# The Horror Feud \[Closed\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 21, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094 "2008-05-21T13:33:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/21 "2008-05-21T15:33:28Z")

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1. Dracula
2. Bates Hotel
3. Freddy Krueger
4. Friday The 13th
5. Marion Crane
6. The Shining
7. Cujo
8. Regan
9. Night of the Living Dead
10. Carrie

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/22 "2008-05-21T15:44:30Z")

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1. Fright Night
2. Overlook Hotel
3. Mike Myers
4. Halloween
5. Marion Crane
6. The Shining
7. Jaws
8. Regan McNeil
9. Dawn of the Dead
10. Pet Sematary

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/23 "2008-05-21T15:51:42Z")

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1. Dracula
2. House on Haunted Hill
3. Norman Bates
4. Friday the 13th
5. Marion Crane
6. The Omen
7. King Kong
8. Damien
9. Night of the Living Dead
10. The Shining

Marion Crane is, of course, Janet Leigh’s character in **Psycho**.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/24 "2008-05-21T16:04:52Z")

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1. From Dusk Till Dawn
2. Overlook Hotel
3. Freddy Krueger
4. Friday the 13th
5. Marion Crane
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Cujo
8. Damien Thorn
9. Night of the Living Dead
10. The Shining

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/25 "2008-05-21T16:29:35Z")

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1. Nosferatu
2. House on Haunted Hill
3. Freddy Krueger
4. Friday the 13th
5. Marion Crane
6. Poultergeist
7. Pet Sematary
8. Regan MacNeil
9. Night of the Living Dead
10. The Shining

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/26 "2008-05-21T16:46:39Z")

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Ding-dang Damien and Regan. I was doing pretty well except for number 8.

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**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/27 "2008-05-21T16:50:15Z")

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1. Nosferatu
2. Bates Motel\*
3. Jason
4. Friday the 13th
5. Jason
6. Poltergeist
7. Jaws
8. Carrie
9. Dawn of the Dead
10. The Stand

(yes, I know its not haunted, but I doubt many people would put the Amittyville Horror as down)

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**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/28 "2008-05-21T16:51:17Z")

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[QUOTE=RoOsh]  
(yes, I know its not haunted, but I doubt many people would put the Amittyville Horror down)  
[/QUOTE]

:smack: :smack: :smack: GAH!  
and the Shining! I totally blanked out on that question!

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/29 "2008-05-21T16:58:09Z")

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1. Dracula
2. Overlook Hotel
3. Jason
4. Halloween
5. Jonathan Harker
6. The Exorcist
7. Jaws
8. Megan
9. Night of the Living Dead
10. The Shining

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/30 "2008-05-21T17:00:59Z")

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1.Dracula  
2.Psycho  
3.Jason  
4.Fri. 13th  
5.Youngest son in Jeepers Creepers  
6.Shining  
7.Cujo  
8.Chuckie  
9.Night of Living Dead  
10. Cujo

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/31 "2008-05-21T17:01:20Z")

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[QUOTE=RoOsh]  
(yes, I know its not haunted, but I doubt many people would put the Amittyville Horror as down)  
[/QUOTE]

\<raises hand sheepishly\>

(I’m also disgusted with myself that I completely forgot about the Overlook!) :smack:

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/32 "2008-05-21T17:02:29Z")

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(yes, I know its not haunted, but I doubt many people would put the Amittyville Horror as down)  
[/QUOTE]

Well, it was haunted in the movies, wasn’t it? Even though the real life events…well, weren’t real.

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**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/33 "2008-05-21T17:03:51Z")

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1. Dracula
2. The Amityville house
3. Jason
4. Friday the 13th
5. Teen virgin
6. The Exorcist
7. Cujo
8. Damien
9. Dawn of the Dead
10. It

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/34 "2008-05-21T17:06:29Z")

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1. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
2. Amityville Horror House
3. Jason
4. Halloween
5. Janet Leigh’s character in Psycho
6. Scanners
7. Cujo
8. Damien (The Omen)
9. Dawn of the Dead
10. Carrie

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**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/35 "2008-05-21T17:21:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]  
(yes, I know its not haunted, but I doubt many people would put the Amittyville Horror as down)  
[/QUOTE]

Well, it was haunted in the movies, wasn’t it? Even though the real life events…well, weren’t real.  
[/QUOTE]

Heh, I was referring actually to MY answer not being a haunted house- i just guessed at what I thought was popular.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/36 "2008-05-21T17:28:18Z")

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[QUOTE=RoOsh]  
Heh, I was referring actually to MY answer not being a haunted house- i just guessed at what I thought was popular.  
[/QUOTE]

Ohh, the Bates Motel. Yeah, that’s a good point. Well…I guess it…could’ve been haunted, in a completely unrelated issue that was never raised in the movies.

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**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/37 "2008-05-21T17:28:28Z")

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1. Interview with a Vampire
2. Bates Hotel
3. Freddy Krueger
4. Friday the 13th
5. Marion Crane
6. Poltergeist
7. Lake Placid
8. Regan
9. Dawn of the Dead  
10.Carrie

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/38 "2008-05-21T17:47:32Z")

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1. Once Bitten
2. Hill House
3. Leatherface
4. Halloween: H20
5. I got nuthin’.
6. Event Horizon
7. Night of the Lepus
8. Carol Anne (from Poltergeist)
9. Cemetary Man
10. Total Recall

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/39 "2008-05-21T17:56:57Z")

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1. Dracula  
2.The Overlook Hotel
2. Jason Voorhies
3. Friday the 13th
4. Marion Crane (Janet leigh in psycho)
5. The Ring
6. Jaws
7. Damien
8. Dawn of the Dead
9. The shining

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-feud-closed/450094/40 "2008-05-21T18:25:43Z")

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1. **Dracula**
2. The hotel from **The Shining**
3. Norman Bates
4. **Halloween**
5. Marion Crane ( **Psycho** )
6. **The Others**
7. **Jaws**
8. Regan ( **The Exorcist** )
9. **Night of the Living Dead**
10. **The Shining**

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