffids has been argued for persuasively by several.
Onibaba- I've never seen it, but if we eliminate it, then we lose diversity.
Blood Feast- as has been said, Lewis should be on the list. 2000 Manics is a better film, but this is his most famous.
I guess if Black Sunday was going to be included, I'd recommend eliminating one of the last two. Which should we lose- early Asian horror or a seminal Lewis film?
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