VOTING CLOSED – WINNER: HOUSE
Thanks to everyone who voted!
As we’ve already discussed, this is the Summer of Blood’s first grand experiment in democracy. The following 35 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.
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
From IMDb: “A group of high-schoolers invite Mandy Lane, a good girl who became quite hot over the summer, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop quite mysteriously.”
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
From IMDb: “Despite being under heavy sedation, Elena tries to make her way out of Arboria, a secluded, quasi-futuristic commune.”
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.”
Blood Dolls (1999)
From IMDb: “Virgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a ‘biological inventor.’ The ‘blood dolls,’ his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him.”
The Butterfly Murders (1979)
From IMDb: “A journalist attempting to solve a mystery in ‘Martial World’ enlists the aid of a master fighter and a woman named Green Breeze. They go to a mysterious castle where they come across poisonous butterflies and a black-leather-clad killer.”
Cameron’s Closet (1988)
From IMDb: “A father who experiments with his sons psychokinetic powers, is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell.”
Candyman (1992)
From IMDb: “The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster’s myth.”
Carnival of Souls (1962)
From IMDb: “After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.”
Cherry Falls (2000)
From IMDb: “In the small town of Cherry Falls a masked murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.”
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
From IMDb: “A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.”
Dead Alive (1992)
From IMDb: “A young man’s mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.”
Eden Lake (2008)
From IMDb: “Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.”
Fire in the Sky (1993)
From IMDb: “An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975.”
Freaks (1932)
From IMDb: “A circus’ beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.”
From Beyond (1986)
From IMDb: “A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.”
Ginger Snaps (2000)
From IMDb: “Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.”
House (1977)
From IMDb: “Seven girls on their summer trip pay a visit to a possessed house which plans to eat them in extremely bizzare [sic] and surreal ways.”
House of Wax (2005)
From IMDb: “A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.”
Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)
From IMDb: “An 18th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.”
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 the Left (1972)
From IMDb: “A pair of teenage girls are headed to a rock concert for one’s birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, the girls are kidnapped by a gang of psychotic convicts.”
Martin (1976)
From IMDb: “A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.”
Martyrs (2008)
From IMDb: “A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.”
May (2002)
From IMDb: “Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.”
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
From IMDb: “Jonathan and Lucy live in Wismar and the Count wants a house there. Varna is a port on the Black Sea, close to Dracula’s castle.”
The Old Dark House (1932)
From IMDb: “Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when the stumble upon the Femm family estate.”
The Other (1972)
From IMDb: “Down in the farm country of the US twins are born. One of them turns out to be good, while the other becomes rather evil.”
Pieces (1982)
From IMDb: “Young co-eds are being cut up by a chainsaw killer on a college campus. The killer is attempting to put together a human jigsaw puzzle made from body parts.”
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.”
Se7en (1995)
From IMDb: “Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.”
Teeth (2007)
From IMDb: “Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.”
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.” (doubled with The Thing from Another World [1951])
Thr3e (2006)
From IMDb: “Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.”
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)
From IMDb: “Tucker & Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids.”
War of the Worlds (2005)
From IMDb: “As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.”
Nominees removed from the poll owing to their future presence elsewhere on the Summer of Blood schedule:
–Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
–Hell Night