The 2015 Orloks - 1969 Results

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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1969

Top 5

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1. Môjû (Blind Beast)

Japan / 30 points / Yasuzô Masumura

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2. The Honeymoon Killers

USA / 29 points / Leonard Kastle

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3. Spalovac mrtvol (The Cremator)

Czechoslovakia / 28 points / Juraj Herz

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4. La residencia (The House That Screamed)

Spain / 24 points / Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

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5. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

UK / 20 points / Terence Fisher

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Making the Top 10:

6. Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû (Horrors of Malformed Men) / Japan / 19 points / Teruo Ishii
7. (tie) Femina ridens (The Frightened Woman) / Italy / 9 points / Piero Schivazappa
7. (tie) What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? / USA / 9 points / Lee H. Katzin
8. (tie) La horripilante bestia humana (Night of the Bloody Apes) / Mexico / 8 points / René Cardona
8. (tie) Oblong Box, The / UK / 8 points / Gordon Hessler
8. (tie) Schreie in der Nacht (The Unnaturals) / Italy, West Germany / 8 points / Antonio Margheriti
9. Valley of Gwangi, The / USA / 6 points / Jim O'Connolly
10. Night Gallery / USA [TV] / 5 points / Boris Sagal, Barry Shear, Steven Spielberg

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Others receiving votes:

- Bambi Meets Godzilla / Canada [animated short] / Marv Newland
- Blood of Dracula's Castle / USA / Al Adamson
- Daddy's Gone A-Hunting / USA / Mark Robson
- El libro de piedra (The Book of Stone) / Mexico / Carlos Enrique Taboada
- Fangs of the Living Dead (Malenka) / Italy, Spain / Amando de Ossorio
- Gamera tai daiakuju Giron (Attack of the Monsters; Gamera vs. Guiron) / Japan / Noriaki Yuasa
- Haunted House of Horror, The (Horror House) / UK / Michael Armstrong
- Invocation of My Demon Brother / USA [short] / Kenneth Anger
- "It's Alive!" / USA / Larry Buchanan
- La venganza del sexo (The Curious Dr. Humpp) / Argentina / Emilio Vieyra
- Salvare la faccia (Psychout for Murder) / Argentina, Italy / Rossano Brazzi
- Scream Baby Scream / USA / Joseph Adler
- Ultimate Degenerate, The / USA / Michael Findlay
- Una sull'altra (Perversion Story) / France, Italy, Spain / Lucio Fulci
- Witchmaker, The / USA / William O. Brown

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