this chick:

wait wut? 28DL is one long love letter to Romero. How the fuck can they not love it? Only thing I can think of is perhaps because now everyone is satisfied with 28DL and ppl give credit to Boyle for doing what Romero already did twenty years before.

Still that's a fucking gay ass reason. 28DL is awesome.

Because it's not a zombie film, man. Zombies don't run.

that's an even lamer reason

for everyone's consideration (anyone who cares), here's a PERSONAL top 100 list I made. some movies i don't think are eligible (silence of the lambs, the tenant, repulsion, les diaboliques, etc) so they're not on here. and some classics i just plain dislike (texas chainsaw massacre, last house on the left, etc) so i didn't save a spot for those either

1. peeping tom
2. in the mouth of madness
3. the shining
4. the exorcist
5. videodrome
6. the omen
7. suspiria
8. halloween
9. alien
10. the mask of satan
11. altered states
12. the entity
13. the devils
14. dellamorte dellamore
15. day of the dead
16. vampyr
17. 28 days later
18. kwaidan
19. the thing
20. rosemary’s baby
21. the innocents
22. das cabinet des dr. caligari
23. jacob’s ladder
24. let the right one in
25. the haunting
26. bride of frankenstein
27. the black cat
28. psycho
29. braindead
30. nosferatu
31. jaws
32. the descent
33. shivers
34. re-animator
35. don’t look now
36. hour of the wolf
37. spoorloos
38. angel heart
39. les yeux sans visage
40. evil dead II
41. black sabbath
42. the brood
43. hellraiser
44. profondo rosso
45. dawn of the dead
46. gothic
47. phantasm
48. carnival of souls
49. evil dead
50. a nightmare on elm street
51. night of the living dead
52. brain damage
53. the fly
54. blood and black lace
55. martin
56. planet terror
57. basket case
58. el orfanato
59. cigarette burns
60. cloverfield
61. rabid
62. color me blood red
63. the bird with the crystal plumage
64. cronos
65. the sender
66. inferno
67. cat people
68. dracula
69. frankenstein
70. christine
71. the wicker man
72. the blob
73. the thing from another world
74. the night of the demon
75. white zombie
76. the beyond
77. black christmas
78. rabid
79. the lair of the white worm
80. phenomena
81. the sixth sense
82. the fog
83. daughters of darkness
84. carrie
85. scanners
86. the changeling
87. isle of the dead
88. dementia 13
89. prince of darkness
90. prophecy
91. black sheep
92. the seventh victim
93. god told me to
94. don’t torture a duckling
95. malpertuis
96. daughter of dr. jekyll
97. the awful dr. orloff
98. vampires
99. zombi 2
100. blood feast

No love for Last House On The Left? The Serpent And The Rainbow?
Also, have you seen The Exorcist III? I know part II sucked, but George C. Scott and Brad Dourif give incredible performances in part III.

Have to agree with you on Suspiria and Mask Of Satan though. Both personal faves of mine.

My own personal top 10 (could never make a top 100...too tedious)...

1. A Nightmare On Elm Street (still think it's the greatest of all time in terms of scare tactics)
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3. The Exorcist
4. Last House On The Left
5. The Exorcist III
6. Suspiria
7. Black Sunday
8. Carrie
9. The Omen
10. Friday The 13th Part 3 (yeah I know, but it has to be here for nostalgic reasons)

No, I hate Last House on the Left. Worst home invasion movie I've seen.

I've heard good things about The Exorcist III, but I stay away from horror sequels as long as I can. Until I've seen all the classic horror movies I can think of and the not-so-famous ones that intrigue me, I will not watch sequels. There are exceptions of course (can't wait to check out Bride of Re-Animator for instance), but for the most part, that's the rule. Will check out Serpent And The Rainbow for sure, that looks pretty cool. Also, I so wanna see that movie Possession, with Sam Neill? I hear it's off the hook. Anyone seen that yet?

Not a fan of shock tactics?
I LOVED it, I think the low-budget vibe kinda made it much more realistic and chilling. Plus you gotta admit, it was ground-breaking stuff for being released in 1972.

I think you should abandon your "no sequels" rule because it's limiting, and you're missing out on a lot of great films...imo.

It's only a rule I have atm, I will most definitely abandon it soon enough, once I'm satisfied with the amount of horror films I've seen.

I have nothing against shock tactics, but I do have something against films that draw their strength and appeal through captivity, torture, humiliation and power games. For this reason I also really hate movies like Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Calvaire, Wolf Creek and then also films that are obviously even worse like Saw and perhaps some others I've been lucky enough to forget. I don't like watching that kinda stuff and even though I try not to hold anything against those films (especially TCM which I really don't like but I must admit that it is one helluva powerful movie), I can't help but dislike 'em entirely once I've watched them.

Well it's all personal interpretation I guess. I agree with you on Saw, though, I think that's one of the most overrated horror films ever made.

Speaking of overrated, I've always thought The Hills Have Eyes kinda sucked...

I also dont really care for films that use extreme violence to make their point (like Hostel). But movies like Last House and Texas Chainsaw were about more than that, imo. Personally, I look at them in the context of when they were made (early 70's), and it just amazes me even more. There was absolutely NOTHING like Last House On The Left when it came out. Remember, this was one year before The Exorcist was stirring up controversy...

In what sense? I ask because films like Witchfinder General were revenge stories every bit as brutal as LHotL.

I meant the way in which Craven explored the concept of torture, and didn't hold anything back. The collective reaction to that film was appaling, hence the classic "Keep telling yourself - it's just a movie" schtick.

Haven't seen Witchfinder General though, is that an American film?

It's British. Vincent Price is in it.