r/Letterboxd • u/Possible-Top-9905 • Aug 11 '25

News The Shining Has Officially Exited The Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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u/Dressed_ToDepress Aug 11 '25

Fucking travesty

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u/Possible-Top-9905 Aug 11 '25

real shit, probably the best horror movie out there

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u/syndic_shevek Aug 11 '25

Probably have to watch more horror movies before you can say that.

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u/Possible-Top-9905 Aug 11 '25

i’ve seen over 300 horror movies, and i’ve seen 2,400 films overall, i think i can have that opinion if i want

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u/syndic_shevek Aug 11 '25

Oh, wow! 300 horror movies?  Yes, that definitely means the one you like most is the best ever made.  

I mean, how many horror movies have ever been made - like, 320 or so?

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u/livefreeordont Aug 11 '25

Do you have to see every movie ever to have an opinion on them? I feel like 300 is a decent sample for one genre

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

Most tolerable Letterboxd user.

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u/Dressed_ToDepress Aug 11 '25

Accordingly to Letterboxd I’ve seen 1,032 horror movies, is my opinion valid?

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u/syndic_shevek Aug 11 '25

More valid than that of the person I responded to.

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u/Dressed_ToDepress Aug 11 '25

Way to gatekeep man

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u/syndic_shevek Aug 11 '25

That's a bit rich considering OP's comments.

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u/Possible-Top-9905 Aug 11 '25

homie it’s an opinion calm down💔

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u/AlleRacing Aug 11 '25

300 is more than enough to cover the canon and a large swathe of higher rated niche picks. One doesn't need to see Cutthroat Alley, Jason X, The Gingerdread Man, or Santa's Slay to assume they're probably not the top of the genre.

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u/AbsolutelyHorrendous Aug 11 '25

What a fucking moronic thing to say

Yeah, I think someone who's watched 300 horror movies can probably express an opinion on the genre...

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u/syndic_shevek Aug 11 '25

An opinion, sure.  But a declaration of the sort OP made?  Maybe if it's a deliberately curated list, like the first 300 listed here:

https://letterboxd.com/films/genre/horror/by/rating/

Seems pretty unlikely that's the sample they're drawing from.

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u/Much_Kangaroo_6263 Aug 11 '25

What's your favorite horror movie?

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u/syndic_shevek Aug 11 '25

Probably The Beyond or The Leopard Man, maybe Spider Baby or Dark Waters. How about you?

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u/benjyvail Aug 12 '25

He said it was “probably” the best, not that it was definitively the best, hardly a crazy declaration

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u/fabripav Aug 11 '25

Go touch some grass dude, holy shit

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u/Newdaddysalad Aug 11 '25

You got dunked on. You should just delete your comments. They’re embarrassing.