The 2015 Orloks - Winner's Circle

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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They don't come in here to gloat, they come to celebrate. Yeahhh, that's it. Either way, the following films won the Orlok poll for their respective years. Only time will tell whether they'll be able to hold onto the crown in 2016, but in the meantime they can rest easy here basking in their glory. Because there's going to be around 100 films listed here, this is going to end up being one long post. Stats applying only to these winners are located at the very bottom.

1919

Winner

Herr Arnes pengar (Sir Arne's Treasure)

Sweden / 10 points / Mauritz Stiller

* * * * * * * * * *

1920

Winner

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
(The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)

Germany / 67 points / FRobert Wiene

* * * * * * * * * *

1921

Winner

Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage)

Sweden / 31 points / Victor Sjöström

* * * * * * * * * *

1922

Winner

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu)

Germany / 59 points / F.W. Murnau

* * * * * * * * * *
1923

Winner

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

USA / 33 points / Wallace Worsley

* * * * * * * * * *

1924

Winner

Orlacs Hände (The Hands of Orlac)

Germany / 26 points / Robert Wiene

* * * * * * * * * *

1925

Winner

The Phantom of the Opera

USA / 38 points / Rupert Julian

* * * * * * * * * *

1926

Winner

Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage (Faust)

Germany / 46 points / F.W. Murnau

* * * * * * * * * *

1927

Winner

The Unknown

USA / 52 points / Tod Browning

* * * * * * * * * *

1928

Winner

La chute de la maison Usher 
(The Fall of the House of Usher)

France / 36 points / Jean Epstein

* * * * * * * * * *

1929

Winners (Tie)

Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box)

Germany / 13 points / Georg Wilhelm Pabst

* * * * * * * * * *

Un chien andalou

France [short] / 13 points / Luis Buñuel

* * * * * * * * * *

1930

Winner

The Bat Whispers

USA / 11 points / Roland West

* * * * * * * * * *

1931

Winner

Frankenstein

USA / 70 points / James Whale

* * * * * * * * * *

1932

Winner

Freaks

USA / 63 points / Tod Browning

* * * * * * * * * *

1933

Winner

King Kong

USA / 86 points / Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

* * * * * * * * * *
1934

Winner

The Black Cat

USA / 58 points / Edgar G. Ulmer
* * * * * * * * * *

1935

Winner

Bride of Frankenstein

USA / 74 points / James Whale

* * * * * * * * * *

1936

Winner

Dracula's Daughter

USA / 28 points / Lambert Hillyer

* * * * * * * * * *

1937

Winner

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

USA [animated feature] / 12 points / David Hand (supervising director)

* * * * * * * * * *

1938

Winner

J'accuse! (I Accuse!)

France / 23 points / Abel Gance

* * * * * * * * * *

1939

Winner

Son of Frankenstein

USA / 35 points / Rowland V. Lee

* * * * * * * * * *

1940

Winner

Rebecca

USA / 24 points / Alfred Hitchcock

* * * * * * * * * *

1941

Winner

The Wolf Man

USA / 50 points / George Waggner

* * * * * * * * * *

1942

Winner

Cat People

USA / 88 points / Jacques Tourneur

* * * * * * * * * *
1943

Winner

I Walked with a Zombie

USA / 39 points / Jacques Tourneur

* * * * * * * * * *

1944

Winner

The Uninvited

USA / 51 points / Lewis Allen

* * * * * * * * * *

1945

Winner

The Body Snatcher

USA / 60 points / Robert Wise

* * * * * * * * * *

1946

Winner

Bedlam

USA / 41 points / Mark Robson

* * * * * * * * * *

1947

Winner

Nightmare Alley

USA / 16 points / Edmund Goulding

* * * * * * * * * *

1948

Winner

Daughter of Darkness

UK / 18 points / Lance Comfort

* * * * * * * * * *

1949
Winner

The Queen of Spades

UK / 37 points / Thorold Dickinson

* * * * * * * * * *

1950
Winner

House by the River

USA / 24 points / Fritz Lang

* * * * * * * * * *

1951
Winner

The Thing from Another World

USA / 55 points / Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks

* * * * * * * * * *

1952
Winner

Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer)

