Greg Wolfe Report post Posted December 30, 2010 Let's come up with a list of the Top 20 Horror films. I'm delighted to say that Scott Derrickson, director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, has agreed to write a blog post / introduction / summation to go along with this list. Same procedures, same rules as the Top 100 nominations. Begin! IMAGE | SPU MFA in Creative Writing | GregoryWolfe.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler Report post Posted December 30, 2010 Title: 28 Days Later Director: Danny Boyle Running time: 118 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBZnuUZIbBQ A&F: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=20 (looks to be one of the oldest threads on the board, BTW) Title: Sunshine Director: Danny Boyle Running time: 107 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/ YOuTube: A&F: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=9789&st=40 Title: Kwaidan Director: Masaki Kobayashi Running time: 183 min Language: Japanese IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058279/ YouTube: A&F: n/a Title: Ugetsu (1953) Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Running Time: 94 min Language: Japanese IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046478/ YouTube: A&F: http://artsandfaith....=1&#entry123718 Title: Night of the Living Dead Director: George A. Romero Running Time: 96 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfShkumjeq8 (full movie) A&F: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=25705 Title: Dawn of the Dead (1978) Director: George A. Romero Running Time: 126 min IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/ YouTube: A&F: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=3684 Title: Vampyr Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Running Time: 83 min Language: German IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023649/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZihZPiyGU (Full Movie) A&F: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=9551&st=0&p=208214&hl=vampyr&fromsearch=1&#entry208214 Title: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Director: Robert Wiene Running Time: 71 min Language: German IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/ YouTube: A&F: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=3497&st=0&p=45253&hl=caligari&fromsearch=1&#entry45253 It's the side effects that save us. --The National, "Graceless"Twitter Blog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler Report post Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Title: The Others Director: Alejandro Amenabar Running Time: 101 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230600/ YouTube: A&F: n/a Title: The Orphanage Director: Juan Antonio Bayona Running Time: 105 min Language: Spanish IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/ YouTube: A&F: http://artsandfaith....=1&#entry212567 Title: Shaun of The Dead Director: Edgar Wright Running Time: 99 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/ YouTube: A&F: http://artsandfaith....h=1&#entry82389 Title: Let The Right One In Director: Tomas Alfredson Running Time: 115 min Language: Swedish IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=sZJUgsZ56vQ A&F: http://artsandfaith....=1&#entry229465 Title: Frailty Director: Bill Paxton Running Time: 100 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264616/ YouTube: A&F: n/a Title: Vertigo Director: Alfred Hitchcock Running Time: 128 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=D0bV2gh4E7Y A&F: http://artsandfaith....=1&#entry237044 Edited December 30, 2010 by Tyler It's the side effects that save us. --The National, "Graceless"Twitter Blog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 30, 2010 Title: Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (1922) Director: F.W. Murnau Running Time: 94 min. Language: German, Silent IMDB YouTube A&F Thread Title: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Director: Werner Herzog Running Time: 107 min Language: German IMDB YouTube A&F Thread In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 30, 2010 Vertigo? Horror? I don't think so... Save it for the future Top 20 Falling Blondes list. In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Report post Posted December 30, 2010 SECOND to Ugetsu, 28 Days Later, and Vertigo To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawahttp://secularcinephile.blogspot.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cunningham Report post Posted December 30, 2010 Title: The Descent Director: Niel Marshall Running time: 100 minutes imdb A&FSecond to Sunshine, The Orphanage, and The Others Scott -- 2nd Story -- Twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yank_eh Report post Posted December 31, 2010 I second Let the Right One In. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yank_eh Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Is this the place to discuss how we are defining "Horror"? (I know there has been some discussion elsewhere about Thriller/Horror; will that discussion continue here or can we link to it?) A related question: can a documentary be considered a horror film? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Second Night of the Living Dead, Vampyr and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Is this the place to discuss how we are defining "Horror"? (I know there has been some discussion elsewhere about Thriller/Horror; will that discussion continue here or can we link to it?) If films like Vertigo are going to get seconded, I guess it's all going to have to come down to the vote. I will only give Vertigo a ONE on a horror vote. I would give it a FIVE on a classic vote. A related question: can a documentary be considered a horror film? Are you thinking of something like Cropsey or something like The Last Exorcism? In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: The Addiction (1995) Director: Abel Ferrara Running Time: 82 min. Language: English IMDB YouTube A&F Thread Title: Eraserhead (1976) Director: David Lynch Running Time: 89 min Language: English IMDB A&F Thread In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: The Haunting (1963) Director: Robert Wise Running Time: 112 min. Language: English IMDB YouTube A&F Thread Title: The Innocents (1961) Director: Jack Clayton Running Time: 100 min Language: English IMDB YouTube No dedicated thread. Some A&F discussion Here. In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Drew Report post Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Title: Eraserhead (1977) Director: