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?
