Best Horror Movies?

[Antilles 562]

Whoever started this thread got it right.

John Carpenter's The Thing

Horror isn't how many bodies some weirdo tallies. It's about suspense and not knowing what's around the corner.

I will also add the original Fright Night.

[777MileStare 84]

Foreign Horror is where to look right now:

- Martyrs

saw this one, was horrified, almost reminded me of "The Human Centipede"......

[cenobite 619]

i like my horror to be more cerebal, gorno stuff like the hostel and saw films are not what i would class as horror, gore isnt scary

[Wilmeister 7]

My favorite scary movies:

-Halloween Series

-Friday the 13th series

-A nightmare on Elm Street series

-The Thing(Original)

-The Thing(Remake)

-Resident Evil Series

-Night of the Living Dead Series(Original)

-Night of the Living Dead Series(Remakes)

If your trying to scare yourself:

-Salem's Lot(Original)(The only "Horror" movie to scare me)

-Poltergeist series(Came close to scaring me)

-The Exorcist Series(The original had it's moments, but with each sequel the series got lamer and lamer)

Honorary Mention:

-E.T. The Extraterrestrial(The exception to Salem's Lot, not a horror movie but scared the crap out of me as a child)

Friendly Tips:

-As a horror movie appreciator i learned that the older the movie, the scarier the movie

-When it comes to horror CGI sucks

Edited July 20, 2012 by Wilmeister

[the_twilightzone 11]

I love the horror genre.

I get startled from time to time, but I'm rarely "scared." In fact, I'd love to watch a movie that genuinely terrifies me. That being said, these movies aren't necessarily the "scariest" but are some of my favorites:

Halloween (the original)

The Ring and Ringu

The Eye (the original)

The Fourth Kind

Insidious

The Haunting in Connecticut

Saw and Saw 2

Scream

Psycho (both versions)

The Mothman Prophecies

The Skeleton Key

Thir13een Ghosts

Rosemary's Baby

[cenobite 619]

the most horrific film i saw was little nicky starring adam sandler - fricking terrifying

[smithgarry 0]

Wrong Turn

Saw

Drag me to hell

these are my best watched horror movies list

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[Varelse 777]

I Saw The Devil - Horrifying Korean thriller. If the ghost/monster horror films don't freak you out try this one.

[Lady_Mercury 19]

Nothing scares me...normally horror flicks make me angry or are pretty giggle-worthy. Some personal faves:

- Evil Dead trilogy with Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn as the winner

- Silence of the Lambs: classic movie that doesn't date.

- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)

- Braindead aka Dead Alive ('I kick ass for the Lord!')

- I Spit on Your Grave (both original and remake)

- Hellraiser

- Romero's Dead trilogy ('Day of the Dead' is the best imo)

- The Wicker Man

- Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl

- Candyman

-And many, many more

[Wookietim 179]

So, whats the best horror movies? Please note, it's hard to spook me.

John Carpenter's "The Thing" was one of the rare movies to give me chills. So I guess you can use that as an example?

A couple that I just love :

1. Stanley Kubricks "the Shining" - possibly one of the scariest ghost story movies I have ever seen.

2. The original "Dawn of the Dead" - IMHO the standard by which all other zombie movies are judged

3. "Paranormal Activity" - the sequels have blunted it a bit, but that first one is still an effective low-budget movie.

4. "Jaws" - you can watch it 10 times and still feel the suspense it generates

5. "the Thing" - not only claustrophobic in it's horror but also a watershed moment for practical SFX.