What are your favourite horror films?

whirlpool

I'm going through a horror phase at the moment and I need suggestions.

What are your favourite horror films?

Even a good horror tv series (besides American Horror Story and Salem as I'm already watching those) would help!

Noccy_Mondy

Not sure if it's a horror or just gruesome, but jeepers creepers always gave me the....... jeepers? :pac: Seen it about 5 years ago, and it scared the crap out of me, haven't seen it since. Forget what it's about exactly at this stage....

Adamantium

Terminator (1984), it's a horror film, L.A has never looked so grubby and post apocalptic in the present

Shaun of the Dead is damn scary in parts, possibly because it feels so real and witty in the same amount and all at the one time, and there's a tension running through the whole thing.

Day of the dead is very good.

I thought both Thing movies were great (2011 and 1982). Alien of course. Cloverfield is good too (although the cinema version was incredibly visceral)

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

The Exorcist, Christine, Halloween, The Shining and The Omen.. would be my top five.

From recent years, I liked Drag Me To Hell.

WoollyRedHat

Psycho and Rosemary's baby are up there. When I was younger I thought Blair Witch Movie was terrifying. Marketing campaign for that was very clever and effective.

Of the last few years, The Conjuring, genuinely freaked me out.

whirlpool

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Not sure if it's a horror or just gruesome, but jeepers creepers always gave me the....... jeepers? :pac: Seen it about 5 years ago, and it scared the crap out of me, haven't seen it since. Forget what it's about exactly at this stage....

I remember sneaking in to see that when I was 15 (it was an 18s.) I thought it was really good. I've watched it a few times since.

Adamantium wrote: »

Terminator (1984), it's a horror film, L.A has never looked so grubby and post apocalptic in the present

Shaun of the Dead is damn scary in parts, possibly because it feels so real and witty in the same amount and all at the one time, and there's a tension running through the whole thing.

Day of the dead is very good.

I thought both Thing movies were great (2011 and 1982). Alien of course. Cloverfield is good too (although the cinema version was incredibly visceral)

Was there a difference between the cinema version and the dvd version?

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

The Exorcist, Christine, Halloween, The Shining and The Omen.. would be my top five.

From recent years, I liked Drag Me To Hell.

I love DMTH! It was ridiculous and also funny in parts, but I found it scary.

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Psycho and Rosemary's baby are up there. When I was younger I thought Blair Witch Movie was terrifying. Marketing campaign for that was very clever and effective.

Of the last few years, The Conjuring, genuinely freaked me out.

Loved the Conjuring. Was disappointed by the lacklustre ending though.

Adamantium

whirlpool wrote: »

I remember sneaking in to see that when I was 15 (it was an 18s.) I thought it was really good. I've watched it a few times since.




Was there a difference between the cinema version and the dvd version?

Sorry, I knew I'd get picked up on this for not clarifying!

What I meant was, it'd probably lose some of the visceral impact when it's watched on the small screen. I was actually dizzy at the viewing at one point and I loved it.

My brother is constantly "will they ever make a sequel to that?"

Sarz91

I really enjoyed Sinister. The last 15-20 mins were pretty meh but it was good otherwise.

Birneybau

Evil Dead 2, Don't Look Now, The Exorcist, The Shining.

Classics one and all.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Forgot The Amityville Horror and Cujo, two classics.

Remember getting these two out on video when I was 13.

Mate's older sister worked in the local video shop :cool:

Shakespeare's Sister

Young Frankenstein. Scared the hell out of me.

Jen Pigs Fly

Hostel series, house of 1000 corpses and it's sequel devils rejects are gruesome, but if you want gore it's a winner.

Human centipede ... 2 not 1, one is ****e ... Pun kinda intended. 2 is creepy as feck as well as disgustingly stomach churning.

One I intent to watch but havnt yet is martyrs ... Might be a bit too much for a lot of people.

A Serbian film ... Left me with a bad feeling In my stomach for days afters. Very extreme

Lucifer MorningStar

Begotten

Jen Pigs Fly

For something bit different Eden lake .... That's a very emotionally draining gore fest. Found it very graphic and very gruesome

Cupcake_Crisis

The remake of the Amityville Horror was really good. REC was the first film in years to actually make me scream with the fright. Fantastic watch if you don't mind subtitles.

WoollyRedHat

whirlpool wrote: »

I remember sneaking in to see that when I was 15 (it was an 18s.) I thought it was really good. I've watched it a few times since.




