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IMDB Horror Board Top 201 Horror Movie Poll - Final List completed! 1920's-present!

Here are the complete results for those of you who wanted to see the final results!

Credited: IMDB/ZombieCPA

An increase of 15 from the new millennium over last year. It was due, in large part, to an increase in participation of newer board members in the poll.

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The surprise of the top 19 is The Shining. It took Psycho's place in the top 4. It is the first year that TCM, NOTLD, Psycho, and Halloween didn't represent the top 4.

1)(3) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)(Tobe Hooper)
2)(6) The Shining (1980)(Stanley Kubrick)
3)(1) Night of the Living Dead (1968)(George A. Romero)
4)(4) Halloween (1978)(John Carpenter)
5)(13) Dawn of the Dead (1978)(George A. Romero)
6)(15) The Evil Dead (1981)(Sam Raimi)
7)(22) Alien (1979)(Ridley Scott)
8)(2) Psycho (1960)(Alfred Hitchcock)
9)(12) The Exorcist (1973)(William Friedkin)
10)(10) The Thing (1982)(John Carpenter)
11)(11) The Wicker Man (1973)(Robin Hardy)
12)(7) Rosemary's Baby (1968)(Roman Polanski)
13)(54) 28 Days Later... (2002)(Danny Boyle)
14)(44) The Descent (2005)(Neil Marshall)
15)(38) Day of the Dead (1985)(George A. Romero)
16)(125) Audition (1999)(Takashi Miike)
17)(37) Evil Dead II (1987)(Sam Raimi)
18)(5) Frankenstein (1931)(James Whale)
19)(9) Suspiria (1977)(Dario Argento)
20)(46) Cannibal Holocaust (1980)(Ruggero Deodato)
21)(26) Hellraiser (1987)(Clive Barker)
22)(20) Deep Red (1975)(Dario Argento)
23)(16) Cat People (1942)(Jacques Tourneur)
24)(19) A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)(Wes Craven)
25)(23) Jaws (1975)(Steven Spielberg)
26)(25) Carnival of Souls (1962)(Herk Harvey)
27)(47) An American Werewolf in London (1981)(John Landis)
28)(36) Carrie (1976)(Brian De Palma)
29)(103) Saw (2004)(James Wan)
30)(71) I Walked with a Zombie (1943)(Jacques Tourneur)
31)(40) The Fly (1986)(David Cronenberg)
32)(35) The Innocents (1961)(Jack Clayton)
33)(42) The Omen (1976)(Richard Donner)
34)(18) Black Christmas (1974)(Bob Clark)
35)(28) The Haunting (1963)(Robert Wise)
36)(51) The Blair Witch Project (1999)(Daniel Myrick / Eduardo Sánchez)
37)(55) Aliens (1986)(James Cameron)
38)(24) Diabolique (1955)(Henri-Georges Clouzot)
39)(201) Dawn of the Dead (2004)(Zack Snyder)
40)(8) Bride of Frankenstein (1935)(James Whale)
41)(33) The Birds (1963)(Alfred Hitchcock)
42)(69) Tenebre (1982)(Dario Argento)
43)(21) Freaks (1932)(Tod Browning)
44)(34) Shaun of the Dead (2004)(Edgar Wright)
45)(68) [Rec] (2007)(Jaume Balagueró / Paco Plaza)
46)(58) The Devil's Rejects (2005)(Rob Zombie)
47)(70) Dead Alive (Braindead) (1992)(Peter Jackson)
48)(116) Re-Animator (1985)(Stuart Gordon)
49)(75) Repulsion (1965)(Roman Polanski)
50)(153) Let the Right One In (2008)(Tomas Alfredson)
51)(30) King Kong (1933)(Merian C. Cooper / Ernest B. Schoedsack)
52)(41) Candyman (1992)(Bernard Rose)
53)(39) Night (Curse) of the Demon (1957)(Jacques Tourneur)
54)(56) A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)(Ji-woon Kim)
55)(48) Nosferatu (1922)(F.W. Murnau)
56)(192) Jacob’s Ladder (1990)(Adrian Lyne)
57)(17) Eyes Without a Face (1960)(Georges Franju)
58)(43) High (Haute) Tension (2003)(Alexandre Aja)
59)(49) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)(Don Siegel)
60)(14) The Wolf Man (1941)(George Waggner)
61)(n/a) Paranormal Activity (2007)(Oren Peli)
62)(114) The Body Snatcher (1945)(Robert Wise)
63)(85) Inside (2007)(Alexandre Bustillo / Julien Maury)
64)(53) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)(Jack Arnold)
