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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Alien
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.
I actually prefer the original to the remake.
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
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.
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. ;-)
Blair Witch Project.
This one transcends the genre. It’s an excellent movie; not merely a gratuitous horror flick. It doesn’t disappoint.
Chuckie says hello.
hahahahaha! Agreed.
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I agree with you about The Ex having no surprises.
Two that were better at that, IMO, were Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen.
Agree.
Also, the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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.
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.
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