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Poll Question: Which movie is the best made horror movie in history?
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Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

I vote the original Night Of the Living Dead. Sure, their were zombie films before it (like White Zombie and the like), but this was the very first (and best) to capture the pure claustrophobic fear of being stuck in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a sh*t load of hungry undead. Classic


I concur. Low budget movie with minimal effects and shot in Black and White.Something did always bother me though. Why didn't the body that they found in the top of the farmhouse never come back to life?


I have no clue either, bt who are we to question George A. Romero's genius?
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I like mostly early horror movies because they were far more original back then. Now they have become very formulatic and predictable (with some exceptions of course). I vote for the original Night of the Living Dead or Psycho.

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Nosferatu is a piece of art, german expressionism at its highest... but today is no horror film (should've been one in 1922).. I love horror films but I'm more of the victorian-Hammer-Universal kind of guy, also like films like the Exorcist or the Omen or Halloween which is kinda scary (the only slasher that is scary, besides some blood-filled films by Argento and Bava).. Suspiria is quite good.... There's too many...
 
But the black and white, low-budget look of Romero's original "Night of the Living Dead" takes tha cake... Not my favorite horror film but probably the most horrorific one...  
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I still think the first Alien is one of the greatest horror flicks ever, also the original Dracula with Lugosi amazing and both the first and first remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers still scare the hell out of me
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I refuse to watch The Exorcist. I'm not a horror movie guy and The Exorcist, I understand, would probably make me curl up in a corner rock back and forth.

On the other hand, I just saw Nosferatu, and I totally laughed all the way through. Not a horror movie by today's standards though.
 
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not a big fan of the horror genre but my vote would go towards The Shining, that is, unless you consider Silence of the Lambs to be horror


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The Sixth Sense? Are you kidding?
 
I don't mean to rain on your parade, but this kind of thing probably isn't best decided by a poll simply because it limits choice so much, I'd just make it an open discussion.
 
Anyway, no one's mentioned Audition yet which means you need to do your homework first.
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Manhunter and Silence of the Lambs are good but I think Hannibal is a superb thriller and superior to both-- the atmosphere, tension, photography, cast, locations in Florence and the music all stunning..and Gary Oldman is amazing
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I prefer horror of the quiet, stealthy kind. that's why movies like "Blair Witch Project" or "Rosemarie's Baby" do a lot for me. horror is best the less is shown explicitly. you don't need to see all the gore; it is all much gorier in the mind than in the eye.
"Repulsion" is another great example. most people would not call it a horror movie. it certainly is not the ordinary kind of horror. just to see the rotten rabbit on the table makes me shiver.
as an aside: it is actually quite amazing that in US movies all kind of violence can take place with no-one batting an eyelid, but show a naked breast for a short moment (not to mention full frontal nudity), and it is a scandal. it always makes me think people have their wires crossed and need to sort out their priorities


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Seriously, someone please watch Audition and then come back to this thread.
 
If you want to be uncomfortable/horrified, you should also check out the Austrian films of director Michael Haneke such as Funny Games and The Piano Teacher.
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Jajaaja... sure I have a lot of films to watch, but the Night of the Living Death is my top of list... jejeje...  The Others is another great film that standout nowadays... I just didn't put it in the poll because I cannot see the best horror film with Nicole Kidman on it... she's too much Beautiful to be in a horror film... jejeje...
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If you're able to put yourself in the position of the protagonist, then I have watched none scarier than The Wicker Man

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I went to "The Exorcist". I always like this movie. After this movie had been seen at infancy time, did the charm of me always. Linda Blair and "Regan MacNeil" are connected for me. Music is also perfect. And, I always finish the rest room before seeing the scene of "Spider Walk".
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Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

The shining

Jack Nicholson and Penderecki!

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When I was growing up on Sundays, we had a double feature called "Creature Freature" with Dr. Paul Bearer (very spooky looking dude) ...

 
There were so many black and white films that scared the hell out of me that I don't remember, my memory is vague on most of them, some that I remember ofcourse are "The Birds," "Creature from the Black Lagoon," The Brain," "The Mole People," "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Pyscho," "The Mummy" (karloff), you get the idea, there was one Dracula film that I loved that I've never been able to find again.. anyway,..
 
I'd say the most complete film would be "The Shining" ..Watching Jack lose his mind is classic and very scary if you ask me...  The only other movie that really shook me in my youth that I have to mention is "When a Stranger Calls"  (This ended any baby sitting career I may have had after sneaking into the theater to see it..) 


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Psycho, The Shining or Mysery.
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BWP gives me motion sickness, so cant stand watching it a second time though.

Excorist is brilliant, but relatively weak when I rewatched it last year. The Shining is brilliant and time-tested so it got my vote here.

The original, Japanese Ring movie. That's how I spell horror.

The Mist - the ending is one of the best in modern horror!

I also like Shaun of the Dead though.  Wink
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