Favorite Horror Movies

[AlbertV]

Well, in the spirit of Halloween on Wednesday, I was wondering what horror films everyone likes, whether it's a blockbuster or even the good ol' B-movie types. Here's my list (in no particular order)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) - classic! I also did like the remake with Andrew Bryniarski as Leatherface and the prequel.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space - reminds me of 50's B movies and a lot of fun
Slaughter High - saw this on cable a few weeks ago for the first time in 15 years.
2001 Maniacs - insane movie with Robert Englund as a redneck killer
The Howling - I am a huge fan of werewolf films as long as the transformations are good, like Howling and American Werewolf in London

I haven't seen any of the Saw movies yet...just got them recently and will probably have a Saw marathon on Wednesday, of course minus Saw IV which comes out tomorrow.

The Burning was a great Friday the 13th ripoff with a great raft massacre scene. Personally I'd love to see this remade somehow.

I saw Hostel for the first time last month, was a little extreme for me but I'd still probably watch it and nice cameo from Takashi Miike.

What are your favorites?

[daisho2004]

I enjoyed the 80's Hollywood Horror Genre those were some great movies.

Halloween 1&2 - still the best
American Werewolf in London
The Howling
Terror Train
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - classic
Dog Soldiers - Great Werewolf movie
Aliens - more Sci-Fi than horror
Demon Night
Dawn of the Dead - The Original
Zombies
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things - Zombie Movie
The Thing
Hellraiser II

This list could go on but these are just a few off the top of my head.

[dragonherb]

1.The Thing
2.The House by the Cemetery
3.Cujo

[froffeecoffee]

In no particular order:

1. The Descent
2. Zombie
3. The Evil Dead Trilogy
4. Alien
5. Mr. Vampire
6. Night of the Demons
7. Demons
8. Suspiria
9. The Exorcist
10. Jaws

[teako170]

Just talking about this today at work.
Not a huge fan of the genre but these are some I enjoy....

The Shining (1980)
- Classic Kubrick!

Halloween (1978)
- The original is still the best.

The Blair Witch Project (1999)
- Many hated the ending. I thought it was superb.

Alien (1979)
- The first film was a horror/sci-fi (the sequels became action/sci-fi).

Two other mixed genre flix: Event Horizon (1997) and Pitch Black (2000).
Finally, for nostalga ... Dawn of the Dead (1978), The Thing (1982) and The Blob (1958).

[Von Humboldt Fleischer]

As far as I'm concerned, EVIL DEAD II kicks all other horror movies right in the balls, and then stands there chuckling merrily while they clutch their aching groins and moan. It's more horror-comedy, of course, but I think it's an almost perfect movie.

I've been getting into Amando de Ossorio lately, the TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD guy. I enjoyed his DEMON WITCH CHILD a lot, even though it's a little stagey and doesn't have the kind of wide vistas the BLIND DEAD movies had. Sometimes it's hard to articulate what it is you like about a movie - particularly one that's a knock-off (of THE EXORCIST in this case), and which has unusually low production values; sometimes they just have an edge on other films because they're geniunely unpredictable and unsettling.

Also been watching a lot of old slashers on VHS - I've posted about them over on my blog. Some of them are just brutally idiotic, but when they work, they work beautifully.

I'm one of those suckers who was totally drawn in to THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. When I first watched it I was ready to despise it, because there's always a self-righteous pleasure in loudly disbelieving the hype, but it sucked me in, chewed me up and spat me out. I haven't watched it in about four years, but that movie really did have an unforgettable ending. I still sometimes say "I kicked that stupid map in the creek!" when I've done something stupid.

I'm a huge Larry Cohen fan - GOD TOLD ME TO, Q THE WINGED SERPENT, THE STUFF, the ALIVE trilogy - they're just incredibly twisted, darkly funny, endlessly inventive movies. He's such a cool guy he actually hangs out with Stan Lee (who appeared in Cohen's THE AMBULANCE), so I can even forgive him for writing PHONE BOOTH.

[Tosh]

Two Best imo are The Exorcist and The Shining.
Evil Deads are awesome but have to much humor to be considered all the way horror (but the humor is what makes it so great) for me.
I also like the Brian Yuzna/Stuart Gordon movies like the Re-Animator, From Beyond, and the newer Dagon.
Human Lantern's was great, I still need get the new shaw horrors just released.
Tale of Two Sisters was really good.
I'll always love the old B/W and Hammer horrors, I can sit and watch that shit all night.

