Favourite Horror films?

[Morpheus2000]

OK so since it's coming close to Halloween what's your favourite Horror flicks?

Here's a few I really like

An American Werewolf in London
The Frighteners
Halloween
In the Mouth of Madness (Carpenter's best)
Jaws
The Omen
The Thing

I also like:

A Nightmare on Elm St. (only Part 3 was the best out the sequels)
Scream
The Shining

[adamvbarker]

Exorcist III
Son of Frankenstein , with Basil Rathbone
Evil Dead II

hmm, now I've written them down, I realise that they're all sequels. Strange.

[Grumpy]

In no particular order :

The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead 11
Army of Darkness
An Amercian Werewolf in London
Halloween
The Lost Boys
The Exorcist

[charlie angel]

Evil Dead Trilogy
Nightmare On Elm Street
Halloween
Deep Red
Suspiria

Those are all pretty good.

[cluderi]

Scary movies I like to watch with the lights off are


Halloween
Just discovered this film and it rocks. It gives me the shivers something rotten.

Evil Dead 2
Although the 3rd one is my real favourite its not really a horror film its an action horror/comedy. The 2nd one is a cracking horror.

The Sixth Sense
Always manages to make me jump

Nightmare on Elm Street
First one is the best, rest are poor to ok.

Poltergeist one or two
That old bloke gives me the shivers !

Blair witch project
Scares me to think that people actually paid to see this rubbish. The only terrifying thoughts going through my head was that I could have done something a lot more worthwhile with the time than watching this tripe!!

[wong fei hong]

In no particular order...

Halloween
Evil Dead 2 (though it's not that scary, it is a great movie)
The Pit and the Pendulum (Vincent Price, baby!)
The Haunting (the Robert Wise version)
Suspiria
Ring
The Blair Witch Project (why don't people like this movie?)
The Shining
Reanimator
Scream

but I'm sure I'm missing a few...:o
EDIT!
forgot...

Dawn of the Dead
The Thing (Carpenter)
Carnival of Souls
:rolleyes:

[pmdf]

Again, no particular order of preference:

Suspiria
Inferno
Phenomena
Dellamorte Dellamore
Stagefright
Black Sunday
Black Sabbath (especially <i>The Drop of Water</i> sequence)
The Company of Wolves
Black Christmas
Halloween
Braindead
Nosferatu

Barely scratched the surface though, and I would also have included Profondo Rosso (and any number of other gialli come to that), Audition, Sisters & Eraserhead but I'm undecided as to whether they're actually "horror" films or not! :confused: :)

<font size="1"><i>(This post constantly edited as other people posting keep reminding of ones I left off!)</i></font>

[richpoyle]

Here's a few that spring to mind:

The Changeling

Ghost Story (Alice Krige!)

Dracula (1958)

IT- Tim Curry scariest clown ever!

Candyman

The Fog - probably my favourite

(and most of those mentioned above.)

[NMA]

The Woman In Black

Book of Shadows

Nosferatu

The Omen

Halloween

[Narshty]

Hmm...

Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey) - I was one of the ones in anticipation for this from Criterion for months and was not let down by the film or its presentation

Sisters - my favourite De Palma (somewhat controversially) - in my opinion the perfect psychoanalytic-slasher-shocker with a wild Herrmann score

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie - incredibly creepy, especially since I know locations that look exactly like those in the film. Brilliantly paced and beautifully photographed with a terrific plot, soundtrack, messy gore and chilling atmosphere

The Shining - Kubrick done good

The Thing - terrific shocker and has sentimental value attached for me

Alien - another one of the films I always looked at the box of in the video store, and didn't get to see for years. When I did, it was in widescreen, though!

The Most Dangerous Game - skin-crawling gothic horror from 1932 that is, for some reason, very familiar to me from the first time I saw it. Wonderful performance from Leslie Banks and an evocative score from Max Steiner

Suspiria - sorry, did I say 'evocative score'? :D

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - probably the most nerve-violating film I have ever seen

Theater of Blood - Vincent Price in the role of a lifetime with the cream of British acting talent to strike off one-by-one with some delirously bloody and comical deaths

And that's all I can think of for now.

[grafik051]

Night of the Demon (1957)
The Devil Rrides Out
Day of the Dead
Zombi2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)
Dawn of the Dead
Re-Animator
Halloween

[*james*]

Well, I guess....


Halloween,
Ring 1 + 2
The Hitcher
BWP

plus many more.

[Joe]

Hellraiser is superb.
Evil Dead 1 and 2 (although no.3 is great, apart from a breif oozing of blood near the beginning, it's no real horror movie!)

Alien (it's horror enough for me!)

[Joober]

Scream
BWP
Nightmare on Elm St
Childs Play
The Entity
Halloween
Jackie's Back
Simpsons Halloween Specials :)

[mrsteve]

Interesting to see "Exorcist 3" mentioned. It's one I liked and then loved on repeated viewings. Here's hoping fo ran SE with the original ending (as scripted, can't say for sure it was actually shot). Keep the release ending too, though, for George's "I believe in...." speech.

Very interested to see "Book of Shadows", too. A seriously good creepy movie that, again, grows on repeated viewings. Belong to the "BWP is a masterpiece" school, too.

