Thesmartmarks Halloween Horror Movie Tournament

[AboveAverage484 0]

For the first time in SmartMarks history, 64 horror movies will battle one another to find out which of them has the right to be called the greatest ever!

 

I picked the 64. If your favorite isn't included, sorry. You'll also notice some dogs in there, but it's a freakin' horror movie tournament, you can't expect top-notch quality.

 

No "classic" horror films. Only "modern" movies included. Still confused? Read this: http://www.esplatter.com/reviewsotos/stellar_66.htm It was written by the best horror movie webmaster on the net, and the summary at the top about his list basically sums up the criteria for the tourney.

 

Only vote once, vote on every matchup, you guys have voted in enough tourneys to know the rules.

 

In the event of a tie, I will use the higher scored movie from the Internet Movie Database, for lack of anything better to use.

 

The winners will be announced every Friday and the next round will start in the same thread. The winner will be announced on Halloween. Pretty creepy, huh?

 

Now, "Let's get it on!!!"

 

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Psycho vs. Jason Goes to Hell

 

The Fog vs. Day of the Dead

 

The Omen vs. Silver Bullet

 

Cemetary Man vs. Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968) vs. Prom Night

 

Re-Animator vs. Phantasm

 

Dawn of the Dead vs. Friday the 13th Part 2

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs. Scream 2

 

The Exorcist vs. Friday the 13th Part 3

 

Fright Night vs. Blair Witch Project

 

Evil Dead vs. Phantasm 2

 

Bram Stoker's Dracula vs. Friday the 13th

 

Rosemary's Baby vs. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

 

Hellraiser vs. Wes Craven's New Nightmare

 

Army of Darkness vs. Halloween IV The Return of Michael Myers

 

Nightmare on Elm Street vs. Child's Play

 

Alien vs. Friday the 13th Part 7 The New Blood

 

Black Christmas vs. The Howling

 

Carrie vs. Halloween H20

 

An American Werewolf in London vs. Hills Have Eyes

 

Halloween vs. Friday the 13th The Final Chapter

 

From Dusk Til Dawn vs. Creepshow

 

Evil Dead 2 vs. Children of the Corn

 

The Beyond vs. Zombie

 

The Shining vs. Hallowen 5 The Revenge of Michael Myers

 

Return of the Living Dead vs. Candyman

 

Suspiria vs. I Know What You Did Last Summer

 

Scream vs. Pet Semetary

 

The Thing vs. Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives

 

Lost Boys vs. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

 

Dead Alive vs. Nightmare on Elm Street 4 The Dream Master

 

Near Dark vs. Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

 

Happy voting! If you can't remember if you've seen some of these movies, just go here: http://www.esplatter.com/main/666.htm

 

It has summaries on all of the movies in the tournament.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Dude...it's a month till Halloween. That's plenty of time to go through a picking process and not just choose the ones you want. That how we do all of these tourneys.

[Nevermortal 0]

I vote that someone else conducts this tournament.

[AboveAverage484 0]

Why? It's not like there is any major movies missing or anything. And I've already made it so the round of 64 is done this week, the round of 32 the next, etc. It all fits in quite nicely with the championship match being decided the week of Halloween.

[teke184 0]

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[Shanghai Kid 0]

I love Army of Darkness, but it's not even close to being a horror movie. Might as well put the Matrix in there or Indiana Jones.

[eiker_ir 0]

hmmm....well here're amy picks anyway:

 

 

Psycho

 

Day of the Dead

 

The Omen

 

Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Re-Animator

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Fright Night

 

Phantasm 2 (AAAAARRRRRG, this was hard)

 

Bram Stoker's Dracula

 

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (never seen Rosemary....)

 

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Friday the 13th Part 7 The New Blood

 

The Howling

 

Halloween H20

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween (AAARRRGGGGG again)

 

From Dusk Til Dawn

 

Evil Dead 2

 

Zombie

 

The Shining

 

Return of the Living Dead

 

Suspiria

 

Pet Semetary

 

Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives

 

Night of the Living Dead (1990) (damn it, i like both!)

