Ah, a movie thread! My favourite 
The Thing, definetly!!!! One of the best horror movies made. Great psychological chills, and buckets of gore when called for.
Poltergeist. A classic of creepy.
The Ring. The american remake. I've seen it and the original, and the remake is much superior. Tighter story, bit better chills.
The Exorcist. For completness. Try and get the extended.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Cheesy b-movie goodness. Some great jump scenes, and great job at creating suspense and dread.
The Relic. More modern horror. Heavier on the action, lighter on the suspense and chills. Still good, though. Try and read the book
Night of the Living Dead. Original or remake, both are good. I think the remake was a little tighter and had the better ending, though. (Can also do as a companion piece Return of the Living Dead for a bunch of good laughs!)
The Wickerman. British, but cool. Try and get the director's cut, as it's a little better. A tame movie, but a cool ending. Warm-up fare.
Alien. The best piece of sci-fi horror, hands down.
Jaws. Well know, so include only if there's a lot of ppl that have never seen or haven't seen in a long time.
Tremors. More action than horror, with a bit of humour thrown in. Do a great job of not showing the monster 'till they need to.
Se7en. Psychological chiller. Kevin Spacy plays an EXCELLENT psychopath. Very very good.
The Others. A psychological chiller about a family where the children are photosensitive and there may be ghosts in the house.
Looking forward to other suggestions, and perhaps a final list on what you choose, Syringer.
-- Jack
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
-- Alfred Hitchcock
The Thing, definetly!!!! One of the best horror movies made. Great psychological chills, and buckets of gore when called for.
Poltergeist. A classic of creepy.
The Ring. The american remake. I've seen it and the original, and the remake is much superior. Tighter story, bit better chills.
The Exorcist. For completness. Try and get the extended.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Cheesy b-movie goodness. Some great jump scenes, and great job at creating suspense and dread.
The Relic. More modern horror. Heavier on the action, lighter on the suspense and chills. Still good, though. Try and read the book
Night of the Living Dead. Original or remake, both are good. I think the remake was a little tighter and had the better ending, though. (Can also do as a companion piece Return of the Living Dead for a bunch of good laughs!)
The Wickerman. British, but cool. Try and get the director's cut, as it's a little better. A tame movie, but a cool ending. Warm-up fare.
Alien. The best piece of sci-fi horror, hands down.
Jaws. Well know, so include only if there's a lot of ppl that have never seen or haven't seen in a long time.
Tremors. More action than horror, with a bit of humour thrown in. Do a great job of not showing the monster 'till they need to.
Se7en. Psychological chiller. Kevin Spacy plays an EXCELLENT psychopath. Very very good.
The Others. A psychological chiller about a family where the children are photosensitive and there may be ghosts in the house.
Looking forward to other suggestions, and perhaps a final list on what you choose, Syringer.
-- Jack
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
-- Alfred Hitchcock
Hmmm for some reason I didn't find the excorcist to be nearly as scary as everyone made it out to be. I didn't even watch all of it because I was tired and it was boring.
Hmmm.... didn't see that. Can you give us some idea what you mean by "old school"? What kind of dates are you looking at, or what kind of concepts you want seen?
-- Jack
*Chuckles* There's an idea; a Shaft movie marathon!
-- Jack
Two Towers should serve as a postcard to George Lucas, one that reads 'Making great movies, wish you were here!'.
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
Not horror, but The Others is friggin scary in 5.1 in the dark... also for horror, go with the classics: Friday the 13th 1-9, great movies just great, they epitomize the horror genre.
Originally posted by: mto81
Yep.. and that has absolutely nothing to do with "being scared", something many "horror" writers & directors have yet to figure out. A cat jumping out of a closet IS NOT SCARY
Exactly. Being startled is a cheap ploy, when I WANT to be scared, really want to be scared, I want psychological horror, something that gradually makes your blood pressure and pulse go up, the perspiration starts to form on your forehead, you feel as if you are in danger, and you have NO IDEA what is about to happen. That is the best type of horror, which is why if you watched the Ring really WATCHED it, and thought into the premise (The total evil of samara) then you would realize how terrifying it is.
The Shining
Evil Dead I and II
Dead Alive (directed by none other than Peter Jackson). Make sure you get the uncut version though. The rated version cuts out so much gore it's not even worth watching.
The Ring
Final Destination (haven't seen the second one yet, but the first one is really good IMHO)
Creepshow (the first one is good, the second one SUCKS)
The Fly
Phantasm I and II
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Stir of Echoes
Evil Dead I and II
Dead Alive (directed by none other than Peter Jackson). Make sure you get the uncut version though. The rated version cuts out so much gore it's not even worth watching.
The Ring
Final Destination (haven't seen the second one yet, but the first one is really good IMHO)
Creepshow (the first one is good, the second one SUCKS)
The Fly
Phantasm I and II
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Stir of Echoes
Ok
You can NOT have any kind of horror movie marathon without the Evil Dead series. All three must be watched for it to count.
You can NOT have any kind of horror movie marathon without the Evil Dead series. All three must be watched for it to count.
1.Wes Craven's They.
2. Flatliners
3. In The Mouth of Madness
4. Evil Dead 1, 2, 3
5. Hellraiser 1, 2, 3, 4,5
6. Dead Alive
7. Double Vision (if you know Chinese or know Chinese culture)
8. Juon The Grudge (if you know Japanese or know Japanese culture)
9. Three (if you know Asian culture)
2. Flatliners
3. In The Mouth of Madness
4. Evil Dead 1, 2, 3
5. Hellraiser 1, 2, 3, 4,5
6. Dead Alive
7. Double Vision (if you know Chinese or know Chinese culture)
8. Juon The Grudge (if you know Japanese or know Japanese culture)
9. Three (if you know Asian culture)
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