*drumrolldrumrolldrumroll* It's time! It's finally time! So pull up your pants (or pull them down, if you prefer) and brace yourself for your SHOCKtober 2024 Top 10 favorite horror films! Yes, ackshully tecknikly there are four movies tied for third so their order is just made up, but that's how we do it here in Stately Final Girl Manor. The number of votes each film received is in bold.
10. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez) -- 40
9. BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974, Bob Clark) -- 40
8. THE DESCENT (2005, Neil Marshall) -- 42
5. SCREAM (1996, Wes Craven) -- 49
4. HALLOWEEN (1978, John Carpenter) -- 49
3. ALIEN (1979, Ridley Scott) -- 49
2. THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974, Tobe Hooper) -- 52
1. THE THING (1982, John Carpenter) -- 62
SHE DID IT! SHE FINALLY DID IT! After spending three SHOCKtobers in the #2 spot, The Thing has scuttled far and away with the title this time around. Please, a round of awed, reverent applause for Miss SHOCKtobra 2024!
I'm so happy for her, she is truly the Susan Lucci of horror movies. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre made a huge leap, perhaps fueled by its 50th anniversary this year? Suspiria (2018) coming in at ackshully tecknikly 3rd is not as far a fall as I was anticipating...I guess you guys really like it?? Hmm, we shall see how all of these hold up in the future. Very exciting! I love SHOCKtober! I can't believe it's already SHOCKtover. I'll be back soon with a li'l wrap-up thingy and a link to the downloadable mega-list whenever I figure out how to do that. For now though, I'm gonna untie myself from this fucking couch!
3 comments:
i'm surprised but pretty geeked that Texas Chainsaw Massacre jumped so high! Funnily enough i'm catching up on evolution of horror and am on the Folk Horror Season, so I just listened to their ep on it. True story, TCM was probably the first horror movie to legit freak me out after I hit puberty (the birds actually freaked me out when I was 8, still kinda does). I told my best friend group in high school that I loved horror but had never seen it so we decided to watch it on a summer Saturday afternoon in Georgia and I was legit just trying to keep it together! Also, shout out to the Thing slaying in that crown and bouquet!
What a fun list. Thanks for working so hard on this, it's been nice to follow along all month and get some good recommendations for my own October movie marathon!
Thank you again Stacie for all you do, most specifically photoshopping a tiara onto The Spider Head Thing - I have never saved an image so fast
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