Box Office Theory's Top 50 Horror Movies (2018): Details and Submissions

[FantasticBeasts]

1 hour ago, Kalo said:

Is The Six Sense considered horror? that would easily be on my list if it is. as would Signs... not sure if that would be either though.

 

And what about Se7en? it was certinaly one of the scariest films I've ever seen. 

The Sixth Sense is on everyone's lists so yep. Se7en definetely not. It's a classic thriller not horror.

[WrathOfHan]

1 hour ago, Kalo said:

Is The Six Sense considered horror? that would easily be on my list if it is. as would Signs... not sure if that would be either though.

 

And what about Se7en? it was certinaly one of the scariest films I've ever seen. 

 

7 minutes ago, FantasticBeasts said:

The Sixth Sense is on everyone's lists so yep. Se7en definetely not. It's a classic thriller not horror.

Sixth Sense and Signs are eligible. I’ve gotten Se7en on one list, so add that in if you want bc I’m not making it ineligible this close to the deadline lol

[FantasticBeasts]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

 

Sixth Sense and Signs are eligible. I’ve gotten Se7en on one list, so add that in if you want bc I’m not making it ineligible this close to the deadline lol

Don't do this to meeee! Then it's my #1 😮 

[Kalo]

2 minutes ago, FantasticBeasts said:

Don't do this to meeee! Then it's my #1 😮 

Yeah it probably would be mine too.. it is more of a thriller though, so I think I'll just leave it off.

[Rebeccas]

My list:

1. Diaboliques

2. Rosemary's Baby

3. Cat People

4. Repulsion

5. Psycho

6. The Shining

7. The Innocents

8. Carrie

9. Peeping Tom

10. Suspiria

11. The VVitch

12. The Silence of the Lambs

13. The Sixth Sense

14. The Omen (1976)

15. Bride of Frankenstein

16. Freaks

17. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

18. The Invisible Man (1933)

19. The Exorcist

20. The Babadook

21. The Others

22. Don't Look Now

23. Hereditary

24. The Ring (2002)

25. The Invitation (2015)

26. Let the Right One In

27. Black Swan

28. Get Out

29. 28 Days Later

30. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

31. The Haunting (1963)

32. The Orphanage (2007)

33. Scream

34. The Conjuring

35. The Fly (1986)

36. Carnival of Souls

37. Halloween

38. The Birds

 

[rukaio101]

I'm about 90% certain I've missed off at least some of my favourites from this list, but, eh, I'm happy enough with this.

 

1. The Shining
2. The Devil’s Backbone
3. The Thing
4. Ju-on: The Curse
5. Halloween
6. Get Out
7. The Changeling
8. Night of the Demon (1957)
9. Jaws
10. Evil Dead 2
11. Eraserhead
12. The Omen
13. An American Werewolf in London
14. The Haunting
15. Nightmare on Elm Street
16. Black Christmas
17. Train to Busan
18. The Babadook
19. Dead of Night
20. Susperia
21. Manhunter
22. Silence of the Lambs
23. Village of the Damned
24. Dracula
25. Frankenstein
26. The Orphanage
27. The Sixth Sense
28. The Wolf Man
29. Candyman
30. Braindead
31. Misery
32. Bride of Frankenstein
33. Trick R Treat
34. The Invisible Man
35. Hellraiser
36. Tremors
37. Hausu
38. Evil Dead
39. Dawn of the Dead
40. Alice (1988)
41. The Descent
42. The Howling
43. Dog Soldiers
44. Night of the Hunter
45. Poltergeist
46. Deep Red
47. Scream
48. 28 Days Later
49. Them!
50. The Ring

 

 

[redfirebird2008]

51 minutes ago, rukaio101 said:

I'm about 90% certain I've missed off at least some of my favourites from this list, but, eh, I'm happy enough with this.

