SHOCKtober: 57-33

I bet you could guess the Top 57 favorites if you really tried. But oh, the suspense of how these movies are ranked! I know it's killing you, so I'll get on with it. The bold number is the number of votes the film received.

57. The Howling -- 1981, Joe Dante -- 17
56. Nosferatu -- 1922, F.W. Murnau -- 17
55. The Birds -- 1963, Alfred Hitchcock -- 17
54. Don't Look Now -- 1973, Nicolas Roeg -- 18
53. The Silence of the Lambs -- 1991, Jonathan Demme -- 18
52. Dawn of the Dead -- 2004, Zach Snyder -- 18
51. Saw -- 2004, James Wan -- 18
50. Inside -- 2007, Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury -- 19
49. The Beyond -- 1981, Lucio Fulci -- 19
48. High Tension -- 2003, Alexandre Aja -- 19
47. Sleepaway Camp -- 1983, Robert Hiltzik -- 20
46. Bride of Frankenstein -- 1935, James Whale -- 20
45. The Omen -- 1976, Richard Donner -- 20
44. Carnival of Souls -- 1962, Herk Harvey -- 21
43. Session 9 -- 2001, Brad Anderson -- 22
42. Friday the 13th Part II -- 1981, Steve Miner -- 22
41. Hellraiser -- 1987, Clive Barker -- 23
40. Poltergeist -- 1982, Tobe Hooper -- 24
39. Phantasm -- 1979, Don Coscarelli -- 26
38. Audition -- 1999, Takashi Miike -- 26
37. The Wicker Man -- 1973, Robin Hardy -- 26
36. Martyrs -- 2008, Pascal Laugier -- 26
35. Creepshow -- 1982, George Romero -- 27
34. The Fly -- 1986, David Cronenberg -- 28
33. Shaun of the Dead -- 2004, Edgar Wright -- 28

• Friday the 13th Part II: Jason built a house. He traveled to another town. He used a phone. He tracked a woman down and killed her in her home! Y'all, whatever Jason became in later sequels, he started out as just a dude who lived in the woods, which is scary. And yes, I'm a firm believer in The Ginny Theory to explain his very existence in Part II, so there.
• Yeah yeah, you hate the twist in High Tension. Okay, we got that out of the way.
• That's right- no film got 25 votes. COINCIDENCE?
• I know that doesn't make sense, but I feel like I'm beginning to fall prey to ListMania. It could get ugly.
• Should the entry for Poltergeist have read (1982, "Tobe Hooper")? Ha ha! You know, because no one believes that he really directed it. Zelda Rubinstein claimed she only worked with Steven Spielberg during her six days on set, so who knows? COINCIDENCE?