View Poll Results: Which is your Favorite Horror Movie?

#1 Halloween '78

53.61%

#3 Jaws

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Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

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05-26-09, 10:07 PM

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Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

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

#1 Halloween '78
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#3 Jaws

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05-26-09, 10:27 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

WTF? I thought The Thing and the Shining won. Well this sucks. Jaws isnt even horror so i refuse to vote.

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05-26-09, 11:04 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

Halloween.

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05-26-09, 11:12 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

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Originally Posted by woody5254

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

I can see the horror element to Jaws, but when I answer the question asked, the answer for me is Halloween. If you just asked which movie is your favorite of the two, I'd probably go Jaws.

So for this poll, I went with Halloween.

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05-26-09, 11:12 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

Both The THING and THE SHINING are better than either of these movies. Ugh. Halloween, I suppose...

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05-26-09, 11:22 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

Halloween is one of the lamest pieces of garbage ever! While I agree that Jaws is not "horror" by today's standards, it should be looked at in it's context. In it's day it was the shizzle. (Using that same argument I suppose Halloween was "groundbreaking" in it's day -- but today it is lame and been ripped off too many times to have any impact.)

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05-26-09, 11:25 PM

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Halloween.

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05-26-09, 11:30 PM

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Halloween.

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05-26-09, 11:36 PM

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Jaws

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05-26-09, 11:46 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

Jaws

Though I'd watch The Exorcist or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(74) before either of the aforementioned films.

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05-26-09, 11:57 PM

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Halloween

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05-27-09, 12:06 AM

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Halloween.

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05-27-09, 12:52 AM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

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Both The THING and THE SHINING are better than either of these movies. Ugh. Halloween, I suppose...

Yup, but my vote's for Jaws.

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05-27-09, 01:17 AM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

Halloween

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05-27-09, 06:46 AM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

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Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser

Both The THING and THE SHINING are better than either of these movies.

They might be better at fitting the definition of horror, but neither are better films than Jaws, not even close.

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05-27-09, 09:30 AM

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Jaws

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05-27-09, 09:33 AM

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Jaws

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05-27-09, 10:04 AM

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I've never considered JAWS a horror film. It's a wildlife adventure about man vs. shark.

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05-27-09, 10:09 AM

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^ true, but for me 'Halloween' never really wowed me to begin with, so out of the two...

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05-27-09, 10:15 AM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

The Thing.

I think Jaws is a superior film to Halloween, however I don't think it's a horror film, so my vote goes to Halloween by default.

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05-27-09, 10:29 AM

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Halloween '78

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05-27-09, 10:39 AM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

Jaws

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05-27-09, 01:20 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

Jaws by a mile. John Carpenter is incredibly overrated. BTW, I can't believe The Shining lost. What a crock.

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05-27-09, 01:34 PM

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Jaws

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05-27-09, 01:37 PM

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Re: Horror Tournament Round #6/Championship

My wife voted for Jaws. I would agree with her, if for no other reason than this: We're about to hit summertime, and even after all this time, that movie still crosses our minds anytime we're near the beach.

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