Personally My Fav Is Friday The 13th

Personally My Fav Is Friday The 13th

Please tell me you're not serious? I don't even count that as a horror film, it's just a teen slasher movie. Things are scarier when you don't see them.

dawn of the dead.

for me,the best horor movie was the exorcist because when i was little that was my first horor movie and it left a big impression on me!!!!

Please tell me you're not serious? I don't even count that as a horror film, it's just a teen slasher movie. Things are scarier when you don't see them.Uhh... Last time I checked, Slasher movies were part of the Horror film genre.

It's pretty hard to pick, 'cause I have many faves.
I guess it would have to be Se7en.

There's a few. I'll go with The Thing (John Carpenter's).

There's a few. I'll go with The Thing (John Carpenter's).
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Uhh... Last time I checked, Slasher movies were part of the Horror film genre.


I don't count them as such, they are never scary and are just about horny, retarded teens that get killed because they are so stupid. A horror film has to be scary, that's what I think anyway.

"Scary" is entirely subjective. I've never watched any movie of that sort where I wasn't rooting for the protagonists to get slaughtered in gruesome ways. They don't scare me, and it's exactly the same for a lot of other people.

Therefore, your definition falls flat.

Also, I do not have a favorite horror movie. I find the whole genre to be pretty boring.

"Scary" is entirely subjective. I've never watched any movie of that sort where I wasn't rooting for the protagonists to get slaughtered in gruesome ways. They don't scare me, and it's exactly the same for a lot of other people.

Therefore, your definition falls flat.


In films where you see little of the 'bad guy' and just hear noises or get glimpses occaisonaly are the films that I would find scary. Having jason run around with a machete makes me want to laugh.

Yes but I think you have missed something. At no time did Red Koopa say that they found the Friday 13th Movies frightening just that they were their favourite horror movies. There is a possibility they may find them particularly well made or be a big Kevin Bacon fan and just happened to enjoy the rest of the series as well. Also, whilst I have not seen all of these movies so it may change later on but the ones I have seen you hardly feature Jason at all until somebody is getting killed and apart from a couple of minutes at the end he is not in the first two movies at all. Besides some slasher movies can be very scary and unsettling as anybody who has seen The Burning or the first Halloween may agree.

Back on topic though for me it is The Haunting (Original version)

Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood

When it comes to scary: Nightmare on Elm Street.
When it comes to pure entertainment and enjoyability: Halloween.

Leprechaun 5: Leprechaun in the Hood

I have actually watched all of them with my housemates unfortunately, just for the 'it's so awful it has to be funny effect'. Still Leprechaun in Space is by far one of the worst films I've ever seen, and I've seen some bad ones.

Not really sure about my favourite 'horror' film, but on one of them 'top100' programmes they had The Shining as #1. Not really scary, but then again no horror movie actually is. Still it's got a lot of suspense, and of course - Mad Jack, so it has to be good.

The Evil Dead.

Best horror flick ever.

Though when it comes to scariest horror film I'd have to go with Stephen King's It. It was the only movie that ever made me feel something that even remotely resembled fright.

Speaking of which, I hold Tim Curry personally responsible for my irrational fear of clowns...

I don't count them as such, they are never scary and are just about horny, retarded teens that get killed because they are so stupid. A horror film has to be scary, that's what I think anyway.


In films where you see little of the 'bad guy' and just hear noises or get glimpses occaisonaly are the films that I would find scary. Having jason run around with a machete makes me want to laugh.That's pretty much most of the 1st parts of all Slasher films - after that, the slashers become cult icons and the movies there after become centered on them rather than the victims which waters the movies down.

As Prak said, "scary" is subjective. I remember as a kid, The Exorcist was the scariest movie ever. When they re-released it, I went to go see it, and when it ended, a kid about the same age I was when I first saw it said "What's scary about that? It's stupid!" - I was like WHAT!!!
Now we have all these "Psychological Horror" movies from Japan. Don't get me wrong, they have good plots, but I don't find them scary.


