Favorite Horror Film
 

So, with Halloween rapidly approaching, I thought it would be nice to have a nice little horror movie discussion. (This has probably been done before, but whatev.)

So, leave a response telling me your favorite horror movie, why it's your favorite, and just any other general comments about horror movies.

I think Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is probably still the best, but if we're going with personal favorites, I would say The Shining. Stanley Kubrick, of course, is a master of the shot. The cinematography is excellent (the shots of Danny riding his tricycle, the feeling of dread you get at the opening credit scene while looking at the mountain). Also, I like that the horrors aren't just there to scare you, but to make a point, which I personally think is something of a rarity in most modern horror movies.

I also have a lot of respect for Wes Craven's Scream, though, because I can't believe a movie managed to blur the lines between actual horror and spoof horror movie so well.

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Suspiria :love::love::love:

The cinematography, acting, direction, vibrant colours, amazing death sequences, exploration of witches, and the unbeatable soundtrack :love:

Am I the only person who doesn't think/feel that that Scream is a horror spoof at all? In any way?

Yeah, this is something I've never quite got either, I mean it references some horror films explicitly and talks about some tropes, but I don't think that makes it a spoof really?

I don't know if anybody was thinking it was a spoof when they made it, but the movie is certainly self-aware and humorous. It is definitely commenting on the slasher genre. Do you think it's a straight up horror movie?

It's a satire about other cliche mainstream horror movie... with number of awesome quotes about other classic and brilliant dialogue. The Best thing about Scream is definitely Matthew Lillard tho... totally hilarious

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Favorite horror movie:
The Shining
Sinister
Halloween (1978)
Jeepers Creepers
The Conjuring
Joy Ride (If you consider it a horror... I would)
Psycho (1960)
The Exorcist
Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead 2
Let The Right One In
The Descent
The Ring (2002)
Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Wolf Creek
Scream
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

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What do you think of Sinister 2 directed by Ciaran Foy Derek?

hahahahahahahaha

Self aware and humourous? Certainly. But that's very different from spoof or straight out comedy. IMO, anyway.

Despite that, if you're completely unaware of the references I think it works well as a straight up horror film.

I agree it's not technically a spoof. Scary Movie is a spoof. But it is satirizing the slasher genre, and you'd have to be pretty dense not to get what is going on with scenes like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-q-AWD_8AY

awesome scene !!

this one is also amazing imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QP3EOVEdlo

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Halloween
Alien
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Evil Dead
The Beyond
Ginger Snaps
Cabin Fever
Scream
The Fly
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney)
Black Sunday
Blood Feast
Night of the Living Dead
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Bride of Frankenstein
An American Werewolf in London

You forgot The Devil's Rejects.

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28 Days Later
30 Days of Night
Jeepers Kreepers
Hostel
Scream
Alien
Misery
The Babadook
I don't know if I would call this a horror film but still one I watch every Halloween, Coraline.

Oh, yeah, I forgot Alien is technically considered a horror film. Good one!

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And anyone who tells you differently is full of it!

Yeah, Scream is just a regular horror film with funny moments. Kevin Williamson, the writer, has stated that. He was simply trying to make a good scary movie again, like Halloween.

It's spoof in every way, and this is why it's a really poor movie.

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Rosemary's Bab~
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You're not saying that spoofs can't be good films, are you?

No, I'm just saying Scream isn't a good spoof movie

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I don't have a single favorite, but at the moment it's this one:

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I agree. But that's because it's not a spoof.

And yet you didn't even have it on your 60s list. For shame.

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Not a Horror fan, but at the moment it's The Thing.

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I spent more time finding the images than putting together the list, so I've probably forgotten a couple of films, but my top 25 favorite horror films looks something like this:

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Forgot about Nosferatu.

Fantabulous list, Cap.

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Psycho (1960) is most horror movie i think.

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Deep Red

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The first Halloween with Jamie Lee Curtis.Loved the tingling music.

Looks like I'll have to take a look at the Devil's Rejects though.

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Bram Stoker's Dracula

American Werewolf in London

Horror isn't exactly my forte, but I'm kind of a purist, I guess, when it comes to the classical monsters, night frights and so on ...

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The Harvest
Awaiting
Wolf Town
Beneath

I think i would have to say that Alien is my favorite horror movie of all time. It has suspense, so much tension, isolation, creepiness, and science fiction rolled into one movie.

After that I would have to say The Shining, and Texas chainsaw massacre. :)

Alien (1979)

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Creepy and well acted.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

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The last 30 minutes.

The Thing (1982)

http://i.imgur.com/d1AE6ZE.gif

Special effects yo.

