November 3rd 2024

[zombie]

what is in contention?

The top 23 are locked most likely. The rest that are sitting in lost purgatory are (no particular order)

Creepshow
Phantasm 2
Motel Hell
Salem's Lot (1979)
The Monster Squad
Ginger Snaps
An American Werewolf in London
Dawn of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
Creepshow 2
The Omen

you have ten to squeeze into two remaining spots? that is a herculean task.

I guess I edited in Evil Dead II when you weren't looking. That one is probably gonna be somewhere between 25-27.

and i counted wrong anyways. ginger snaps at 25. final decision! you can choose anything else you want for 24, but 25 is locked. sorry.

[Jason]

what is in contention?

The top 23 are locked most likely. The rest that are sitting in lost purgatory are (no particular order)

Creepshow
Phantasm 2
Motel Hell
Salem's Lot (1979)
The Monster Squad
Ginger Snaps
An American Werewolf in London
Dawn of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
Creepshow 2
The Omen

you have ten to squeeze into two remaining spots? that is a herculean task.

I guess I edited in Evil Dead II when you weren't looking. That one is probably gonna be somewhere between 25-27.

and i counted wrong anyways. ginger snaps at 25. final decision! you can choose anything else you want for 24, but 25 is locked. sorry.

My rough draft has The Omen at 24 and Creepshow 2 at 25 and the rest just outside of it. But list is subject to change.

[zombie]

what is the decade breakdown for the first 23? bet you don't have any post-90s. ginger snaps is looking better and better1

[Jason]

what is the decade breakdown for the first 23? bet you don't have any post-90s. ginger snaps is looking better and better1

I'll just post the rough draft in this chat. Lemme go grab it.

[Jason]

what is the decade breakdown for the first 23? bet you don't have any post-90s. ginger snaps is looking better and better1

I'll just post the rough draft in this chat. Lemme go grab it.

Since my top ten is locked and super awesome, I decided it should not be seen until after the list is finalized.

25) Creepshow 2 (1987)
24) The Omen (1976)
23) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
22) The Shining (1980)
21) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
20) Christine (1983)
19) The Blob (1988)
18) Re-Animator (1985)
17) Basket Case (1982)
16) My Bloody Valentine (1981)
15) The Burning (1981)
14) Phantasm (1979)
13) Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
12) Sleepaway Camp (1983)
11) Near Dark (1987)

[zombie]

basket case and sleepaway camp? you're a man after my horror fan heart!

i did expect the chain saw to make your ten though. that's interesting.

[Jason]

nasket case and sleepaway camp? you're a man after my horror fan heart!

i did expect the chain saw to make your ten though. that's interesting.

I'm sure you can probably guess at least the vast majority of my top ten. I don't think there are very many wild cards in there, maybe the order placement will be more surprising. But yeah, Basket Case and Sleepaway Camp were both locks for the top 25.

If I had just made the list without actually rewatching TCSM for the challenge, I probably would have had it around the top ten, but I am feeling heavily fun and nostalgic at the moment of making the list. So lots of that is incorporated into it. TCSM though, I do maintain is really the ultimate definition of horror as it pertains to the genre.

[Jason]

A lot of the movies in the top 25-11 can be reordered + or - 1 or 2. The Burning and My Bloody Valentine are basically a coin flip.

[zombie]

nasket case and sleepaway camp? you're a man after my horror fan heart!

i did expect the chain saw to make your ten though. that's interesting.

I'm sure you can probably guess at least the vast majority of my top ten. I don't think there are very many wild cards in there, maybe the order placement will be more surprising. But yeah, Basket Case and Sleepaway Camp were both locks for the top 25.

If I had just made the list without actually rewatching TCSM for the challenge, I probably would have had it around the top ten, but I am feeling heavily fun and nostalgic at the moment of making the list. So lots of that is incorporated into it. TCSM though, I do maintain is really the ultimate definition of horror as it pertains to the genre.

yeah, i probably could if i put my mind on it. but i want to see it rather than just speculating over it.

so tcsm is like the "perfect" horror movie, in the foo sense of the word? nice.

[zombie]

the burning is something i've cooled off on recently. i'm not sure why. maybe it will reclaim it's former glory over time. i don't know.

[Jason]

nasket case and sleepaway camp? you're a man after my horror fan heart!

i did expect the chain saw to make your ten though. that's interesting.

I'm sure you can probably guess at least the vast majority of my top ten. I don't think there are very many wild cards in there, maybe the order placement will be more surprising. But yeah, Basket Case and Sleepaway Camp were both locks for the top 25.