I hold Tim Curry personally responsible for my irrational fear of clowns...Yeah, that and Transexual Transvestites from Transylvania. :p

Vastalis, do you mean the remakes or the actual japanese films?

my favorite horror movie, even though it probably doesn't count as one, is The Orphanage (AKA EL Orfanato). it was really scary and well made. i don't watch very many scary movies because i am a puss, so most of you will probably find this movie to be mild.


Yeah, that and Transexual Transvestites from Transylvania.
don't forget about Killer Clowns from Outer Space

Vastalis, do you mean the remakes or the actual japanese films?Both. The originals were way better than the english remakes. They're good stories, but I didn't find either of them scary.


don't forget about Killer Clowns from Outer SpaceTim Curry came out in that movie?

Yeah, that and Transexual Transvestites from Transylvania. :p



I hold Tim Curry personally responsible for my rational fear of Tim Curry...

:p

Tim Curry came out in that movie?

oh, i didn't know we were talking about tim curry. i thought we were just talking about like, campy, cheesy scary movies. no, i don't think he is in that movie.

My favorite horror film would have to be "The Sound of Music", mang that shit was terrorfying.

The Shining
The Thing
Dawn of the Dead

That's all you need

The Shining
The Thing
Dawn of the Dead

That's all you need

i had forgotten about the thing, that was some ending, love that film

A Scanner Darkly haunts me...even its not classified as horror.

Requiem for a Dream is just sick and there are some few cool parts in The Grudge 2.

28 Days Later is good and 28 Weeks Later is OK.

Cube is genius.

edt: BR is also good

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTTA SPACE

I can't just name one...some are classics.

It
The Blob
The Other
Arachnophobia
Rosemary's Baby
Eraserhead
The Shining
The Exorcist
Seven
Event Horizon
Alien
Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Hellraiser
The Changeling
Dawn of the Dead
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Thing [oh yeah baby. The one horror movie that made me become a fan of the horror genre]

I equate Best Horror Movie = Movies that Creeped the Hell out of Me.. so I'm gonna say... Christine & Ring (Jpn version). Cars coming to life is freaky but not as freaky as a lil girl crawling out of your TV screen. (btw, Ring US was just... LOL)

Saw by a long shot. And yes I have seen a million horror movies before one you guys claims I've barely seen any if I pick that.

Others I like are:
Cube
Se7en
The Shining
1408
It

House On Haunted Hill(Remake) - Made me not wanna see a doctor for like 7 months.

Kazaam.

Kazaam.

Right now I can't say there is a good horror movie for me... I guess I can't get too scared after all lol.
When I was little I used to hide under my blanket when I saw Nightmare on Elm street, I saw them all, I couldn't go to sleep 'cause I always thought Kruger was coming for me >.<
I also won't forget the first time I saw The exorcist!!! That was freakin scary!!! I just couldn't go on with that horrible face in my mind!!!! I actually feel scared when I see it!!!!! *hides under the blanket then comes out again*
Oh! and also It was very scary for me and that's how my hate for clowns began... I really preferred magicians in my parties rather than a horrible clown... *hides again*

I have never found any movie "scary", except for the 1979 remake of Nosferatu. Seriously. I am still scared to death when I watch that movie. It's just so disturbing. Two versions were made; a German and an English.

Here's a clip from the German version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyJiJCRhrOQ

Mmmm... I dont' know Zulu... I didn't feel much of a thing >.< But I can say it's a little bit better than the other version where Keanu Reeves is... though I couldn't understand a thing!! XD

best horror movies to me are halloween (original) the shining , IT, and the thing.

My favorites have to be The Shining and Rosemary's Baby.

the shining and 28 days later.

Try watching some Asian horror movies (if you're fond of ghost stories). :p

The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Ju-On (Grudge JP version) was ok, still not a fan of the grudge series, they weren't that interesting. The Eye (Chinese) is pretty good XD they're all ghost series really and Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call). But, I prefer blood and gore more than horror.

Best Horror movie, there a lot of great horror movie out there, but i think...JUON the Grudge is the best!!! it will stick you butt on your seats and keeps you in shock until the end.


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I thought 30 days of night was neat, but the ending was just a bit cheesy

Best Horror movie, there a lot of great horror movie out there, but i think...JUON the Grudge is the best!!! it will stick you butt on your seats and keeps you in shock until the end.


