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FFA Top 200 Horror Movies of All Time: #35 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (10 Viewers)
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Oh he's comingHe hasn't even posted about it yet.
He's finding his zen to calm his outrage.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Ohhh this one is good. How'd I miss this.
Glad we are doing another "catch all" round because this will be on my list.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Like I said, I go back to tone, intent, feel of the movie. Just having Aliens and Cyborgs killing things isn't enough. At my store T2 and Predator would be in action, They Live in sci-fi or action, and Young Frankenstein in comedy. To be clear, Rear Window wouldn't be in horror either (Classics or suspsense/thriller), but I think my comment was more about how far from horror I thought the others are vs. Rear Window.Rear Window would make it into my horror section long before They Live, T2, Predator, or Young Frankenstein would.
This is nuts to me. The only one I really get is T2.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
He's having a seizure or something as we speak, most likely.
Scoresman
Footballguy
#104 - The Strangers
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.Bryan Bertino
2008
Home Invasion
USA
IMDB: 62
Metacritic: 47
RottenTomatoes: 45
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pZUQmZdOi4
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-strangers
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 36
Keith R 25
shuke 56
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
agreed, sorry guys
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Keith R
The Don
I think pretty highly of The Strangers. It takes the time to establish the main characters and unease between them for entirely unrelated reasons, which plays into what happens next and how they react. Once The Strangers appear, it becomes unrelenting in a very unnerving way.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
He's having a seizure or something as we speak, most likely.
I’m pretty sure it’s all just an elaborate troll job at this point
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Scared me as a kid. Also, it is scary how mean he was to Grace Kelly. You treat that woman like the princess that she is, you monster!He's having a seizure or something as we speak, most likely.
I’m pretty sure it’s all just an elaborate troll job at this point
Grace Under Pressure
Footballguy
Bubblegum line is an all-timer.
Great fight scene.
Decently scary and good special effects for the time.
Interesting story/premise.
Piper was underrated imo, his acting in this was natural and believable.
jamny
Footballguy
I could've sworn I saw the movie, even recognized the masks but nothing else in the trailer. Until I realized the trailer you linked is for one coming out this month, not the original.
At least I know my memory isn't fading as fast as I just thought it was.
I did like the first one.
Scoresman
Footballguy
#103 - Signs
A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.M. Night Shyamalan
2002
Sci-Fi
USA
IMDB: 67
Metacritic: 59
RottenTomatoes: 74
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4f3X1TGSXY
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/signs
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 52
Keith R 34
Yambag 31
I gotta catch up with the old ones first
Scoresman
Footballguy
#102 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker, the reincarnation of Dracula's long-dead wife Elisabeta, obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.Francis Ford Coppola
1992
Monster
USA
IMDB: 74
Metacritic: 57
RottenTomatoes: 72
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgFPIh5mvNc
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dracula-1992
Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 17
Frostillicus 65
ilov80s 34
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I'm an unabashed supporter of Signs.
James Newton Howard's score is a personal favorite.
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James Newton Howard's score is a personal favorite.
The Hand Of Fate, Pt. ll
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupThe Hand Of Fate, Pt. ll · James Newton HowardSignsâ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.Released on: 2002-01-01Producer:...
youtu.be
Scoresman
Footballguy
This is another I downgrade because of its use of too many major Hollywood stars. Breaks any sense of immersion for me. Despite this, Gary Oldman was a pretty unique and terrific Dracula.
Same here. Despite some obvious flaws imo, I am a sucker for alien visitation movies. The suspense combined with the score combined with an underlying message really hooked me.I'm an unabashed supporter of Signs.
James Newton Howard's score is a personal favorite.
The Hand Of Fate, Pt. ll
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupThe Hand Of Fate, Pt. ll · James Newton HowardSignsâ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.Released on: 2002-01-01Producer:...
Hey, a movie I have actually seen........but I thought it wasn't very good. I saw it about when it came out and it just didn't do anything for me. Very disappointed. Maybe I had higher expectations and it just didn't meet them.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
This is one of those movies that I was vaguely aware of, and knew it was well-regarded, but never got around to watching. Time to add it to the watchlist.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I expected this to be way higher.
