Top 5 Horror Film Reccomendations

MikeBrosnan17 · 11-07-2020 8:12pm #1

I always find it hard to find good horror films so would love some suggestions.

To kick things off:

1. Exorcist
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3. Halloween
4. Hereditary
5. Lights Out

rtron · 11-07-2020 8:32pm

There's a few threads on this but here's a few from recent memory or watched lately.

1. Midsommar
2. Hostel
3. Insidious
4. Suspiria (1977)
5. A nightmare on elm street

gmisk · 11-07-2020 8:51pm

Recent ones
A quiet place
US
It follows
Train to busan
The babadook

Older
Alien
Halloween
The thing
Scream
The evil dead

larva · 11-07-2020 9:02pm

Wolfen
Hobo with a Shotgun
It (the first one)
The Mist
American Werewolf in London

flasher0030 · 12-07-2020 10:16am

Haven't watched too many. Ones I'd recommend

The Sixth sense
The Shining
The Exorcist

Saw a few recently. All are ok. Nothing special for me. Kinda left me with an unfulfilled feeling afterwards:

Hereditary
9th Session
Us
Might watch Midsommar tonight. Supposed to be good.

I enjoyed most of the Saw franchise. Not that I'm massively into gore. Just like the twists and turns. Some of it was muck. But it had enough to keep me engaged.
Saw a film years ago with Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford. What lies beneath. That was quite good.

Anyway, like I say, I haven't seen a huge amount of horror.

ChuckieEgg · 12-07-2020 5:47pm

Alien' (1979)
City of the Dead
The Grunge (2004 jap version)
Rose Red
Blair witch

ChuckieEgg · 12-07-2020 5:50pm

The Exorcist - Season 1 & 2 from 2017 is well worth watching too.

Unearthly · 12-07-2020 5:54pm

ChuckieEgg wrote: »

The Exorcist - Season 1 & 2 from 2017 is well worth watching too.

Did that get a proper ending or cancelled?

ChuckieEgg · 12-07-2020 7:35pm

Unearthly wrote: »

Did that get a proper ending or cancelled?

Season 3 never happened, I suppose it was too niche to begin with. Both season 1 and 2 are individual seasons and have different story-lines.
It's surprising how few people knew about this series

Zak Flaps · 12-07-2020 7:45pm

In no particular order:

1. Ringu
2. Evil Dead 2
3. Hereditary
4. The Exorcist
5. The Changeling
6. The Omen

piplip87 · 12-07-2020 7:47pm

ChuckieEgg wrote: »

The Exorcist - Season 1 & 2 from 2017 is well worth watching too.

On the topic of TV horror, I can't recommend Slasher enough. Brilliant first two seasons the third was ok. No paranormal just a good Aul slash fest.

The first two seasons of the Scream series were decent too

ziedth · 12-07-2020 9:01pm

It Chapter 1 - is excellent and a real pity its left down by a poor sequel.

Us - Goes one step too far in the final third but its decent.

Scream - A personal favourite, doesn't get enough credit as I think it should.

Unearthly · 12-07-2020 10:10pm

Most of the obvious ones mentioned already but one I enjoyed a lot in recent years is Don't Breathe.

gmisk · 12-07-2020 10:14pm

piplip87 wrote: »

On the topic of TV horror, I can't recommend Slasher enough. Brilliant first two seasons the third was ok. No paranormal just a good Aul slash fest.

The first two seasons of the Scream series were decent too

When it comes to tv I really liked a few things as well
The haunting of hill house
Black summer
Outcast

gmisk · 12-07-2020 10:14pm

Unearthly wrote: »

Most of the obvious ones mentioned already but one I enjoyed a lot in recent years is Don't Breathe.

Oh that was excellent!
Bizarrely there is a sequel on the way apparently

Charlie19 · 12-07-2020 10:24pm

Misery.
Saw.
Omen.
Jaws.
Silence of the lambs.

