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What's your favourite horror movie?

I'm not a huge horror movie fan but I love 28 Days Later. Its actually thought provoking unlike the generic slasher film. Too bad 28 Weeks sucked.

It's not really a favourite in any way, but I really like the St Francisville Experiment. It's utter crap, but my flat mate watched it during my first year at uni and wouldn't even sleep in the same room as the video. That alone made the film for me (that and watching it the next night with another flat mate when I knew where all the "scary" bits were and saying boo over her shoulder making her scream. It was funny!!:D)

Sweet jesus yes! Like all of 'em. The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn, Army of Darkness. Anything by George A. Romero. I just bought a bunch more the other day. Friday the 13th, especially the Manhatten one. I've sworn to myself my first two sons are to be named Jason and Freddy. The third I'm having a hard time choosing between Michael or Leatherface.

While I liked 28 Days Later a lot, it wasn't horrifying enough for me to count it as my favorite horror movie.

Carnosaure. :p

signs, now there is a pretty scary movie when your 12

should of had an unhappy ending though, just so its more realistic :p

Right now, I'd have to say Ringu (Ring). The orginal Japanese version is creepy as all hell. Although I do admit that after watching the movie, I was left wondering just what would happen if someone pushed "Pause" or power when she was coming through the screen. Would the ghost have gotten stuck half way through?

I've sworn to myself my first two sons are to be named Jason and Freddy.
Don't. Don't do that unless you want your son to don a hockey mask to repay you after having to put up with jokes about that every damn Friday the 13th and Halloween. :p

Jacob's Ladder

Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Died and Became Mixed-up Zombies.

What's your favourite horror movie?

Great post! It is hard to choose I like Zombie movies, Vampire Movies, and all the supernatural movies (WEREWOLVES included) I can't choose. It is like asking who is your favorite kid.

Manos: Hands of Fate. The name says it all.

For actually good horror films, my favorite is The Innocents. It showed me how evil cute children really are.

It is like asking who is your favorite kid.

the youngest of course, their the only ones with hope left

Near Dark, this particular film is a forgotten masterpiece that had the bad fortune of opening two weeks after Lost Boys, but it's the best vampire movie ever made.

The original Japanese of The Grudge (Ju-On) and The Ring (Ringu) are far more gritty than the sanitised hollywood remakes, Also can i recomend a Korean horror movie R-Point, excelent!!!! Not that hollywood misses the mark all the time, The Shining is one of the scariest pieces of film making around.

The Amityville Horror remake. The remake was AWESOME!

The Amityville Horror remake. The remake was AWESOME!

Haha, your a funny person.

None of them. I have never seen a horror movie than actually frightened me.

Yeah horror movies really isn't my genre but I am a fan of certain zombie movies (Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil, 28 Days Later). Thriller movies on the other hand, I can't stand!

None of them. I have never seen a horror movie than actually frightened me.

Have you ever seen The Resurrected, with Chris Sarandon of Fright Night fame? It's a delightfully faithful adaptation of The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and one I think you'll enjoy.

Have you ever seen The Resurrected, with Chris Sarandon of Fright Night fame? It's a delightfully faithful adaptation of The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and one I think you'll enjoy.

Never heard of it. But then again the story didn't scare me either, so I doubt a movie based on it would.

None of them. I have never seen a horror movie than actually frightened me.

If I wanted to be frightened I would just step outside of my house.

Haha, your a funny person.

Oh comon, it was alot better than the 1979 version.

Oh comon, it was alot better than the 1979 version.

That's not particuarly hard...


(NB: didn't see the remake, but apparently the "horror" in the first one comes from losing money on a property. Not an incredibly scary thing for a teenager).

Anyway.

Sci-fi horror: Alien and Alien3 (yes I actually enjoyed the latter)

Urbanoia: Deliverence and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Not the remake, which was just dire), and to a lesser extent The Hills Have Eyes, though it hasn't aged particuarly well.

Supernatural: Possession and Ring.

Slashers: Switchblade Romance, (Generally not a sub-genre I enjoy)

"Gorno": Audition

Campy horror fun: The Doctor Phibes films, Theatre of Blood, The Evil Dead films, Slither.I can go on and on.


