"Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen"

some pretty quality flicks on that list. i loved the stepfather.

Interesting list ... but many missing.

Couple of us are going to have a horror night and am thinking of what I can bring to the festivities.

Anyone seen Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

Here for info

also thinking of Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)

aka The Incredible Torture Show
aka Heritage of Caligula
aka Sardu
aka The House of the Screaming Virgins
more info

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Alice, Sweet Alice
Alone in the Dark
Apt Pupil
The Asphyx
The Beyond
Beyond the Door
Black Christmas
The Blob
The Boneyard
The Borrower
Brain Damage
Castle Freak
Cemetery Man
The Changeling
Cherry Falls
A Chinese Ghost Story
Christmas Evil
Cronos
The Day of the Beast
Day of the Dead
Dead of Night
The Dead Pit
Dead Waters
Death Machine
Deathdream
Deep Rising
Def by Temptation
The Dentist
Deranged
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Daughter
Dolls
Event Horizon
The Evil Within
The Exorcist III
From Beyond
Funny Games
Ginger Snaps
Hardware
Hell Night
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Horror Express
Humanoids from the Deep
I Spit on Your Grave
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Be Nimble
Jack's Back
The Keep
Kingdom of the Spiders
Lair of the White Worm
Last House on the Left
The Legend of Hell House
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Luther the Geek
Manhunter
Maniac
Maniac Cop 2
Motel Hell
Mother's Day
Mute Witness
Necronomicon
The Night Flier
Night of the Comet
Night of the Creeps
The Ninth Gate
Nomads
Open Your Eyes
Opera
The Other
Paperhouse
Pin
Prison
Private Parts
Pumpkinhead
Rabid
Rampage
Ravenous
The Resurrected
Santa Sangre
Screamers
The Sender
Session 9
Shadowbuilder
Sisters
The Stepfather
Stir of Echoes
Strange Behavior
Swamp Thing
Ticks
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Twitch of the Death Nerve
Two Thousand Maniacs!
The Ugly
The Unearthing
Urban Ghost Story
The Vanishing
Wendigo
When a Stranger Calls
The Wisdom of Crocodiles

Somehow double posted. I had to look some of these up and they have decent plots so I will have to add them to my netflix.

My brother and I actually went to see a screening of In the Mouth of Madness at least six months before it was released. He was going to do a piece on the film for Cinefantastique, so we got to see an industry screening of a completed film. We both liked it; Todd is a Lovecraft freak. Shortly afterward, we heard that the film's release was being delayed. I'm not sure exactly right now whose idea it was to go back, reshoot and reedit the movie, but Todd went to see it at the theatre and said that it was changed. I held out for the video release, and I remember the beginning being changed, with many of the stranger scenes in the asylum cut out. The editing was also changed to make the film flow smoother, but it was done at the cost of sacrificing some intensity and insanity. Lastly, I'm sure that the ending was different and changed the meaning of the film. Unfortunately, it's been over ten years since I've watched it, but I'll try to check with Todd about the details.

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I saw In the Mouth of Madness in the theater. This film pissed me off, big time. The first two acts are good. Better than good, actually, which is why I got so pissed. The film really had something going until it tanked into silly rubber-suited creatures mode. The film built tension and mystique well, and was spinning an interesting tale, but I thought it just fell apart at the end.

Also, the lame reliance on multiple jump scares from off-frame gets old very quickly, and showcases why this overused technique is now looked on with such disdain by movie audiences. Thinking back, I wish this story premise would have been directed by another, more talented and more restrained director. Also, they could have hired a decent effects guy for the creature effects, because this guy blew it.

Bummer.

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Being a Lovecraft fan, I like In the Mouth of Madness. True, it's not one of my very favorites, but it's a good solid Lovecraftian horror flick.

I don't know why, but when I think of ItMoM I also think of the Clive Barker movie Lord of Illusions, which is also in that pretty-good-not-great realm.

I have to put in props for Mute Witness. It's a great little flick. In fact, I think I'll watch it again tonight and write a review.

I definitely recommend it.

I like Lord of Illusions a bit more, as it was more consistent, and Bakula nails the part. I also likes Swan, and thought that cat played it well. Oh, and did I mention I am a HUGE Famke fan? Ya, I'm biased.

Lord of Illusions also has a weak third act, though. Hard to get through these days. The cardboard cutout-like cultists pull me out of the narrative.

Meanwhile, for Carpenter shlock, They Live! is great fun. Very clever. The Thing is my favorite Carpenter flick, and I have always liked Halloween, as well.

One of the funniest things to me about LoI is that Kevin J. O'Connor plays Swan. In just about everything else I've seen him in (The Mummy, Deep Rising) he plays a total weasel. He's completely different in Lord of Illusions. (I also thought he did rather well in There Will Be Blood).

I never cared for They Live!. I can't take Roddy Piper seriously, and that fight with Keith David just goes on and on and on...
Halloween is my favorite Carpenter movie (my third favorite horror film period), but The Thing is right up there, too.

