Best Horror - Round 1 - Group 6

[Heather19]

From Dusk till Dawn


Psycho


1408


The Bad Seed (1956)


The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)


28 Days Later


The Mummy Trilogy


Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

[Jean]

The Bad Seed

[needfulthings]

[fernandito]

Psycho should have no trouble getting through so I'll give my vote to 28 Days Later.

[barlow]

As much as I like 1408, I have to go with Psycho.

[Ricky]

The Mummy is one of my favorite movies, but I can't vote for it in a horror competition, since I see it more as action/adventure. 28 Days Later is one of my favorites, too, and The Bad Seed blew me away.

Another category where I have no clue what I'm voting for.

[Ben Staad]

I'm leaning towards Psycho but I did enjoy 28 days. In the end I will probably vote for Norman and his mother.

[Mattrick]

28 Days Later no doubt. Still the best zombie horror film out there.

[fernandito]

28 Days Later no doubt. Still the best zombie horror film out there.

THEY
ARE
NOT
ZOMBIES

But yeah I agree

[Mattrick]

That's why I said zombie horror lol

Did you notice by chance that these eggs were off?
I thought the salt might cover the taste, sir!

[Heather19]

Psycho should have no trouble getting through so I'll give my vote to 28 Days Later.

I'm leaning towards Psycho but I did enjoy 28 days. In the end I will probably vote for Norman and his mother.

I'm torn between these 2 as well.

[needfulthings]

I'm leaning towards Psycho but I did enjoy 28 days. In the end I will probably vote for Norman and his mother.

THANK YOU!

[mae]

And the trailers:

[mae]

A bit of a shame that the previous group is pretty loaded with good films and the only clearcut vote here is Psycho, which should win this whole thing.

[Mattrick]

I wouldn't even consider most of the films in this group horrors, especially From Dusk Till Dawn.

[frik]

Bride....

sk

[mae]

I wouldn't even consider most of the films in this group horrors, especially From Dusk Till Dawn.

Yeah, no disrespect to whoever nominated it, but The Mummy is definitely not horror.

[Jean]

I didn't vote for Psycho because I knew it would be running away with it

28 Days Later is a good film, but I don't know how it is a good horror. It's a very good action/thriller whose strongest aspect is the ka-tet

The Bad Seed is a masterpiece from any point of view!

[mae]

Well, aren't we voting on the best film, as film, not scariest?

[Mattrick]

I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when

Spoiler:

The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror

Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

[needfulthings]

I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when

Spoiler:

The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror

Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

LIKE YOU SAID

Spoiler:

"HE IS THE MOST KNOWLEDGABLE"

[Jean]

Well, aren't we voting on the best film, as film, not scariest?

yes! that's why bears have voted The Bad Seed

[webstar1000]

28 Days Later hands down for me

[divemaster]

I loved The Mummy, but I also see it as more of an adventure/comedy. The Bad Seed was very good and atmospheric, but the ending was a bit of a cop-out (yes, I know that was the movie code forcing that). I didn't care for From Dusk to Dawn at all, and 1408 compares somewhat unfavorably to the story (although it wasn't all that bad of an adaptation). I just recently watch Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde and thought it very good. 28 Days Later was enjoyable.

But for me, the vote comes between The Bride of Frankenstein, a classic and great movie by every definition, and Psycho.

Giving the nod to Hitchcock, but hate to dis BoF.

[Heather19]

I wouldn't even consider most of the films in this group horrors, especially From Dusk Till Dawn.

Yeah, no disrespect to whoever nominated it, but The Mummy is definitely not horror.

Agreed, there's lots of films nominated that I would never classify under horror.

I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when

Spoiler:

The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror

Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

I agree to an extent. You need characters that you care about, but I think the atmosphere is just as important. You really can't have a good horror film if it only has one of these elements.


I finally went with 28 Days Later. While I think Psycho is the better made film, I enjoyed 28 Days Later more.