Well... Halloween is near. I thought it would be cool to have a favorite horror film(s) thread.
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Favorite Horror Films
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Night Of The Living Dead
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
My list could be as long as my arm, but those three are my favourites, as well as being what I consider to be the greatest and most important movies in the history of the genre.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
My list could be as long as my arm, but those three are my favourites, as well as being what I consider to be the greatest and most important movies in the history of the genre.
The originals or the remakes?
Not really a horror film, but one of my faves is "The Changeling" with George C Scott and Trish Van Devere.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/?ref_=nv_sr_1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTzgXVosQOU
Oh!!! Here's the whole film...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRPrIm9H1J4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/?ref_=nv_sr_1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTzgXVosQOU
Oh!!! Here's the whole film...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRPrIm9H1J4
Okay, a relatively short list
Romero - All the Dead films. Even the recent ones. Land is really ironic if you live in Pittsburgh and Diary is really solid. We can add Martin to the list if we want to step outside the box a little.
Argento - Susperia and Inferno of course (the latter even more so), but don't forget Phenomenon and Opera.
Carpenter - In The Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness, and the Thing (if we want some sci-fi...but if so....)
Scott - Alien. The fourth is actually my favorite, but only just behind the first. The second is a little too action movie for my tastes, but that's a different conversation.
Barker - Hellraiser and Nightbreed. I want to add Lord of Illusions, since it's very well done, but it's more a spooky detective story (see also: Angel Heart, which I also love)
Hooper - Poltergeist. Runner up for Texas Chainsaw 2, if we want a slasher film (I do lean more supernatural)
Jackson - Braindead (Dead Alive), and we can add Raimi's Evil Dead 2 for the same reasons
Wallace - Halloween 3, Fright Night 2. My favorite of the Halloween movies, actually, and FN2 is a very unusual film (a straight up revenge film, but with vampires)
del Toro - Mimic, The Devil's Backbone. Way better than a movie about giant cockroaches should be.
de Ossorio - Tombs of the Blind Dead. Watch the chase scene. Then watch the Ringwraiths in LOTR. 'nuff said.
Hough - Legend of Hell House. And Watcher In The Woods. Speaking of 70s Disney horror....
Erman - Child of Glass (honorable mention to Clayton's Something Wicked This Way Comes) I can't describe how much I loved this movie growing up. One of those films that still inspires...
Herzog - Nosferatu. A remake (and the original certain deserves a nod) but a beautiful film. Speaking of remakes....
Malone - House on Haunted Hill. Respect to Price and Castle, but I actually like the remake better. Definitely more "action horror" but some fantastic ghost stuff. And if we want to talk modern stuff:
Wan - Saw. Tough to argue with, solid film. The first couple sequels keep the intelligence and complex story, but around 5 it just goes with the torture porn thing. Too bad, but the last one was solid. Better percentage than most horror series though and even at it's worst it's not as bad as Hellraiser 4 or 9.....
so yeah, I watch a lot of horror films.
Oh! I almost forgot, given the Exorcist pic that kicked this off: Exorcist 3. My favorite in the series...I love the first, but it's very, very dated. 3 has cheesy bits, but not nearly as much. If we ignore 2 and the theatrical 4 (the original version was pretty good), a pretty damn awesome series.
Romero - All the Dead films. Even the recent ones. Land is really ironic if you live in Pittsburgh and Diary is really solid. We can add Martin to the list if we want to step outside the box a little.
Argento - Susperia and Inferno of course (the latter even more so), but don't forget Phenomenon and Opera.
Carpenter - In The Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness, and the Thing (if we want some sci-fi...but if so....)
Scott - Alien. The fourth is actually my favorite, but only just behind the first. The second is a little too action movie for my tastes, but that's a different conversation.
Barker - Hellraiser and Nightbreed. I want to add Lord of Illusions, since it's very well done, but it's more a spooky detective story (see also: Angel Heart, which I also love)
Hooper - Poltergeist. Runner up for Texas Chainsaw 2, if we want a slasher film (I do lean more supernatural)
Jackson - Braindead (Dead Alive), and we can add Raimi's Evil Dead 2 for the same reasons
Wallace - Halloween 3, Fright Night 2. My favorite of the Halloween movies, actually, and FN2 is a very unusual film (a straight up revenge film, but with vampires)
del Toro - Mimic, The Devil's Backbone. Way better than a movie about giant cockroaches should be.
de Ossorio - Tombs of the Blind Dead. Watch the chase scene. Then watch the Ringwraiths in LOTR. 'nuff said.
Hough - Legend of Hell House. And Watcher In The Woods. Speaking of 70s Disney horror....
Erman - Child of Glass (honorable mention to Clayton's Something Wicked This Way Comes) I can't describe how much I loved this movie growing up. One of those films that still inspires...
Herzog - Nosferatu. A remake (and the original certain deserves a nod) but a beautiful film. Speaking of remakes....
Malone - House on Haunted Hill. Respect to Price and Castle, but I actually like the remake better. Definitely more "action horror" but some fantastic ghost stuff. And if we want to talk modern stuff:
Wan - Saw. Tough to argue with, solid film. The first couple sequels keep the intelligence and complex story, but around 5 it just goes with the torture porn thing. Too bad, but the last one was solid. Better percentage than most horror series though and even at it's worst it's not as bad as Hellraiser 4 or 9.....
so yeah, I watch a lot of horror films.