Looking back, I can see university and student life were worthwhile....


:p



(Edit: I don't believe I just a post on horror without mentioning one of my favouritest directors eva, David Cronenberg :))

[QUOTE=Saige Dragon;13143754] The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn, Army of Darkness. QUOTE]

Definitely. All get my vote - I heart Sam Raimi!

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I saw 28 Days Later and that was pretty scary - nearly gets my vote. Betcha there will be a third one.

None of them. I have never seen a horror movie than actually frightened me.

Have you seen The Vanishing (original Dutch one)?

I really liked 28 Days Later, though it wasn't desperately scary. Bad Taste and Black Sheep, while not scary, are also ace.

What's your favourite horror movie?

No poll?!?

Jesus Camp, anybody?

Jacob's Ladder

Good choice. *bows*

...curious, what exactly made you watch that movie?

No poll?!?

Jesus Camp, anybody?

Oohyah, that was scary.

me i love all horror movies and im never get scared at any of them, in fact the only movie i got scared at was scary movie 3(the little girl who prtends to go good and then gos back to evil scared the hell out of me)

Isle of the Dead, with Boris Karloff. Wonderfully atmospheric movie done in 1945, set during the 1st Balkan War. No monsters, no gore, a minimum of on-screen nastiness, but far better done than 99.9% of horror.

does spoof horror count? i don't much like normal horror movies.

Ahh man there are many. All of The Evil Dead films, Driller Killer, I Spit On Your Grave, The Brood, The Thing, Cannibal Holocaust.

To name just a few.

The Brood, I think scared me the most, Cannibal Holocaust made me hide my eyes behind my hands, and I Spit On Your Grave was just nasty.

None of them. I have never seen a horror movie than actually frightened me.

The Serpent and The Rainbow.

That'll do it. It did it for me, and I don't scare easily. *nod*

The Serpent and The Rainbow.

That'll do it. It did it for me, and I don't scare easily. *nod*

Really, that scared you? Have you read the book?

Really, that scared you? Have you read the book?

The movie is a semi-fictional horror movie based on the non-fiction book. Which makes it all the scarier. :eek:

The movie is a semi-fictional horror movie based on the non-fiction book. Which makes it all the scarier. :eek:

I have read the book, and seen the film, interesting is a word I'd use to describe both, but scary, naaaa. Now clowns are more scary than Voodoo!:D

I'd have to say Ju-On (Japanese original of The Grudge [which suuuucked), Chakushin Ari, Cannibal Holocaust and Jesus Camp. Though much to my surprise, Resident Evil also had its screaming moments..

Horror movies are about the only genre not really represented in my dvd collection. I just don't really care for them. Though having said that, I do like 28 Days Later, and the sequel but to a lesser extent. For those who liked the 28...Later films, check out the shorts here: http://uk.youtube.com/user/filmmakerdotcom

And to whoever said it, of course there'll be a third. 28 Weeks Later made over $50 million at the box office. Plus Danny Boyle's said he wants to direct it and has thoughts on what the story will be like (apparently he wants to move it to Russia - I'd be quite interested in seeing what they'd do re. the Rage virus and its effectiveness in an extreme cold environment).

signs, now there is a pretty scary movie when your 12

should of had an unhappy ending though, just so its more realistic :p

Only thing scary about Signs is how bad it was.

I like most Japanese horror movies for the atmosphere and most western horror movies with poor effects and very poor acting and scripts because they're somewhat funny.

house of wax was also very good :p

Seems like all horror movies have been reduced to the following format:

Lead up to a scare
Nothing happens
OF FUCK MONSTYER IN YUR FACE!!!

Ignore atmosphere, suspense, humor, and buckets of gore. The previous format was much easier to do, and now we're swimming in an ocean of terminally unimaginative directors. *cough* Rob Zombie *cough* . Luckily I've been outsourcing to Japan lately.

Silent Hill was the last decent American horror movie I saw, and considering all they had to do was Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V what was in the game, they still somehow managed to fuck it up.

