Yet I don't consider Psycho a horror movie. To me it's a suspense/thriller. Semantics I know.
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Yet I don't consider Psycho a horror movie. To me it's a suspense/thriller. Semantics I know.
I love it when someone states something as fact that is indeed an opinion. My own opinion might be that Psycho is too dependent on its two main gimicks: kill the supposed main character off early in the movie and big twist ending. I admire Hitchcock but I am not ready to declare Psycho as "clearly" one of the greatest. To be fair, I wouldn't say that of Alien either. I simply prefer Alien whether judging on horror or not.
I think this has inspired me to watch both again to see if that changes my opinion.
I would be anything that most if not all best movies lists put Psycho well above Alien. I love both films, so this is pretty objective.
Movie lists are nothing but subjective opinion. You can compare the length (quantity) of two movies objectively but quality is always a matter of opinion. That is what makes this fun (or frustrating.)
edit: I looked at IMDB's top250 list and Psycho was 31 while Alien was 49. However, both, and everything between, had an 8.5 rating. Then I noticed Leon: The Professional was higher than them both. WTF.
I believe crowd-sourced ratings reflect well on a film's stature. Both of these are very close, with Psycho rating 8.6 on IMDB and Alien 8.5, while on RT Psycho is 96% and Alien is 97%.
It is rare that a movie I really love is ranked above 8. More often than not they hover around the 6.5 to 7.5 range on IMDB.
[QUOTE=Roden;858942] I see what you mean; I myself hold more respect than love for Psycho. But since the films I do consider the best horrors of all times have been eliminated (namely, The Orphanage and The Others), I had to at least cling to something that bears can be more or less fond of. Especially after the unexplainable failure of The Shining and The Exorcist.
I have not, but I think this conversation has prompted me to do so. I was looking to buy Alien on blu-ray anyway since I only have it on DVD, I'll make that my priority this weekend.
... and I'll just Netflix Prometheus lol. It's sad too because the box art for it is so sexy but I just can't bring myself to drop cash for it.
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Spoiler: 06-24-2014 10:39 AMOdettaNow, don't start beating on my Leon! That movie was stellar! In my top 10 fave movies!
I'm a huge Hitchcock fan, don't get me wrong, but I actually found some of his other movies scarier than Psycho.
I love Alien... It's my fave of the series for "horror" elements. I will probably nominate Aliens or Alien3 for the sci-fi 06-24-2014 10:59 AMJeanso... looks like we have the winner?...
: stupefied bear: 06-24-2014 01:09 PMHeather19Voting ends tomorrow, let's get those last min votes in! :D 06-25-2014 10:39 AMfernanditoLet's give a big round of applause to Alien, DT's Best Horror Movie! Thank you all for participating!! :clap:
http://images.nymag.com/images/2/dai...3d_560x375.jpg 06-25-2014 10:44 AMHeather19Alien was a strong contender the whole way through, not at all surprised it won.
Thank you every one for participating. It was fun, and I hope you all vote in the upcoming sci-fi tournament :D
And a big thank you to Feev for helping me host the tournament, couldn't have done it without you :couple: 06-25-2014 11:01 AMmaeIt was close there for a while and then Alien just ripped through. 06-25-2014 11:44 AMRickyBefore the contest started I thought that The Exorcist might win, so I'm really surprised. 06-25-2014 12:14 PMfernanditoI knew Exorcist and Psycho would make it to at least semi finals, but Alien has been a marvelous surprise. Great film, and a worthy champion.
This is definitely one of -if not the- closest finals we've had for these kind of tournaments. 06-25-2014 12:31 PMT-Dogz_AK47I would have loved to see an Alien vs Jaws final, but I am more than happy with this result. Alien is a fantastic movie! :smile: 06-25-2014 06:25 PMOdetta 06-25-2014 07:54 PMfrik 06-25-2014 11:35 PMJean