Seen it
Own it

Alice, Sweet Alice
Alone in the Dark
Apt Pupil
The Asphyx
The Beyond
Beyond the Door
Black Christmas
The Blob
The Boneyard
The Borrower
Brain Damage
Castle Freak
Cemetery Man
The Changeling
Cherry Falls
A Chinese Ghost Story
Christmas Evil
Cronos
The Day of the Beast
Day of the Dead
Dead of Night
The Dead Pit
Dead Waters
Death Machine
Deathdream
Deep Rising
Def by Temptation
The Dentist
Deranged
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Daughter
Dolls
Event Horizon
The Evil Within
The Exorcist III
From Beyond
Funny Games
Ginger Snaps
Hardware
Hell Night
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Horror Express
Humanoids from the Deep
I Spit on Your Grave
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Be Nimble
Jack's Back
The Keep
Kingdom of the Spiders
Lair of the White Worm
Last House on the Left
The Legend of Hell House
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Luther the Geek
Manhunter
Maniac
Maniac Cop 2
Motel Hell
Mother's Day
Mute Witness
Necronomicon
The Night Flier
Night of the Comet
Night of the Creeps
The Ninth Gate
Nomads
Open Your Eyes
Opera
The Other
Paperhouse
Pin
Prison
Private Parts
Pumpkinhead
Rabid
Rampage
Ravenous
The Resurrected
Santa Sangre
Screamers(if it's the Peter Weller movie)
The Sender
Session 9
Shadowbuilder
Sisters
The Stepfather
Stir of Echoes
Strange Behavior
Swamp Thing
Ticks
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Twitch of the Death Nerve
Two Thousand Maniacs!
The Ugly
The Unearthing
Urban Ghost Story
The Vanishing
Wendigo
When a Stranger Calls
The Wisdom of Crocodiles

I'm surprised Basket Case isn't on the list.
And I've heard that The Ugly is pretty good. Is it?

EDIT: ..and what about C.H.U.D.????

Yep. I was pretty shocked by the film and find it compelling. Major Porno Snuff Action. I was really blown away when they showed you-know-who.

Seems like a lot of work for little explanation, but here goes. I hope I remember most of these when i'm asked questions.

Alice, Sweet Alice
Alone in the Dark
Apt Pupil
The Asphyx
The Beyond
Beyond the Door
Black Christmas
The Blob
The Boneyard
The Borrower
Brain Damage
Castle Freak
Cemetery Man (the original Dellamorte Dellamore is the way to go)
The Changeling
Cherry Falls
A Chinese Ghost Story
Christmas Evil
Cronos
The Day of the Beast
Day of the Dead
Dead of Night
The Dead Pit
Dead Waters
Death Machine
Deathdream
Deep Rising
Def by Temptation
The Dentist
Deranged
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Daughter
Dolls
Event Horizon
The Evil Within
The Exorcist III
From Beyond
Funny Games
Ginger Snaps
Hardware
Hell Night
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Horror Express
Humanoids from the Deep
I Spit on Your Grave
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Be Nimble
Jack's Back
The Keep
Kingdom of the Spiders
Lair of the White Worm
Last House on the Left
The Legend of Hell House
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Luther the Geek
Manhunter
Maniac
Maniac Cop 2
Motel Hell
Mother's Day
Mute Witness
Necronomicon
The Night Flier
Night of the Comet
Night of the Creeps
The Ninth Gate
Nomads
Open Your Eyes
Opera
The Other
Paperhouse
Pin
Prison
Private Parts
Pumpkinhead
Rabid
Rampage
Ravenous
The Resurrected
Santa Sangre
Screamers
The Sender
Session 9
Shadowbuilder
Sisters
The Stepfather
Stir of Echoes
Strange Behavior
Swamp Thing
Ticks
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Twitch of the Death Nerve
Two Thousand Maniacs!
The Ugly
The Unearthing
Urban Ghost Story
The Vanishing
Wendigo
When a Stranger Calls
The Wisdom of Crocodiles

I still need to track down 30 of 'em.

In The Mouth of Madness is good, but could be better. I liked it a lot more in the 90's... when I was around 11 years old... I revisited the film on DVD a couple of years ago and found parts of it good, parts of it boring.

Yes, Basket Case should be on there! And what about It's Alive?

I haven't seen The Ugly either. Something new to put on the Netflix queue.

The only one I've either seen or owned is Day of the Dead

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You Ozzies live sheltered lives. Well, not all of you. Nebs and FernTree seem to get around. Ha! I'm not making fun of you. You're supercool in my book. I'm just babbling about the idiocy of cult horror flix. (Even though they can be supercool too.)

As always, I blame our piss-weak DVD distribution system and my inability to visit my local cult video store on a more frequent basis.

Thanks for all the In the Mouth of Madness info guys I appreciaie it

I am ever on the lookout for a great Lovecraftian tale and have as yet been disappointed

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward series ... well the first two were just titty flicks ... which was disappointing because I was expecting so much more due to the title.

Loved Basket Case we watched it ... ummmm ... I guess illegally at the pub one night and had everyone mesmerised.

@ Iroquios ... didn't know you were Aussie ... try and get, if you havn't seen it The Cars that Ate Paris, I loved it