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First place: The Descent.....................Second place: Carpenter's The Thing

Mehh, I liked Saw. Though it wasn't very scary, it was extremely suspensful.

Yeah! Saw is really cool... I didn't want to lose any detail of the film XD. I think this is one of the best suspense films I've ever seen!

I'm really not big on horror films. Pretty much every one I've seen is completely idiotic, or has the protagonists taking foolish actions at every turn. The ones that don't are just plain bad.

I have alot of favourites. But will just mention a few which include The Thing, Alien, The Shining, Halloween, and Poltergeist. Though I've watched many horror movies, none come to mind right now which ever freaked me out in the way these did when I first saw them.

I'm really not big on horror films. Pretty much every one I've seen is completely idiotic, or has the protagonists taking foolish actions at every turn. The ones that don't are just plain bad.
Then why come into this thread?

For me it's "the Haunting".

Scary wise the only movie that ever scared me was The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I still haven't been able to watch the whole thing. It's not really for horror reasons.

My favourite? Scary Movie 1 + 2. RUN BITCH, RUN!
Priceless...

The Thing was awesome. And not just because Kurt Russell was in it.

I also liked Halloween (both the original and the Rob Zombie remake. Hey, both had their moments).

Room 1408 :D. It kept me on the edge of my seat to the very end.

One that actually scared the shit out of me when I was little was Chucky. That little monster of a doll just proves how evil red heads are.

One that actually scared the shit out of me when I was little was Chucky. That little monster of a doll just proves how evil red heads are.

Really? Chucky was more funny than scary.

My opinion also. Though the first time round I watched it, before hitting my teens, I did find it a tad creepier than I do now.

The Thing was awesome. And not just because Kurt Russell was in it.

I also liked Halloween (both the original and the Rob Zombie remake. Hey, both had their moments).

I agree the thing is a brilliant film with some great effects considering the time it was made.

dont think Chucky is the best horror movie, i found it funny!!!especially the Seed of Chucky ,
Juon "The Grudge" 1 & 2 will be fit for the winner.

Yeah! but I think the japanese version is better... I mean... I liked the american, but the japanese has something... mmm.. something... different... I'll just say I couldn't sleep the night I watched it XD

japanese horror films are true horror (except dark water)

ring 1 want that scary
saw parts of ring 2
now ring 0, that was VERY scary.
but none is as scary as JU-ON.
hades, when i saw it and went to sleep, i wouldnt DARE turn over to the other side in fear the wife would be there.


28 days later was awesome and scary.
although weeks scared me more because i managed to dream of myself in the movie, in the middle of the outbreak and was scared sh*tless.
uh, halloween (original) scared me a lot too, when i was like 7.

1408 was also scary, but not seat-jumping scary.

IT, when i was little, strangely, i never feared clowns, even after this movie.

and recently, �REC


i cant remember any more movies.

High Tension
But "The Descent" is also not bad

The scariest ones for me are usually the asian ones:

- The Grudge (jap version, man that freaked me out)
- The Eye (hong kong version - the new english version was edited crappily and it ruined a lot of the suspense. Oh, and the actress in the HK version is so pretty!)

The Descent was interesting, but it got a bit unbelievable near the end. All of a sudden, the blind creatures seemed to see exactly where the people were, even when the people weren't making any noise.

1408 was fantastic - not so much really scary, but more "what on earth is gonna happen next?"

Prizm

1408 is a great film, not scary but as you said you wonder what's going to happen next.

Come on guys.


Killer Klowns From Outer Space is the obvious choice :(

The most scary film in this world is...

Cindarella!

Braindead, or I believe it is known as something else in the states....was Peter Jackson's first film.

28 days
"Scary" is entirely subjective. I've never watched any movie of that sort where I wasn't rooting for the protagonists to get slaughtered in gruesome ways. They don't scare me, and it's exactly the same for a lot of other people.

Braindead, or I believe it is known as something else in the states....was Peter Jackson's first film.

Braindead was a comedy though - it's like Shaun of the Dead on an acid trip. Been wanting to watch it again, it's totally wacky.

I rented 28 Days, and found it very boring. We switched it off after a half hour. I don't care how long it takes the movie to get to the action, but if you can't entertain me with smart dialogue or an interesting plot before that time, then the movie's not worth watching.