Was there a difference between the cinema version and the dvd version?



I love DMTH! It was ridiculous and also funny in parts, but I found it scary.



Loved the Conjuring. Was disappointed by the lacklustre ending though.

Yeah I've found it felt flat too, similar to how Sinister and Insidous ended up.

Shakespeare's Sister

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

martyrs ... Might be a bit too much for a lot of people.

:eek:
I usually steer clear of those horrific films but anything I heard about that film seemed really interesting and I kinda wanted to have the stomach to watch it. Then it was on the Horror channel one night so I watched it... with trepidation. Had to keep changing channels though, and I wasn't able for the ending. It's very good, but... beyond terrifying. Not for everyone.

WoollyRedHat

Sarz91 wrote: »

I really enjoyed Sinister. The last 15-20 mins were pretty meh but it was good otherwise.

I just watched the trailer there... not sleeping now

Jen Pigs Fly

Magaggie wrote: »

:eek:
I usually steer clear of those horrific films but anything I heard about that film seemed really interesting and I kinda wanted to have the stomach to watch it. Then it was on the Horror channel one night so I watched it... with trepidation. Had to keep changing channels though, and I wasn't able for the ending. It's very good, but... beyond terrifying. Not for everyone.

I'd fully agree, I'm a fan of gory horrors, but I hate creature horrors or paranormal horrors ... It's strange haha, the ring gave me nightmares yet I watched devils rejects and cannibal holocost no problem.

The psychological ones are the best, why I recommend Eden lake ... Didn't even know it was a horror until I watched and the gore commenced it made me feel weak afterwards and very sad.

Martrs .... Steer clean if you can't handle it ... Same with a Serbian film.

Links234

Let the right one in.

whirlpool

Sarz91 wrote: »

I really enjoyed Sinister. The last 15-20 mins were pretty meh but it was good otherwise.

I actually didn't enjoy Sinister, myself!

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

For something bit different Eden lake .... That's a very emotionally draining gore fest. Found it very graphic and very gruesome

Eden Lake was amazing.

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

Hostel series, house of 1000 corpses and it's sequel devils rejects are gruesome, but if you want gore it's a winner.

Human centipede ... 2 not 1, one is ****e ... Pun kinda intended. 2 is creepy as feck as well as disgustingly stomach churning.

One I intent to watch but havnt yet is martyrs ... Might be a bit too much for a lot of people.

A Serbian film ... Left me with a bad feeling In my stomach for days afters. Very extreme

I really don't enjoy torture films, I find them too much. I nearly walked out of Hostel 2 during the bath scene. Nearly got sick at that scene! I also don't like Saw, Hostel, I find them hard to handle!

Eden Lake, Wolf Creek and Funny Games (remake) I did love though. They'd be considered somewhat torture-involving, I suppose!

Shakespeare's Sister

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I'd fully agree, I'm a fan of gory horrors, but I hate creature horrors or paranormal horrors ... It's strange haha, the ring gave me nightmares yet I watched devils rejects and cannibal holocost no problem.

The psychological ones are the best, why I recommend Eden lake ... Didn't even know it was a horror until I watched and the gore commenced it made me feel weak afterwards and very sad.

Martrs .... Steer clean if you can't handle it ... Same with a Serbian film.

I'd say you'd find Martyrs excellent. And it's not gore for gore's sake - there is a very good thriller/mystery storyline.
I wouldn't be able for The Human Centipede or A Serbian Film though - I've read up on them, but that's enough! :eek:

riffmongous

The Thing (1982 version), a great psychological horror movie. I wouldn't be into any of the more recent horror movies.

whirlpool

Magaggie wrote: »

I'd say you'd find Martyrs excellent. And it's not gore for gore's sake - there is a very good thriller/mystery storyline.
I wouldn't be able for The Human Centipede or A Serbian Film though - I've read up on them, but that's enough! :eek:

Martyrs is the only gore film that made it into Time's top 100 horror films. I haven't seen it myself though.

Jen Pigs Fly

whirlpool wrote: »

I actually didn't enjoy Sinister, myself!



Eden Lake was amazing.




I really don't enjoy torture films, I find them too much. I nearly walked out of Hostel 2 during the bath scene. Nearly got sick at that scene! I also don't like Saw, Hostel, I find them hard to handle!

