What are your favorite Horror flicks ?

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:18 pm

Cotton Wrote:

-movies that scared the shit out of you when you were little, but seem totally stupid now

Devil's Rain

I would like to add Halloween/Halloween 2 to my list. Kind of bizarre that the second one picks up right where the first one leaves off, and yet the first one feels complete by itself.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:26 pm

i'm not sure i'm into traditional horror movies--i guess i would consider them psychological thrillers:

Psycho
The Shining
Straw Dogs
Duel
Blair Witch

guess i'm not too original.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

house - haha

the exorcist 3 freaks the shit out of me when that old lady climbs on the ceiling

The Changeling is a great one.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

I remember being PETRIFIED of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (not really horror) and NIghtmare on Elm Street 2 (not horror either) when i was a kid.

then when I was 11 my brothers made me watch The Wall and after that i never minded anything

i'm sure shiv's gonna come in here now and remind me of some totally obvious shit i forgot about

duckyboy · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:47 pm

tentoze Wrote:

The psycho-horror (small P) is about it for me, and the best one of those I ever saw, hands down was 1961's The Innocents, film adaptation of Henry James' novel The Turn Of The Screw. Superb ghost story with Deborah Kerr and Michael Redgrave, but the two children steal the movie.

I agree with this 100%. This film really uses its medium (cinema, I mean) to create suspense. And that kind of shit is much scarier than blood and guts slasher stuff.

Comes out on DVD on 9/6 and it's cheap. You should buy it.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:52 pm

re-animator
the thing (remake)
the howling
audition
halloween
dawn of the dead
basket case
near dark
the devil's backbone
the night stalker
the wolf man
evil dead 2
battle royale
friday the 13th 1-10

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:29 pm

anyone remember a movie from the 70's called The Sentinel?? That scared the shit outta me as well.

Cube · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:15 pm **Posts:** 247

Dalen Wrote:

anyone remember a movie from the 70's called The Sentinel?? That scared the shit outta me as well.

A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, but finds out that the house is only occupied by the priest and herself, and ultimately discovers that she has been put in the house for a reason.

This flick had a pretty good cast : Chris Sarandon , Cristina Raines , John Carradine , Burgess Meredith , Christopher Walken & has a scene where Beverly D'Angelo masturbates in front of the leading lady.

Red Hood Suite · **Joined:** Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:47 pm **Posts:** 610

American Werewolf in London - all time favorite
Friday the 13th part 4
The Exorcist
The Omen
Hellraiser
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Jacobs Ladder (i'm not sure if these two count)
The Machinist

The Thing
Prince of Darkness
Night of the Living Dead
Halloween 1 & 2

Grape Ripple · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:12 am

Basket Case!

That was a staple of th USA Network's Saturday Nightmares. As was a movie about these kids that were possessed and would fry anyone they put their hands on. The only way to kill them....you have to cut their hands off man!

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:25 am

This movie scared the crap out of me when I first saw it.

Oh and here's a trailer for the remake of The Fog.

posthumus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:17 am **Posts:** 589

Session Nine
Se7en
13 Ghosts
The Eye
Poltergeist
The Shining
Exorcist III
Jacob's Ladder
The Ring
Sixth Sense

though nothing compares to the Silent Hill series... each one is disturbing and terrorfying in their own unique way

...Doom III also rocked out...

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Grape Ripple Wrote:

Basket Case!

That was a staple of th USA Network's Saturday Nightmares. As was a movie about these kids that were possessed and would fry anyone they put their hands on. The only way to kill them....you have to cut their hands off man!

I've never seen this but I remember the poster really scaring me every time I went into an early eighties video shop.

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:34 am

this thread makes me wanna queue up a bunch of horror on my Netflix!

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:36 am

shiv Wrote:

This movie scared the crap out of me when I first saw it.

Oh and here's a trailer for the remake of The Fog.

a few friends and i watched Prophecy when it came on Showtime in the early 80's. freaked us out. :shock:

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Hey, Cube, as the big horror fan that started this thread I'd be interested in your favorites.

Steve

Cube · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:15 pm **Posts:** 247

DunwoodyDude Wrote:

Hey, Cube, as the big horror fan that started this thread I'd be interested in your favorites.

Steve

All you guys mentioned most of them :

Evil Dead
Jaws
Suspiria
Halloween
The Shining
Poltergeist
TCM
Exorcist
The Thing
Anything by Lucio Fulci
When a stranger calls
Dawn of the Dead ( as well as Day & Night )

I could go on forever.

One flick I want to recommend to you guys who are into the Asian Horror ( Audition , Ju-On , Ringu , Battle Royale , The Eye) is a title called Uzumaki . Hands down creepier than the ones I mentioned . Seek it out. You wont be dissapointed. 8)

my comp fucked up, sorry bout the triple post. if a mod can delete them for me , please do. thx

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

is Battle Royale a horror movie though? I think of it more as an action/suspense dealie.

Cube · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:15 pm **Posts:** 247

Cotton Wrote:

is Battle Royale a horror movie though? I think of it more as an action/suspense dealie.

Not truly a horror flick but still loved by many horror fans. Either way it's still a pretty bad ass , violent , and ORIGINAL film.

BTW , sorry bout that triple post . My comp went haywire on me.

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:31 pm

ah man Uzumaki is friggin TWISTED!!!! Such a great film!

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

The only horror movies I have are:

The Exoricst
Serpent and the Rainbow
28 Days Later

Unless you count the following, which I think fall into the category of disturbing more so than horror:

Saw
Carrie
Donnie Darko
Seven
Devil's Advocate
Kalifornia

Does Shawn of the Dead count?

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

have you ever seen the sequel?

Cube · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:15 pm **Posts:** 247

Nakedprey Wrote:

Unless you count the following, which I think fall into the category of disturbing more so than horror:

Saw
Carrie
Donnie Darko
Seven
Devil's Advocate
Kalifornia

Does Shawn of the Dead count?

Saw , Carrie & Devil's Advocate fall under the Horror category
Seven is borderline thiller/horror. Still loved by the Horror fans.
Donnie Darko is more of a psychological / mind fuck . Great Friggin Movie. Love the soundtrack as well.
Kalifornia.... eh
Shaun of the Dead is considered a horror/comedy that I must say tons of hardcore horror fans love it due to the fact that it's such a great homage to the Romero films , and funny as hell.

Cube · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:15 pm **Posts:** 247

Cotton Wrote:

have you ever seen the sequel?

Have yet to see the sequel but heard mixed reviews on it. I'll watch it anyway when I stumble across it.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

yeah, that's the boat i'm in. From what i've hear the oprning has the most thinly veiled WTC reference of all time though.

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