My favorite, in no particular order:
*Prince of Darkness
*Candyman
*The Conjuring
*Blair Witch Project
*Amityville Horror
*The Strangers
*30 Days of Night
*The Fourth Kind
*Midnight Meat Train (not really a very good movie storywise, but it disturbed me so much that I had to turn off the TV and take an hour break before I could finish it)
*The Shining
Special mention to Phantasm II, The Ring and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
I don't generally like older horror movies (1960s and earlier). I used to stay up late with my step-dad and watch Creature Feature on Friday nights when I was 6 and 7 years old, and I saw a great many of those old movies. They didn't scare me as a 6 year old kid, and they don't scare me now.
I also don't care much for gore films. They aren't scary at all, just bloody celebrations of violence - I'd rather watch surgury documentaries, like excess skin removal from the formerly morbidly obese if I want to see blood, guts and gore.
I've never seen The Manitou, but will watch it after seeing it mentioned here. Also, have not yet seen Byzantium. I was excited about it at first, but honestly most vampire movies kinda suck. I'll give it a try, though.
__________________
I'm not the man you think I am. My love has never lived indoors - I had to drag it home by four, hired hounds at both my wrists, damp and bruised by strangers' kisses on my lips. But you're the one that I still miss. Neko Case
|