Horror's best decade

Best decade for horror films

  • 1930s/40s - Karloff, Lugosi etc

    Votes: 2 6.5%

  • 1950s - giant bugs

    Votes: 1 3.2%

  • 1960s - Psycho and Romero and the birth of Hammer

    Votes: 6 19.4%

  • 1970s - Chainsaws in Texas, zombies and devil children

    Votes: 9 29.0%

  • 1980s - Elm Street and hockey masks

    Votes: 9 29.0%

  • 1990s - a quiet period until Blair Witch and Scream?

    Votes: 1 3.2%

  • 2000s - remakes, Asian horror, torture and Europe

    Votes: 3 9.7%
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After watching a recent BBC documentary on horror which went from the 1930s to the 70s, I'm curious which decade people think is the best for horror films.

So, what is it for you - 1930s to now?
 
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Okay, I went 30/40's, but I'm not convinced that the 2000's horror aren't better. There are some modern horror movies that weren't remakes, etc. It should be noted that the torture porn films aren't for me, however.

But those early Universal films were what i grew up with, so...

(but, I love me some Hammer, too).
 
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This is more difficult than I thought it would be. Some of my favourite films (Night of the Living Dead, The Crazies, The Thing) go from late sixties to the early eighties. But then there's Hammer's Dracula from 1958...

I think it has to be seventies for me. The Crazies, Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw, Last House...
 
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Shit, I forgot the 70's had The Exorcist, The Omen, etc... damn this is too hard...
 

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I voted the 80's. That's when I remember renting VHS like Return of the LIving Dead etc, Blood Beach etc...
 

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I voted 70's. John Carpenter's "Halloween" theme music alone is worth the price of admission :).
 
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2000's, because of Asian horror.
 
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Interesting that nobody has (yet) voted 90s. To be honest, nothing much comes to mind when I think of the first half of the decade. Am I forgetting something good?
 
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seun said:
Interesting that nobody has (yet) voted 90s. To be honest, nothing much comes to mind when I think of the first half of the decade. Am I forgetting something good?
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Weren't the early 90's just Friday the 13th 8-15 and Halloween 7-13?
 

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seun said:
Interesting that nobody has (yet) voted 90s. To be honest, nothing much comes to mind when I think of the first half of the decade. Am I forgetting something good?
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Not really. ;)

The 80's (my vote) were the height of the teen slasher horror flick, but the genre swelled and died by the time the 90's rolled around. While "Scream" did reinvigorate the genre when it came out mid-decade, there was very little of note made in the early 90's. At least in the U.S.
 
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