IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
TBH, Get Out is the only Jordan Peele movie that i actually liked. I was deeply disappointed in Us and Nope. Not quite a Shyamalanian level of disappointment, but quite a bit of disappointment nonetheless.
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FFA Top 200 Horror Movies of All Time: #1 - Alien (10 Viewers)
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I wrote about His House in another thread and I liken it to the movie Jordan Peele has been wanting to make since Get Out. To be clear, he isn't attached to this movie but it has the deep social commentary tied to horror of both the mind and spirit that he strives for in his films. This one is just better all around as it has flow and meaning from an organic standpoint. It's moving and deep and very tense and creepy.
And I am pretty sure I'm not spotlighting( I hope)
And I am pretty sure I'm not spotlighting( I hope)
Keith R
The Don
I liked Us but not nearly as much. Seemed like it got bogged down by its own concept - simplifying things would have made it much better. Nope got a nope from me, thumbs down
Scoresman
Footballguy
#29 - The Witch
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.Robert Eggers
2015
Occult
Italy
IMDB: 68
Metacritic: 83
RottenTomatoes: 91
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXmlf3Sefg
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-witch-2016
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Love The Witch! Such an interesting setting and so well done down to the language and sensibilities of those days. Every member of the family has depth so you can't help but make attachments which sometimes bites you in the back. The denouement brings the chills in a big way, imo. Well crafted, written and filmed movie with a good story and strong characters.
The Gator
Footballguy
Love love this one and Black Phillip
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
This one has a lot going for it. It looks gorgeous. The characters are well-written. It's a simple concept executed very well. I also really like the fact that the entire story can be interpreted in several radically different ways.
Scoresman
Footballguy
#28 - [REC]
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.Jaume Balaguero
2007
Zombie/Virus, Found Footage
Spain
IMDB: 75
Metacritic: 69
RottenTomatoes: 90
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLizS5GFBQI
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/rec
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WVU Alum 34
Yambag 59
Scoresman
Footballguy
This is another one to shoot to the top of your watchlists if you havent seen it. This movie is on many fans' found footage Mt. Rushmore, myself included.
Outside of the found footage element, it's a great zombie movie on it's own. And the last 5-10 minutes make it one of the scariest endings in horror of the last 20 years. It does everything a found footage and a zombie movie should do right.
foxco
Footballguy
One of my favorite slow burn movies. Exceptional execution on building and sustaining dread.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Disappointing start to the day with Get Out so high up, but the group totally redeemed themselves with The VVitch and [rec] being higher. 
Get Out I didn't give a thought to being in my top 75, and the other two were very highly rated.
Get Out I didn't give a thought to being in my top 75, and the other two were very highly rated.
The Gator
Footballguy
Get out barely stayed in my top 75, and judging by a few i movies missed it will likely get bumped offDisappointing start to the day with Get Out so high up, but the group totally redeemed themselves with The VVitch and [rec] being higher.
Get Out I didn't give a thought to being in my top 75, and the other two were very highly rated.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Eggers and Aster put a lot of thought and research into the details and look of their movies, and it shows. I can't think of anybody else currently I would have have direct a horror movie than those two.
I remember a customer getting mad about The Witch at the store and complaining because it was dumb, boring, and you didn't see the witch.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I think one of the reasons I like found footage and this one in particular is because they have a way of lulling you a bit as not much happens for awhile. For me, this is #1 with a bullet for the genre. There are a lot of WTF is going on moments as this ramps up, and as you said the last 10mins scared the crap out of me.
I hold Blair Witch in high regard, but I will admit a bit of that is because I saw it opening night in the theater. That is one of my favorite theater experiences. Rec would be one, and The Taking of Deborah Logan would be one if I had to decide right now. 4th I would have to think about more or do some rewatches.
ETA: I guess 3rd I might have to think about as well, as I am not 100% sure if I would include Blair Witch in my personal top 4 if I could only decide on 4.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I just find his movies to be uneven, but with good cores of ideas. A few really good scenes, but I don't click with the humor and find he leans on delivering the message a bit too much. Get Out was the best overall, and the scene in Nope with the baboon is scary as hell though.
Scoresman
Footballguy
My Mt. Rushmore is probably
Blair Witch Project - Hasn't aged well, many subsequent movies did it better but you can't deny this movie catapulted the subgenre into the mainstream.
Taking of Deborah Logan - Just an example of a near perfect found footage movie.
[REC] - Ditto
Paranormal Activity - Fairly groundbreaking for "hidden cam" found footage. Scary AF too.
Speaking of Blair Witch....
Scoresman
Footballguy
#27 - The Blair Witch Project
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.Daniel Myrick
1999
Occult, Found Footage
USA
IMDB: 64
Metacritic: 81
RottenTomatoes: 86
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBZ-POVsrlI
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-blair-witch-project
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WVU Alum
Footballguy
No. **** this movie.
