SHOCKtober: 172-145

Gooble gobble, we are really starting to get into classiques territory with these movies that received four votes each...

172. May – 2002, Lucky McKee

171. Maniac – 1980, William Lustig

170. Late Night with the Devil – 2023, Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes

169. Killer Klowns from Outer Space – 1988, Stephen Chiodo

168. Inside – 2007, Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury

167. House of Wax – 2005, Jaume Collet-Serra

166. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – 1986, John McNaughton

165. Halloween II – 1981, Rick Rosenthal

164. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later – 1998, Steve Miner

163. Freaks – 1932, Tod Browning

162. Evil Dead – 2013, Fede Alvarez

161. Event Horizon – 1997, Paul W.S. Anderson

160. Deathdream (aka Dead of Night) – 1974, Bob Clark

159. Dead & Buried – 1981, Gary Sherman

158. Day of the Dead – 1985, George A. Romero

157. Black Swan – 2010, Darren Aronofsky

156. Black Sunday – 1960, Mario Bava

155. Beetlejuice – 1988, Tim Burton

154. As Above, So Below – 2014, John Erick Dowdle

153. American Psycho – 2000, Mary Harron

152. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge – 1985, Jack Sholder

151. A Dark Song – 2016, Liam Gavin

Oh ho ho! But what's this? Time to say (Q Lazzarus voice) goodbye foursomes...we're gonna add one more! That's right, give it up for the moresomes: movies that got five votes each.

150. Videodrome – 1983, David Cronenberg

149. The Wailing – 2016, Na Hong-jin

148. The Lords of Salem – 2012, Rob Zombie

147. The Lighthouse – 2019, Robert Eggers

146. The Howling – 1981, Joe Dante

145. The Bad Seed – 1956, Mervyn LeRoy

• Jamie Lee Curtis's wig from the 1981 film Halloween II: It's not the only reason why I love that movie, but it certainly is many of the reasons why I love that movie.
• Do we really need the "20 Years Later" subtext for Halloween H20? I never met anyone who didn't understand what the "H20" was all about, and even though we all say "H-Two-Oh" instead of "H-Twenty," no one was thinking "Halloween H-Two-Oh" meant that the movie was called Halloween Water. Although maybe that's me making my anecdotal experience universal. GASP I would never!
• Side note to H20: Steve Miner appears many times on this list, yet he is never really talked about as one of horror's iconic directors. It's like his movies direct themselves or something.
• A reader on House of Wax: The tank tops! Shirtless Chad Michael Murray! The fingertip snip! The My Chemical Romance closing credits!!! I will never apologize for my love of this movie. Peak 2000s viewing."
• Hello, I am the last horror fan remaining who has not seen Late Night with the Devil.
• But I have seen The Bad Seed and you know what? Justice for Rhoda. Can any of us really say we would not resort to murder if we felt robbed of a Penmanship Award?