Your favorite horror movies

[Spellbound]

Here are some other favorites. But they're not as good as the films on my first list, imo.

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Werewolf of London (1935)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Wolf Man (1941)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948.)
House of Wax (1953)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Night of the Demon (1957)
Eyes Without A Face (1962)
Targets (1968.)
Duel (1972)
Blacula (1972)
Frenzy (1972)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Deep Red (1975)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
The Fury (1978.)
Damien: Omen II (1978.)
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978.)
Someone's Watching Me! (1978.)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
The Fog (1980)
Inferno (1980)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Motel Hell (1980)
Zombie (1980)
Halloween II (1981)
The Funhouse (1981)
Looker (1981)
Wolfen (1981)
The Howling (1981)
Just Before Dawn (1982)
Poltergiest (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Tenebre (1982)
Psycho II (1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Cujo (1983)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Fright Night (1985)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
The Fly (1986)
Angel Heart (1987)
Opera (1987)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988.)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988.)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Exorcist III (1990)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Delicatessen (1992)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Needful Things (1993)
Body Snatchers (1993)
Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
The Relic (1997)
Scream 2 (1997)
The Faculty (1998.)
Urban Legend (1998.)
Bride of Chucky (1998.)
In Dreams (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
American Pyshco (2000)
From Hell (2001)
The Ring (2002)
28 Days Later (2002)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Freddy Vs. Jason (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Darkness (2004)
Dark Water (2005)
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
Vacancy (2007)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Planet Terror (2007)
Cloverfield (2008.)

 

[Syn]

The Descent is hands-down the best horror movie i've seen in awhile!!!
i liked the Scream trilogy alot, but i'm a diehard fan of the Halloween series.

I also love The Descent. Every single time I see it scares the shit out of me. I think it is well written and acted and the cinematography is superb. Everyone should definitely check it out if you haven't.

I'm a fan of the Saw series.

 

[CSI_3Stokes]

Psycho (1960 and 1999), Halloween (1978 and 2007)
Friday the 13th Parts 1 thru 11
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Black Christmas (the remake only)
Screams 1, 2 and 3
I Know and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
They
Wishmaster
Cherry Falls
Darkness Falls
The Hitcher (both versions)
Hills Have Eyes (1 and 2 - remakes)
The Relic
Soul Survivor (if only for Casey Affleck and Wes Bentley)
The Hole
Halloweens 2 thru 8 excluding 3
Wax Musuem (remake)
House on Haunted Hill (remake)
all Final Destination films
Wrong Turn (not the sequel)
Alien versus Predator Requiem
Cloverfield
Carrie (not really scary)
The Fog (remake)
Urban Legend 1 and 2
The Exorcist (made me laugh)
The Omen (remake)
Valentine
Silence of the Lambs
From Hell
Alien, Aliens, Alien cubed, Alien Resurrection
Fear.com
Hide and Seek
Godsend
Children of the Corn
Boogeyman
Stay Alive
Saw 1, 2, 3 and 4
Paradise Lost (I bought it as Turistas)
Misery
Stephen King's It
Hostel and Hostel Part 2
Sleepy Hollow
Red Eye
Cursed
The Return
Remakes of The Grudge and The Grudge 2
Ring remake Ring 2 remake
Dark Water remake
Snakes on a Plane (really)
Grindhouse (or Death Proof and Planet Terror (as released over here))
Phantoms
Hollow Man
28 days and weeks later

 

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Half Light (with Demi Moore)
Amityville Horror (remake)
Road Kill (Joy Ride)
An American Werewolf in Paris
The Messengers
Identity
The Exorcist: The Beginning (Renny Harlin)
Dominion (Paul Schrader)
Exorcist 2 and 3
Jaws
Eight Legged Freaks
Arachnophobia

 

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The Descent (Brit horror movie)

 

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Land of the Dead scared the crap out of me

 

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I like horror movie sequels aswell and horror remakes.

I saw what you did (remake)
I know who killed me (not really horror, or any good)
Rise (with Lucy Liu)
Monster Man (really baad)
Night of the Living Dead (remake)
Witches of Eastwick
The Craft
Massacre at Central High
Se7en
The Sixth Sense
Waz
The Dark (Maria Bello)
The Vanishing (remake)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with me
Curiosity Kills
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Gothika
Interview with the Vampire
The Clown at Midnight
Amityville sequels and prequel
Jaws sequels

 

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Predator
Predator 2
Near Dark

 

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The Haunting (Original)
Black Christmas (Original) [I own it]
Halloween [I own it]
The Stepford Wives (Original)
The Host
28 Days Later [got it]
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original) [got it]
Dead Alive
Nosferatu
Carrie [got it]
The Thing [got it]
American Werewolf in London
Jaws [got it]

And any Hitchcock. [ain't got none]

That's my lot.

 

[CSI_3Stokes]

I've been on a horror kick lately and have been revisiting many of my favorite movies. I think the horror genre is extremely difficult to get right. Most scary movies fail miserably. It's very rare to find movies that are genuinely good. Here's my list by category:

Slasher
Scream/Scream 2 [got em]

They are fairly equal and both are very effective and, I find, smart movies. The first one has become a classic and as synonymous with the genre as the movies it calls out. The second one, I thought, was the perfect continuation. The third one sucked, though, and in many ways, did a lot to undo the good done by the first two. I've found it best to just forget that they made a third one.

Ghost
The Haunting (1963)

In my opinion, it's the definitive haunted house movie. It was based on the definitive haunted house story, so its source material lent a lot to its quality. It's easily one of the most effective supernatural horror movies ever made. It achieves its scares without ever actually showing a ghost and with the bare minimum of special effects. To me, it's the scale by which all other ghost movies should be judged. The only other movie of its type that has come close to being as good was The Others, which is number two on my list. As with Scream 3, it's best to forget the remake of The Haunting that was made in 1999.

Sci-Fi Horror
Alien [got it]

Basically, it's a haunted house movie in space with an alien instead of a ghost. Unlike its much larger-scale sequels, it was a very claustrophobic movie and employed a lot more psychological methods in achieving its scares. It sequels were quite good, as well, but the first one really stands apart and feels like an entirely separate movie in many ways.

Guilty Pleasure movies that are technically bad but highly enjoyable anyway
Final Destination/Final Destination 2/Final Destination 3 [got all 3]

The first one really was a new take on the typical dead teenager movie. It replaced the masked psycho killer with death itself and had its characters discussing deeper topics like their own inescapable fates. By comparison to its sequels, it was fairly tame in terms of gore and it worked on some of the same levels as a high-end slasher movie. The second one took the concepts presented by the first one and took them WAY over-the-top. Where the first movie tended to be darkly-lit and atmospheric, the second one brought everything into the broad daylight and unashamedly killed its characters in the most brutal of ways. Where the first movie was slightly subdued, the second movie was relentlessly cruel. Was it classy? No. Was it morbidly entertaining? Very. Plus, the opening highway pile-up scene is truly terrifying. I was afraid to drive for a month. The third movie had to live up to the standards set by the second one. Since the first and third movies were directed and written by the same people, there was a return to the darker, more atmospheric feel. However, they couldn't skimp on the deaths since the second movie set the bar so high. Its deaths weren't quite as flashy as the second movie's, but they were every bit as cruel and relentless. The upcoming fourth movie is being directed and written by the team who made the second one, so we can probably expect the bar to be raised even higher. Plus, it's being filmed in high-definition 3D...the exact same technology being used by James Cameron for Avatar. So, it should be interesting.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is genuinely good in the scene in the food place.

 

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I love all horror films.
Two faborites of mine are the original
Night Of The Living Dead

I got both of the Night Of The Living Deads.

Hitchcocks The Birds comes in a close second

Seen it. Haven't got it.

Remake of the Birds??

 

[willsboy84]

does anybody remember a horror movie called "Killer Party"? it came out back in the mid or early 80's i think? the story was about a sorority throwing some kind of costume party in an abandoned sorority house? starred 80's hottie Martin Hewitt(anybody remember him)? one of my favorite movies but i've always had the hardest time finding it!!!

 

[CSI_3Stokes]

Looks like it is only available for purchase on vhs. Whatever that is.

 

[Spellbound]

Now for some horror movies I hated:

The Amityville Horror remake
Cry Wolf
The Fog remake
Van Helsing
Bogeyman
Darkness Falls
Bats
Jaws III
Jaws: The Revenge
Resident Evil - Apocalypse
Hide and Seek
Jason X
Queen of the Damned
Sleepaway Camp II - Unhappy Campers
Sleepaway Campy III - Teenage Wasteland
House of the Dead
Friday the 13th Part V - A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VI - Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan
Vampire In Brooklyn
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
Halloween III - Season of the Witch
Graveyard Shift
Bones
Shocker
The Mangler
The Mangler 2
Fear Dot Com
Bride of the Monster
Final Stab
Manos the Hands of Fate
Hobgoblins
The Backlot Murders
Snakes on a Plane
The Wicker Man remake
The Covenant
Saw II
Saw III
The Hills Have Eyes II
House of Wax remake
The Ring Two
Signs
Secret Window
The Glass House
Halloween: Resurrection
Exorcist - The Beginning
Silver Bullet
Jeepers Creepers 2
Idle Hands
End of Days
Ghost Ship
Bless the Child
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead
The Phantom of the Opera (R. Englund version)
The Forsaken
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Next Generation
He Knows You're Alone
Nightmare on Elm Street 5 - The Dream Child
Book of Shadows - Blair Witch 2
The Beast Within
Dr. Giggles
I Spit On Your Grave
Rawhead Rex
The Grudge
The Island of Dr. Moreau remake
Carrie remake
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
Cannibal Holocaust
A Return to Salems Lot
2001 Maniacs

 

[Spellbound]

does anybody remember a horror movie called "Killer Party"? it came out back in the mid or early 80's i think? the story was about a sorority throwing some kind of costume party in an abandoned sorority house? starred 80's hottie Martin Hewitt(anybody remember him)? one of my favorite movies but i've always had the hardest time finding it!!!

Search youtube. The entire movie is up.

 

[CSI_3Stokes]

Mimic, Deep Rising, Blade, Blade II, Blade: Trinity, Cry Wolf, Wolf Creek.

 

[willsboy84]

Search youtube. The entire movie is up.

thanks!

 

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30 days of night

 

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Zombie will next be directing a new movie for Dimension Films known as Rob Zombie's Tyrannosaurus Rex, based loosely on the comic book he co-wrote entitled THE NAIL. The film is due for a 2009 release.[citation needed]

 

[Jaime]

I'm kind of with you with that. Ghost movies seem to be the hardest sub-genre of horror to get right. It's rarely been done. Even the really good ones like The Sixth Sense seem to lack a large number of real scares. They are tense, but usually don't make terrified with anticipation and then make you jump out of your seat like a good scary movie should.

As for recommendations, I'd say that the one that had the most look-away-from-the-screen build-up and jump-out-of-your-seat scares was The Others. Not only is it genuinely scary, but it's very well-made, too.

try el espinazo del diablo. that movie scared the caca out of me.