Halloween (1978)

http://30.media.tumblr.com/49fb2f6bc...1o6_r1_400.gif

Cinematography and music.

It Follows (2015)

http://38.media.tumblr.com/304ef8e2a...yehpo3_500.gif

Cinematography and music. Odd that's a thing again. Those 360 pans are neato.

Psycho (1960)

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Norman Bates yo.

The Fly (1986)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7...df0go1_500.gif

Special effects. Deja vu I know.

especially the #4 tho :cool:

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Jaws
The Shining
Eraserhead
The George A Romero Zombie movies: Night, Dawn, Day, and Diary
Halloween
The Thing
Silence of the Lambs (yes it is a horror movie)
Psycho

This was how my top 10 looked when I did my horror list a few months back. I'm not sure how much have changed when it comes to the top ten films, but I do think The Conjuring and the Insidious films would be just a little bit lower, though I still love them immensely, mainly because it's horror after my head. I also think The Fly would be higher, since my last watch of it made me love it even more.

No it's a 'psychological thriller'.

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"It Follows" (2014) & "The Others" (2001)

The Thing
Alien
Tremors
Wolf Creek
The Exorcist
Poltergeist
Let the Right One In
Psycho
The Babadook
Halloween
The Omen
The Evil Dead
The Blair Witch Project
The Conjuring
The Orphanage
The Devil's Backbone
Nosferatu
Shaun of the Dead
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Haunting
Ju-on The Grudge

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Unfortunately these days there aren't as many good scary movies of the like. But my favorite horror movies in history are...

• The Cojuring
• Misery
• The Shining
• The Exorcist
• The Eye
• Blair Witch Project
• Dawn of the Dead
• Night of the Living Dead,
• Let Me In
• Shutter (Foreign version)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• The Host
• Friday the 13th
• Re-Animator
• Ringu
• Drag Me to Hell
• Pulse (Foreign version)
• The Evil Dead
• Alone
• The Evil Dead 2 : Dead By Dawn
• Army of Darkness
• Dark Water (Foreign version)
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Strangers
• Alien
• Aliens
• The Babadook
• Psycho

There are probably others but that's all I can recall.

Quoted for truth.

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Triple truth!

It is a very suspenseful thriller movie, and it involves a few serial killers who do really disgusting an gruesome stuff. If you think Hannibal and/ or think gruesome killings are horrific to you....then yes it can be horror film.

Sike is a ditch or a small stream lol

That's a dike.

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An American Werewolf in London, Silent Hill, Pan's Labyrinth, Psycho, Dog Soldiers, Evil Dead trilogy, Dawn of the Dead 2004 remake (original is great as well) Night of the Living Dead, The Shining (desperately needs a re-watch though) Antichrist, The Thing and Underworld are the first that come to mind.

It is about a serial killer who eats people and another one who skins women to make a women suit. It is a horror movie. I didn't find it in the "Thriller" section of Blockbuster growing up.

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Just because you found it in the wrong section doesn't mean it's a horror.

That's strange, I always thought it was a romantic comedy...

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Well, Jaws and Silence of the Lambs have always been the two highly debatable films when it comes to whether they are thrillers or horror movies...

Jaws must be horror, it has a shark in it! ;)

And horror can be more then just slashers and monster movies. ;)

Se7en as well... but they are good solid thrillers imo

It can, but SotL ain't it. ;)

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"Everything is horror when you think about it."

- Swancrates

so the genre ''thriller'' is irrelevant... lol

Then stop thinking about it. :p

I think I'm going to have to add genre to the "things I can't argue with Americans about" list. :D

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Wait....does Apocalypse Now count, or nah?

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We agree to disagree then. :p

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I was actually always on the side of SOTL not being a horror until I started hearing Alien and Jaws regularly called horror. Now I might side with Swancrotes.- Seato

I am pretty sure genre disagreements was part of the American Revolution too. Taxation without representation, forcing citizens to lodge soldiers, and whether or not SotL was a horror movie were all big issues.

You can see all of these facts in Roland Emmerich's latest film, The Patriot II: The Quickening!

Alien is, but Jaws ain't. :)

Don't get me started on these. :D I'll throw Aliens onto the pyre, too. Even Se7en seems to be classified as a horror now. :facepalm:

Tragic....

So is anybody going to answer my question?

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The Evil Dead
Night Of the Living dead
paranormal activity
Descent
Sinister
Cabin Fever

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The Devils Rejects, if you consider that a horror movie. I also like the original Halloween.

so many classic films i started watching the nightmare on elm street series earlier this year but never finished it. I really should check out all on this list there all good movies.