Horror Movie Talk

On the air since July 2018 · horrormovietalk.com

417Films
498Episodes
582Hours of talk
12 yrsAvg. film age

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Milestones

First filmThe Devil's DoorwayJul 25, 2018
50th filmThe Killing of a Sacred DeerJul 17, 2019
100th filmThe Brain That Wouldn't DieJul 22, 2020
250th filmThe OmenJul 5, 2023
LatestThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Oct 31, 2026

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How the films rate on TMDB

Median 6.5 out of 10 · 415 films with 50+ votes
2.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 2 films24.0 to 4.5: 2 films244.5 to 5.0: 8 films85.0 to 5.5: 18 films1855.5 to 6.0: 62 films626.0 to 6.5: 101 films10166.5 to 7.0: 111 films1117.0 to 7.5: 73 films7377.5 to 8.0: 30 films308.0 to 8.5: 8 films888.5 to 9.0: 0 films9.0 to 9.5: 0 films92.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 2 films24.0 to 4.5: 2 films244.5 to 5.0: 8 films85.0 to 5.5: 18 films1855.5 to 6.0: 62 films626.0 to 6.5: 101 films10166.5 to 7.0: 111 films1117.0 to 7.5: 73 films7377.5 to 8.0: 30 films308.0 to 8.5: 8 films888.5 to 9.0: 0 films9.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

Se7en★ 8.4 / 10 · 1995
Perfect Blue★ 8.3 / 10 · 1998
The Silence of the Lambs★ 8.3 / 10 · 1991

Lowest rated on TMDB

The Gingerdead Man★ 3.8 / 10 · 2005
ThanksKilling★ 3.9 / 10 · 2008
Red Christmas★ 4.2 / 10 · 2016

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$33.5BWorldwide gross
$6.9BCombined budgets
67% hits13% flops · 21% in between

Biggest hits

Barbie$1.4B on a $145M budget
Jurassic Park$1.1B on a $63M budget
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$830M on a $120M budget

Biggest flops

Trick 'r Treat$0.0M on a $12M budget
Summer of 84$0.0M on a $1.5M budget
Possum$0.0M on a $1.1M budget

THE MIX

85% of the films are American and 50 are from the United Kingdom. 33 aren't in English, mostly Spanish and Japanese. 205 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Horror372
Thriller164
Mystery107
Comedy68
Drama66
Science Fiction63
Fantasy45

Release decades

1940s: 1 film1'40s1950s: 1 film1'50s1960s: 3 films3'60s1970s: 18 films18'70s1980s: 38 films38'80s1990s: 31 films31'90s2000s: 50 films50'00s2010s: 111 films111'10s2020s: 164 films164'20s

Franchises

Halloween6 of 11 films covered
Paranormal Activity4 of 7 films covered
Twilight4 of 5 films covered
28 Days/Weeks/Years Later3 of 4 films covered
Saw3 of 10 films covered
Scream3 of 7 films covered
X3 of 3 films covered
A Nightmare on Elm Street2 of 7 films covered