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What do you think was the best decade for Horror? and Why?

30's,40's50's, 60's, 70's,80's,90's or 00's?

Hmm, I'm going with the 80's I mean we got

Day of the Dead
Hellraiser
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Evil Dead 1,2
The Thing
American Werewolf in London
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Fright Night
Aliens
And Countless others

In the 70's we got some great ones too, like Dawn of the Dead, TCM, Alien, but I think the 80's were the golden years of horror.

I agree agree definetly the 70's or the 80's, in fact im going with the 70's
because of

Halloween,
TCM,
ALien,
Friday the 13th(made in the 70's released in the 80's),
dawn of the dead
JAWS
THE EXORCIST
DRILLER KILLER
this was the decade when horror seriously took off as a genre. The 80's in comparison were far more commercial and exploitative, more interested in money than in imagination and innovation, it was bandwagon-jumping and cash ins, rushed films with no plot or imagination oall the classic are from the 70's when horror cinema was raw and experimental, pushing boundaries and limits, creating plausible storylines and giving credbility to a usually mocked and parodied genre

70s and 80s

Yep, late 70's, early 80's.

70's

phantasm
cannibal holocaust
jaws
halloween
last house on the left
hills have eyes
dawn of the dead
black christmas
texas chainsaw massacre
exorcist
the shining?
the omen
alien
let sleeping corpses lie
susperia

80's

nightmare on elm street
tenebrae
maniac
american werewold in london
evil dead
the thing
return of the living dead
aliens
hellraiser
pet sematary

what list is better????
its hard to decide

70S AND 80S ROCKED FOR HORROR!! italian horror and the good ole usa slasher movies

Late 70's, 80's and early 90's

The 1980's and early 90's

For me the 70's and the 80's.

The Shining 1980.

ahh...i need to study more lol

it has to be the 70's all the way.

and whats with everyone choosing 2 or 3 decades, it kind of misses the point.

again THE SHINING made in the 70's released in 1980

so i was kinda right

I'll go with the 70's, just for the huge number of influencial films that came out that decade that really changed the way horror films were percieved.

I THINK THE 2000's BECAUSE WE GOTZ COOOL NEW HORROR MOVIEZ LIKE THE GRUDGE, THE DARKNESS, THE VILLAGE, OPEN WATER, VAN HELSING, AND SIGNZZZ!!!!11!1!!11

the best decade was the erly elm street films

The 80's!

Mane, I really hope your kidding?

You honestly think I'm that stupid?

No, but I was scared for a minute.

i like all the horror movies of the 70s - they are still spooky and hilarious

I chose one decade. A decade is 10 years, and my ten years fell between 1975 and 1985.



Let's not split hairs.

1980s for me where the **** is the poll at ? haha

Its not splitting hairs, the movie was made in the 70's ( and took about 2 years to make, so production started in 78)and due to bureaucracy was not released until 1980, i think a film should be defined by the time period it was made and not when it was released, the release date has no bearing on the creation of the film but serves only to satisfy the fat cats whose pockets will be lined by the talents of others, looking to release a film at the optimum time to guarantee maximum profit

late seventies early 80's is fine, but some people have just chosen 70's,80's and 90's, hahahaha

What was the best decade for Horror?

id sa 80's and now because:

80: 976, chucky , the freddy's , most of the jasons, demons , goulies ect

now: the ring , the grudge

dragoon are you having a laugh, CHucky?

I say the '80s.

A Nightmare on Elm Streets
Friday the 13ths
Hellraisers
Evil Dead 2 (#1 was in '79, no?)
American Werewolf in London
The Howling

Definetly the 70's

You just asked the same question..? What's the best decade for Horror?

i definitley have to say the 70`s they had some really no holds barred sleazy gritty flicks come out then and there were pretty much no rules
last house on the left
i drink your blood
i spit on your grave
the hills have eyes
texas chainsaw massacre
how can you beat films like these

80' one word.............Slasher's

yeah i have to agree the 80`s was a great decade for ultra violent slasher movies

Glad you didn't say ultra-VIOLENCE. Ultra-violence is a Kubrick term for rape, and dorks tend to sling it around without knowing the meaning.

savontys i say

The 70's and 80's were both great...to hard 2 pick a fave.

Originally posted by Deano
70's

phantasm
cannibal holocaust
jaws
halloween
last house on the left
hills have eyes
dawn of the dead
black christmas
texas chainsaw massacre
exorcist
the shining?
the omen
alien
let sleeping corpses lie
susperia

80's

nightmare on elm street
tenebrae
maniac
american werewold in london
evil dead
the thing
return of the living dead
aliens
hellraiser
pet sematary

what list is better????
its hard to decide

I know this is a verrrry old post, but you gotta put Friday the 13th in the 80's section of great horror movies!!!

Gotta go with the 80's

Heck everything was better in the 80's

poop

Originally posted by Mattomic
I know this is a verrrry old post, but you gotta put Friday the 13th in the 80's section of great horror movies!!!

i was never really fond of friday the 13th. they copied a few death scenes from mario bava's 'bay of blood'. thieving gits