Horror Films - Recommendations

stiofain2005

Me and my brother have been going through a bit of a horror phase over the last few weeks so im wondering do people have any recommendations of what i should have a look for. Ok so i have seen (in no particular order)

The Thing
Hellraiser
Poltergeist
Tale of 2 sisters
Switchblade romance
Them
Ring(american and original and all sequels + prequels)
Dark Water(both)
1408
Cube
Event Horizon
Aliens(all)
Vacancy

God it is hard to remember everything i have seen....

The Eye(all)
28 days + weeks later
Exorcist

Right for some reason i cant think of any more but has anyone got any films that really scared them?

Cheers

The Fly always freaks me out. I would also recommend The Host,great show.

The Bollox

horror forum

tbh

irishash

the evil dead 1 & 2 - not only great examples of early 80's horror filcks, but also dead funny and a real leason on how to film on next to no budget (listen to the commentaries by sam raimi and bruce campbell on the dvd)

of course the shining, psycho and the blair witch project for sheer chills.

qwertplaywert

the orginal Halloween is horror gold

Karl Hungus

I'd recommend watching Don't Look Now, and The Changeling. Absolute classics of the genre.

MooseJam

isn't there a mexican horror movie thats always being recommended round these parts, can't remember the name but it's supposed to be good or maybe I'm confused

Karl Hungus

MooseJam wrote:

isn't there a mexican horror movie thats always being recommended round these parts, can't remember the name but it's supposed to be good or maybe I'm confused

The Devil's Backbone? Mexican/Spanish co-production, and it's set in Spain.

Very well recommended though.

Galvasean

How about something with vampires in it? I like Fright Night.. although not strictly a horror..

The_Chopper

stiofain2005 wrote:

Me and my brother have been going through a bit of a horror phase over the last few weeks so im wondering do people have any recommendations of what i should have a look for. Ok so i have seen (in no particular order)

The Thing
Hellraiser
Poltergeist
Tale of 2 sisters
Switchblade romance
Them
Ring(american and original and all sequels + prequels)
Dark Water(both)
1408
Cube
Event Horizon
Aliens(all)
Vacancy

God it is hard to remember everything i have seen....

The Eye(all)
28 days + weeks later
Exorcist

Right for some reason i cant think of any more but has anyone got any films that really scared them?

Cheers

My Little Eye
The Shinning
If you liked Alien - try Predator

When I think of more I'll post

CyberGhost

Ah, you've already seen the best horror film, The Thing.

God I love that movie.

CyberGhost

CyberGhost wrote:

Ah, you've already seen the best horror film, The Thing.

God I love that movie.

Me too, It always freaks me out. John Carpenters best film in my opinion.

faceman

Watch out for "the signal" later this year.

The_Chopper

Also check out frightfest.co.uk if you're really into your horrors

Theboinkmaster

Has anyone seen a film called 'The Descent'?

Scared the bejesus outta me - it's about a group of women who go caving in the english countryside, low budget stuff but very effective

Petey2006

The Descent was a very well made movie. One of those rare things nowadays- a smart horror.

Slow Motion

Theboinkmaster wrote:

Has anyone seen a film called 'The Descent'?

Scared the bejesus outta me - it's about a group of women who go caving in the english countryside, low budget stuff but very effective

Pretty good, I think it was the same guys that did Dog Soldiers, also good !

Duggy747

CyberGhost wrote:

Ah, you've already seen the best horror film, The Thing.

God I love that movie.

Here, Here!! One of my favourite movies and strangely I seem to be the only one in my town who has ever heard of it :eek: (I actually watched it again for the trillionth time last night, never get bored of it!)

I recommend for sheer horror................All the Police Academys bar the 1st one, they'll make you wretch so much you'll be vomiting your own poo outta your mouth!!

I can't believe nobody has mentioned any of Romero's classics "...The Dead" series. Highly recommended, chum!

The Omen
Braindead
Re-Animator
The Texas Chainsaw Masacare
EraserHead
Nightmare on Elm Street
Hitchcock's horror movies: The Birds, Psycho, etc
Last house On The Left
The Wicker Man (The original, puh-lease!)
Child's Play 1
Friday The 13th
The Beyond
Robocop (It's generally listed as Horror)
Cannibal Holocaust
Driller Killer
Amityville Horror (original)

That's all I can think of now, there's also all of the old Hammer Horror movies too you should look up. Good ol' Christopher Lee...........the sick bastard!

