A list of all-time favorite Horror Movies? Eh, that's pretty lame. I mean, c'mon, you already know what they are, so let's not waste everyone's time. We thought about "favorite vampires," "favorite zombies," shit like that - still felt derivative and dull. So now, there's this: our favorite Horror Movie from each year for the past 50 years. It forced us to make tough choices as well as scrutinize the dry spells. In the end, hopefully, we can take a step back and determine the deadliest decade. (We don't know what that will accomplish, but it will be fun.)
But way more than that, it turned out to be an agonizing reappraisal of the "Horror" label. This project provided us with a rich dialogue pertaining to exactly what is and isn't Horror; we were able to agree that David Lynch, certain Stephen King, and Silence of the Lambs are, in fact, not Horror with a capital "H." And while these particular aforementioned areas of Cinema have always been debatable, we've drawn a line in the sand, Dude, and we're prepared to let the debate seep in through our stupid cheap weather stripping and defend these choices. That's not to say we didn't agree to disagree in some other necks of woods, but again, opinions are abound in this challenge, and in this day & age, they're worth getting violent over. So let's!
The Paul List
1970 - Equinox
1971 - Vampyros Lesbos
1972 - Tombs of the Blind Dead
1973 - The Exorcist
1974 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1975 - Jaws
1976 - Carrie
1977 - Suspiria
1978 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1979 - Zombi 2
1980 - The Fog
1981 - An American Werewolf in London
1982 - The Thing
1983 - Twilight Zone: The Movie
1984 - Ghostbusters
1985 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
1986 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1987 - The Monster Squad
1988 - The Blob
1989 - Little Monsters
1990 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1991 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1992 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1995 - Tales From the Hood
1996 - From Dusk Till Dawn
1997 - Cube
1998 - Vampires
1999 - The Blair Witch Project
2000 - Ginger Snaps
2001 - Jeepers Creepers
2002 - Dog Soldiers
2003 - Freddy vs. Jason
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - The Devil's Rejects
2006 - Slither
2007 - Grindhouse
2008 - Lake Mungo
2009 - Halloween II
2010 - Paranormal Activity 2
2011 - The Innkeepers
2012 - The Lords of Salem
2013 - The Conjuring
2014 - It Follows
2015 - Bone Tomahawk
2016 - The Monster
2017 - It
2018 - Mandy
2019 - Us
2020 - Gretel & Hansel
The Babes List
1970 - The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1971 - Vampyros Lesbos
1972 - Sisters
1973 - The Exorcist
1974 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1975 - Jaws
1976 - Carrie
1977 - Suspiria
1978 - Halloween
1979 - Alien
1980 - The Shining
1981 - An American Werewolf in London
1982 - Poltergeist
1983 - Videodrome
1984 - Gremlins
1985 - Demons
1986 - Aliens
1987 - The Lost Boys
1988 - Night of the Demons
1989 - Stepfather II
1990 - Arachnophobia
1991 - Dolly Dearest
1992 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
1993 - Needful Things
1994 - In the Mouth of Madness
1995 - Tales From the Hood
1996 - From Dusk Till Dawn
1997 - Cube
1998 - Ringu
1999 - The Blair Witch Project
2000 - Ginger Snaps
2001 - Session 9
2002 - Bubba Ho-Tep
2003 - Freddy vs. Jason
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - The Devil's Rejects
2006 - Final Destination 3
2007 - Grindhouse
2008 - Let the Right One In
2009 - Halloween II
2010 - Black Swan
2011 - The Innkeepers
2012 - The Lords of Salem
2013 - The Conjuring
2014 - It Follows
2015 - The Witch
2016 - Raw
2017 - It
2018 - Mandy
2019 - Midsommar
2020 - Possessor
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2 comments:
So I'm guessing Jess doesn't consider Body Snatchers to be horror? Hmmm, I feel like that movie is more traditionally 'horror' than, say, Raw. or even Aliens for that matter.
I went with the scarier of the 2 movies
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