Keith R
The Don
Get Out was groundbreaking, which played a role it it making my Top 75 (but not quite Top 50). [rec] was my unofficial #77 and 2nd alternate if some of my originals hadn't qualified. The VVitch is on a whole other level IMO and made my Top 10 - I didn't mind the slow burn as it developed the characters and extremely unique setting well, even nailing the unusual (for us) dialect, taken from among the very first ever audio recordings. It definitely and deservedly springboarded Anya Taylor-Joy's career (who I really like in a lot of other works but nothing has topped this one, regardless of genre). Loaded with creepiness and unforgettable imagery. If anything, I may have underrated this at #9.Get out barely stayed in my top 75, and judging by a few i movies missed it will likely get bumped offDisappointing start to the day with Get Out so high up, but the group totally redeemed themselves with The VVitch and [rec] being higher.
Get Out I didn't give a thought to being in my top 75, and the other two were very highly rated.
Keith R
The Don
Absolutely, but things went downhill after that opening scene. It's basically a curse for a movie to have such a great start and then be merely ordinary from there.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Oh ****, Aliens?
Scoresman
Footballguy
#26 - Aliens
Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.James Cameron
1986
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
IMDB: 84
Metacritic: 84
RottenTomatoes: 98
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSeQQlaCZgU
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/aliens
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Yambag 1
Let's Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My #1 and the movie I have repeatedly watched more than any other on my list. While not as "horror" as the original, it still holds up extremely well, has a superb cast and Sigourney Weaver is an absolute bad ***.
foxco
Footballguy
Watch this maybe once a year. To me it's about as perfect as a movie can get. Rewatchability & quotability is off the charts, set pieces are fantastic, James Horner slaying the soundtrack. You can have Godfather II as the greatest sequel of all time, my vote goes to Ripley & co.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Nope
Todem
Footballguy
I had none of these on my top 75.Disappointing start to the day with Get Out so high up, but the group totally redeemed themselves with The VVitch and [rec] being higher.
Get Out I didn't give a thought to being in my top 75, and the other two were very highly rated.
I did enjoy and still like Get Out. But once you know the story it does lose some of it’s edge. But it’s a very good horror movie and the only Peele movie I like.
I did enjoy The Witch. It’s a great period piece and extremely well acted. I need to watch it again.
I incredibly have still not seen REC. It is high on my must see list.
Todem
Footballguy
Obviously I love it too!! #4 on my top 75 and arguably I could make it #1
Perfect Organism errr movie.
All the characters in Blair Witch should be thankful they were killed in the woods as it was going to happen to them sooner or later. Stupid, irritating and sniveling is no way to go through life, someone was bound to take them out to put them out of their, and our, misery. I cheered for the witch.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Get out - over! Rated!
The witch - big fan of Anna Taylor joy and goats. I have a black Phillip t-shirt
Blair witch - terrible. One of the most disappointing movies I’ve ever seen
Aliens - great movie but not horror
The witch - big fan of Anna Taylor joy and goats. I have a black Phillip t-shirt
Blair witch - terrible. One of the most disappointing movies I’ve ever seen
Aliens - great movie but not horror
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I am with him on this one. 100% sci-fi action.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
May I ask what you found groundbreaking from Get Out?Get Out was groundbreaking, which played a role it it making my Top 75 (but not quite Top 50). [rec] was my unofficial #77 and 2nd alternate if some of my originals hadn't qualified. The VVitch is on a whole other level IMO and made my Top 10 - I didn't mind the slow burn as it developed the characters and extremely unique setting well, even nailing the unusual (for us) dialect, taken from among the very first ever audio recordings. It definitely and deservedly springboarded Anya Taylor-Joy's career (who I really like in a lot of other works but nothing has topped this one, regardless of genre). Loaded with creepiness and unforgettable imagery. If anything, I may have underrated this at #9.Get out barely stayed in my top 75, and judging by a few i movies missed it will likely get bumped offDisappointing start to the day with Get Out so high up, but the group totally redeemed themselves with The VVitch and [rec] being higher.
Get Out I didn't give a thought to being in my top 75, and the other two were very highly rated.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Sorry but this take doesn't make sense to me. Just because there's guns, it doesn't take away the tension that is present, the monsters are still there (there's even more of them!) and like I said, it has body horror elements galore just like the first one.
Scenes that make it horror: Ripley's chestburster dream scene, Ripley and Newt trapped with a facehugger in the locked room, the revelation of the swarm of Aliens in the vents, the shot of the alien slowly rising from the water behind Newt, and many more. This movie was absolutely shot with a good mix of action and the horror elements that made the first film so great.
Todem
Footballguy
This is so wrong on so many levels.
Keith R
The Don
No, just no
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Todem
Footballguy
The Blair Witch Project.
So I was part of that incredible build up hype machine.....bought into it hook line and sinker and that made the theater experience of seeing this genre ground breaking film.
