BOF Top 25 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time (the countdown has started!!)

[Jack Nevada]

OR it's #11.

D'oh, I thought we were already at Top 10. 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Yay, Aliens and The Thing!

[The Stingray]

#11:

 

The Exorcist (1973) - 34 points

 

 

The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. The movie deals with the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl and her mother's desperate attempts to win back her child through an exorcism conducted by two priests.

 

Production Budget: $10,497,444

Domestic Total Gross: $232,906,145

Domestic Total Gross, Adjusted for Inflation: $890,323,300

Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 10/2

Rotten Tomatoes score: 87%

 

Trivia:

There are tales about ominous events surrounding the year-long shoot, including the deaths of nine people associated with the production and stories about a mysterious fire that destroyed the set one weekend. Actors Jack MacGowran and Vasiliki Maliaros died before the film was released.

 

[The Stingray]

It's getting serious. Top 10 coming up!

[CaptainJackSparrow]

You know what is an underrated horror film? Children of the Corn. The movie is so creepy, and the score is excellent.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

And my favorite horror movie is still Signs.Which is also my favorite film.

Edited November 16, 2013 by Tarzan

[The Stingray]

And my favorite horror movie is still Signs.Which is also my favorite film.

I can tell you right now it ain't on the list.

Edited November 16, 2013 by The Stingray

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I can tell you right now it ain't on the list.

Then this lost needs some serious editing. I mean, Scream 2?

[The Stingray]

#10: (Coolio wont be mad)

 

Scream (1996) - 38 points

 

 

Scream is a 1996 American slasher film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven. Scream follows the character of Sidney Prescott (Campbell), a high school student in the fictional town of Woodsboro, who becomes the target of a mysterious killer known as Ghostface. The film combined comedy and "whodunit" mystery with the violence of the slasher genre to satirize the cliché of the horror genre popularized in films such as Halloween and Friday the 13th. The film was considered unique at the time of its release for featuring characters who were aware of real world horror films and openly discussed the cliché that Scream attempted to subvert.

 

Production Budget: $14 million

Domestic Total Gross: $103,046,663

Rotten Tomatoes score: 80%

 

Trivia:

Originally titled "Scary Movie", a title which was later used for a parody of Scream and other pop culture horror films like it.

Edited November 16, 2013 by The Stingray

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Now that is a great film.

[#ED]

The Exorcist didn't make top 10? 

[CoolioD1]

I adore the first Scream, actually.

[The Stingray]

I adore the first Scream, actually.

lol. Sorry.

[The Stingray]

#9:

 

Alien (1979) - 39 points

 

 

Alien is a 1979 science-fiction film directed by Ridley Scott. In the film, the spaceship Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly, highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature has joined them.

 

Production Budget: $11 million

Domestic Total Gross: $80,931,801

Domestic Total Gross, Adjusted for Inflation: $253,189,800

Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 2/1

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

 

Trivia:

Ridley Scott's 2003 director's cut largely came about when over 100 boxes of footage of his 1979 original were discovered in a London vault.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

One of my favorite films.

[The Stingray]

#8:

 

The Blair Witch Project (1999) - 41 points

 

 

The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film written and directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. Though fictional, it is presented as if it depicted real events, and popularized this style of horror movie. The film relates the story of three student filmmakers who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The viewers are told the three were never seen or heard from again, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later by the police department and that this "recovered footage" is the film the viewer is watching.

 

Production Budget: $60,000

Domestic Total Gross: $140,539,099

Rotten Tomatoes score: 87%

 

Trivia:

Numerous fans were so convinced of the Blair Witch's existence that they flocked to Maryland in hopes of discovering the legend. They apparently didn't read the closing credits of the film.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Another great film. I heard the sequel is really bad.

[The Stingray]

#7:

 

Psycho (1960) - 51 points

 

 

Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film centers on the encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane, who ends up at a secluded motel after embezzling money from her employer, and the motel's disturbed owner-manager, Norman Bates.

 

Production Budget: $806,947

Domestic Total Gross: $32,000,000

Domestic Total Gross, Adjusted for Inflation: $343,466,800

Academy Award Nominations/Wins: 4/0

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

 

Trivia:

In the opening scene, Marion Crane is wearing a white bra because Alfred Hitchcock wanted to show her as being "angelic". After she has taken the money, the following scene has her in a black bra because now she has done something wrong and evil. Similarly, before she steals the money, she has a white purse; after she's stolen the money, her purse is black.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I just finished that film for the first time yesterday at film studies. I love the final fifteen minutes!The Birds better be on here.

[The Stingray]

#6:

 

The Ring (2002) - 52 points

 

 

The Ring is a 2002 American psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski. It is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film Ringu, which itself was based on the novel Ringu by Kôji Suzuki (who also helped co-write both film versions), and focuses on a mysterious cursed videotape that contains a seemingly random series of disturbing images. After watching the tape, the viewer receives a phone call in which a girl's voice announces that the viewer will die in seven days.

 

Production Budget: $48 million

Domestic Total Gross: $129,128,133

Rotten Tomatoes score: 71%

 

Trivia:

In both the American and Japanese versions, the name of the little girl is connected to a story about death. The name "Samara" refers to a story retold by W. Somerset Maugham (Appointment in Samarra) about a man who meets Death in the marketplace and flees to the town of Samarra.