 

Nightmare on Elm Street 4 The Dream Master

 

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

[Guest jm29195]

Psycho

Day of the Dead

The Omen

Halloween II

Night of the Living Dead

Re-Animator

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Exorcist

Blair Witch Project

Evil Dead

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Nightmare on Elm Street

Alien

The Howling

Carrie

Hills Have Eyes

Halloween

From Dusk Til Dawn

Evil Dead 2

The Beyond

The Shining

Return of the Living Dead

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Pet Semetary

The Thing

Lost Boys

Dead Alive

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

[Insane Bump Machine 0]

Psycho

 

Day of the Dead

 

The Omen

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Blair Witch Project

 

Evil Dead

 

Bram Stoker's Dracula

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Hellraiser

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

 

Carrie

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween

 

From Dusk Til Dawn

 

Evil Dead 2

 

The Shining

 

Return of the Living Dead

 

Scream

 

The Thing

 

Lost Boys

 

Dead Alive

 

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

[HarleyQuinn 0]

Psycho

 

Day of the Dead

 

The Omen

 

Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Phantasm

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Blair Witch Project

 

Evil Dead

 

Bram Stoker's Dracula

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Hellraiser

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

 

Black Christmas

 

Carrie

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween

 

From Dusk Til Dawn

 

Evil Dead 2

 

The Beyond vs. Zombie - No Vote, haven't seen either.

 

The Shining

 

Candyman

 

Suspiria

 

Scream

 

Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives

 

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

 

Dead Alive

 

Near Dark

[WrestlingDeacon 0]

Psycho

 

Day of the Dead

 

The Omen

 

Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Re-Animator

 

Friday the 13th Part 2

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Fright Night

 

Evil Dead

 

Friday the 13th

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Hellraiser

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

 

The Howling

 

Carrie

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween

 

From Dusk Til Dawn

 

Evil Dead 2

 

The Beyond

 

The Shining

 

Return of the Living Dead

 

Suspiria

 

Pet Semetary

 

The Thing (which one though?)

 

Lost Boys

 

Dead Alive

 

Near Dark

 

 

 

I have to take issue with there being no classic Hammer or Universal flicks on here. No Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy. A lot of marginal horror films and all these sequels you really don't need. Trim the sequels, add more older stuff and this is fine.

[Mole 0]

You're missing one of personal favorite horror flicks, The Others. Granted, it was more of a thriller, but there was some horror in it.

[Guest El Satanico]

Psycho

 

Day of the Dead

 

The Omen

 

Cemetary Man

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Phantasm

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Fright Night

 

Evil Dead

 

Bram Stoker's Dracula

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Hellraiser

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

 

Black Christmas

 

Carrie

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween

 

Creepshow

 

Evil Dead 2

 

The Beyond

 

The Shining

 

Return of the Living Dead

 

Suspiria

 

Pet Semetary

 

The Thing

 

Lost Boys

 

Dead Alive

 

Near Dark

 

 

 

Someone else(looking at you deacon) should run a tournament with nominations.

Edited September 27, 2003 by El Satanico

[eiker_ir 0]

You're missing one of personal favorite horror flicks, The Others. Granted, it was more of a thriller, but there was some horror in it.

 

The Others is definitly a horror movie, and a pretty creppy one at that.

[AboveAverage484 0]

The Others is good, but not really a "true" horror film. But neither is Army of Darkness, even though it's in a "true? horror trilogy. Confused yet?

 

I really didn't want to include the old Hammer or Universal horror movies, because I wanted to do more modern ones. If someone was to help, we could do a mini (16) tourney with older movies a couple weeks before Halloween. I was thinking about doing a nomination thread, but that ultimately leaves off more films than if one person picked them. Besides if you just used the first 64 nominees, than someone could just post ten to fifteen and only a few people would need to nominate. Then if you had each person pick one, it would be unlikely that 64 people would reply. I really didn't think I left any major ones out. The two biggest off the top of my head were "Pumpkinhead" and "Last House on the Left." I really don't see either one of those making it past the second round. Sorry if I disappointed some of you.

[Anakin Flair 0]

Psycho

 

The Fog

 

The Omen

 

Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Phantasm

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Blair Witch Project

 

Evil Dead

 

Friday the 13th

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Hellraiser

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

 

The Howling

 

Carrie

 

Hills Have Eyes

 

Halloween

 

From Dusk Til Dawn

 

Children of the Corn

 

The Beyond

 

The Shining

 

Candyman

 

Suspiria

 

Pet Semetary

 

The Thing

 

Lost Boys

 

Nightmare on Elm Street 4 The Dream Master

 

Near Dark

 

Um, why was the Scream Trillogy on here?