Finland / 33 points / Erik Blomberg

* * * * * * * * * *

1953
Winner

Ugetsu monogatari (Ugetsu)

Japan / 30 points / Kenji Mizoguchi

* * * * * * * * * *
1954

Winners (Tie)

Creature from the Black Lagoon

USA / 48 points / Jack Arnold

* * * * * * * * * *

Gojira (Godzilla)

Japan / 48 points / Ishirô Honda

* * * * * * * * * *

1955

Winner

Les diaboliques (Diabolique)

France / 47 points / Henri-Georges Clouzot

* * * * * * * * * *

1956

Winner

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

USA / 80 points / Don Siegel

* * * * * * * * * *

1957

Winner

Night of the Demon (Curse of the Demon)

UK / 71 points / Jacques Tourneur

* * * * * * * * * *
1958

Winner

Dracula (Horror of Dracula)

UK / 68 points / Terence Fisher

* * * * * * * * * *

1959
Winner

A Bucket of Blood

USA / 53 points / Roger Corman

* * * * * * * * * *

1960

Winner

Psycho

USA / 83 points / Alfred Hitchcock

* * * * * * * * * *

1961
Winner

The Innocents

UK, USA / 63 points / Jack Clayton

* * * * * * * * * *

1962

Winner

Carnival of Souls

USA / 74 points / Herk Harvey

* * * * * * * * * *

1963

Winner

The Birds

USA / 50 points / Alfred Hitchcock

* * * * * * * * * *

1964
Winner

The Masque of the Red Death

UK, USA / 56 points / Roger Corman

* * * * * * * * * *

1965

Winner

Repulsion

UK / 85 points / Roman Polanski

* * * * * * * * * *

1966

Winner

Operazione paura (Kill Baby, Kill)

Italy / 57 points / Mario Bava

* * * * * * * * * *

1967

Winner

Spider Baby

USA / 57 points / Jack Hill

* * * * * * * * * *

1968

Winner

Night of the Living Dead

USA / 93 points / George A. Romero

* * * * * * * * * *

1969

Winner

Môjû (Blind Beast)

Japan / 30 points / Yasuzô Masumura

* * * * * * * * * *

1970
Winner

Il rosso segno della follia (Hatchet for the Honeymoon)

Italy, Spain / 34 points / Mario Bava

* * * * * * * * * *

1971

Winner

Reazione a catena (Bay of Blood)

Italy / 44 points / Mario Bava

* * * * * * * * * *
1972

Winner

Non si sevizia un paperino (Don't Torture a Duckling)