[kinetik]

(not in any order)
Suspiria
30 Days of Night
Evil Dead
The Thing
Fright Night
Halloween 1&2
The Howling
An American Werewolf in London
Dawn of the Dead(both versions)
28 Days Later
Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Creeps
The Lost Boys
Demons

[froffeecoffee]

Couple of more worth mentioning:

11. May
12. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
13. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
14. Child's Play
15. Audition: So worth it for the ending.
16. Re-Animator
17. Candyman
18. Creepshow
19. Dead Alive
20. Exorcist III: Very underrated.

[vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

Tosh, just watched The Mummy (1958) two nights ago after seeing Hammer's Hound Of The Baskervilles. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, you know it! Awesome stuff. Approaching Halloween my girlfriend and I've been watching horror flicks all month ie: The Old Dark House (1932), The Raven (1936), Son Of Frankenstein (1939), From Beyond, The Reanimater, Human Lanterns, and Tourist Trap. The Body Snatcher (Boris Karloff), Horror Of Dracula, Human Monster (Bela Lugosi), The Ghoul (Boris Karloff), Young Frankenstein, and Bloody Parrot, are next. Oh! And of course It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, an annual staple. Gotta see the 3D Nightmare Before Christmas in theatres now. I love Halloween. My favorite holiday. :)

[Morgoth]

The Stepfather
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Donald Sutherland)

[Cesare]

Ken Russell's Gothic
Argento:
Suspiria
Inferno
Fulci:
Quella villa accanto al cimitero (The House by the Cemetery)
E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldila (The Beyond)
Zombi 2
Soavi:
Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery man)
La Chiesa (The Church)
Carpenter:
In the Mouth of Madness
The Thing
Wiene's Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (that's actually where my nick comes from)
Murnau's Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
Bram Stoker's Dracula by Coppola
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Branagh
Whale's The Bride of Frankenstein
Jean-Baptiste Andrea&Fabrice Canepa - Dead End
Brad Anderson's Session 9
Antonia Bird's Ravenous
...
And more. The list could go on forever, horror is a genre I am very very fond of...:D

[kinetik]

[QUOTE=froffeecoffee;34727]Couple of more worth mentioning:


18. Creepshow
QUOTE]

Damn how could I forget Creepshow? I LOVE that movie

So many others I could list...

[iron flag]

(Og) Dawn of the Dead ,The Thing, (Og) Halloween, Evil Dead 1 & 2, 28 Weeks Later.

[Markgway]

Here's ten of my best...

Aliens
Child's Play
Dawn of the Dead (Romero)
Deep Red
The Exorcist
Jaws
Mr. Vampire
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Tenebre
The Thing (Carpenter)

[presureworld]

Nightmare in a Damaged Brain
The Devil Within her AKA Beyond the Door
Rosemary's Baby
The Blood Spattered Bride
Vampyres
House on the Edge of the Park
The Manson Family
Maniac
Phantasm
Black Sabbath
The Wicker Man (1972)

[Whirlwind]

Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Phantasm
Cannibal Holocaust
Jungle Holocaust
Cannibal Ferox
City Of The Living Dead
The Beyond
The Hills Have Eyes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
I Drink Your Blood
Dawn Of The Dead
Brain Dead
Dog Soldiers

[fabhui]

Here's a few of my favourite non-asian horror movies off the top of my head:

10 Rillington Place
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Audrey Rose
Cannibal Holocaust
Dawn of the Dead
Demons
Evil Dead
I Spit on Your Grave
Kill Baby Kill
Legend of Hell House
The Burning
The Changeling
The Exorcist
Tha Haunting

[sammofan]

The Omen (1976)

[venomsfreak]

Dead Dudes in the House
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
Criminally Insane
Alice Sweet Alice
Evil Dead
Hostel
House on Sorority Row
Midnight
Phantasm

[Wolf]

excellent. despite my name the howling definitely is not one of my favorites i do like Wolf though with Jack Nicholson.

[Von Humboldt Fleischer]

Oh boy, the PHANTASM movies are just incredible. The circular ending of PHANTASM IV made my head explode.

[Chinatown Kid]

The Exorcist is probably the most frightning and disturbing horror movie I've ever seen. Halloween, Salem's Lot, Fright Night, An American Werewolf in London and The Lost Boys are enjoyable ones too. Also like all the Hammer flicks with Dracula, Frankenstein, and the film Curse of the Werewolf. There was also a film I saw a long time ago starring William Hurt called Altered States, it's about this scientist that gets into some kind of sensory deprivation chamber and digresses back through the evolutionary cycle to a primitive caveman type, like half monkey and half man. It was a very weird film but very interesting and intriuging at the same time. Hitchcock's Psycho is a classic and scary for not what you see, but what you think you see because it's not really gory. About the goriest I've ever seen was Fulchi's Zombie, now that was pretty disgusting and made me sick. Don't watch on a full stomach!

