SHOCKtober: 200-173

Today we break through the #200 ceiling, starting with movies that received three votes each. Do you feel as powerful as I do??

200. Antichrist -- 2009, Lars von Trier

199. Anna and the Apocalypse -- 2017, John McPhail

198. American Mary -- 2012, Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska

197. Alligator -- 1980, Lewis Teague

196. Alice, Sweet Alice -- 1976, Alfred Sole

195. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein -- 1948, Charles Barton and Walter Lantz

194. A Field in England -- 2013, Ben Wheatley

Oh, look at this, it's time to get down with some foursomes! SHOCKtober is turning into a regular horror-flavored key party. That's right, each of these films received four votes.

 

193. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? -- 1962, Robert Aldrich

192. Tremors -- 1990, Ron Underwood

191. Theatre of Blood -- 1973, Douglas Hickox

190. The Village -- 2004, M. Night Shyamalan

189. The Tenant -- 1976, Roman Polanski

188. The Substance -- 2024, Coralie Fargeat

187. The Sentinel -- 1977, Michael Winner

186. The People Under the Stairs -- 1991, Wes Craven

185. The Orphanage -- 2007, J.A. Bayona

184. The Love Witch -- 2016, Anna Biller

183. The Hunger -- 1983, Tony Scott

182. The Haunting of Julia (aka Full Circle) -- 1977, Richard Loncraine 

181. The Craft -- 1996, Andrew Fleming

180. The Blackcoat's Daughter -- 2015, Osgood Perkins

179. The Beyond -- 1981, Lucio Fulci

178. Picnic at Hanging Rock -- 1975, Peter Weir

177. Perfect Blue -- 1997, Satoshi Kon

176. One Cut of the Dead -- 2017, Shin'ichirô Ueda

175. Night of the Demon (aka Curse of the Demon) -- 1957, Jacques Tourneur

174. Night of the Creeps -- 1986, Fred Dekker

173. Night of the Comet -- 1984, Thom Eberhardt

• A reader on Picnic at Hanging Rock: "This made me come to terms with the fact that nature will take us out and we won't see it coming."
• The Substance hit wide release like fifteen minutes after the voting period ended; I expect that the next time I do this it will be ranked higher on the list (if only because I will vote for it 10,000 times).
• A reader on Night of the Demon: "Peggy Cummins and Dana Andrews!!! After seeing Gun Crazy with Miss Cummins I will watch anything she’s in and this has the coolest demon and atmosphere of doom - it’s the total package."
• Me on Night of the Demon: It's so good and the first time I saw it and experienced "It's in the trees! It's coming!" in its actual context was chef's kiss.
• They sure don't make 'em like The Sentinel anymore! I can't help but love it forever.
• A reader on The Haunting of Julia: "For a person who eats fast and enjoys apples it surely scares me every time I see it."
• Me on The Haunting of Julia: Some swell commenters have informed me that it's currently on Tubi! Between that and the recent Blu-ray release, I'm so pumped that it's finally readily available. It's sad and spooky and gorgeous, if you've yet to avail yourself of it, do it! Give yourself a treat.