But after that.......it was over. It really has no rewatch ability what so ever. There are so many other far better found footage flicks out there.
But you had to experience that initial release, during the months leading up to it’s theatrical debut to truly grasp and appreciate it’s effect on the genre. It was pretty awesome.
I think this ranking is way way too high though. It’s really not a great horror movie that has absolutely not stood the test of time.
So I was part of that incredible build up hype machine.....bought into it hook line and sinker and that made the theater experience of seeing this genre ground breaking film.
But after that.......it was over. It really has no rewatch ability what so ever. There are so many other far better found footage flicks out there.
But you had to experience that initial release, during the months leading up to it’s theatrical debut to truly grasp and appreciate it’s effect on the genre. It was pretty awesome.
I think this ranking is way way too high though. It’s really not a great horror movie that has absolutely not stood the test of time.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I get it, we don't agree. Remember, I simply was coming at it from a video store standpoint. I have never seen some of these in horror and wouldn't consider a few on this list horror in that situation.
In this case I fall back to the overall tone of the movie, and especially when I can think of a slam dunk horror that is just like it (or in this case in the same series). I have seen both tons of times and you wouldn't be able to convince me Alien and Aliens belong in the same section.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Yeah, that's fine. I just think the video store standpoint is a little limiting because it means a movie can only be one genre, which just isn't the case.
I think for Alien/Aliens, Alien is a horror movie in a sci-fi setting, Aliens is an Action/Sci-Fi in a horror setting. Both are sci-fi. Both are horror. But each leans a bit more one way than the other.
Keith R
The Don
May I ask what you found groundbreaking from Get Out?Get Out was groundbreaking, which played a role it it making my Top 75 (but not quite Top 50). [rec] was my unofficial #77 and 2nd alternate if some of my originals hadn't qualified. The VVitch is on a whole other level IMO and made my Top 10 - I didn't mind the slow burn as it developed the characters and extremely unique setting well, even nailing the unusual (for us) dialect, taken from among the very first ever audio recordings. It definitely and deservedly springboarded Anya Taylor-Joy's career (who I really like in a lot of other works but nothing has topped this one, regardless of genre). Loaded with creepiness and unforgettable imagery. If anything, I may have underrated this at #9.Get out barely stayed in my top 75, and judging by a few i movies missed it will likely get bumped offDisappointing start to the day with Get Out so high up, but the group totally redeemed themselves with The VVitch and [rec] being higher.
Get Out I didn't give a thought to being in my top 75, and the other two were very highly rated.
The protagonist begins the film on edge, because he is going to meet his white girlfriend's parents for the first time, at their posh home. He learns she hasn't told them that he's black because they wouldn't care about such things, but that understandably heightens his anxiety. This is an element that is immediately understandable but one I can't say I've ever seen in a horror movie. With that backdrop, he arrives in this very white environment. There are other black people around, but something seems very off about them, yet he can't really decipher what. As things seem to get weirder and weirder, he does second-guess himself as he understands he brings in the initial anxiety to the situation that no one else seems to have.
This seems to blend the elements of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with Rosemary's Baby, as odd as that sounds, but does so very well. The villains are these pseudo-liberal white people that appear friendly and welcoming, not at all one-dimensional racists like the ones led by Kiefer Sutherland in A Time to Kill. But because they are not in-your-face threats, it's even more gradually unsettling. He is subject to several questionable remarks and witnesses unusual actions but feels compelled to let them all slide. The power dynamics at play (white/black, parents/prospective son-in-law, affluent/working class) all keep him from acting on his impulses until it's almost too late and they are on the verge of taking him over completely. Unique to horror films yet the broad strokes are relatable to anyone who's accustomed to being on the flip side of the power imbalance on a regular basis. In that sense, it is a groundbreaking film.
This seems to blend the elements of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with Rosemary's Baby, as odd as that sounds, but does so very well. The villains are these pseudo-liberal white people that appear friendly and welcoming, not at all one-dimensional racists like the ones led by Kiefer Sutherland in A Time to Kill. But because they are not in-your-face threats, it's even more gradually unsettling. He is subject to several questionable remarks and witnesses unusual actions but feels compelled to let them all slide. The power dynamics at play (white/black, parents/prospective son-in-law, affluent/working class) all keep him from acting on his impulses until it's almost too late and they are on the verge of taking him over completely. Unique to horror films yet the broad strokes are relatable to anyone who's accustomed to being on the flip side of the power imbalance on a regular basis. In that sense, it is a groundbreaking film.
Todem
Footballguy
Smoking or non smoking?
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
#26? C’mon. Laughable
The Gator
Footballguy
I had both ranked and agree here.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
It is in my top 10 all time for movies. I did not view it as horror, so it didn’t make my list. Let’s be fair, not even as close to as scary as Rear Window or Young Frankenstein.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Just watched The Taking of Deboarah Logan. That was unsettling. Good movie.
