FFA Top 200 Horror Movies of All Time: #35 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (18 Viewers)

[Osaurus]

#34 - The Lost Boys​

A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.

Joel Schumacher
1987
Vampire
USA

IMDB: 73
Metacritic: 63
RottenTomatoes: 72

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q786UsnOcsY

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

Voter Ranks
Frostillicus 9
ilov80s 40
IvanKaramazov 34
shuke 17
The Gator 64
Todem 19
UncleZen 7
WVU Alum 23

Death by stereo!!!!!

 

[Dan Lambskin]

#32 - Poltergeist​

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

Tobe Hooper
1982
Spirits
USA

IMDB: 74
Metacritic: 79
RottenTomatoes: 88

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZgEKjYJqA

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

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 43
Brunell4MVP 53
dickey moe 19
IvanKaramazov 42
jamny 66
Scoresman 30
shuke 32
The Gator 35
Tick 74
UncleZen 25
Yambag 17

Always hated that clown

 

[The Gator]

#32 - Poltergeist​

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

Tobe Hooper
1982
Spirits
USA

IMDB: 74
Metacritic: 79
RottenTomatoes: 88

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZgEKjYJqA

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

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 43
Brunell4MVP 53
dickey moe 19
IvanKaramazov 42
jamny 66
Scoresman 30
shuke 32
The Gator 35
Tick 74
UncleZen 25
Yambag 17

First one with 11 votes?

 

[Scoresman]

#32 - Poltergeist​

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

Tobe Hooper
1982
Spirits
USA

IMDB: 74
Metacritic: 79
RottenTomatoes: 88

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZgEKjYJqA

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

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 43
Brunell4MVP 53
dickey moe 19
IvanKaramazov 42
jamny 66
Scoresman 30
shuke 32
The Gator 35
Tick 74
UncleZen 25
Yambag 17

First one with 11 votes?

The Ring was the one other with 11 so far.

Coming up in two picks is the first 12 vote movie!

 

[Scoresman]

What's interesting is that there are definite "Tiers" of movies when looking at the scoring. For the most part, the scores are fairly linearly increasing, but every once in a while there is a significant bump in score from one movie to the next. One such bump occured from The Ring(340 points) to the Babadook (362 points).

Another "bump" like this is coming between the 24th and 23rd movies, and two absolutely crazy bumps in between 14 and 13, and in between 5 and 4.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

At this rate I’m gonna have like 50 glaring omissions by you guys

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Up next: Steven Spielberg shows everyone how a certain horror subgenre is done.

Reeses Pieces, everybody!

Hint: Spielberg isn't the director of this one.

Not officially. Unofficially he definitely was.

There's a great book out detailing Spielberg's entire career:

https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Spielberg-All-Films-Episode/dp/0762483725

Spielberg was contractually bound by Universal not to direct another movie before E.T. but he was on set almost every day. Tobe Hooper was removed from the project in post-production and the film was edited under the sole supervision of Steven.

It even resulted in a cat fight over the font size of each man's name in the film's trailer. Hooper sued and won - receiving financial compensation and...a bigger font size (I can't believe I just wrote that!). He also received a public apology from MGM and Spielberg - although the latter's was worded pretty poorly IMO.

 

[Scoresman]

Up next: Steven Spielberg shows everyone how a certain horror subgenre is done.

Reeses Pieces, everybody!

Hint: Spielberg isn't the director of this one.

Not officially. Unofficially he definitely was.

There's a great book out detailing Spielberg's entire career:

https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Spielberg-All-Films-Episode/dp/0762483725

Spielberg was contractually bound by Universal not to direct another movie before E.T. but he was on set almost every day. Tobe Hooper was removed from the project in post-production and the film was edited under the sole supervision of Steven.

It even resulted in a cat fight over the font size of each man's name in the film's trailer. Hooper sued and won - receiving financial compensation and...a bigger font size (I can't believe I just wrote that!). He also received a public apology from MGM and Spielberg - although the latter's was worded pretty poorly IMO.

You can tell, it has Spielberg written all over it.

 

[Gally]

At this rate I’m gonna have like 50 glaring omissions by you guys

That's nothing. I probably have only heard of about 50 of these entries let alone seen them.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

The other unfortunate thing for Hooper was that his involvement basically **** canned his career. But a researcher analyzed the film shot by shot based on the style of each director and concluded that Hooper actually directed it. So...

 

[Scoresman]

At this rate I’m gonna have like 50 glaring omissions by you guys

I'd be very curious to know what these are. I'm comparing our list to many I've found on the internet and we are doing a very respectable job with maybe just a touch of recency bias for some movies. The one area we may be lacking in are movies pre-1970 or so, but dickey moe and his dad really helped us get coverage in that area.

