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     Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 89.240.140.137 |
I was just looking through the choices for the top ten greatest British horror films, and I wondered what would be everybody's choice for number one. The Wicker Man? Or is that too obvious? What about the top ten American horror films? Maybe 'The Exorcist'. A friend of mine thinks Friedkin's 'Bug' to be one of the best horror films, though Friedkin doesn't consider it an out and out horror film. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.155.48.70 |
Bug was dull. Let's Scare Jessica to Death. | ||
| Stephen Theaker (Stephen_theaker) Username: Stephen_theaker Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 62.30.117.235 |
I'd go for: UK: The Quatermass Experiment US: The Thing | ||
| Patrick Walker (Patrick_walker) Username: Patrick_walker Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 91.103.168.21 |
UK - The Wicker Man or Don't Look Now US - Rosemary's Baby Europe - Les Diaboliques or Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without A Face) | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.229.55 |
Is there a film called THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT?... I'd vote for maybe QUATERMASS AND THE PIT. And I'd go for ROSEMARY'S BABY, too, in the U.S. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.216.169 |
UK: The Innocents US: Carnival of Souls | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.13.66 |
Whoops - forgot THE INNOCENTS - I switch my UK vote. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 220.138.165.110 |
UK: Night of the Demon US: Night of the Living Dead | ||
| Stephen Theaker (Stephen_theaker) Username: Stephen_theaker Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 62.30.117.235 |
"Is there a film called THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT?" Sorry, I just can't bring myself to spell it without the E, even if that is the proper title..! | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
UK: Witchfinder General US: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Italy: Cannibal Holocaust Spain: [Rec] Portugal: Tombs of the Blind Dead France: Les Yeux Sans Visage | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Germany: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
Oh yes! Well done Lady P What would I do without you?  | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
UK: Dead of Night (1945) OK, I know it's not a technically brilliant film as a whole, but it's the first of it's kind - a real ground-breaking film in my opinion - which later led to all the Amicus (and other) anthology series films. And, of course, it has that classic ventriloquist's dummy sequence - one of those 'once-you've-seen-it-you-never-forget-it' pieces. US: Frankenstein (1931) Again, there are better films technically but this was another first of its kind as far as I'm concerned. The performance from Boris Karloff is, of course, what everyone remembers - this has gone on to define what we consider to be Frankenstein's creature ever since. A true great! | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
UK: Night Of The Demon (1957) US: The Exorcist (1973) Italy: Tenebrae (1982) Spain: Horror Express (1972) France: Eyes Without A Face (1960) Holland: The Vanishing (1988) Germany: Nosferatu (1921) Austria: Funny Games (1997) Sweden: Hour Of The Wolf (1968) Australia: Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) New Zealand: Braindead (1992) Canada: Videodrome (1982) Japan: Onibaba (1964) Mexico: Cronos (1993) Ireland: The Fantasist (1986) - if only there were a few more <sigh> etc, etc... ...I think a lot about these things. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Britain: Night of the Demon America: Lost Highway Canada: Videodrome Germany: Nosferatu (Murnau) Italy: La Maschera del Demonio Sweden: Vargtimmen France: Les Yeux sans Visage Pakistan: Zinda Laash India: Bandh Darwaza | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.4.252 |
Goodness! Look at all these films to watch! These are just the kinds of lists I've been waiting for! I shall print them out and run, not walk, to my local library.... Sorry, I just can't bring myself to spell it without the E, even if that is the proper title..! Sorry, Stephen, it wasn't - I actually hadn't heard this title - I looked it up, and realized it's The Creeping Unknown, which yes, of course, is a great film.... | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.21.220 |
If it IS a horror film: US: Fire Walk with Me | ||
| Patrick Walker (Patrick_walker) Username: Patrick_walker Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 91.103.168.21 |
I am changing my above UK vote to Night of the Demon/Don't Look Now. Either way, I still can't choose. Sorry The Wicker Man. | ||
