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Best Horror Movie Ever - Voting and Results Thread

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  • #362
    Mam of 4
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    I always thought DOTD was a farcical comedic horror , along the same lines as The Leprechaun tbh :o


  • #363
    [Deleted User]
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    You think Jaws is a true story?? :confused:

    Sorry shoukd explain better is possible not probable sharks do eat people attack people, horror is scary fantasty, jaws is thriller


  • #364
    Jurgen The German
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    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    I always thought DOTD was a farcical comedic horror , along the same lines as The Leprechaun tbh :o

    :eek:


  • #365
    khalessi
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    TheValeyard wrote: »
    The story that Quint tells certainly is true. And the inspiration for the book is very loosely based on a series of shark attacks New Jersey 1916

    its also true they needed a bigger boat


  • #366
    Choc Chip
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is jurassic park a horror

    Nope. Going by my husband test it's not.

    Serious answer: Jaws is a horror for me - it's trying to scare you. Jurassic park doesn't have that as its primary objective, its just heightened dramatic tension.

    You cant say any film with a bit of a thrill is a horror (in my opinion).


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  • #367
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    28 days jaws is not a horror movie

    Cabin in the woods as it's a really cool take on the horror genre

    What's your definition of a horror movie?


  • #368
    [Deleted User]
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    Vale puts the debate to bed


  • #369
    Choc Chip
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    No he's not. It's a horror comedy.

    Aliens is a horror action.

    Genres can mix!

    They can, but I still disagree that Sean of the dead ever intended to scare me. If it never intended to scare, shock or startle me, how is it a horror?

    Izombie has zombies but it's far from a horror.


  • #370
    Necro
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    Dawn of the Dead leads 5-4.

    Giving it another while, but would you like another two movies to debate while we wait for a deciding/tying vote(s)?

    Moderator: Current Affairs/IMHO, Soccer, Pro Wrestling



  • #371
    TheValeyard
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    khalessi wrote: »
    its also true they needed a bigger boat

    Although using oxygen tanks to blow up sharks aint actually going to work :(

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



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  • #372
    quickbeam
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Sorry shoukd explain better is possible not probable sharks do eat people attack people, horror is scary fantasty, jaws is thriller

    Horrors don't have to have supernatural elements.

    Lots of horrors are just based on "possible" events.


  • #373
    quickbeam
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    Choc Chip wrote: »
    Nope. Going by my husband test it's not.

    Serious answer: Jaws is a horror for me - it's trying to scare you. Jurassic park doesn't have that as its primary objective, its just heightened dramatic tension.

    You cant say any film with a bit of a thrill is a horror (in my opinion).

    You're right that horror /= thriller.

    But there is a lot of cases where there is crossover.

    Ditto, plenty of horror films aren't that scary. It doesn't mean they're not horrors.

    It is subjective and there's no definitive answer though. But debate is fun.


  • #374
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 56,637 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Coming up next:

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    PSYCHO


    VS

    EVENT HORIZON

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  • #375
    Jurgen The German
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Horrors don't have to have supernatural elements.

    Lots of horrors are just based on "possible" events.

    Precisely, Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer for example, a gritty, grimey and very real look into the mind of a murderer.


  • #376
    [Deleted User]
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    I'll vote

    28 days later

    Cabin


  • #377
    Necro
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    Gimme a reason PJ for your vote to stick for Cabin :)

    Jaws has dispatched 28 days already unfortunately for you

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  • #378
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Easy peasy! Psycho is a knock-out classic!


  • #379
    Jurgen The German
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    Psycho, it's one of the genre daddy's and arguably the first slasher movie (though there isn't any actual on screen slashing). I never cared for EH and still dont know why its held in such high regard by so many.


  • #380
    TheValeyard
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    Event Horizon: Great mystery, Good tension, horrific hell scene, evil ship.

    Psycho: great theme tune, Good plot, great ending.


    Event Horizon for me.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #381
    [Deleted User]
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    Not gonna lie. I put Jaws forward. I Googled horror films and it was amongst the first 20 or so that Google listed. I was surprised it fell under that genre.


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  • #382
    quickbeam
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    BTW, called it!!! :)
    quickbeam wrote: »
    I think there'll not just be arguments about what movies win, but what actually constitutes a horror movie :)

    Will definitely be entering.


  • #383
    Choc Chip
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    You're right that horror /= thriller.

    But there is a lot of cases where there is crossover.

    Ditto, plenty of horror films aren't that scary. It doesn't mean they're not horrors.

    It is subjective and there's no definitive answer though. But debate is fun.

    What horror films aren't scary?! That's the whole point of them!

    I'm off to recheck a definition now cos if they're not trying to scare you, I don't agree they're horror.

    And I do like debate. :)


  • #384
    quickbeam
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    Zombieland wasn't scary (to me).


  • #385
    Mam of 4
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    Psycho ,
    For forever giving me an intense dislike of shower curtains...


  • #386
    Choc Chip
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    Psycho!

    For a film without a lot of gore, its terrifying.


  • #387
    TheValeyard
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    Still think the TV series, The Haunting of Hill House, is far better than most of these films :D

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #388
    quickbeam
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    From my spreadsheet, other horrors, I didn't find particularly scary:

    The Craft
    Fright Night (both of them)
    From Dusk till Dawn
    Grabbers
    10 Cloverfield Lane
    Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
    The Wicker Man


  • #389
    sKeith
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    Event Horizon, cause i like space ships in my horror movies.


  • #390
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    TheValeyard wrote: »
    Still think the TV series, The Haunting of Hill House, is far better than most of these films :D

    Interesting on the list is it old?


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  • #391
    Kolido
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    EH is good but dont think it will stand the test of time like psycho

    Psycho gets my vote.


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