Oh! I almost forgot, given the Exorcist pic that kicked this off: Exorcist 3. My favorite in the series...I love the first, but it's very, very dated. 3 has cheesy bits, but not nearly as much. If we ignore 2 and the theatrical 4 (the original version was pretty good), a pretty damn awesome series.
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The only three films that really got under my skin were One Hour Photo, The Shining, and The Orphanage. The Exorcist as well. I really like most of Argento's and Craven's films, but none of them have ever really stuck with me.
Also, does anyone else think that the face that flashed in The Exorcist was the creepiest thing in the whole film?
Also, does anyone else think that the face that flashed in The Exorcist was the creepiest thing in the whole film?
Jaws
Alien
Alien 2
Alien 4
Army of Darkness
Lord of Illusions
Pitch Black
Predator 2
Predators
Interview with the Vampire
The Hunger
Sleepy Hollow
Ravenous
Splice
Silent Hill
Blade I
Blade II
American Werewolf in London
Altered States
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Descent
The Mist
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Misery
Slither
Maybe the Original Nightmare on Elm Street
Cabin in the Woods is probably a new favorite
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The People Under the Stairs. Maybe.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Jacob's Ladder
Angel Heart
Silence of the Lambs
Poltergeist
The Others
The Thing
The Crazies
Let the Right One In
Zombieland
A Tale of Two Sisters
Shadow of the Vampire
Cube
Event Horizon. Sorta.
They Live
Tremors
The Hidden
The Keep
Alien
Alien 2
Alien 4
Army of Darkness
Lord of Illusions
Pitch Black
Predator 2
Predators
Interview with the Vampire
The Hunger
Sleepy Hollow
Ravenous
Splice
Silent Hill
Blade I
Blade II
American Werewolf in London
Altered States
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Descent
The Mist
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Misery
Slither
Maybe the Original Nightmare on Elm Street
Cabin in the Woods is probably a new favorite
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The People Under the Stairs. Maybe.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Jacob's Ladder
Angel Heart
Silence of the Lambs
Poltergeist
The Others
The Thing
The Crazies
Let the Right One In
Zombieland
A Tale of Two Sisters
Shadow of the Vampire
Cube
Event Horizon. Sorta.
They Live
Tremors
The Hidden
The Keep
Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Shaun of the Dead.
Shaun of the Dead.
the woman in black
Great list, Richy! I think you and I are almost kin.
PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS is a guilty pleasure of mine, so I want to reenforce your "maybe."A few of my faves not on your list:
EVIL DEAD 2
NEAR DARK
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979)
CREEPSHOW
BAD TASTE
DEAD ALIVE
THE FLY
DEAD ZONE
VIDEODROME
FRIGHT NIGHT (original)
CHILD'S PLAY
KING KONG (parts of all of them)
CRIMINALLY INSANE (my all time guilty pleasure)
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
THE HOWLING
PHANTASM
HALLOWEEN
THE BLOB (80's remake)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
CAT PEOPLE (1982)
Suspiria
Profondo Rosso
One Hour Photo
The Changeling (+1 to what Alcove said)
The Descent
Trick or Treat
Profondo Rosso
One Hour Photo
The Changeling (+1 to what Alcove said)
The Descent
Trick or Treat
Great list, Richy! I think you and I are almost kin.
A few of my faves not on your list:
EVIL DEAD 2
NEAR DARK
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979)
CREEPSHOW
BAD TASTE
DEAD ALIVE
THE FLY
DEAD ZONE
VIDEODROME
FRIGHT NIGHT (original)
CHILD'S PLAY
KING KONG (parts of all of them)
CRIMINALLY INSANE (my all time guilty pleasure)
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
THE HOWLING
PHANTASM
HALLOWEEN
THE BLOB (80's remake)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
CAT PEOPLE (1982)
=)Great list. Pretty much all of them would be on my list too.
Criminally Insane, wow, definitely going to rent that. I know, The Blob remake was pretty great. But I shy away from it because of how the blob kills people in that one is just sooo nasty...I haven't seen it since the first viewing. 
And Nastassja Kinski in Cat People? Meeeeoowwww. Of course there's a lot more to recommend that film than just her...that incredible opening with the David Bowie song, for one.
Rosemary's Baby
Frankenstein The True Story
Twins of Evil
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
Doppelganger 1993
The Shirking Skull
Horror Hotel
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (The original)
Valley of the Damned (The original)
The Howling (The original)
Satan's School For Girls
The Ninth Gate
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
The World of Dracula
The Omen (The original)
The Sin Eater
Dark Angel The Ascent 1994 (A demon is sent from Hell to Earth to punish the wicked and discovers true love)
Lady Death (The animated movie)
Thinner
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Parts The Clonus Horror
Carnival of Souls (The original)
Frankenstein The True Story
Twins of Evil
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
Doppelganger 1993
The Shirking Skull
Horror Hotel
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (The original)
Valley of the Damned (The original)
The Howling (The original)
Satan's School For Girls
The Ninth Gate
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
The World of Dracula
The Omen (The original)
The Sin Eater
Dark Angel The Ascent 1994 (A demon is sent from Hell to Earth to punish the wicked and discovers true love)
Lady Death (The animated movie)
Thinner
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Parts The Clonus Horror
Carnival of Souls (The original)
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BTW, the original was pretty good, too....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ADPSaybusM
TCM is doing their annual October Horror thing. Last night was "The Devil-Doll" (1936).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027521/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ-nxhAJir4
Lionel Barrymore in drag is a treat! And the special effects were great for 1936.
I wonder why no one has done a remake?
And TCMs star of the month is Vincent Price, so lots of goodies from him as well.