Hitfix did yet another “ultimate horror poll”, too late since I’d already found everything I was gonna watch this year, so let’s see if it has recommendations for next year.
Unseen on the top hundred:
The Changeling (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Black Christmas (1974)
The Conjuring (2013)
The Mummy (1932)
Legend of Hell House (1973)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Orphanage (2007)
The Signal (2007)
Should really watch again sometime:
The Devils (1971)
Fright Night (1985)
28 Days/Weeks Later
The Brood (1979)
The Fly (1986)
Cure (1997)
Interesting picks from the individual top-tens:
Men Behind The Sun (1988)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Communion aka Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
The Twonky (1953)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Woman in Black (1989)
The Witch (2015)
Red Riding Trilogy
Lips of Blood (1975, Jean Rollin)
The Demon (1978, Yoshitaro Nomura)
Jigoku (1979 remake, Tatsumi Kumashiro)
From AV Club’s 25 Best Horror Movies Since 2000:
Ginger Snaps
The Strangers
And my own SHOCKtober picks that I didn’t get to this year:
Daughters of Darkness
Malacreanza
A Girl Walks Home Alone
Diabolique
Night Tide
The Devil
Bloodsucking Bastards
Mama
Dead of Night
Chillerama
The Avenging Conscience