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Post by Uncle POE » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:28 am

I'd like to try something here at Halloween.com, a community of people with very similar interests from across the world wide web.

I'd like to sign-up true horror movie fanatics --- a maximum of 13 including myself --- and vote on a Horror Movie Hall of Fame. It would have to be done rather quickly, so that the Inaugural Class could be posted here on Halloween Day.

Here are a few parameters:

A film must have been released a minimum of 13 years to be eligible (thus, no film that is 'hot' by present taste could sneak in)

Nothing that originated on Television (we can do something for this later)

A film must receive 66 percent of the electoral votes (which in reality would be 9 of 13 votes)

The Inaugural Class for the Horror Movie Hall of Fame would be a maximum of 13 films. After (each Halloween), a maximum of 6 films per inducted class (as to fill the film crypt with only the best)

Anyone interested?
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Post by Uncle POE » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:32 am

A list of potential films for the Inaugural Class:

Nosferatu (1922)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
The Horror of Dracula (1958)
Psycho (1960)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Halloween (1978)
Phantasm (1979)
Friday the 13th (1980)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Howling (1981)
The Thing (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Fright Night (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
Hellraiser (1987)
Pumpkinhead (1988)


If interested in having a little fun with this, respond here or PM.

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Post by One Eye'd Jack » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:37 am

I might be interested but, I'm not exactly a Horror movie 'Fanatic'.
I'll keep an eye on this.
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Post by hippieluvn » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:54 pm

I'd love to participate!

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Post by Uncle POE » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:50 pm

Lots of 'views' but only two interested parties?

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Post by hippieluvn » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:53 pm

Sounds like fun!

Just let me know what you'd like me to do :-)

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Post by jadewik » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:09 am

I really LOVE movies and Halloween... but I really don't like a lot of horror films. Granted, I think older films have more flaire-- For example, I like the older version of "The Haunting" better than the craptastic remake...

I like to think of myself as a connoisseur of film, but there really aren't that many "classical" horror films on your list that I've watched or that I can remember watching-- many of them came out before my time and I haven't been so inclined to watch them so I'd feel inadequate judging for a Horror Hall of Fame. Isn't there more or less an unofficial list of "hall of fame" developed by networks anyway?

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Post by Uncle POE » Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:43 am

Hi Jadewik

Yes, there is always someone with a list ... most of which make my head want to explode ala "Scanners". Even now, Moviefone is unveiling the 31 Best/Greatest Halloween/Horror films ...

OK, I'm a big fan of "The Descent" and even bigger fan of "Frailty" --- I just don't know that I'd put them on a list of this nature --- as Moviefone has done.

So, that's why I thought having people who are interested enough to frequent a site like Halloween.com to give their opinion.

The only movies "during my time" from the suggested list begins with George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" ... I was two years old when it hit the theaters and was hardly the first horror movie I ever saw. No more than "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "The Wizard of Oz", "Gone with the Wind", "Dr. Strangelove", "Casablanca", "Dark Victory", "The Best Years of Our Lives", "The African Queen", "The Ten Commandments", etc. etc. are during my time. But certainly, I've seen them.

"The Phantom of the Opera" is a spectacular work of art, even more so given its from the silent era of filmmaking. And, oh yeah, it's a horror movie. Boris Karloff's portrayal of The Monster is done with empathy rarely seen in films of other genres. Claude Rains' maniacal "Invisible Man" is as deadly and fearsome of a movie villian that has ever been put on the silver screen for James Bond or Luke Skywalker to confront. Few movies have affected the masses as "The Exorcist".

I also love movies, period. If you've never seen "Mr. Roberts" or "Duck Soup" ... as a fan of movies, you should. But if you've never seen "The Creature from Black Lagoon" --- you should as well (especially if in 3-D !!! - LOL). "Classical" Horror is just as deserving to be appreciated as "Classical" anything other genre. I hope anyone viewing this part of the forum can find one movie that helps to enjoy Halloween a little better.

Horror films often get the short-end of the stick, and that's OK ... maybe even understandable. Everyone is different, and have different tastes. I just remember how floored I was the first time I watched the original "The Manchurian Candidate" (a black & white film before my time) or "Amadeus" (during my time but about a 'classical music guy'). The first, I think is the best movie made before 'my time'; the second, features perhaps the greatest acting performance of all-time. I was inclined to watch neither, and I'm all the richer that I did.

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Post by jadewik » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:17 pm

Horror certainly doesn't get enough credit this day and age... but a lot of that has to do with the sorts of movies being made. Many of them are just discombobulated junk (like "Alone in the Dark")... only recently has the genre really taken off-- I think we've had more (as in number of films) memorable horror films per year in the last 10 years than we've had since horror films started to become really "popular".

... and, of course, the genre of horror itself has changed over the years. Horror films aren't always about the creepy crawlies coming to get you in the dark like "The Crawling Hand" or "The Blob"... or in more recent films such as "Aliens", which straddles genres a little. Now we have more psychological thrillers... like "Gothica" or "The Others".... there's a bit more going into horror films these days.

Classic horror is loved and will likely always BE loved... but newer films that are just as entertaining for different reasons will be the new classics. Films like "Silence of the Lambs" or "Bram Stoker's Dracula"... to me, those are the classics... not movies like "The Howling" (which I really did try to watch yesterday).

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Post by Nostalgiascape » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:26 pm

I'm in. Keep me posted.
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Post by hippieluvn » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:51 pm

A few more potentials for the inaugural list:

House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Haunting (1963)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Jaws (1975)
Carrie (1976)
The Omen (1976)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Salem’s Lot (1979)
The Shining (1980)
Evil Dead (1981)
Poltergeist (1982)
Silver Bullet (1985)
Scream (1996)
Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Sixth Sense (1999)

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Post by One Eye'd Jack » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:10 pm

Those lists look pretty good.
I think you should rate the movies with a one on one, sudden death type thing. I'm just sayin'.
I'm not sure just how you would go about rating the best horror movie of all time.
I did a really quick sudden death with Hippies list and The Omen won.

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Post by hippieluvn » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:40 pm

From my list, I'd have to go with The Blair Witch Project. I know many people don't like it, but this movie was original, simple, and scared the living <deleted> out of me because it seemed so real! Of course, I believe the best way to watch it is to view the accompanying documentary Curse of the Blair Witch followed by a screening of the actual movie. When it first came out, I first saw the documentary on television, and that is what made the initial movie-experience of this film so special for me.

Any thoughts on this film?

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Post by One Eye'd Jack » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:17 pm

Unfortunately, I went into the movie knowing that it wasn't real. I took my, then 14 year old, daughter to go see it and we were ready to be knocked out of our seats.
Instead, we sat there uneffected and when the credits began to roll we REALLY couldn't believe "THAT WAS IT?!?!?!?"

Nope. Didn't like it.

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Post by hippieluvn » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:33 pm

For me the scare was psychological due to the unseen witch (Iceberg Theory) and the realistic aspects associated with the independent filmmaking process.

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