Italy / 33 points / Lucio Fulci

* * * * * * * * * *

1973
Winner

The Exorcist

USA / 69 points / William Friedkin

* * * * * * * * * *

1974
Winner

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

USA / 107 points / Tobe Hooper

* * * * * * * * * *

1975

Winner

Jaws

USA / 68 points / Steven Spielberg

* * * * * * * * * *

1976

Winner

Carrie

USA / 66 points / Brian De Palma

* * * * * * * * * *

1977

Winner

Suspiria

Italy / 80 points / Dario Argento

* * * * * * * * * *

1978

Winner

Dawn of the Dead

Italy, USA / 105 points / George A. Romero

* * * * * * * * * *

1979
Winner

Alien

UK, USA / 115 points / Ridley Scott

* * * * * * * * * *
1980

Winner

The Shining

UK, USA / 60 points / Stanley Kubrick

* * * * * * * * * *

1981
Winner

The Evil Dead

USA / 74 points / Sam Raimi

* * * * * * * * * *

1982

Winner

The Thing

USA / 99 points / John Carpenter

* * * * * * * * * *

1983
Winner

Videodrome

Canada / 90 points / David Cronenberg

* * * * * * * * * *

1984

Winner

A Nightmare on Elm Street

USA / 65 points / Wes Craven

* * * * * * * * * *

1985
Winner

Day of the Dead

USA / 81 points / George A. Romero

* * * * * * * * * *

1986

Winner

The Fly

Canada, UK, USA / 54 points / David Cronenberg

* * * * * * * * * *

1987

Winner

Hellraiser

UK / 64 points / Clive Barker

* * * * * * * * * *

1988

Winner

Brain Damage

USA / 53 points / Frank Henenlotter

* * * * * * * * * *
1989

Winner

Santa Sangre

Mexico, Italy / 47 points / Alejandro Jodorowsky

* * * * * * * * * *
1990

Winner

Jacob's Ladder

USA / 52 points / Adrian Lyne

* * * * * * * * * *

1991

Winner

The Silence of the Lambs

USA / 72 points / Jonathan Demme

* * * * * * * * * *

1992

Winner

Candyman

USA / 80 points / Bernard Rose

* * * * * * * * * *

1993
Winner

Return of the Living Dead III

USA / 49 points / Brian Yuzna

* * * * * * * * * *

1994
Winner

Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man)

France, Germany, Italy / 71 points / Michele Soavi

* * * * * * * * * *

1995
Winner

Se7en

USA / 42 points / David Fincher

* * * * * * * * * *
1996

Winner

From Dusk Till Dawn

USA / 91 points / Robert Rodriguez

* * * * * * * * * *

1997
Winner

Cube

Canada / 49 points / Vincenzo Natali

* * * * * * * * * *

1998
Winner

Ringu (Ring)

Japan / 76 points / Hideo Nakata

* * * * * * * * * *

1999
Winner

Ravenous

Czech Republic, UK, USA / 55 points / Antonia Bird

* * * * * * * * * *

2000

Winner

Ginger Snaps

Canada / 60 points / John Fawcett

* * * * * * * * * *

2001
Winner

Session 9

USA / 47 points / Brad Anderson

* * * * * * * * * *

2002

Winner

28 Days Later...

UK / 58 points / Danny Boyle

* * * * * * * * * *

2003

Winner

Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters)

South Korea / 65 points / Jee-woon Kim

* * * * * * * * * *

2004

Winner

Shaun of the Dead

France, UK, USA / 55 points / Edgar Wright

* * * * * * * * * *

2005

Winner

The Descent

UK / 80 points / Neil Marshall

* * * * * * * * * *

2006

Winner

El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)

Mexico, Spain, USA / 32 points / Guillermo del Toro

* * * * * * * * * *

2007

Winner

A l'intérieur (Inside)

France / 62 points / Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury

* * * * * * * * * *

2008
Winner

Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In)

Sweden / 69 points / Tomas Alfredson

* * * * * * * * * *

2009

Winner

Drag Me to Hell

USA / 37 points / Sam Raimi

* * * * * * * * * *

2010

Winner

Akmareui boatda (I Saw the Devil)

South Korea / 61 points / Jee-woon Kim

* * * * * * * * * *
2011

Winner

The Innkeepers

USA / 30 points / Ti West

* * * * * * * * * *

2012

Winner

Sinister

UK, USA / 56 points / Scott Derrickson

* * * * * * * * * *

2013

Winner

The Conjuring

USA / 46 points / James Wan

* * * * * * * * * *

2014

Winner

It Follows

USA / 62 points / David Robert Mitchell

* * * * * * * * * *

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Country Count:

1. USA - 58 (including 10 co-productions)
2. UK - 16 (including 8 co-productions)
3. Italy - 8 (including 4 co-productions)
4. (tie) France - 7 (including 2 co-productions)
5. Germany - 6
6. (tie) Canada - 4 (including 1 co-production)
6. (tie) Japan - 4
7. (tie) Sweden - 3
8. (tie) Mexico - 2 (including 2 co-productions)
8. (tie) South Korea - 2
8. (tie) Spain - 2 (including 2 co-productions)
9. (tie) Finland - 1
9. (tie) Czech Republic - 1 (including 1 co-production)