Everytime I venture out and watch a british movie, it always ends up biting me in the a$$. I certainly hope the british filmmakers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz make more movies, because they're the only british films I find worth watching.

blair witch project

JU-ON. I even had a dream of it and i swear i didn't wanna go to sleep the following two days.

IT, when i was little
personally mainstream horror films tend to be more comical rather than frightening, original j-horror movies carry along with them the eerie atmosphere as opposed to american or british horror which is somewhat disappointing when american directors take it upon themselves to remake j-horror classics.

personally i'm a fan of haute tension (switchblade romance)
however i'm not easily scared by films so most horror films seem mediocre to me, digressing from the topic slightly but Irreversible was a film that unsettled me quite a bit, not really because it was scary but because of how realistic each of the events were in the film. i strongly recommend it!

Saw I, Saw II
Its the bloodest movie i ever watched, and
When you watch the movie, you will said in yourself
"that person is the killer" but in fact its not :(, because the real killer is the person that you think is the good of them. :)

we all know who the killer is.

The Texas Chainsaw ,definitely

Saw I, Saw II
Its the bloodest movie i ever watched, and
When you watch the movie, you will said in yourself
"that person is the killer" but in fact its not :(, because the real killer is the person that you think is the good of them. :)

Second that

The Best horror movie I've seen was "The Shining".

The fact of a Hotel in the middle of nowhere sucking in the souls of people after turning them insane and killing them is too much of a scary thought.

The best horror movie in terms of really being scary, is a movie most people didn't see called Witchboard. Now that was a creepy movie.

The Devil Rides Out is pretty good.

I enjoyed the Exorcist and Jacob's Ladder. I found the way the story was presented, pretty amusing. I can't stand horror movies that tend to focus mostly on violence and shock moments.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Now, I'll always rethink before requesting the ketchup.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is pretty perturbing.

The greatest horror movie is Braindead.

Old gory Peter Jackson film. Totally awesome.

SOUL PLANE

Recent one I saw was R.E.C., a Spanish horror movie

unfortunately they are making an English version... The protagonist in the Spanish one (its a girl) is way hotter lookin than the English version

Do yourself a favor and just watch the Spanish version one

Its like 28days later, it gets typical at first but the ending really did it for me

How about The Shutters?

The Omen.

The Omen.

*Shudders* No Thanks, I'll stay away from the pentagram wielder.

Recent one I saw was R.E.C., a Spanish horror movie

unfortunately they are making an English version... The protagonist in the Spanish one (its a girl) is way hotter lookin than the English version

Do yourself a favor and just watch the Spanish version one

Its like 28days later, it gets typical at first but the ending really did it for me


i remember doing a theard about REC here, not long ago.
en fin, seconded.
it isnt really ultra jumpy scary, but it has its moments.
still, i wish to see quarantine (the fugly remake) to see how loose its based on REC.

oh, and i concur, BRAINDEAD FOR THE WIN!

Army of Darkness.

As if there's a choice ;P

srs tho. While I'm not heavily into horror flicks, I have a couple of favourites (aside from AOD), namely 28 Days Later and Cube... and Saw II if that counts.

also saw a couple of the Hellraiser flicks not too long ago. They weren't too bad, heh

cube is more on the thriller side, though

the best horror movie ive seen................ is 'AUDITION" (JAPANESE HORROR MOVIE)

The Last Broadcast is a good film. It came out before the blair witch and i think the blair witch copied this.

Salem's Lot, that scared the shit out of me! Just the thought of that little child scratching outside my windows *shivers*. And then the people were stupid enough to open the door tsk tsk!
I like zombie movies cos i never find them scary

Kazam is the scariest movie, Shaq rapping is just inhumane! ("Scary Movie" joke aside) I generally hate the genre. The only movie I found scary was "Sixth Sense" because when the ghost runs behind him when he pees, I looked behind me while I peed for months. Needless to say I "missed" a lot.

The greatest horror movie is Braindead.

Old gory Peter Jackson film. Totally awesome.

Further to this...I realise that it's not called Braindead in the US.