Keith R
The Don
Great character-building and mood-building in this one, with just the right amount of humorous moments peppered in. It's probably in my top 10 of most watched horror movies and is the last in the string of unmissable M. Night Shyamalan movies ( the next two go off a cliff and it's been hit and miss at best after that).
Tick
Footballguy
I’ve been listening and enjoying the podcast, thanks for the recommendation.
Todem
Footballguy
Todem
Footballguy
Gary Oldman carried this movie start to finish.
But my god was Keanu and Wyonna unbearable.
Keanu’s english accent maybe the worst attempt at being english on film I have ever heard….like literally he loses the accent halfway thru the film and sounds like Ted. And I am a huge Keanu fan. Total miscast.
Wyonna? Oooof awful and also not a fan of her at all.
This is Oldman’s show and for that it did not sniff my top 75 because the other players were terrible.
Sir Anthony Hopkins also rang hollow as Dr Van Helsing. Meh.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
@Tick Did you start at the beginning with slashers, or somewhere else?
Scoresman
Footballguy
#101 - The Haunting (1963)
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.Robert Wise
1963
Haunted House, B/W
USA
IMDB: 76
Metacritic: 74
RottenTomatoes: 86
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeAzGxWlEcg
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-haunting-1963
Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 64
Brunell4MVP 25
Frostillicus 27
WVU Alum
Footballguy
What Went Wrong podcast had an episode on this movie. Regarding Keanu, he was a last minute replacement after the original actor left when shooting started. The rest of the cast had dialect coaches for months of prep, Keanu did not have that.
Osaurus
Footballguy
He was terrible in Much Ado About Nothing for the same reason.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Biodome! The loud music torture scene featuring The Safety Dance.
Scoresman
Footballguy
#100 - Hostel
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.Eli Roth
2005
Torture
USA
IMDB: 59
Metacritic: 55
RottenTomatoes: 61
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ShE0EbcCA
Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/hostel-part-1
Voter Ranks
Brunell4MVP 44
IvanKaramazov 13
shuke 58
Alright.....1 for 1 in seeing a movie that is in the top 100.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Obviously I really like this one. My horror tastes are definitely more "mainstream" than some of the other participants (Scoresman) so by my standards this one is a little more extreme. That said, I like it for several reasons.
The first is the world building, which is not always done in horror and seldom done especially well. Slovakia in this movie genuinely feels like a backwater that would simultaneously be attractive to a certain type of tourist and that would also absolutely feature a commercial torture operation just outside the city limits. I especially love the bombed-out foundry (or whatever it is) where all the torture takes place, the way they run their little business, etc. They include just enough details so that this feels real, without bogging the film down by explaining how they get US banks to process their ACH transactions.
The second is the "fable" aspect. As everybody who has seen this movie knows, the male characters are all basically frat-bro types who treat women as objects of amusement. Of course, the tables are turned in the second act of the movie. I like it when horror movies do stuff like this, because this genre is almost uniquely positioned to deliver social messages without coming across as preachy. Another example of something similar is the way that Americans fetch top dollar as torture victims in this world. That's a clever touch.
Finally, I just think it's a well-made modern horror film. It's tense right from the start, it has very little in the way of comic relief, and it builds suspense (and curiosity) consistently throughout the run time. I could have done with a slightly different ending, but no complaints.
Basically, all of the films in my Top 15 are ones that I feel pretty strongly about.
Scoresman
Footballguy
I think the "frat bros" are why it didn't connect with me. It's such a trope character in horror that I'm ok never seeing again. Although I do get that in a movie like this, they get what they deserve and then some.
Todem
Footballguy
Welp that explains it LOL!!!
Todem
Footballguy
Pure sick **** going on…..and part 2 had some even more insane sick ****.
If you like sick ****…..watch this and part 2.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Whatever, freak.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Still have never seen this. I know.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Why didn't he do more movies?
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
There may be a bit of a gray zone between horror and thriller, but that movie ain't horror.
UncleZen
Footballguy
This is the 1st real miss on my list. I would have had it ranked easily in the 30's as well.
UncleZen
Footballguy
Rear Window is more deserving of the horror title than quite a few of these already talked about. Ummm hello, Alfred Hitchcock! The movie was outstanding and Grace Kelly was simply divine in that movie. The evil guy was creepy. Thank you @Scoresman for keeping it in.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Hard agree.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Do any
Wynona was hot af in that movie.