Best Horror Movie of the Last 100 Years:Round One(1978 Pt 1)

[BrodietheSlayer]

ROUND ONE:

1919-1922-----Nosferatu
1923-1926-----The Phantom of the Opera
1927-1929-----The Man Who Laughs

1930-1932-----Frankenstein
1933-1934-----King Kong
1935-1936-----The Bride of Frankenstein
1937-1939-----Son of Frankenstein

1940-1941-----The Wolf Man
1942-1943-----Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
1944-1945-----The Monster Maker
1946-1949-----House of Horrors/Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (tie)

1950-1954-----Creature From the Black Lagoon
1955-1956-----Invasion of the Body Snatchers/Night of the Hunter (tie)
1957-----------The Curse of Frankenstein
1958-----------Dracula
1959-----------House on Haunted Hill

1960-----------Psycho
1961-----------The Pit and the Pendulum
1962-----------Carnival of Souls
1963-----------The Birds
1964-----------Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1965-----------Bloody Pit of Horror
1966-----------Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1967-----------IT!
1968-----------Night of the Living Dead/Rosemary's Baby (tie)
1969-----------Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1970 (Part 1)--The Horror of Frankenstein
1970 (Part 2)--The Vampire Lovers
1971 (Part 1)--Daughters of Darkness
1971 (Part 2)--The Omega Man
1971 (Part 3)--Twitch of the Death Nerve
1972 (Part 1)--Blacula/Deathdream (tie)
1972 (Part 2)--The Last House on the Left
1972 (Part 3)--Tales From the Crypt
1973 (Part 1)--The Exorcist
1973 (Part 2)--The Wicker Man
1974 (Part 1)--Black Christmas
1974 (Part 2)--The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1975 (Part 1)--Jaws
1975 (Part 2)--The Rocky Horror Picture Show/The Terror of Mechagodzilla (tie)
1976 (Part 1)--Carrie
1976 (Part 2)--The Omen
1977 (Part 1)--The Hills Have Eyes
1977 (Part 2)--Suspiria


Welcome to 1978, and we get some HEAVY hitters in the first half of this year alone. Vote for your favorite movie from this part of this year, and, as always, explain your choice (if you like), as well as mention any other movies you might have seen on this list, below.

We will also accept Write in Votes (although, please mention it as such) for movies not included on the list I'm getting the choices off of. However, I will not remove any from the list (I can't by that point), so, if you want to make your case why a certain movie isn't a horror film, make it. Hell, you might end up swaying a few voters from going in that direction, but I can't/won't remove it from the list or DQ it.

[The 1Watcher Experience]

Halloween takes this one easily, in my opinion.

[Joker]

You know I was pondering which of Halloween or Dawn of the dead to vote for and then noticed the Donald Sutherland Invasion of the Bodynsatchers.

All are great films but Invasion of the Body Snatchers is so well made it has my vote (Also it has both Nimoy and Goldblum in it!)

I Spit on Your Grave is also notable but too much for me.

[Duke Cameron]

Halloween

[Big DSR Energy]

As much as I love slashers, the HALLOWEEN franchise was never really my cup of tea. So my vote goes to DAWN OF THE DEAD, Romero's anti-consumerism zombie epic.

Special shout-out also to BLUE SUNSHINE, an absolute hidden gem of weirdness.

[BrodietheSlayer]

A little less than 2 hours left, and so far it looks like Halloween will be moving on. Dawn of the Dead could always make like the zombies in it, and creep up for at least a tie.

[JoDaNa1281]

Dawn of the Dead

[BrodietheSlayer]

Well, it seems as if the original Halloween was just too mighty for the other movies, and will be the one going on to the second round. It deserves it....it's a fantastic film that launched a million rip offs.


I went for Dawn of the Dead, as in addition to being a great movie, it's also my favorite horror film of all time. Kind of sad to see Dawn going down this quickly, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

The remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers was pretty awesome as well. Who can forget that final scene?


I Spit on Your Grave is probably the ultimate "Rape Revenge" movie, and while it is a tough movie to watch, I would argue that it is a good one, with a great performance by the female protagonist.


Blue Sunshine is a fun little curiosity, as people who had taken Acid called Blue Sunshine 10 years previous, suddenly lost all their hair and became psychotic murderers. Definitely worth checking out.


It Lives Again and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes are decent/fun little films. Nothing extraordinary, but definitely worth checking out.


All righty then.....time to finish 1978.