Youve got british movies with the gothic hammer horror, alot of ghost stories, they tend to be more dramatic and have a good storyline and avoid gore.
Whereas some Italian films are similar in dramatic tone ,again some ghost stories, but with a lot more gore, then you have your influential zombie and cannibal movies and giallos.
Americas main contribution seems to be the the Slasher flick.
Now you have australia making some good movies
As well as a few coming out of germany and france.
I think Britiain, America, Australia and Italy have been the most succesfully productive.
Shaun of the Dead
The Wicker Man
Darklands
Hellraiser
Alfred Hitchcock Films
Hammer Horror
Dont Look Now
The Devils
The Haunting
My Little Eye
Creep
The Last Horror Movie
Peeping Tom
The Omen
10 Rillington Place
Best American :
Halloween
TCM
ANOES
Friday the 13th
Romeros dead
Evil Dead
Sh@t got to get back to work .....ill add more later
Id have to say America first then Japan then Britain then Italy.
Because of TCM/The Shining/The Exorcist/Halloween and Ringu/Ju-on/Dark water/Audition and The WickerMan/Shaun of the Dead/Hellraiser/Psycho/Dog Soldiers and Cannibal Holocaust.
tcm
nightmare on elm street
romeros dead trilogy
the exorcist
halloween
evil dead
the thing
the shining
plus all the other little american gems such as ''they live'', return of the living dead, pet sematary, friday the 13th, re-animater
british films:
shaun of the dead
my little eye
dog soldiers
28 days later
alien
the omen
hellraiser
hellraiser 2
hammer horror films - dracula, frankenstein etc
the wicker man
hitchcock films
italian
zombie flesh eaters
let sleeping corpses lie
tenebre
suspiria
bay of blood
cannibal apocalypse
deep red
demons
house by the cemetary
cannibal holocaust
japanese
battle royal
audition
ringu
ju-on
the eye
dark water
uzumaki
so each country has strong movies...its unfair to pick i suppose but if i really had to say...then american wins..followed by britainand italy tied..then japan
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No doubt is Italy. Great horror directors Deodato, Fulci, Argento, Lenzi, D'Amato, Bava, Margheriti, and Pasolini. Gotta give major props to the Italians.
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Last edited by WanderingDroid on May 26th, 2005 at 03:37 PM
im not being offensive or anything.. but i dont think america makes the best horror movies.. they are pretty good though.. id have to go with asia.. probably japan or korea..
when it comes to all out gore i`d have to say you cant beat italy
but america is definitley the best how can u go past last house on the left
tcm,the hills have eyes and the evil dead