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Poll Question: Which movie is the best made horror movie in history?
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I've never seen any of these BUT...


4.12 | 20 ratings
Profondo Rosso O.S.T.
1975

3.91 | 5 ratings
Perché Si Uccidono (O.S.T. with the name Reale Impero Britannico)
1976
3.84 | 20 ratings
Suspiria
1977

3.21 | 6 ratings
Zombi - Dawn of the Dead
1978

4.01 | 175 ratings
Tubular Bells
1973
4.23 | 13 ratings
Nosferatu
1978

4.08 | 37 ratings
Symphonic Holocaust
1998
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Am I wrong for thinking the original Night of the Living Dead was actually quite amusing and is the reason why I watch it again and again, rather than the horror factor?
George A. Romero is one hell of a director

Of anything I've watched, Eraserhead is probably the film that screwed with my head like no other.
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Originally posted by jampa17 jampa17 wrote:

Originally posted by Green Shield Stamp Green Shield Stamp wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

My vote goes to The Changeling (The one with George C. Scott, not the one with Angelina Jolie).  Very good horror movie, probably my favorite.


I love this film.  Not many people have seen it, which is a shame because it has some great scenes.


 
Who directed this movie...???


Peter Medak. Its almost perfect.

That one: The Shining (the best I've seen, I guess), Rosemary's Baby, Carrie, and Let the Right one In .

The Orphanage had a lot of classic quality to it. An intelligent, very moving and tragic story. The Ring and Blair Witch really managed frighten me. The Wicker Man and Don't Look Now are favorites of mine too, but not really horror. Mulholland Drive is more of a mystey, but it scared me a lot more than most horror does.
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Originally posted by Petrovsk Mizinski Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:

Of anything I've watched, Eraserhead is probably the film that screwed with my head like no other.


Yeah, it definitely screws with the mind, but I wouldn't exactly call Eraserhead a horror.  I'm not sure what I would call it, but horror's not it. Tongue
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I wonder why there are no votes for "Nosferatu" so far. It is a classic horror movie and appears in many top 20 lists of movies EVER, not only horror movies. So my vote will go there now.


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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Originally posted by Petrovsk Mizinski Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:

Of anything I've watched, Eraserhead is probably the film that screwed with my head like no other.


Yeah, it definitely screws with the mind, but I wouldn't exactly call Eraserhead a horror.  I'm not sure what I would call it, but horror's not it. Tongue


A film doesn't have to have gore to be a horror.
It's a psychological horror, totally different ball game from an ultra violent slasher.
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:


The Orphanage had a lot of classic quality to it. An intelligent, very moving and tragic story.
 
Agreed. It's definitely in my top 5 horror movies (or suspense, or whatever). There are a couple scenes toward the end that are the scariest things I've ever seen. And the ending is so freaking tragic. It rivals Grave of Fireflies.


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

I wonder why there are no votes for "Nosferatu" so far. It is a classic horror movie and appears in many top 20 lists of movies EVER, not only horror movies. So my vote will go there now.
 
Yesterday just seen both Nosferatu and Night of the living Death and I like a lot Nosferatu... is quite great and is really a classic... of course the rythum and the edition is very different to our standards... but is quite great, eventhough it didn't frighten me... but to be honest, I love the scenes of Dracula... quite great, slow and stuck in your mind... both good movies... but Nosferatu is great man... just that I already vote for Rosemary's Baby... that is a total masterpiece...!!!
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At one time i would have said the Exorcist was the most frightening horror film, back in 1973 it was spectacular - counselling agencies were outside theatres to console the terrified audiences, i didn't get a wink of sleep that night, it was scary, but looking back i wonder what the fuss was all about as it looks so silly and ridiculous now.
 
my vote goes to "The Shining", a real masterpiece that still fascinates me and I love watching, especially the escape in the snow scene in the maze - HERE'S JOHNNY! Shocked
 
 
 


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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

At one time i would have said the Exorcist was the most frightening horror film, back in 1973 it was spectacular - counselling agencies were outside theatres to console the terrified audiences, i didn't get a wink of sleep that night, it was scary, but looking back i wonder what the fuss was all about as it looks so silly and ridiculous now.
 
my vote goes to "The Shining", a real masterpiece that still fascinates me and I love watching, especially the escape in the snow scene in the maze - HERE'S JOHNNY! Shocked
 
 
 
 
I don't agree with you... I first saw The Exorcist about ten years ago... I born in 1984 so I really don't have links with the 70's standards for movies... but I have to tell you... the movie is not a joke today... you know... the special effects maybe are not that great, but it really scares, you know... that guy with the mask that appear like 4 times on the movie, with little horns and with a cape, you know is a silly mask for Halloween, but the way they show it, always gives me the chills each time I saw him... the other thing is the rythum of edition... quite odd... strange... but works great to the effect... jejeje...


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The Shining is probably one of the most subliminally complex movies i've ever seen. There's so many puzzle you can connect while watching that movie. Plus it's the most frightening movie i've ever seen too. It certainly gets my vote.

Here's a link to all the hidden meanings to The Shining.

http://collativelearning.com/the%20shining.html
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speaking of horror film
 
thisis soo bad  .it  frighten me... his a ''horror '' movie
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

I wonder why there are no votes for "Nosferatu" so far. It is a classic horror movie and appears in many top 20 lists of movies EVER, not only horror movies. So my vote will go there now.
 
It would appear in a top 20 of greatest films but for today's movie audiences it just wouldn't be horrorific enough... I'm sure in 1922 it must have been very scary, but for many people it's difficult to judge a film (or any piece of art) adapting themselves first to the time when said piece was originally released... I agree that it's a masterpiece of german expressionism and one of my favorite movies. Maybe not scary, but definitely great.
 
I think Herzog's remake is a masterpiece, too, with an atmosphere seldom seen in cinema and the best representation of Harker's journey to the castle of any film, with locations that are just perfect. And the music!
 
Both Nosferatus are fantastic.
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Mixing SF with horror is always a good idea. I don't kn ow whether I'd like it now, but as an adolescent I was terrified by Event Horizon. Also, though I've seen them tens of times, Alien and Alien 3 still have extremely powerful scenes, which still work on me.
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The Shining, John Carpenter's The Thing, Alien
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Scared the beejesus out of me the first time. EXORCIST!
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I'm usually not frightened by horror movies unless it's the other kind.
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Originally posted by martinprog77 martinprog77 wrote:

speaking of horror film
 
thisis soo bad  .it  frighten me... his a ''horror '' movie


I thought that this was a very poorly written comedy.  Tongue
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The Ring and The Blair Witch project scared me the most- especially the Ring. I had never closed my eyes so many times- had never even come close to doing thast before- and the Blair Witch's last scene was freaky as hell- stuck with me for a few weeks. Brilliant.



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