Best Horror Movie Ever - Voting and Results Thread

Choc Chip

Choc Chip wrote: »

My more accurate definition is whether my husband will watch.

If he goes to the other room to put on football, its a horror.

Also, Mick is still right about Sean of the dead. Sorry qb!

quickbeam

Deleted User wrote: »

Is jurassic park a horror

Absolutely!

TheValeyard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is jurassic park a horror

The sequels certainly are horrific.

TheValeyard

Show me the way to go
I'm tired and I wanna go to bed
I had a little drink
about an hour ago
and it's gone straight
to my head
Where ever I may roam
on land or sea or form
You can always hear me
singing a song
Show me the way to your home
Wher ever I may roam
On land or sea or form
well he can always hear me
singing a song
Show me a way in your home
I gotta go home
Just point me home

Tammy!

I do see Jaws as a horror but just thinking I don't see Jurassic Park as one?!

I just realised I forgot about Gremlins!!

Edit: sorry just saw that post from Mick!

quickbeam

Deleted User wrote: »

Whats the fiction?

You think Jaws is a true story??

Jurgen The German

Cabin though I loved it is not a horror movie, never mind the fact Dawn is imo the second best zombie movie ever made. Dawn wins that one easily.

Jaws vs 28DL is a tough one. Jaws absolutely is a horror movie however so is 28DL. Jaws is a simple idea and plays on a real human fear and is something that could happen. 28DL could conceivably happen too given but its still a bit in the sci fi realm, for that reason Jaws edge it, only just mind.

quickbeam

Choc Chip wrote: »

Also, Mick is still right about Sean of the dead. Sorry qb!

No he's not. It's a horror comedy.

Aliens is a horror action.

Genres can mix!

Banjo

The problem with Jurassic Park is that as s theme park it lacks the insidious horror of creeping additional costs for remote queuing, premium passes, refillable drinks, jeyfobs and photos... They're quite direct about how they're going to kill you, so it seems quite whimsical

TheValeyard

quickbeam wrote: »

You think Jaws is a true story??

The story that Quint tells certainly is true. And the inspiration for the book is very loosely based on a series of shark attacks New Jersey 1916

Mam of 4

I always thought DOTD was a farcical comedic horror , along the same lines as The Leprechaun tbh

quickbeam

quickbeam wrote: »

You think Jaws is a true story??

Sorry shoukd explain better is possible not probable sharks do eat people attack people, horror is scary fantasty, jaws is thriller

Jurgen The German

Mam of 4 wrote: »

I always thought DOTD was a farcical comedic horror , along the same lines as The Leprechaun tbh

:eek:

khalessi

TheValeyard wrote: »

The story that Quint tells certainly is true. And the inspiration for the book is very loosely based on a series of shark attacks New Jersey 1916

its also true they needed a bigger boat

Choc Chip

Deleted User wrote: »

Is jurassic park a horror

Nope. Going by my husband test it's not.

Serious answer: Jaws is a horror for me - it's trying to scare you. Jurassic park doesn't have that as its primary objective, its just heightened dramatic tension.

You cant say any film with a bit of a thrill is a horror (in my opinion).

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

28 days jaws is not a horror movie

Cabin in the woods as it's a really cool take on the horror genre

What's your definition of a horror movie?

Vale puts the debate to bed

Choc Chip

quickbeam wrote: »

No he's not. It's a horror comedy.

Aliens is a horror action.

Genres can mix!

They can, but I still disagree that Sean of the dead ever intended to scare me. If it never intended to scare, shock or startle me, how is it a horror?

Izombie has zombies but it's far from a horror.

Necro

Dawn of the Dead leads 5-4.

Giving it another while, but would you like another two movies to debate while we wait for a deciding/tying vote(s)?

TheValeyard

khalessi wrote: »

its also true they needed a bigger boat

Although using oxygen tanks to blow up sharks aint actually going to work

quickbeam

Deleted User wrote: »

Sorry shoukd explain better is possible not probable sharks do eat people attack people, horror is scary fantasty, jaws is thriller

Horrors don't have to have supernatural elements.

Lots of horrors are just based on "possible" events.

quickbeam

Choc Chip wrote: »

Nope. Going by my husband test it's not.

Serious answer: Jaws is a horror for me - it's trying to scare you. Jurassic park doesn't have that as its primary objective, its just heightened dramatic tension.