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Highest points:

01. Alien (1979) - 115 points
02. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - 107 points
03. Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 105 points
04. The Thing (1982) - 99 points
05. Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 93 points
06. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - 91 points
07. Videodrome (1983) - 90 points
08. Cat People (1942) - 88 points
09. King Kong (1933) - 86 points
10. Repulsion (1965) - 85 points

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Largest margin of victory:

01. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) +58 (over Black Christmas)
02. Cat People (1942)  +55 (over The Ghost of Frankenstein)
03. Alien (1979)  +54 (over Phantasm)
04. Videodrome (1983) +51 (over The Dead Zone)
05. The Thing (1983) +48 (over Tenebre)
06. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) +47 (over The Golem)
07. (tie) Repulsion (1965)  +42 (over Planet of the Vampires)
07. (tie) Ringu (1998) +42 (over The Faculty)
08. The Descent (2005) +41 (over The Devil's Rejects and Wolf Creek)
09. Carnival of Souls (1962) +38 (over What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)
10. Night of the Demon (1957)  +37 (over The Curse of Frankenstein)

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Smallest margin of victory:

01. (tie) Blind Beast (1969) +1 (over The Honeymoon Killers)
01. (tie) The Conjuring (2013) +1 (over Under the Skin)
01. (tie) Hellraiser (1987) +1 (over Evil Dead II)
01. (tie) Sir Arne's Treasure (1919) +1 (over Eerie Tales)
01. (tie) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)  +1 (over Song at Midnight)
02. (tie) Carrie (1976) +2 (over The Omen)
02. (tie) The Body Snatcher (1945) +2 (over Dead of Night)
02. (tie) Daughter of Darkness (1948) +2 (over Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)
02. (tie) Dracula's Daughter (1936) +2 (over The Man Who Changed His Mind)
02. (tie) Freaks (1932) +2 (over Island of Lost Souls)
02. (tie) Nightmare Alley (1947) +2 (over The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and The Red House)
02. (tie) Pandora's Box and Un chien andalou (both 1929)  +2 (over Seven Footprints to Satan)
02. (tie) The Shining (1980) +2 (over Cannibal Holocaust)
02. (tie) Ugetsu monogatari (1953) +2 (over House of Wax)

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Directors with multiple winning films:

- Mario Bava (3) - Kill Baby, Kill (1966), Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970), Bay of Blood (1971)
- Roger Corman (2) - A Bucket of Blood (1959), The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- David Cronenberg (2) - Videodrome (1983), The Fly (1986)
- Alfred Hitchcock (3) - Rebecca (1940), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963)
- Jee-woon Kim (2) - A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), I Saw the Devil (2010)
- F.W. Murnau (2) - Nosferatu (1922), Faust (1926)
- Sam Raimi (2) - The Evil Dead (1981), Drag Me to Hell (2009)
- George A. Romero (3) - Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Jacques Tourneur (3) - Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Night of the Demon (1957)
- James Whale (2) - Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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Notes:

- Un chien andalou (1929) is currently the only short to win its year.
- Pandora's Box and Un chien andalou (both 1929) and Creature from the Black Lagoon and Godzilla (both 1948) are the only films to tie for first place.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is currently the only animated feature to win its year, plus is one of only two animated features to make the Top 10 (the other being 1997's Perfect Blue).
- 1978 is currently the only year where two films - Dawn of the Dead and Halloween - scored over 100 points apiece.
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985) and Return of the Living Dead III (1993) are currently the only sequels / follow-ups to win their year.
- The Thing (1982) is currently the only remake to win its year.
- Jacques Tourneur and Mario Bava are currently the only directors to have two films win back-to-back.
- With Ravenous, Antonia Bird is the only female director to have a film win its year.
- Costing just 30,000 dollars to produce, Carnival of Souls is the lowest-budgeted feature to win its year.
- With a budget of 33 million, Se7en (1995) is currently the highest-budgeted film to win. The second highest-budgeted film is The Thing (1982), which cost around 15 million to make.

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