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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1994
Top 5
France, Germany, Italy / 71 points / Michele Soavi
USA / 54 points / John Carpenter
Denmark / 38 points / Ole Bornedal
USA / 32 points / Wes Craven
Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden / 26 points / Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
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Making the Top 10:
6. Serial Mom / USA / 24 points / John Waters
7. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles / USA / 22 points / Neil Jordan
8. (tie) Aswang / USA / 12 points / Wrye Martin, Barry Poltermann
8. (tie) Wolf / USA / 12 points / Mike Nichols
9. Nadja / USA / 11 points / Michael Almereyda
10. (tie) Aftermath / Spain [short] / 10 points / Nacho Cerdà
10. (tie) Stand, The / USA [TV] / 10 points / Mick Garris
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Others receiving votes:
- Brainscan / Canada, UK, USA / John Flynn
- Crow, The / USA / Alex Proyas
- Dark Angel: The Ascent / Romania, USA / Linda Hassani
- Death Machine / UK / Stephen Norrington
- Enjeru dasuto (Angel Dust) / Japan / Gakuryû Ishii
- Faust (Lesson Faust) / Czech Republic, France, UK / Jan Svankmajer
- Future Shock / USA / Eric Parkinson, Matt Reeves, Oley Sassone
- Ghoulies IV / USA / Jim Wynorski
- Giorgino / France, USA / Laurent Boutonnat
- Gore Whore / USA / Hugh Gallagher
- Heavenly Creatures / Germany, New Zealand / Peter Jackson
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / Japan, USA / Kenneth Branagh
- Night of the Demons 2 / USA / Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead / USA / Don Coscarelli
- Plankton (Creatures from the Abyss) / Italy / Alvaro Passeri
- Return of the Boogeyman (Boogeyman 3) / USA / Deland Nuse
- Scanner Cop / Canada, Germany, USA / Pierre David
- Shrunken Heads / USA / Richard Elfman
- When the Bough Breaks / USA / Michael Cohn
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