VOTING CLOSED – WINNER: THE THING
Thanks to everyone who voted!
It’s time for the Summer of Blood’s second grand experiment in democracy. The following 31 titles have been nominated by the readers of Antagony & Ecstasy for next week’s review, and now it’s up to everybody else to pick the final winner! Because of the high number of candidates, I’m going to let everyone vote for up to three titles. Or fewer if you’d like, of course.
28 Days Later (2002)
From IMDb: “Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.”
Atomic Dog (1998)
From IMDb: “When a pooch is irradiated by a nuclear plant and threatens the town, only a teenage boy can redeem him.”
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
From IMDb: “Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.”
The Company of Wolves (1984)
From IMDb: “A bag full of symbolic folklore about werewolves, or, rather, their sexual connotation. Granny tells her granddaughter Rosaleen strange, disturbing tales about innocent maidens falling in love with handsome, heavily eyebrowed strangers with a smoldering look in their eyes.”
Dead Ringers (1988)
From IMDb: “Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.”
Enemy (2013)
From IMDb: “A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.”
The Fly (1986)
From IMDb: “A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.”
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
From IMDb: “In New York, Dr. Norman Boyle assumes the research about Dr. Freudstein of his colleague Dr. Petersen, who committed suicide after killing his mistress.”
The Innocents (1961)
From IMDb: “A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.”
Kill List (2011)
From IMDb: “Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.”
The Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
From IMDb: “After being released from prison, a young gangster with a chip on his shoulder decides to punish society by making snuff films.”
Lisa and the Devil (1973)
From IMDb: “Surreal goings-on at a Spanish villa in this poetic horror fairytale, which was crassly re-edited into The House of Exorcism (1975) for US release.”
The Mummy (1999)
From IMDb: “An American serving in the French Foreign Legion on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens a Mummy.”
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
From IMDb: “A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.”
Nightbreed (1990)
From IMDb: “A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.”
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
From IMDb: “Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn’t quite understand the concept.”
Peeping Tom (1960)
From IMDb: “A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.”
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
From IMDb: “A darker version of the classic Gaston Leroux novel. A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer who has plans for those oppose himself or the young singer.”
Phenomena (1985)
From IMDb: “A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.”
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
From IMDb: “During a rural picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls’ school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.”
Pin (1988)
From IMDb: “In this low-budget descendant of Psycho, Ursula and Leon are sister and brother, living alone, save for a large wooden puppet they call ‘Pin’ (for Pinocchio). When Ursula starts hanging around with new boyfriend Stan, Leon and Pin take action.”
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
From IMDb: “Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop humanity from creating the Solaranite (a sort of sun-driven bomb).”
[REC] (2007)
From IMDb: “A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.”
The Ring (2002)
From IMDb: “A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.”
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
From IMDb: “A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.”
Theatre of Blood (1973)
From IMDb: “A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.”
The Thing (1982)
From IMDb: “Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.”
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
From IMDb: “A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled.”
– To those for whom this effects their vote, I have seen the entirety of the TV series Twin Peaks, including this movie, twice through
Unrest (2006)
From IMDb: “A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.”
Wolf Creek (2005)
From IMDb: “Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.”
The Woman (2011)
From IMDb: “When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to ‘civilize’ the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.”
Nominee removed from the poll owing to its future presence elsewhere on the Summer of Blood schedule:
–Student Bodies (1981)