Your Best Horror Movies
 

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:

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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:

That was the one with Kurt Russell, right?

Yes.

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

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.

I thought this looked familiar!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=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)

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: