The Official BadMovies.org poll of the Greatest Horror Movies of all Time

[Rev. Powell]

It's October, so why not?

Rules are simple. Just list your top 25 horror movies, ranked. TV movies are eligible, series and miniseries are not. Your number one choice gets 25 points, #2 gets 24, and #25 earns 1 point. (If you want to keep your ballot secret, you can message me). You can edit your votes up until October 30. (I might change mine before then.) I'll compile them all in a spreadsheet and give the final results of which films scored the most points on Halloween. I'll go first, to show you how it's done:

25 points to  The Shining (1980)
24 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
23 The Wicker Man (1973)
22 Audition (1999)
21 The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
20 Videodrome (1983)
19 Eyes Without a Face (1960)
18 Suspiria (1977)
17 Evil Dead II (1987)
16 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
15 Viy (1967)
14 The Witch (2015)
13 Haxan (1922)
12 Carnival of Souls (1962)
11 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
10 The Company of Wolves (1984)
9 Frankenstein (1931)
8 Vampyr (1932)
7 Cat People (1942)
6 The Black Cat (1934)
5 Spider Baby, of the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
4 Phantasm (1979)
3 Freaks (1932)
2 The Body Snatcher (1945)
1 The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

[claws]

From movies I own:

25. The Exorcist (1973)
24. Psycho (1960)
23. The Shining (1980)
22. Halloween (1978)
21. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
20. Jaws (1975)
19. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
18. Alien (1979)
17. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
16. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
15. Hereditary (2018)
14. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
13. The Thing (1982)
12. The Babadook (2014)
11. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
10. Get Out (2017)
09. Suspiria (1977)
08. The Witch (2015)
07. It Follows (2014)
06. Carrie (1976)
05. The Ring (2002)
04. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
03. Scream (1996)
02. Let the Right One In (2008)
01. The Conjuring (2013)

[Alex]

Started with films that had a big effect on me when I first watched them, then sort of drifted into favourites to watch multiple times (so ones at the top might have frightened me as a kid or shocked me with the ending (Saw and The Mist, looking at you here, while lower down ones are just ones I like watching semi-regularly). I may move the order around a bit more, but not huge changes. I've went for pure horror movies and deliberately not included any horror comedies.

25 The Thing 1982. 
24 Alien 1979.
23 Halloween 1978.
22 Jaws 1975.
21 The Mist 2007.
20 Saw 2004.
19 The Void 2016.
18 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984.
17 Ring 1998.
16 The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016.
15 The Fog 1980.
14 The Descent 2005.
13 Night of the Living Dead 1968.
12 Triangle 2009.
11 The Blair Witch Project 1999.
10 Pans Labyrinth 2006.
9 In the Mouth of Madness 1994.
8 Shock Waves 1977.
7 The VVitch 2015.
6 The Omen 1976.
5 Event Horizon 1997.
4 The Poughkeepsie Tapes 2007.
3 The Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954.
2 Hereditary 2018.
1 The Hole 2009.

[RCMerchant]

I find it nearly impossible to put them in order. I like the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE just as much as the HAUNTING, or  any of these, just in different ways. Sigh.

1. the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
2. PSYCHO (1960)
3. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
4. the HAUNTING (1963)
5. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1955)
6. KILL, BABY, KILL (1966)
7. NOSFERATU (1922)
8. the THING (1982)
9. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
10. CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
11. WHITE ZOMBIE (1932)
12. BLACK SUNDAY (1960)
13. the EXORCIST (1973)
14. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932)
15. HAXAN (1922)
16. GODZILLA (1954)- Japanese version.
17. ALUCARDA (1977)
18. GUZO (2003)
19. DEEP RED (1975)
20. ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
21. the SHINING (1980)
22. EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)
23. the RAVEN (1935)
24. the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
25. KING KONG (1933)



These are in the BAD movie thread? If it were my favorite BAD horror movies, it would go something like this-

