Respected horror movies?
 

I'm putting this under modern because the older horror movies are generally respected anyways.

So, in a genre that's usually looked down upon, what horror movies are generally respected in the movie community? I know The Exorcist is, and to a lesser extent, Halloween (the original), but what other ones?

Silence of the Lambs and The Shining have got some recognition, esp. Silence. Se7en is fairly respected also, though it could be contested as a horror movie.

There's probably more, but not very many.

Blair Witch in its own way (for being wildly successful - and building fear without showing anything at all)

the omen
the amityville horror
the wicker man
last house on the left
texas chainsaw

for the most part I'll agree, but Last House on the Left is almost universally panned in the movie community. I've only read 2 positive reviews, all the rest were like 0 stars

I would say "Dawn of the Dead" (the original), no?

It is a horror film study in radical political theory...

I'd say Carrie, Friday the 13th, The Evil Dead, Poltergeist and A Nightmare On Elm Street... but I could be wrong, who knows...

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You guys are naming classics which STE stated for the most part already have respect.

I think hes asking which films that have come out in lets say the last 10 yrs do we think have the most respect.....

:)

Maybe this wasn't the best community to ask.

I already straitened em out....:D look at above post ^^^^

Carrie, yeah, F13 is totally looked down on, Evil Dead is a cult movie, Poltergeist is...a weird case where it's not really NOT respected, but it's not like revered or anything, and NoES I guess is, but not much

not necessarily in the past 10 years. I meant "older" as in the CLASSIC classics (the original NotLD, the Universal horror movies, the silent ones, stuff like that)

Ok, I was mistaken once again.

But this just gave me an idea of a good thread....

This is confusing! Explain yourself!

Its allright, everythings handled. And you came up with some good ideas. Sorry for ragging on you.

No it's cool,

Glad to have made a contribution nonetheless...

I'd say Night of the Living Dead if it's considered modern. It changed the genre and really seemed to have a significant subtest for the period.

i may be wrong but i think the thread is aimed at horror movies that have the respect of the GENERAL film going populace, not the respect of just people you'd find on a horror board.

In the academic community: Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Night Of The Living Dead, The Exorcist, Halloween (somtimes) and Alien.