Top Ten Tuesdays

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Do cabins class as houses? I'm wondering whether to include The Evil Dead in my list, that's all.

I was considering The Evil Dead too. The cabin is old, dark and at least potentially a residence. But i don't think it really fits with the classic image of the creaky old house.

[nosferatu42]

Clowns/dolls/puppets/ toys

Dolls
It (Although i only really like the kid sections)
Killer Clowns From Outer Space
Dead Of Night
Dead Silence
House Of 1000 Corpses
Trilogy Of Terror (voodoo fetish doll section)
May
Goosebumps
Toy Story 2

[nosferatu42]

Old dark houses top ten (ahem)
Tried to stay away from cabins,hotels,castles and the like and just focus on films where i felt the house played a big part in the atmosphere created.

The Haunting
Eyes Without A Face
The Old Dark House
Murder By Death
Rocky Horror Picture Show
House
The Innocents
House In Nightmare Park
The Others
Psycho
Spiral Staircase
The Black Cat

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by keirarts

some fairly obvious ones.....

Where is this poster from?

It's the first time I have seen the film with that particular title - It's normally 'The House BY The Cemetery'

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

In chronological order, this is my top 10:

The Old Dark House (1932, James Whale)
Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
The Innocents (1961, Jack Clayton)
The Haunting (1963, Robert Wise)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, Jim Sharman)
House (1977, Nobuhiko Obayashi)
The changeling (1980, Peter Medak)
The House by the Cemetery (1981, Lucio Fulci)
The Others (2001, Alejandro Amenábar)
Monster House (2006, Gill Kenan)


This is a top 10 of films that either did not make the final cut or I didn't think met the criteria:

The Cat and the Canary (1927, Paul Leni)
House on Haunted Hill (1959, William Castle)
The House That Screamed (1969, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador)
Suspiria, 1977, Dario Argento)
The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
The Evil Dead (1981, Sam Raimi)
After Hours (1985, Martin Scorsese)
What Lies beneath (2000, Robert Zemeckis)
The Silent House (2010, Gustavo Hernández)
Innkeepers (2011, Ti West)

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

A tough topic! So many potentially great choices...

1. The Innocents (1961)
2. The Haunting (1963)
3. Hausu (1977)
4. And Then There Were None (1945)
5. The Legend of Hell House (1973)
6. The Haunted House (1921)
7. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
8. The Old Dark House (1932)
9. The Spiral Staircase (1945)
10. Symptoms (1974)

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Where is this poster from?

It's the first time I have seen the film with that particular title - It's normally 'The House BY The Cemetery'

I think it was to promote the film prior to release. I could be wrong, just wanted to use a poster a little different to liven things up.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

I think it was to promote the film prior to release. I could be wrong, just wanted to use a poster a little different to liven things up.

You certainly livened me up. I've barely been able to contain myself since i saw that poster.

[J Harker]

Current list in no particular order of preference.

The Old Dark House
The Night Has Eyes
Psycho
The Changeling
Clue
House
Dolls
The Woman in Black
Monster House
Crimson Peak

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Old Dark Houses

The Black Cat (1934)
The Haunting (1963)
The Night Has Eyes (1942)
The Old Dark House (1932)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Psycho (1960)
Oliver the Eighth (1934)
The Woman in Black (2012)
House of Usher (1960)
The Bat (1959)

A special mention goes to Dark Shadows (2012) and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) as two modern old dark house films which have really stuck in my head and could well crack this top 10 in a few years time. Also the tv adaptation of Uncle Silas called The Dark Angel (1987) - old dark house brilliance with Peter O' Toole