1. BRIDE OF THE MONSTER (1955)
2. DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN (1971)
3. MANIAC (1934)
4. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)
5. HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND (1959)
6. the BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1959)
7. the CREEPING TERROR (1964)
8. 2,000 MANIACS (1963)
9. NIGHTBEAST (1982)
10. DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (1973)
11. BLOOD FREAK (1972)
12. HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS (1970)
13. TEENAGE ZOMBIES (1959)
14. SON OF INGAGI (1940)
15. ROBOT MONSTER (1953)
16. the GIRL AND THE GEEK (1964)
17. the REVENGE OF DR. X (1970)
18. TRUTH OR DARE: A CRITICAL MADNESS (1986)
19. MANOS-THE HANDS OF FATE (1966)
20. MONSTER A GO-GO (1965)
21. PSYCHED BY THE 4-D WITCH (1973)
22. WELCOME HOME, BROTHER CHARLES (1975)
23. the MIGHTY GORGA (1969)
24. ASTRO-ZOMBIES (1968)
25.  KILLING SPREE (1987)

[Trevor]

-25 points for THE SHINING from me 😉

[RCMerchant]

^ I always wanted to ask you-why don't you like the SHINING?

[Trevor]

^ I always wanted to ask you-why don't you like the SHINING?

I loved the book - I was 12 when I got it as a birthday gift - and when Dad told me that a movie was being released, I begged to be allowed to see it and even my Mom agreed.

I went there all excited, expecting to see the book I loved onscreen and what I saw actually made me cry. That was in 1980, I've never forgotten it and it was the first time I saw a great book being so absolutely trashed onscreen.

There are some plus points about the movie, the scary visuals, the music, the cinematography and some truly nasty shocks, like that thing in the bath and the injured guest saying "Great party, isn't it?" 😳

I wrote a whole review for it on here but I didn't like it then. I was asked at a college class what my least fave movie was, I said "The Shining" and someone threw an eraser at me 😳😉

[zombie no.one]

25 PIECES (1982)
24 THE OMEN (1976)
23 THE MUTILATOR (1984)
22 THE BEAST MUST DIE (1974)
21 GRADUATION DAY (1981)
20 TENEBRAE (1982)
19 PSYCHO (1960)
18 FRIDAY 13TH PART 8: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN (1989)
17 NIGHTMARE BEACH (1989)
16 PARENTS (1989)
15 LONG WEEKEND (1978)
14 SCANNERS 3 (1992)
13 BLOODY MOON (1981)
12 NEW YORK RIPPER (1982)
11 THE HOWLING PART 7: NEW MOON RISING (1994)
10 ASYLUM (1972)
9 MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D (2009)
8 FRIDAY 13TH PART 7: THE NEW BLOOD (1988)
7 VAULT OF HORROR (1973)
6 HOSPITAL MASSACRE (1981)
5 FRIDAY 13TH PART 3 (1982)
4 SEVEN (1995)
3 ZOMBI HOLOCAUST (1980)
2 TERROR (1978)
1 THE HOWLING (1980)

I always wanted to ask myself - why do I like half of these?

[M.10rda]

'Sokay, Trevor, lots of people dislike THE SHINING - Stephen King included!

I think I read the book when I was vveeeeeeeery young (3rd or 4th grader?) and loved it. It's possible I tried to watch the film before that - the first time I tried I tapped out during the long car ride to the Overlook - the tension (even that aerial shot!) overwhelmed me. I was getting long in the tooth to be getting scared during scary movies - I was maybe 8 or 9! I returned to watch the entire film a couple years later and... I was disappointed, too. The book is (mostly) fabulous, and the film is it's own thing. It took another couple tries before I could appreciate the book as a Kubrick film rather than as a King adaptation. Then again, most King adaptations ain't great, right?

Anyway. this isn't a SHINING thread, so - I'll post my list in three weeks, probably. Thanks for doing this, Rev.

