What's your favorite horror movie?

laughing paradox · September 08, 2008, 09:57:44 AM

I'm looking for a good horror flick because it feels like I've seen them all. What is your favorite horror movie?

robinka · September 08, 2008, 11:55:30 AM

shawn of the dead

GogglesPizanno · September 08, 2008, 12:12:37 PM

Probably depends on what you like in horror...

I don't really dig on the slasher/torture porn variety of stuff, However you give me a group of people fighting or trying to survive monsters/aliens etc... I'm all over that.

Mr. Hamrick · September 08, 2008, 12:20:37 PM

Young Einstein

<_<

heh heh, it's an absolute horror that movie got made

Gremlin · September 08, 2008, 01:08:17 PM

I prefer the hideously depressing horror of Romero's zombie flicks, although it's only Night, Dawn and Day that are really any good (to be fair, I haven't seen Diary yet). I don't like "slasher/torture porn" as Goggles said; I like the ones where the real terror comes when you realize the protagonists are just as bad at the antagonists and cause their own destruction. You know, soul-crushingly depressing stuff. Because THAT'S real horror.

laughing paradox · September 08, 2008, 01:17:42 PM

I love it all...I like the gory, blood torture kind of movies as well as the thoughtful, truly scary ones.

I am a huge fan of zombie movies, in particular. (Diary of the Dead was really good...much better than Land of the Dead. Give it a watch!)

Another great zombie flick is a Spanish movie called [REC], which is being remade in America under the title of Quarantine.

Courtnall6 · September 08, 2008, 02:55:39 PM

John Carpenters Christine and The Thing are at the top of my horror list.

the_ultimate_evil · September 08, 2008, 03:04:44 PM

to many to name

DireWolf · September 08, 2008, 09:01:52 PM

Try "Legend of Hell House" or "The House on Haunted Hill", both made long before the whole 'splatter film' genera took over.

thalaw2 · September 09, 2008, 12:06:48 AM

"Perfume" is my most recent favorite Horror Movie. I watched the SAW series but thought it was more gore than horror.

Maybe some of the best stuff is from the 70's-80's

BWPS · September 09, 2008, 06:42:30 AM

Final Destination 1-3. Also Scream 1-3. Because I'm sure you haven't heard of those. Have you seen this movie called Halloween?

Panther_Gunn · September 09, 2008, 07:36:25 AM

The Exorcist and Amityville Horror (both originals). I still dislike watching either of them when I'm alone in the house.

laughing paradox · September 09, 2008, 10:52:43 AM

Quote from: BWPS on September 09, 2008, 06:42:30 AM
Final Destination 1-3. Also Scream 1-3. Because I'm sure you haven't heard of those. Have you seen this movie called Halloween?

;)

I've never heard of Perfume so thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out. I definitely want to see the Legend of Hell House, too.

John Carpenter's The Thing was great because of its atmosphere. Another great film with atmosphere is Session 9..very creepy. So is the Descent.

I'm a huge fan of 70's horror, too. I think my favorite film of all time, besides zombie flicks, is the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Good, fun stuff.

Thunder · September 09, 2008, 12:04:13 PM

Legally Blonde 1 & 2 *brrrrrrrrrrrr*

Protomorph · September 12, 2008, 06:59:35 PM

"The Prince of Darkness" is a classic fun time. I also liked The Grudge. As some before me have said, I don't get into the gorefest slasher stuff so much.

Outcast · September 12, 2008, 10:58:38 PM

Exorcist, The Ring, Final Destination, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elmstreet, Hellraiser, Resident Evil and Silent Hill (Just because i love the games. :P)

Oh and Salem's lot. (It's old i know. :P)

Maybe a few more i just can't remember right now. :)

Ares_God_of_War · September 12, 2008, 11:10:20 PM

Event Horizon - But I was under the influence of a mind altering substance

MJB · September 13, 2008, 12:41:27 AM

Meh, I've seen just about every 80's horror movie ever made and to this day Stephen King's "It" sticks into my head. Mostly due to the first part where the clown is oh so ghoulish.

-MJB

danhagen · September 13, 2008, 11:53:50 AM

"Night of the Demon" with Dana Andrews. Intelligent, grown-up, spooky, well-written. Also Robert Wise's "The Haunting," for the same reasons.
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Epimethee · September 13, 2008, 02:22:49 PM

The 10 o'clock news.

BWPS · September 13, 2008, 03:43:08 PM

Quote from: Epimethee on September 13, 2008, 02:22:49 PM
The 10 o'clock news.

What you don't know COULD kill you!

Tonight at 10.

WHAT IF IT'S ALREADY KILLED ME BY THEN?!?!?!

zuludelta · September 13, 2008, 06:11:27 PM

A couple of these I found genuinely scary when I first saw them, some of them I'm more interested in for the special effects/creature effects, and a few of them are just plain fun, schlocky viewing good for cheap thrills and a few laughs:

- Night Gallery (1969)
- The Omen (1976)
- Alien (1979)
- The Changeling (1980)
- The Thing (1982)
- Creepshow (1982)
- Child's Play (1988)
- Candyman (1992)
- Ringu (1998)
- Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)

BatWing · September 13, 2008, 09:43:58 PM

new zombie flick is coming out.
qurantine.
cloverfield but with zombies and no cloverfield.

UnkoMan · September 16, 2008, 05:48:06 PM

Some good ones have been mentioned. Me, I like a lot of different kinds of horror movies. Love them, in fact.

I watched one recently called Baby Blood. It was great. A woman's foetus compells her to kill.

I quite like Japanese ghost films, too. Because ghosts are my biggest fear. However, I dislike almost every single American remake save The Ring. Ring 2? Terrible. I've got to say, Japan has it right when it comes to movies that will leave you slowly and quietly creeped out, as opposed to "jump shocks." Of course, they still have some of those, too. Also, check out some Roman Polanski's apartment trilogy. For something more recent, May. For something older, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. For something in between those, Sisters or Delicatessen. Okay, I'm just naming random movies that I like now. I should have done a list like Zulu did!

BatWing · September 17, 2008, 07:28:03 PM

i gotta say the thri13th ghost is scary for me.

Spam · September 18, 2008, 06:21:44 PM

I saw "Rosemary's Baby" a few weeks ago, and that movie was just freaky. The whole atmosphere and mood of the movie is just nuts with scary. And the ending... oh gosh goodness the ending. This movie was released in 1969, but even today it outranks most movies. Not even joking.

FORIAMSPAM!

danhagen · September 19, 2008, 09:24:19 AM

Yes, "Rosemary's Baby" is a wonderfully spooky film that really changed the nature of horror movies. Roman Polanski is a highly talented director.

Deaths Jester · September 20, 2008, 01:34:28 PM

I know many different ones...maybe one day I'll actually make a list of worthwhile ones...thinking of that...hmmmm

Kommando · September 20, 2008, 01:51:26 PM

The Mist based on the novella by Stephen King. The ending is harsh, and not the ending King wrote. Though apparently he liked it better than his own ending. In any case its worth a watch.

thalaw2 · September 21, 2008, 05:54:53 PM

If you really wanna be scared then watch "The Happening". It will shock you that same guy who wrote Unbreakable and The Village could turn out such gar...ba...ge. What's more scary is that Hollywood has enough money to produce it. What's even scarier is that John Leguizamo is trying to pass for a serious actor.

EDIT: Legs is a serious actor...I mean a drama actor he is not.