Eden Lake, Wolf Creek and Funny Games (remake) I did love though. They'd be considered somewhat torture-involving, I suppose!

Found sinister boring ha. Was a laugh though.
Glad someone else knows Eden lake, I tell people about it and they're like "what?" It's not as prolific.

Ironically hostel, saw and the likes are very tamed,especially compared to house of 1000 corpses, devils rejects, some more obscure gore feste, there's a film called "would you rather" and of course the guinea pig series that is just too much.

Found funny games boring, it was psychological alright which is great when you want your mind to be challenged, but I found it slow paced.

Magaggie wrote: »

I'd say you'd find Martyrs excellent. And it's not gore for gore's sake - there is a very good thriller/mystery storyline.
I wouldn't be able for The Human Centipede or A Serbian Film though - I've read up on them, but that's enough! :eek:

Martyrs will stay with me forever, the amount of pure psychological and emotional torture put in us as the viewer never mind everything else ... It's heavy, heavy stuff.

Human centipede is coming out with the third installment still waiting in the release, no 2 is a sick fest ... They just went mad.

A Serbian film, hard to get an uncut version, I found it a bit confusing but then realised it's meant to shock and not to make you think, awfully sad. Uncut was a lot to handle especially a few certain scenes, I had to look away during one specific scene which I won't go into detail.

Seedy Arling

Toss up between Martyrs and Kill List.

Ruu

Anything Vincent Price. I like Theatre of Blood and the two Dr.Phibes ones if I had to choose.

B0jangles

I love the more subtle kind of film, rather than in-your-face-horror, however, I will 2nd The Thing (because it is awesome).

I thought Lake Mungo was terrifying and deeply disturbing.

Black Christmas was pretty much the first in its genre but amazingly good nonetheless.

The Changeling is very scary and sad. (But excellent)

The Haunting (1963) is another favorite.

Noroi is excellent too

^^^ LOVE Theatre of Blood!^^^ also the Masque of the Red Death

Session 9 isn't exactly a classic but it is a solid film, as is most of Pontypool

dreamers75

Horrors are **** once you grow up, its gore for the sake of gore.


saying that when i was a kid Salems lot scared teh **** out of me, the kid scratching the window.

nowadays horror only works on kids.

KeshFM93

Event Horizon probably not that scary to most but it scared the bejinkers out of me. Sam Neil and Laurance Fishburn star in it if I remember correctly.

whirlpool

dreamers75 wrote: »

Horrors are **** once you grow up, its gore for the sake of gore.


saying that when i was a kid Salems lot scared teh **** out of me, the kid scratching the window.

nowadays horror only works on kids.

Gore is only one sub-genre of horror though.

And horror also works on a lot of adults!

Weird post! :pac:

Whatsisname

Saw The Conjuring in the cinema, my god, that top of the wardrobe scene literally made me scream like a little girl. I was traumatised for days.

Also, Sinister was pretty creepy. Also saw this in the cinema and the lawnmower scene made me scream like a little girl once again.

First hour or so of Insidious were scary, until the "further" **** came into it. Also, my first name is Dalton, so that added a bit to it :pac:

HistoryMania

Might get laughed at for this but the first time I watched Candyman I was scared witless, the 2nd one is good too, they ruined it with the third.

defo Rosemarys baby, heard they are doing a Tv series on this?

First time I seen Blair Witch also left me with chills especially the end.

tomaussie

All the classics mentioned and rightly so. We are still recommending them after all these years for a reason.

That said, Rosemary's Baby is just a quality film from start to finish and would be my first choice off the top of my head.

A TV series you could check out is CARNIVAL. Not sure what genre it is but it's quite different and was very enjoyable to watch something that wasn't as prescribed as the usual muck.

The Backwards Man

I liked The Hunger, though find it very hard to find others that do.
The Lair Of The White Worm wasn't as bad as made out either.

Favourite is definitely the original The Wicker Man though.

Adamantium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5BC3-qwGM

Speaking of jump scares in cinema

I don't think I ever jumped as high in the cinema when he let out that "ARRRRRGHHH!!!!" and the distant thunder rumble of the theme tune starts to tune in, it was so loud and utterly frightening in such a peaceful setting

, and the whole tone changes like BANG. I still jump to this day, even though I know when it's coming, yet I feel uneasy waiting for it. It's not even a horror movie!