[Cesare]

About the goriest I've ever seen was Fulchi's Zombie, now that was pretty disgusting and made me sick. Don't watch on a full stomach!
And if you consider that Fulci could be even more disgusting if he wanted to...;-)
Still, I'd call some of his movies wonderful instances of surrealism on film - and now I'm not kidding...;) Plus, Fulci was real great at showing the horror of the inevitable. Come to think of it, it's just as good as (and sometimes even better than) the oh so popular fear of the unknown...;-)

[Iron Monkey]

The Eye - the film is far from perfect but the hospital corridor and elevator scenes are simply genius. The theatrical timing of camera angles, focus, and sound are literally perfect. The only scenes since the shining twins that really freaked me out. So simple, so effective. :eek:

[vengeanceofhumanlanterns]

Just watched The Ghoul 1933 last night. A Halloween treat. Excellent film. Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Sir Cedric Hardwick all kicked ass. At the beginning a character is pouring Absinthe into a glass, puts a cube of suger onto a spoon, then pours some other liquid (alcohol?) over the cube of sugar into the same glass. What is that second liquid? The mysteries never end.

[Drunken Monk]

Demons
Demons 2
Zombie
Anthropophagous The Beast (aka The Grim Reaper)
Absurd
The Beyond
All the Friday 13th movies bar parts VIII, Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X and Freddy Vs. Jason
Day of the Dead
The Burning

[deathdunt]

Demons
The Gates Of Hell aka City Of The Living Dead
Return Of The Living Dead
Suspiria
Tenebre
Phenomena
many many others

some recent stuff VERY worth checking out
The Redsin Tower
Hatchet

[Cesare]

Looks to me like martial arts fans tend to be more appreciative of the good ol' Italian gore and gialli than the rest of the world...:D

[venomsfreak]

Looks to me like martial arts fans tend to be more appreciative of the good ol' Italian gore and gialli than the rest of the world...:D

We just all have really good taste. :cool:

[deathdunt]

I agree with both of you guys,haha

[Markgway]

Forgot about Hammer...

Twins of Evil, Satanic Rites of Dracula, Kiss of the Vampire, Scream of Fear and Night Creatures are all cool.

[Stuntman Jules]

My favorites are:

Dawn of the Dead
The Wicker Man
Halloween
Carrie
Suspiria
Matango
The Whip and the Body
Eyes Without a Face
Night of the Living Dead
Alien
Lisa and the Devil
Human Lanterns
Horror of Dracula
Dressed to Kill
The Thing
Cannibal Holocaust
Dead Alive
Blood and Black Lace
Zombie 2

[5 Element Boxer]

In no particular order...


Jaws
The Thing (remake)
The Shinning
The Exorcist
The Howling
Night of the Living Dead (remake)
The Return of the Living Dead
Evil Dead
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (remake)
28 Weeks Later
Halloween
Halloween 2
Pet Semetary
Dead Silence
Nightmare on Elm Street
Carrie
Trilogy of Terror (Zuni Doll episode)

[Morgoth]

I was wondering when someone else was going to mention the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The ending of that movie sent a chill through my body.

[5 Element Boxer]

Yeah. I haven't seen it in a while though. That's another DVD I need to add to my library.

I just bought a remastered version of The Thing. Great picture and sound quality, plus lots of Special Features. And I also recommend picking up that 2 Disc Special Edition of The Shinning. You can find it at pretty much any store right now. It's worth every penny.

[iron flag]

How could I forget Phantasm! Fright Night is also a good one. The original "Blob" is a classic I forgot to mention.

[5 Element Boxer]

Yes. Phantasm and Fright Night are both good. What about Salem's Lot? That's a classic.

[TheGrimReaper]

My favorites:

Evil Dead trilogy
Braindead
White noise
Ju-Oh
Cannibal Holocaust
Dawn of the dead
The Thing
The Host
Versus
Mr. Vampire
Encounter of spooky kind
The Eye

[WhiteTiger1]

1.Halloween 1 & 2
2.Aliens
3.The Thing
4.13 Ghost
5.Nightmare on Elm Street
6.Bride of Dracula
7.Bram Stoker's Dracula
8.Suspiria
9.Doom
10.Cujo

There's a lot more, but here's a start...:cool:

[Iron_Jinon]

I`ve not watched horror for loooooooooooooooooong time but these are not forgotten;
*terror at the opera
*inferno
*house by the cemetary+5-6 other fulcis
*bay of blood
*blood and black lace
*stagefright
*tombs of the blind dead+other parts of blind dead series
*too many hammer dracula movies to mention
*various spanish werewolf movies starring paul naschy
*faceless(jess franco directed,quite gory)
it`s safe to say most of best horror films were made in europe,and masters have almost all passed away now:(.
all movies from edgar allan poe novels are good and few from stephen king books(pet cemetary,firestarter,carrie,children of the corn.),silent night dead night was good and of course last house on the left.