I have read the book, and seen the film, interesting is a word I'd use to describe both, but scary, naaaa. Now clowns are more scary than Voodoo!:D

Clowns are too scary for horror movies. Look at the few half-hearted attempts:

'Killer Klowns from Outer SPace'. Campy B-movie.
'It'. Made-for tv Mini-series.
'Shakes The Clown'. Bobcat Goldthwait attempting to act. Probably the scariest clown movie of all. :p

Seems like all horror movies have been reduced to the following format:

Lead up to a scare
Nothing happens
OF FUCK MONSTYER IN YUR FACE!!!

Ignore atmosphere, suspense, humor, and buckets of gore. The previous format was much easier to do, and now we're swimming in an ocean of terminally unimaginative directors. *cough* Rob Zombie *cough* . Luckily I've been outsourcing to Japan lately.

Silent Hill was the last decent American horror movie I saw, and considering all they had to do was Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V what was in the game, they still somehow managed to fuck it up.

Yep yep I totally agree. Currently Japan are the masters of the horror genre. Horror really is in the head, HP Lovecraft I think could teach some modern film makers a trick or seven.

Anything with Zombies in it

Clowns are too scary for horror movies. Look at the few half-hearted attempts:

'Killer Klowns from Outer SPace'. Campy B-movie.
'It'. Made-for tv Mini-series.
'Shakes The Clown'. Bobcat Goldthwait attempting to act. Probasbly the scariest clown movie of all. :p

Heheheh yeah all true, cept that as an ex-Pagan, I know for sure that clowns are still inherently more scary then voodoo.

not into horror. most American Horror movies requires that the Blood Effects be a cast member.

but some of the older stuff.

The Changling (http://imdb.com/title/tt0080516/)

Children of the Corn (http://imdb.com/title/tt0087050/)

and Japanese horror...

The Thing was pretty awesome even by today's standards.

The Thing was pretty awesome even by today's standards. which one. the original or John Carpenter's remake?

which one. the original or John Carpenter's remake?

I only saw the one with Kurt Russel.

like most hroors film but not alot of modern remakes my favouraite Horror film is The Phantom of the Opera (1925) well the '28 cut

I remember seeing Ringu. At midnight. In a darkened room. I spent the entire movie laughing.

The Thing was pretty awesome even by today's standards.

Oooh, forgot about that one. That was a really good one. And I'm done watching Evil Dead II for the millionth time. :)

None of them. I have never seen a horror movie than actually frightened me.If frightening me was a must.. But lucky for me it isnt.

Its about the entertainment value.
Its all about the popcorn.

I like:

The shining
The Village
Aliens
Underworld
The thing
The reaping
Hostel
Saw
and others I cant remeber

If frightening me was a must.. But lucky for me it isnt.

Its about the entertainment value.
Its all about the popcorn.

I like:

The shining
The Village
Aliens
Underworld
The thing
The reaping
Hostel
Saw
and others I cant remeber

Funny, for me it's not about the popcorn... actually it's about how much popcorn I eat during the film.

the less I eat, the more engaged into the film I am...

and the more popcorn ending up on the floor/chair... the better the scare. :D

The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Hunter, Silence of the Lambs. Vincent Price is one of my favorite actors, his movies aren't always great but I like to watch them because of Price. I like a lot of movies that would be considered science fiction instead of horror, like Brazil and stuff. I know Brazil is a "comedy," but face it, it's not funny even though it's a cool movie.

I remember seeing Ringu. At midnight. In a darkened room. I spent the entire movie laughing.

Yeah I saw Ichi The Killer in much the same way with some mates, heh it was quite funny watching the biggest bloke I know covering his face ever 5 mins or so.

If frightening me was a must.. But lucky for me it isnt.

Its about the entertainment value.
Its all about the popcorn.

I like:

The shining
The Village
Aliens
Underworld
The thing
The reaping
Hostel
Saw
and others I cant remeber


Yeah the shining was fucking great, how could I have forgotten about that one. The Village though, pants. Since I saw that I can't do nowt more than call the director M Night Shamalot.