 

[jamny]

I have 23 left in my top 50 that haven't been listed yet. I think maybe only one won't make it.
I have 11 left out of the bottom 25 and wouldn't be surprised if none make it, although I expect 2 will.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

At this rate I’m gonna have like 50 glaring omissions by you guys

I'd be very curious to know what these are. I'm comparing our list to many I've found on the internet and we are doing a very respectable job with maybe just a touch of recency bias for some movies. The one area we may be lacking in are movies pre-1970 or so, but dickey moe and his dad really helped us get coverage in that area.

Sorry, I think you’re taking me far too seriously. I should have said that I have like 50 movies that you guys won’t cover

 

[zamboni]

Greatest movie soundtrack (not score) of all time.

Oily Tim Cappello FTW

 

[Yambag]

I have 23 left in my top 50 that haven't been listed yet. I think maybe only one won't make it.
I have 11 left out of the bottom 25 and wouldn't be surprised if none make it, although I expect 2 will.

16 of my top 50 left

 

[Van Dyman]

#58 - Suspiria​

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Dario Argento
1977
Occult, Giallo
Italy

IMDB: 75
Metacritic: 79
RottenTomatoes: 92

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPs2ExUL_bc

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

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 45
Brunell4MVP 17
Keith R 64
Scoresman 2
shuke 50

Another added to the que.

I liked and listed the remake, but I've never seen the original. Gotta fix that.

I've been casually following this thread and trying to remember film names to keep an eye out for. I saw "Suspiria" listed when I was browsing movies and recognized the name from here, but didn't realize it was not the same one.

The remake was really long. I snoozed through about 30 minutes and was still able to keep the plot. Very much enjoyed the last 90 minutes. Makes me want to see the original.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Greatest movie soundtrack (not score) of all time.

Oily Tim Cappello FTW

It's bizarre all right. And I do like the version by The Call a ton. But this version might actually be better.

 

[Scoresman]

#31 - The Cabin in the Woods​

Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin, where they get more than they bargained for, discovering the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Drew Goddard
2012
Comedy, Meta
USA

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 72
RottenTomatoes: 92

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

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-cabin-in-the-woods

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 67
Brunell4MVP 42
dickey moe 54
Frostillicus 5
ilov80s 66
IvanKaramazov 21
Scoresman 62
shuke 40
The Gator 19
Tick 38
UncleZen 21

 

[The Gator]

#31 - The Cabin in the Woods​

Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin, where they get more than they bargained for, discovering the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Drew Goddard
2012
Comedy, Meta
USA

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 72
RottenTomatoes: 92

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

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-cabin-in-the-woods

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 67
Brunell4MVP 42
dickey moe 54
Frostillicus 5
ilov80s 66
IvanKaramazov 21
Scoresman 62
shuke 40
The Gator 19
Tick 38
UncleZen 21

Very fun movie

 

[jamny]

Just realize it's a Joss Whedon movie. No wonder I didn't like it.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

#31 - The Cabin in the Woods​

Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin, where they get more than they bargained for, discovering the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Drew Goddard
2012
Comedy, Meta
USA

IMDB: 70
Metacritic: 72
RottenTomatoes: 92

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

Streaming:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-cabin-in-the-woods

Voter Ranks
BroncoFreak_2k3 67
Brunell4MVP 42
dickey moe 54
Frostillicus 5
ilov80s 66
IvanKaramazov 21
Scoresman 62
shuke 40
The Gator 19
Tick 38
UncleZen 21

The parallel storyline involving the Japanese cracks me up every time. And when they break out REO Speedwagon.

 

[zamboni]

Greatest movie soundtrack (not score) of all time.

Oily Tim Cappello FTW

It's bizarre all right. And I do like the version by The Call a ton. But this version might actually be better.

I think the inclusion of Cappello was purposeful in enhancing the movie’s somewhat homoerotic theme.

 

[Joe Schmo]

Mer-man

 

[dickey moe]

Up next: Steven Spielberg shows everyone how a certain horror subgenre is done.

Up next: Steven Spielberg shows everyone how a certain horror subgenre is done.

Reeses Pieces, everybody!

I was about to continue riffing off of this but some of the options might get me banned.

 

[Joe Schmo]

When the elevator dings, then **splat!**

 

[The Gator]

Scoresman actually working today or what??

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

26 of my Top 50 left
3 of them I'm almost positive won't make it at this point.
18 left from my bottom 25. 1 may squeak in, but I'm not counting on it.

 

[UncleZen]

I'm pretty sure that my vote for Llamageddon isn't going to make the cut.