[zombie no.one]

25 The Blair Witch Project 1999.

this your fav horror movie? (nothing wrong with that, but I'm half thinking you might've written your list the wrong way round, points wise?)

[RCMerchant]

^ I always wanted to ask you-why don't you like the SHINING?

I loved the book - I was 12 when I got it as a birthday gift - and when Dad told me that a movie was being released, I begged to be allowed to see it and even my Mom agreed.

I went there all excited, expecting to see the book I loved onscreen and what I saw actually made me cry. That was in 1980, I've never forgotten it and it was the first time I saw a great book being so absolutely trashed onscreen.

There are some plus points about the movie, the scary visuals, the music, the cinematography and some truly nasty shocks, like that thing in the bath and the injured guest saying "Great party, isn't it?" 😳

I wrote a whole review for it on here but I didn't like it then. I was asked at a college class what my least fave movie was, I said "The Shining" and someone threw an eraser at me 😳😉

I, too, love the book and read it before I saw the film, and yes, the changes in places are glaring, but it's nearly impossible to translate the written word to film or vice versa. I just love both-just in different ways. If it were exactly like the book we would have spent an hour of the film just watching Jack sitting in the basement reading old newspaper clippings.

[Alex]

25 The Blair Witch Project 1999.

this your fav horror movie? (nothing wrong with that, but I'm half thinking you might've written your list the wrong way round, points wise?)

No, like the Rev I was planning on editing it a bit before the final. I made the initial list in no particular order of what my favourite horror movies would be and then figured  I'd sort it out into a better order later. Ring isn't my absolute top horror movie either on the other end of the scale (Alien and The Thing will have to fight it out for top spot).

[RCMerchant]

25 The Blair Witch Project 1999.

this your fav horror movie? (nothing wrong with that, but I'm half thinking you might've written your list the wrong way round, points wise?)

Coming from someone who has the the laughable PIECES listed as #1, that's ironic.

[zombie no.one]

25 The Blair Witch Project 1999.

this your fav horror movie? (nothing wrong with that, but I'm half thinking you might've written your list the wrong way round, points wise?)

Coming from someone who has the the laughable PIECES listed as #1, that's ironic.

I made sure to say "nothing wrong with that"... and also jokingly took a pop at my own taste, at the end of my list as well.  I covered my bases 

25 The Blair Witch Project 1999.

this your fav horror movie? (nothing wrong with that, but I'm half thinking you might've written your list the wrong way round, points wise?)

No, like the Rev I was planning on editing it a bit before the final. I made the initial list in no particular order of what my favourite horror movies would be and then figured  I'd sort it out into a better order later. Ring isn't my absolute top horror movie either on the other end of the scale (Alien and The Thing will have to fight it out for top spot).

ah fair enough... yeah I've just remembered one so will prob edit my list too

[Trevor]

^ I always wanted to ask you-why don't you like the SHINING?

I loved the book - I was 12 when I got it as a birthday gift - and when Dad told me that a movie was being released, I begged to be allowed to see it and even my Mom agreed.

I went there all excited, expecting to see the book I loved onscreen and what I saw actually made me cry. That was in 1980, I've never forgotten it and it was the first time I saw a great book being so absolutely trashed onscreen.

There are some plus points about the movie, the scary visuals, the music, the cinematography and some truly nasty shocks, like that thing in the bath and the injured guest saying "Great party, isn't it?" 😳

I wrote a whole review for it on here but I didn't like it then. I was asked at a college class what my least fave movie was, I said "The Shining" and someone threw an eraser at me 😳😉

I, too, love the book and read it before I saw the film, and yes, the changes in places are glaring, but it's nearly impossible to translate the written word to film or vice versa. I just love both-just in different ways. If it were exactly like the book we would have spent an hour of the film just watching Jack sitting in the basement reading old newspaper clippings.

😂🤣😆😀😄 Agreed 😀😆😎