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Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

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View Poll Results: Select Your Favorite Horror Movie from each of the Matchups
Matchup #1/ Movie 1 --#1 Halloween '78
48.57%
Matchup #1/Movie 2 --#4 The Shining
45.71%
Matchup #2/Movie 1 --#3 Jaws
49.52%
Matchup #2/Movie 2 --#10 John Carpenter's The Thing
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Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Old 05-23-09, 06:33 PM
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Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

When you are in the mood for a horror movie which are you more likely to watch?

Matchup #1

#1 Halloween '78
Vs
#4 The Shining

Matchup #2

#3 Jaws
Vs
#10 John Carpenter's The Thing
Old 05-23-09, 06:43 PM
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

The Shining
Jaws
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Halloween '78
The Thing

Two choices that, sadly, I'm anticipating will lose.
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

The Shining
The Thing
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Halloween
The Thing
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Shining
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The Thing

I actually think that Jaws is a better movie than The Thing, but Jaws is not a horror movie, and doesn't belong in this poll.
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Halloween (1978)
The Thing (1982)
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

SHining
The Thing
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

The Shining & The Thing
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Halloween
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Halloween and The Thing.
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Originally Posted by slop101
I actually think that Jaws is a better movie than The Thing, but Jaws is not a horror movie, and doesn't belong in this poll.
I wrote a 10 page essay in University about why JAWS IS a horror film, despite people thinking it is not - it's got all the genre trappings of a horror flick even though it's not what you'd typically regard as horror. I got an A+

The Shining
Jaws
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Matchup #1: The Shining
Matchup #2: John Carpenter's The Thing
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

The brackets and prediction leaderboards are all updated.
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Four of my favorite movies! But I went with:

Halloween '78
Jaws
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Halloween
Jaws
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Halloween (1978)
Jaws
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Halloween '78 / The Shining
Jaws / John Carpenter's The Thing (neither)
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser
The Shining
The Thing
Indeed.
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

I'm not sure if I'll be able to vote. Love all four films here. Jaws is perhaps my favorite film of all-time, but The Thing fits "horror" much better.

I guess I'd be happy no matter what the results here, hoping the match-up #2 winner wins overall.
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The Shining
The Thing
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Halloween
Jaws
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The Shining
The Thing
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Halloween
Jaws
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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/FINAL 4

#1 Halloween '78
#10 John Carpenter's The Thing

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