Actually watched Misery last night and it's just as good the 2nd time around.

MfMan · 12-07-2020 11:59pm

No mention yet of The Fog?

rtron · 13-07-2020 12:00am

Another 5
Relic ( just watched it now)
Alyce Kills
City of the dead (old)
The conjuring
Doctor sleep (Is fun)

Gwanoman · 13-07-2020 12:02am

I've been brave enough to watch 7 of these..

I gave up..

I just can't watch them!!

13-07-2020 1:21am

The Badadook

Drag me to hell

Rosemary's Baby

It follows

Don't Breathe

fran38 · 13-07-2020 2:07am

MfMan wrote: »

No mention yet of The Fog?

In no particular order:

The Fog (Original not the Tom Welling ****show)
The Exorcist
Salems Lot (Original 70s version)
The Thing
The Howling ( camp but fun)

stinkypinky · 13-07-2020 2:11am

Eden Lake is pretty disturbing

Mantis Toboggan · 13-07-2020 2:14am

Orphan on Netflix is well worth checking out.

bassy · 13-07-2020 2:15am

banshee bones

never get the likes again............................................

al87987 · 13-07-2020 2:17am

Gonna try mention one's that haven't been said already:

Rec
The Descent
28 days/weeks later
Let the right one in
Alien

fran38 · 13-07-2020 2:21am

stinkypinky wrote: »

Eden Lake is pretty disturbing

It's not bad. I don't know if the premise was original but it seemed after that movie we got a slew of 'group go to a shack in the woods for weekend get followed by crazed individual/gang/monster' type movies.

Minime2.5 · 13-07-2020 2:26am

Session 9 is a very underrated and highly recommended horror movie. Its just been added to Netflix

Minime2.5 · 13-07-2020 2:28am

ziedth wrote: »

It Chapter 1 - is excellent and a real pity its left down by a poor sequel.

Us - Goes one step too far in the final third but its decent.

Scream - A personal favourite, doesn't get enough credit as I think it should.

Scream 5 is on the way too

Zak Flaps · 13-07-2020 2:50am

Zak Flaps wrote: »

In no particular order:

1. Ringu
2. Evil Dead 2
3. Hereditary
4. The Exorcist
5. The Changeling
6. The Omen

The Thing....i bloody forgot The Thing!

Zak Flaps · 13-07-2020 2:51am

al87987 wrote: »

Gonna try mention one's that haven't been said already:

Rec
The Descent
28 days/weeks later
Let the right one in
Alien

Let The Right One In was pretty blood great.
(original version best)

lalababa · 13-07-2020 3:08am

The omen (most of them)
The exorcist (1&2)
Holloween
Jaws (1&2)
Psycho

MfMan · 13-07-2020 9:44am

Should the likes of Jaws, Alien be classified as horror? I'd maybe classify them rather as thriller/suspense, whereas horror would have more of an element of the supernatural, and whose ending would often be open to ambiguity and the possibility of further terror to come.

ixoy · 13-07-2020 9:50am

MfMan wrote: »

Should the likes of Jaws, Alien be classified as horror?.

'Alien' definitely should be and was designed to keep the viewer on edge and unsettled, as with a horror film. A lot of time was spent on the design of the alien, cinematography, etc to ensure the audience is unnerved. Producers watching the early cuts were horrified by it. It even follows the horror story beats of whittling down the cast. What it did do was create a new type of horror film.

mick087 · 13-07-2020 9:56am

01 The Legend Of Hell House 1973
02 The Omen 1976
03 The Lodger 1944
04 A night of the living dead 1968
05 Dawn Of The Dead 1978

Wrongway1985 · 13-07-2020 10:00am

Zak Flaps wrote: »

Let The Right One In was pretty blood great.
(original version best)

Remake is called Let Me In anyway

thomas anderson. · 13-07-2020 10:15am

Hereditary
The VVitch
The Grudge 2004
Killer Clowns from Outer space
A Nightmare on Elm Street

