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Do You Agree? ‘Exorcist’ Ranked Greatest Horror Movie Of All-Time
Study Finds ^ | 10/31/18 | Ben Renner

Posted on 10/31/2018 12:07:39 PM PDT by Simon Green

Happy Halloween! With Michael Myers returning to the big screen just in time for his favorite holiday this year, it’s as good a time as ever to poll Americans on their most beloved horror movies of all-time. A new survey finds that despite the many heart-pounding fright flicks that have spooked moviegoers in recent years, you’ll have to turn back the clock for the scariest films ever.

The survey of 2,000 American adults, commissioned by video streaming service Vudu, had few surprises. Americans agreed that the most horrifying film ever created was The Exorcist, followed by the first iterations of Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Rounding out the top five, perhaps unexpectedly for some, was the 2013 haunted house nightmare The Conjuring — the only horror film made in the past 30 years to make the top five.

Meanwhile, when it came to the most popular horror villain, it was no surprise either that the man who sets out to haunt nightmares, Freddy Krueger, of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, took the top spot. Michael Myers from Halloween came in second, followed by Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th), Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs) and Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre).

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; moviereview
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To: Simon Green

Alien


161 posted on 10/31/2018 3:31:43 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: Simon Green

Number one with me is the Hammer Horror Film Collection. Anything with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, two extremely fine actors who could and did play anything. No one today who can hold a candle to them.


162 posted on 10/31/2018 3:32:55 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: cherry

I actually prefer the original to the remake.


163 posted on 10/31/2018 3:33:50 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: sheana

I could not read “The Shining” when I was alone at home, this was around 1979. I would literally start to think I saw something out of the corner of my eye, then I’d turn and look and—nothing was there. I could only read the book if my husband was in the house.

I decided to read the book again in the early 90’s, but after about the first couple of hundred pages I had to stop. The book scared me too much. LOL


164 posted on 10/31/2018 3:37:49 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: dfwgator

There is a cheesy horror film out here, can’t remember the name. Where guys get bitten, kind of like a were wolf. But instead if turning into a wolf they turn into women on a full moon. It was low budget and bizarre.


165 posted on 10/31/2018 3:50:11 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: RooRoobird20
I converted to Catholicism in 1993, and the movie scares me less—because I KNOW no demon can defeat the Power of Jesus Christ.

Did you assume that the demon spirit was winning because it was that strong?

I assumed the Devil(or one of his minions) seemed to get the better of the two priest because the old priest was, well old and fighting the demon taxed his Failing strength.

The younger priest was overcome(initially) by the guilt he laboured under for the assumed lack of care for his mom.(Dimi, why you do this to meeee!)

The Diabolic are very clever in finding and using our human frailties against us. Satan knows that God is the stronger and will eventually win in the final battle but his hatred of Mankind and his spite of God leads him to "take down' as many souls with his eventual downfall. Good horror stories are best when they forgo the obvious "B" movies plots that rely on "Gotcha" or what I called "Boogah! Boogah!" scene where the killer jumps from a hidden position while the background music strikes the screening tones to scare the viewer.
166 posted on 10/31/2018 3:53:29 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: Reagan Disciple
"Original Halloween. Hands down."
I'd seen Halloween several times over the years on TV. Good horror flic.

Aside from being a great movie if you get the full DVD version as I did not so long ago you'll learn to appreciate Jamie Lee Curtis' contributions to the uncut film at least if you're a guy - can't speak for the gals.

Trust me. ;-)

167 posted on 10/31/2018 3:56:34 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Simon Green

Blair Witch Project.


168 posted on 10/31/2018 4:22:21 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Trump hates negative publicity, unless he generates it. -Corey Lewandowski)
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To: RooRoobird20
I was living by myself. How scared do you think I was?!?!?! 💀🎃👻
169 posted on 10/31/2018 4:39:54 PM PDT by sheana
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To: cuban leaf

This one transcends the genre. It’s an excellent movie; not merely a gratuitous horror flick. It doesn’t disappoint.


170 posted on 10/31/2018 4:50:51 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Simon Green

Chuckie says hello.


171 posted on 10/31/2018 4:52:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: EURASLEEP
Anything with Barbara Steisand in it tops my list of horror flicks.

hahahahaha! Agreed.

FMCDH(BITS)

172 posted on 10/31/2018 5:00:44 PM PDT by nothingnew
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To: fieldmarshaldj

173 posted on 10/31/2018 5:28:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MrEdd

I agree with you about The Ex having no surprises.

Two that were better at that, IMO, were Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen.


174 posted on 10/31/2018 6:27:13 PM PDT by octex
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To: Busko

Agree.

Also, the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers.


175 posted on 10/31/2018 6:50:25 PM PDT by octex
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To: Simon Green

Nothing has ever scared me as much as “The Blob” back when I was a kid. Couldn’t sit on a toilet for weeks afterward, had to hit the hole standing up.


176 posted on 10/31/2018 7:31:38 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Simon Green
I agree. The Exorcist is #1

There really isn't much competition when it comes to horror films - it's one of the few with any real substance from the standpoint of the writing and acting.

The slasher genre seems like mindless garbage created for a middle school target audience, and the classic Lugosi/Karloff type horror films of the 30's and 40's are entertaining but cheesy.

177 posted on 11/01/2018 9:47:55 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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