Auvers

How about Prince Of Darkness always liked this one

and a TV movie called The Woman In Black I remember watching it late one night alone and scared the bejesus out of me

oh forgot about The Changeling another classic horror movie

Slow Motion

If you like Carpenter then Ghosts of Mars is worth a look !

faceman

Slow Motion wrote:

If you like Carpenter then Ghosts of Mars is worth a look !

u must be the first carpenter fan who likes GoM! I didnt like it at all.

Actually "they live" is deffo worth a look. Its not a scary horror film, but its damn entertaining. Especially the 20 minute fight scene in the middle! Rowdy roddy piper FTW!

Slow Motion

faceman wrote:

u must be the first carpenter fan who likes GoM! I didnt like it at all !

Aww cmon it wasn't bad, some of the deaths were pretty cool I thought, thinking of when the blond newbie got it with the two blades Plus it did have Natascha Henstridge (sp?)

senordingdong

George A. Romero's 'dead' series.

tbh

Karl Hungus

Slow Motion wrote:

If you like Carpenter then Ghosts of Mars is worth a look !

Slow Motion banned from Films for attempting to decieve users in a way that will inflict serious harm. :mad:

Spud83

Candyman and IT.

MooseJam

session 9 is a good scary movie, more suspense than blood and gore

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Since you've seen Cube, I would recommend Cube 2.

Also,

The Wicker Man (Original - Avoid the remake at all costs)
The Shining
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Cujo
Carrie
Kalifornia (Possibly Brad Pitt's best movie)
Flowers In The Attic
Arlington Road
The Good Son
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Snakes On A Plane (Frickin' Hilarious, although more of a Thriller than a horror)

Ishmael

Attack Of the Killer Tomatoes. You'll never look at tomatoes the same way again......

Seems to be a good list of stuff here thats not on your list

http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Horror/average-vote

senordingdong

Try Deathwatch, and Cabin Fever too.

stiofain2005

Ok so i watched the Devils Backbone. Good film but wasnt really that scary. I jumped once i think. I probably should have been more specific in what recommendations i wanted. Slasher films and zombie films were not really what im looking for. I was just trying to find some really scary films.

Thought the Thing was alright. I would never consider myself a movie critic but i found something weird with the editing of that film. They seemed to jump forward in time quite a lot which i thought kinda ruined a lot of the suspense instead of really letting it build.

I seen someone recommended cube 2. I really liked the original cube but this one was terrible. Watched that last week on sky. God it was so bad it was funny. There were so many stupid things in that film eg the guy and his knife/crazy old lady

Oh and i loved the descent. Thought that was really scary.

Slow Motion

Karl Hungus wrote:

Slow Motion banned from Films for attempting to decieve users in a way that will inflict serious harm. :mad:

senordingdong

In that sense...I think the scariest thing that I've seen in some time is the opening scene in 28 Weeks Later.

Slow Motion

Event horizon had it's moments ! The whole eye thing was a bit stomach churning.

stiofain2005

I agree with you with about 28 weeks later. That is a great opening scene.

great unwashed

'Phantasm' series - weird stuff from early eighties and into nineties

Just after watching Dead Silence and really enjoying it. It's from James Wan and Leigh Whannel who were responsiable for the first Saw and the upcoming Kevin Bacon film Death Sentence.

I haven't been as creeped out by a film in a long time. It's has more in common with the atmospheric horror films of old than the current trend of gore films.

Sir Graball

Not a slasher gore fan myself although '...Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Wolf Creek' ( on Net 2 Fri ) had their moments.
I'd have to say there were a few that made me look away at times. Pet Cemetary was one ( the creepy sister) and a very old 60's black and white thingy called 'Buried Alive' I think it was made for TV but J***** it was creepy.:eek: Anyone remember it?
I'd have to agree with sentiments re 'Ghosts of Mars' I watched 5 mins ( that was enough believe me) of it on TV a few weeks back has to rate as one of the worst movies ever made.