Greatest American Horror Film of All Time? [Archive]

WARF

11-13-2006, 02:39 PM

Which film do you think is the best American horror film of all time?

(Example: The Shining was filmed in England... Suspiria in Italy.)

You can only pick one!

Poll closes in 3 Days

WARF

11-13-2006, 02:42 PM

First and foremost... I think American horror sucks...
So the best from this list would be the original Evil dead... followed by TCM and Last house!

ALMOSTsaved

11-13-2006, 02:54 PM

John Carpenter's masterpiece, the original, "Halloween."

Jérôme Frenchise

11-13-2006, 02:58 PM

Before ticking... Do we actually vote for the best one, or is there progressive elimination?

The best IMO is "Evil Dead", as you both get the shivers at times, AND (often) laugh your ass off.

Jérôme Frenchise

11-13-2006, 03:03 PM

I have the DVDs of "Chainsaw Massacre", "The Exorcist", Carrie", "Halloween" and "Evil Dead".

WARF, why do you say that American horror productions "suck"? :confused:

Do you want to see French horror movies? :D

Jurak

11-13-2006, 03:08 PM

Where's... "The night of the living dead"??

it's gotta be up there on the "jump" factor...

WARF

11-13-2006, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
I have the DVDs of "Chainsaw Massacre", "The Exorcist", Carrie", "Halloween" and "Evil Dead".

WARF, why do you say that American horror productions "suck"? :confused:

Do you want to see French horror movies? :D

Sure, I'll take "Living Dead Girl" over any American horror film.
I'm a surrealist.
I love Jean Rollin... did I spell that right?
I also like Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento etc etc
Italian horror being my favorite.

Baby's On Fire

11-13-2006, 03:53 PM

HOSTEL !!!! Amazing flick. Pussy, humour and more than ample violence and gore. And a pretty good script too.

WARF

11-13-2006, 04:08 PM

HOSTEL!
Great movie... best american horror film in 10 years!

sadaist

11-13-2006, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise

The best IMO is "Evil Dead", as you both get the shivers at times, AND (often) laugh your ass off.

Evil Dead II is perhaps the greatest horror/cult movie ever. If you are a fan, Bruce Campbell (Ash) has just finished a movie titled "They Call Me Bruce".

Plot Outline: B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132257/

sadaist

11-13-2006, 04:44 PM

Poltergeist I would put 2nd, but it's not on the list.

Jérôme Frenchise

11-13-2006, 05:11 PM

Jérôme Frenchise

11-13-2006, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by WARF
Sure, I'll take "Living Dead Girl" over any American horror film.
I'm a surrealist.
I love Jean Rollin... did I spell that right?
I also like Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento etc etc
Italian horror being my favorite.

I saw Agento's "Suspiria" on French TV last Thursday night.
I was rather disappointed as far as thrills, but I thought it was masterfully shot. :cool:

Jérôme Frenchise

11-13-2006, 05:19 PM

Jean Rollin... Didn't he shoot "The Scent of Mathilde"? It's still one movie I've got to see. It's said to be a real great one. :cool:

WARF

11-13-2006, 05:30 PM

Yeah, it's a great film Jerome!

I love horror films.
Especially low budget euro-horror!

Jimmy Jingles

11-13-2006, 06:03 PM

I went with 'Halloween' as my #1.

Also, just saw 'Jeepers Creepers' again recently and while not the best ever, still one good horror flick.

sadaist

11-13-2006, 06:44 PM

Blair Witch Project was kinda cool. Something different than the typical Hollywood crap at least.

LoungeMachine

11-13-2006, 07:14 PM

LIVE WITHOUT A NET

Scares the shit out of me thinking about it.

The_KiD

11-13-2006, 07:40 PM

Based on your list, two movies really struck me as the best of the bunch. Halloween and The Evil Dead. However, I watched the Evil Dead recently and I must say, Halloween has stood the test of time a little better and probably is the better horror film..

I really enjoy the way Halloween ends and Halloween II starts right where it ends.. It is a shame that rest of the movies are crap..

(Also agree with Sadaist, Poltergeist should be on the list.. that was a great horror film. When that clown comes to life.. Forgetta bout it! I still hate clowns because of that movie!)

Cheers,

KiD

Bob_R

11-13-2006, 07:53 PM

Halloween.

