Started many moons ago by Prof-Hieronymos-Grost, the Orloks were a yearly poll on the IMDb horror boards where users submitted Top 5 lists of their favorite horror movies for each year. All of the results were then tabulated to come up with a definitive list of the year's most-liked genre offerings. Alas, when the good Professor decided to depart the boards years ago, the awards went with him... that is until now. IMDb-er seth_yeah - taking on responsibilities as both host and calculator - has decided to bring back this long-standing tradition in 2015, and now the awards will have a permanent place right here on this blog. Scoring is rather simple and done on a weighted system where first choice receives 5 points, second choice 4 points, etc., with a +1 bonus then awarded to the #1 selection on each list. IMDb release years are being used, but it is left up to voters to determine what they may or may not consider horror (which may be in conflict with IMDb's genre labeling system). If you'd like to participate, head on over to the IMDb HORROR BOARDS to vote! So without any further ado, the results...
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1937
Top 5
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USA [animated feature] / 12 points / David Hand (supervising director)
China / 11 points / Weibang Ma-Xu
Poland / 9 points / Michael Waszynski
USA [animated short] / 6 points / Frank Tashlin
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4. (tie) Sh! The Octopus
USA / 6 points / William C. McGann
UK / 5 points / David MacDonald
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Making the Top 10:
6. (tie) Night Must Fall / USA / 4 points / Richard Thorpe
6. (tie) Lonesome Ghosts / USA [animated short] / 4 points / Burt Gillett
7. La dame de pique (Queen of Spades) / France / 3 points / Fyodor Otsep
8. (tie) Monsieur Fantômas / Belgium [short] / 6 points / Ernst Moerman
8. (tie) Skeleton Frolics / USA [animated short] / 6 points / Ub Iwerks
9. Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles) / Germany / 1 point / Carl Lamac
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Others receiving votes:
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SH! THE OCTOPUS. i dunno... RIDERS OF THE WHISTLING SKULL?
ReplyDeletemain list:
EASY LIVING
SHALL WE DANCE
100 MEN AND A GIRL
THE AWFUL TRUTH
BLACK LEGION
ANGEL
A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
LOST HORIZON
STAGE DOOR
THE WESTLAND CASE
There were BARELY any horrors this year. As you can tell, a lot of stretching had to be done to even come up with a Top 5.
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