| Stephen Theaker (Stephen_theaker) Username: Stephen_theaker Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 62.30.117.235 |
"Sorry, Stephen, it wasn't - I actually hadn't heard this title - I looked it up, and realized it's The Creeping Unknown, which yes, of course, is a great film..." Yes, that was the title it was given for its US release. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.78.35.185 |
Belgium: Left Bank | ||
| Johnny_mains (Johnny_mains) Username: Johnny_mains Registered: 04-2010 Posted From: 82.22.75.99 |
UK: The City of the Dead (1960) France: J Accuse! (1919) US: The Island of Lost Souls (1933) Italy: Deep Red (1975) Spain: Night of the Seagulls (1975) Germany/ Austria? : The Hands of Orlac (1924) Holland: Spookies (1986) - ok, it's not that good, in fact it's awful - but one you have to watch... | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Norway: Naboer (aka "Next Door") | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
I love 'Spookies' and have it on DVD! One of those films that creates its own nightmarishly absurd reality. I imagine it as the kind of film a young David Lynch would have made with his college mates had he ever got into alcohol in a big way. | ||
| Joelmurr (Joelmurr) Username: Joelmurr Registered: 04-2010 Posted From: 82.169.25.44 |
Here's what I'd pick: UK: Don't Look Now US: Psycho (or Cat People) France: Les yeux sans visage Russia: Viy Czechoslovakia: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Belgium: Les levres rouges (Daughters of Darkness) Italy: Suspiria Spain: La novia ensangrentada (The Blood-spattered Bride - or is it really as good as I remember it being?) Finland: Valkoinen peura Sweden: Vargtimmen Australia: Picnic at Hanging Rock Japan: Onibaba (of the ones I've seen, at least) | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.31.8.83 |
Greenland: Penguin Massacre 3 - This Time They're Worthy of Newspapers: Black and White and Red All Over. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
Stevie - was Spookies the one where the spider woman in the basement literally sucks a man dry (not in that way, those of you with a filthy mind). The way his face collapsed made me feel a bit sick when I saw it as a kid... | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
The Wicker Man, yes... However, Robert Wise's The Haunting seems to make all the lists of UK horror films despite having a predominately American cast and director. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
That's the one, John. It was the farting muck-men always stuck in my mind. That film is stark raving mad and completely wonderful.  | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.7.76 |
Well, I do got, for a country not mentioned... Poland: Possession (1981) Not that I've seen other Polish horror movies, but... I don't think much is ever going to beat THIS one! (In any country!) | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.55 |
France - Martyrs | ||
| Johnny_mains (Johnny_mains) Username: Johnny_mains Registered: 04-2010 Posted From: 217.171.129.69 |
Thanks to Lord P, I recently had the oppurtunity to watch Martyrs, and if they had shaved even ten minutes from the torture section, it would have been way more effective. Still quite something though - and I think it could be a USA remake proof film... | ||
| Joelmurr (Joelmurr) Username: Joelmurr Registered: 04-2010 Posted From: 82.169.25.44 |
Craig, Possession is uniquely disturbing! Hated it when I first saw it, but later became a fan of Zulawski's work - although they're not horror, films like The Third Part of the Night and That Most Important Thing: Love have a disturbing intensity. His film Devil apparently makes Ken Russell's The Devils look like a model of restraint, but I haven't had a chance to see it yet. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 78.144.129.82 |
Britain - Night of the Demon. The States - The Haunting. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.252.116 |
Wow, Joel M. - I just read the synopsis of DEVIL, and it sounds exactly like the kind of film I gotta see pronto!!! It's available on Netflix, and I've just moved it to the top of my queue... thanks for the tip!... | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 78.144.129.82 |
Craig - I've got the sequel to Donnie Darko sitting next to me. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 78.144.129.82 |
Yes, I know how that must sound (: | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.252.116 |
Actually, Frank, tell me if it's any good - I'm actually bizarrely desirous of seeing it - though I'd feel embarrassed and ashamed, like the time they caught me and Paul Reubens at that movie theater - er, what? | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 78.144.129.82 |
Paul Reubens as in Pee Wee Herman? I knew you had to be in on that little sleazy escapade. After all, you're a screenplay writer (; |