It's called Dead Alive.

I haven't really seen many horror movies, but Quarantine was good.

I do not like horror any out of that. Its out of fear.

Quarantine was pretty bad.

Anyway I watched Pet Semetery a few days ago, it was a really good movie, pretty scary stuff too.

Quarantine was pretty bad.

Anyway I watched Pet Semetery a few days ago, it was a really good movie, pretty scary stuff too.

Yeah it was, but I have nothing to really compare it to because I don't watch horror movies often.

The best horror movies (in no particular order) are:
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Saw
The Strangers
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Lady Vengeance
Oldboy (might be considered a horror film)
High Tension
Suicide Club
Gozu (weird ass shit!)
Three Extremes (the one with the stories Cut and Going Home)
Acacia
Suspiria
Funny Games (both German and remake)
The Mist
Streets of Crocodiles
Perfume: Story of a Murderer
Frontieres
Inside
Battle Royale
28 Days Later

And surprisingly I liked P2, yeah, I know, no one should like that. I'm weird like that I guess.

If you want to know more about any of those, just ask; they're all amazing!

Further to this...I realise that it's not called Braindead in the US.

It's called Dead Alive.

I saw this right before I watched the asian horror movie "H";
At first, I wasn't going to throw up, on the brink of it.
After I saw a fetus leg sticking out of an incision in H, I immediately stopped the movie and threw up a little in my mouth. [Closest I've been to throwing up yet, well at least outside the body]

There are few movies that are actually scary, but something that made me sick and barf was The Ruins. Typical teens-get-killed movie, but oh the blood and acting. Afterwards I couldn't speak a word for hours, I was afraid I'd vomit all over the place, and I usually laugh at movies that have blood and guts having a teaparty outside the body.

Don't watch The Leeches unless you want a good laugh.

6th Sense is probably the best horror movie out there, just because it's good. Not that violent nor bloody, no horny teenagers, it's just good.

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Alien (Ridley Scott - 1979)
The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo S�nchez - 1999)
The Cell (Tarsem Singh - 2000)
The Descent (Neil Marshall - 2005)
The Eye (Oxide Pang Chun & Danny Pang - 2002)
The Haunting (Jan de Bont - 1999)
Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa - 2001)
The Ring (Gore Verbinski - 2002)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick - 1980)
Silent Hill (Christophe Gans - 2006)
A Tale of Two Sisters (Ji-woon Kim - 2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper - 1974)
The Thing (John Carpenter - 1982)

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and The Grudge...

Favorite horror films of mine:
Saw series
Hostel
It (only because from that movie clowns scared me shitless. I have fully recovered though)

I like the "Saw" series. Probably because they're the horrors I've mostly seen.

Dawn of the Dead is the best film ever, let alone the best horror film. And I ain't talking bout that crap remake (how dare they!!!!???????)

THE THING!!!!!! :P I liked Aliens though, and the first predator, when i first saw it i kept thinking when i was in bed one would just appear with its razors showing :) thank god for arnies comic relief, STICK AROUND

The original Dawn of the Dead and The Thing are both fantastic movies (5 out of fives in my book) but I'd say the best horror movie is The Exorcist.

ju on, both the original and the northamerican remake.
that has been the only movies that have genuinely striken true fear in me

If I go with cheesey horror, than Killer Clowns from Outer Space fits the bill.

But my actual horror movies I would go with: In the Mouth of Madness, Tales of Two Sisters (Korean horror), Jacob's Ladder and Alien.

The Shining

The Thing

Dawn of the Dead

That's all you need

This.

I'll throw an honorable mention to Halloween for doing the standard slasher flick ten times better than other slasher flicks on a shoe-string budget. And the theme music written by Carpenter is one of my favorite movie themes.

also: Suspiria by Dario Argento for being quite beautiful visually and also having what I would consider to be the best horror theme (look Goblin up on youtube) of any film I've seen.

As much as i love the original Dawn of the Dead. I think the remake of Dawn is stunning. When i first heard about it, i was not happy, fast moving zombies, etc.
But now its one of my all-time favourite horror films.

I really cant wait for the big screen version of World War Z. (If you haven't read it yet, check it out right away.)

