Movies: Favourite Horror Films

[Byron Bitz]

What are some of your favourite horror/thrillers? I like Silence if the Lambs, The exorcist, 28 Days Later, The Descent, The Ring, Fatal Attraction, The Sixth Sense and Session 9

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[Babe Ruth]

I like the original Halloween I & II.. original Elm street..
Pumpkinhead
Candyman

I think Silence of the Lambs was the best movie of it's decade, but for whatever reason I never view/classify it as a typical horror movie.. /peace

 

[Unholy Diver]

The George Romero Zombie flicks are always near the top for me

Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Land of the Dead


Event Horizon
Aliens
Jaws

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Well, I haven't done these for nothing!
Best horror film of the 20s & 30s
Best horror film of the 40s & 50s
Best horror film of the 60s
Best horror film of the 70s
Best horror film of the 80s
Best horror film of the 90s
Best horror film of the 2000s
Best horror film of the 2010s

As for me....

In no particular order...

The Shining
Don't Look Now
Images
Videodrome
Repulsion
Rosemary's Baby
Antichrist
Funny Games
Dawn of the Dead

All amazing films.

For the more recent stuff, I've liked The Babadook and Berberian Sound Studio a lot.

 

[frisco]

The Exorcist
The Omen
The Omen II
The Shining
Rosemary's Baby
The Exorcist III
The Omen III
The Omen IV
The Changeling
The Exorcist II

My Best-Carey

 

[Osprey]

The Exorcist
The Omen
The Omen II
The Shining
Rosemary's Baby
The Exorcist III
The Omen III
The Omen IV
The Changeling
The Exorcist II

I'm sensing a theme here. You might also like The Howling, The Thing, The Sixth Sense and The Others.

 

[Mantis]

Evil Dead 2

 

[Zodiac]

braindead (dead alive)
the thing
jaws
evil dead
evil dead 2
alien
the shining
an american werewolf in london
the texas chainsaw massacre
halloween

 

[ORRFForever]

The Exorcist
Under The Shadow
The Wailing
Witch In The Window
I Trapped The Devil

 

[kihei]

In order:

Don't Look Now
Vampyr
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Nigtht of the Demon
The Birds
The Vanishing (the original Netherlands version, 1988)
The Hunger
Survive Style 5+
Cat People (1942)
Nosferatu (1922)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

In no order:

The Thing (1951)
Eyes without a Face
Dead Ringers
Pan's Labr;ynth
Let the Right One In
Only Lovers Left Alive
Haxan
Eraserhead
Under the Skin
Under the Stairs
Burn, Witch, Burn
A Tale of Two Sisters
Tremors
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

 

[Mickey Marner]

Alien has held up extraordinarily well, despite being a 40+ year old sci-fi horror. It's still my favorite.

 

[Legionnaire]

INO

The Green Inferno
Halloween 1&2
Nightmare on Elm Street Series - except New Nightmare or anything past.
Excorcist Trilogy
Jaws 1-3
Ravenous
Night of the Living Dead & all the sequels.
The Omen Trilogy
Friday the 13th series
Evil Dead Series
Dawn of the Dead series
Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
The Dead Zone
It original
The Stand
Brain Dead
Reanimator
Child's Play series
Candyman series
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Jacob's Ladder
Hellraiser series
The First Power
Scream series
Altered States
Nosferatu
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Mummy
The Werewolf
Blade series
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Blob
Arachnophobia
Ssssssss
Hills Have Eyes 1, 2 and reboot
Piranha
Saw series
1st Cabin in the Woods
Event Horizon
Deliverance

 

[Osprey]

Jaws
Alien
The Thing

Those are my three favorites that probably most people would consider horror. I think that one of the things that I like so much about them is the exotic setting of each, making them pretty different from the majority of horror films which take place in an urban/suburban setting or the woods.

Then, there are several films that I like more or less as much that have horror elements, but aren't primarily trying to elicit fear in the viewer, so you might not consider them "horror" films, per se, unless you're being really inclusive:

Misery
King Kong
Aliens
Predator
Tremors
Army of Darkness

I like way more films than that, but those are the true favorites that I can watch over and over.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

INO

The Green Inferno
Halloween 1&2
Nightmare on Elm Street Series - except New Nightmare or anything past.
Excorcist Trilogy
Jaws 1-3
Ravenous
Night of the Living Dead & all the sequels.
The Omen Trilogy
Friday the 13th series
Evil Dead Series
Dawn of the Dead series
Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
The Dead Zone
It original
The Stand
Brain Dead
Reanimator
Child's Play series
Candyman series
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Jacob's Ladder
Hellraiser series
The First Power
Scream series
Altered States
Nosferatu
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Mummy
The Werewolf
Blade series
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Blob
Arachnophobia
Ssssssss
Hills Have Eyes 1, 2 and reboot
Piranha
Saw series
1st Cabin in the Woods
Event Horizon
Deliverance

Lots of fun films in there, but I don't get "except New Nightmare and past" - what's past NN? The remake? And NN is the second best Nightmare film!! Also, the Dawn of the Dead series, not sure what you mean by that... Romero's living dead films? Or the two Dawn films?

Also, I love the first 2 Hellraiser films, but anything after that is really bad.

Anyway, cool to see Sssssss in there.

 

[Mimsy]

The Exorcist/Exorcist III
Hellraiser/Hellraiser II
Prince of Darkness
April Fool's Day (only saw this once in the 80s, but memorable)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Orphan
An American Werewolf in London
Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Thing
Jacob's Ladder
28 Days Later
Let the Right One In/Let Me In
Silent House

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

The Exorcist/Exorcist III
Hellraiser/Hellraiser II
Prince of Darkness
April Fool's Day (only saw this once in the 80s, but memorable)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Orphan
An American Werewolf in London
Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Thing
Jacob's Ladder
28 Days Later
Let the Right One In/Let Me In
Silent House

I don't think I've seen Silent House, but looking at that list, I think I should.

 

[Mimsy]

I don't think I've seen Silent House, but looking at that list, I think I should.

Among the films I listed, it's the weakest. Unless you can stream it at no extra cost, you'll want to pass.

I always remember the movie because of Elizabeth Olsen's performance, and extended sequences where the camera lingers on her reactions. The story itself is underwhelming and covers familiar ground. Mostly anything else on my list (and I know you've seen most if not all of them) is worth a watch.

 

[the squared circle]

Anyway, cool to see Sssssss in there.

Great movie!

 

[World of Ice]

The Shining
Poltergeist
The Conjuring 1 & 2
The Exorcist
The Descent

Plenty more.

 

[Pattysaurus]

Halloween
Scream
The Omen