Best Horror Movie Ever - Voting and Results Thread

Tammy!

The Ring for me.

Jaws is a classic but I'm going with what I feel is more of a horror.

The first time I watched The Ring, I couldn't sleep that night because I had a tv in my bedroom. I had to put a blanket over it. Not sure what a blanket was going to do but it made me feel better about it.

khalessi

Choc Chip wrote: »

See - so we shouldn't vote jaws because it negatively impacted on worldwide perception of sharks, increased irrational fear of them and human overreaction to their presence. Jaws killed sharks (I've actually heard that's true, but I've also been drinking).

Treue it did and Peter Benchley apologised in later years for that

TheValeyard

Im back

Have to be Jaws, classic, great theme tune, excellent acting and classic lines.

Heres Johnny

Kolido wrote: »

Heres Johnny wrote: »

For what it's worth, 3 movies I wouldn't watch before bedtime are the ring, the exorcist and It Follows. They really got to me.

Great call on It follows. Thats a legit creepy show.

Walked the dog in the park at night time after watching that and gave myself the creeps!

Necro

Ok for the benefit of moving the game along my decision on Dawn of the Dead VS The Thing is as follows;


I need to rewatch The Thing, because I just don't remember it in the same light as some here. I remember being bored with it.

On the other hand I actually prefer the modern remake of Dawn over the original (sacrilege, I know!) so I'm in a tough bind.

Zombies and zombie movies are my jam though, so for that reason I will vote for Dawn of the Dead. Just.

Kolido

See folks, brown envelopes do work.

Heres Johnny

Fire both semis up together we'll get this thing wrapped tonight! I've seen all 4 anyway

Necro

First semi-final and we have two movies who have steamrolled their opponents so far...

Who falls at the final hurdle??






THE LOST BOYS



VS




JAWS

khalessi

The Lost Boys for the mullets Business at the front fun in the back! and for over use of blow drys

Necro

Semi final 2 is going to be a toughie for some.





ALIENS


VS


DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)

Choc Chip

Lost boys.

Vampires > sharks in horror

Plus, think of the ecological impact on sharks.

Vote lost boys.

sKeith

gotta be the lost boys.

like micks been saying, jaws ain't even a .. :pac:

Rikand

I'm raging Silent Hill didnt get further

When I brought our dog for a walk, I'd always bring the torch, but after watching silent hill, i was so conflicted for months as to whether I should walk with the torch on or off. Off and i didnt know what was going to kill me, but turn it on and I was definitely getting killed!

sKeith

aliens - aliens would make zombies extinct in a few days

Heres Johnny

I voted for the lost boys earlier and against Jaws earlier. But in true inconsistent form I'm going to vote Jaws. The suspense of it all was something else. And the theme tune. I've actually cage dived with sharks in South Africa and although big scary beasts nothing like the movie, so Spielberg and Co really made a great horror there. The teenage vampires have met their match in a mechanical rubber fish I'm afraid.

Choc Chip

Dawn of the dead.

I've spent tonight updating my zombie apocolypse plan.

I like aliens, but it's not the classic horror that dawn of the dead is.

Kolido

The lost boys edges it for me, pure cheesy 80's fun

There's no TV! Have you seen a TV, Mike? I haven't seen a TV. Do you know what it means when there's no TV? - No MTV!

Aliens for me also. Not really a horror but a great sequel to one.

Heres Johnny

Aliens v zombies. Now there's a movie. But I know how it ends. A win for aliens. A superior life form altogether. And an even more superior film

Mam of 4

Necro , you're cruel

The Lost Boys , the actors , the music , ..

And Aliens .

Bad ass Ripley , freaky scary Aliens , and not a zombie in sight !

khalessi

Necro wrote: »

Semi final 2 is going to be a toughie for some.





ALIENS

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A face only a mother could love. smiling too! must be school photo

Aliens love it

khalessi

be interesting final

Choc Chip

I'm enjoying some of the reasons at this time of night.