65)(67) Videodrome (1983)(David Cronenberg)
66)(142) The Last House on the Left (1972)(Wes Craven)
67)(n/a) The Hitcher (1986)(Robert Harmon)
68)(65) Session 9 (2001)(Brad Anderson)
69)(31) Black Sunday (1960)(Mario Bava)
70)(105) American Psycho (2000)(Mary Harron)
71)(87) Army of Darkness (1993)(Sam Raimi)
72)(86) The Return of the Living Dead (1985)(Dan O'Bannon)
73)(45) Scream (1996)(Wes Craven)
74)(76) Don't Look Now (1973)(Nicolas Roeg)
75)(123) The Beyond (1981)(Lucio Fulci)
76)(52) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)(Robert Wiene)
77)(29) The Invisible Man (1933)(James Whale)
78)(n/a) Drag Me to Hell (2009)(Sam Raimi)
79)(166) Zombie (1979)(Lucio Fulci)
80)(82) Friday the 13th (1980)(Sean S. Cunningham)
81)(32) Onibaba (1964)(Kaneto Shindô)
82)(27) Black Sabbath (1963)(Mario Bava / Salvatore Billitteri)
83)(60) Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)(Mario Bava)
84)(66) Blood and Black Lace (1964)(Mario Bava)
85)(n/a) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)(Peter Weir)
86)(72) Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) (1994)(Michele Soavi)
87)(57) Mad Love (1935)(Karl Freund)
88)(77) The Silence of the Lambs (1991)(Jonathan Demme)
89)(137) Halloween II (1981)(Rick Rosenthal)
90)(59) Dracula (1931)(Tod Browning)
91)(n/a) Creepshow (1982)(George A. Romero)
92)(100) The Mummy (1932)(Karl Freund)
93)(n/a) Cube (1997)(Vincenzo Natali)
94)(143) Poltergeist (1982)(Tobe Hooper)
95)(115) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)(Robert Rodriguez)
96)(80) Hour of the Wolf (1968)(Ingmar Bergman)
97)(n/a) Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)(George Sluizer)
98)(89) May (2002)(Lucky McKee)
99)(136) The Hills Have Eyes (2006)(Alexandre Aja)
100)(92) Eraserhead (1977)(David Lynch)
101)(n/a) Possession (1981)(Andrzej Zulawski)
102)(83) The Masque of the Red Death (1964)(Roger Corman)
103)(88) Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue) (1974)(Jorge Grau)
104)(99) The Black Cat (1934)(Edgar G. Ulmer)
105)(111) Opera (1987)(Dario Argento)
106)(191) Event Horizon (1997)(Paul W.S. Anderson)
107)(101) The Howling (1981)(Joe Dante)
108)(n/a) Dog Soldiers (2002)(Neil Marshall)
109)(148) The Ring (2002)(Gore Verbinski)
110)(175) Santa sangre (1989)(Alejandro Jodorowsky)
111)(130) Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)(Tony Randel)
112)(n/a) Antichrist (2009)(Lars von Trier)
113)(n/a) House on Haunted Hill (1959)(William Castle)
114)(107) The Spiral Staircase (1945)(Robert Siodmak)
115)(90) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)(Werner Herzog)
116)(n/a) Cloverfield (2008)(Matt Reeves)
117)(167) Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)(Jaromil Jires)
118)(n/a) Christine (1983)(John Carpenter)
119)(102) The Sixth Sense (1999)(M. Night Shyamalan)
120)(n/a) The Night of the Hunter (1955)(Charles Laughton)
121)(n/a) Trick ‘r Treat (2008)(Michael Dougherty)
122)(n/a) Cabin Fever (2002)(Eli Roth)
123)(163) The Mist (2007)(Frank Darabont)
124)(n/a) The Eye (2002)(Oxide Pang Chun / Danny Pang)
125)(n/a) Wrong Turn (2003)(Rob Schmidt)
126)(n/a) Them! (1954)(Gordon Douglas)
127)(112) The Others (2001)(Alejandro Amenábar)
128)(135) Gremlins (1984)(Joe Dante)
129)(n/a) City of the Living Dead (1980)(Lucio Fulci)
130)(127) Witchfinder General (Conquer Worm) (1968)(Michael Reeves)
131)(168) Pet Sematary (1989)(Mary Lambert)
132)(119) Dead of Night (1945)(Alberto Cavalcanti / Charles Crichton / Basil Dearden / Robert Hamer)
133)(159) 28 Weeks Later (2007)(Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)
134)(121) The Queen of Spades (1949)(Thorold Dickinson)
