Talk:List of horror films

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I made a start to this list based on the content of Horror films and the corresponding category, but I'm sure many more can be added. -- RJH 21:02, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Re-arranging

I was looking at the list, and since it's getting complicated, would it be worth cleaning up mildly? I was thinking of arranging films like this perhaps, like in this example for 1964.

[edit] 1964

Title Director Country Original title
2000 Maniacs Herschell Gordon Lewis USA
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul José Mojica Marins Brazil A Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma
Atomic Brain, The Joseph Mascelli USA
Blood and Black Lace Mario Bava West Germany, Italy, France Sei Donne per l'Assassino
Color me Blood Red Herschell Gordon Lewis USA
Devil Doll Lindsay Shonteff UK, USA
Evil of Frankenstien, The Freddie Francis UK
Face of the Screaming Werewolf Jerry Warren USA
Flesh Eaters, The Jack Curtis USA
Gorgon, The Terence Fisher UK
Kwaidan Masaki Kobayashi Japan 怪談, Kaidan
Masque of the Red Death, The Roger Corman USA
Onibaba Kaneto Shindo Japan 鬼婆
Spider Baby Jack Hill USA
Tomb of Ligeia, The Roger Corman USA

Would this work? If it people like it, should there anything else be added to the list? or taken away, anything? Andrzejbanas 06:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] rv

I reverted the edit of adding Jaws 2 into the list, because the reason given was IMDB, and wikipedia does not accept that as a valid source. Thanks!! - Hairchrm 04:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About the last comment and the deleting of Jaws 2

I think that the users must be very careful when they revert the content of any page. First, the edit of adding Jaws 2 had a link to the wikipedia page Jaws 2, where there's plenty of information and sources (30 sources) about the movie, therefore the editing was incorrectliy reverted, against wikipedia principles. I recomend to read Contributing_to_Wikipedia, specially the part of “point out problems”, as wells as Help:Reverting, specially the part of “Don’t’s”.

Well, concerning to this page, I have not seen any editor that cites his o her sources (in the page o history page) in order to considerate a film as a “horror” film. I know the rules for citing sources, but there’s no chapter in the page to cite sources, and the “edit summary” must not be long (if that's the case, almost all the content is susceptible to being deleted). As the “horror” is not an “objective” element (for example: some people consider that some film is a horror film, but others consider it a sci fi or a thriller), the most accessible reference for the users is the IMDB (and other specialized pages) because has complete and neutral information about movies, regarding the particular view from the users. This is to observe the “neutral point of view”, one of the five pillars of wikipedia. Finally, if some wiki user o editor wants the sources about what kind of genre is the movie Jaws 2, and don't want to see the IMDB as a source, well, here they are (and I transcribe the "genre", as it appears):

Good day. Omar1976 22:39, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is Beetlejuice an horror movie?

Altough IMDB says it’s an Comedy / Fantasy / Horror (in third place), reviewers classified it as a comedy: a) Crazy4Cinema says it’s a Comedy/Afterlife; b) DVD Verdict, Comedy; c) AMG, Comedy/ Fantasy/Black Comedy; d) Rottentomatoes, Comedy.

It's got that Haunted House and spook vibe to it, but it's just more of a fantasy vibe to it. I wouldn't be against taking it off the list. Andrzejbanas 20:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I tend to agree with you. While I have no problem with it being on the list, it doesn't really seem like a true horror film to me, and I wouldn't protest its removal. --Mears man 03:02, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Creepshow

A remake of this movie is on the list for both 2007 and 2008. I'm not sure which is correct, or if either of them are, so could somebody look into this? Also, I've noticed a lot of other things that may or may not be correct (ex. a movie titled "Wedding Slasher" that came out within the past couple years), and I think this article may need some clean-up. --Mears man 02:59, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Does Cheerleader Camp II (1990) exist?

Does Cheerleader Camp II exist? According to IMDB this sequel is also know as "Gory Graduation" or "Summerhouse Slaughter", but seems that those movies don't exist either. Omar1976 00:00, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

To my knowledge, it doesn't seem to exist from any seraches i've done.

[edit] New format

The list is getting long, and before it gets tagged with being a too long of an article. I've taken some attempt at creating a new style for the article.

An example of it is Here.

If no one is really against this, i'll start implanting it later, comments anyone? Andrzejbanas 09:05, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Well, you started the page (an excellent decition), so I think you have the right to change the style. I agree. The new style looks fine. Omar1976 21:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Thanks! Feel free to fill in any blanks, It still needs to be formatted over.Andrzejbanas 06:31, 27 July 2007 (UTC)