MAX

11-13-2006, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by sadaist
Blair Witch Project was kinda cool. Something different than the typical Hollywood crap at least.

Just watched that one for the second time (since it was first released) this Halloween and it didn't do much for me. While I'll agree, it's a differently made and kind of movie, it just didn't frighten me in the least bit. However, the first time I saw it, I thought "What was the big deal with that?" Only to find myself walking my dogs through a nearby park (it was also autumn at the time and the park has wooded areas) and being scared shitless thinking that the blair witch was following me. lol.

At the end of the day though, that fucking "Exorcist" still scares the shit out of me. I've only seen it once and will NEVER watch it again!!!

bueno bob

11-13-2006, 08:08 PM

I went with Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Great flick...all of those movies up there absolutely deserve their place among the best American horror films ever made, and any of them really deserve the win.

bueno bob

11-13-2006, 08:10 PM

Originally posted by sadaist
Evil Dead II is perhaps the greatest horror/cult movie ever. If you are a fan, Bruce Campbell (Ash) has just finished a movie titled "They Call Me Bruce".

Plot Outline: B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132257/

Awesome!

I'm all over that...hopefully Bruce will do a meet 'n' greet thing in the local neighborhood, I'd love a chance to meet him...

sadaist

11-13-2006, 08:32 PM

Originally posted by The_KiD

(Also agree with Sadaist, Poltergeist should be on the list.. that was a great horror film. When that clown comes to life.. Forgetta bout it! I still hate clowns because of that movie!)

Cheers,

KiD

Sweet dreams Kid...

http://accelerate.wombatmobile.com/images/poltergeist.jpg

http://sistapaua.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/clown_poltergeist.jpg

http://www.retrocrush.com/scary/poltclown.jpg

sadaist

11-13-2006, 08:36 PM

My favorite movie creature of all time...

http://home.comcast.net/~mlpaul/polt/ghost-water.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~mlpaul/polt/ghost-final.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/80schild.geo/polt1behindscenes.html

blonddgirl777

11-13-2006, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
... Do you want to see French horror movies? :D

Every movie with Gérard Depardieu is a French horror movie...
The man is so ugly, it's scares the shit out of me!

blonddgirl777

11-13-2006, 08:57 PM

I voted "Carrie" because "THE OMEN 1" isn't listed...
A real mind twister with awsome music!

blonddgirl777

11-13-2006, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
... why do you say that American horror productions "suck"? :confused...:D

Jérôme, have you seen the American re-makes of "La femme Nikita" (who became "Point Of No Retrurn") and "The Vanishing"???
Although they are not horror movies, you would totally understand what Warf means...

I don't like it when EVERY special effects, have to be used over and over in horror movies. It usually makes up for lack of content!

Jérôme Frenchise

11-14-2006, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Every movie with Gérard Depardieu is a French horror movie...
The man is so ugly, it's scares the shit out of me!

Tout juste un peu vilain. ;)

http://www.kanguhru.com/media/1/20051004-depardieu.jpg

The_KiD

11-14-2006, 05:34 PM

Originally posted by sadaist
Sweet dreams Kid...

http://accelerate.wombatmobile.com/images/poltergeist.jpg

http://sistapaua.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/clown_poltergeist.jpg

http://www.retrocrush.com/scary/poltclown.jpg

LOL.. Thanks for the nightmares more like it.. That Stephen King Movie "It" with the killer Clown running around in the sewer gave me the willies as well.. LOL..

Yea okay, I will admit it. I am fucking scared of Clowns.. Ufff

Cheers,

KiD

The_KiD

11-14-2006, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
I voted "Carrie" because "THE OMEN 1" isn't listed...
A real mind twister with awsome music!

The original OMEN film is an excellent film. The recent remake was pretty poor which was not surprising..

Cheers,

KiD

BITEYOASS

11-14-2006, 06:23 PM

Well I've only viewed a scene from "American Psycho", but it raises an important question. Do you like Huey Lewis & the News?

