FFA Top 200 Horror Movies of All Time: #16 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (10 Viewers)

[WVU Alum]

#90 - Army of Darkness ​

Ash is transported back to medieval days, where he is captured by the dreaded Lord Arthur. Aided by the deadly chainsaw that has become his only friend, Ash is sent on a perilous mission to recover the Book of the Dead, a powerful tome that gives its owner the power to summon an army of ghouls.

Sam Rami
1992
Comedy, Zombie/Virus
USA

IMDB: 76
Metacritic: 57
RottenTomatoes: 72

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-wU5RXw2o

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/army-of-darkness

Voter Ranks
The Gator 62
Todem 23
Yambag 15

This one is in my top 100

 

[WVU Alum]

#89 - Bone Tomahawk​

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

S. Craig Zahler
2015
Backwoods, Cannibal
USA

IMDB: 71
Metacritic: 72
RottenTomatoes: 90

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbwtHi-KSE

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/bone-tomahawk

Voter Ranks
dickey moe 33
IvanKaramazov 25
Tick 37

One of the ones that just missed my top 75

 

[Todem]

#90 - Army of Darkness ​

Ash is transported back to medieval days, where he is captured by the dreaded Lord Arthur. Aided by the deadly chainsaw that has become his only friend, Ash is sent on a perilous mission to recover the Book of the Dead, a powerful tome that gives its owner the power to summon an army of ghouls.

Sam Rami
1992
Comedy, Zombie/Virus
USA

IMDB: 76
Metacritic: 57
RottenTomatoes: 72

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-wU5RXw2o

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/army-of-darkness

Voter Ranks
The Gator 62
Todem 23
Yambag 15

God I love this movie.

Give me some sugar baby.

 

[Ilov80s]

I really like The Mummy. Hardly a horror and really more of a love fantasy (not saying it doesn’t belong, it does). I watched all The Mummy sequels this October and they are absolutely awful. Don’t ever bother.

As for the Sam Raimi movies, never could get into them.

 

[Osaurus]

#88 - Creep​

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated. Low on cash and full of naivete, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

Patrick Kack-Brice
2014
Slasher, Found Footage
USA

IMDB: 63
Metacritic: 74
RottenTomatoes: 92

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7tBypjwDo

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/creep

Voter Ranks
Frostillicus 23
IvanKaramazov 14
Scoresman 57

Wow! What a radical departure for Mark Duplass from his character in The League. This and the sequel (might be one more coming) are pretty well done imo. The title is perfect.

 

[dickey moe]

#95 - The Mummy (1932)​

Voter Ranks
dickey dad 11
dickey moe 55

Collusion.

No one else had this on their list? C'mon.

 

[Yambag]

#90 - Army of Darkness ​

Ash is transported back to medieval days, where he is captured by the dreaded Lord Arthur. Aided by the deadly chainsaw that has become his only friend, Ash is sent on a perilous mission to recover the Book of the Dead, a powerful tome that gives its owner the power to summon an army of ghouls.

Saw it opening night and it was awesome.

"All right you primitive screw heads...LISTEN UP!"

Was also there opening night, I think I still have the newspaper clipping of the movie poster. So many great quotes.

"You ain't leading but two things right now - Jack and S***, and Jack left town."

 

[KarmaPolice]

I really like The Mummy. Hardly a horror and really more of a love fantasy (not saying it doesn’t belong, it does). I watched all The Mummy sequels this October and they are absolutely awful. Don’t ever bother.

As for the Sam Raimi movies, never could get into them.

I was just thinking this last night as I watched 3 movies for our DotM: for my tastes Miller is to action what Raimi is to horror.

 

[Todem]

#90 - Army of Darkness ​

Ash is transported back to medieval days, where he is captured by the dreaded Lord Arthur. Aided by the deadly chainsaw that has become his only friend, Ash is sent on a perilous mission to recover the Book of the Dead, a powerful tome that gives its owner the power to summon an army of ghouls.

Saw it opening night and it was awesome.

"All right you primitive screw heads...LISTEN UP!"

Was also there opening night, I think I still have the newspaper clipping of the movie poster. So many great quotes.

"You ain't leading but two things right now - Jack and S***, and Jack left town."

“What about all those nice things you told me last Night?”

“Pillow talk baby”

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Arthur: Are all men from the future loud-mouthed braggarts?

Ash: Nope. Just me baby... Just me.

 

[LionOfGosforth]

Having issues accessing the Google doc so wanted to ask, did Repulsion make the top 200? Only horror film in recent memory that I watched as an adult and made me jump. Totally surprising for a film from the 60s.