135)(160) The Fog (1980)(John Carpenter)
136)(132) Phenomena (1985)(Dario Argento)
137)(151) Horror Hotel (The City of the Dead) (1960)(John Llewellyn Moxey)
138)(93) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1987)(John McNaughton)
139)(172) The Hills Have Eyes (1977)(Wes Craven)
140)(187) Night of the Creeps (1986)(Fred Dekker)
141)(63) Kwaidan (1964)(Masaki Kobayashi)
142)(n/a) Saw II (2005)(Darren Lynn Bousman)
143)(n/a) Final Destination (2000)(James Wong)
144)(n/a) Near Dark (1987)(Kathryn Bigelow)
145)(n/a) Dark Water (2002)(Hideo Nakata)
146)(n/a) The Burning (1981)(Tony Maylam)
147)(122) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)(Terence Fisher)
148)(84) Island of Lost Souls (1932)(Erle C. Kenton)
149)(198) Phantasm (1979)(Don Coscarelli)
150)(n/a) Martyrs (2008)(Pascal Laugier)
151)(n/a) Eden Lake (2008)(James Watkins)
152)(145) Ginger Snaps (2000)(John Fawcett)
153)(134) Inferno (1980)(Dario Argento)
154)(158) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)(Philip Kaufman)
155)(81) The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)(Roger Corman)
156)(50) Horror of Dracula (1958)(Terence Fisher)
157)(n/a) Sleepy Hollow (1999)(Tim Burton)
158)(61) Pan's Labyrinth (2006)(Guillermo del Toro)
159)(78) Son of Frankenstein (1939)(Rowland V. Lee)
160)(149) The Curse of the Cat People (1944)(Gunther von Fritsch / Robert Wise)
161)(174) Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)(Brian Clemens)
162)(73) Ringu (1998)(Hideo Nakata)
163)(n/a) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)(Joseph Zito)
164)(n/a) Prince Of Darkness (1987)(John Carpenter)
165)(109) The Orphanage (2007)(Juan Antonio Bayona)
166)(199) Planet Terror (2007)(Robert Rodriguez)
167)(197) Grindhouse (2007)(Robert Rodriguez / Quentin Tarantino)
168)(91) The Unknown (1927)(Tod Browning)
169)(113) The House with Laughing Windows (1976)(Pupi Avati)
170)(126) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)(Rouben Mamoulian)
171)(n/a) The People Under the Stairs (1991)(Wes Craven)
172)(n/a) One Missed Call (2003)(Takashi Miike)
173)(150) The Seventh Victim (1943)(Mark Robson)
174)(n/a) Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)(Jerzy Kawalerowicz)
175)(74) White Zombie (1932)(Victor Halperin)
176)(n/a) Vacancy (2007)(Nimród Antal)
177)(n/a) 30 Days of Night (2007)(David Slade)
178)(n/a) The Lost Boys (1987)(Joel Schumacher)
179)(108) The Last Man on Earth (1964)(Ubaldo Ragona)
180)(146) Noroi (2005)(Kôji Shiraishi)
181)(95) Battle Royale (2000)(Kinji Fukasaku)
182)(154) Fright Night (1985)(Tom Holland)
183)(n/a) Village of the Damned (1960)(Wolf Rilla)
184)(n/a) Friday the 13th Part III (1982)(Steve Miner)
185)(n/a) Orphan (2009)(Jaume Collet-Serra)
186)(94) Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)(John D. Hancock)
187)(118) Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)(Steve Miner)
188)(144) The Legend of Hell House (1973)(John Hough)
189)(124) Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)(Narciso Ibáñez Serrador)
190)(n/a) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)(Marcus Nispel)
191)(131) What Have they Done to Solange? (1972)(Massimo Dallamano)
192)(128) Vampyr (1932)(Carl Theodor Dreyer)
193)(n/a) Identity (2003)(James Mangold)
194)(n/a) Ravenous (1999)(Antonia Bird)
195)(n/a) Intruder (1989)(Scott Spiegel)
196)(62) Peeping Tom (1960)(Michael Powell)
197)(n/a) Feast (2005)(John Gulager)
198)(169) Frontier(s) (2007)(Xavier Gens)
199)(n/a) The Dead Zone (1983)(David Cronenberg)
200)(n/a) Shutter (2004)(Banjong Pisanthanakun / Parkpoom Wongpoom)
201)(183) From Beyond (1986)(Stuart Gordon)

