Cocacoladude78

Well, for those interested, here are the current results of the IMDB 2010 horror poll conducted! Courtesy of IMDB and its member Mdgeist316 who took out time to gather the data!

It's still early in the year, so a lot more choices to come!

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The format has changed slightly from last time. Instead of ratings ranging from "Excellent" to "Terrible", it has now been changed to a grade format (A, B, C, D, F). Here is how the scoring works.

A+ = 97% to 100%
Near Dark (1987) (33-0) 100.0%
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (9-0) 100.0%
Night of the Living Dead (196 (46-1) 97.8%
Halloween (197 (74-2) 97.4%

A = 93% to 96%
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (84-3) 96.6%
Candyman (1992) (44-2) 95.7%
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) (62-3) 95.4%
Aliens (1986) (41-2) 95.3%
Hellraiser (1987) (57-3) 95.0%
Slither (2006)(36-2) 94.7%

A- = 90% to 92%
Black Christmas (1974) (48-4) 92.3%
Christine (1983) (34-3) 92.0%
The Evil Dead (1981) (44-4) 91.7%
Ginger Snaps (2000) (39-4) 90.7%

B+ = 86% to 89%
Scream (1996) (56- 87.5%
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) (51- 86.4%
The Wicker Man (1973) (43-7) 86.0%

B = 83% to 85%
Saw (2004) (36-7) 83.7%
Suspiria (1977) (51-10) 83.6%

B- = 80% to 82%
Friday the 13th (1980) (54-12) 81.8%

C+ = 76% to 79%
C = 73% to 75%
Wishmaster (1997) (17-6) 73.9%
The Midnight Meat Train (200 (27-10) 73.0%

C- = 70% to 72%
Dead Silence (2007) (20- 71.4%

D+ = 66% to 69%
D = 63% to 65%
Seed of Chucky (2004) (12-7) 63.2%

D- = 60% to 62%
Toolbox Murders (2004) (9-5) 60.0%

F = 59% or below
Friday the 13th (2009) (28-33) 45.9%
Halloween (2007) (28-42) 40.0%
Prom Night (200(4-33) 10.8%

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Upcoming Movies:

Final Destination (2000)
Silver Bullet (1985)
The Howling (1981)
Final Destination 2 (2003)
When A Stranger Calls (1979)
Child's Play (198
Tremors (1990)
[Rec] (2007)
Night of the Demon (1957)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Halloween II (1981)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Let the Right One In (200
Hostel II (200
Drag Me To Hell (2009)
Trick r Treat (200
Cabin Fever (2002)
The Mist (2007)
Wrong Turn (2003)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

Joe Molotov

Near Dark is the highest rated horror movie?

Cocacoladude78

Ha ha,

yeah, well it is rated 91% at Rotten Tomatoes too, so maybe it grew on people after it hit video or something!

Far cry from its theatrical days! It bombed and lost money theatrically. Compare to its vampire competition that year The Lost Boys...

Near Dark

Domestic Total Gross: $3,369,307
Distributor: DEG Release Date: October 2, 1987
Genre: Unknown Runtime: 1 hrs. 35 min.
MPAA Rating: R Production Budget: $5 million

The Lost Boys

Domestic Total Gross: $32,222,567
Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: July 31, 1987
Genre: Horror Thriller Runtime: 1 hrs. 37 min.
MPAA Rating: R Production Budget: N/A

Of course the inflated totals (ticket sales worldwide) would be much higher for The Lost Boys now. And that total above doesn't account for worldwide, just domestic.

JumpCutz

Near Dark > The Lost Boys.

Norm de Plume

I am confused too. I have never understood its critical acclaim and cult status.

Trevor

Aliens as horror

islandclaws

Without putting too much stock into anything associated with IMDb, I'll just say that it's nice to see some good films getting love that normally don't. Near Dark, Christine, Slither... lots of good stuff that tends to be overlooked.