David Lynch Running time: 89 minutes Language: English IMDb A&F Title: The Thing Director: John Carpenter Running time: 109 minutes Language: English - Norwegian (briefly) IMDb A&F (mostly about the sequel, but some mention of John Carpenter's film) Title: Begotten (1990) Director: E. Elias Merhige Running time: 78 minutes Language: None (Sound FX) IMDb edit: Well damn, stef beat me to Eraserhead. Consider my post a seconding of that film. A related question: can a documentary be considered a horror film? Are you thinking of something like Cropsey or something like The Last Exorcism? Heh... my first thought was Crumb. Edited December 31, 2010 by Baal_T'shuvah Formerly Baal_T'shuvah "Everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much." - Maude Harold and Maude  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 31, 2010 I would say just nominate it and see if it gets seconded. I haven't seen Crumb. Maybe I should. I will second The Thing, having recently watched and written about it. So who is going to make the effort to nominate Psycho and The Exorcist? Might as well just get it over with... In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Second on The Haunting. It's the side effects that save us. --The National, "Graceless"Twitter Blog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: The Face of Another Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara Running Time: 124 min Language: Japanese IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061065/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOg2zwB0_dI A&F: n/a Title: Onibaba Director: Kaneto Shindo Running Time: 103 min Language: Japanese IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058430/ YouTube: A&F: n/a Title: House Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi Running Time: 88 min Language: Japanese IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076162/ YouTube: A&F: n/a It's the side effects that save us. --The National, "Graceless"Twitter Blog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: Psycho (1960) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Running Time: 109 min. Language: English IMDB A&F Thread Title: The Exorcist (1973) Director: William Friedkin Running Time: 122 min Language: English IMDB A&F Thread In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Alexander Report post Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) My Hitchcock horror nomination is The Birds. I second/third Night of the Living Dead, Let the Right One In, The Orphanage and The Thing (1982). I nominate Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, [REC], Scream, The Mist, Freaks, Eyes Without A Face, Diabolique (?), Alien (?), and... for my one exploitive horror, I really feel it right to nominate... Re-Animator. And, for the pure chutzpah, I nominate Wes Craven's New Nightmare. Eta: I just saw Black Christmas (1974) for the first time last night. Not ready to nominate it yet... Edited December 31, 2010 by Nick Alexander Nick Alexander Keynote, Worship Leader, Comedian, Parodyist Host of the Prayer Meeting Podcast - your virtual worship oasis. (Subscribe) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) Director: Scott Derrickson Running Time: 119 min. Language: English IMDB A&F Thread Title: Requiem (2006) Director: Hans-Christian Schmid Running Time: 93 min Language: German IMDB A&F Thread In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Second for Psycho and Emily Rose. It's the side effects that save us. --The National, "Graceless"Twitter Blog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.A.A. Purves Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) Director: Scott Derrickson Running Time: 119 min. Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/ YouTube: A&F Thread: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=3894 Second. And, A&F thread link added. Redemptio Sehnsucht.     Cincinnatus's Ploughshare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Alexander Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) Director: Scott Derrickson Running Time: 119 min. Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/ YouTube: A&F Thread: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=3894 Second. And, A&F thread link added. With Derrickson being so intimately involved with this, isn't this a Ted Baehr-ish thing to do? Wouldn't his very participation automatically rule this out? I'd rather see Carnival of Souls nominated. And Cronenberg's Scanners, if only for the first five minutes. Nick Alexander Keynote, Worship Leader, Comedian, Parodyist Host of the Prayer Meeting Podcast - your virtual worship oasis. (Subscribe) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.A.A. Purves Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) Director: William Dieterle Running time: 116 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031455/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPWj0KfRTtw A&F Thread: N/A Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Director: Victor Fleming Running time: 113 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033553/ YouTube: A&F Thread: N/A Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Director: Albert Lewin Running time: 110 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/ YouTube: A&F Thread: N/A Title: Fallen (1998) Director: Gregory Hoblit Running time: 123 min Language: English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119099/ YouTube: A&F Thread: N/A Redemptio Sehnsucht.     Cincinnatus's Ploughshare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persona Report post Posted December 31, 2010 With Derrickson being so intimately involved with this, isn't this a Ted Baehr-ish thing to do? Wouldn't his very participation automatically rule this out? I'd rather see Carnival of Souls nominated. And Cronenberg's Scanners, if only for the first five minutes. I would have nominated it and Requiem together whether he is participating or not. In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the Universe. Filmsweep by Persona. 2013 Film Journal. IlPersona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Report post Posted December 31, 2010 I thought I'd just watch this from afar, but I want to put in a somewhat controversial proposal for inclusion. We'll see if it garners a second. Title: An Inconvenient Truth Director: Davis Guggenheim 100 minutes English IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/ Trailer: A&F discussion: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?showtopic=9398 A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
