Horror movies.

[jiant.]

Summer is here, so I'm just working and playing a little music, so I have a lot of downtime without any school work to do. A friend of mine let me borrow Sleepaway Camp I-III, and it definitely rekindled my love for horror movies, so let me know what I should check out. Old, new, serious, cheesy, I love them all. So far I've been watching some of the Friday the 13th movies, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Botched, and a few others. Thanks. -Brad

[Unrepresented]

Fulci did some good stuff.

Been a while since I've seen his stuff, but the Beyond was probably my favorite of his stuff.

Not a slasher film, but I think the Shining is one of the best films ever made.

[Snakeman1066]

Personal Favorites....

Last House on the Left by Wes Craven not that stupid remake....

Don Coscarelli's Phantasm

Vincent Price in the Dr. Phibes Movies...

Fright Night

The Evil Dead Movies

Bubba Hotep

Re-Animator

The Howling

Below is a list i snagged off line they say its the top 100 of all time i would have to disagree but who cares about MHO?

have fun....


100. Manhunter (1986 Directed by Michael Mann)

99. Fright Night (1985 Directed by Tom Holland)

98. Child's Play (1988 Directed by Tom Holland)

97. IT (1990 Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace)

96. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954 Directed by Jack Arnold)

95. Willard (1971 Directed by Daniel Mann)

94. The Lost Boys (1987 Directed by Joel Schumacher)

93. Silver Bullet (1985 Directed by Daniel Attias)

92. Fear dot com (2002 Directed by William Malone)

91. Don't say a word (2001 Directed by Gary Fleder)

90. Children of the Corn (1984 Directed by Fritz Kiersch)

89. The Blob (1958 Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and Russell S. Doughten Jr. (uncredited))

88. April Fools Day (1986 Directed by Fred Walton)

87. the Stepford Wives (1975 Directed by Bryan Forbes)

86. Creepshow (1982 Directed by George A. Romero)

85. Dracula (1992 Directed by Francis Ford Coppola)

84. Nightmare on Elm Street 7. Wes Craven's New nightmare (1994 Directed by Wes Craven)

83. Invasion of the body snatchers (1956 Directed by Don Siegel)

82. Fallen (1998 Directed by Gregory Hoblit)

81. Day of the dead (1985 Directed by George A. Romero)

80. Children of the damned (1963 Directed by Anton Leader)

79. The invisible Man (1933 Directed by James Whale)

78. When a Stranger Calls (1979 Directed by Fred Walton)

77. Halloween 7: H20 (1998 Directed by Steve Miner)

76. The Wolfman (1941 Directed by George Waggner)

75. House of Wax (1953 Directed by André De Toth)

74. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996 Directed by Robert Rodriguez)

73. The Mummy (1932 Directed by Karl Freund)

72. Alone in the Dark (1982 Directed by Jack Sholder)

71. The Haunting (1963 Directed by Robert Wise)

70. The day the Earth stood still (1951 Directed by Robert Wise)

69. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984 Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.)

68. Candyman (1992 Directed by Bernard Rose)

67. 13 Ghosts (2001 Directed by Steve Beck)

66. The Blair Witch Project (1999 Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez)

65. People under the stairs (1991 Directed by Wes Craven)

64. Salem's Lot (1979 - Directed by Tobe Hooper)

63. Urban Legend (1998 Directed by Jamie Blanks)

62. Return of the living dead (1985 Directed by Dan O'Bannon)

61. House of 1000 corpses (2003 Directed by Rob Zombie)

60. Pumpkin Head (1989 Directed by Stan Winston)

59. Phantom of the Opera (1925 Directed by Rupert Julian, Ernst Laemmle)

58. The Fog (1980 Directed by John Carpenter)

57. Pet Semetary (1989 Directed by Mary Lambert)

56. Mimic (1997 Directed by Guillermo del Toro)

55. Cujo (1983 Directed by Lewis Teague)

54. Rosemary's Baby (1968 Directed by Roman Polanski)

53. Nosferatu (1922 Directed by F.W. Murnau)

52. Saw (2004 Directed by James Wan)

51. King Kong (1933 Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack)

50. Scream (1996 Directed by Wes Craven)

50. Scream 2 (1997 Directed by Wes Craven)

50. Scream 3 (2000 Directed by Wes Craven)

49. Jeepers Creepers (2001 Directed by Victor Salva )

48. I know what you did last Summer (1997 Directed by Jim Gillespie)

47. House on Haunted Hill (1959 Directed by William Castle)

46. The Fly (1958 Directed by Kurt Neumann)

45. Hannibal (2001 Directed by Ridley Scott)

44. Christine (1983 Directed by John Carpenter)

43. Joy Ride (2001 Directed by John Dahl)

42. Return of the living Dead 2 (1988 Directed by Ken Wiederhorn)

41. Frankenstein (1931 Directed by James Whale)

40. Demon Seed (1977 Directed by Donald Cammell)

39. Final Destination (2000 Directed by James Wong)

38. Hell Raiser (1987 Directed by Clive Barker)

37. Deranged (1974 Directed by Jeff Gillen and Alan Ormsby)

36. Red Dragon (2002 Directed by Brett Ratner)

35. Dawn of the dead (2004 Directed by Zack Snyder)

34. Puppet Master (1989 Directed by David Schmoeller)

33. Fire Starter (1984 Directed by Mark L. Lester)

32. The Omen (1976 Directed by Richard Donner)

31. The Ring (2002 Directed by Gore Verbinski)

30. Cabin Fever (2002 Directed by Eli Roth)

29. Bride of Frankenstein (1935 Directed by James Whale)

28. Resident Evil (2002 Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson)

27. Underworld (2003 Directed by Len Wiseman)

26. Amityville Horror (1979 Directed by Stuart Rosenberg)

25. 28 Days Later (2002 Directed by Danny Boyle)

24. Seven (1995 Directed by David Fincher)

23. Prom Night (1980 Directed by Paul Lynch)

22. Jaws (1975 Directed by Steven Spielberg)

21. Night of the living Dead (1968 Directed by Dean Lachiusa George A. Romero)

20. Evil Dead (1981 Directed by Sam Raimi)

19. The Hitcher (1986 Directed by Robert Harmon)

18. The Birds (1963 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock)

17. Reanimator (1985 Directed by Stuart Gordon)

16. Aliens (1986 Directed by James Cameron)

15. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974 Directed by Tobe Hooper)

14. Poltergiest (1982 Directed by Tobe Hooper)

13. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971 Directed by Robert Fuest)

12. Alien (1979 Directed by Ridley Scott)

11. Darkness Falls (2003 Directed by Jonathan Liebesman)

10. Friday the 13th (1980 Directed by Sean S. Cunningham)

10. Friday the 13th 2 (1981 Directed by Steve Miner)

9. Carrie (1976 Directed by Brian De Palma)

8. Halloween (1978 Directed by John Carpenter)

8. Halloween 2 (1981 Directed by Rick Rosenthal)

7. Phantasm (1979 Directed by Don Coscarelli)

6. Silence of the Lambs (1991 Directed by Jonathan Demme)

5. Psycho (1960 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock)

4. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 Directed by Wes Craven)

3. Misery (1990 Directed by Rob Reiner)

2. The Shining (1980 Directed by Stanley Kubrick)

1. The Exorcist (1973 Directed by William Friedkin)

[Unrepresented]

I found Phantasm to be awful, personally.

I know its got a big following but I couldn't get past the cheap sets and special effects, or the hole-filled plotline.

List reminded me of Poltergeist which I also give a big thumb up to for pacing and creating a genuinely spooky feel, as opposed to going for bodycount.

[Sneckumhaw]

Black Christmas
Repulsion
Nosferatu (remake)
Rabid
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Freaks
Targets
Death Weekend
Cat People (original)
White Zombie
The Omen
Suspiria

in addition to those mentioned should get you started. Many more, this is just what I thought of right now.

[Snakeman1066]

Originally Posted by Unrepresented

I found Phantasm to be awful, personally.

I know its got a big following but I couldn't get past the cheap sets and special effects, or the hole-filled plotline.

List reminded me of Poltergeist which I also give a big thumb up to for pacing and creating a genuinely spooky feel, as opposed to going for bodycount.

It is awful...that's the point....Don originally had the rights to Something Wicked this way Comes and lost them.... Phantasm was what he came up with after the fact.....also spawned quite a few sequels that attempt to fill those plot holes...lol....Word is it's going to get a big budget remake soon!

[ahkiatt]

My favorite are Thai horror movies. Excellent story lines and scary ghosts.

The horror movie I hated the most would definitely be The Hottie and the Nottie featuring Paris Hilton(URGH!)

[jiant.]

Oh yes, the Evil Dead movies and Bubba Hotep were awesome. I'm going to check out the Beyond too.

[hallo]

Im suprised that the greatest ever werewolf movie isn't mentioned: 'American Werewolf in London'

[Baryonyx]

Check out "R Point" and "Jacob's Ladder". Amazing stuff.

[Bruce Lindfield]

It's funny to see "Alien" in a list of horror movies - but I do remember seeing it at the cinema and being the most scared ...although I have seen it several times since and see it as totally unscary...

It's strange how some films are scary in the cinema with other people and not at home and vice versa...so Cronenberg's Videodrome really creeped me out when watching on my own at home, I coudn't bear to get the tape out of the machine - but when there are other people around it's sort of laughable...?

[Unrepresented]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

It's funny to see "Alien" in a list of horror movies - but I do remember seeing it at the cinema and being the most scared ...although I have seen it several times since and see it as totally unscary...

It's strange how some films are scary in the cinema with other people and not at home and vice versa...so Cronenberg's Videodrome really creeped me out when watching on my own at home, I coudn't bear to get the tape out of the machine - but when there are other people around it's sort of laughable...?

Cronenberg doesn't seem to fall under classic horror IMO, much like the Hellraiser series. I think we need something like that "metal flowchart" to accurate identify the influences and similarities of this disparate genre.

For that matter, if we're going by "movies that aren't standard horror films but creeped me out the first time I saw them" include 2001 on there.

Oh yeah, the first 35 minutes of Jeepers Creepers was really good, goes downhill fast after that.

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

It's funny to see "Alien" in a list of horror movies - but I do remember seeing it at the cinema and being the most scared ...although I have seen it several times since and see it as totally unscary...

It's strange how some films are scary in the cinema with other people and not at home and vice versa...so Cronenberg's Videodrome really creeped me out when watching on my own at home, I coudn't bear to get the tape out of the machine - but when there are other people around it's sort of laughable...?

Videodrome creeped my out for a long long time when I first saw it.

[bluestarbass]

The new movie coming out friday, the strangers, looks really good. House of a thousand corpses/devils rejects is IMO the best 2 movie horror film ever.

I also saw this kinda indie remake called funny games. I guess id clasify it as a horror movie. Really really messed up. Definately worth watching if your into the more deranged stuff.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I have an annual horror movies thread that I post here in Off Topic around Halloweeen that are filled with suggestions if you want to check them out.

I recently saw The Burning which was a lot of fun- mid 70s/early 80s is my favorite era for horror flicks, and that one was right in there- campground and all.

[wilser]

Hostel 2

Just the right combination of scare, gore, comedy and hot chicks.

[Baryonyx]

Originally Posted by wilser

Hostel 2

Just the right combination of scare, gore, comedy and hot chicks.

I though Hostel 2 was weak and cheesy compared to the original!

[Sneckumhaw]

Originally Posted by Unrepresented

Cronenberg doesn't seem to fall under classic horror IMO

Even stuff like Rabid?

[Pilgrim]

I like the older movies - B&W types, Vincent Price, Lugosi, Karloff and up through about the 70's. The later chop & gore movies don't do much for me.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

For anyone who hasn't seen it, the first Black Christmas is a fantastic horror movie- almost nothing scares me anymore, and that one had me feeling tense when watching it. The remake of it is just awful- not even worth the rental money, but the first one is a must-see.

I'm looking forward to seeing Rec.(Spanish movie) and Diary of the Dead. There's an American remake of Rec. coming out soon as well. I'm not sure if it counts as horror, but The Orphanage was a great flick (Spanish as well).