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Most of these movies fucking suck, and should be nowhere near a "Best of Horror" tournament.

 

Psycho

 

Day of the Dead

 

The Omen

 

Cemetary Man

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Re-Animator

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

Friday the 13th Part 3

 

Fright Night

 

Evil Dead (UGH~! DIFFICULTY~! TWO OF MY FAVORITE HORROR FILMS EVER~!~!!~!~!~~!!~!!~!~!~!!~)

 

Friday the 13th

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

 

Army of Darkness (although it isn't a real horror movie)

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien (how fucking EASY is this thing?)

 

The Howling

 

Carrie

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween

 

Creepshow

 

Evil Dead 2 (my pick for second place)

 

Zombie

 

The Shining

 

Return of the Living Dead (my pick for the winner)

 

Suspiria

 

Pet Semetary

 

The Thing

 

Lost Boys

 

Dead Alive

 

Near Dark

[eiker_ir 0]

Evil Dead (UGH~! DIFFICULTY~! TWO OF MY FAVORITE HORROR FILMS EVER~!~!!~!~!~~!!~!!~!~!~!!~)

 

yeah man, Phantasm 2 and ED kick-ASS~!

 

Universal need to put out Phantasm 2 on DVD like...NOW!

[PsychoDriver 0]

No Classics? that sucks.... anyway

 

Psycho (assuming it's the first one and not the recent remake)

Day of the Dead

Silver Bullet

Cemetary Man

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Re-Animator

Dawn of the Dead

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Exorcist

Fright Night

Evil Dead

Friday the 13th

Rosemary's Baby

Hellraiser

Army of Darkness

Nightmare on Elm Street

Alien

Black Christmas

Carrie

Hills Have Eyes

Halloween

From Dusk Til Dawn

Evil Dead 2

The Beyond

The Shining

Return of the Living Dead

Suspiria

Pet Semetary

Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives

Lost Boys

Dead Alive

Near Dark

[Mole 0]

The Others is good, but not really a "true" horror film. But neither is Army of Darkness, even though it's in a "true? horror trilogy. Confused yet?

 

I really didn't want to include the old Hammer or Universal horror movies, because I wanted to do more modern ones. If someone was to help, we could do a mini (16) tourney with older movies a couple weeks before Halloween. I was thinking about doing a nomination thread, but that ultimately leaves off more films than if one person picked them. Besides if you just used the first 64 nominees, than someone could just post ten to fifteen and only a few people would need to nominate. Then if you had each person pick one, it would be unlikely that 64 people would reply. I really didn't think I left any major ones out. The two biggest off the top of my head were "Pumpkinhead" and "Last House on the Left." I really don't see either one of those making it past the second round. Sorry if I disappointed some of you.

First off, you let people only pick 2-3 movies each.

 

Second, atleast the posters got to pick. There are plenty of movies that are off of this, but we get the movies YOU want.

 

I'd say we scrap this one, and have people nominate movies.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

Scream isn't a horror movie.

[Ravenbomb 0]

Psycho

 

The Fog

 

The Omen

 

Cemetary Man

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Phantasm

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Fright Night

 

Evil Dead

 

Friday the 13th

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Hellraiser

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

 

The Howling

 

Carrie

 

Hills Have Eyes

 

Halloween

 

Creepshow (Only because From Dusk Til Dawn isn't a horror movie until like half/two thirds of the way into it)

 

Evil Dead 2

 

Zombie

 

The Shining

 

Return of the Living Dead

 

Suspiria

 

Pet Semetary

 

The Thing (which The Thing?)