The remake lacks all of the awesome things that make the original so great. Like the "Juice," the greatest of Romero's black protagonists (he looks like O.J. Simpson, do not deny it). And his partner, that crazy white guy who has such an enthusiastic zest for killing zombies that ends up getting him infected (the guy goes out of his way, putting himself at risk, just to punch, yes punch, zombies in the face). And the visible trampoline in the zombie-truck ramming scene. And the (not so subtle) jab at consumerism. Great stuff.

Im pretty jaded at this point. I haven't seen any horror movies that have actually freaked me out. Don't get me wrong, I do think some of these new horror flicks are good. but as far as being rated high on the fright meter, they're not. I found that the classics weren't scary cause they were brutal or gory, but rather cause they did more with less. Friday the 13th, you never saw Mrs. Voorhees -save the breathing and stalking. You saw the kills sure, but you never knew where they were coming from and the victims were the center point not the the stalker. Halloween, same thing. occasionally you saw Michael Myers in the shadows but it always focused on the victims and the prediciments you thought would be their undoing like the laundry room scene.
Nowadays, the focus is on the sheer brutality and gore of the victims.
The blair witch project was a great example of More with less. It was scary for a few reasons, first cause it made you think it really did happened, but aside from that, it started off with them telling you the story of the Blair witch then slowly each element of that story began to happen to them until the you hit that final scene that leaves you all WTF!

As far as the psychohorror flicks from Japan are concerned, they're okay, but they're all pretty much the same movie: A Person -most always a female- becomes a resentful, sorrowful, vengeful spirit that keeps on killing even after people find out why they're seeking revenge in their afterlife.
I'm not saying they suck, but they're far from scary. If you think about it, they're basically slasher movies with the ghost as the slasher. The ending result of each victim is a horrible unexplained death.

Seriously, the last movies that freaked me out weren't horror movies but rather sci-fi flicks. Signs and War Of The Worlds, and the only reason why they freaked me out was cause of the thought that we could really lose our heads and turn savage if we were really being invaded and couldn't do a thing about it!

Lars Von Trier's Antichrist already sounds overwhelmingly sick by a couple of reviews, it already comes high in my toplist of horrormovies without having seen it.

im an avid horror fan so heres my list in no particular order

Alien
Dawn of The Dead
The Exorcist
Session 9
28 Days Later
Rosemary's Baby
Halloween
Grindhouse
The Devils Rejects
Suspiria
The Thing
The Descent
The Blair Witch Project

im sure im missing some

Im going with Halloween, its a classic.

It seem that we have entered the "Age of The Remakes". Before it seemed like a remake would come every few years, and now it just seemed like there is a remake every month...

I'm going to say "The Orphanage" because before I had seen it, I hadn't truly been a bit scared by a movie/game since Silent Hill in ~1999.

Ju On scared me shitless! It unnerved me unlike anything I'd ever saw before. That bit when the girl is in bed and the ... if you've saw it you'll know.

That's a hard question. I love the idea of the horror genre and what can be done with it, but I'd say 85% of the horror movies out there are complete trash. I can't even remember the last decent horror movie I've seen. The Shining probably, and that was some time ago...Oh, and Army of Darkness is always fun.

definitely Halloween by John Carpenter

I have to give special mention to the mist, seriously, that religious lady scared the hell out of me.

I have to give special mention to the mist, seriously, that religious lady scared the hell out of me.

The Mist wasn't so bad, I enjoyed it a lot

The Mist wasn't so bad, I enjoyed it a lot


mist was a surprisingly good flick

What I like is how it isn't so much about the monsters, but about the monsters that are born in some of the survivors which causes them to turn savage.

And also the ending is HILARIOUS, seriously.

i think the best horror movie ever is blair witch project

The Rocky Horror Picture show. That thing gives me the shivers.

The best horror movie I ever saw was...

'When Harry met Sally'

... I still have nightmares about that.

Recently saw Diary of the Dead and was very happy with it - especially with the end. I'm not going to spoil it for you though.

Recently saw Diary of the Dead and was very happy with it - especially with the end. I'm not going to spoil it for you though.

Wow, I didn't expect that film to make it into this thread. Oof, such crap.

The Exorcist.

Silent Hill all the way.

Silent Hill all the way.

rofl, why's that then?

Silent Hill all the way.

Best horror game, but movie? No.

Best Horror Movies would have to probally be Halloween(all of them), Nightmare on Elm Street(all of them), Texas Chainsaw Massacre(all of them), Voices, Reincarnation, and Crazy eights.

My two cents would have to go toward the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre as my favorite classic. Each subsequent film felt merely like a parody of the first. It and the first Saw movie I think are my two all-time favorites. Too many horror films give a formulaic persona that just doesn't settle right with me; ones that break the mold and resort to psychological scares rather than your typical "bad-guy-jumps-out-from-around-the-corner-and-scares-unknowing- dimwit-blonde-character-then-kills-him/her" trend. I'm so desensitized to that type of "horror" that I find myself snorting a laugh when that happens rather than jump.

So for me, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the original Saw.

Honestly, I feel the original TCM is overrated. I mean it's good and must have been very influential but I watched it recently and didn't think it was as epic as everyone makes it out to be.

I have to change my previous suggestion. I know of one movie... so horrifying... so nightmarish... it'll give you rectal and urinal evacuations and turn your hair WHITE!

The Cast is Terrifying!
The Story is Horrifying!
In all the WHOLE MOVIE IS ONE NIGHTMARISH, TERRIFYING MOVIE!!

The movie I speak of is:

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... Shame it was Raul Julia's last movie...

I found the bit in the van near the beginning to be quite freaky. Imagine picking up a hitch hiker and it turning out to be that weirdo, and he's in your van, that creeped me out more than Leatherface and his pappy.

I have always loved Friday the 13th Part II, Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Halloween (Original), The Invisible Man, Cannibal Holocaust, and Black Christmas (Original). Those have always been my favorites.

Wow, I didn't expect that film to make it into this thread. Oof, such crap.

I didn't say it was the best horror movie, I just said I enjoyed it. The best horror movie for me is Evil Dead II all the way.

I didn't say it was the best horror movie, I just said I enjoyed it. The best horror movie for me is Evil Dead II all the way.

The first Evil Dead was a horror movie through and through. Evil Dead II started to veer from mainstream horror to comedic horror. Evil Dead III : Army of Darkness, while being a personal favorite of mine, was comedy with horror undertones.

I did hear about talks regarding a fourth Evil Dead movie, but nothing eventuated from it.

So far I'd have to say "FEAST" & "Black Sheep" (not the one with Chris Farley). Feast mainly due to the fact that it was different. In general the whole Feast Trilogy isn't what one would expect from horror movies. Then Black Sheep simply due to the fact that there's were-sheep. Yep, that's my two cents.

I did hear about talks regarding a fourth Evil Dead movie, but nothing eventuated from it.

I really hope Sam Raimi doesn't decide to make another Evil Dead movie. I love the series, and I love Bruce Campbell, but I think it is perfect ending it at Army of Darkness. Plus, I want to see Bruce make some new movies, instead of being dragged along doing the same thing he started out doing. Evil Dead was his best movie series of course, but it will be nice to see him doing some more horror-comedies, especially after the success of Sam Raimi's 'Drag Me To Hell', I can see them making some even better movies together.

I found the bit in the van near the beginning to be quite freaky. Imagine picking up a hitch hiker and it turning out to be that weirdo, and he's in your van, that creeped me out more than Leatherface and his pappy.

Man I know it.. That still remains one of my favorite parts of the movie, second only to the part where the girl realizes that the old gas station worker is just as psychotic. I'll never pick up a hitchhiker in my life.

Not that I've seen many, but I'd Silent Hill was a rather enjoyable horror movie.

Not that I've seen many, but I'd Silent Hill was a rather enjoyable horror movie.

From the lastest horror movies that they've been releasing since say mid 90's , is one of the greatest horror movies from this time, to me.

Good horror movies.... the first Poltergeist, The Exorcist III (I found it more enjoyable than the very first one), The Shining (Stanley Kubrick's Version), The Mist (2007). Event Horizon. <- These are good.

