Your Best Horror Movies

[Contact]

Hi everyone,
What is your best known horror movie ?

I'm the person who likes to watch horror movies right next after movies of WW2 :)

I always admire Stephen Kings works for his ability to open the purest fear in our minds.

But last night I watched Quarantine all alone at night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUAETRhhkw

I must confess I was so damn affraid I could hardly remember when I was so much excited before, sitting in my room with my eyes wide open even after the movie for an hour or so :o
I think it is so immersive cuz it's been done in first person camera view all the time. :timeout:
Just watch it if you haven't seen it, it's really not some sort of cheap stuff :rock:

[rubenandthejets]

Loved Kubrick's take on "The Shining". I saw it at the cinema when I was 13 and thought WOW!
Much scarier than the usual "don't open the door! Don't do it!" teen slashers like "Scream" or "Friday the 13th". Loved the Japanese version of "Ring" and "Juon" too. Very little gore but lots of creepiness!

On the oher hand, I really love bucket o blood b grade zombie movies, especially with a bit of comedy thrown in. "Tokyo Zombie", "Shaun of the Dead" "Planet Terror" all worth a look.

[Torplexed]

I still think Alien was the creepiest horror movie for the impression it made on me at the time. The sequels kinda eroded the viseral experience of the first one. Silent Hill was another that kinda got under my skin.

[stabiz]

There are only two that I think very really creepy, and that The Shining and The Ring.

[Rockstar]

The scariest movie I ever watched, even to this day, Black Sabbath starring Boris Karloff (1963). It is a series of shorts that would have me hiding under the blankets when i was a kid. That dead lady who wanted her ring back freaked me out everytime.

[AVGWarhawk]

1982 "The Thing" was hands down scary as hell. A remake from the 50's. This time, it was more diabolical. An alien encased in ice is discovered and comes to life. It has the ability to become any life form it has come into contact with and use that life form abilities. So, each person at this mine in the perma frost does not know if the alien has touched anyone thus being able to take their form. No one trusts anyone! Man, you talk about nuts. Best parts of the move are linked below. Do not eat anything with tomato sauce will watching:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liS2csDM25Y

[Contact]

As for me I like horror movies which action is closely linked to happen in real life.

The best I could think of is actually a deadly viruses, dangerous genes experiments, mutating zombies and all that biohazardous threat to mankind has always freaked me out when I start to think about it, you know like in the Resident Evil 1 or Quarantine.
Who knows maybe there are already top secret military facilities somewhere, where these kind of viruses has been already developed :o

[Dowly]

Pretty much everything from John Carpenter. Especially liked the original 'Fog'.

[AVGWarhawk]

Pretty much everything from John Carpenter. Especially liked the original 'Fog'.

Yeah, The Fog was a great one and a good story line as well. :up:

[Kapt Z]

1982 "The Thing" was hands down scary as hell. A remake from the 50's. This time, it was more diabolical. An alien encased in ice is discovered and comes to life. It has the ability to become any life form it has come into contact with and use that life form abilities. So, each person at this mine in the perma frost does not know if the alien has touched anyone thus being able to take their form. No one trusts anyone! Man, you talk about nuts. Best parts of the move are linked below. Do not eat anything with tomato sauce will watching:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liS2csDM25Y

That was the one with Kurt Russell, right?

[AVGWarhawk]

1982 "The Thing" was hands down scary as hell. A remake from the 50's. This time, it was more diabolical. An alien encased in ice is discovered and comes to life. It has the ability to become any life form it has come into contact with and use that life form abilities. So, each person at this mine in the perma frost does not know if the alien has touched anyone thus being able to take their form. No one trusts anyone! Man, you talk about nuts. Best parts of the move are linked below. Do not eat anything with tomato sauce will watching:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liS2csDM25Y
That was the one with Kurt Russell, right?

Yes.

[Sailor Steve]

That remake of The Thing was also much closer to the John W. Campbell short story Who Goes There?

[Frame57]

Too many to list. I used to live for "Creature feature" hosted by Bob Wilkins in the early 70's. The most recent movie that i thought was pretty good was 30 days of night.

[Sailor Steve]

I thought this looked familiar!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=129215&highlight=horror+movies

Of course that was a year ago, so no harm done.

Don't really go for horror too much, so my list is short and odd:

Fright Night
An American Werewolf In London
The Night Stalker (original TV movie which became a pilot for the series)

[OneToughHerring]

1982 "The Thing" was hands down scary as hell. A remake from the 50's. This time, it was more diabolical. An alien encased in ice is discovered and comes to life. It has the ability to become any life form it has come into contact with and use that life form abilities. So, each person at this mine in the perma frost does not know if the alien has touched anyone thus being able to take their form. No one trusts anyone! Man, you talk about nuts. Best parts of the move are linked below. Do not eat anything with tomato sauce will watching:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liS2csDM25Y
The defibrillator-scene is just...bizarre. :DL

Good horror movie? Hmm, personally I'm most frightened when I watch a thriller that is realistic, or a documentary because I know it's about a real thing. But for fantasy, I like the atmosphere in the film Alien. The sequels are not bad either.

edit. Btw, nice sig images Torplexed. :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Too many to list. I used to live for "Creature feature" hosted by Bob Wilkins in the early 70's. The most recent movie that i thought was pretty good was 30 days of night.

You are dating yourself with Creature Feature. I remember that series when I was a kid. They were good.

[AVGWarhawk]

That remake of The Thing was also much closer to the John W. Campbell short story Who Goes There?

I have not heard of that one Steve. When I get a chance I will look it up:up:

[Dowly]

That remake of The Thing was also much closer to the John W. Campbell short story Who Goes There?
I have not heard of that one Steve. When I get a chance I will look it up:up:

I think Steve means with remake the 1982 flick. :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

That remake of The Thing was also much closer to the John W. Campbell short story Who Goes There?
I have not heard of that one Steve. When I get a chance I will look it up:up:

I think Steve means with remake the 1982 flick. :hmmm:
I think AVG means the original short story both movies were based on. It's a good one.

[AVGWarhawk]

That remake of The Thing was also much closer to the John W. Campbell short story Who Goes There?
I have not heard of that one Steve. When I get a chance I will look it up:up:
I think Steve means with remake the 1982 flick. :hmmm:

Yes, 'Who Goes There?" I have not heard of this one. :up:

[Sailor Steve]

Here. You can read it online, right now, right here. I love the internet.

http://www.scaryforkids.com/who-goes-there/

[kiwi_2005]

Alien.

I was 15 when it came out, my uncle took me to the movies to see it. I didn't sleep a wink that night besides i was staying at my uncles and my bedroom was in a sleep out about 50yrds away from the house to make it worse it was a stormy night my hearing senses was on red alert I was freaking out! :har:

''Dark waters'' Japanese version kinda found that scary in fact i reckon the Japanese make the best horror flicks. I've seen quite a few asian horror flicks over the years and each one has played with my head!

The Exorcist - another movie my uncle took me to see (man i hate my uncle :har: )

[AVGWarhawk]

Here. You can read it online, right now, right here. I love the internet.

http://www.scaryforkids.com/who-goes-there/

How about that Steve, it sure is dead on! Funny how stories grow and are reincarnated over and over. I guess Hollywood can use their improved movie magic. However, the real movie magic is in ones imagination! I often find the books more engrossing than anything a director can cut.

[Contact]

Alien.

I was 15 when it came out, my uncle took me to the movies to see it. I didn't sleep a wink that night besides i was staying at my uncles and my bedroom was in a sleep out about 50yrds away from the house to make it worse it was a stormy night my hearing senses was on red alert I was freaking out! :har:

''Dark waters'' Japanese version kinda found that scary in fact i reckon the Japanese make the best horror flicks. I've seen quite a few asian horror flicks over the years and each one has played with my head!

The Exorcist - another movie my uncle took me to see (man i hate my uncle :har: )

Alien is a legend, and all the parts were worth watching.

Japaneese horror movies got stuck with all that black hair thing of that too white dead girl, which I'm finding boring already.
The ring, the black water, it's all the same actually :)

[antikristuseke]

Any horror movies list is incomplete without Leprechaun 4: In space:88)

[FIREWALL]

When I accidently walked in on my motherinlaw in the bathroom.:eek:

[Weiss Pinguin]

Here. You can read it online, right now, right here. I love the internet.

http://www.scaryforkids.com/who-goes-there/
Just finished reading it... Took a while to wrap my mind around the writing style, but crikey! Creepier than the movie [1982 remake]. :o

[mapuc]

The defibrillator-scene is just...bizarre. :DL

You mean this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TevQS4qgE_Q

Markus

[A Very Super Market]

We could honestly make a movie out of the werewolf hunt thread. We is getting into chararctor alreadies!

And I think The Thing was a very good movie, though the special effects were lacking somewhat. Is it a coincidink that there were Norwegians in the movie as well as the werewolf thread? Am I shamelessly promoting the thread as well? Too many questions folks!

[Task Force]

Yes The Thing Is a veary good movie. :up:

The werewolf thread is getting good.

[Weiss Pinguin]

The defibrillator-scene is just...bizarre. :DL

You mean this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TevQS4qgE_Q

Markus
Cripes man, I was eating eggs sunny-side up when Herring brought that up... Gawd! I will never be able to enjoy my eggs runny ever again. :o

On that note, we were watching The Thing on the Sci-Fi channel several weeks ago, and we had to call it a night RIGHT AFTER that scene. I was more than a little jumpy going to bed. :lol:

Great... Now whatever appetite for the eggs I am eating right this moment is gone again.

[Stealth Hunter]

I've seen plenty of good horror movies, but the only one that ever really creeped me out was "The Sixth Sense". The unfortunate part about it is that you can only watch it once. After that, you know the twist, you're never going to be able to forget it, and it's just a fun movie to watch after that point.

[Overboard]

This is a stupid movie by all means, but still one i like "NIGHT OF THE LIVEING DEAD" Tehehe Still one of my # 1s :O:

[Contact]

I've seen plenty of good horror movies, but the only one that ever really creeped me out was "The Sixth Sense". The unfortunate part about it is that you can only watch it once. After that, you know the twist, you're never going to be able to forget it, and it's just a fun movie to watch after that point.

Sometimes I used to like roleplaying that scene in bed "I see dead people" :haha:

[OneToughHerring]

The defibrillator-scene is just...bizarre. :DL
You mean this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TevQS4qgE_Q

Markus

Yes, that's the one. I wonder if people who have to use defibrillators have that scene at the backs of their heads. "I better watch out or it might bite off my hands".

Some movies have that power, they make a lot of people scared. Maybe Jaws was like that, people were afraid to swim in the ocean after seeing it, even up north where there are no sharks. :DL

[UnderseaLcpl]

I humbly submit Event Horizon and The Bunker.

Both deal with a horror that exsists only in the eye of the beholder, a fear you cannot escape from or defeat because it is in your own mind.

[AVGWarhawk]

I humbly submit Event Horizon and The Bunker.

Both deal with a horror that exsists only in the eye of the beholder, a fear you cannot escape from or defeat because it is in your own mind.

I watched Event Horizon a few weeks ago. My wife was wondering what the heck I was watching. It is a good movie and does play on the fears in one's own mind. Lots of gore in this movie. Guys ripping their eyes out :o etc. They did not leave much to the imagination on the gore. I was laid out there for all to see.

[Frame57]

Maybe one of you can help me out here. A few years back I saw a flick that was about a WW2 submarine that had ghosts on board. Was an OK movie as i recall, but i cannot remember the title of it???:hmmm:

[Weiss Pinguin]

Below? 2002 I think, saw it on AMC a while back. Some parts were fairly spooky, rest was meh.

Edit: Here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276816/) be it.

[mapuc]

An another movie I saw a couples of weeks ago, who was a kind of scary was the Happening.

Not some alien from outerspace or a precident who got his mind on blowing us all to kongdom come

But the nature around us,who had decided to erase us from the soil.

That was a kind of scary

Markus

[UnderseaLcpl]

Nobody has seen "The Bunker" ?

http://www.amazon.com/Bunker-Charley-Boorman/dp/B00020X90G

It's only got 3 stars on Amazon for being low budget and a few other minor gripes, but I thought it was good.

[Torplexed]

Too many movies sharing the same names these days. The Bunker I remember starred Anthony Hopkins as Der Fuhrer. He was rather scary tho.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DFZZT3VHL._SS500_.jpg

[UnderseaLcpl]

No, I mean this one;

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o264/charlie143james/5133HGoHYKL__SL500_AA240_.jpg

[Contact]

Yeah I've seen the Bunker, Outpost was not bad either.
Now waiting for Dead Snow dvdrip to show from Norway :yeah:

http://www.deadsnow.com/

[sharkbit]

"The Sixth Sense" was one of the few movies that actually sent a chill down my spine while watching it. :eek:

"The Changeling" with George C. Scott was another one that sent a chill down my spine.(I think they did a remake recently-Hollywood can't come up with anything original anymore it seems.)

Hate to admit it, but I really liked the original "Nightmare on Elm Street". Great premise. Of course, I haven't seen it since it came out and I don't know if I'd like it as much, but it does stand out for me.

My all time favorite has to be " The Exorcist".
Took my wife to see it when they re-released in 2000 or so with some extra footage.
Still a great movie, although my wife didn't care for it-she's Catholic and some of it hit a little close to home for her.
The sequel, "The Exorcist II-the Heretic", had to be one of the stupidest movies ever made. :down:

As an aside-
About every Halloween time, BRAVO shows "The Top 100 Scariest Moments in Film" on TV. I watched the top 30 or so one night and was unablee to sleep afterward. :o You see all the best and scariest parts of so many movies.
:)

[nikimcbee]

I say, watch Jaws then go swimming at night.:03:

[Weiss Pinguin]

I couldn't even take a shower without peeking over my shoulder at least once after watching Jaws :oops: :lol:

[Kapt Z]

I say, watch Jaws then go swimming at night.:03:

One time I went swimming at night with some buddies off Long Beach Island. I was a better swimmer than them and I struck out to about 100 yds to enjoy the swells.

Something 'bleeping' nudged me! I've struck things in the water before, little pieces of garbage, a small wood plank... you know 'stuff'. This was different. I have no idea to this day what it was, but I swam as fast as a torpedo to the beach. It's been the only time I can honestly say I was truly scared in the water.:o

[OneToughHerring]

One time I went swimming at night with some buddies off Long Beach Island. I was a better swimmer than them and I struck out to about 100 yds to enjoy the swells.

Something 'bleeping' nudged me! I've struck things in the water before, little pieces of garbage, a small wood plank... you know 'stuff'. This was different. I have no idea to this day what it was, but I swam as fast as a torpedo to the beach. It's been the only time I can honestly say I was truly scared in the water.:o

That'd be pretty unpleasant. Good thing you were close to the beach and not left behind in the middle of the ocean like those divers who were never found.

[XabbaRus]

My favourite is one I made myself.

It's called "The Wife : 6am the morning after"

[XabbaRus]

Nobody has seen "The Bunker" ?

http://www.amazon.com/Bunker-Charley-Boorman/dp/B00020X90G

It's only got 3 stars on Amazon for being low budget and a few other minor gripes, but I thought it was good.

I can't remember the name but I saw a scary one set in a German trench in WWI when some Tommies sacked it and then get murdered one by one by something really creepy that is never really explained.

Remembered. It's called Deathwatch.

[nikimcbee]

I say, watch Jaws then go swimming at night.:03:

One time I went swimming at night with some buddies off Long Beach Island. I was a better swimmer than them and I struck out to about 100 yds to enjoy the swells.

Something 'bleeping' nudged me! I've struck things in the water before, little pieces of garbage, a small wood plank... you know 'stuff'. This was different. I have no idea to this day what it was, but I swam as fast as a torpedo to the beach. It's been the only time I can honestly say I was truly scared in the water.:o

One of my friends at work had an "interesting" experience surfing. He felt the water pressure pushing on his board and saw a large shadow under him for a brief moment. What it was? Your guess is as good as mine.:o

[1480]

Halloween, the original.

Exorcist

The Blob, saw it on Creature Feature (memories).

Evil Dead series esp 1. 2 becomes comedic.

[clive bradbury]

A couple of English films to consider:

28 days later

and, best of all...

The Wicker Man...

[Dowly]

A couple of English films to consider:

28 days later

Both that and 28 weeks later were excellent flicks! Big fan of Robert Carlyle here!! :rock:

[A Very Super Market]

The plotline of one of the 28 ... later movies I remember to be absolutely absurd. Something to do with a guy kissing his infected wife, and starting the whole thing again and destroying Britain...

Will we see a 28 decades later? 28 milleniums?

[Christopher Snow]

My own nomination qualifies as more of a "creepy" film, than a true horror movie. But not least because, at the time it was made, it was based on what was known...then...of a very TRUE story, a good part of which was still quite vague.

"Sole Survivor (1970)"

This was a US "made for TV" movie, based on the the very true story of a "lost" (and later found) B-24 bomber, the "Lady Be Good."

Sole Survivor substitutes a B-25 for the B-24, and floats a rather unique premise atop that.... Well worth seeing if you can find it*--a real cult classic.

My own favorite scene is when Brad David ("Elmo") suddenly rears up and says: "they're....they're TOUCHING me!" (memory mine, and I'll leave the explanation for those who take the time to see the film).

Note: To sit through this one, you'll also have to be willing to put up with some early "William Shatner." Sorry, but there it is. It's the price you'll have to pay.

Regardless, I think the film, overall, is still WELL worth it.

[* "Roberts Hard to Find Videos" sells it for $25 or so (VHS, US format)]

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Another, similar psycho drama I find entertaining would be "The Legend of Hell House."

And, as others have mentioned, "The Sixth Sense" is not to be missed either.


CS

[claybirdd]

When I saw the title of this thread the first movie that poped in my head was "The Thing" and sure enough Warhawk mentioned it in the 4th post. Absolutly the best psychological horror movie. And in the end who is really infected. Personally I think Kurt was. In the director's cut they havea commentary on whether or not one would know he was infected or not. I highly suggest the DC with the commentary.

[Aramike]

The Amityville Horror was a standout for me. That house was just creepy.