SHOCKtober: 20-11

Le Top 20 begins! The bold number is the number of votes each film received. How are movies that received the same number of votes ranked and not tied? That's none of my business! Let the historians figure it out when this blog is unearthed 50 years from now.

20. The Cabin in the Woods (2011, Drew Goddard) -- 23

19. It Follows (2014, David Robert Mitchell) -- 24

18. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme) -- 26

17. The Haunting (1963, Robert Wise) -- 26

16. The Exorcist (1973, William Friedkin) -- 30

15. The Wicker Man (1973, Robin Hardy) -- 31

14. Rosemary's Baby (1968, Roman Polanski) -- 31

13. Hereditary (2018, Ari Aster) -- 32

12. Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento) -- 35

11. The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick) -- 39

Interesting, interesting! A few moved up and hit the Top 20 for the first time while others are...exactly where they placed in 2020 (it always freaks me out when that happens). Even though many of them received roughly the same number of votes, placements vary quite a bit as there were way more voters overall in 2020 (haranguing people on a weekly podcast nets results!). In the interests of science, here is where each of these films ranked in that SHOCKtober of yore:

• The Cabin in the Woods -- #39, 24 votes
• It Follows -- #24, 32 votes
• The Silence of the Lambs -- #23, 32 votes
• The Haunting -- #20, 39 votes
• The Exorcist -- #17, 42 votes
• The Wicker Man -- #22, 32 votes
• Rosemary's Baby -- #12, 50 votes
• Hereditary -- #13, 50 votes
• Suspiria (1977) -- #14, 46 votes
• The Shining -- #5, 64 votes

Candyman, Carrie, Midsommar, and A Nightmare on Elm Street were in the 20-11 range in 2020 but dropped out of the Top 20 this time.

Well, we shall meet back here tomorrow to find out who will be named Miss SHOCKtobra 2024! I can't wait. Until then, I leave you with this, from a reader on Suspiria '77: "I once took LSD and watched Suspiria. 10/10, would do again if I wasn’t middle aged and afraid I might die."