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2010 Results

top 100 / 101-201 / total / change from 2009

1920s 2/1/3/-4
1930s 8/6/14/-2
1940s 4/5/9/-3
1950s 4/5/9/+1
1960s 15/9/24/-6
1970s 17/12/29/-7
1980s 22/25/47/+8
1990s 11/6/17/-2
2000s 17/32/49/+15

2009 Results
1920s 4/3/7
1930s 12/4/16
1940s 4/8/12
1950s 5/3/8
1960s 22/8/30
1970s 17/19/36
1980s 16/23/39
1990s 8/11/19
2000s 12/22/34
Old 03-09-10, 09:44 AM
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Re: IMDB Horror Board Top 201 Horror Movie Poll - Final List completed! 1920's-presen

Intruder made the list? I love 80s slasher films more than just about any other type of movie, but even within the slasher subgenre I thought that film was middle of the pack. I'm surprised it beat out (IMO) far superior slashers from the decade like Terror Train, My Bloody Valentine, and Happy Birthday to Me. I wonder if the Raimi/Campbell connection has something to do it.
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I think I need to try and watch Rosemary's Baby again. Tried watching it about 15 years ago and was bored to death. I couldn't finish it.

Have to say I disagree with The Descent's high ranking.
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Cannibal Holocaust is rated pretty highly, number 20. It's an interesting film, I have it on DVD. That's the one where the director was arrested for murdering the cast of the film, until he was able to prove that they didn't actually die in the film and were still alive. It also received an X rating which they didn't accept, so it is technically not rated.

If you want to read more about the film... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Holocaust

And any of the films listed in the Top 50 or so will be good blind-rentals.

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Originally Posted by Lt Ripley
I think I need to try and watch Rosemary's Baby again. Tried watching it about 15 years ago and was bored to death. I couldn't finish it.
One of my favorites. It's a slow build, but it's worth it as Polanski ratchets up the suspense and growing dread to some pretty terrifying results. His REPULSION is ranked too low at 49 as well.

Have to say I disagree with The Descent's high ranking.
I agree with you there. Overrated swill.
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The Cannibal Holocaust DVD features a special feature where one of the actors begs that the animal violence be removed from the DVD release. Pretty funny.

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