The Best Horror Films of the 21st Century, As Decided by The Internet
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I mean, the Robert Blake scene is especially scary in retrospect, but yeah -- as much as I love that movie, it ain't a horror flick.Scarim Coral said:
Session 9 is brilliant. Just a half a step behind The Descent and 28 Days Later on my list. I was also surprised that the Dawn of the Dead and Evil Dead remakes didn't get a lot of nominations. They may not be top 10, but I thought they were pretty damn good movies.Major_Tom said:
Oh, I forgot about Dawn of the Dead remake, it was the best non-Romero "of the Dead" movie (better than even some later Romero ones). I checked the full list, Session 9 is in the 21st place. The fuck? Drag me to jump scare gets place 10, but Session 9 is tied with some Rob Zombie bullshit? Pfff...Exley97 said:
I came bounding in here to shout out "Alien" and maybe "Event horizon" too before the date part caught up with my brain.karloss01 said:
Good to see Pans Labyrinth on there.
Speaking of Del boy...
The only thing I can think of adding would be "Mama" presented by Del Toro himself.
I'm not sure what that means, whether it's produced, helped out or just that he thought it was pretty awesome.
Anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2nwknMmvdc
Trailer there.
Yeah, I love the original Dawn, and I even like Diary of the Dead, but Romero's other recent stuff (Land, Survival) ain't so good. Zack Snyder's remake (running zombies aside, of course) is pretty damn good. And I like Drag Me to Hell, especially the ending, but jeez....it can't even read the back of Session 9's jersey in this race.Major_Tom said:
A few others that I love:
The Last Exorcism (probably the best acting of any recent horror film)
The Crazies (arguably THE best horror remake yet)
The Orphanage (holy shit, I did not see THAT coming...)
Eden Lake (never camping again, ever)
People who are saying that Pan's Labirynth isnt horror probably never seen it. That is nightmare-inducing material. It may not be classified as horror as such, but it is more scary than most of pure horror movies out there. Its that "spychological horror" category that is less about jump scares and more about you pulling your hair out after watching.
I don't know how people can enjoy Badabook with that kid. It completely killed the movie. It was way too much. I think this was intended, but after a while, I couldn't help but to root for the antagonist later on.
It was so horrendous, maybe the kid was the real antagonist and by this gave the movie that perfection I assumably missed according to the movie's fans.
It was shit.
It was so horrendous, maybe the kid was the real antagonist and by this gave the movie that perfection I assumably missed according to the movie's fans.
It was shit.
This ties in with my opinion on Badabook. Pan's Labirynth had visually nothing in terms of inducing horror. I watched Pan's Labirynth a few weeks ago for the first time, and it had no horror for me. It was dramatic and full of fantasy, backed up by the background of the movie (what I've read on Wikipedia). Maybe, because my definition of horror is always tied to evil and gruesome visualisation, and my differentiation between good and evil is too nuanced and thin, but defined, I couldn't experience the horror so many people feel when watching that movie.Strazdas said: