Bloody Good Horror is my absolute favorite horror movie website. Its a site with several writers who review and discuss both new and classic horror movies. Every year each writer submits a list of their top 10 horror movies of the year, and then I take those lists and create my own comprehensive list from theirs. a 10th place vote gets 1 point, 9th place gets 2 points and so on.
Heres a refresh of the top horror movies from last year: https://touristdirect.blogspot.com/2018/01/bloody-good-horrors-top-23-horror.html
Overall I think this year was a minor step back from last year, as there was no movie I fell in love with totally like I did last year with It and Get Out. Also, it was a bit closer this year as Get Out completely ran away with the number one slot last year with 144 points. This years number one was finished with much less points. Finally the entire top 3 last year were box office giants all amassing a ton of money at the box office, whereas this year the top two were much quieter at the box office, in fact this years top ten only sees two big box office hits. Without further ado, here is the top horror movies of 2018 from Bloody Good Horror.
23.
Tigers Are Not Afraid: 8
22. Hold the Dark: 9
21. Apostle: 11
20. Searching: 11
19. Terrifier: 12
18. Unfriended: Dark Web: 13
17. Pyewacket: 14
16. Unsane: 14
15. Anna and the Apocolypse: 14
14. The Endless: 19
13. The Clovehitch Killer: 20
12. Upgrade: 21
11. The Strangers 2: 23
10. Suspiria: 28
9. Overlord: 29
8. The Ritual: 29
7. Mandy: 35
6. Cam: 50
5. Halloween: 60
4. Revenge: 74
3. A Quiet Place: 80
2. Hereditary: 95
1. Annihiliation: 107
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Bold Box Office Predictions for 2019
We've looked at the most anticipated movies of 2019, we've ranked the 2018 movies, and we've looked at the box office successes and failures of 2018. Now lets make some predictions on what will transpire at the box office in 2019.
1. Us grosses 250 Million: Trying to go really bold right off the bat. Jordan Peeles second crack at horror after the massive hit "Get Out" has stoked massive hype after its amazing trailer. Get Out made $174 million so getting this movie to 250 would be a big jump. 250 Million would also make this movie the 2nd highest grossing horror movie ever after "It." Considering the hype and anticipation, I think it will do it.
2. Avengers: Endgame smashes opening weekend record and cracks $300 Million: Last year Infinity War broke the record for the biggest opening weekend ever for a movie when it made $257 Million in its first 3 days. Thats still quite a bit shy of the 300 million Im predicting but the title of this is called "Bold" predictions.
3. Star Wars Episode 9 finished 3rd at the box office for the year: The craziest thing about this prediction is how it doesnt feel bold at all, it actually feels safe and obvious. The fact is 8 of the previous 9 star wars films finished number one at the box office for the year. the only one that didnt was Attack of the Clones in 2002 which finished 3rd behind Spider-Man and Lord of the Rings. So if my prediction comes true this will be just the second Star Wars movie ever to not win the year. But it just feels like there is no conceivable way this movie can top Avengers: Endgame or The Lion King.
4. Captain Marvel outgrosses Wonder Woman: Out of all my predictions this one is the one I am least confident in. Captain Marvel will be the 2nd solo superhero movie with a female lead after 2017's Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman made $412 Million, which with the mild hype the admittedly underwhelming trailers have generated, feels like an uphill climb for Captain Marvel. Still, right now the MCU is an unstoppable machine and by the time this movie is released, it will have been 8 long months since the last MCU movie was released and many people, including myself, will be starving for a new one. Right now Captain Marvel is predicted to make between 330-350 million so making the leap to 412 is not out of the question.
5. Detective Pikachu, Rocketman and Knives Out are the three surprise smash hits of the year: Ok, I don't think Detective Pikachu is going to be a suprise anymore. Before the trailer many people were skeptical of this movie being successful, but the trailer was so damn good that all of a sudden hype is through the roof. However I still think it will outperform what has become higher expectations than expected. Think something around 400 million. Rocketman is the biopic about Elton John. After the massive success of Bohemian Rhapsody, I think Rocketman can ride the momentum from that. Knives out is a still relatively unknown murder mystery, think a modern day Clue. Coming out in November, this could be the surprise hit of the holidays next year.
6. Toy Story 4 is a disappointment. When I make my list this time next year of biggest box office failures of the year I am predicting Toy Story 4 to be on that list. I think a lot of people wanted this franchise to end after 3 and feel the story has nowhere left to go and think this is just a cheap cash grab from Pixar. On top of that, Secret Life of Pets 2 is releasing just two weeks before this, so that will soak up a lot of demand for an animated family movie. I hope I'm wrong because like every 90s kid, I adore Toy Story, but I am not feeling the hype at all.
1. Us grosses 250 Million: Trying to go really bold right off the bat. Jordan Peeles second crack at horror after the massive hit "Get Out" has stoked massive hype after its amazing trailer. Get Out made $174 million so getting this movie to 250 would be a big jump. 250 Million would also make this movie the 2nd highest grossing horror movie ever after "It." Considering the hype and anticipation, I think it will do it.
2. Avengers: Endgame smashes opening weekend record and cracks $300 Million: Last year Infinity War broke the record for the biggest opening weekend ever for a movie when it made $257 Million in its first 3 days. Thats still quite a bit shy of the 300 million Im predicting but the title of this is called "Bold" predictions.
3. Star Wars Episode 9 finished 3rd at the box office for the year: The craziest thing about this prediction is how it doesnt feel bold at all, it actually feels safe and obvious. The fact is 8 of the previous 9 star wars films finished number one at the box office for the year. the only one that didnt was Attack of the Clones in 2002 which finished 3rd behind Spider-Man and Lord of the Rings. So if my prediction comes true this will be just the second Star Wars movie ever to not win the year. But it just feels like there is no conceivable way this movie can top Avengers: Endgame or The Lion King.
4. Captain Marvel outgrosses Wonder Woman: Out of all my predictions this one is the one I am least confident in. Captain Marvel will be the 2nd solo superhero movie with a female lead after 2017's Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman made $412 Million, which with the mild hype the admittedly underwhelming trailers have generated, feels like an uphill climb for Captain Marvel. Still, right now the MCU is an unstoppable machine and by the time this movie is released, it will have been 8 long months since the last MCU movie was released and many people, including myself, will be starving for a new one. Right now Captain Marvel is predicted to make between 330-350 million so making the leap to 412 is not out of the question.
5. Detective Pikachu, Rocketman and Knives Out are the three surprise smash hits of the year: Ok, I don't think Detective Pikachu is going to be a suprise anymore. Before the trailer many people were skeptical of this movie being successful, but the trailer was so damn good that all of a sudden hype is through the roof. However I still think it will outperform what has become higher expectations than expected. Think something around 400 million. Rocketman is the biopic about Elton John. After the massive success of Bohemian Rhapsody, I think Rocketman can ride the momentum from that. Knives out is a still relatively unknown murder mystery, think a modern day Clue. Coming out in November, this could be the surprise hit of the holidays next year.
6. Toy Story 4 is a disappointment. When I make my list this time next year of biggest box office failures of the year I am predicting Toy Story 4 to be on that list. I think a lot of people wanted this franchise to end after 3 and feel the story has nowhere left to go and think this is just a cheap cash grab from Pixar. On top of that, Secret Life of Pets 2 is releasing just two weeks before this, so that will soak up a lot of demand for an animated family movie. I hope I'm wrong because like every 90s kid, I adore Toy Story, but I am not feeling the hype at all.
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Biggest box office successes and dissapointments of 2018
Its that time of year again to look at the biggest box office stories of the year. This was overall a much more steady year at the box office than last year. While, as always there were movies that overperformed or underperformed expectations, there wasnt the massive explosions or massive failures on the scale of last year Last year saw three movies quadruple their pre release predictions: IT, Get Out and Jumanji. No movie hit the highs that all three of those did last year. Last year also saw massive failures in Justice League and Blade Runner 2049. Heres the biggest stories this year.
Falures
5. A Wrinkle in Time
Predicted Total: 154 Million
Actual Total: 100 Million
4. Fantastic Beasts 2
Predicted Total: 222 Million
Actual Total: 156 Million
3. Skyscraper
Predicted Total: 128 Million
Actual: 67 Million
2. First Man
Prediction: 105 Million
Actual: 44 Million
1. Solo
Predicted: 390 Million
Actual: 213 Million
Successes
5. Venon
Predicted: 85 Million
Actual: 213 Million
4. The Meg
Predicted: 37 Million
Actual: 145 Million
3. Crazy Rich Asians
Predicted: 42 Million
Actual: 174 Million
2. A Quiet Place
Predicted: 60 Million
Actual: 188 Million
1. Black Panther
Predicted: 300 Million
Actual: 700 Million
Falures
5. A Wrinkle in Time
Predicted Total: 154 Million
Actual Total: 100 Million
4. Fantastic Beasts 2
Predicted Total: 222 Million
Actual Total: 156 Million
3. Skyscraper
Predicted Total: 128 Million
Actual: 67 Million
2. First Man
Prediction: 105 Million
Actual: 44 Million
1. Solo
Predicted: 390 Million
Actual: 213 Million
Successes
5. Venon
Predicted: 85 Million
Actual: 213 Million
4. The Meg
Predicted: 37 Million
Actual: 145 Million
3. Crazy Rich Asians
Predicted: 42 Million
Actual: 174 Million
2. A Quiet Place
Predicted: 60 Million
Actual: 188 Million
1. Black Panther
Predicted: 300 Million
Actual: 700 Million
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Ranking every movie I saw in theaters in 2019
47. Action Point
46. Insidious: The Last Key
45. Tomb Raider
44. The Greatest Showman
43. Peter Rabbit
42. Truth or Dare
41. Teen Titans Go! to the Movies
40. The Grinch
39. The First Purge
38. Unfriended: Dark Web
37. Goosebumps 2
36. Skyscraper
35. Hotel Transylvania 3
34. Christopher Robin
33. Oceans 8
32. Pacific Rim: Uprising
31. Wreck it Ralph 2
30. Venom
29. Lady Bird
28. The Meg
27. A Quiet Place
26. Tag
25. Rampage
24. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
23. Annihilation
22. Sorry to Bother You
21. The House With a Clock in its Walls
20. Bumblebee
19. Ant Man and the Wasp
18. Solo
17. Blockers
16. Strangers: Prey at Night
15. Incredibles 2
14. Aquaman
13. Game Night
12. Bohemian Rhapsody
11. Love, Simon
10. Ready Player One
9. Black Panther
8. Halloween
7. Hereditary
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
5. Call Me By Your Name
4. Mission Impossible: Fallout
3. Deadpool 2
2. Avengers: Infinity War
1. Get Out
46. Insidious: The Last Key
45. Tomb Raider
44. The Greatest Showman
43. Peter Rabbit
42. Truth or Dare
41. Teen Titans Go! to the Movies
40. The Grinch
39. The First Purge
38. Unfriended: Dark Web
37. Goosebumps 2
36. Skyscraper
35. Hotel Transylvania 3
34. Christopher Robin
33. Oceans 8
32. Pacific Rim: Uprising
31. Wreck it Ralph 2
30. Venom
29. Lady Bird
28. The Meg
27. A Quiet Place
26. Tag
25. Rampage
24. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
23. Annihilation
22. Sorry to Bother You
21. The House With a Clock in its Walls
20. Bumblebee
19. Ant Man and the Wasp
18. Solo
17. Blockers
16. Strangers: Prey at Night
15. Incredibles 2
14. Aquaman
13. Game Night
12. Bohemian Rhapsody
11. Love, Simon
10. Ready Player One
9. Black Panther
8. Halloween
7. Hereditary
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
5. Call Me By Your Name
4. Mission Impossible: Fallout
3. Deadpool 2
2. Avengers: Infinity War
1. Get Out
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Most anticipated Movies of 2019
With 2018 about to wrap itself up, we look ahead to 2019 and the movies I look forward to the most this year. I did a most anticipated movies of 2018 list a year ago and its funny to see how some movies anticipation dropped significantly and some rose quite a bit by the time they came out. For example, I had "The Predator" as my number 3 most anticipated movie of 2018 last December, but its August release date got pushed back to September and reports came out the movie was terrible and the director got fired and by the time it came out in September I didn't even bother to see it in theaters at all. Same can be said for Goosebumps 2 which I listed as my 5th most anticipated movie of 2018. As soon as the first trailer was released I could tell this was just a lazy rehash of the first one and my excitement went out the window totally. So this is my list as of today, but who knows which movies I will gain or lost interest in over time. Should be a super fun year, the summer lineup this year is stacked.
25. The Curse of La Llorona-April 19th
24. Glass-January 18th
23. Terminator -November 8th
22. Sonic the Hedgehog - November 15th
21. Star Wars Episode 9-December 20th
20. Knives Out-November 29th
19. MIB: International-June 14th
18. Joker-October 4th
17. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark-August 9th
16. Annabelle 3-July 5th
15. Toy Story 4-June 21st
14. Childs Play-June 21st
13. Pet Semetary-April 5th
12. Happy Death Day 2U-February 14th
11. The Lion King-July 19th
10. Captain Marvel-March 8th
9. Jumanji 2-December 13th
8. Detective Pikachu-May 10th
7. Shazam!-April 5th
6. Godzilla-May 31st
5. Us-March 15th
4. Are you Afraid of the Dark? -October 11th
3. Spider-Man: Far From Home-July 5th
2. IT: Chapter 2-September 7th
1. Avengers: Endgame-April 26th
Good god this is going to be an amazing year. The top 8 are movies I am absolutely at a 10/10 hype level for. Jumanji 2 at number 9 is a question mark, if it captures the tone of the first one then this could easily be a top 5 movie of the year, but if the cast is different this movie could also suck too, we just don't know enough about it yet. Its going to be an all time incredible year for horror as 9 of my top 17 most anticipated movies of the year are horror movies (If you are counting Godzilla as horror, which I am.) Four of the remaining 8 are superhero movies which means only 4 of my top 17 are neither superhero or horror movies (Toy Story 4, Lion King, Detective Pikachu, and Jumanji 2)
25. The Curse of La Llorona-April 19th
24. Glass-January 18th
23. Terminator -November 8th
22. Sonic the Hedgehog - November 15th
21. Star Wars Episode 9-December 20th
20. Knives Out-November 29th
19. MIB: International-June 14th
18. Joker-October 4th
17. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark-August 9th
16. Annabelle 3-July 5th
15. Toy Story 4-June 21st
14. Childs Play-June 21st
13. Pet Semetary-April 5th
12. Happy Death Day 2U-February 14th
11. The Lion King-July 19th
10. Captain Marvel-March 8th
9. Jumanji 2-December 13th
8. Detective Pikachu-May 10th
7. Shazam!-April 5th
6. Godzilla-May 31st
5. Us-March 15th
4. Are you Afraid of the Dark? -October 11th
3. Spider-Man: Far From Home-July 5th
2. IT: Chapter 2-September 7th
1. Avengers: Endgame-April 26th
Good god this is going to be an amazing year. The top 8 are movies I am absolutely at a 10/10 hype level for. Jumanji 2 at number 9 is a question mark, if it captures the tone of the first one then this could easily be a top 5 movie of the year, but if the cast is different this movie could also suck too, we just don't know enough about it yet. Its going to be an all time incredible year for horror as 9 of my top 17 most anticipated movies of the year are horror movies (If you are counting Godzilla as horror, which I am.) Four of the remaining 8 are superhero movies which means only 4 of my top 17 are neither superhero or horror movies (Toy Story 4, Lion King, Detective Pikachu, and Jumanji 2)
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Ranking every Halloween Movie
On Thursday I get to see a movie I feel like I have waited my whole life for. A new Halloween movie on the big screen. With Jamie Lee Curtis and the original Michael Myers actor Nick Castle. Halloween has to be straight up the most wild and bizarre horror franchise in terms of the course its taken, and that is saying a lot because there is a lot of crazy horror franchises. This is a horror franchise that
-Has one movie totally unrelated to all the others (Halloween 3)
-Has a movie end on a cliffhanger that in the next movie they totally ignored and pretended never happened (4 into 5)
-Has a movie that has two completely different versions of it, a theatrical cut and a directors cut (Halloween 6)
-Halloween H20 ignores everything that happened in Halloweens 4-6
-The new Halloween ignores everything that happened in Halloweens 2-10, basically acting as a direct sequel to the first movie
That'a a lot of wackiness. Despite all this wackiness I love this classic franchise and always revisit every single movie in it during Halloween season (Which runs August 1st-November in this household) SO before the I see the new one, here is my current ranking of every halloween movie
10. Halloween: Ressurection-This may be my least favorite horror movie ever. It is straight awful and I am not the only one who thinks so as Bloody Disgusting recently called this the worst horror sequel ever out of more than 150 horror sequels.
9. Halloween 2 (2009): The second of two Rob Zombie Halloween movies
8. Halloween (2007): The remake does some things right but loses the fun of the other movie in favor of gore and a much more serious tone.
7. Halloween 5: Honestly Ive watched this one 10+ times and still barely remembet anything about it, so its pretty forgettable.
6. Halloween 6: This one is famous for establishing Michael Myers as not a human, but a product of an ancient druid cult who picks a vessel to cause mayhem on Halloween. A bizarre turn for the franchise and one that turned off many fans.
5. Halloween 4: Now we are getting into the ones I really really enjoy. This one sees the franchise at its peak when it comes to combining campy horror with legit horror. 1-3 were straight horror, while the later ones laid on the camp a bit too thick, but this one had the best balance.
4. Halloween H20: The return of Laurie Strode, this Halloween breathed new life into the franchise after the duds that were 5 and 6, thanks to a renewed interest in slasher movies after the success of Scream.
3. Halloween 3: The one infamous for not having Michael Myers at all. Many hate it, many love it, put me in the love category.
2. Halloween 2: The sequel to the original is not often seen as reaching the highs of the first, but I think its almost just as good. The Halloween atmoshphere may actually be better here, and the kills are top notch.
1. Halloween: Obvious. Ive never in my life seen a ranking of the Halloween movies without the first one as number one and I wont be the first to not put it there.
-Has one movie totally unrelated to all the others (Halloween 3)
-Has a movie end on a cliffhanger that in the next movie they totally ignored and pretended never happened (4 into 5)
-Has a movie that has two completely different versions of it, a theatrical cut and a directors cut (Halloween 6)
-Halloween H20 ignores everything that happened in Halloweens 4-6
-The new Halloween ignores everything that happened in Halloweens 2-10, basically acting as a direct sequel to the first movie
That'a a lot of wackiness. Despite all this wackiness I love this classic franchise and always revisit every single movie in it during Halloween season (Which runs August 1st-November in this household) SO before the I see the new one, here is my current ranking of every halloween movie
10. Halloween: Ressurection-This may be my least favorite horror movie ever. It is straight awful and I am not the only one who thinks so as Bloody Disgusting recently called this the worst horror sequel ever out of more than 150 horror sequels.
9. Halloween 2 (2009): The second of two Rob Zombie Halloween movies
8. Halloween (2007): The remake does some things right but loses the fun of the other movie in favor of gore and a much more serious tone.
7. Halloween 5: Honestly Ive watched this one 10+ times and still barely remembet anything about it, so its pretty forgettable.
6. Halloween 6: This one is famous for establishing Michael Myers as not a human, but a product of an ancient druid cult who picks a vessel to cause mayhem on Halloween. A bizarre turn for the franchise and one that turned off many fans.
5. Halloween 4: Now we are getting into the ones I really really enjoy. This one sees the franchise at its peak when it comes to combining campy horror with legit horror. 1-3 were straight horror, while the later ones laid on the camp a bit too thick, but this one had the best balance.
4. Halloween H20: The return of Laurie Strode, this Halloween breathed new life into the franchise after the duds that were 5 and 6, thanks to a renewed interest in slasher movies after the success of Scream.
3. Halloween 3: The one infamous for not having Michael Myers at all. Many hate it, many love it, put me in the love category.
2. Halloween 2: The sequel to the original is not often seen as reaching the highs of the first, but I think its almost just as good. The Halloween atmoshphere may actually be better here, and the kills are top notch.
1. Halloween: Obvious. Ive never in my life seen a ranking of the Halloween movies without the first one as number one and I wont be the first to not put it there.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Bloody Good Horrors top 23 Horror Movies of 2018
Bloody Good Horror is my absolute favorite horror movie website. Its a site with several writers who review and discuss both new and classic horror movies. Every year each writer submits a list of their top 10 horror movies of the year, and then I take those lists and create my own comprehensive list from theirs. a 10th place vote gets 1 point, 9th place gets 2 points and so on. One amazing thing about this years list is that the top 3 are all "mainstream" horror movies, which is incredibly rare. These are horror snobs who usually prefer the artsy horror movies that arent super popular, for example last years number one of the year was "The Witch." Anyway here it is, the top 23 horror movies of the year.
23. Alien Convenant: 8 Points
22. The Killing of a Sacred Deer: 8 Points
21. Tragedy Girls: 8 Points
20. Kong: Skull Island: 8 Points
19. Thelma: 10 Points
18. The Beguiled: 11 Points
17. The Babysitter: 12 Points
16. The Girl With all the Gifts: 15 Points
15. The Devil's Candy: 15 Points
14. It Comes at Night: 17 Points
13. The Void: 23 Points
12. Super Dark Times: 23 Points
11. Gerald's Game: 23 Points
10. Raw: 30 Points
9. Creep 2: 33 Points
8. The Shape of Water: 36 Points
7. A Dark Song: 45 Points
6. Mother!: 55 Points
5. Split: 60 Points
4. The Blackcoat's Daughter: 62 Points
3. Happy Death Day: 68 Points
2. IT: 80 Points
1. Get Out: 144 Points
23. Alien Convenant: 8 Points
22. The Killing of a Sacred Deer: 8 Points
21. Tragedy Girls: 8 Points
20. Kong: Skull Island: 8 Points
19. Thelma: 10 Points
18. The Beguiled: 11 Points
17. The Babysitter: 12 Points
16. The Girl With all the Gifts: 15 Points
15. The Devil's Candy: 15 Points
14. It Comes at Night: 17 Points
13. The Void: 23 Points
12. Super Dark Times: 23 Points
11. Gerald's Game: 23 Points
10. Raw: 30 Points
9. Creep 2: 33 Points
8. The Shape of Water: 36 Points
7. A Dark Song: 45 Points
6. Mother!: 55 Points
5. Split: 60 Points
4. The Blackcoat's Daughter: 62 Points
3. Happy Death Day: 68 Points
2. IT: 80 Points
1. Get Out: 144 Points
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