Discussion Forums - Horror

OK folks. Let's hear your top 10 Horror movies. Feel free to come back and update your list if you need to. It will help us see what other members like and maybe even give us ideas of what to check out next! Here goes my list in alphabetical order:

Alien (1979)

Black Christmas (1974)

Carnival of Souls (1962)

The Descent (2005)

The Exorcist (1973)

Halloween (1978)

Let the Right One In (2008)

The Mist (2007)

Psycho (1960)

Spoorloos [Dutch] aka The Vanishing (1988)

The Thing (1982)

I know...I know. I originally said top 5 but there are just way too many good choices. I'm making it top 10. Feel free to add to/update your lists.

Honorable mention:

The Fly (1986)

Ginger Snaps (2000)

Pumpkinhead (1988)

Session 9 (2001)

:-)

The Exorcist

Nightbreed

Near Dark

An American Werewolf in London

Return of the Living Dead

Dawn of the Dead (original)

Near Dark

Nightmare on Elm Street

Phantasm

The Hitcher (original, not the p.o.s. remake)

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Hellraiser

Evil Dead 2

Aliens (probably falls into sci/fi but I love this movie)

Stir of Echoes

Hello Tiffany,

Regarding Aliens have you seen the first one? I really enjoyed the first 3 (but you must see Alien 3 in the 30-minute longer Collector's Edition cut. That version, while still not what David Fincher really envisioned, fills in a lot of the plot holes and is much better than the chopped-up theatrical release).

The Alien movies definitely cross genres. I guess I always thought of the first one (Alien) as the horror movie. It's a lot like a haunted house in space, ie., what the heck is this horrifying creature we are dealing with? The second one (Aliens) always seemed more like a war movie in space. Just my take... By the way...loved them both.

I agree.  Alien was scary.  I watched it again the other day and am still amazed at how realistic the movie is even though it is almost 30 years old.  But Aliens was always scarier to me.  More Aliens to run from I guess.  I was never a fan of the 3rd but I will have to check out the director's cut.  Maybe that will make a difference for me.  Thanks!

The Exorcist

Night of the Living Dead (original)

Psycho (original)

Bride of Frankenstein

House on Haunted Hill (original)

1. The Haunting (original version)

2. Psycho

3. The Fall of the House of Usher/ The Pit and the Pendulum/ The Masque of the Red Death/ The Tomb of Ligeia ( I am such a Vincent Price freak, I love his films!)

4. The Innocents

5.  Freaks ( This is a very old, but disturbing film, it is quite excellent)

Halloween

Friday the 13th part 4

The Exorcist

Hellraiser

Brides of Dracula

In no particular order:

The Descent

Night of the Living Dead (Remake)

Ginger Snaps

Shaun of the Dead

The Thing

My Bloody Valentine

Halloween

Texas Chainsaw masacure (the beginning) That one is really gory, scared the sh*t out of me.

Thirteen Ghosts

Nightmare on Elm st. The first and 3rd one.

Hellraiser series

Dawn of the Dead (both original and remake)

Halloween (original)

Session 9

Suspiria

Videodrome

28 Days Later

Candyman

Dead-Alive

Deep Blue Sea

Eden Lake

End of the Line

Event Horizon

Friday The 13th

From Dusk Til Dawn

The Gate

Ginger Snaps

The Hills Have Eyes (remake)

Hostel 2

House on Haunted Hill (remake)

Inside

Interview With The Vampire

Let The Right One In

The Lost Boys

Near Dark

May

Night of the Demons

The People Under the Stairs

Poltergeist

Return of the Living Dead

Rogue

Room 205

The Signal

Stake Land

Suicide Club

Teeth

Troll/Troll 2

Vamp

Shaun of the Dead

1. Candyman - Fabulous movie adapted from a Clive Barker short story

2. The Haunting of Hill House- Based on Shirley Jackson's book, this is a great movie!  One of the best book to movie adaptions I have seen. 

3. Night of the Living Dead (remake) - I love this version of the orginal, which is more based on the screenplay of NOTLD instead of the actual movie.  The actor who plays Ben played as the Candyman as well, and does a great acting job.

4. Alien - A movie that truly frightend me. 

5. The Descent - Great movie. 

desdemona is my kind of person. :D

There are just too many great horror movies to chose from.  What are some of the most under-rated horror movies in your book? Mine are:

Ghost Ship

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Every movie made by Hammer Studios

Malevolence <--- this is a must see for the "stalker" fan.

Witchboard

The Wishmaster series

Anything by Clive Barker for sure.

These are in no particular order:

Poltergeist...the clown ALWAYS scares me! lol

Halloween (the first one)...

The Amityville Horror (the original)...the way the house windows look like eyes...I was so scared for weeks!

The Excorcist (the first one) was so creepy...when her head spins around, UGH!

Rest Stop...creeped me out because if you think about it, it could happen!

Audition  (what's in the bag?!!)

Near Dark

Shaun of the Dead

A Tale of Two Sisters

The Grudge (J version)

I'm partial to Asian Extreme horror and Adrian Pasdar ;)

Evil Dead 2

Stephen King's Sleepwalkers

Feast (has become a new favorite of mine)

Planet Terror

The Mist (true horror ending)

Bumped list  to Top Ten and added to my original post.

:-)

13 Ghosts

The Ring

The Grudge

The Cabin

Saw 1, 2, 3, 4

Blood & Chocolate

House on Haunted Hill (new one)

Dracula (with Keanu Reeves), Dracula 2000, Dracula 3000

The Descent

These are all awsome movies and worth adding to your collection.

Best,

Cher

1. Evil Dead

2. Freaks

3. Nightmare on Elm Street

4. The Blair Witch Project

5. Hellraiser

6. In the Mouth of Madness

7. The Devil's Rejects

8. The Devil's Backbone

9. Planet Terror

10. Shaun of the Dead

1. The Exorcist

2. Ju On

3. Suspiria

4. Audition

5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

6. A Tale of Two Sisters

7. Hellraiser

8. The Fly

9. Halloween (1978)

10. Rosemary's Baby

13 Ghosts

All the Holloween movie ( the original one scared me and my girlfriend to death after we saw this at the movies. We got lost on our way home and it was really dark out and there was this guy with a white mask that was jogging on the side of the road toward us. After that it became my favorite horror movie!)

Boogyman2 ( this was alot creepier to me than the first one!)

The Messengers

Wishmaster

Wicked Little Things

I'm about to watch a movie now called Bloody Mary.  I hope it's a good one!

It was great! Scary scenes that sneek up on you. I like those the best!

"TOP" TEN HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME

1. HALLOWEEN (1978)

2. The Exorcist

3. Nightmare Before Elm Street (the 1st one)

4. Frankenstein (1931)

5. Dawn of the Dead (the original)

6. The Birds

7. Poltergeist

8. Rosemary's Baby

9. The Grudge

10. Hellraiser

~Brenna Ravyn Moon Fyre~