If I had just made the list without actually rewatching TCSM for the challenge, I probably would have had it around the top ten, but I am feeling heavily fun and nostalgic at the moment of making the list. So lots of that is incorporated into it. TCSM though, I do maintain is really the ultimate definition of horror as it pertains to the genre.

yeah, i probably could if i put my mind on it. but i want to see it rather than just speculating over it.

so tcsm is like the "perfect" horror movie, in the foo sense of the word? nice.

Is that what Foo said about it?

That might have planted the seed in my line of thinking regarding that movie. It's always been among the top of my lists, and if a movie is going to be absolutely brutal for the sake of being brutal, it should be as realistic and terrifying as possible. Could be why I didn't totally love the Terrifier flicks. They were kinda silly and stupid fun. Which is nice, but it was a little overly brutal for its silliness. lol.

[Jason]

I'm a sucker for peer pressure. I'll just post the rest.

10) The Evil Dead (1981)
9) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
8) Friday the 13th (1980)
7) Psycho (1960)
6) The Fog (1980)
5) Black Christmas (1974)
4) The Thing (1982)
3) Halloween (1978)
2) The Exorcist (1973)
1) Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984)

[zombie]

nasket case and sleepaway camp? you're a man after my horror fan heart!

i did expect the chain saw to make your ten though. that's interesting.

I'm sure you can probably guess at least the vast majority of my top ten. I don't think there are very many wild cards in there, maybe the order placement will be more surprising. But yeah, Basket Case and Sleepaway Camp were both locks for the top 25.

If I had just made the list without actually rewatching TCSM for the challenge, I probably would have had it around the top ten, but I am feeling heavily fun and nostalgic at the moment of making the list. So lots of that is incorporated into it. TCSM though, I do maintain is really the ultimate definition of horror as it pertains to the genre.

yeah, i probably could if i put my mind on it. but i want to see it rather than just speculating over it.

so tcsm is like the "perfect" horror movie, in the foo sense of the word? nice.

Is that what Foo said about it?

That might have planted the seed in my line of thinking regarding that movie. It's always been among the top of my lists, and if a movie is going to be absolutely brutal for the sake of being brutal, it should be as realistic and terrifying as possible. Could be why I didn't totally love the Terrifier flicks. They were kinda silly and stupid fun. Which is nice, but it was a little overly brutal for its silliness. lol.

well no. i'm borrowing his terminology a bit from how he held final chapter as the perfect encapsulation of slasher elements.

[zombie]

i did not peer pressure.... but reign will not be pleased.

[Jason]

nasket case and sleepaway camp? you're a man after my horror fan heart!

i did expect the chain saw to make your ten though. that's interesting.

I'm sure you can probably guess at least the vast majority of my top ten. I don't think there are very many wild cards in there, maybe the order placement will be more surprising. But yeah, Basket Case and Sleepaway Camp were both locks for the top 25.

If I had just made the list without actually rewatching TCSM for the challenge, I probably would have had it around the top ten, but I am feeling heavily fun and nostalgic at the moment of making the list. So lots of that is incorporated into it. TCSM though, I do maintain is really the ultimate definition of horror as it pertains to the genre.

yeah, i probably could if i put my mind on it. but i want to see it rather than just speculating over it.

so tcsm is like the "perfect" horror movie, in the foo sense of the word? nice.

Is that what Foo said about it?

That might have planted the seed in my line of thinking regarding that movie. It's always been among the top of my lists, and if a movie is going to be absolutely brutal for the sake of being brutal, it should be as realistic and terrifying as possible. Could be why I didn't totally love the Terrifier flicks. They were kinda silly and stupid fun. Which is nice, but it was a little overly brutal for its silliness. lol.

well no. i'm borrowing his terminology a bit from how i held final chapter as the perfect encapsulation of slasher elements.

Well check out my #1.

[Jason]

i did not peer pressure.... but reign will not be pleased.

Reign and I have a pretty similar top ten. We both got Exorcist at #2. But nothing pleases Reign. We know this.

[zombie]

i did not peer pressure.... but reign will not be pleased.

Reign and I have a pretty similar top ten. We both got Exorcist at #2. But nothing pleases Reign. We know this.

now that we've seen your list, you should just post it up and decide whether or not to change the 24 and 25 later.

[Jason]

i did not peer pressure.... but reign will not be pleased.

Reign and I have a pretty similar top ten. We both got Exorcist at #2. But nothing pleases Reign. We know this.

now that we've seen your list, you should just post it up and decide whether or not to change the 24 and 25 later.

I just did. I put a big "unofficial" stamp on it.

[zombie]

very 70s and 80s heavy. mostly everyone else has a krampus or a rec or a descent. what is yours gonna be?

[Jason]

very 70s and 80s heavy. mostly everyone else has a krampus or a rec or a descent. what is yours gonna be?

Evil Dead II.