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FFA Top 200 Horror Movies of All Time: #1 - Alien (10 Viewers)
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
89. Bone Tomahawk
The Gator
Footballguy
Show off
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
#48 Evil Dead 2
jamny
Footballguy
Same
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Quite a bit I haven't seen. From the top 50:
20 Let the Right One In - I've read the book though!
23 Train to Busan
24 It Follows
28 [REC] - this is probably top of my to see list right now
33 The Conjuring
36 The Babadook
42 Frankenstein
44 Audition
45 Nosferatu
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Oh man, there are some awesome movies waiting for you. I got the Arrow bluray of Audition from the library the other day, so I am going to pop that in on my rainy day off today. I also grabbed the 4k disc of what I assume is #1 on the countdown, so I watched that last night. I'm going to have stare at my top 15 and think about it more. I had it at 4, but I can't shake the feeling that I have replaced it at the tippy top of my list with other movies - like Let the Right One In, Hereditary, and [rec]. Anyway, can't wait for some reactions when people get to great movies they haven't yet because of this thread.
From the top 50:
Dawn of the Dead - Not sure why I missed most of this series
Frankenstein
Dracula
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
For me:
23. Train to Busan
I'm aware that it's supposed to be really good, just never got around to watching it (yet).
Scoresman
Footballguy
#7 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.Tobe Hooper
1974
Backwoods, Slasher
USA
IMDB: 75
Metacritic: 75
RottenTomatoes: 88
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKn9QIaMgtQ
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre
Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 3
Brunell4MVP 12
dickey moe 28
Frostillicus 12
IvanKaramazov 2
jamny 44
Keith R 70
Scoresman 31
shuke 12
The Gator 10
Todem 12
UncleZen 16
WVU Alum 3
Yambag 25
Frostillicus
Footballguy
This was the first movie I saw where I understood the phrase "makes my skin crawl."
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I haven’t seen Hereditary. Wife watched it without me years ago and I haven’t felt like watching on my own. I’ll get to it. Same with Midsommer I caught the last 30 minutes or so
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Also the remake with Jessica Biel is worth checking out soley for Jessica Biel. Generationally hot in that movie.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Agree and I hate it. Don’t like that movie at all, never want to see it again. I wish it didn’t exist lol.
Keith R
The Don
I'm not there but I'm the outlier among those who had it on their lists, as I have it down at #70. I get that it's groundbreaking and I think it needs to be seen, but with all the great horror films that now exist, I find it more iconic than high-quality. I won't knock others that rate it higher, as I acknowledge its griminess, weird villains and implicit gore (as little actual gore is shown), including the chainsaw sounds, which convey pure terror.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
This is exactly what I would go on and on about for why I have it rated so high. This movie just absolutely clicks with me on a visceral level. I probably rewatch it every couple of years.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Probably could have rated it my #1, because my top 3 are pretty much interchangeable. Seen them all numerous times.
TCM is a horror masterpiece
TCM is a horror masterpiece
jamny
Footballguy
I thought it meant that too at first.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah for sure and I get why people would think it’s great. It just sickens me and I feel gross after seeing it.
hagmania
Footballguy
Need to see the full top 10 because I am terrible about omission in these types of exercises, but this was my #1 when I first read the thread title and up through the given reveals.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
What?
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
The absolute terror Marilyn Burns goes through during the last half of the movie is heart pounding.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I’ve never seen TCM. Maybe will keep it that way based on some of the comments.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
“My family’s always been in meat”
I have never seen it either. I just worry about going back to something that long ago that the technology/look of it will detract so much that it ends up just cheesy and not good.
Keith R
The Don
Yeah, disgust is never my hope when I go see a film. Often, I feel that a horror movie will aim to disgust only if it cannot genuinely terrify. Admittedly, TCM does both
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
No. This movie holds up brilliantly. It has no special effects that I can think of. You could put it up on a drive-in right now and it would look just as good as it did in the 70s. It's a grainy, low-budget movie, but that's part of the vibe.
Scoresman
Footballguy
#6 - Jaws
When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.Steven Spielberg
1975
Nature
USA
IMDB: 80
Metacritic: 87
RottenTomatoes: 97
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fu_sA7XhE
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jaws
Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 7
Brunell4MVP 41
dickey moe 15
Frostillicus 1
ilov80s 10
IvanKaramazov 33
jamny 4
Keith R 12
Scoresman 44
shuke 45
Todem 2
UncleZen 18
WVU Alum 20
Yambag 7
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Yep, that’s what makes it perfect
Keith R
The Don
There's a reason this is the original summer blockbuster. The heir to creature-features like King Kong and Godzilla but more terrifying because great white sharks do exist and do eat people when they can. Brilliant pacing makes you fear the shark long before he's shown on-screen. The mishmash of personalities set out to sea to save the town gives the movie great depth and tension. And the monologue by Robert Shaw referencing the real-life events of the U.S.S. Indianapolis may be the best soliloquy in all of horror films.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Isn't #6 --> #5 where we get another big jump?
Scoresman
Footballguy
Yeah true, it's a 70 point jump, but also jump from 14 to 15 total votes. The 124 point jump from 5 to 4 does not include an increase in number of votes.
Keith R
The Don
I should have been counting, but I gather the movie that was on all lists has not yet been named, right?
Bossman
Footballguy
There's a little dive bar near me called "The Bitter End" ... not so far from where the movie was filmed. They have a nautical theme and they play the Jaws movie on a loop.
Anytime there's a lull in conversation, just look up and you're entertained.
jamny
Footballguy
My Dad took me and my brother to see Jaws on the opening weekend. I was 11 at the time. He was definitely not prepared for the line and I remember moments where he wanted to leave but thankfully he stuck it out. One of my favorite movie experiences ever. Such a great, fun movie. It never did really freak me out about going in the water though. We would go to Rockaway Beach or Jones Beach all the time.
Jaws was the first book I ever read for just the heck of it. I was then able to utilize it for book reports in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade. In 10th grade it was an oral presentation of the book report in front of the class and my buddy was in the back of the room using his arms to simulate a "chomp" the entire time I was speaking. I almost lost it a few times.
Quint
Footballguy
next time y'all watch Jaws, pay attention to how the color yellow is used: it's a precursor to a shark attack/sighting.
- guy throwing a stick to Pipet (the dog) has a yellow shirt
- the little Kitner boy was on a yellow raft
- Chief Brody's truck is yellow (when he shows up to find Chrissy Watkins' remains)
- the barrels Quint uses to hunt the shark
- the helicopter patrolling the beach is yellow
- flashlight Hooper is holding when he finds Ben Garder's head (and shark tooth "the size of a shot glass") is yellow
- guy throwing a stick to Pipet (the dog) has a yellow shirt
- the little Kitner boy was on a yellow raft
- Chief Brody's truck is yellow (when he shows up to find Chrissy Watkins' remains)
- the barrels Quint uses to hunt the shark
- the helicopter patrolling the beach is yellow
- flashlight Hooper is holding when he finds Ben Garder's head (and shark tooth "the size of a shot glass") is yellow
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Me too, but I think my wife is starting to take it a little personally.
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Jeesh.....spoiler alert. You tell us to pay attention and then give away all the sightings. Just ruined it. Drop the movie to #197
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation with Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger is a fun one
It really ruined it for me because I couldn't get past Jake Brigance and Dorothy Boyd fighting with chainsaws