[Tosh]

The Mist... Best. Horror. Movie. Ever.

[5 Element Boxer]

My brother saw The Mist two nights ago. He said isn't wasn't really scary, just a good thriller type movie. And he kept talking about the ending and how fucked up it was.

[Iron_Jinon]

I have not seen movie Mist yet but did read novel.I liked undecided ending...maybe they have made happy end to hollywood style?dun reveal it though!!!!!

[rob g rob]

The evil dead 1,2
the Thing
HellRaiser 1,2
Suspira
Sleepaway camp
the Children aka the children of ravensback
the orignal texas chainsaw
the Shining

[Biozombie]

The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue (Let Sleeping Corpses Lie)
Hostel
The Burning
Anthropophagous Beast
The Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll
Dog Soldiers
Bloodbath (Bay Of Blod, Twitch Of The Death Nerve)
Night Of The Sorcerers
Night Of The Living Dead
Dawn Of The Dead

Started watching the remake of Day Of The Dead. Put me to sleep.

[iron flag]

Add "City of the Living Dead" to my list! Just saw it for the first time I think its a masterpiece! I also watched The Mist. Liked it a lot..I dont think I've ever seen a horror that made me think that much. Ending sure was f'ed up!!

[5 Element Boxer]

Dog Soldiers

Oh snap! I totally forgot about that movie. I loved it. It's a very well-made horror flick with a good, and original story.

[tdb]

Legend of Hell House
Quatermass and the Pit
The Devil Rides Out
Suspiria

[moongirl]

In no particular order:

Dead of Night
The Univited
Curse of the Demon
The Wolf Man
The Tomb of Ligeia
Suspiria
Sisters
Carpenter's The Thing
Rosemary's Baby
Re-Animator
The Dunwich Horror (yes, I know, but I really enjoy it)
& probably others I can't think of right now

[Johno]

The Mist

[ministry88]

Just saw this thread, so apologies for any repeat titles. Here goes...


ALIEN
ALLIGATOR
AQUARIUS (AKA STAGEFRIGHT)
BAY OF BLOOD
BEWITCHED (1981 Kuei Chih-hung film)
BEYOND THE DARKNESS
BEYOND, THE
BLACK MAGIC 2
BLIND BEAST
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE
BLOOD AND LACE
BOOGEY MAN, THE
BOXER'S OMEN, THE
BRAIN DAMAGE
BRAINDEAD (AKA DEAD ALIVE)
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
BROOD, THE
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
JUNGLE HOLOCAUST
CARNIVAL OF SOULS
CAT PEOPLE (1942)
CHANGELING, THE
CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS
CREEPSHOW
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
DAY OF THE DEAD
DEAD OF NIGHT (1972, AKA DEATHDREAM)
DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE
DEMONS
DR. JEKYLL AND HIS WOMEN
EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS
EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD
EVIL DEAD
EVIL DEAD 2
EXORCIST, THE
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (AKA ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN)
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
FREAKS
GANJA AND HESS
GRAVE ROBBERS (AKA LADRONES DE TUMBAS)
HELLRAISER
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER
HIDDEN, THE
HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY
HOWLING, THE
HUMAN SKIN LANTERNS
HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP
HUNGRY SNAKE WOMAN
I DRINK YOUR BLOOD
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
INFERNO
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
WHO COULD KILL A CHILD?
IT'S ALIVE
JIGOKU
KICHIKU
KILL BABY...KILL!
LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
LEMORA, LADY DRACULA
LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE
LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
LIFEFORCE
LIGHTHOUSE (AKA DEAD OF NIGHT)
LIPS OF BLOOD
LISA AND THE DEVIL
LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN
MAGIC COP
MARTIN
MORGANA AND HER NYMPHS
MR. VAMPIRE
MYSTICS IN BALI
NEKROMANTIK 2
NEW YORK RIPPER
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS
NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF (AKA THE CRAVING)
NIGHT STRANGLER, THE
NOSFERATU (1922)
NUDE FOR SATAN
ONIBABA
OPERA (AKA TERROR AT THE OPERA)
ORGY OF THE VAMPIRES (AKA VAMPIRES' NIGHT ORGY)
OXEN SPLIT TORTURE
PAPAYA OF THE CARRIBEAN
PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK
PHANTASM
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
PHI TA BO
PIRANHA (1978)
POLTERGEIST
POSSESSED 2 (HONG KONG)
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
PSYCHO (1960)
Q: THE WINGED SERPENT
RAPE AFTER, THE
RE-ANIMATOR
RED TO KILL
REINCARNATION OF ISABEL, THE
RETURN OF THE BLIND DEAD
ROSEMARY'S BABY
SALEM'S LOT
SCANNERS
SEVENTH CURSE, THE
SEVENTH VICTIM, THE
SHANKS
SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES
SHIVERS (AKA THEY CAME FROM WITHIN)
SNAKE QUEEN
SPOOKY ENCOUNTERS
SQUIRM
STAR OF DAVID: BEAUTY HUNTING
STRANGE WORLD OF COFFIN JOE, THE
SUCCUBARE
SUSPIRIA
TENEBRAE
TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)
THING, THE (1981)
THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE
TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD
TOURIST TRAP
UNTOLD STORY, THE
VIDEODROME
WHIP AND THE BODY, THE
WITCH WITH THE FLYING HEAD, THE
WIZARD OF GORE, THE
ZEDER

