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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1996
Top 5
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1. From Dusk Till Dawn
USA / 91 points / Robert Rodriguez
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2. Scream
USA / 72 points / Wes Craven
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3. The Frighteners
New Zealand, USA / 35 points / Peter Jackson
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4. (tie) La sindrome di Stendhal (The Stendhal Syndrome)
Italy / 32 points / Dario Argento
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4. (tie) Tesis (Thesis)
Spain / 32 points / Alejandro Amenábar
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5. Nekeddo burâddo: Megyaku (Naked Blood)
Japan / 16 points / Hisayasu Satô
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Making the Top 10:
6. Craft, The / USA / 14 points / Andrew Fleming
7. Profundo carmesí (Deep Crimson) / France, Mexico, Spain / 13 points / Arturo Ripstein
8. (tie) Bad Moon / USA / 12 points / Eric Red
8. (tie) Dentist, The / USA / 12 points / Brian Yuzna
8. (tie) Ghost and the Darkness, The / Germany, USA / 12 points / Stephen Hopkins
9. (tie) Killer Barbys / Spain / 10 points / Jesus Franco
9. (tie) Yi boh lai beng duk (Ebola Syndrome) / Hong Kong / 10 points / Herman Yau
10. (tie) Island of Dr. Moreau, The / USA / 7 points / John Frankenheimer
10. (tie) Thinner / USA / 7 points / Tom Holland
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Others receiving votes:
- Are You Afraid of the Dark: "The Tale of the Night Shift" / Canada [TV] / D.J. MacHale
- Bordello of Blood / USA / Gilbert Adler
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering / USA / Greg Spence
- Claybots on Monster Island / Sweden [animated short] / Fredrik Ahston, Björn Björnsson, Anders Fransson, Dennis Haga, Kim Hansen, Poke Stolt
- Diabolique / USA / Jeremiah S. Chechik
- Fear / USA / James Foley
- Gamera 2: Region shurai (Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion) / Japan / Shûsuke Kaneko
- Grave, The / USA / Jonas Pate
- Head of the Family / USA / Charles Band
- Henry II: Portrait of a Serial Killer / USA / Chuck Parello
- Humanoids from the Deep / USA [TV] / Jeff Yonis
- Jägarna (The Hunters) / Sweden / Kjell Sundvall
- Jintai-mokei no yuru (Night of Body's Model) / Japan / Hisayasu Satô
- Kondom des Grauens (Killer Condon) / Germany, Switzerland / Martin Walz
- L'arcano incantatore (Arcane Sorcerer) / Italy / Pupi Avati
- Little Witches / Canada, USA / Jane Simpson
- Mary Reilly / UK, USA / Stephen Frears
- Ren pi guo zheng xie (Horrible High Heels) / Hong Kong / Wai On Chan, Cheng Chow, Chiang-Bang Mao
- Rubber's Lover / Japan / Shozin Fukui
- They Bite / USA / Brett Piper
- Tremors II: Aftershocks / USA / S.S. Wilson
- Trilogy of Terror II / Canada, USA [TV] / Dan Curtis
- Tromeo and Juliet / USA / Lloyd Kaufman
- Uncle Sam / USA / William Lustig
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