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LoungeMachine

11-14-2006, 06:43 PM

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
Jérôme, have you seen the American re-makes of "La femme Nikita" (who became "Point Of No Retrurn")

Brigette Fonda

Humina humina humina :p

I'd drink her bath water

Fairwrning

11-14-2006, 07:10 PM

http://www.scaryhorrormovies.com/michael_myers.jpg

blonddgirl777

11-14-2006, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
... I'd drink her bath water

I get it...

rustoffa

11-14-2006, 09:07 PM

:)

http://slantmouth.com/articles/dixar/images/boomstick.jpg

Mr. Vengeance

11-14-2006, 10:06 PM

It's the Evil Dead, followed closely by Joanie Lauer's (AKA China from the WWE) Home Porn movie....

sadaist

11-15-2006, 05:50 PM

Shop smart...shop S Mart!

Baby's On Fire

11-15-2006, 06:29 PM

blonddgirl777

11-15-2006, 06:37 PM

Originally posted by The_KiD
LOL.. Thanks for the nightmares more like it.. That Stephen King Movie "It" with the killer Clown running around in the sewer gave me the willies as well.. LOL..

Yea okay, I will admit it. I am fucking scared of Clowns.. Ufff

Cheers,

KiD

I'm not scared of clowns (unless they do, kill kids) and "IT" wasn't too, too scary to me but this scene, where you see his red nose in the sink... made me wake up my B-Friend in the middle of the night to escort me to the bathroom... I just couldn't look in the sink!

blonddgirl777

11-15-2006, 06:39 PM

Originally posted by The_KiD
The original OMEN film is an excellent film. The recent remake was pretty poor which was not surprising..

Cheers,

KiD

"The Omen 1" was scary... the other following ones where not.
But I didn't eaven know that there has been a re-make of the first?

The_KiD

11-15-2006, 09:12 PM

Originally posted by blonddgirl777
"The Omen 1" was scary... the other following ones where not.
But I didn't eaven know that there has been a re-make of the first?

Yep, it was in Theatres this summer. You can rent it on DVD now. The trailer actually looked promising and the kid who played Damien looked evil... Not terrible but definitely a let down..

NO CLOWNS! LOL

KiD

blonddgirl777

11-15-2006, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by The_KiD
Yep, it was in Theatres this summer. You can rent it on DVD now. The trailer actually looked promising and the kid who played Damien looked evil... Not terrible but definitely a let down..

NO CLOWNS! LOL

KiD

I usually don't like re-makes but I could certainly download it and give it a try...

CLOWNS!!!
Be careful tonight, when you open your closet... and DON'T look under your bed... that's usually where they hang out (they grab your foot as you jump into bed)!
Also, don't shut your eyes when taking a shower... when you'll open them, there might be a CLOWN standing right in front of you... with a knife!!!
L.O.L.

RuzDNailz

11-15-2006, 09:47 PM

There is a horror movie so disturbing and so scary that it'll scare the pants off anyone on this site.....................it's called....

'Live Without A Net'

WARF

11-15-2006, 09:54 PM

"No Holds BBQ"

RuzDNailz

11-15-2006, 10:03 PM

Watch the movie Candyman and play the infamous prank on your friends. It always seems to work!

Exorcist will always be one of the most scariest of all time. I've heard of people leaving the theatre because they couldn't take it. And this was the special edition that they re-released 6 years ago.

Nightmare and Friday The 13th didn't scare me at all. I grew up with them and never had a problem.

RuzDNailz

11-15-2006, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by sadaist
Evil Dead II is perhaps the greatest horror/cult movie ever. If you are a fan, Bruce Campbell (Ash) has just finished a movie titled "They Call Me Bruce".

Plot Outline: B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132257/

He did an autograph signing a while ago. Everybody who has met him say that he is the funniest in person! Nice guy and always brings out good stuff and especially when he works with his good friend, Sam Raimi.

The Raimi Brothers + Bruce Campbell + Rob Tapert = awesome team!

Panamark

11-16-2006, 04:02 AM

Anyone see "The Reanimator" or "From Beyond"

I think they were American. Real mind fucks those
ones :)

B-grade horror classics..

Panamark

11-16-2006, 04:06 AM

Agree with everyone about "The Excorcist" the first time I watched it
as a kid, I had to literally run from light switch to light switch at
night, and was shit scared in bed...

I watched it just two weeks ago, its held up really well..
Evil Dead makes me laugh more than scare me now,
(But it did freak me out when it first came out)
Poltergeist should be there too, I assume everyone knows
the little girl (Carol Anne) actually died after filming
those films.... Thats very freaky.