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

[That One Girl]

does Avatar qualify as horror

[WrathOfHan]

13 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

does Avatar qualify as horror

The sex scene was pretty spooky, but Cameron fans have multiple other movies of his to vote for.

 

[Brainbug]

[dxmatrixdt]

any way to get a list of all the horror films released from 1970 to 2005?  This includes classic franchises that had sequels DTV.

 

After then, it seems horror really took off on the DTV market and catching up on all the horror films in existence from then on would probably be impossible.

[The Panda]

Everyone’s doing a list!  Wow!  My top 100 list really started a revival

 

 

[TomCruiseTop]

My list: 

1. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
2. The Terminator (1984)
3. Aliens (1986)
4. Alien (1979)
5. Stalker (1979)
6. Faust (1926)
7. King Kong (1933)
8. Halloween (1978)
9. Psycho (1960)
10. The Shining (1980)
11. The Thing (1982)
12. Kuroneko (1968)
13. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
14. Godzilla (1954)
15. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
16. Alien3 (1992)
17. Don't Breathe (2016)
18. Event Horizon (1997)
19. Santa Sangre (1989)
20. Eraserhead (1977)
21. The Descent (2005)
22. Martyrs (2008)
23. The Ring (2002)
24. Saw (2004)
25. Hellraiser (1987)
26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Edited June 27, 2018 by JamesCameronScholar

[That One Girl]

6 minutes ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

• The Terminator (1984)
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Listed as horror on literally none of the sites needed to qualify.

[TomCruiseTop]

2 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

Listed as horror on literally none of the sites needed to qualify.

Correct, however, I'll leave that decision up to WoH's discretion. 

[WrathOfHan]

41 minutes ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

My list: 

1. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
2. The Terminator (1984)
3. Aliens (1986)
4. Alien (1979)
5. Stalker (1979)
6. Faust (1926)
7. King Kong (1933)
8. Halloween (1978)
9. Psycho (1960)
10. The Shining (1980)
11. The Thing (1982)
12. Kuroneko (1968)
13. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
14. Godzilla (1954)
15. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
16. Alien3 (1992)
17. Don't Breathe (2016)
18. Event Horizon (1997)
19. Santa Sangre (1989)
20. Eraserhead (1977)
21. The Descent (2005)
22. Martyrs (2008)
23. The Ring (2002)
24. Saw (2004)
25. Hellraiser (1987)
26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Terminator has horror elements, but I wouldn't call it a horror movie. I'm not opposed to it being eligible though; what does everyone else think?

 

As far as Stalker....... no. It's a very grimy film, but in no way is it horror.

[TomCruiseTop]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

As far as Stalker....... no. It's a very grimy film, but in no way is it horror.

I regard the entire meat grinder sequence as one of the most horrifying scenes in cinematic history. I can guess it's more suspense though. 

 

Happy to revise my list if certain films are not eligible! 

[Arlborn]

Not a fan of most horror at all but I will make a personal top 10 at the very least and it shall be glorious.

[baumer]

How about if we don't leave this up to personal opinion but go with what WOH  said at the beginning. It has to be listed as horror somewhere.

[LonePirate]

For my money, no decade is better than the 1970s when it comes to horror flicks. There were so many classic horror films from that decade.

[TomCruiseTop]

3 hours ago, baumer said:

How about if we don't leave this up to personal opinion but go with what WOH  said at the beginning. It has to be listed as horror somewhere.

Fair enough, I think there is a compelling argument that The Terminator should be included as horror if we can also include Godzilla, but I'll make changes accordingly. 

[baumer]

39 minutes ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

Fair enough, I think there is a compelling argument that The Terminator should be included as horror if we can also include Godzilla, but I'll make changes accordingly. 

 

It's not my call. I was just giving my opinion. 

[TalismanRing]

9 hours ago, Pandamia! said:

Everyone’s doing a list!  Wow!  My top 100 list really started a revival

 

 

It's great but there are too many to keep track of.  I need a pinned post of all the lists with applicable links and end dates.  

 

Edit: Did it and added some recent completed lists (hard to find them even with the search function. The last Animation list didn't show up)

 

 

Edited June 27, 2018 by TalismanRing

[The Stingray]

FYC

the best horror films of the 00s, 10s and 2018.
 

[Brainbug]

I personally cant stand The Strangers. Im all for suspension of disbelief, but the people in that film are just too stupid and make that film an unintentional comedy for me personally. But thats why making lists is so much fun: You always get to see (sometimes vastly) different viewpoints.

[baumer]

6 hours ago, Brainbug said:

I personally cant stand The Strangers. Im all for suspension of disbelief, but the people in that film are just too stupid and make that film an unintentional comedy for me personally. But thats why making lists is so much fun: You always get to see (sometimes vastly) different viewpoints.

 

This a million times. The Strangers is one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen.

[WrathOfHan]

Haven’t seen The Strangers, but everything about it seems dumb. I’m not judging it though