 

Lost Boys

 

I'm not picking between NoES 4 and Dead Alive, I haven't seen NoES 4 and Dead Alive is one of the worst movies I've ever seen

 

Near Dark

 

What's with all the sequils? You could've ditched all the Halloween, NoES and F13s except the original and added Demons, Kaïro, Last House on the Left, Se7en, The Ring/Ringu, Silence Of the Lambs, Suicide Circle and Uzumaki

[spiny norman 0]

Psycho

 

Day of the Dead

 

The Omen

 

Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Phantasm

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

 

Blair Witch Project

 

Evil Dead

 

Friday the 13th

 

Rosemary's Baby

 

Hellraiser

 

Army of Darkness

 

Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

 

Black Christmas

 

Carrie

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween

 

From Dusk Til Dawn

 

Evil Dead 2

 

Zombie

 

The Shining

 

Candyman

 

I Know What You Did Last Summer

 

Pet Semetary

 

The Thing

 

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

 

Dead Alive

 

Near Dark

 

 

Where was Jaws!? You had Alien, why not Jaws? And Aliens is 3000 times better than most sequels mentioned here.

 

And, even worse, where was Young Frankenstein!!!!!!????

[Vern Gagne 0]

WTF. None of the really old classics are on the list.

[Guest KJ Brackish]

Here are my picks:

 

Jason Goes to Hell

 

Day of the Dead

 

Silver Bullet

 

Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

 

Phantasm

 

Dawn of the Dead

 

Scream 2

 

The Exorcist

 

Blair Witch Project

 

Evil Dead

 

Friday the 13th

 

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

 

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

 

Halloween IV The Return of Michael Myers

 

Child's Play

 

Alien

 

The Howling

 

Halloween H20

 

An American Werewolf in London

 

Halloween

 

From Dusk Til Dawn

 

Children of the Corn

 

Zombie (Never heard of either, but this sounded better)

 

Hallowen 5 The Revenge of Michael Myers

 

Return of the Living Dead

 

I Know What You Did Last Summer

 

Pet Semetary

 

Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives

 

Lost Boys

 

Nightmare on Elm Street 4 The Dream Master

 

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

[HellSpawn 0]

Psycho

Day of the Dead

The Omen

Halloween II

 

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Re-Animator

Dawn of the Dead

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

The Exorcist

Fright Night

Evil Dead

Friday the 13th

 

Rosemary's Baby

Hellraiser (This one was a tough for me)

Army of Darkness

A Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Alien

The Howling

Carrie

An American Werewolf in London (Tough one #2)

 

Halloween

Creepshow

Children of the Corn

Zombie

 

The Shining

Candyman

Suspiria

Scream

 

The Thing

Lost Boys

Nightmare on Elm Street 4 The Dream Master (sorry but I LOVE Nightmare 4)

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

 

 

 

 

Nice list... but been honest, you shoul have pick more classicas and leave out SEVERAL SEQUELS... I mean... ALL Halloween and Fridays?

[AboveAverage484 0]

Whoever mentioned Demons... well yeah, I can't remember every good horror flick. As for all the sequels, there are actually people out there who like some of them, and the possibility of them being the proverbial "cinderella" team, IMO, makes it more interesting. Another thing about poster nominations: You get movies nobody's ever heard of. I've watched just as many horror movies as anybody on here, and even I've never heard of Kairo, Suicide Circle, and Uzumaki. Jaws, Poltergeist, the Ring, etc. are PG-13, which automatically eliminates them. I categorize them as suspense/thriller kind of stuff, not horror.

 

Yes, Scream is a horror movie.

 

I threw a couple sci-fi/horror movies (Alien, The Thing) on there for variety, but Aliens was excluded for no particular reason. But then if I was going for variety, why all the shitty sequels? Sometimes I confuse even myself.

 

Silence of the Lambs and Seven are crime/mystery films. Nothing really horrific about them.

 

Thanks for the feedback, even though not all of it is positive. Thanks to all those whove posted their picks.

 

Hey, Vern Gagne, is that former President James K. Polk in your sig. If so, any particular reason why you have him there? Any interest in history, or is there some kind of hidden joke with it or something.

[Mole 0]

When Oct 31 comes around, I'll do a REAL horror tourney, where TSM picks the movies.

 

No offense benoitrulz.

[AboveAverage484 0]

Can I help?

[Ravenbomb 0]

Kairo:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0286751/

 

Suicide Circle:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0312843/

 

Uzumaki:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0244870/

 

The Ring is SO a horror movie

 

yay for Mole doing a poll (no offence, but the more the merrier)