The After Dark list is so mathematically precise, the rankings are always adjusting based on how films trend over time. I collect new data from various sites and recalculate the list at a rate of about 100 titles a day. You probably won’t even notice when a title moves slightly. The Invisible Man (1933) was posted at #152 and now it’s dropped to #153. Newer titles move a little more. Sinners would be down 2 spots from last month, but because Creature From the Black Lagoon also drops, it only goes down one. The changes also get big further down the list, but on average a film rises or falls no more than 10 positions.
However, once a year in the Spring there is a major update from They Shoot Zombies, which is where 25% of our data comes from. (Even our own influence on the list is 18%.) Zombies does most of the work weighing and evaluating each new list’s value and their conclusions will reshape our list considerably. It’s all worth it because there simply is no finer list of Horror/Thriller recommendations that place statistical consensus over personal opinion.
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