 

1. The Shining
2. The Devil’s Backbone
3. The Thing
4. Ju-on: The Curse
5. Halloween
6. Get Out
7. The Changeling
8. Night of the Demon (1957)
9. Jaws
10. Evil Dead 2
11. Eraserhead
12. The Omen
13. An American Werewolf in London
14. The Haunting
15. Nightmare on Elm Street
16. Black Christmas
17. Train to Busan
18. The Babadook
19. Dead of Night
20. Susperia
21. Manhunter
22. Silence of the Lambs
23. Village of the Damned
24. Dracula
25. Frankenstein
26. The Orphanage
27. The Sixth Sense
28. The Wolf Man
29. Candyman
30. Braindead
31. Misery
32. Bride of Frankenstein
33. Trick R Treat
34. The Invisible Man
35. Hellraiser
36. Tremors
37. Hausu
38. Evil Dead
39. Dawn of the Dead
40. Alice (1988)
41. The Descent
42. The Howling
43. Dog Soldiers
44. Night of the Hunter
45. Poltergeist
46. Deep Red
47. Scream
48. 28 Days Later
49. Them!
50. The Ring

 

 

 

Pretty good list, I must say. I'm just gonna go with a very short one compared to others in the thread...

 

1. The Shining (1980)

2. Halloween (1978)

3. Jaws (1975)

4. Nosferatu (1922)

5. Frankenstein (1931)

[aabattery]

1. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
2. Jaws (1975)
3. Alien (1979)
4. The Shining (1980)
5. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
6. Psycho (1960)
7. The Thing (1980)
8. Evil Dead II (1987)
9. Get Out (2017)
10. Army of Darkness (1992)
11. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
12. The Hidden (1987)
13. Blade II (2002)
14. Annihilation (2018)
15. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
16. The Evil Dead (1981)
17. Near Dark (1987)

That'll do.

[redfirebird2008]

Thinking some more about it and the original Godzilla from 1954 has to be one of the scariest films at the time of release. Japanese audiences saw Tokyo in flames less than a decade after the nukes were dropped in real life.

 

I guess because it's also sci-fi and the franchise turned campy over the decades, it becomes easy to forget how terrifying that original Godzilla film must have been at the time. 

[Tower]

Number	Film	Year
1	Black Swan	2010
2	The Thing	1982
3	Jaws	1975
4	Psycho	1960
5	Peeping Tom	1960
6	Annihilation	2018
7	Alien	1979
8	The Night Of The Hunter	1955
9	Angel Heart	1987
10	The Sixth Sense	1999
11	Prometheus	2012
12	28 Days Later	2002
13	Get Out	2017
14	Perfect Blue	1997
15	It	2017
16	I Am Legend	2007
17	10 Cloverfield Lane	2016
18	Frankenweenie	2012
19	The Silence Of The Lambs	1991
20	World War Z	2013
21	Alien 3	1992
22	A Nightmare On Elm Street	1984
23	The Shining	1980
24	Pi	1998
25	Aliens	1986
26	Blade	1998
27	Sweeney Todd	2007
28	Dawn Of The Dead	1978
29	Coraline	2009
30	A Quiet Place	2018
31	Alien: Covenant	2017
32	The Exorcist	1973
33	Night Of The Living Dead	1968
34	Split	2017
35	Alien: Resurrection	1997
36	Bad Taste	1987
37	Mother!	2017

[Sheikh]

1	Jaws (1975)
2	Psycho (1960)
3	Get Out (2017)
4	Rosemary's Baby (1968)
5	Carrie (1976)
6	The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
7	Scream (1996)
8	Aliens (1986)
9	An American Werewolf in London (1981)
10	The Fly (1986)
11	Let the Right One In (2008)
12	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
13	The Orphanage (2007)
14	The Shining (1980)
15	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
16	28 Days Later… (2002)
17	The Conjuring (2013)
18	Drag Me to Hell (2009)
19	It Follows (2015)
20	Paranormal Activity (2007)
21	Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh) (2014)
22	A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
23	The Babadook (2014)
24	Evil Dead II (1987)
25	The Others (2001)
26	The Wicker Man (1973)
27	Don't Breathe (2016)
28	Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
29	King Kong (1933)
30	The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) (1920)
31	Freaks (1932)
32	Re-Animator (1985)
33	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
34	The Omen (1976)
35	Alien (1979)
36	The Evil Dead (1981)
37	Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) (1975)
38	Suspiria (1977)
39	Night of the Living Dead (1968)
40	The Innocents (1961)
41	Audition (1999)
42	The Sixth Sense (1999)
43	Dracula AKA Horror of Dracula (1958)
44	The Witch (2015)
45	The Haunting (1963)
46	The Devil's Backbone (2001)
47	Candyman (1992)
48	Hereditary (2018)
49	The Fog (1980)
50	The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

[Cap]

7 hours ago, TalismanRing said:

Deliverance is considered horror?   If so it would have been near the top of my list.  Also forgot about The Others & Interview With A Vampire.  Oh well.

