DISQUS

Marina · 2 years ago

Great list but I have a bone to pick about one of the comments.

"Although it's remembered as a classic, the original Black Christmas was only so-so."

When was the last time you guys watched this? I think it may be time for a revisit. True, it's not as scary as some of the other horror flicks from the 70's but Bob Clark's film is chalk full of greatness. And who can forget the POV camera work that his crew pioneered? Definitely worth a second + look.

Kevin Carr · 2 years ago

Okay, maybe I was a little hard on Black Christmas. I actually saw it last year at an all-night movie marathon. Still a decent flick, but not to the level of classics like the original Halloween or Psycho.

I'd put it along the lines of the original Amityville Horror or Friday the 13th.

Of course, that might sound more offensive... ;-)

Marina · 2 years ago

Well, you're treading on shaky ground there but I'll let it pass... :)

I'm one of the few that actually liked "Black Christmas" more than "Halloween".

Ray · 2 years ago

It's quite telling that most of the films on this list are from the last 3-4 years. The recent succession of terrible films has NOT been a figment of our collective imagination.

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Robert · 2 years ago

I enjoy Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror, and am seeing Halloween tonight so will be able to say more then. I also think Ryan Reynolds did a good job in TAH. And the original, by any standard, is not that good of a movie.

The Fog deserves to be on this list, as does Black X-Mas and most of the others. But are we ignoring Japanese to American remakes? Because Pulse was utterly horrendous. House on Haunted Hill wasn't good. When a Stranger Calls was balls.

This is a tough list to make, considering how much crap is sitting out there, but I heartily disagree with Texas Chainsaw and Amityville, and hopefully Halloween come tonight or I've wasted $13.

steven wats his face · 1 year ago

ok I agree with the haunting being up there for sure. It was wayy to boring. but i actually likes black christmas. The origonal was great but there was no story. I remember the phone call scene the killer mentioned "billy what have you done wheres agnes" i didnt get it until i saw the remake. The ending was a shock. I dont wanna give it away but ya, it gave a story line. The bad side of it though was that most of the girls were interchangeable. Like everytime someone said wheres clair i said whose clair again? I liked House of wax just because its creepy. Common people when you watch horror movies your supposed to put yourselves in the shoes of the character. If you were being terroized by two brothers in a town made of just wax i would be pissing my pants, and if i was being chased by a phsyco who caries a chainsaw and your out in the middle of nowhere. I would be shi.. you know what my pants. I cant talk for Halloween because i havn't seen it, and i just think hitchcock's films should not be remade. OH and i wish people would shut up about the whole japanese remakes. Its not a big deal, and everyone is like " OH IT SUCKED WORST MOVIE EVER!!!" buuut, The Grudge, and the Ring were VERY succesful. Ok thats all thanks =]

Jake · 1 year ago

I agree with this list overall. But where's the unbelievably $hitty Omen remake(you know, 6-6-06)? That was almost as pointlessly scene by scene as Van Sant's Psycho.

jungle juice · 6 months ago

The Omen remake was a comedy. Black X-Mas was entertaining and the chick from SCTV cheered me up.
Rob Zombie's "version" of Halloween sucked- it was like a trip into crime forensics with a rehashed line-up of horror film actors. That screaming Jamie-Be was goddamn irritating. You know Americans are being cheated out of experiencing real filmmakers and even experimentation films by commercialization. "The Strangers" is the perfect example- which was remake of a French film out just the year before titled "Them" (iLs). I think the next revolution in the U.S. is to rid our culture of greedy entertainment moguls, wanna be filmmakers that use others work to gain positions, and reviewers who lack the intelligence to destroy what has ruined the inner fabric of little creativity is remaining. And serious disrespect to all those who accommodate these practices. What an insult for film "groups" to state that Americans can't read subtitles or enjoy an original work based on a language barrier, whats even more pathetic is these same people tend to cast a dark cloud of the so-called ignorant or lower class of Americans.

KarKrash · 6 months ago

The "Re-Invention" Tour documentary starring Madonna, should rank at number 3, not just for inspiring so-called artsy industry types to re-use original material and brainwashing gay men with religion and an anti-consumerism message endorsed by The Gap and H & M; but because her borderline personality disorder acted up a few times while performing and her Brittney Spears imitation was just as bad as her acting in the movie where she marries Rupert Evert.

Eli · 6 months ago

"Wicker Man" and "Children of the Corn: Issac's return 666" have to be two of the worst horror movies ever made. They are both boring and the plots are downright laughable.

Flu-Bird · 6 months ago

The recent remake of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and turning into some stupid eco-freak message film whats gotten into these idiots and what about disneyys awful remakes of their classics like THAT DARN CAT and INCREDIBLE JOURNEY turning the origional JOURNEY into a stupid comedy or even the purid remake of SHAGGY DOG using TIM ALLEN whats with them are they stoned on too many drugs and too much booze?

Firebird · 5 months ago

There doing a remake of ALFRED HITCHCOCKS classic movie THE BIRDS and knowing how these hollywood freaks are onto this GLOBAL WARMING bunck it will blame GLOBAL WARMING for why the birds attack its like that putrid remake of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and they used GLOBAL WARMING as usiual

Name · 3 months ago

I def. dont agree with Halloween being on this list. There are def. other movies that should be on there instead of halloween because that movie was AWESOME. It was 10 million times better than the originals so all of you that think Halloween deserves to be on this list can just shut the hell up and learn the rules of the streets

Death Is A Parade · 1 day ago

I Agree 100% With This List
Couldn't Have Made A Better List My Self
And For the Honorable Mentions I Agree As Well Especially The Wicker Man I Mean Way To Mess Up A Amazing Movie
Great Job!!