Best Horror Movie - Boardsies Decide

Necro

Ok in keeping with our honourable mod quickbeam and her fantastic contest last Saturday, I'm going to jump on her idea and get more specific in the genres.

First up: Horror Movies!

So from the original game, how it works:

• PM me your top 5 horror movies in no particular order
• We'll leave it open for about a week (Let's say Tuesday 13th)
• I'll collate the movies, sort by popularity, and pick the top 32 mentioned. If there are more than 32 movies selected, those with multiple selections will go through and the rest randomised.
• Then we'll open up for the knock-out stages, two films fight it out. With a tennis scoring system: the first to 6 votes with two clear points ahead. Give reasons for your choice too, just to make it a bit interesting. No time limit, just the first to 6.
• The winner goes to the next round, and repeat with the next two until we've halved the number
• Depending on popularity of the contest (he says hopefully) Quarter Finals will be first to 8, Semis first to 10, Final first to 12, until eventually we have a winner, and the arguments can begin.
• I'll try to seed the movies mentioned in the knock-out so we're not starting out with #1 and #2 the top rated movies from the get go.

I'll run the reveal sometime next week, maybe during the week this time so you all have something to distract you from actually doing work that day

And... go!

quickbeam

I think there'll not just be arguments about what movies win, but what actually constitutes a horror movie

Will definitely be entering.

Electric Nitwit

quickbeam wrote: »

I think there'll not just be arguments about what movies win, but what actually constitutes a horror movie

Will definitely be entering.

Is Back To The Future 2 a horror?

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Is Back To The Future 2 a horror?

IMDB will decide on that, not me

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096874/

Banjo

If the movie fails the Skid test, it's horror. End of!

Tammy!

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Is Back To The Future 2 a horror?

No not a horror but it is one of the top four movies of all time

I'm in.

Banjo

IN!

It feels wrong to slash so many great names off the list, but I guess it's karma.

tusk

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Is Back To The Future 2 a horror?

it is after the last competition!

Kolido

osh

Weirdly it was just on RTÉ

TheValeyard

Land before time.

Sharptooth scared the bejaysus out of 3/4year old Vale.

Necro

osh wrote: »

Weirdly it was just on RTÉ

The people who got it to the semi final clearly work for RTE and it was some sort of mad viral marketing plan

quickbeam

Necro wrote: »

The people who got it to the semi final clearly work for RTE and it was some sort of mad viral marketing plan

I have that data if you want me to share :P

Kolido

quickbeam wrote: »

I have that data if you want me to share :P

Gdpr

quickbeam

Ha! Wonder does that mean I should delete all my past spreadsheet notes on previous WW games too?

tusk

gPdr*

IN...... Or voted...... or Sent....

RiderOnTheStorm

I'm in ....

Mehaffey1

Pm sent

Necro

Thanks for the entries so far folks

Some great choices flowing in so far!

fixXxer

Sent!

I don't know if you wanted IMDB pages for each one but you now have IMDB pages for each one.

tusk

I don't think I'll enter, because I don't think I've seen any good horrors really.

I'm looking forward to seeing peoples' suggestions though

Tammy!

I wasn't around to vote for the best movie thread the other day and only took part tusks music game the other week but with these type of games where you post to vote, can you post a vote and reason for your own entries too?

Necro

Tammy! wrote: »

I wasn't around to vote for the best movie thread the other day and only took part tusks music game the other week but with these type of games where you post to vote, can you post a vote and reason for your own entries too?

Yep, when the knockout stage begins you vote for your preferred movie in each match-up.

First to 6 votes with a gap of 2 (so 6-4 as an eg) progresses.

Zaph

Passing on this one too, horror films just aren't my thing. Looking forward to some other genres in the future though.

Necro

Don't go too far Zaph, I've got War Movies lined up for the next one

Zaph

Necro wrote: »

Don't go too far Zaph, I've got War Movies lined up for the next one

Now you're talking!

osh

Yeah horror movies aren’t for me either. I could name 5 big hitters but no real interest in the voting

Interesting idea. Horror films would probably be my least favourite genre. As in, some of them I absolutely hate because they scared the bejaysus out of me, haunted me for weeks and put me off the genre entirely... but I think I can muster 5 that I genuinely love

Necro

So would people prefer to leave this till next week... or would there be interest in me running it tomorrow?

If the latter, sign ups will close at 9am tomorrow morning.

sKeith

have the entries began to dry up?