Otherwise:-

Dawn of the Dead
The Beyond
House by the Cemetary
Inferno
Dead of Night (1946)
The Kingdom
Exorcist III
Blair Witch Project
Night of the Demon (aka Curse of)
Night of the Creeps (smashing, bring Fred Dekker back!)
The Keep
Day of the Beast
Necronomicon (Yuzna)

Plus, unhealthy fondness for Friday 13th, Children of the Corn films (all of them - hahahaha) and The Mangler (I love Ted Levine in this one).

[Quint]

The Evil Dead
The Thing
Dawn Of The Dead
Halloween
Dellamore Dellamorte

:)

[Creamstick]

Basket Case
Phantasm
Halloween
Chronos
The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963)
Carnival of Souls
Les Yeux Sans Visage
Rosemary's Baby
Exorcist III
The Thing (Carpenter)
Night of the Living Dead
The Shining
The Fog
Evil Dead II
Suspiria
The Beyond
Scanners
Wizard of Oz
Frankenstein
Opera
Shock
The House on Haunted Hill (Vincent Price)
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Friday 13th
Prom Night
Deep Red
House By the Cemetary
Demons
Prince of Darkness (Carpenter)
The Hills Have Eyes
Dawn of the Dead
Braindead

and about a million others!

[Michael Mackenzie]

From what I've seen:

- Scream Trilogy - not scary, but great fun

- The Omen - nice atmosphere

- The Mephisto Waltz - spooky, deep and great photography

- Dracula: Prince of Darkness - can't wait for the DVD

[Daliah Lavi]

Nice to see The Fog on some lists, well here goes my most watched & loved horror movies.

L'Arcano Encantatore - Pupi Avati, beautifully paced & dripping in nightmarish atmosphere.

Halloween III Season of the Witch - there's something comforting about Tom Atkins & this Carpenteresq creepfest, I'll never forget seeing this at the ABC Streatham back in 1983!

Return of the Blind Dead - only the Spanish full uncut version is worth watching, tons of gore not in the Anchor Bay dvd, best of the series IMHO.

Viy aka Vij - finally caught up with this much written about Russian treat this year, amazing effects for it's time & they still hold up today.

Friday the 13th 5 A New Beginning - utter trash but great fun with an up-for-it New York opening night audience, screaming & throwing popcorn at the screen.

The Fog - classic frightfest, scared the living daylights out of me at the Classic Tooting.....

Alien - boy did i regret seeing this on my own at the cinema, nightmares for weeks.

& lastly, Braindead - went straight home & took a shower, never have i felt so unclean after watching a movie!!

Daliah Lavi.

[sadler]

in no particular order heres mine
dellamorte dellamore-creepy as hell but with a sting in its tale.
reanimator-david gale and jefrey combs are outstanding in this
hellraiser-first time seeing pinhead,s.h.i.t m.a.n
nightmare on elm streat-my favourite stalker.
alien-jumped out of my skin seeing the chestbuster.
evil dead-watched it when it first came out on video(thirteen at the time)had nightmares for weeks,let down by the next two.two much comedy.
the thing-john carpenters best movie for me

[danrees]

Without doubt, Halloween. Just bought the SE of this and forgot how good it is (especially with that music).

[George vader]

ignore this bit:rolleyes:

[George vader]

Horror films eh? I've certainly seen my fair share.....here goes..

Witchfinder General-very well made film,well worth picking up
Exorcist
Exorcist 3
Dawn/Day Of The Dead
Evil Dead 1+2
Cannibal Holocaust
The Shining-Jack at his all-time best!
Asylum-great Amicus flick from the early 70's
Near Dark-forget the inferior MTV-like Lost Boys
Videodrome
candyman-great Bernard Rose slasher/boogie man flick
Halloween-a classic no less!
Henry Portrait Of A serial Killer
Re-Animator
An American Werewolf In London
Freaks-Goodness knows what people thought when this was released!!
The Thing
Frankenstein-The True Story- a fav. when I was a nipper!

[the thing with no name]

err...

Halloween (got the mask and everything!!!)
The Shining (all work and no play...genius)
Hellraiser (Clive Barker is the best horror writer ever)
Evil Dead II (sheer brilliance = class)
The Exorcist (still scary even now)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (darkest film ever made?)
The Beyond (love the ending)
Nightmare On Elm Street (actually gave me nightmares)
The Omen (love the sheet of glass bit!)
Audition (kiti-kiti-kiti!)
Day of the Dead (the hands through walls dream bit really made me jump)
Candyman (can you say it five times?)
Re-animator (poor little cat)
Brain Damage (again, a top ending)
The Hitcher (Rutger Hauer class act)
Alien (ridleys best)
The Thing (probably THE best ending of a film EVER)
Demons (very funny film)
Friday 13th
The Haunting ('63)
Excorcist III (that corridor shot with the 'snip')
Scanners
House ON Haunted Hill (old version. That old woman scared me badly!!)
Blair witch Project (saw late at night at home on my own - very effective)
In the mouth of madness ("I can't get out!")


Love 'em all!!!

[Mike]

Don't Look Now
The Fury
Carrie
The Brood
Dead Ringers
Crash
The Exorcist
Exorcist II The Heretic
The Exorcist III
Deliverance
The Devil Rides Out
The Haunting (1963)
The Innocents
Nosferatu
Vampyr
Bride Of Frankenstein
Halloween
Alien
Dracula (1979)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jaws
Frenzy
Psycho
Day Of The Dead
The House By The Cemetery
The House With The Windows That Laugh
The Woman In Black
Kwaidan
Rosemary's Baby
The Blair Witch Project
Deep Red
Inferno
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula