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Top 5 Horror Film Reccomendations

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    #122
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Zak Flaps wrote: »
    I thought the ending of the Mist was brilliant....albeit incredibly grim!

    Oh, it was brilliant... but it was horrible.


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    #123
    JupiterKid
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    The Exorcist
    The Omen (the 1976 original)
    Halloween
    Carrie (the 1970s original)
    Hellraiser
    Salem's Lot
    Society (1989) - not strictly horror, but very, very disturbing...
    Threads (1984)


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    #124
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Watched Sputnik last night, really good new Russian horror.


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    #125
    rtron
    Registered Users Posts: 637 ✭✭✭rtron


    sweetie wrote: »
    Watched Sputnik last night, really good new Russian horror.

    Trailer looks good.
    Edited:
    Enjoyed the movie to.


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    #126
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Where does everyone watch all these horrors? Some good ones I'd like to see but can't find them on the usual streaming platforms.


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    #127
    Full_Circle_81
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    Wailin wrote: »
    Where does everyone watch all these horrors? Some good ones I'd like to see but can't find them on the usual streaming platforms.

    Do you use JustWatch.com/ie? There is an app too. It lets you filter by genre as well which is handy.

    A lot of the older movies sadly aren't on the big two streamers, but you still have the following movies (of varying quality)......

    Netflix:
    • Land of the Dead (remake)
    • Bram Stokers Dracula
    • Hereditary
    • IT
    • Silence of the Lambs
    • Cabin in the Woods
    • Annihilation
    • A Quiet Place
    • Orphan
    • The Invitation
    • Insidious (an sequels)
    • The Purge (and sequels)
    • Sinister
    • Crimson Peak
    • The Visit
    • Annabelle
    • The Platform
    • Hush
    • Exorcism of Emily Rose
    • Species (and sequels)
    • Cargo
    • Krampus

    Amazon:
    • Conjuring
    • Midsommar
    • The Shining
    • Silence of the Lambs (again)
    • Cabin in the Woods (again)
    • Suspiria
    • Constantine
    • Orphan (again)
    • Night of the Living Dead
    • Sean of the Dead
    • Life
    • Let Me In (remake I think)
    • Mama
    • The Girl With All The Gifts

    All4 (limited window to watch these!!)
    • Bone Tomahawk
    • The Love Witch

    If you have NowTV for movies, you will obviously have a much bigger selection of movies to choose from.
    And just flicking through the Amazon list, by GOD Amazon have a shocking amount of drivel on there!!!


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    #128
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Brilliant, thanks for that. Lots of effort gone in to that post.


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    #129
    Zak Flaps
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Zak Flaps


    Ok. So I went back over all the posts so far to see what people voted most for. I did it quite quickly but i think it's pretty accurate.

    1. The Exorcist
    2. The Omen
    3. Halloween
    4. Nightmare On Elm Street
    5. The Thing / Hereditary / Rosemary's Baby


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    #130
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Session 9
    Låt den rätte komma in
    The Changeling
    The Exorcist
    Get Out


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    #131
    Mic 1972
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    sweetie wrote: »
    Watched Sputnik last night, really good new Russian horror.


    I just downloaded it for later tonight, looks promising
    Looks Sci-fi more than horror tho


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    #132
    Mr Crispy
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    They're not mutually exclusive.


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    #133
    Full_Circle_81
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    Wailin wrote: »
    Brilliant, thanks for that. Lots of effort gone in to that post.

    Ah you're very welcome, but I really just used the JustWatch website and tried to pull out the ones that I thought were good or at least decent! :D
    A couple (as mentioned) are on multiple services, in case you only have Netflix or Amazon but not both.

    Pity that many of the "classics" are really only available to rent or perhaps on Sky/NowTV.
    Shudder, which specialises in horror titles, actually has very few of the old old classics, but has some newer classic (90s onwards) and newer indy and foreign horror titles.


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    #134
    otnomart
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    I can't watch horror, prefer ghost stories.

    Ordered by year:

    The Others (2001)
    Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
    Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
    The Orphanage (2007)


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    #135
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    Mr Crispy wrote: »
    They're not mutually exclusive.


