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The Exorcist
11
13.58%
Alien
3
3.70%
Psycho
3
3.70%
The Shining
9
11.11%
Night Of The Living Dead
1
1.23%
Jaws
5
6.17%
Suspiria
1
1.23%
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
3
3.70%
Halloween
11
13.58%
A Tale of Two Sisters
1
1.23%
Nosferatu (1922)
1
1.23%
Last House On The Left (1972)
0
0%
The Thing (1982)
7
8.64%
Ringu
0
0%
Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
7
8.64%
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
2
2.47%
Frankenstein (1931)
0
0%
Evil Dead II
3
3.70%
Friday the 13th
0
0%
Carrie
3
3.70%
Rosemary's Baby
0
0%
The Fly (1986)
0
0%
Poltergeist
0
0%
Dracula (1931)
0
0%
Other (please stipulate)
10
12.35%
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Favorite Horror Film?

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Old 07-04-10, 09:51 PM
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Favorite Horror Film?
What is your favorite horror film?

Included are several films that are genre crossovers.
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The Thing

I mean...JOHN CARPENTER'S The Thing...
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
I voted for the Exorcist ... while Alien is right up there, even some of the trailers for Exorcist scare the living shite out of me ...

Why is my vote the only one showing?
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Black Christmas (1974)
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
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Why is my vote the only one showing?
My computer crashed while I was creating the poll and the thread somehow got posted without the poll options. I edited it... poll options are now included and you are the first to vote.


Great selection BTW!
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The Shining. It was a very hard choice.
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
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Black Christmas (1974)
I voted for Halloween, but I may have voted for this if it was an option. Still amazes me that Bob Clark directed this and A Christmas Story. Talk about polar opposite films taking place during the same time.
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Either Evil Dead II or The Thing. I refuse to vote unless I can vote for both.
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I voted for NOTLD. The first film I saw that gave me real nightmares.
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Poltergeist.
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
Originally Posted by AnonomusBob15
The Shining. It was a very hard choice.
Agreed -- on both counts. There are several close runner-up's (Jaws, Evil Dead, Halloween, Ringu, etc.)
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Jaws with Halloween and others receiving consideration.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre
This and "Ju-ON" are probably always going to be my favorites. I love many, many horror movies but those two will never get old. I can watch them again and again and still love them.
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
While Jaws is perhaps my favorite film of all-time, with Alien and The Thing right up there as well, they are all mixed genres in my mind, and not pure horror.

My vote could change every minute, but The Shining, Halloween, and The Exorcist are all solid choices.
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
Originally Posted by Trevor
While Jaws is perhaps my favorite film of all-time, with Alien and The Thing right up there as well, they are all mixed genres in my mind, and not pure horror.
Yeah, I never considered Jaws or Alien horror films, I understand why people say Jaws is, but I just don't consider pure horror.

My all-time favorite always has been & always will be the original Dawn of the Dead.
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
Yup, hard to choose just one. "The Exorcist" scared the shit out of me when I was younger. Then there's "Jaws", "Alien", "The Shining", "Rosemary's Baby", "The Thing". Never been a big fan of 70's,80's slashers, Romero or Italian horror in general. Both "Audition" and "A Tale of Two Sisters" would probably be in my top 10 list.
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Other - The Innocents
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Zombi 2
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Re: Favorite Horror Film?
There are some truly great films listed, I'll have to go with The Exorcist.

Of course, my pick could change depending on my mood.
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The Thing

I mean...JOHN CARPENTER'S The Thing...
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