 

[Tick]

#89 - Bone Tomahawk​

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

That scene was just so jaw dropping.

 

[Tick]

#95 - The Mummy (1932)​

Voter Ranks
dickey dad 11
dickey moe 55

Collusion.

No one else had this on their list? C'mon.

I wouldn't watch a 1932 movie if you paid me $100. $500 would do it. I'm not sure where the line is, though.

 

[zamboni]

#91 - Jacob's Ladder​

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

Adrian Lyne
1990
Supernatural
USA

IMDB: 75
Metacritic: 62
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLulu1Ovi2c

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jacobs-ladder

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 20
shuke 4

Barely kicked this one off the list in the end.

Sounds like you were in too much of a Rush.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

#89 - Bone Tomahawk​

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

That scene was just so jaw dropping.

The thing about Bone Tomahawk is that nobody has to ask what scene you're talking about.

 

[dickey moe]

#89 - Bone Tomahawk​

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

That scene was just so jaw dropping.

Head splitting.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

#88 - Creep​

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated. Low on cash and full of naivete, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

Patrick Kack-Brice
2014
Slasher, Found Footage
USA

IMDB: 63
Metacritic: 74
RottenTomatoes: 92

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7tBypjwDo

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/creep

Voter Ranks
Frostillicus 23
IvanKaramazov 14
Scoresman 57

You know exactly where this movie is going in the first 60 seconds or so. There are no (serious) plot twists or other unexpected developments of any kind. This film wants to deliver a certain experience, and it absolutely succeeds. The 'Peachfuzz' mask, for example.

This movie belongs to a genre that I think of as "we are going to do one thing and really do it well." In horror, these movies are sometimes underrated, and I wanted to give this one it's due.

 

[jamny]

#92 - The Platform​

A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
2019
Psychological
Spain

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 73
RottenTomatoes: 78

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfooqeZcdY

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-platform

Voter Ranks
Frostillicus 35
jamny 58
Scoresman 65
Tick 66
WVU Alum 32

Found The Platform from the horror thread here. Not sure how it is anything but. Excellent movie.

 

[The Gator]

#89 - Bone Tomahawk​

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

That scene was just so jaw dropping.

The thing about Bone Tomahawk is that nobody has to ask what scene you're talking about.

The one they show in the trailer? <_<

That's why I usually never watch a full trailer, they give away toooo much.

 

[shuke]

#92 - The Platform​

A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
2019
Psychological
Spain

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 73
RottenTomatoes: 78

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfooqeZcdY

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-platform

Voter Ranks
Frostillicus 35
jamny 58
Scoresman 65
Tick 66
WVU Alum 32

Holy **** this looks awesome.

 

[shuke]

#91 - Jacob's Ladder​

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

Adrian Lyne
1990
Supernatural
USA

IMDB: 75
Metacritic: 62
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLulu1Ovi2c

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jacobs-ladder

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 20
shuke 4

Barely kicked this one off the list in the end.

How could you?

2 voters for this? What is wrong with you people?

 

[The Gator]

#91 - Jacob's Ladder​

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

Adrian Lyne
1990
Supernatural
USA

IMDB: 75
Metacritic: 62
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLulu1Ovi2c

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jacobs-ladder

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 20
shuke 4

Barely kicked this one off the list in the end.

How could you?

2 voters for this? What is wrong with you people?

MOST LIKELY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IN IT A LONG TIME. IT'S ON MY TO DO LIST ALREADY.

 

[The Gator]

sorry caps, not retyping that

 

[Frostillicus]

#92 - The Platform​

A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
2019
Psychological
Spain

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 73
RottenTomatoes: 78

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfooqeZcdY

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-platform

Voter Ranks
Frostillicus 35
jamny 58
Scoresman 65
Tick 66
WVU Alum 32

Holy **** this looks awesome.

It is. Fantastic movie.

 

[Dennis Castro]

I just watched As Above, So Below after seeing it in this thread. I liked it in a guilty pleasure sort of way, but it scared the **** out of my daughter (19), which to me makes for a slam dunk.

 

[The Gator]

Just finished Late Night with the Devil. I enjoyed it. Thought they nailed the ending.

Same and same.

We really enjoyed this one.

 

[Frostillicus]

Wathcing one of my top 10s right now. People are strange.

 

[WVU Alum]

Wathcing one of my top 10s right now. People are strange.

The Doors is a horror? Well, I will admit that it was a little scary when Meg Ryan was stuck in that burning closet.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#91 - Jacob's Ladder​

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

Adrian Lyne
1990
Supernatural
USA

IMDB: 75
Metacritic: 62
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLulu1Ovi2c

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/jacobs-ladder

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 20
shuke 4

Barely kicked this one off the list in the end.