    I agree that genres are never exclusive of each other, but i do tend to have a personal ranking where for example a comedy/horror for me is still just basically comedy, or a sci-fi/horror for me is just sci-fi


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    #136
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users Posts: 6,690 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Haven't read all the thread but I cannot recommend Possum highly enough. Probably the best modern horror movie I've seen in the last 5 years.

    Very low budget, minimal cast, light on dialogue but an absolute belter of a psychological horror. Dont read anything about it, just watch it. Its only 80 odd minutes long too which is great.

    I Saw The Devil, while not strictly a horror, contains some serious tension and has more twists and turns than spaghetti junction.


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    #137
    SimonTemplar
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    South Korea's A Tale of Two Sisters is very good too. I agree the consensus on RT
    Restrained but disturbing, A Tale of Two Sisters is a creepily effective, if at times confusing, horror movie.


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    #138
    rob316
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    Not a film but I watched Haunting of hill house over the last week, really good. A real intelligent, complex ghost story.


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    #139
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Watched Host last night, a very topical Zoom meeting movie on Shudder. Recommended!


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    #140
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Hell House LLC, found footage horror i just watched on shudder. Some decent moments in the build up. Anyone bother with the sequels?


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    #141
    gazzer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭gazzer


    sweetie wrote: »
    Watched Host last night, a very topical Zoom meeting movie on Shudder. Recommended!

    Great movie. Not ashamed to say I jumped a few times. The ending was really good


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    #142
    Truthvader
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭Truthvader


    Dont Look Now

    In a class of its own way above most of the cheese on offer here.

    Probably hard to get on line or whatever as a lot of people have never heard of it. If you can get it watch it. Only bad thing about it is the name which seems wilfully sperficial but might make you think you are going to see a normal horror movie


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    #143
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Wailin wrote: »
    Hell House LLC, found footage horror i just watched on shudder. Some decent moments in the build up. Anyone bother with the sequels?

    yeah, they're not bad, gets a bit Inception ish though


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    #144
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    Truthvader wrote: »
    Dont Look Now

    In a class of its own way above most of the cheese on offer here.

    Probably hard to get on line or whatever as a lot of people have never heard of it. If you can get it watch it. Only bad thing about it is the name which seems wilfully sperficial but might make you think you are going to see a normal horror movie

    great movie, shame you didn't mention some more. Btw Most movie fans, horror or otherwise, enjoy different types of films. Whodathunkit!


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    #145
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Truthvader wrote: »
    Dont Look Now

    In a class of its own way above most of the cheese on offer here.

    Probably hard to get on line or whatever as a lot of people have never heard of it. If you can get it watch it. Only bad thing about it is the name which seems wilfully sperficial but might make you think you are going to see a normal horror movie

    It's one of the most iconic movies from the seventies. Most people with more than a passing interest in cinema will know it.


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    #146
    Truthvader
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭Truthvader


    The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »
    It's one of the most iconic movies from the seventies. Most people with more than a passing interest in cinema will know it.

    You'd think but go back over this thread and it is only mentioned by one other person.


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    #147
    rtron
    Registered Users Posts: 637 ✭✭✭rtron


    sweetie wrote: »
    Watched Host last night, a very topical Zoom meeting movie on Shudder. Recommended!

    Just watched it now, brilliant.


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    #148
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Inviere


    sweetie wrote: »
    Watched Host last night, a very topical Zoom meeting movie on Shudder. Recommended!

    Watched it last night, enjoyed it. Short, and to the point...some nice tension builds & scares.

    Retro Computers/Consoles Repair/Restoration List



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    #149
    larva
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    #150
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,108 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Statutory Ape wrote: »
    Haven't read all the thread but I cannot recommend Possum highly enough. Probably the best modern horror movie I've seen in the last 5 years.

    Very low budget, minimal cast, light on dialogue but an absolute belter of a psychological horror. Dont read anything about it, just watch it. Its only 80 odd minutes long too which is great.

    Watched Possum yesterday from your recommendation, thanks.

    Very powerful performances. The mood was intense and beautifully captured with a great score.
    Excellent film making, although not all threads of the story resolved for me, still a bit confused.


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    #151
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    ^^^Where can I watch this lads?


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