I went with a bunch of blokes all of us expecting to see a horror flick, what did we see? A bleeding romance!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023649/

Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey (Germany 1932) by Carl Theodor Dreyer

I remember seeing Ringu. At midnight. In a darkened room. I spent the entire movie laughing.
Yeah, that's because Japanese Horror movies have some of the most risible plots conceivable.
"Of course! The ghost wasn't really evil, she was just calling up random people on the phone, leaving nonsensical messages, and then killing them off, because she wanted someone to find her body! It makes perfect sense!"
And then, something happened with a jaw breaker and demonic possession, but by this point I'd gotten so bored I was posting on NS.
And now they're doing an American remake, ugh.

The only horrifying thing about the Ring was when the horse jumped off the boat , the girl I was going with started laughing like she was possessed. Afterwards she returns to her timid self and explains: "I don't like horses, my neighbor's would stand at my window in the middle of the night and stare at me."

That right there was scarier than the entire movie.

'Shakes The Clown'. Bobcat Goldthwait attempting to act. Probably the scariest clown movie of all. :p

Mime's-a-wasting!
:D

The Boys Are Back In Town.

You should be more specific - Robin Williams was the scariest part of the scariest clown movie of all. *nods emphatically*

"I don't like horses, my neighbor's would stand at my window in the middle of the night and stare at me."

That right there was scarier than the entire movie.

Horses ... uhm, can be scary. When they're staring at you, you never really know what they're thinking ....

Meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeow ...

Yeah, that's because Japanese Horror movies have some of the most risible plots conceivable.
"Of course! The ghost wasn't really evil, she was just calling up random people on the phone, leaving nonsensical messages, and then killing them off, because she wanted someone to find her body! It makes perfect sense!"

Nah, she was evil. And also a Deep One hybrid.

Seriously.

The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Hunter, Silence of the Lambs. Vincent Price is one of my favorite actors, his movies aren't always great but I like to watch them because of Price. I like a lot of movies that would be considered science fiction instead of horror, like Brazil and stuff. I know Brazil is a "comedy," but face it, it's not funny even though it's a cool movie.


I think Brazil is more of a comedy in the traditional sense of the word but I could be wrong. I always thought of Brazil as a horror-tragedy blend - it has some pretty gorey stuff in it but is also that strange contrast of romance and passion and angels :p I love Brazil - classic film. Never scared me, though, except to think that maybe the future might be like that one day.

I remember seeing Ringu. At midnight. In a darkened room. I spent the entire movie laughing.

Any movie that shares its name with the Beatles' drummer can't be that frightening.

I LOVE ALL HORROR MOVIES EVEN THA REALLY STUPID ONE LIKE THE DESCENT AND THE OLD ONES LIKE ALL THE HALLOWEENS AND THE NEW ONES THAT JUST BLOW YOUR MIND LIKE ALL THE SAWS WHICH THE 4TH ONE IS COMING OUT ON THE 26TH :) BUT YEA THE HORROR MOVIES ARE EFFIN AWESOME :p

My favorites include: Halloween, Silence of the Lambs and Sixth Sense (only upon it's first watching).

I don't really have a favourite film but my favourite horror badguy has to be Pinhead from the hellraiser films..

The Shining
28 Days later
Scream 1 and 2
A nightmare on Elm Street
The Exorcist
The Ring
The Omen

That's what I can come up with right now. I like to watch horror movies when I'm alone at night with the lights turned of and the doors closed. The effect gets much bigger then.

My favorites include: Halloween, Silence of the Lambs and Sixth Sense (only upon it's first watching).

The Sixth Sense has one of the best endings I've seen.

I LOVE ALL HORROR MOVIES EVEN THA REALLY STUPID ONE LIKE THE DESCENT AND THE OLD ONES LIKE ALL THE HALLOWEENS AND THE NEW ONES THAT JUST BLOW YOUR MIND LIKE ALL THE SAWS WHICH THE 4TH ONE IS COMING OUT ON THE 26TH :) BUT YEA THE HORROR MOVIES ARE EFFIN AWESOME :p

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