 

 

It's totally horrific!  Oh, damn, I forgot about Interview with the Vampire too.  But that's cause I view it as a comedy LOLOL.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, captainwondyful said:

Oh, damn, I forgot about Interview with the Vampire too.  But that's cause I view it as a comedy LOLOL.

Interview with the Vampire is Jesus. I just watched it for the first time last night, and it'll be on my list.

[kitik]

okay, here's a list that I tried not to spend too much time on, but then spent too much time on it anyway

 

 

1. Jaws
2. The Shining
3. Alien
4. Near Dark
5. Evil Dead 2
6. Halloween
7. It Follows
8. The Thing
9. Evil Dead
10. Army of Darkness
11. Candyman
12. My Bloody Valentine
13. The Descent
14. You're Next
15. The Silence of the Lambs
16. Deathgasm
17. Phenomena
18. Sleepaway Camp
19. The Mist
20. Possession
21. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
22. The Devil's Rejects
23. Suspiria
24. Dawn of the Dead
25. Cabin in the Woods
26. The Exorcist
27. Night of the Living Dead
28. The Conjuring
29. Dead Alive/Braindead
30. A Nightmare on Elm St
31. The House of the Devil
32. Carrie
33. April Fools Day
34. Hellraiser
35. Poltergeist
36. The Serpent and the Rainbow
37. Train To Busan
38. Don't Breathe
39. The Innocents
40. It
41. The Beyond
42. The Bird with the Crystal Plummage
43. Psycho
44. An American Werewolf in London
45. Deep Red
46. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
47. Bride of Frankenstein
48. Night of the Creeps
49. From Dusk Till Dawn
50. Event Horizon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here's a small sampling of movies I wanted to put on the list but there aren't enough numbers on the abacus:

 

Nosferatu 1979
Phantasm
Sinister
The Witch
The Wolfman
Freaks
Halloween 3
Rosemary's Baby
The Omen
The Keep
Scream
Friday the 13th
Halloween 2
In the Mouth of Madness
Black Christmas
Interview with the Vampire
The Babadook
The Fog
The Fly
Wolf Creek
Seven?
Godzilla?
Split?
Signs?
The Sixth Sense?
Tremors? 
What We Do in the Shadows?

 

(The ones at the end with question marks are more than good enough, but I kind of didn't want to put them on my list of "horror movies". All of those are easily better than lots that I listed in the top 50 though, just not "horror-y" in the purest sense.)

[kitik]

Another question mark I had was A Clockwork Orange. Really tempted to call it a horror because it's pretty damn horrific, but probably best to call it sci-fi or something else in the end.

[SLAM!]

I made a short rushed list at the last minute... if it doesn't count, that's alright.

 

1. Get Out

2. Psycho

3. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

4. Train to Busan

5. The Descent

6. It (2017)

7. Black Swan

8. The Sixth Sense

9. Sinister

10. The Shining

11. Hereditary

12. A Quiet Place

13. It Follows

14. Annihilation

15. Split

16. Halloween

17. Jaws

18. Aliens

19. World War Z

20. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

[WrathOfHan]

Just got home from work. It's time to settle in and score this sucker. No more lists will be accepted from this point forward.

[Krissykins]

39 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Just got home from work. It's time to settle in and score this sucker. No more lists will be accepted from this point forward.

Yay,

 

are you just going to release the full list when you’re finished? 

[WrathOfHan]

16 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Yay,

 

are you just going to release the full list when you’re finished? 

Nope, because where's the fun in that?  My plan is to reveal roughly five films per day and have the top 5 be revealed on Halloween. The exact number per day is subject to change

Edited October 20, 2018 by WrathOfHan

[SLAM!]

I have one thing to say about my list. I intentionally placed Hereditary and the other 2018 horrors in what I called the "third tier of five films", just outside my top ten, but if I weren't wanting to eliminate recency bias, Hereditary would be my number one film. See it if you haven't already.