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Top 5 Horror Film Reccomendations

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    #62
    flasher0030
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    Homelander wrote: »
    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.


    I'd never heard of Happy Death Day till I read this. Oh God, I wish I hadn't. I enjoyed Scream - it was clever. This wasn't clever. The main part in the film was the time loop. And there was zero explanation as to why it was happening. It was a novelty in Groundhog day. But if you are going to blatently copy that notion, some explanation needs to be provided to show some level of innovation; otherwise it's just extremely lazy. The main draw in films like this is the suspense of not knowing who the killer is. By the time she had gone through the various loops, it had come to the stage where I had lost all interest in the final reveal.
    Which was basically murdering someone on account of a teenage crush.


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    #63
    al87987
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭al87987


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Couldn't take to Martyrs at all.

    I think I've done my bit with extreme cinema, I just find the violence to become so unrelatable that it's almost slapstick.

    Anything good from Spain these days?

    I really liked the platform on Netflix and rec is one of my favourites too, both in Spanish


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    #64
    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,017 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Martyrs is fantastic (the original, pretty sure there was a Hollywood remake)

    It is in the extreme horror genre but unlike some others which are just muck, it’s a compelling if difficult watch.

    Some brilliant Asian horror films from the 90s/ early 2000s which are well worth investigating too.

    Re-Animator is an 80s classic. Bundles of fun.

    John Carpenters The Thing is essential viewing if you haven’t seen it. A master at the peak of his talents.


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    #65
    Adam9213
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭Adam9213


    al87987 wrote: »
    I really liked the platform on Netflix and rec is one of my favourites too, both in Spanish

    The platform is one of the most underrated movies I've ever seen, it's not really a horror though it's more of a thriller, I suggest anyone to watch it.


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    #66
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    The exorcist

    halloween

    carrie

    the omen

    sinister ( no classic by any means but this ethan hawke movie from a number of year back really spooked me )


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    #67
    Minime2.5
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Minime2.5


    Mad_maxx wrote: »


    sinister ( no classic by any means but this ethan hawke movie from a number of year back really spooked me )

    Yep. When I watched it for the first time I had to turn it off. I couldn't handle it. It was like 12 in the day. Sun was shining in the window. Still too scary for me. I was on my own aswell like


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    #68
    Sugarlumps
    Registered Users Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps


    Minime2.5 wrote: »
    Session 9 is a very underrated and highly recommended horror movie. Its just been added to Netflix

    Watched this at the weekend, don't get the love for this?


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    #69
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users Posts: 2,083 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Watched Relic at the weekend and I'd highly recommend it. It's not your average horror movie.


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    #70
    flasher0030
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    Sugarlumps wrote: »
    Watched this at the weekend, don't get the love for this?

    Ya, I don't get it. Nothing really happens. Couple of deaths. And then a "is it real or just someone going mad",


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    #71
    flasher0030
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »
    Watched Relic at the weekend and I'd highly recommend it. It's not your average horror movie.

    Will definately check it out. Presume it's the 2020 film with Emily mortimor.
    And not the older film back in the '90s. Called the Relic.


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    #72
    Sam Hain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Sam Hain


    Let the right one in, an absolutely stunning piece of cinema.
    Nightmare on Elm Street
    Quiet Place
    Poltergeist
    Don't look now


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    #73
    flasher0030
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    Sam Hain wrote: »
    Let the right one in, an absolutely stunning piece of cinema.
    Nightmare on Elm Street
    Quiet Place
    Poltergeist
    Don't look now


    I watched about 10 mins of A Quiet Place few weeks back. But got bored of it. Going to give it proper go one of the nights. 96% on rotten tomatoes for a thriller/horror is impressive.

    I just remember Don't look know for the sex scene that seemed like it went on for about an hour. Closest we got to porn back in the day. Didn't watch the rest of the film. I remember poltergeist spooked me though. The kid sitting in front of the TV. I was only young though.


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    #74
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,120 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    One not oft mentioned in these kind of threads is The Keep from 1983 by Michael Mann, starring a young Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen & Scott Glenn about a company of German soldiers in WWII who free a demon when they are stationed in a castle in Romania. Watched it again recently & despite looking a little dated is still a creepy film.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #75
    rtron
    Registered Users Posts: 637 ✭✭✭rtron


    Watched one called the voices it's a keep ya guessing type.


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    #76
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭Homelander


    DvB wrote: »
    One not oft mentioned in these kind of threads is The Keep from 1983 by Michael Mann, starring a young Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen & Scott Glenn about a company of German soldiers in WWII who free a demon when they are stationed in a castle in Romania. Watched it again recently & despite looking a little dated is still a creepy film.


    There's a loose remake out now, called "Ghosts of War". It has an OK cast but the movie itself seems to be a bit of a turd.


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    #77
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    al87987 wrote: »
    I really liked the platform on Netflix and rec is one of my favourites too, both in Spanish

    Yeah, I liked Rec a lot.
    I've watched all of the 70s/80s classics I think.

    Does the Horror genre have any contemporary things going on?
    Any English language films worth a watch?
    (I struggle with subtitles)


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    #78
    trellheim
    Registered Users Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭trellheim


    Event Horizon well worth it too


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    #79
    rtron
    Registered Users Posts: 637 ✭✭✭rtron


    Watched "The Rental" one night lately, it was alright.
    Going to try the "The Keep" as suggested over the weekend


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    #80
    Brendog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Brendog


    "The Borderlands" was very eerie.

    Dunno how its not better known among horror fans


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    #81
    Sugarlumps
    Registered Users Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps


    Brendog wrote: »
    "The Borderlands" was very eerie.

    Dunno how its not better known among horror fans

    These budget horrors has been done to death.


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    #82
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Wrong Turn
    The Exorcism of Emily Rose[i found that really creepy]
    Exorcist
    The Conjuring
    Nightmare on Elm Street

    Whats the name of the film where they record everything and its done like a documentry.i cant think of the name of it.


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    #83
    [Deleted User]
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    dubstarr wrote: »
    Wrong Turn
    The Exorcism of Emily Rose[i found that really creepy]
    Exorcist
    The Conjuring
    Nightmare on Elm Street

    Whats the name of the film where they record everything and its done like a documentry.i cant think of the name of it.

    The Blair Witch Project? Rec? Both good horrors imo.


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    #84
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The Blair Witch Project? Rec? Both good horrors imo.

    Poltergeist Activity is the one i was thinking of.


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    #85
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dubstarr wrote: »
    Poltergeist Activity is the one i was thinking of.

    Paranormal Acivity? :)


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    #86
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Paranormal Acivity? :)

    Yes that one as well😂😂


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    #87
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dubstarr wrote: »
    Yes that one as well😂😂

    :o I'm just after realising Poltergeist Activity is a movie I didn't know existed! I'll add it to my list :D


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    #88
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Brendog wrote: »
    "The Borderlands" was very eerie.

    Dunno how its not better known among horror fans

    One of the worst movies I watched in a long time, hot garbage was all I could think :o

    Retro Computers/Consoles Repair/Restoration List



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    #89
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    The Invisible Man 2020

    Not sure if it's horror or sci-fi, but i was very pleasantly surprised by it


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    #90
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    the autopsy of jane doe
    green room

    not strictly horror but disturbing;
    under the skin,
    mother!


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    #91
    ChuckieEgg
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 79 ✭✭ChuckieEgg


    Any chance one of the mods might fix the typo in the title..


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