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Good question and example. I don't remember where we had this one in the store, but I don't remember it being in horror. I thought it was in our suspense/thriller section. I know at my own store I had a small black comedy section for weird stuff like that as well. Again, great example and a movie I hadn't thought about for this adventure either.
Thinking about the 10-20 heavy hitters I thought about today, this fact really surprises me.
Also, agree completely about the bolded. During discussions about this crap, I think what happened is I just made up some "rules" in my head to justify it being one or the other when asked, but honestly it just doesn't feel right on the list. But then again, I looked on my shelf and saw The Lost Boys and asked myself why I'd consider that horror but not Seven or Silence of the Lambs.
I'm loving this discussion and you aren't wrong about anything you post either. For reference I looked up a random list of greatest thriller/suspense movies and a lot at the top also have horrific scenes and images. Frailty, Sixth Sense, Shutter Island, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, etc.. were all in our thriller/suspense section as well and IMO some of those have worse and scarier scenes than Silence.
Not a horror expert at all but enjoy a good one. Will be enjoying this topic.
I'm stunned by this honestly. Then again, my tastes are comparatively mainstream, and I know I'm going to learn a lot from some of the folks with a deeper bench.
Some of these I don't consider horror, some I do but didn't make the cut, and some will make my list
Another good post here and good point about people maybe not have seeing it. After I posted that now and looked at the movies I would have thought would be slam dunks I could see a mix of somebody: not seeing it, not thinking it as horror, or not liking the subgenre much. I've met a lot of horror fans that embrace it all, but I've also met a lot that don't like found footage, or slashers, or ghosts, etc..I'm stunned by this honestly. Then again, my tastes are comparatively mainstream, and I know I'm going to learn a lot from some of the folks with a deeper bench.
Also, horror is a little weird in that some of the really major titles are easy to miss. For example, I have two rather old movies in my top 5*. One of them came out a few years before I was born, and the other came out a few decades before I was born. I can't imagine that either got much run on network television. A person wouldn't just stumble across them, like you would with Die Hard or The Godfather or whatever. I could easily imagine someone going through their life without seeing these. And these are well-known titles that very obviously deserve to be at the top end of this discussion. Think about how many horror films out there that normal people just don't know about.
* Okay, I'll be honest. The newest movie in my personal Top 5 came out during the Reagan presidency. First term.
I've been thinking about what I look for in horror and movies in general and this is what I go to a lot. As I get older, I don't have much patience for mindless crap I just turn on and zone out. I want a movie to make me cry, jump, get scared, care about characters, etc. And if a movie can do multiple of those, then it ranks even higher. Like another poster said above, I think this is why I gravitate to horror/comedy as well. IF a movie can make me laugh out loud and creep me out or at least get a genuine WTF?? from me, it shoots up the board. That said, I love horror comedy, but it's best when it comes from a place of love and have the ability to poke fun at the genre AND make a good entry to the genre.
Lists in by 4/20. Then either right into the countdown or honorable mentions or whatever.
Part of this is my fault. I have gaps, and I didn't rate any movie I haven't seen. I've seen 75 horror movies I like enough to rate, so I submitted a list, but I'd bet there aren't 15 movies we've all seen.
I think I have one movie from the 60s, one from the 70s, and about 10 from the 80s. The rest are 1990 or later.
This seems impossible.
My thoughts *** well
Yep, that explains a lot of my questions then. This countdown is going to be awesome with a nice mix of list and tastes.
...and too many zombies.
What is is about zombie movies that you like so much?
Now hurry up and finish so we can pressure scoresman into revealing early
Once I finalize my list, movies on it will range from 1922 to 2023 (2024 if going by U.S. releases). Not saying it's any better or worse, just stating fact.
Yup, first thing I did with my the starter list I was eliminate the ones I hadn't seen.
ImpressiveDiving in to my list now. I'm glad I started keeping a spreadsheet of every movie I've ever seen around 1997.
I’m not really sure. I can’t really come up with a common thread of which zombie movies I like and which I don’t that would clarify this. Part of it is the variety and international flavors out there. Maybe it’s just being a completionist and wanting to feel like an expert on something.
For me, it may be more if I get to 75 that excited to rank if don’t include those, since not big into the slasher/zombie genres. Maybe will have some more pop into head that remember watching and liking with some additional thinking, but was trying to limit myself just to perfectly fit stuff and was finding myself well short of 75 and that’s with stuff like “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” springing into my head that I can’t say I enjoyed, but fit the “oh, that’s definitely a horror movie I’ve seen.”
That's the thing. Am I enthusiastic about having Silence of the Lambs on my list? No, not really. But if I cut that film, I'm just adding some marginal film that I saw once and kind of liked. I'd rather just keep SoTL and acknowledge that it's not the Platonic form of a horror movie the same way that The Exorcist is. I can't defend dropping that movie to include whatever is currently #76 in my world.
That's surprising. People are going to be exposed to a lot of films that they haven't watched or even heard about before.
A+ for effort. Do you rank/ grade these too?Diving in to my list now. I'm glad I started keeping a spreadsheet of every movie I've ever seen around 1997.
Scooby Doo, and most of Party of Five & Friends (both started in 1994 and movie was 1996) happened after some movie that may or may not have happened so at the time those aren't applicable as reasons because the weren't known as those people yet.
At the time the star of E.T. was still the main name attatched to the movie.
True, but for the Scooby Doo guy I Really didn't like how much of a caricature he was. It's also the lasting impression I have even though some of those movies they are known for came out after.
I rewatched it last year for my Oct 31 and I find Lillard more and more grating as I get older.
I never noticed him before watching this movie. His character was very annoying but it fit the film well.
He's hit or miss for me. I think he's funnier at the end when they are stabbing each other, but sometimes it's a bit much when the group is interacting. Still dig the movie, but for me he's one of the weak spots on repeat viewings.
