The Best Horror Films - From 1980 to 1999 |
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Archisorcerus
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Posted: March 24 2022 at 06:34 |
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I used this list as the source: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls066184016/
There's no The Shining (1980) here, for instance. But blame the person who made the list for that. Multiple votes are allowed. Have fun! |
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Cristi
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Ringu (1998)
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Great and a really scary movie. |
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In the Mouth of Madness
Evil Dead 2 Hellraiser The Thing Ringu Tenebrae (Argento) Phenomina (Argento) Opera (Argento) The Church
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Great list. |
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Some good films here but The Silence of the Lambs is on a whole other level so it gets my vote.
Also, I'm surprised Seven isn't on the list. ( What's in the box ?!?)
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All my favourites are missing from this list. Just from the 80's alone... The Shining Aliens Halloween III: Season of the Witch Other guilty pleasures from the 80's in no particular order Something Wicked This Way Comes Night of the Comet The Lost boys Predator Altered States Beetlejuice American Werewolf in London The Thing The Dead Zone Lifeforce From the list above: Silence of the Lambs Poltergiest
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For 1999 my vote would go to "Blair Witch Project". A movie that people either hate or love.
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I'm sure I've seen all of these, and my vote goes to Hellraiser. Clive Barker had a great horror mind and this movie was just so out there.
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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Archisorcerus
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Yeah. Even though I'm a "hater", I'd also choose The Blair Witch Project for the year 1999. It was original and sensational. Stir of Echoes was a bad choice here. It is even worse than not including The Shining for the year 1980. Friday the 13th was a cult classic, after all. It is fair to include it. I used a source for the list I put here, as I didn't want to create "my" list. Otherwise, I have many obscure horror favourites from that period, and most of them would get a reaction like, "WTF?"; or else I could have made a list out of the most famous horror films from the 80s and 90s. I, instead, preferred to use another person's list. |
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I'm waiting for Kees' take. He is a professional in this field. I always value educated opinions.
Edited by Archisorcerus - March 24 2022 at 12:47 |
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Logan
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I've come up with a few horror lists over the years. I've seen all of these except for Stir of Echoes, Mute Witness, and surprisingly Scream. Lots I could go with, but I will give votes to Hellraiser (love it and the sequel), The Fly (yes I prefer the 80s remake), Poltergeist and Cronos.
I do have issues with "best" lists generally due to the subjective nature of appreciation and that no one person has seen them all. The Silence of the Lambs is a great film, but like with Seven that was mentioned, I tend to think of it as more thriller genre than horror (fine with those who think of it as horror, and it certainly has those qualities). The Shining is the most obvious omission and I'm on that bandwagon with it being one of my favourite films (I've been far more positive about it than Stephen King has). Another that would make my list is Cronenberg's Videodrome. And no The Thing on that list (one of my very favourite 80s horror films). Another that I would really, really want to include is An American Werewolf in London (I love that film). The Hunger is another favourite of mine. Basket Case is another favourite of mine (what's in the basket?), but I wouldn't expect it, or the Hunger for that matter, on many best lists. And I love the 80s Cat People remake (not really scary, but...). From the 90s I like Cube a lot, and I would definitely want to mention Audition. Misery is another that I liked. EDIT: I realise it's doing one per year, and I should have thought to add in the years of the films I'm mentioning. Mine is a list of some of my favourites not on the list rather than criticising the person's list, nor would I necessarily replace one on the list with one I mentioned. Each year has had various ones considered great by many aficionados as well as ones that I find excellent..
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Much great horror! I'll choose... Hellraiser, Silence, Evil Dead, and Nightmare.
Shout out to Misery and Dead Alive. Edited by Grumpyprogfan - March 24 2022 at 15:20 |
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Braindead is Dead Alive. In my yoof, I knew the movie by its name that you mentioned, but nowadays it is better known as Braindead. |
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voted Goldblum in the Fly, but Hellraiser was good, and I'd take Alien3 [both editions-- the special version is like an entirely different film] over Resurrection any day |
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^ I like Resurrection. I much prefer other Jeunet directed films and was never big on Joss Whedon (the writer), but I too would take Alien 3 (either edition) over it for sure. I am an oddity in the I prefer the Third to the second. The original is my favourite Alien film. I had an argument with a professor of film studies over which was better, Alien or the sequel. He much preferred the sequel due to character. I prefer the atmosphere (general aesthetics) of the original. The sequel is more of an action movie.
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I agree with you in every way. The Alien 3 soundtrack is my favorite of the franchise. There's a spiritual quality to the prison/monastery setting. I too prefer other Jeunet films. I saw The City of Lost Children at the theater. That was blast.
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I love that spiritual quality to the setting. I love the whole atmosphere, really like the setting and characters Alien 3 is one of those films that to me, and I know people hate this term, is terribly underrated. Some people just hate the xenomorph in it. And great soundtrack indeed. I love City of Lost Children, as well as Delicatessan and Amelie. I saw his Netflix film not long ago Bigbug, which I quite enjoyed in its way, but didn't really work for me. The comedy and other things felt forced and so over-the-top. Farcical. A bit embarrassing. I have seen other fine and unique directors end up going with I think too broad, over-indulgent, silly farcical comedy, like Bong-Joon Ho with Okja. I wish they would rein it in. And suddenly another film pops into my mind which I absolutely should have mentioned before as it is one of my favourites, and probably my fave horror of the 90s, Event Horizon.
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The third one took me at least two or three viewings before I started appreciating it, and frankly I'd have to agree it is superior to the second though I do occasionally throw the Bug Hunt on for its sheer tension. Interesting your professor preferred it [I assume by 'character' you mean the characters and their development]. I do love the first, looking back it's almost like some cult cinema B-movie with a pornographic atmosphere and some dubious editing. But it is a stunner. I remember in '79 I was twelve and, as Alien had an R rating, I had to ask two adults I didn't know to say I was with them in order to get in. |
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Logan
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Yes indeed, he preferred the second for having more character development, the relationship between Ripley and Newt, and for generally being the more character-centric script with he thought richer performances. He also found the general plot more satisfying. The first is b movie like but with stunning visuals and this strong atmosphere. I love it. By the way, that profs tastes were more Hollywood conventional than mine and he was a dead ringer for Spielberg. He seemed to like certain emotional stuff more than I. |
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