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

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Another great, creepy film.

[The Stingray]

#1:

 

Leprechaun: In the Hood (2000) - 79 points

 

 

Leprechaun in the Hood is a 2000 American comedy horror film directed by Rob Spera, in which The Leprechaun ends up in the inner city, Compton, CA. It is the fifth entry in the Leprechaun series.

Edited November 16, 2013 by The Stingray

[Jake Gittes]

BOOOO at PSYCHO on the list.

[Dementeleus]

Excellent. A brilliant deconstruction of horror tropes.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Yes! I can now safely come out and say Signs isn't my favorites movie, but Leprechaun In the Hood is!

[Dementeleus]

I'm not much of a fan.

[CoolioD1]

I'm not much of a fan.

Booooo Telemachos, Booooo.

[The Stingray]

#1: This is called dominating...

 

Halloween (1978) - 104 points

 

 

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher horror film directed and scored by John Carpenter. The film was the first installment in what became the Halloween franchise. The plot is set in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween night in 1963, a six-year-old Michael Myers murders his older sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, he escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent him from killing.

 

Production Budget: $325,000

Domestic Total Gross: $47,000,000

Domestic Total Gross, Adjusted for Inflation: $161,688,000

Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%

 

Trivia:

Due to its shoestring budget, the prop department had to use the cheapest mask that they could find in the costume store: a Star Trek William Shatner mask. They later spray-painted the face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eye holes. Shatner admitted that for years he had no idea his likeness was used for this film. It was only during an interview that someone mentioned his mask was being used. He has since stated that he is honored by this gesture.

Edited November 16, 2013 by The Stingray

[Dementeleus]

It's got a couple great scenes, but the rest of the movie is pretty lax.You know how baumer feels about THE EXORCIST? That's me and PSYCHO.

[Jake Gittes]

I wouldn't call Psycho a favorite either, but I think it absolutely earns a place in the list of great horror films.

[CoolioD1]

It's got a couple great scenes, but the rest of the movie is pretty lax.You know how baumer feels about THE EXORCIST? That's me and PSYCHO.

BOOOOO TELEMACHOS BOOOOOO

 

 

I've said my piece.

[Dementeleus]

Good choice for #1!Thanks for doing this, Stingray.

[The Stingray]

FULL LIST

 

1. Halloween - 104 points

2. The Shining - 78

3. Jaws - 74

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street - 69

5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 64

6. The Ring - 52

7. Psycho - 51

8. The Blair Witch Project - 41

9. Alien - 39

10. Scream - 38

11. The Exorcist - 34

12. The Thing - 32

13. Rosemary's Baby - 27

14. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter - 26

14. Poltergeist - 26

16. Aliens - 25

17. Evil Dead II - 24

18.The Fly - 22

19. Eraserhead - 21

20. The Evil Dead - 20

21. Scream 2 - 17

22. Friday the 13th Part III - 16 (more #1 spots than A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors & Drag Me to Hell)

23. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - 16

23. Drag Me to Hell - 16

25. Wes Craven's New Nightmare - 15

[CoolioD1]

I knew The Haunting wouldn't be on the list. If only I had voted to knock some sense into you knuckleheads. And no Romero movies either? C'mon fellas.

[The Stingray]

Thanks to everyone who voted!

 

Thanks to baumer for his hustle and helping me get people on board, and Telemachos for helping me edit this thing!

 

Much appreciated, y'all!

[The Stingray]

I knew The Haunting wouldn't be on the list. If only I had voted to knock some sense into you knuckleheads. And no Romero movies either? C'mon fellas.

Only Tele voted for The Haunting. Unless you mean the Jan de Bont one.

[The Stingray]

Some stats:

 

Submitted lists: 17

 

Films from the 1960's: 2

Films from the 1970's: 6

Films from the 1980's: 11

Films from the 1990's: 4

Films from the 2000's: 2

 

RT-fresh films: 23

RT-rotten films: 2 (Friday the 13th Part III & Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)

 

[CoolioD1]

Only Tele voted for The Haunting. Unless you mean the Jan de Bont one.

Of course I meant the Jan De Bont one. I am after all, a lobotomy patient.

 

No, c'mon, seriously?

[The Stingray]

Runners-up:

 

Saw - 14 points

The Cabin in the Woods - 13

Inside - 13

Scream 4 - 11

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - 11

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives - 10

Night of the Living Dead - 10

[The Stingray]

Of course I meant the Jan De Bont one. I am after all, a lobotomy patient.

 

No, c'mon, seriously?

I kid, I kid.