[Iron_Leopard]

The Horror genre is my least favorite genre of any. But I do like the original "The Haunting" and "Night of the Living Dead".

[jaywong]

Not a big fan of horror. My favs are Tale of Two Sisters, Phone, Chinese Ghost Story series, The Eye (Angelica Lee), Alone, Shadows in the Palace and Human Lanterns.

[jiujitsu77]

lucio fulci's zombie....and the beyond...and gates of hell...and dawn of the dead...and scarecrows

[gunswordfist]

My favorite would be the only movie that scares me, John Carpenter's The Thing.

My other favorites include:

Alien (I actually just watched this for the first time earlier this year and LOVED it! I still need to see Aliens though.)
Saw
Evil Dead Trilogy (I DON'T care what anyone says, the first one is the best one.)
Halloween (John Carpenter is the horror God!)
Dawn Of The Dead (Romero and still the best zombie movie)
Jaws (I'm never going surfing ever again...)

[Killer Meteor]

Here we go. my top 20

Carrie (1976)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
King Kong (1933)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Godzilla (1954)
The War of the Worlds (1954)
Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Gorgon
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Jaws
The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
The Shining (1980)
The Black Cat (1934)
Halloween (1978)
Psycho (1960)
Theatre Of Blood

[Mr. Pink]

Alien
Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (remake)
Evil Dead II
Halloween
Jaws
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Thing

[bolofan]

1) Woman In Black (1989 TV Version)
2) Dawn Of The Dead 78
3) The Mist
4) Tale Of Two Sisters
5) Suspiria
6) Shutter (Thai Version)
7) Ringu
8) Profondo Rosso
9) Day Of The Dead
10) The Orphanage

[Tantheman]

Pretty much agree with all before, plus i would add a Japanese movie called House. This has to be one of the most outrageously funny, inventive, frenetic, innovative, psychedelic movies (not just horror) I've ever seen. Anyone else seen it?

I was lucky enough to see it in the filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh a couple of years back in a Japanese cult film season (which also introduced me to my fave Japanese film of all time Sword of Doom, Branded to Kill, Yakuza Graveyard and others) in the only subtitled print in the world (apparently). Honestly i can't reccomend this movie enough. I've been searching in vain for a dvd copy, anyone got one? If your a fan of comedy horror such as Evil Dead 2 you will love this. I belly laughed more than a couple of times watching it. Its also got some sweet martial arts thrown in for good measure. One to please everyone!

[skipsweet]

(in no particular order):
An American Werewolf In London
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
The Crow
Dr. Lamb
Evil Dead 2
Friday 13th
Halloween
Human Skin Lanterns
The Thing
Untold Story

[Stuntman Jules]

Really, I think Dawn of the Dead (Romero's 1978 version, naturally), is the greatest horror film ever made.

It's one of the most singularly satisfying films ever made, one of the few films that truly has something for everyone and satisfies almost every part of the brain.

It's intelligent and highly sociopolitical with a subtext that is truly food for thought, but also has enough blood, guts and splattery gore to be enjoyed strictly on the level of entertainment. It's a straight out political satire and rather amusing comedy, but scary and disturbing as well.

It is many things on a great many levels and I can only admire that. That is truly powerful art to me.

[skipsweet]

awwww! can't believe i forgot to include the Romero flix.
love Dawn Of The Dead & Day Of The Dead.
scripts full of humour & memorable lines, as well as nasty ass gore & people being ripped to bits..... has anyone else ever noticed how Romero used to usually have a black actor as the hero in his films??

[MLee]

I'm quite a fan of the 1960s/1970s british horror movies from Amicus which had several mini stories like Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and Torture Garden.

