The Horror Movie thread Options

[texanloy]

can anyone please reccomend some good scary horror films only just getting into them i want something thats going to make me jump
so far ive watched
cabin fever 1 + 2, drag me to hell, the descent, baby sitter wanted,shrooms and most of the saw films all the freddy and jason films and quite a few adaptations of stephen king as i love his books
any suggestions would be welcome new films and old

[Rocky Raccoon]

Wolf Creek and the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[Lonely1992]

OMG I love A nightmare on elm street 3, dream warriors ( best watch it in the dark, alone)

I don't know why I love horror movies so much, ever since about 4 I've just love being scared absolutely shitless...

I love the 'still know what you did last summer' franchise

Wrong turn is fucking AWESOMEEEEEE

The final destinations are FUCKING AWESOMEEEEEE
Gothika <3
The Grudge
The Ring
OMG ALL THE 'SCREAM' MOVIES I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE 4th OMG !!!
Carrie
Amityville horror
Misery
The shining <3
OMG OMG OMG 'Pet sematary' (watch it alone, in the dark)
The Faculty <3

ARGHHHHHH I love horror MOVIES !!!

[CyanIsland]

I love all horror films, too. Even the really cheap or plain nasty ones. Re-Animator is just... well, there are no words to describe it, but you must check it out.

[rooney10]

my personal faves

The Omen
Halloween
Friday 13th
Poltergeist
Aliens

Love Watching Them In The Dark

[Kev]

Aliens

That's more of an action film. The first film, "Alien", was more horror.

[dixie]

See No Evil starring Kane.

It's probably not that scary for most but just the fact that Kane plays the main character makes it a creepy film!

[Lonely1992]

See No Evil starring Kane.

It's probably not that scary for most but just the fact that Kane plays the main character makes it a creepy film!

The bit where the girl gets eaten by the dogs is fucking GROSSSSSSSS

[AlexKidd]

Definately Tobe Hooper's 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre'.
Romero's 'Night of Living Dead' (the sequels are just as brilliant but not as scary).
The original version of 'The Haunting' with Deborah Kerr is pretty creepy on a psychological level.
Hitchcock's 'Psycho'.
'Audition' by Miike Takashi, if you wanted a slow-burner.
'The Wicker Man' (the original, obviously).
Cronenberg's version of 'The Fly'.

[boogie_artist]

I'd recommend -
Halloween (78 version just a superb piece of terrifying cinema).
Halloween H20 is a good follow up and arguably the best sequel.
Trick R Treat is another Halloween-themed film in style of Creepshow.
The Fog
Black Christmas (the 74 version is very creepy)
American Werewolf in London just a classic.
Couple of Dario Argento's Suspiria and Tenabrae are great too.
I saw Dead Snow recently and that was quite good too.

[flip]

Why haven't you watched the Scream trilogy yet?
They're amazing!

[Sam Hain]

The original version of 'The Haunting' with Deborah Kerr is pretty creepy on a psychological level.

Deborah Kerr is in The Innocents. It's Claire Bloom and Julie Harris who are the female leads in The Haunting.
Both films are very good (if you don't mind atmosphere rather than shocks).


A lot of the horror films I like are pretty obscure but I'd give a shout to the original Halloween and Black Christmas. The Exorcist is also one of my faves but many young uns don't seem to think much about it!
I was also pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Jeepers Creepers a few years ago. Oh and the first Candyman.

This post has been edited by Sam Hain: Sep 22 2010, 15:04

[boogie_artist]

@Sam Hain
Good shout for Candyman, also Hellraiser is decent too.

[texanloy]

cheers have some great films to find now
thanks guys
someof these i am aware of so will check them out
i'm going to the cinema on saturday to watch the last exorcism
wolf creek and the hauntingwill 1st to veiw

[Lonely1992]

The Entity <3

[John84]

'Audition' by Miike Takashi, if you wanted a slow-burner.

The bit with the wire! me no likey. Creepy and disturbing film though.

The Fog

Couple of Dario Argento's Suspiria and Tenabrae are great too.

Good shout x 2

Though I've always felt the ending of the Fog was a bit, well, rubbish. It just didn't sit well with the unseen dread etc of the remainder of the film.

Candyman.

I've always thought that film was criminally underrated. For once a decent Philip Glass score, brilliantly shot, Virginia Madsen was great, and I love how it does, to an extent, leave things open to interpretation...[SPOILER]If you start with the assumption that her investigation/thesis sent her a bit psychotic (as the doctors etc insisted) then there's no concrete proof that the Candyman was real; at all key moments Helen blacks out and/or has convenient weapons to hand. Even in the doctor's office it's conceivable she wasn't correctly restrained (otherwise why would he undo her restraints after doing in the doctor?)[SPOILER]

Anyways. Love a bit of horror. Thought Drag Me to Hell was fun but not scary. Dead of Night is quite a classic, though it's fairly dated by modern standards. Halloween 3 is quite good, and horrific by turns, though totally not a 'Halloween' series film. I love old schlocky things like Tourist Trap, or The Car - they're a bit more ridiculous than scary though.

[angelfan]

cheers have some great films to find now
thanks guys
someof these i am aware of so will check them out
i'm going to the cinema on saturday to watch the last exorcism
wolf creek and the hauntingwill 1st to veiw

Don't waste your time on The Last Exorcism. It's crap!

The first, third and seventh Nightmare films are the best. Ignore the remake (in fact ignore all horror film remakes as they can't match the original classics).

Although it might not scare you the first Saw movie is really good with a great twist (the rest are crap).

Cabin Fever is worth a watch and I'd also recommend My Little Eye.

[toms]

All the ones mentioned on here, plus Quarantine and Ginger Snaps.

[boogie_artist]

@Lonely1992 whats the Entity about?

[alaskabob]

let the right one in but there is going to be a crappy remake out soon