Comments on: HYB’s Top Ten Horror Movies of 2009

By: Spyderbaby

Spyderbaby — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:06:58 +0000

He,he,he Orphan sucked pretty hard.

By: Shane Damage

Shane Damage — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:34:10 +0000

Here’s my top 10 for 2009
1. Martyrs [French philosophical torture porn with a twist]
2. Anti-Christ [Super-Artzy mysoginy and brutality with Willem Dafoe]
3. Trick r’ Treat [Way fun contemporary Halloween classic]
4. The Children [British killer kid flick only parents can truly appreciate]
5. Paranormal Activity [Effective indy chiller which Speilberg fouled up slightly with his spx-heavy ending]
6. Zombieland [Hopefully the final word on the now-tired zombie subgenre]
7. Grace [Awesome cannibal baby creepfest]
8. Feast 3 [just because of the WTF? ending]
9. My Bloody Valentine [Predictable slasher with awesome 3D!]
10. Drag Me To Hell [Raimi's disappointing Buffy vs. diet Evil Dead-lite]

By: Shane Damage

Shane Damage — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:52:40 +0000

Good Lord! Orphan is number one? Really?… I mean… really!? That movie was dumber than gravel! Predictable. Redundant. Poorly acted and poorly directed. She’s a freakin’ dwarf! I can’t even respond to that brain-dead pile of cinematic baby vomit without laughing out loud! Go see Patty McCormick in the original Bad Seed, or even The Children or Grace to see the killer kid thing done with a thousand times more skill and chills. The Orphan made me want to shove live pigeons in my eye sockets rather than ever have to witness such boring, unspired filmmaking ever again!

By: NightmareManiac

NightmareManiac — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:39:47 +0000

First of all let me say I’m flattered that you even mentioned my name at the bottom of the list. I barely did anything for the site and you still treat me like family…God, that’s one reason I miss this place. I haven’t even had time to work on my own site lately, let alone HYB, but I got an email about this one and I was intrigued. The best of 2009, wow! I’ve seen one of the films on HYB’s list (technically two), which proabaly explains why 2009 was a shitty year in horror for me. Drag Me to Hell was amazing, never have I seen so many disgusting things go in someone’s mouth. Awesome! Trick R’ Treat was my “technically” because my DVD decided that I didn’t need to see the end of the film, it was okay. I personally enjoyed Final Destination: Death Trip (didn’t see it in 3D) and Saw VI, but I have my reasons…mainly my best friend and my little brother…long story. Other than that I definitely think Twilight is one of the worst films of EVER and I don’t think Halloween II should’ve made the list (although I didn’t and probably won’t ever see it). Oh and Brian Hammer has the right idea, the re-release of the original My Bloody Valentine was not only the single best thing about any remake, but it was also the greatest thing DVD has given me in a long time.

By: Unk L

Unk L — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:58:02 +0000

Great list! Gary G’s take on Orphan is right on the money and Brian Hammer is my hero for defending H2. (Although I don’t think he should have bumped Valentine 3-D for Offspring) Love that you included Cold Prey up there as well. -Unk

By: Greg Lamberson

Greg Lamberson — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:12:37 +0000

Everything’s subjective, no point in arguing the why did’s and why didn’t's. And even if PARANORMAL ACTIVITY sucked (I didn’t see it), it was the most important horror film of the year for kicking SAW 1,000′s ass and telling the studios that people are more interested in something new than another retread.

By: Scott Schoemann

Scott Schoemann — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:47:25 +0000

How the hell did “Paranormal Activity” make the top ten? I felt like I had been jacking off with sandpaper when I watched it… they screwed up the time frame by using things that didn’t even exist when it was “supposedly” shot and didn’t know a freaking thing about the firearms used to shoot the broad… totally fake and insipid!

By: James

James — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:05:22 +0000

I’m a little disturbed that My Bloody Valentine 3D was even considered. That movie made me cry blood and not in that fun ebola having kind of way.

By: Anthony T

Anthony T — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:30:16 +0000

Good list for the most part. It nice to see films like “Dead Snow” and “Cold Prey” on the list. Also I second, Greg’s thought on “I Sell the Dead”. Very Good film.

By: Greg Lamberson

Greg Lamberson — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:10:16 +0000

I didn’t see a single one of these! I did see and like I SELL THE DEAD, though.