[mbuddy]

my favorite is John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness

[Beer Fu]

A few of my favorites include, Jaws, Texas Chainsaw, Suspiria, Night of the living dead, and the Omen. Anything nowadays is either pg-13, a crappy remake, or a torture flick. They also just aren't the same with computer graphics. I guess I prefer my horror movies like my Kung Fu...Classic

[jiujitsu77]

my favorite is John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness

OOOOOH! good choice. very underrated. thought the end of the film was creepy and ahead of it's time

[jiujitsu77]

I'm quite a fan of the 1960s/1970s british horror movies from Amicus which had several mini stories like Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and Torture Garden.

wow. nobody ever gives amicus enough credit. good call with those three.
did you like Dr. Terror's House of Horrors? it was my first amicus film

next was vault of horror, and i loved it because of tom baker.

then came tales from the crypt, and Cushing's zombie is probably the most underrated and creepiest in cinema history. loved the makeup with the whole "eyeless" zombie thing. really creepy for a 5 year old to watch. my dad was like "hey, it's classic cuz it has Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in it." , so he conned my mom into letting me get it at the video store (my mom was the one who enforced the parental code....all i could watch were classic horror films, the three stooges, SOME kung fu, and any godzilla film. needless to say i never complained) boy was my mom pissed at my dad at the end of cushing's segment!

[jiujitsu77]

Really, I think Dawn of the Dead (Romero's 1978 version, naturally), is the greatest horror film ever made.

It's one of the most singularly satisfying films ever made, one of the few films that truly has something for everyone and satisfies almost every part of the brain.

It's intelligent and highly sociopolitical with a subtext that is truly food for thought, but also has enough blood, guts and splattery gore to be enjoyed strictly on the level of entertainment. It's a straight out political satire and rather amusing comedy, but scary and disturbing as well.

It is many things on a great many levels and I can only admire that. That is truly powerful art to me.

james i couldn't agree more. the only thing (as i got older) that i have kind of a gripe with is the zombie paint. that is one of the reasons i love fulci's Zombi so much. very atmospheric and gianetto de rossi's effects were brilliant. what are your thoughts on it? i feel what fulci lacked (in contrast to romero's brillaint Dawn) in story, character development, budget, and overal coherence, he made up for tenfold with the atmosphere, location, and special effects.

still, however, dawn of the dead is probably one of the 10 films i can watch any day, anywhere, anytime

[ekisha]

Nightmare On Elm Street, The Fog, Prince Of Darkness, IMP, Troublesome Night Series.

[jiujitsu77]

what's troublesome night? asian horror anthology stuff? that's usually good

[ekisha]

HK horrors, totally 19 films.Not all of them are good.1-6 are worth to check.

[Pressure]

Nightmare in a Damaged Brain
Maniac
The Devil within Her aka Chi Sei
The manson Family
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The House on the Edge of the Park
Vampyres
Hills Have Eyes, The
Phantasm
Frankenstein's Bloody Terror
Magic
Rosemary's Baby
Happy Birthday to Me

[butcher wing]

Nightmare on Elm Street 1-3
Halloween
Hellraiser

and things with the word hell in it.

[jalvarez82]

Hmm...let's see. In no particular order, except for the top 2...

The Thing (remake) <<< #1!
The Exorcist <<< #2
The Howling
The Omen (original)
The Shining
Salem's Lot
Halloween (original & remake)
Halloween II
Phantasm
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original & remake)
Nightmare On Elm Street
Trilogy of Terror
Alien
Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Night of the Living Dead (original)
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Misery
The Blair Witch Project
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Pet Sematary
Open Water
Jaws
Cannibal Holocaust
In the Mouth of Madness
The Ring
Seven
Audition
The Silence of the Lambs
The Changeling
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Jacob's Ladder
Quatermass and the Pit
Night of the Demons
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original) :xd:

[BlackLamaFaction]

Prince Of Darkness(John Carpender's)-Completly erie and unsettling start to finish.

Lost Highway(David Lynch)-Many ways to interpret and each one horrifying

The Orphanage(Juan Antonio Bayona)-One of the creepiest kid ghosts i"ve seen.

Audition(Takashi Miike)-Just Elegant in it's brutality.

The Doom Generation(Greg Araki)-Outragously gratuitous sex and violence, a blast to watch.

They Live(John Carpender)-Come on, this movies a blast. Aliens taking over the world, only visible through sunglasses, and Rowdy Roddy Piper just found out.

[LeRolls]

Prince Of Darkness(John Carpender's)-Completly erie and unsettling start to finish.

Agreed! Not many people have seen this movie.

[froffeecoffee]

Paranormal Activity is a absolutely creepy film that effectively captures the fear of total darkness. Like any good horror film the scares come from what you don't see.

Good use of sound and tension building.

[LeRolls]

John Carpenter's The Thing has always been a favorite of mine.

[make believe]

I have to read through this entire thread but I hope at least one person mentioned Deathdream. If not, then all hope really is lost

[jalvarez82]

John Carpenter's The Thing has always been a favorite of mine.

Mine too. I feel like contacting John Carpenter myself to request that he work on a sequel. Can you imagine all the crazy shit they could show with all the film technology nowadays?

[LeRolls]

Mine too. I feel like contacting John Carpenter myself to request that he work on a sequel. Can you imagine all the crazy shit they could show with all the film technology nowadays?

It could be epic but I don't know if Carpenter has what it takes as a director anymore. He'd probably have to pass it off to someone else and just be the producer. Either way I'd like to see it happen. I know the guy who wrote the script for 30 Days of Night was also working on a mini-series for The Thing.

[inframan]

Just re-watched Slither great tribute to 80's horror classics like the Thing and Evil Dead. Really fun and well made horror/comedy.

[silver hermit]

terror train had me in stitches lol i used to be heavy into horror but kung has taken first priority for the last decade.
the evil dead was another one

[kungpowmaster]

I am a big horror fan.

I mainly like the Italian films best.
Fulci, Mattei, Lenzi.....

I also really like classic American horror films,
Karloff, Lugosi....

I am a big fan of Paul Naschy.

I also love the Hammer and Amicus films.

Favorite titles are:
Hell of the Living Dead
Contamination
Frankenstein Must be Destroyed
Lee's Draculas
Werewolf Shadow
Human Beasts
Day of the Dead
Evil Dead
Basket Case
Blood Feast
The Man they could not Hang
The Black Cat
and about any Vincent Price film.

[Skepparkrans]

Just re-watched Slither great tribute to 80's horror classics like the Thing and Evil Dead. Really fun and well made horror/comedy.

Great movie! i liked it alot and it made me remember old movies like H.P. Lovecrafts From Beyond

[Wolcott]

It could be epic but I don't know if Carpenter has what it takes as a director anymore. He'd probably have to pass it off to someone else and just be the producer. Either way I'd like to see it happen. I know the guy who wrote the script for 30 Days of Night was also working on a mini-series for The Thing.

I work in special effects, and the word is that there is actually a "The Thing" prequel in pre-production right now. It's supposedly about the Norwegians. However, everyone at the camp speaks English, and there are actually Americans in the camp, which totally conflicts with "The Thing", right?!
Anywho, sadly, Carpenter isn't really involved much. I'd love to see him tackle a horror film again, providing it's better than "Ghost of Mars"!

[ReverendYah]

I'm a big fan of all the obvious ones like Michael,Freddy,Jason,etc (Have a soft spot for Jason X.Jason In Space!!:smile:) but on of the best I've seen in a longtime was Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.Great movie,fantastic idea,brilliantly executed (pardon the pun :smile:)

[bratty]

I have hundreds of horror movies and have been a fan all my life .. can honestly say my personal favorite is MY BLOODY VALENTINE. The uncut DVD from last year is AMAZING !

[Masked Avenger]

My favorite horror movies are
Shawn of the Dead
Evil Dead 1, 2
Alien 1 (if it counts as horror :) )

and the most scary to me is
Prince of the darkness

[sifu iron perm]

curse of the demon aka Night of the demon. If you haven't seen this, then its a must!!

[bearpower]

Feast
Night of the living dead 1969
Phantasm
Killer Klowns from outer space
Teeth
Event Horizon
I spit on your grave 1978
Strangeland( one Strange movie )
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
The thing
The Mist

[junjunskie]

wow cool i love it............

[danerden]

Mine favorite movies are:

Splice
Saw
Saw 5
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
Evil Dead

& many more movies my favorites.

[ShaOW!linDude]

I really don't get into the stuff referred to as 'torture-porn'. I like the more classic themes.
The Wicker Man (the classic)
The "Underworld" trilogy
The Ring/Ringu (I like both versions)
The Hammer vampire films
The Howling (I like werewolf movies but none really stand out)
Night of the Living Dead (the Romero classic)

Actually, pick a zombie movie, any will do. Zombies are truly the only horror movies that freak me out to the point that I go through my house and quintuple check every door and window and grab every available blade(machetes, swords, knives, hatchets, axes, spears, fingernail clippers, you name it 'cause I don't own a firearm) and make sure they are readily available for use should I need them.

When "28 Days Later" came out, my wife, a good friend, and I went and saw it. I'd read about it but neither of them knew anything of the movie. My friend who was experiencing a great deal of lower back pain had me hysterical and not from fright. He was grabbing my knee and arm at times when jumping with fright and he kept saying "Ow! My back!" and "This movie is killing me!" A few weeks later it was discovered that he had an encapsulated tumor bulging out of one of his kidneys and that was what was causing all his lower back distress. Thankfully it was operable and successfully removed.

Always have been meaning to see the Korean movie 'The Host'. Is it any good?

[briannatalore]

Have you watched the indie horror film "Dead Girl?" Everyone should take a look at that.

[froffeecoffee]

Have to add Paranormal Activity 2 to this list. I really liked the 1st one, but this one really ups the ante on scares. I don't scare easy at the movies, but this one had me jumping out of my seat a couple of times.:sad: That never happens to me.

It's now on my list of favorite horror films.

[Iron Boat]

Ive been wanting to watch the Japanese film Audition, anyone seen that?

[daisho2004]

Ive been wanting to watch the Japanese film Audition, anyone seen that?

Iron Boat: I have the movie its not really a scary movie or I wouldn't even call it a horror movie its just a sick twisted movie! Made by Takashi Miike and we have a post about it in the Korean section if you search you'll see it.

[Michael L.]

I like Italian horror, but all too often I find that it decides to make no sense and hide behind the idea that it is avant garde or arty (as opposed to something like Versus which makes no sense and flaunts it). Still, when they decide to make a coherent film the Italians can make some really disturbing stuff! It's funny that we just did a Halloween episode of my movie podcast and my cohost and I both skipped over the Italian films in general even though we planned out the show at midnight horror movie screenings, many of which where Italian films. We concentrate on "the cinema of ass kicking," though, not horror.

I really like Hammer films. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter is a favorite. I also have a deep, abiding love for the Satanic Knights Templar turned zombies (and occasionally pirates) in the Blind Dead films from Spain. I also like a good silent horror film like Nosferatu. That is just friggin' creepy!

[masterofoneinchpunch]

Ive been wanting to watch the Japanese film Audition, anyone seen that?

One of my favorites from Takashi Miike and it is actually coherent. I agree with Daisho's comment: "I wouldn't even call it a horror movie its just a sick twisted movie!" (though I hope it is in the Japanese section not Korean). It starts off slow, but works quite well with the plot (reading a Philip Chung article on the film right now who called it his size favorite Asian Horror film in an older Asianweek National article from 2008). However, it really didn't frighten me and it certainly is not as sick as say Full Metal Yakuza or Ichi The Killer.

EDIT: OK it is in the Korean section, but it was acknowledged as in the wrong area. Hmm, mods should have moved it.

[Iron Boat]

I watched One Hour Photo yesterday, Robin Williams is pretty good at being creepy...

[8BitsAtATime]

Always have been meaning to see the Korean movie 'The Host'. Is it any good?
The Host is a fun watch! i havent seen the movie in awhile but if I remember right the ending is kind of sad

Well my favorite horror series is the Ju-On Grudge series
I've got:
Katasumi
4444444444
The Original Ju-On : The Curse 1 and 2
Ju-on: The Grudge 1 and 2
The Grudge 1 and 2
And Ju-On: The Grudge the video game

I am only missing The Grudge 3 and Old Lady In White and Girl in Black

[un-j]

Night of the Demon
Bride of Frankenstein
The Invisible Man
House (1977)

[theonlydevice007@gmail.co]

Well
There are lot of but The Wolfman is very scary

[Coliseum1972]

KK76 India 1sh (fea pre-release art.....KKs face different than final version)
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp260/collector4ever/Horror/KK76overview.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp260/collector4ever/Horror/altfaceart.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp260/collector4ever/Horror/KK76.jpg

The final version also had different editions (some did not show the jet planes , only choppers.....in fact they were banned from showing the jet planes on the UK 1sh , some kinda lawsuit or something)

[June]

hello all,

REC 1 & 2

[Babington]

My favorite Horror Movies are:
Halloween
The Last Exorcism
Paranormal Activity 1&2
Child's Play
Nightmare on Elm Street
28 weeks Later
Wrong Turn 1&2..

[66 Mantis]

My top 5 Horror movies are:

Vampyr
Night of the Demon/Curse of the Demon
Kill Baby Kill
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Evil Dead 2

[kungpowmaster]

Midnight Legacy just released ALIEN 2 on DVD.

It's a good one. Italian horror/scifi is my fave genre.

[jmungus]

for the past few weeks and most likely another few to come, i`m on a horror trip riding hell :xd:
used to be a h-buff in my teens, now its these recurring episodes of desire for horror (consumption) every few years. this time around on the menu (or about to be) and worth a mention:

serpent and the rainbow
fright night
black house
shocker
the hidden
nightbreed
the thing
poltergeist
mothers day
in the mouth of madness
demon knight
dead and breakfast
30 days of night
pumpkinhead
pandorum
infestation

the excellent "dog soldiers" im gonna watch tonite with a friend, who doesnt know anything bout it other than its a movie that comes recommended.

[DarthKato]

Halloween 1&2
Evil Dead movies
Outpost
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead