your favorite horror movies?

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Here is a list of some of my fave horror or horror-related, in no particular order:

Suspiria (Italy, 1977).

Evil Dead (1982).

Aliens (1986).

Let the Right One In (Sweden, 2008?).

The Haunting (original 1963 version).

Infection (Japan, 200?).

The Legend of Hell House (Great Britain, 1973).

Cloverfield (2007).

Dog Soldiers (Great Britain, 200?).

The Howling (1981).

An American Werewolf in London (1981).

Drag Me To Hell (2009?).

Dawn of the Dead (original 1979 version).

Night of the Living Dead (1968).

Dragonslayer (Great Britain, 1981).

Night of the Demon (Great Britain, 1957).

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971).

A Nightmare on Elm Street (original only, 1984).

Horror of Dracula (Great Britain, 1958).

Quartermass and the Pit (Great Britain, 1967).

Carnival of Souls (1962).

Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005).

Bubba Ho-Tep (comedy, 200?).

Mr. Vampire (Hong Kong, 1985).

Encounter of the Spooky Kind (a.k.a., Spooky Encounters, Hong Kong, 1981).

Hellraiser (1987).

Lair of the White Worm (Great Britain, 198?).

Jim
 
I saw the Exorcist when I was about 10 or 12 years old. It still freaks me out.

Dawn of the Dead, and Night of the Living Dead are also favorites. Especially after I lived for 3 years, by myself, in the back of a funeral home.
 
You left out Fatal Attraction the original genre of bunny boiling.

I enjoyed the Exocism of Emily Rose. It was loosely based on the Anneliese Michel storey.

The Excorcist is still king of heebejeebies.
 
James Y said:
Evil Dead (1982).
Aliens (1986).
The Legend of Hell House (Great Britain, 1973).
Dog Soldiers (Great Britain, 200?).
The Howling (1981).
Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Hellraiser (1987).
Jim
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I love horror movies and enjoy the above as well. I actually like all of the Hellraiser movies except for Inferno and Hellworld, but the first two are tops for me in that franchise. Some others that I like are:

The Thing
Pumpkinhead
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dead Alive (just plain fun :D)
Phantasm
The Gate
Silver Bullet
The Midnight Meat Train
and I have a soft spot for DeepStar Six

Edit: And while not a movie, I find it fits and usually throw it on if I have people over- Skinny Puppy: Ain't it Dead Yet?
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I cant believe you put LET THE RIGHT ONE IN in your list, NICE !!! Kind of obscure, very well done and unique. I dont know if it qualifies as horror but I think Jacob's Ladder is a classic.
 
Horror movies are my absolute favorite movies. Real horror movies, not this CGI 3D in place of story b.s. we are made to sit through these days. When prostheses and honest to God artistry was involved.

The Howling (best werewolf movie evah)
Phantasm
Phantasm II
I Spit on Your Grave (the original)
An American Werewolf in London
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre II
Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Red Dragon
Manhunter
The Exorcist
Halloween (original, but I really like Rob Zombie's versions, too.)
Halloween II (ditto)
My Bloody Valentine (original)
Friday the 13th (original, although I do dig the new one, too.)
Night of the Demons (original)
Demons (Dario Argento)
Demons II (Dario Argento)
The Fly (the Jeff Goldblum one, it still makes me a little queezy)
Last Man on Earth (Vincent Price!)
The Omen (the original)
The new TNT production of Salem's Lot
Psycho (the original)
Psycho II
Nightbreed (DECKER'S A KNIFE KNUT!)

I haven't really seen any newer movies that can compare to the old stand-by's. "Paranormal Activity" had a really neat concept, and I think the A & E series "The Walking Dead" that premiers this Halloween will be really exceptional.

But everything else just seems rehashed, done to death, so unbelievable that suspension of disbelief is impossible, or like Dawson's Creek meets Laurel and Hardy meets (insert monster here).

I want a movie that makes me as uncomfortable as the Exorcist can still make me. Or that makes me root for the protagonist the way "I Spit on Your Grave" did.

I hear gruesome things about "Salo or 120 Days of Sodom". But, there's a waiting list a mile long on Netflix.
 
I'm not a huge horror fan, but i do enjoy:

Jaws (probably the horror movie that has had the most impact on me)
The Shining
The Thing
28 days later
28 weeks later
Halloween (original)
Rosemary's baby
The Amityville Horror (original)
Silence of the Lambs (does that even count?)
American Psycho (haha it makes me laugh)
Shaun of the Dead (it makes me laugh almost as much as American Psycho)
 
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Great Thread Here!

The Thing
Dog Soldiers
28 Days Later
Day of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead (both versions the Tom Savini remake is very underrated)
Let the Right One In (Great Choice)

Some of the movies I didn't see mentioned before:

The Descent
Rogue (Australian)
Army of Darkness
Evil Dead 1 & 2
The Host (Korean)
The Crazies (remake)
Carriers
Night of the Comet
Event Horizon
Cemetery Man (Italian)
Planet Terror
Zombie land
The Hills Have Eyes (both the Original and the remake)
Outpost (Aussie)
 
I'm not much into horror films, as most of them are so dreadful. I would not list films such as the Alien series or The Thing as horror, they seem to be more in the realm of sci-fi to me, though there are certainly elements of horror.
Bram Stoker's Dracula was well done, Gary Oldman was terrific and there was almost no CGI used in the film.
 
I love horror movies! My favorites are:
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
The Blair Witch Project
Cannibal Holocaust
Event Horizon
The Exorcist
Hannibal
Hannibal Rising
The Hills Have Eyes
Hostel
Last House On The Left
Red Dragon
All the Saw movies but I like the earlier ones most
The Strangers
The Thing
Turistas
When A Stranger Calls
 
Good choices, guys!

When I originally made my above list, I had forgotten a lot of titles that I really like, and that I was reminded of by some of your lists. Here are some more:

Phantasm (1979).

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993?). Probably the best Dracula portrayal ever.

The Exorcist (1973).

John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).

Halloween (original, 1978).

The Fog (original, 1979).

The Descent (Great Britain? 200?).

Re-Animator (1985).

Stigmata (1999?).

Shaun of the Dead (Great Britain, 200?).

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original, 1974).

The House by the Cemetery (Italy, 1981).

28 Days Later (Great Britain, 200?).

Event Horizon (1997).

I'd also like to mention that since I love Let The Right One In, when I first heard that they were remaking it as an American film, Let Me In, I was appalled. But after I actually saw it, IMO Let Me In is a very good remake of the Swedish film that approached the original with a good deal of respect.

Also, anyone who has a love for many of the movies from old English film company, Hammer Films, that the company has been resurrected after 30 years, and Let Me In is their first new production. Hammer Films made many good movies from the '50s thru the '70s, and made stars of actors like Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. They have more upcoming films planned.

The type of horror movies that I DON'T like are of the so-called 'torture porn' variety (i.e., Hostel, etc.) or simple gross-outs (Cabin Fever, The Ruins, etc.).
I don't feel like I'm being entertained by those types of movies. I can take horror violence or gore, but it has to be in context and not overdone. I really prefer movies that emphasize a creepy or menacing atmosphere as the tops in horror films. For example, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre actually showed very little gore, and most of the gore and violence was IMPLIED, which IMO is far more effective.

One movie that I like, Demons (Italy, 1985), but oddly enough, the last time I watched it, it gave me a very weird, unpleasant feeling. I don't know why, but I haven't watched it since. I don't find it particularly scary or anything, but for some reason I felt oddly uncomfortable while watching it. Anyone else ever have an experience like that?
Jim
 
Silent hill.

Actually the video game is one of the freakiest experiences ever. Maybe that's why I liked the movie (the hot but bloody and faceless nurses are wild)
 
Blood on Satan's claw freaked me out when I was a kid. I tried to watch it again when I was about 30 but it didn't do it for me anymore.
 
In no order......
Behind the Mask
Ju-On
One Missed Call (the Takashi Miike Japanese version)
The Abandon
High Tension
Tale of Two Sisters
Audition
Let the Right One In
The Evil Dead Trilogy
American Psycho
Dexter (not a movie but I am addicted to this show)
Cabin Fever
The Descent
Hostel
Drag Me to Hell
Man Bites Dog (good movie but hard to watch)
Silence of the Lambs
All the "Alien" flicks
Seven
American Werewolf in London
The Signal
Frontier(s)
(Rec.)
The Bad Seed
Psycho (original)
Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (both)
Split Second
28 Days Later
Bubba Ho-tep
Species
The Devil's Backbone
Pulse (Japanese version)
Shutter (Japanese Version)
Battle Royal
Suicide Club
Interview with the Vampire
Repulsion
Suspect Zero
Sauna
Ravenous
Thing
Inside
Martyrs
Saint Ange
Pet Cemetery
Dead Snow
The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon
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the first horror movie i remember watching... i must have been 4 or 5... great piece of film called motel hell.

"takes all kinds of critters to make farmer vincent's fritters!"

the company of wolves was cool, too. angela lansbury and a poor little peacock...
 
"The Wizard of Oz"...The flying monkeys and the bad witch used to give me a pretty good scare when I was a youngin'.:eek:.
 
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