Horror movie tournament

[dahliaclone]

The Descent needs to be very very highly seeded.

 

[Fishhead]

I vote to exclude horror comedies. I wouldn’t say they were made to necessarily scare an audience , which is my definition of a horror movie

Edit: I think Evil Dead should be in this though Bruce Campbell one liners were intended as comedy

 

[jcf817]

I am setting up a horror movie tournament and wanted to get some input.

-First off, give me some movies you would like to see in the tournament.
-Second, I would like to know if the following movies should be included in the tournament because they are kind of horror movies, but not exactly horror movies; The Lost Boys, Gremlins, Shaun of the Dead, Maximum Overdrive, and Tremors?
-Should I include very old movies like Nosferatu, The Bride of Frankenstein, White Zombie, Dracula, or should I leave them out since they are almost 100 years old and probably not many people here have seen them?
-What regions should host the tournament? Fictitious places should be ok... Haddonfield (Midwest), Santa Clara (West), Derry (East), Round Rock (South)?? And then Camp Crystal Lake be the site of the Final Four?

I want to make this fun for everyone and not just horror fanatics. The problem is that 99% of horror movies from the year 2000 to the present are garbage. But I have a very solid list so far. Actually, I have a complete bracket already, but want to hear some thoughts and do some tweaking.

Derry or Castle Rock. Castle Rock may be more inclusive?

 

[jcf817]

The Descent needs to be very very highly seeded.

That ******* movie scared the crap out of me. I had no idea going in. I thought the claustrophobia was going to do me in, and then the reveal happened and I screamed the loudest I've ever screamed watching a horror movie.

 

[jcf817]

The Sentinel (1977)
The Exorcist
Wicker Man (the original)
Midsommar
Hereditary
The Descent
Nope
Alien
The Blair Witch Project
Poltergeist

 

[StevieISU23]

Oddball Picks-
Army of Darkness Trilogy
Signs
Night of the Living Death (orginal or remake-80s?)
People Under the Stairs
Predator?
IT
Missory?
Candyman

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

That ******* movie scared the crap out of me. I had no idea going in. I thought the claustrophobia was going to do me in, and then the reveal happened and I screamed the loudest I've ever screamed watching a horror movie.

Yea, that took a quick turn half way in.

 

[crs8975]

The Faculty

 

[CRcyclone6]

Prince of Darkness. Original Carrie. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Scream are some of my favorites.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Oddball Picks-
Army of Darkness Trilogy
Signs
Night of the Living Death (orginal or remake-80s?)
People Under the Stairs
Predator?
IT
Missory?
Candyman

I think IT deserves to be in. While not as good as the book, it was really good.

 

[CRcyclone6]

The Hills Have Eyes from 2006
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Jessica Biel)

 

[Nolaeer]

Exorcist is it.
While Jaws wasn't horror, it was scary.
It.
The Shining.

1. Exorcist.
2. Jaws
3. The Shining
4. It
5. Rosemary's baby.

 

[andybernard]

The Strangers

 

[AgronAlum]

Club Dread

 

[singsing]

Hell Raiser and Pinhead should be on some lists. Of those I've seen listed Jaws and American Werewolf in London probably scared the crap out of me most.

 

[RonBurgundy]

Carrie
Quiet Place
Get Out
Us
28 Days
The Ring
Cabin in the Woods
Train to Busan

I don't know much about the older scary movies.

 

[Cycsk]

Father of the Bride. I was in a cold sweat through the entire movie! Terrifying! Too realistic. Never watched it again.

 

[demoncore1031]

I vote to exclude horror comedies. I wouldn’t say they were made to necessarily scare an audience , which is my definition of a horror movie

Edit: I think Evil Dead should be in this though Bruce Campbell one liners were intended as comedy

Evil Dead and Evil Dead II are both in.

 

[demoncore1031]

The Hills Have Eyes from 2006
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Jessica Biel)

No, no, no. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes will be included.

 

[demoncore1031]

I think IT deserves to be in. While not as good as the book, it was really good.

I don't like remakes much, but the IT remake was really good. I love the original (Tim Curry is the man!), but it was a bit boring. It was a made for tv movie, after all.