Best ending ever.

dark crystal

Ooh, such a tough question - I love horror. Although, it's a tough genre to define. Supernatural, Gore, Zombie, psychological etc..

My favourite horror film is probably An American Werewolf in London, closely followed by Creepshow, the Fog, Psycho, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, The Others and 28 Days Later.

I could pick at least a dozen others, though!

WeHaveToGoBack

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

Hostel series, house of 1000 corpses and it's sequel devils rejects are gruesome, but if you want gore it's a winner.

Human centipede ... 2 not 1, one is ****e ... Pun kinda intended. 2 is creepy as feck as well as disgustingly stomach churning.

One I intent to watch but havnt yet is martyrs ... Might be a bit too much for a lot of people.

A Serbian film ... Left me with a bad feeling In my stomach for days afters. Very extreme

Was basically just about to post tho, though the original Human Centipede is great too.

Add Wrong Turn series to that and for God's sake avoid Hostel 3.

check_six

The Descent - six ladies go caving (spelunking?) and if the claustrophobia doesn't get you, what they find down there definitely will.

The Ring - the American version is all the best bits of the first two Japanese ones combined. Watch a creepy video and, in seven days, you die. Nb. Never never watch The Ring 2, it's frighteningly terrible, and not in a good way.

REC - news crew follow a group of firemen around Barcelona for the night. They get a call to go to an apartment block where some of the inhabitants have started to act a little *strangely*. I like how frantic the characters sound speaking Spanish when they are just talking about their dinner, etc. and how this really amps up when things start to go horribly monstrous.

Les Diaboliques - the wife and mistress of a school's headmaster plot to murder him and make it appear that he drowned in the school swimming pool. All goes well until the pool is emptied and he ain't in there.

The Haunting - great spooky tension build up in a big haunted house. The nineties remake is terrible, by the way.

Nosferatu - nearly a hundred years old, but still setting a high bar for atmospheric creepiness. How did they get such a scary looking fellow to be the vampire? Watch the wonderful Shadow of the Vampire for an entertaining explanation.

AlanS181824

Conjuring is a good one.

Also both Wolf Creek films, kinda low budget but very good.

Oh and Hostel 1, 2 & 3

AlanS181824

whirlpool wrote: »

I actually didn't enjoy Sinister, myself!



Eden Lake was amazing.




I really don't enjoy torture films, I find them too much. I nearly walked out of Hostel 2 during the bath scene. Nearly got sick at that scene! I also don't like Saw, Hostel, I find them hard to handle!

Eden Lake, Wolf Creek and Funny Games (remake) I did love though. They'd be considered somewhat torture-involving, I suppose!

So long ago since I watched all 3 Hostel films, I'm trying to remember what the bath scene was...

Yeah Wolf Creek is definitely a torture film, [Kind of a spoiler] when the guy gets his fingers angle grinded off... Bleh!

George White

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Anything Vincent Price. I like Theatre of Blood and the two Dr.Phibes ones if I had to choose.

mine too.

jacksie66

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fleet_admiral

the original fog was great

Thespoofer

Don't watch many horrors but quite liked ' Wolf Creek ', don't know what I was expecting when I rented it.

fullaljackeen

Thespoofer wrote: »

Don't watch many horrors but quite liked ' Wolf Creek ', don't know what I was expecting when I rented it.

I didn't expect this when I read that the first time

Thespoofer

fullaljackeen wrote: »

I didn't expect this when I read that the first time

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Hellrazer

The original Salems Lot still gives me the creeps today--that **** remake in 2002 was terrible.

The Saw movies were really good but I more of a slasher movie type person--Freddie,Jason,Michael Myers etc....you just cant beat them.


Not a huge fan of the torture stuff or this "found footage" ****e.

Arthur Beesley

Little Nicky.

Only kidding, not into horror films. Certainly wouldn't be arsed paying to see one.

Means Of Escape

Hellrazer wrote: »

The original Salems Lot still gives me the creeps today--that **** remake in 2002 was terrible.

The Saw movies were really good but I more of a slasher movie type person--Freddie,Jason,Michael Myers etc....you just cant beat them.


Not a huge fan of the torture stuff or this "found footage" ****e.

Agree original Salems Lot
(Caretaker in graveyard after funeral)

Ballfro

I thought Sinister was great. The ending could have been better though!
I am not a fan of gore, I find it boring. Not scary in the slightest.