How could you?

2 voters for this? What is wrong with you people?

Some are listing horror movies, not psychological thrillers.

 

[Scoresman]

#87 - Eraserhead​

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

David Lynch
1977
Psychological, B/W
USA

IMDB: 74
Metacritic: 87
RottenTomatoes: 91

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-2_OsBe0s

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/eraserhead

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 25
jamny 50
shuke 18

 

[Ilov80s]

#87 - Eraserhead​

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

David Lynch
1977
Psychological, B/W
USA

IMDB: 74
Metacritic: 87
RottenTomatoes: 91

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-2_OsBe0s

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/eraserhead

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 25
jamny 50
shuke 18

I do no get this movie at all

 

[Scoresman]

Today's going to be slow with the reveals. Busy busy weekend.

But up next: The first #1 ranked movie!!

 

[Scoresman]

#86 - The Thing from Another World​

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

Christian Nyby
1951
Sci-Fi, B/W
USA

IMDB: 72
Metacritic: 0
RottenTomatoes: 88

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs2lXH1aFZ0

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-thing-from-another-world

Voter Ranks
dickey dad 1
dickey moe 6

 

[KarmaPolice]

Moe Sr. was going to be my guess!

 

[Tick]

#92 - The Platform​

A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
2019
Psychological
Spain

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 73
RottenTomatoes: 78

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfooqeZcdY

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-platform

Voter Ranks
Frostillicus 35
jamny 58
Scoresman 65
Tick 66
WVU Alum 32

Holy **** this looks awesome.

I had no choice - this movie forced me to watch it by being highlighted on Netflix early in the pandemic. It was gross and I liked it.

 

[Tick]

#89 - Bone Tomahawk​

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

That scene was just so jaw dropping.

The thing about Bone Tomahawk is that nobody has to ask what scene you're talking about.

The one they show in the trailer? <_<

That's why I usually never watch a full trailer, they give away toooo much.

Glad I never saw the trailer. The most egregious of these was T2, where they let us know in the trailer that Arnold was a good guy. That hallway scene with the box of roses would have been so much better if we hadn't known that.

 

[Tick]

#89 - Bone Tomahawk​

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

That scene was just so jaw dropping.

The thing about Bone Tomahawk is that nobody has to ask what scene you're talking about.

The one they show in the trailer? <_<

That's why I usually never watch a full trailer, they give away toooo much.

I just watched the linked trailer - the scene wasn't in it.

 

[Joe Schmo]

#86 - The Thing from Another World​

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

Christian Nyby
1951
Sci-Fi, B/W
USA

IMDB: 72
Metacritic: 0
RottenTomatoes: 88

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs2lXH1aFZ0

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-thing-from-another-world

Voter Ranks
dickey dad 1
dickey moe 6

<Vader voice> "Dickey, I am your father"</Vader voice>

Both Them and the OG Thing are classics that I fell in love with again on creature feature Saturday. The sound of the ants in Them was creepy as all get out and the movie was one of the better from the Atomic Age Monster movies.

As for Thing, what I like about it is the relative clarity of thought most of the characters use especially the military officer. And James Arness is imposing as the creature as he walks towards the planks but then...stops. And the groan of the creature as he jumps through the window is perfect for him. to both of these.

 

[Scoresman]

#85 - The Wolf Man (1941)​

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

George Waggner
1941
Monster
USA

IMDB: 72
Metacritic: 72
RottenTomatoes: 75

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-jNVyPRDCQ

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-wolf-man

Voter Ranks
dickey dad 7
dickey moe 32
jamny 49
Todem 71

 

[Tick]

#150 - Near Dark​

A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.

Kathryn Bigelow
1987
Vampire
USA

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 76
RottenTomatoes: 88

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VllIQYnC20s

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/near-dark

Voter Ranks
Todem 46
WVU Alum 37

Just starting this... they got the Aliens band back together - Bishop, Hudson, and Vasquez.

 

[dickey moe]

#86 - The Thing from Another World​

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

Christian Nyby
1951
Sci-Fi, B/W
USA

IMDB: 72
Metacritic: 0
RottenTomatoes: 88

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs2lXH1aFZ0

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-thing-from-another-world

Voter Ranks
dickey dad 1
dickey moe 6

My dad's favorite movie of all time. He's seen it at least 100 times. Great story, script, and acting for a 1950s sci-fi horror flic. Much different from the Carpenter version too.

 

[dickey moe]

My wife and I watched a film this evening that would I would place on a revised version of my list. I'll be interested to see if it's one of the remaining ranked films.