AMGer · 13-07-2020 9:57pm

The Omen (1976 version)
Lat Den Ratte Komma In
An American Werewolf in London
Audition
Halloween

Minime2.5 · 13-07-2020 11:22pm

Alien is definitely horror. Many people prefer Aliens for the action but I think Alien is the better movie. Its just so eerily creepy

Minime2.5 · 13-07-2020 11:24pm

Rosemarys baby
The wicker man(original version)

2 more classics

Minime2.5 · 13-07-2020 11:24pm

Salems lot

00benski · 13-07-2020 11:30pm

A nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
Saw
People under the stairs
Friday 13th

Adam9213 · 13-07-2020 11:30pm

Hereditary is the best horror movie hands down, as a grown man it's the only movie that's ever had me feeling strange after it.

It's a thriller/horror so you have to actually pay attention to it.

rtron · 14-07-2020 12:06am

Minime2.5 wrote: »

Session 9 is a very underrated and highly recommended horror movie. Its just been added to Netflix

Just watched it, it's decent.

Notdeco · 14-07-2020 12:21am

If alien is classed as a horror film.
Then Final Destination has to be classed as a horror film also, more so I think.
I loved alien. But its a sci-fi movie, not a horror movie.

Notdeco · 14-07-2020 12:23am

00benski wrote: »

A nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
Saw
People under the stairs
Friday 13th

Now that is a horror movie list.

Notdeco · 14-07-2020 12:36am

The only movie that ever freaked me out after watching it was the ring( the original)

I'm in my 50s and I have loved horror All my life. And that was the only one that when I went to bed afterwards I was still thinking about.

Adam9213 · 14-07-2020 1:52am

Notdeco wrote: »

The only movie that ever freaked me out after watching it was the ring( the original)

I'm in my 50s and I have loved horror All my life. And that was the only one that when I went to bed afterwards I was still thinking about.

Watch hereditary that will you give you that weird feeling

mikhail · 14-07-2020 12:37pm

Notdeco wrote: »

If alien is classed as a horror film.
Then Final Destination has to be classed as a horror film also, more so I think.
I loved alien. But its a sci-fi movie, not a horror movie.

Genres are not orthogonal. It's routinely described as a haunted house movie with sci-fi dressing. It is both sci-fi and horror, and more the latter than the former.

sweetie · 14-07-2020 12:44pm

I watch a lot of horror. recent releases I've enjoyed;

The Lodge,
Relic,
Come to Daddy,
the hunt,
bliss,
colour out of space,
the platform,
invisible man.

artvanderlay · 14-07-2020 12:54pm

The Conjuring 2 freaked me out. I couldn't look at the screen for large parts of that movie. That freakin' nun! :eek: So, yeah, I'd recommend that (and the first one was pretty good too).

The first Nightmare on Elm Street is still the most terrifying movie I've ever seen (shame about the ending

). Saw it as a kid and I didn't sleep for days after it. It still stands up too. Those 80s horror movies with actual special effects, rather than CGI, are still incredible. Great art and imagination in them.

I thought It Follows was great too, although, like most horrors, the ending was a little weak.

I'd also throw in IT, the tv mini-series (another that freaked me out as a kid) and The Blair Witch Project, which did so much with so little; absolutely brilliant movie.

Homelander · 14-07-2020 5:41pm

A few I really liked in recent years are The Witch, It comes at Night, Hereditary, Apostle, Climax, It Follows, and Midsommar. Not movies that'll have you leaping out of your seat, but uncomfortable, dread-inducing viewing.

Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2 U are two incredibly fun movies to watch, sort of like Scream meets Groundhog Dog - total blast, more cheesy fun than real horror but worth a watch.

Other decent horror movies from recent years I would say are A Quiet Place, Overlord, Color Out of Space, and Annihilation.

Top 5 Horror Film Reccomendations

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