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Top 25 horror films post 2000- SHAUN OF THE DEAD WINS

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This isn't a list of scariest post-2000 horrors, this is just the best films which are also horrors. Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, while also comedies, count as horrors and are both really good, hence why they won.

 

Also Army of Darkness is a 1992 film.

 

For whatever reason, I misread/jumped to the conclusion that it was last 25 years, not post-2000. Oh well.

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Devil was also really good.

I wouldn't say really good, but considering the quality of the other films shamalamadingdong had never involved with over the past decade or so, it was a pleasant surprise. Far better than everything post unbreakable, including the abhorrent signs. I'm quite chuffed with the list, glad to see Saw on the list, disappointed at the lack of Saw VI though. And Baumer, Shane you don't like The Host, I thought it may have been up your street, but you can never predict your opinion, which is awesome.
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Here comes Rukaio telling me what is wrong with me again. I have seen plenty of films.

Then explain your opinion to me because I don't get how someone could place Signs as their No 1 unless they really haven't seen many good films. (although if you have a really close personal link to the film, that's a bit more understandable)

 

Now, I'm not saying Signs is an absolutely horrible film, I can understand why some people like it. But it is very heavily flawed and absolutely riddled with major plot holes. It's not even close in quality to the Sixth Sense.

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Oh great, I have to explain myself for Saying Signs is my favorite film. Give it a rest, there are things called opinions.

Yes, and my view on opinions is that, if you want them to be taken seriously by other people, you have to back them up with reasoning/evidence. Especially if posting them in a public forum, where people are likely to disagree with them.

 

But, honestly, I'm not asking you to explain why Signs is your favourite film to make fun of you, or belittle your opinions. I'm genuinely curious what makes it good enough for you to consider it your favourite film ever.

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Great acting, great music, a great ending, a couple really good "scares", and names me emotional, which films rarely do. What is your favorite film?

Could I get a bit more indepth than that? It's easy to just say everything's great, I want you to explain what specifically makes the acting/ending so great in your eyes and why it makes you so emotional.

 

Anyway my favourite film, while an odd choice, is Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Wererabbit. A large part of that is due to the massive amount of nostalgia I have for the film. I grew up watching Aardman and Wallace and Gromit, so it's always had a special place in my heart. Add that to the fact that the film is very very funny and very British in its sense of humour. A good amount of my own sense of humour was inspired by this film. The film also has fantastic replay value as, when I rewatch it, I constantly notice small jokes and easter eggs I didn't spot before, whether it's a funny background sign/picture or an homage to a famous horror movie. In fact the whole film seems packed with effort. It takes years and years to finish a stop-motion movie and the effort definitely shows. In addition, the fact that a stop-motion takes so long to film means that the script is almost completely free of pop-culture references that quickly become dated, giving it more of a timeless feel and meaning it'll hold up over the years to come. 

 

I also love the characters, in particular Gromit. The guy has no voice or even a mouth, but the sheer amount of emotion they manage to pull from that lump of clay is nothing short of mindboggling. There's a reason the guy is one of my favourite film characters of all time. Wallace is also fantastic, simultaneous clueless and charming. I'm also a massive fan of Victor Quartermaine, who's one of my favourite comedic villains. He's so fantastically foppish and over-the-top while simultaneously being quite pathetic, that it's impossible not to love to hate him. It's like if Dick Dastardly (another nostalgic figure for me) was a British fop. You even get a meta laugh when you consider his voice actor, Ralph Fiennes, also plays such heinous screen villains as Voldemort and Amon Goeth. I'd go on about the other characters and music and... pretty much everything, but I think you get the idea why I love it.

 

Of course, that's not to say that I think the film is perfect, or without flaws. Because it is very British and there are a lot of elements to it that I think other people really won't get. In addition, the stop-motion animation (while fitting with the mood of the film, can feel a bit rusty at time, especially compared to the smoother animated films nowadays. But this is my favourite film, not which film I consider the best. If I were to pick which film I consider the best, I'd probably pick a classic film like Casablanca or 12 Angry Men.

 

So that's why I consider Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Wererabbit my favourite film. God, it feels good to gush. 

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