Top 25 Time Horror Movies

Has someone got the full list - I haven't got time at the moment to click through them all.
But Shaun of the Dead and Bambi?:confused:

What's their definition of "horror film"?

I like #25 - Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, but I still wouldn't call that a "horror film"
 
It's not a ranked list, it's chronological, wih #1 being the most recent, and #25 the oldest.

Which is unusual, but it's an interesing read nonetheless.
 
Here you go -

1). Shaun of the Dead (2004)
2). Red Dragon (2002)
3). Audition (1999)
4). Braindead/Dead Alive (1992)
5). Men Behind The Sun (1988)
6). The Fly (1986)
7). Alien (1979)
8). Halloween (1978)
9). Carrie (1976)
10). Jaws (1975)
11). The Texas Chainsaw Masscare (1974)
12). The Exorcist (1973)
13). Night of the Living Dead (1968)
14). Blood Feast (1963)
15). Black Sunday (1960)
16). Psycho (1960)
17). Peeping Tom (1960)
18). Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
19). Diabolique (1955)
20). Bambi (1942)
21). Freaks (1932)
22). Frankenstein (1931)
23). The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
24). Nosferatu (1922)
25). Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)

An interesting list. Even as a kind of 'jokey' entry, Bambi is out of place. I did find it strange though that whilst Halloween got a nod, there wasn't a mention of Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Surely two of the most well known and well regarded horror films ever?
 
I would have had the Original version of the Haunting in there - that was scary and you never saw any blood, gore or even a ghost.

Shaun of the Dead and Bambi! Someone give 'em a real scare!
 
Cheers for the list The Unknown One

I've bolded the ones I would agree with:

1). Shaun of the Dead (2004)
2). Red Dragon (2002)
3). Audition (1999)
4). Braindead/Dead Alive (1992) (haven't seen it)
5). Men Behind The Sun (1988) (haven't seen it)
6). The Fly (1986)
7). Alien (1979)
8). Halloween (1978)
9). Carrie (1976)
10). Jaws (1975)
11). The Texas Chainsaw Masscare (1974)
12). The Exorcist (1973)
13). Night of the Living Dead (1968)
14). Blood Feast (1963)
15). Black Sunday (1960) (haven't seen it)
16). Psycho (1960)
17). Peeping Tom (1960)
18). Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
19). Diabolique (1955) (I assume that this is Les Diaboliques)
20). Bambi (1942)
21). Freaks (1932)
22). Frankenstein (1931)
23). The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
24). Nosferatu (1922)
25). Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)

and to make up my 25 I would add (off the top of my head):

Vampyre (Carl Dreyer, 1932)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Eraserhead
Aliens
Videodrome
Dawn of the Dead (Romero's original)
Rosemary's Baby
The Haunting (Robert Wise's original)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
The Brood
The Thing (John Carpenter's)
Magic
Night of the Demon
Cat People (1942)

But there are probably loaRAB I've forgotten about!
 
Eveybody will have a different list, and different opinion of decent (and crap) horror.

Even the genre of horror will have different meanings depending on how the viewer appreciates them (I believe Dumbo was far better than Bambi as far as horror, elephant dreams, and the mum getting incarcerated).

If the Time critics are American, they will most likely have seen more US offerings than stuff from elsewhere, such as Asia or Eastern Europe.

Anyway, what happened to Tourist Trap, The Wicker Man, The (original) Ring or indeed any of the classic Hammer offerings to put them outside the list ?
 
The line between the sci-fi and horror genre seems quite blurred in this list, because I would see Alien and The Fly as more sci-fi films that happen to be scary as well, rather than out and out horror movies.
 
LifeForce was a film that had both SciFi and horror to boot.

Add the nudity, some excellent special effects, and a host of well known actors, and the movie was




critically panned.

I loved it however, (saw it on the big screen on my tod one afternoon), the critics can go screw themselves.
 
Although I'm not disputing the quality of the films listed, it very much seems to be a 'horror list for people who don't like horror films'.

if it was aimed at horror fans we would definitely be seeing the likes of Evil Dead, Hellraiser, The Thing, Nightmare on elm street, Saw, Friday 13th, american werewolf, Candyman and Dawn of the dead on the list.
 
3). Audition (1999)
6). The Fly (1986)
7). Alien (1979)
8). Halloween (1978)
9). Carrie (1976)
11). The Texas Chainsaw Masscare (1974)
12). The Exorcist (1973)
13). Night of the Living Dead (1968)
15). Black Sunday (1960)
16). Psycho (1960)
17). Peeping Tom (1960)
18). Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
19). Diabolique (1955)
21). Freaks (1932)
24). Nosferatu (1922)

Definitely agree with those in the list.
 
Audition is the only horror movie that has left me feeling creeped out long after seeing it. Two or three weeks after seeing it my boyfriend imitatated her and freaked me out.

I love horror movies, but I tend to find Japanese films the scariest. I do like alot of American and British horror as well but tend to favour the Sci-fi and gore horror movies in English.

I've not seen everything on the list (I still haven't seen Bambi and plan on staying that way). I was also surprised with the lack of any of the Freddie or Jason movies or that he left out House of 1000 Corpses or The Devils Rejects.
 
As an avid fan of Asian cinema I agree with you here 100%, Audition was a great film, one of the only films I can watch numerous times and still get the chills that I got on the first viewing, not many films do that to me nowadays.

I tend to not find any of the recent Hollywood horror films to be scary really, some other horror films though from the East that I hold a special place for though are:

A Tale of Two Sisters
Infection
The Ghost
The Doll Master

3 of the above are Korean and I gotta say AToTS is probably one of the eeriest films I've ever seen, some good jump out of your seat moments in that.

From the list posted I do agree with most of them, apart from the Exorcist, never liked that film, didn't find it at all scary, but thats just my opinion.
 
(Brutally honest)

No I didn't. The whole thing didn't work for me. The build-up to the alien reveal had about as much tension as a snapped elastic band. When the reveal did come I actually laughed because it looked so fake. The ending just went on and on and wasn't thrilling nor scary. Joaquin Pheonix and Mel Gibson are great actors but they were wasted on this. It didn't scare me, it barely kept my attention. To agree with Homer Simpson, this is just another in a lengthening list of M. Night Shyamalan's increasing poor films.

(End brutally honest)
 
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