Courtesy of Rottentomatoes.comThe top 10:
1. “Psycho”
2. “King Kong”
3. “Shaun of the Dead”
4. “Rosemary’s Baby”
5. “The Devil’s Backbone”
6. “28 Days Later”
7. “The Evil Dead”
8. “The Bride of Frankenstein”
9. “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn”
10. “Repulsion”
I know it's essentially weighted by online reviews it's received -- but yeesh. Shaun of the Dead in the Top 5? Halloween and The Exorcist can't even crack the top twenty of because slapsticky crap like Evil Dead 2 gets over-rated by cult sites? There's also plenty of critical classics that don't really stand up. Nosferatu and Cabinet of Dr. Caligari are triumphs of the artform, but I don't think of them as the horror films I really wanna watch. I'm a little confused as to how obvious choices wound up so far down the list, but little-known stuff like "Cat People" ends up at the top.
