Cult Labs' Favourite Horror Film

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

To use bizarre_eye's top 10 favourite films and reordering them in terms of personal preference, it would go from:
1. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
2. Videodrome (1983)
3. The Wicker Man (1973)
4. Santa Sangre (1989)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. Peeping Tom (1960)
7. Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)
8. Onibaba (1964)
9. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
10. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

To:


1. The Wicker Man (1973)
2. Videodrome (1983)
3. Psycho (1960
4. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
5. Peeping Tom (1960)
6. Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)
7. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
8. Onibaba (1964)
9. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
10. Santa Sangre (1989)

However, ranking them by their greatness (direction, writing, editing, acting etc.), would probably look like:

1. Psycho (1960)
2. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
3. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
4. Onibaba (1964
5. Peeping Tom (1960)
6. Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)
7. Santa Sangre (1989)
8. Videodrome (1983)
9. The Wicker Man (1973)
10. The Devil Rides out (1968)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

However, ranking them by their greatness (direction, writing, editing, acting etc.), would probably look like:

1. Psycho (1960)
2. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
3. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
4. Onibaba (1964
5. Peeping Tom (1960)
6. Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)
7. Santa Sangre (1989)
8. Videodrome (1983)
9. The Wicker Man (1973)
10. The Devil Rides out (1968)

You missed out commentary tracks.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You missed out commentary tracks.

That would vary from version to version!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

That's what I meant. I was asking how much of a difference there would be between what you consider to be a great film and a personal favourite.

How many films can you watch frequently despite clear shortcomings in direction, acting, or screenwriter, for example, and how would you like them? On the other hand, what films do you consider to be almost flawless but have very little interest in watching?

Whilst I know where you're coming from, I look at films as a complete package or a piece of art - how well it's been presented or its composition technique alone don't make one film greater than another for me and it simply comes down to taste/preference. Whilst I can certainly see a lot of failings in certain films that I do like (whether it be the script, production values, acting etc.) I wouldn't and couldn't say that just because a film is more technically polished it is greater than another, unless of course I enjoyed it more.

Plus as for being flawless, I need to enjoy the film too for it to be so otherwise it's nothing more than just an empty hollow, nicely presented shell.

[SymbioticFunction]

10 - Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
9 - Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)
8 - Psycho (1960)
7 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
6 - Inferno (1980)
5 - An American Werewolf In London (1981)
4 - Deep Red (1975)
3 - Jaws (1975)
2 - The Exorcist (1973)
1 - Suspiria (1977)

[MrBarlow]

Some good lists on here

Here is mine

A Nightnare on Elm Street part 3
Dawn of the dead 1978
Demons 1985
Rec 2007
Fright Night 1985
Rabid 1977
Salem's Lot1979
Suspiria 1977
The Burning 1980
The Descent 2005

[Susan Foreman]

Originally posted 10th November 2016, these have now been updated:

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Reel Scary asks users to rate slasher flicks, haunted house thrillers and gory shockers out of ten based on three metrics: gore, suspense and how disturbing they are. The top 100 were then listed

The full results can be found here

The top 10 results from each category were:

Overall

1. Martyrs (2008)
2. Evil Dead (2013)
3. Wolf Creek (2005)
4. A Serbian Film (2010)
5. Dead Alive (1992)
6. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
7. The Changeling (1980)
8. Inside (2007)
9. Eden Lake (2008)
10. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Overall

1. Martyrs (2008)
2. Inside (2007)
3. It (2017)
4. A Serbian Film (2010)
5. Evil Dead (2013)
6. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
7. Maniac (2012)
8. The Thing (1982)
9. [Rec] (2007)
10. The Descent (2005)

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Gore

1. 'Dead Alive’ (1992)
2. 'Cannibal Holocaust’ (1980)
3. 'Evil Dead’ (2013)
4. 'Martyrs’ (2008)
5. 'Hostel: Part II’ (2007)
6. 'Hostel’ (2005)
7. 'Inside’ (2007)
8. 'Saw IV’ (2007)
9. 'Saw II’ (2005)
10. 'Saw’ (2004)

Gore

1. Dead Alive (1992)
2. Evil Dead (2013)
3. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
4. Bad Taste (1987)
5. Martyrs (2008)
6. The Beyond (1981)
7. Hostel (2005)
8. Hostel: Part II (2007)
9. The Green Inferno (2013)
10. Planet Terror (2007)

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Disturb

1. 'A Serbian Film’ (2010)
2. 'Martyrs’ (2008)
3. 'Cannibal Holocaust’ (1980)
4. 'Audition’ (1999)
5. 'The Exorcist’ (1973)
6. 'Antichrist’ (2009)
7. 'The Taking of Deborah Logan’ (2014)
8. 'Eden Lake’ (2008)
9. 'Inside’ (2007)
10. 'The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence’ (2011)

Disturb

1. A Serbian Film (2010)
2. Martyrs (2008)
3. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
4. Eraserhead (1977)
5. Lost Highway (1997)
6. The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)
7. Antichrist (2009)
8. The Exorcist (1973)
9. The Last House on the Left (1972)
10. Begotten (1990)

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Suspense

1. 'Alien’ (1979)
2. 'The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist’ (2016)
3. 'Aliens’ (1986)
4. 'Eden Lake’ (2008)
5. 'The Shining’ (1980)
6. ’[Rec]’ (2007)
7. 'The Orphanage’ (2007)
8. 'It’ (1990)
9. 'Shutter’ (2004)
10. 'The Others’ (2011)

Suspense

1. Alien (1979)
2. Panic Room (2002)
3. Don't Breathe (2016)
4. The Shining (1980)
5. The Haunting (1963)
6. The Invitation (2015)
7. [Rec] (2007)
8. Them (2006)
9. The Changeling (1980)
10. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)