Fun Horror Movies.... The Evil Dead Trilogy, A Nightmare on Elm Street Saga except the 6th one.; John Carpenter's Vampires (LOL), Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (Nice storyline, funny effects)

That's all that comes to my mind right now, there are other ones cheap horror movies that I enjoyed such as the Subspecies Saga.

I wonder if Ghost Whisperer would be in this category but I really like watching it since it is a horror show with substance

The Hellraiser series I think! By the way their remaking it.

Please tell me you're not serious? I don't even count that as a horror film, it's just a teen slasher movie. Things are scarier when you don't see them.

Friday The 13th is certainly a horror film. Whenever you look for it to buy it, read about it, whatever, it's most of the the time of not always in the horror category. Things may be scarier when you don't see them. But that doesn't mean Friday isn't a horror film.

For me...any of the Halloween films except Season Of The Witch or Resurrection.

I'd say Witchfinder General from 1968 .

watched it in a history lesson in high school and it messed me up just a little.

Really effective horror film and I recommend it!

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My favorite horror film is Creepshow. Easily.

Creepshow. Garish colors. Tongue in cheek horror. Fantastic performances and editing. Just plain fun.

My fav horror movie is the next one I am going to watch. I keep hoping for an awesome flick, but over and over I'm let down. I'd rather watch 90 minutes of horror movie trailers than what is being made these days. However, I am still going to watch them all at least once.

Nice to see Creepshow named. Good flick. I can't say there is a "best horror film" because there are so many different variations and types but I'm quite a horror junky and my favorite series has always been A Nightmare On Elm Street.

"Shining" by Stanley Kubrick.

I really like Fright Night

An American Werewolf in London

I remember being disturbed by the Vincent Price The Pit and the Pendulum. Might've been the age of the film itself.

My favorite horror movie is The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

The best horror movie ever made is Dario Argento's Suspiria!

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Tough to pick one;
but my faves would be

The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
The Omen
Alien
The Thing (82)

Jaws

I've always like Dracula (1992). Gary Oldman makes a great Dracula. I also like Halloween (1978), Alien, The Exorcist, Paranormal Activity, The Shining and It (both versions).

"Don't Look Now"... remember this one when I was 16. Extremely scary.

The Decent - the one with a group of British women going caving was pretty scary

REC - the Spanish film where a reporter is trapped inside an apartment building and encountered zombie like creatures. It's a found footage movie that was very well done.

the exorcist

First thing that comes to mind is The Goofy Movie.

The Fly (1986 version by Cronenberg).

Aforementioned, Cannibal Holocaust is one film I will never watch again, it made me uncomfortable. It could be considered more exploitation than horror but it unsettled me regardless. Almost any film that's been deemed a classic is pointless to mention and I think almost every post here has mentioned one if not many of them.

I would recommend PIN or The Stepfather, Terry O'Quinn is good in both and they are creepy but not quite scary. Society is an interesting body-horror movie but it is typical 80s cheese too. Full Moon's Subspecies series is entertaining if you like Gothic vampire stories. Rutger Hauer always creeped me out in The Hitcher. A more recent film I enjoyed was American Mary, there's some body horror in that one too. As far as foreign, Polanski's Repulsion or The Tenant, Japan's Freeze Me reminded me of "I Spit on Your Grave", a rape revenge plot.

I wanted to offer up some ones that weren't mentioned and I'm not a gore-hound so most of my choices are psychological. There are so many horror films and sub-genres it's truly hard to pick one or even ten, there are always more being made.

Always love that first Halloween. And it was introduced to me as an adult by a buddy. Wasn't allowed to watch stuff like that as a kid. Just loved the theme and the fact that Michael would just keep coming.

Looks like the overall consensus here is that scary, like beauty and comedy, is in the eye of the beholder.

That being said, I'd like to offer my two cents:

When it comes to vampire flicks, you can't go wrong with the original - F. W. Murnau's 1922 cult classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.

Always love that first Halloween. And it was introduced to me as an adult by a buddy. Wasn't allowed to watch stuff like that as a kid. Just loved the theme and the fact that Michael would just keep coming.

This all the way. Aside from a few cheesy moments the flick still holds up extremely well.

The Shining, Alien, Martyrs, The VVitch, Nosferatu the Vampyre...