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3rd ANNUAL HORRORPHILE HALL OF INFAMY - 2010

July 1st 2010 23:47

The poll is closed. Votes have been counted. The results are in. Here are this year's winners:

13 All-Time Greatest Horror Movies

1. The Exorcist (1973) and Alien (1979)

3. The Thing (1982)

4. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

5. The Shining (1980)

6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

7. [REC] (2007)

8. Suspiria (1977)

9. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

An American Werewolf in London movie poster

10. The Evil Dead (1982)

11. Videodrome (1982)

12. Day of the Dead (1985)

13. Ringu (1998)

Horror pre-1968

Psycho (1960)

Remake

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Comedy

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

SFX Make-up Artist

Rick Baker and Tom Savini

The Exorcist and Alien, which shared top honours, took 14.5% of the vote in the All-Time Greatest Modern Horror Movie category … Psycho took nearly 39% of the vote in the pre-1968 Horror category (Nosferatu was next with nearly 26%), Dawn of the Dead took nearly 42% of the Remake category vote (The Hills Have Eyes took nearly 26%) … Shaun of the Dead reaped an impressive nearly 78% of the Comedy category vote (Braindead was next with only a mere 16%)… and Rick Baker and Tom Savini shared over 34% of the vote in the SFX Make-up Artist category (with Stan Winston next on 15%).

The Scarlet Age of Modern Horror has been represented well. Although I’m disappointed that Halloween (1978) didn’t make the cut this year. We’ve got zombies, aliens, demons, witches, werewolves, psychopaths, but no vampires allowed it seems.

Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead has the bar raised so high in the comedy stakes I wonder when any movie will come close to toppling it from its pedestal (as popular as Zombieland seems to be, it's no classic in my books).

And nice to see the man who designed and executed (arguably) the greatest transformation in the history of creature features, Rick Baker, and the man who made a illusionary art of dismemberment and disemboweling, Tom Savini, share the “bloodlight” together.

Thanks to all who voted in my annual Hall of Infamy poll. If you didn’t cast a vote, make sure you do next year!

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2nd Annual HORRORPHILE - HALL OF INFAMY - 2009

June 22nd 2009 02:45

1. The Exorcist
(USA, 1973) Directed by William Friedkin
2. The Thing
(USA, 1982) Directed by John Carpenter
3. The Shining
(USA, 1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
4. Alien
(USA, 1979) Directed by Ridley Scott
5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(USA, 1974) Directed by Tobe Hooper
6. Ringu
(Japan, 1998) Directed by Hideo Nakata
7. Rosemary’s Baby
(USA, 1968) Directed by Roman Polanski
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street
(USA, 1984) Directed by Wes Craven
9. Wolf Creek
(Australia, 2005) Directed by Greg Mclean
10. Ginger Snaps
(Canada, 2000) Directed by John Fawcett
11. An American Werewolf in London
(USA, 1981) Directed by John Landis
12. Halloween
(USA, 1978) Directed by John Carpenter
13. Se7en
(USA, 1995) Directed by David Fincher

Severed Head Nods

Greatest Special Effects Makeup:
The Thing (Rob Bottin)

Favourite villians/killers:
Demons/witches

Gorehound vs. Terrorfreak:
Terrorfreak

The Hall of Infamy remains essentially the same, with a few movies shuffled around (mostly in the top five). The Exorcist edges out on top, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shoots up the list, and Alien falls from the top position. No new entries.

Very happy to see Rob Bottin take out top honours for his astounding work on John Carpenter’s masterpiece The Thing, and a special nod to Rick Baker for An American Werewolf in London which was a close second.

Seems black magic and diabolical forces are the order of the night with demons and witches being voted favourite horror villains.

And the fear wins out over the blood as “terrorfreak” beat “gorehound” severed hands down.

I’ll be brutally honest; I was very disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm this year. I have a lot of subscribers, and I anticipated a much bigger response. Hopefully next year there will be more interest in voting. Or perhaps I need to re-think the way the Hall of Infamy works. Let me brood on it.

Thanks to those of you that did take the time to vote!

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1st Annual - HORRORPHILE HALL OF INFAMY - 2008

June 13th 2008 02:11

Pleasure of Nightmares 1st Annual Hall of Infamy

The votes have been tallied. The results are in. Here’s the 1st Annual Pleasure of Nightmares Hall of Infamy!