You cant say any film with a bit of a thrill is a horror (in my opinion).

You're right that horror /= thriller.

But there is a lot of cases where there is crossover.

Ditto, plenty of horror films aren't that scary. It doesn't mean they're not horrors.

It is subjective and there's no definitive answer though. But debate is fun.

Necro

Coming up next:



PSYCHO


VS

EVENT HORIZON

Jurgen The German

quickbeam wrote: »

Horrors don't have to have supernatural elements.

Lots of horrors are just based on "possible" events.

Precisely, Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer for example, a gritty, grimey and very real look into the mind of a murderer.

I'll vote

28 days later

Cabin

Necro

Gimme a reason PJ for your vote to stick for Cabin

Jaws has dispatched 28 days already unfortunately for you

quickbeam

Easy peasy! Psycho is a knock-out classic!

Jurgen The German

Psycho, it's one of the genre daddy's and arguably the first slasher movie (though there isn't any actual on screen slashing). I never cared for EH and still dont know why its held in such high regard by so many.

TheValeyard

Event Horizon: Great mystery, Good tension, horrific hell scene, evil ship.

Psycho: great theme tune, Good plot, great ending.


Event Horizon for me.

Not gonna lie. I put Jaws forward. I Googled horror films and it was amongst the first 20 or so that Google listed. I was surprised it fell under that genre.

quickbeam

BTW, called it!!!

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.

Choc Chip

quickbeam wrote: »

You're right that horror /= thriller.

But there is a lot of cases where there is crossover.

Ditto, plenty of horror films aren't that scary. It doesn't mean they're not horrors.

It is subjective and there's no definitive answer though. But debate is fun.

What horror films aren't scary?! That's the whole point of them!

I'm off to recheck a definition now cos if they're not trying to scare you, I don't agree they're horror.

And I do like debate.

quickbeam

Zombieland wasn't scary (to me).

Mam of 4

Psycho ,
For forever giving me an intense dislike of shower curtains...

Choc Chip

Psycho!

For a film without a lot of gore, its terrifying.

TheValeyard

Still think the TV series, The Haunting of Hill House, is far better than most of these films

quickbeam

From my spreadsheet, other horrors, I didn't find particularly scary:

The Craft
Fright Night (both of them)
From Dusk till Dawn
Grabbers
10 Cloverfield Lane
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
The Wicker Man

sKeith

Event Horizon, cause i like space ships in my horror movies.

TheValeyard

TheValeyard wrote: »

Still think the TV series, The Haunting of Hill House, is far better than most of these films

Interesting on the list is it old?

Kolido

EH is good but dont think it will stand the test of time like psycho

Psycho gets my vote.

Necro

Necro wrote: »

Gimme a reason PJ for your vote to stick for Cabin

Jaws has dispatched 28 days already unfortunately for you

Oh okay. Nevermind. I've only seen cabin so not a good enough reason.

Choc Chip

quickbeam wrote: »

Zombieland wasn't scary (to me).

I'm actually laughing qb!

I was going to use that as another example of a zombie comedy rather than a horror earlier. I don't think that's a horror at all. Black sheep is similar - funny not scary.

TheValeyard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Interesting on the list is it old?

No, as it's a TV series and not a film

It's on Netflix, about 10 episodes. One of the best shows of recent times.

Banjo

Event horizon. Psyvjos capacity to scare was spoiled by how imitated it was and how the medium progressed.

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh okay. Nevermind. I've only seen cabin so not a good enough reason.

If it's why you want to vote for Cabin, it's a good enough reason

Necro

Oooh this is getting saucy.

Psycho leads 4-3

quickbeam

Choc Chip wrote: »

I'm actually laughing qb!

I was going to use that as another example of a zombie comedy rather than a horror earlier. I don't think that's a horror at all. Black sheep is similar - funny not scary.

LadySkunk

TheValeyard wrote: »

Still think the TV series, The Haunting of Hill House, is far better than most of these films

I didn’t think that was scary at all! I got really bored of the whole thing and never finished it

quickbeam

If we're going with horror TV shows, then I vote Harper's Island.

sKeith

quickbeam wrote: »

from rotten tomatos

• Rating:
  R (for horror violence/gore and language)
• Genre:
  Comedy, Horror