A suspense scifi thriller
A zombie movie
A thriller
And a film i havent seen make the semis in the horror booooo

Jurgen The German

The Lost Boys. Although it's a bit dated these days, it has a timeless coolness to it. As it happens, there is a horror movie convention in Manchester in october that I'm going to. There is a Lost Boys reunion at it. All the cast (with the exception of Feldman cos he is a douche and Jami Gertz cos she is a billionaire) are going to be in attendance so I've bought myself an original LB onesheet poster that I'm going to get signed by everyone, king of the dorks or what. :pac:

Dawn wins easily for me in the other semi. As I mentioned, I dont consider Aliens a horror movie, as much fun as it is however Dawn is absolutely one and it set the tone for gore and grue in horror movies that followed.

Necro

Lost Boys roflstomps (can't believe I get to use that phrase ) over Jaws and becomes our first finalist.


Aliens leads 5 - 2, still time for this to be turned around though.

Heres Johnny

I'm well into the thing here now and it did well to get as far as it did, not brilliant in my opinion. Must have had a few easy rounds early on. Very like aliens but not anywhere near as suspenseful or scary

juke

I vote Jaws because:

1. I am a coward. It's the only one of the 32 I have seen
2. It was one of my 5 for best movie of all time

I don't belong here

Tammy!

The Lost Boys. There are a good few frights in it and also for the end where they take out each vampire and Micheal ends up against David. Then the twist..

Kolido

Heres Johnny wrote: »

I'm well into the thing here now and it did well to get as far as it did, not brilliant in my opinion. Must have had a few easy rounds early on. Very like aliens but not anywhere near as suspenseful or scary

Which one you watching?

Heres Johnny

Come on someone get aliens over the line

Heres Johnny

Kolido wrote: »

Heres Johnny wrote: »

I'm well into the thing here now and it did well to get as far as it did, not brilliant in my opinion. Must have had a few easy rounds early on. Very like aliens but not anywhere near as suspenseful or scary

Which one you watching?

1982

sKeith

juke wrote: »

I vote Jaws because:

1. I am a coward. It's the only one of the 32 I have seen
2. It was one of my 5 for best movie of all time

I don't belong here

only 2 of my 5 picks made it into the 32

Jurgen The German

Kolido wrote: »

Which one you watching?

There is only one other version of The Thing and that was directed by Howard Hawks.

TheValeyard

my votes

Jaws

Aliens

Necro

Any objections to me accepting Vale's vote and proceeding to the final? Or you could just give me a brief reason Vale :P

Mam of 4

Necro wrote: »

Any objections to me accepting Vale's vote and proceeding to the final? Or you could just give me a brief reason Vale :P

Take it

Rikand

Didnt make it

Heres Johnny

Necro wrote: »

Any objections to me accepting Vale's vote and proceeding to the final? Or you could just give me a brief reason Vale :P

Was well on the way to a solid win anyway

Choc Chip

I don't get the love of jaws!

You're all mad.

Rikand

Aliens

Because the sewer scene always got me - who was going to get it and from where

Choc Chip

Choc Chip wrote: »

I don't get the love of jaws!

You're all mad.

Its not even a horror movie aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Banjo

To late to vote list boys for the batman#17 gag and Dawn for reasons I mentioned before.?

khalessi

Banjo wrote: »

To late to vote list boys for the batman#17 gag and Dawn for reasons I mentioned before.?

just a tad methinks

TheValeyard

Necro wrote: »

Any objections to me accepting Vale's vote and proceeding to the final? Or you could just give me a brief reason Vale :P

they are some of the most awesome films of all time and are cultural icons

Necro

And Rikand's official vote seals it.

Aliens advances as the xenomorphs destroy the shambling zombies

6-2 the final score

Kolido

I thought the lost boys already got through to the final?

Heres Johnny

Do a 3rd place between Jaws and Dawn too!

Necro

Final coming up.

Banjo your vote was valid but just a little too late behind Rikand's killer one.

Necro

So after almost 12 hours we are down to two movies:


In the red corner, smashing conventional horrors before it en route to a possible fairytale victory with a stellar cast including a guy who would grow up to be Jack Bauer, we have:


THE LOST BOYS

Lost Boys IMDB

And in the blue corner we have a gun toting Ripley, a cute little girl, xenomorphs and Bill Paxton - it can only be....


ALIENS

Aliens IMDB

Gonna let this run for 30 mins, most votes wins.

Don't make me cast the deciding vote :P

Banjo

Why did I enter this all day movie marathon and shun the far more manageable movie quiz. God damn it...