 

[Scoresman]

#84 - Martyrs (French version)​

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Pascal Laugier
2008
Fanaticism, Extreme
France

IMDB: 71
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RDYD6VhpI

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/martyrs

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 69
jamny 27
Scoresman 3
Yambag 67

 

[Scoresman]

#83 - Day of the Dead​

Trapped in a missile silo, a small team of scientists, civilians, and trigger-happy soldiers battle desperately to ensure the survival of the human race. However, the tension inside the base is reaching a breaking point, and the zombies are gathering outside.

George A. Romero
1985
Zombie/Virus
USA

IMDB: 72
Metacritic: 60
RottenTomatoes: 82

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COj7ro8AjT8

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/day-of-the-dead-1985

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 42
ilov80s 33
IvanKaramazov 53
Todem 37

 

[WVU Alum]

#83 - Day of the Dead​

Trapped in a missile silo, a small team of scientists, civilians, and trigger-happy soldiers battle desperately to ensure the survival of the human race. However, the tension inside the base is reaching a breaking point, and the zombies are gathering outside.

George A. Romero
1985
Zombie/Virus
USA

IMDB: 72
Metacritic: 60
RottenTomatoes: 82

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COj7ro8AjT8

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/day-of-the-dead-1985

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 42
ilov80s 33
IvanKaramazov 53
Todem 37

When I was younger, this movie was not what I wanted. I have come around to it over the years.

 

[Osaurus]

#84 - Martyrs (French version)​

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Pascal Laugier
2008
Fanaticism, Extreme
France

IMDB: 71
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RDYD6VhpI

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/martyrs

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 69
jamny 27
Scoresman 3
Yambag 67

I’ve said it before in the other thread and I’ll say it again here: I’ve only watched this movie once and I’ll never watch it again. It’s good, but very disturbing.

Also, the American remake is pure garbage. I fast-forwarded through at least half of it. Swill.

 

[The Gator]

#83 - Day of the Dead​

Trapped in a missile silo, a small team of scientists, civilians, and trigger-happy soldiers battle desperately to ensure the survival of the human race. However, the tension inside the base is reaching a breaking point, and the zombies are gathering outside.

George A. Romero
1985
Zombie/Virus
USA

IMDB: 72
Metacritic: 60
RottenTomatoes: 82

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COj7ro8AjT8

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/day-of-the-dead-1985

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 42
ilov80s 33
IvanKaramazov 53
Todem 37

Wow, can't believe I've never seen this one!

 

[Scoresman]

#84 - Martyrs (French version)​

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Pascal Laugier
2008
Fanaticism, Extreme
France

IMDB: 71
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RDYD6VhpI

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/martyrs

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 69
jamny 27
Scoresman 3
Yambag 67

I was hoping this would end up higher. To me, this is the pinnacle of extreme/torture horror.

It's a completely different watch from things like Hostel. The extreme isn't just there to shock for shock's sake, there is a bigger plot purpose behind it all.

But the biggest thing that sets this movie apart, IMO, is that unlike movies like Hostel where most of the main cast are douchebags, Martyrs humanizes people. You want their suffering to be over. That makes it so much more effective to me. It also makes the movie a very difficult watch. Yes, there is gore, but there's non-gory violence that is even more effective. You will wonder why this is all happening up until the movie's ending, at which point you will leave traumatized, but maybe a little hopeful or depressed depending on how you interpret it all.

 

[Scoresman]

#84 - Martyrs (French version)​

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Pascal Laugier
2008
Fanaticism, Extreme
France

IMDB: 71
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RDYD6VhpI

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/martyrs

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 69
jamny 27
Scoresman 3
Yambag 67

I’ve said it before in the other thread and I’ll say it again here: I’ve only watched this movie once and I’ll never watch it again. It’s good, but very disturbing.

Also, the American remake is pure garbage. I fast-forwarded through at least half of it. Swill.

I must be some sort of psychopath. I rewatch this movie pretty regularly.

 

[Osaurus]

#84 - Martyrs (French version)​

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Pascal Laugier
2008
Fanaticism, Extreme
France

IMDB: 71
Metacritic: NA
RottenTomatoes: 69

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RDYD6VhpI

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/martyrs

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 69
jamny 27
Scoresman 3
Yambag 67

I’ve said it before in the other thread and I’ll say it again here: I’ve only watched this movie once and I’ll never watch it again. It’s good, but very disturbing.

Also, the American remake is pure garbage. I fast-forwarded through at least half of it. Swill.

I must be some sort of psychopath. I rewatch this movie pretty regularly.

To each their own.