Best Horror Movies

[Packie]

I'm finally going to watch saw for the first time tonight!

 

[Ultralight]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
the original version of the haunting.

black and white.

amazing.

FTW! :thumbsup: This is what I was going to list. Slasher, et. al. horror doesn't do it for me in the least but psychological terror with minimal FX is far superior IMO and this movie has it.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Ultralight

Originally posted by: JohnCU
the original version of the haunting.

black and white.

amazing.

FTW! :thumbsup: This is what I was going to list. Slasher, et. al. horror doesn't do it for me in the least but psychological terror with minimal FX is far superior IMO and this movie has it.

:thumbsup:

 

[Feneant2]

Frontieres and Hautes Tension (High Tension) were both pretty intense movies. Not scary horror but more like messed up horror wtf flicks

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Re-Animator

The Hitcher

Candyman

The Serpent & the Rainbow

Bad Taste

Hellraiser

Christine

 

[Corporate Thug]

candyman

 

[orion23]

IT
Hellraiser

Then again, I watched those when I was a kid..

The only movies that has scared me as a grown-up, are:

The sixth sense
Training Day (When the officer is left behind @ that apartment...)

 

[soulcougher73]

Poltergeist
The Exorcist

 

[Loop2kil]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Re-Animator

The Hitcher

Candyman

The Serpent & the Rainbow

Bad Taste

Hellraiser

Christine

very nice list.

 

[Spacehead]

Prince of Darkness - sort of cheesy but very creepy also.

Old school-
The Exorcist
The Omen
Rosemarie's Baby
Phantasm
Pit and the Pendulum

 

[T9D]

...

 

[BudAshes]

Alien

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Ultralight

Originally posted by: JohnCU
the original version of the haunting.

black and white.

amazing.

FTW! :thumbsup: This is what I was going to list. Slasher, et. al. horror doesn't do it for me in the least but psychological terror with minimal FX is far superior IMO and this movie has it.

then you will probably like The Changeling. A haunted house/ghost story with a very disturbing murder scene of a boy in his bathtub.

also I would recommend:

The Innocents

Black Christmas

 

[thedarkwolf]

House

 

[Homerboy]

The Shining is the best PURE Horror movie out there (not "shock movie") The whole thing in its 70s vibe is creepy as hell. Its the only roll I like Jack in too.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Ultralight

Originally posted by: JohnCU
the original version of the haunting.

black and white.

amazing.

FTW! :thumbsup: This is what I was going to list. Slasher, et. al. horror doesn't do it for me in the least but psychological terror with minimal FX is far superior IMO and this movie has it.

then you will probably like The Changeling. A haunted house/ghost story with a very disturbing murder scene of a boy in his bathtub.

also I would recommend:

The Innocents

Black Christmas

thanks for the the recommendation on the changeling, getting ready to watch it in a few.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Ultralight

Originally posted by: JohnCU
the original version of the haunting.

black and white.

amazing.

FTW! :thumbsup: This is what I was going to list. Slasher, et. al. horror doesn't do it for me in the least but psychological terror with minimal FX is far superior IMO and this movie has it.

then you will probably like The Changeling. A haunted house/ghost story with a very disturbing murder scene of a boy in his bathtub.

also I would recommend:

The Innocents

Black Christmas

thanks for the the recommendation on the changeling, getting ready to watch it in a few.

it wasn't bad, not great but pretty good. :thumbsup:

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: rayray2
Inside hands down. A must-see for all fans of the genre.

Inside is one of the best French horror films I have ever seen! It ranks up there as well as one of my best horror films ever as well. It is very intense and bloody.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: Agentbolt

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Alien
The Ring
Night of the Living Dead
The Shining
The Thing
The Omen
The Fly
Saw
Predator
Terminator
Halloween
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Event Horizon
Friday the 13th

You're seriously calling "Terminator" a horror movie? 😕

I would hesitate to classify any movies as "horror", as I have yet to be horrified by a film.

The single-minded, unstoppable, unkillable monster happens to be a machine from the future, so it's sci-horror. Overall the film is built as a horror movie though.

There are many movies that somewhat defy classification. What would you say The Road Warrior is? I say it's a western, despite being set in the future and no one is packing a six shooter.

 

[ModerateRepZero]

Friday the 13th
Halloween
Hellraiser
Psycho
The Ring
Saw
The Shining
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973)

While I understand some people may themselves not be overly scared/horrified at a film, I think that it's safe to classify as "horror" a film that is meant to provoke terror or dread in the viewer, and usually there's some sort of nightmarish monster involved (ie Michael Meyers in Halloween, Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre).