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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jan 28, 2014 22:32:31 GMT 2
Another week, another "definite" online list, although this one is far more high-brow and intelligent than the usual "it scared the shit out of us" list. The introductory paragraphs alone put this way above most other lists of this kind, although some of the entries (Halloween 2 - the remake??) are baffling. Well worth a look, though. www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/100-greatest-horror-films-of-all-time |
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Post by trashcanman on Jan 29, 2014 20:22:20 GMT 2
No way anybody would put Zombie's Halloween sequel on there. Even I hated that one and I love everything else he's done. And god, that description is the exact reason I hate professional critics.  Very interesting picks, though, even if the writer is a pretentious tool. You definitely can't say he doesn't know his stuff. He's got picks from all over the place, and the majority of them belong there as far as I can see (the site gave out on me when I got to the 40's). I'll check the rest later. |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jan 29, 2014 22:08:14 GMT 2
The top ten has got a few obvious inclusions but a few eyebrow raisers. Number four and three are both good movies, especially three.. but in the top five of all TIME? I dunno.
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Post by trashcanman on Jan 29, 2014 23:01:59 GMT 2
Alright, I got the rest. Jaws doesn't make it into the top 30? Really? Behind Cronie's laughable The Brood? Fuck me. Are there any Cronie flicks NOT on this list? Christ. It's like that 80's song list that put every Pixies song ever recorded in it. If you want to do a list about a specific artist, do it. Don't make a "100 Best" list just so you have room to cram in ever single thing an artist has ever done without making your fanboyism so blatant. Aside from The Fly (which was only ever mildy icky when I watched it as a child and the original is actually scarier), the top ten is pretty solid.
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Post by Ben on Feb 5, 2014 7:08:18 GMT 2
A lot of thought went into the list, obviously, but it has the same problem as every other well-thought-out list: a bunch of the movies included in it aren't horror movies. "Disturbing" does not equal "horror." "Really dark" does not equal "horror." Blue Velvet? Really? Come on. And I haven't seen most of those really old ones, but I have to figure they got in on respect alone. Maybe it's because my generation has been suffering desensitization practically from birth, but shit that was scary more than 35 years ago barely phases me (with the possible exception of Alien).
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