1. Alien
US 1979 Directed by Ridley Scott
Space crew aboard a mineral ore freight ship tries to survive against a ferocious alien beast.
“I admire its purity. A survivor ... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality … I can't lie to you about your chances, but ... you have my sympathies.”
Gore Score: 4/5
Terror Factor: 9/10
Atmosphere Level: High

2. The Exorcist
US 1973 Directed by William Friedkin
A young 12-year-old girl is possessed by a demon, Pazuzu, and two priests, one of them an exorcist, are called in to try and drive the evil spirit from her ravaged body.
“The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don't listen to him. Remember that - do not listen.”
Gore Score: 2/5
Terror Factor: 8/10
Atmosphere Level: Medium

3. The Thing
US 1982 Directed by John Carpenter
US Antarctic Research Station is infiltrated by a grotesque and ferocious alien creature which can absorb and imitate its victims.
“I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is.”
Gore Score: 5/5
Terror Factor: 8/10
Atmosphere Level: High

4. Ringu
Japan 1998 Directed by Hideo Nakata
A mysterious video claims the lives of whomever watches its weird, unsettling images, and it is revealed to be the work of malevolent female ghost called Sadako.
“It's not of this world. It's Sadako's fury. And she's put a curse on us.”
Gore Score: 1/5
Terror Factor: 9/10
Atmosphere Level: High

5. Rosemary’s Baby
US 1968 Directed by Roman Polanski
A young couple - the wife is pregnant - moves into an apartment but discover the neighbours to be very strange, with a disturbing and diabolical agenda.
“Rosie, a pain like that is a clear sign that something is not right. We just want you to get another opinion, see someone else, that's all.”
Gore Score: 1/5
Terror Factor: 7/10
Atmosphere Level: Medium

6. A Nightmare on Elm Street
US 1984 Directed by Wes Craven
In the dreams of his victims a powerful demon, once a child murderder, stalks the children of the lynch mob who took their revenge upon him.
“Whatever you do don't fall asleep.”
Gore Score: 3/5
Terror Factor: 8/10
Atmosphere Level: High

7. Wolf Creek
Australia 2005 Directed by Greg Mclean
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
“I'm going to do something now they used to do in Vietnam. It's called making a head on a stick.”
Gore Score: 4/5
Terror Factor: 8/10
Atmosphere Level: Medium

8. The Shining
US 1980 Directed by Stanley Kubrick
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil presence possesses the father into a deranged and malevolent state of mind, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
“No sir, YOU are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker. I ought to know: I've always been here.”
Gore Score: 2/5
Terror Factor: 8/10
Atmosphere Level: High

9. Ginger Snaps
Canada/US 2000 Directed by John Fawcett
The older of the two Fitzgerald sisters - suburban Goth outcasts - gets bitten by something hairy in the woods, and it certainly wasn’t frost. Soon enough she’s got major teething problems.
“I get this ache... And I, I thought it was for sex, but it's to tear everything to fucking pieces.”
Gore Score: 3/5
Terror Factor: 6/10
Atmosphere Level: Medium

10. An American Werewolf in London
US 1981 Directed by John Landis
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists, whilst one becomes the undead, the other realises he must die to prevent the curse from perpetuating.
“Beware the moon … And stick to the road. Oops.”
Gore Score: 4/5
Terror Factor: 8/10
Atmosphere Level: High

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie poster

11. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
US 1974 Directed by Tobe Hooper
Five friends pick up a dodgy hitchhiker who leads them to a rundown house where they are hunted down and terrorized by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of cannibals.
“My family's always been in meat.”
Gore Score: 2/5
Terror Factor: 8/10
Atmosphere Level: High

12. Halloween
US 1978 Directed by John Carpenter
A psychopath, institutionalised since childhood, escapes and returns to his hometown on a murderous rampage, while his doctor desperately pursues him.
“It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare.”
Gore Score: 1/5
Terror Factor: 9/10
Atmosphere Level: High

13. Se7en
US 1995 Directed by David Fincher
Two cops, one new and arrogant, and the other about to retire, track a clever serial killer who is using the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
“This isn’t going to have a happy ending.”
Gore Score: 2/5
Terror Factor: 7/10
Atmosphere Level: High

Here are clips from each of the movies kicking off with the rarely seen extended chestbursting scene from Alien and culminating with the brilliant title sequence from Se7en: