Fave Horror Flicks?
 

What's your three all time Fave Horror Films?

I'm talking slasher type movies like the Jason, Freddie & Michael kind! :cool:

The 80's era was the best!

1) Halloween
2) A Nightmare on Elm Street
3) The Fog

1. Halloween
2. Halloween II
3. A Nightmare On Elm Street

I ****ing love horror movies! I watch all kinds of horror movies, and my favorites usually end up being the B-rated ones. It is hard to pick three all time favorites tho, but here goes:

1. Halloween
2. When A Stranger Calls Back
3. The Strangers

Speaking of horror movies, has anyone seen any recent horror movies that are good? It seems like most current horror movies just aren't that great, but I every once in a while I will stumble upon one that is rather original and somewhat scary. There was this one called Amusement that came out in 2008 or 2009 I believe and it is has become one of my favorites! Also that movie Trick-r-Treat turned out pretty good. I also hear Insidious is supposed to be amazing, but I have yet to see it.

I love horror flicks & I haven't even seen any of the remakes that have came out in recent years like Halloween, Friday The 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street & My Bloody Valentine!!:eek:

Oh & Amityville! (I read that a guy that lived in that house in the 90's died on 9/11 in the Twin Towers) Talk about crappy luck!:shocked:

A few good 'newer' horror movies-

The Orphanage
The Decent
Audition
Martyrs
The Devil's Rejects
28 Days Later
Dawn of the Dead (remake)

Cursed
The Amytiville Horror (original version)
The Wolfman (original Lon Chaney Jr version)
The Wolfman (latest Anthony Hopkins version)
Halloween H20
Nightmare on Elm Street
Ginger Snaps
Shaun of the Dead (OK its a comedy but it's still zombies!)

Grease 2
ten

TRUE STORY!!!!!!!!!! lawd that was a horrible story!

Listed by Category, then alphabetical by Director/auteur


I
The Masters

The Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (John Boorman)

The Fury (Brian De Palma)
Blow Out (Brian De Palma)
Carrie (Brian De Palma)
Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma)
Raising Cain (Brian De Palma)
Body Double (Brian De Palma)
Sisters (Brian De Palma)

Vampyr (Carl Dreyer)

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock)

Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau)

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini)

Jaws (Steven Spielberg)
Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg)
Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World (Steven Spielberg)

The Hearts of Age (Orson Welles)


II
The Auteurs

Resident Evil (Paul W.S. Anderson)
Alien vs. Predator (Paul W.S. Anderson)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (Paul W.S. Anderson)

Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow)

It's Alive (Larry Cohen)
God Told Me To (Larry Cohen)
Q (Larry Cohen)
Full Moon High (Larry Cohen)
Special Effects (Larry Cohen)
The Stuff (Larry Cohen)
Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up (Larry Cohen)
Maniac Cop (written by Larry Cohen)
Uncle Sam (written by Larry Cohen)
Captivity (written by Larry Cohen)

The Howling (Joe Dante)
Gremlins (Joe Dante)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante)

Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn)

Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke)

The Company of Wolves (Neil Jordan)
In Dreams (Neil Jordan)

The Eyes of Laura Mars (Irvin Kershner)

See the Sea (Francois Ozon)

Repulsion (Roman Polanski)
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski)

Pitch Black (David Twohy)
Below (David Twohy)

Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese)

Hollowman (Paul Verhoeven)

Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright)
Don't (Edgar Wright)


IIIa
Classic Genre Films

The Innocents (Jack Clayton)

Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi)

The Haunting (Robert Wise)

IIIb
Modern Classic Genre Films

Black Christmas (Bob Clark)

Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon)

Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper)

The Legend of Hell House (John Hough)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman)

Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi)

Don't Look Now (Nicholas Roeg)

IIIc
Contemporary Genre Films

Vampire In Brooklyn (Wes Craven)

The Crazies (Breck Eisner)

The Covenant (Renny Harlin)

Willard (Glen Morgan)

Candyman (Bernard Rose)

Final Destination 3 (James Wong)

Yes yes yes!! 'The Company of Wolves' is such a fantastic movie. Not enough people have seen it.

I LOVE horror films, although I'm not a huge fan of slasher films. I'd say my favourites are 'Suspiria', 'The Exorcist', 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'Night of the Demon'.

'Hocus Pocus' too, although I guess that's not technically a horror film...

Thank you. My list keeps getting bigger, but I feel I'm missing something major. hmmm...

eta: something major now added :lol: I think those spielberg films count.

ETA: Also, I had totally forgotten one of the true horror masterpieces: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess. A mighty film and the dvd restoration is terrific. (though nothing beats seeing it on the big screen)

ETA: omg i forgot NEAR DARK!?!?

Have you seen any of Dario Argento movies? He's my favourite horror director, although he's certainly an acquired taste. If you haven't seen Suspiria though, you are missing out on a treat! :nod:

I have seen Suspiria. (I used to loooooove Jessica Harper.) But I don't really care for Argento's work.

I love horror movies, but not slasher films which aren't really scary anyway. I don't know if I can pick my three favorites, but three I loved watching are:

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Fourth Kind
The Strangers

When I was a kid, I remember being horrified by The Prince of Darkness - so corny now but it sure did scare me then. :laugh:

My favorite B horror film is 'Night of the Demons' (1988). Anyone seen it?

I have so many scary movies on my shelf that I've lost count.

I extended/revised my list. I also re-organized by categories:
I. The Masters
II. The Auteurs
III. Genre Films

:laugh: Well, it certainly was horrific!

Totally forgot to put The Company of Wolves on my list - it's a brilliant film, really out there!

I actually hate the film adaptation of "The Company of Wolves". Angela Carter's original story is so much better. We were forced to watch the film in English. Bad tiiiimes.

Some of my favourites are
The Mothman Propechies - this one actually really really **** me up but it's just so GOOD
The Others
The Village

The Descent
Session 9
Pumpkinhead
Let The Right One In
The Orphanage
The Sentinel (1977)
Phenomena (Dario Argento)
She Creature (killer mermaid...how fun is that)
Mimic
Deadbirds
May
Triangle
Drag Me To Hell
Trick r Treat
Phantasm (still freaks me out)
Cemetery Man (for the hilarity)
Midnight Meat Train
Ghost Ship

So many more...can't think of them.

Hey! People are picking more than three. For once in my life I followed the rules, and I want others to do the same. :p

Hell Yeah! :D

I love all of those 80's flicks!

'Cheerleader Camp'
'The Funhouse'
'Killer Klowns From Outer Space'
'Critters'
'The Return of The Living Dead'
The 'Sleepaway Camp' movies...

Not to mention all the Stephen King movies like..

'Creepshow'
'Christine' ( A little trivia about the 'Mom' in this movie, she actually lived in that infamous 'Amityville' house before that family moved in) :eek:
'Pet Sematary'
'Sleepwalkers'

There's so many!! :]

I've never been into "slasher" movies but I love horror. Here are a few of my favs:

The Exorcist
The Omen
Carrie
Halloween
Black Christmas (just discovered this gem recently)
House of 1,000 Corpses
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Burnt Offerings (still scares the crap out of me)
Rosemary's Baby
Pet Semetary
Nosferatu (1979 version)

If I had to choose three (one per director):

The Fury (Brian De Palma)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (John Boorman)



For a complete list of Horror faves, CLICK HERE

I love love looove horror movies!!

1. Definitely The Exorcist.
2. The Others.
3. What Lies Beneath.
4. The Devils Rejects.

Umm... I thats all I can think of right now!! Hahaha.

So, I watched this one night while I was home alone. I had to pause the movie for about an hour and take a break from it. If I recall, it was the scene where the photographer first discoveres the subway car with the hooks and bodies hanging in it.

I found it just disturbing enough that I needed to pause, eat some dinner with ALL THE LIGHTS ON and then I could resume watching it. :laugh:

Too funny (what did you have for dinner? Meat?). I got really, really worked up when the photographer's girlfriend is searching the Butcher's apartment, including pausing. This coming from someone generally desensitized to horror films.

I love both!

I love Bette Davis in this!

I love those movies she did in that genre, the creepy kind! :)

:thumbsup:

'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane'?
'Dead Ringer'
'The Nanny'
'The Watcher in the Woods'

How could I forget Thir13en Ghosts?!!? I ****ing love that movie! I've never seen this Ginger Snaps movie you guys talk about tho...

Yes! I love it. There is a remake of it that came out recently I believe and it is on instant streaming on Netflix so I've had it in my queue for a few months now, but haven't watched it yet. Have you seen it?

1. The Entity
2. The Fog
3. Christine

my top 3 :)

Do you like the remake? Tom Welling is a babe but the original is a classic!

Adrienne Barbeau's name was 'Stevie' in the movie! :cool:

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I've made an illustrated, revised list (see link above).

I also notate those which are available for instant viewing on Netflix. :woohoo:

I tend to neglect horror for some reason, but I have a few faves I can think of.


The Shining
Let the Right One In
Alien

I'm watching THE CRAZIES right now. I think it's silly.
But the carwash scene was pretty good.

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Fright Night! Roddy McDowall was gold in that.

Other films that still scare me...

Aliens
30 Days of Night
The Wicker Man (the original with Christopher Lee)
28 Days Later
The Omega Man
The Descent
Cube
Rosemary's Baby
The Fly
Lady In White
The Shining

Are you going to see the remake of 'Fright Night'?:)

I love lady 'Lady in White'! :cool:

Lady in White scared the crap outta me when I was younger.

I think the original Fright Night is so much fun... There was no reason to remake it really. I don't know what to think about it. I'm sure I'll see it anyway. ;)

I'm not sure any of these are true horror, but I love them nonetheless:

The Skeleton Key
The Mothman Prophecies
The Others
Jurassic Park
Christine (the book is sooo much better!!)