The HBA Takes A Stab At: The Best Horror Films of 2010!

Now that we're halfway through the month of January, most all of you lovely horror fiends that were planning on doing a best horror films of 2010 list on your blog have probably already done so by this point. If that's the case, why not leave a comment with the link to your list so we can post it right here for everyone to check out and scrutinize! Heck, even if you didn't do a list, or don't even have a blog of your own, sharing your list via the comments section is also more than welcome. In fact, it's encouraged! So rally-up, HBAers, it's time to share what cinema spooked us the most in 2010! 

Maynard Morrissey's Horror Movie Diary:The Very Best/Worst Of 2010

Chuck Norris Ate My Baby: CNAMB's Best Films of 2010

Cosmic Monsters Inc: End of Year Lists 2010

The Jaded Viewer: Top 10 Horror Movies of 2010 (#10-1)

The Jaded Viewer: Best/Top Horror Movies of 2010 (Compilation from the Internet)

The HBA's Top Ten Head Explosions

The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here: The HBA is now proud to present the Top Ten Head Explosions as voted upon by you!! This list was compiled from your submissions of over 50 titles, but ten films easily rose above the rest. Here it is, your Top Ten:

The HBA's Top Ten Head Explosions:

1. Scanners
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Maniac
4. Riki-Oh
5. Chopping Mall
6. The Beyond
7. Grindhouse
8. Deadly Friend
9. The Running Man
10. Big Trouble In Little China

Honorable Mentions:
- The Prowler
- Wild at Heart
- Inside

And now, to celebrate, enjoy this terribly awesome head explosion to wrap up the list:

A Few Reminders

We hope everyone is having a great weekend! Here are a few reminders for the community board regarding some ongoing features:

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The HBA's Top Ten Head Explosions list is still be generated based on your votes, the poll will be closed Tuesday night, so if you have not submitted your entries, please e-mail them to horrorbloggeralliance@hotmail.com! Check out the original post here.

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We are always accepting pictures and personal information for anyone that is interested in participating in our Putting a Face to the Blog feature; if you are interested in spotlighting yourself on the HBA, please feel free to e-mail us with your information at any time!

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The Horror Debates Series 2 line-up still has two slots remaining for anyone interested in arguing the topic Who Makes Better Zombie Movies: The Americans Or The Italians, head over here to sign up!

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Thanks again and have a great week!

Submit your votes: HBA Top Ten Head Explosions

Alright, to avoid some of the vagueness from the last survey, let's go for something clean and concise: The HBA's Top Ten Head Explosions!! As always, all votes MUST be submitted via e-mail to horrorbloggeralliance@hotmail.com, and NOT in the comments below. This will be a blind ballot with no nominations, so you are free to nominate whichever ten head explosions rocked your faces off. You do not need to rate your submissions in order from first to last, as each vote will hold the same weight. You also do not necessarily need to submit ten nominations if you cannot think of more than a certain number of films. The hope here is to offer every film a chance to be included in the final Top Ten, and to create an organic list that is truly based on everyone's individual votes.

Also, this specific list is for head explosions; this disqualifies beheadings (which will be saved for another day), however we will accept head crushes (as long as they were awesome and or gooey).

Voting will be closed on Tuesday, March 23rd, after which the votes will be tallied and the list will appear here on the HBA homepage! We encourage everyone to participate in order to create the strongest and most accurate listing possible. Again, please do not include any possible submissions in the comments, we do not want to throw off the votes, but we look forward to reading everyone's submissions!

The HBA's Top Ten Supernatural Horror Films

The moment you have all been waiting for is finally here! Your votes have been tallied, and the Horror Blogger Alliance is now proud to present the Top Ten Supernatural Horror Films as voted upon by you:

Top Ten Supernatural Horror Films

1. The Shining
2. The Haunting
3. Poltergeist
4. The Exorcist
5. The Changeling
6. The Fog
7. Suspiria
8. The Others
9. Rosemary's Baby
10. The Legend of Hell House

Honorable Mentions:

• The Devil's Backbone
• The Innocents
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Sixth Sense
  

Underdogs:

• Carnival of Souls
• A Tale of Two Sisters
• Stir of Echoes
• Black Sunday
• Ju-On
  

These top picks were voted on most out of over 50 films submitted in the last week. Now is your chance to voice your opinions on your personal picks, films you feel are overrated, and changes you would have made. We also recommend taking your own personal Top Ten lists each of our participants submitted and posting them on your individual sites! Thanks again for your participation, and we will have another Top Ten topic ready for voting soon.

Submit your votes: HBA Top Ten Supernatural Films

The HBA is kicking off this brand new feature by taking your votes on the Top Ten Supernatural Films! Here is how voting will take place. All votes MUST be submitted via e-mail to horrorbloggeralliance@hotmail.com, and NOT in the comments below. This will be a blind ballot with no nominations, so you are free to nominate whichever ten films you consider to be the best in supernatural Horror. You do not need to rate your submissions in order from first to last, as each vote will hold the same weight. You also do not necessarily need to submit ten nominations if you cannot think of more than a certain number of films. The hope here is to offer every film a chance to be included in the final Top Ten, and to create an organic list that is truly based on everyone's individual votes.

Voting will be closed on Tuesday, March 9th, after which the votes will be tallied and the list will appear here on the HBA homepage! We encourage everyone to participate in order to create the strongest and most accurate listing possible. Again, please do not include any possible submissions in the comments, we do not want to throw off the votes, but we look forward to reading everyone's submissions!

Edit: If you have a question as to whether or not a film qualifies as Supernatural, please e-mail it to horrorbloggeralliance@hotmail.com rather than posting it as a comment. Some films will fall into several categories, as many Gothic Horror entries will have supernatural elements, so please comment below with your thoughts on what types of films should qualify or not qualify, but not which films themselves.

New Feature: HBA Top Ten!!

We have been brainstorming new features that we could put together for group participation, and one of the ideas was to take entries and create cumulative Top Ten lists based on entries submitted by the HBA members! Rather than list out films chosen by the HBA staff and having members vote, we have decided that we would open the list up to any submissions, and the final films to make the official Top Ten lists would be the titles tallied up with the highest number of open votes. Submissions will not need to be entered in numerical order, since all votes will be weighed out the same in the end. That being said, we are opening up the floor and taking suggestions on what Top Ten lists you guys would like to see on the site! They can be as broad or obscure as you like, any will be taken into consideration and voted on. Let us know what you think in the comments below, and we will get this process under way!!