Your fav. horror movies
 

I am trying to get some ideas of some good horror movies to buy or see. I would appreciate it if you would send me your top 10 horror movies. My email is [email protected].

here ya go, my favorites as of 9/19/04, 7:35 am EST, subject to change in about 10 minutes of course... ;)


bad taste - great lo-fi new zealand splatter and humor from that lord of the rings guy

dawn of the dead - classic, i'd say my favorite of all time, lots of zombies, humor, and a little social commentary on the mindlessness/dangers of consumerism and/or hubris

the shining - jack nicholson literally IS mad, the score is incredibly unsettling, and the movie is generally shot and acted beautifully

the beyond - lucio fulci's twisted tale of what can happen when one of his gates of hell is opened beneath a new orleans mansion. gore never looked so good

alien - damn, the chestbursting scene, the fact that you never get a good look at the creature, the sexual suspense.. a riveting and sometimes disturbing film

rosemary's baby - might've usurped omens and exorcist as my favorite 'devil' movie. well-told, well-acted, the ritual dream-scene is unfogettable ('THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING!!') as is the final haunting act

tenebre - i think dario argento's best film, released as the slightly edited 'unsane' here in the u.s... often terribly acted but you've probably never seen a more refined slasher, amazing cinematography, violent kills, and set to terrific music

damien: omen 2 - the beast realizes just what he is, and begins to violently fulfill the requisite biblical prophecies (have you ever seen a better dismembering in an elevator before? a more frightening scene where the killer simply 'stares' the victim to death? *shudder*), very well acted with an AWESOME score, stays with you for years

the fly - david cronenberg's remake of the classic. very funny, very sick (get the director's cut), and very f*cking awesome! see it!

slaughterhouse - an ambling 300 lb. psycho muttering in pig-gibberish as he hacks his way through the local teens? a man fed feet-first into a meat auger you say? an ending which totally satisfies your horror-fan appetite, in the same way, uh, eating a 16-ounce porterhouse would? ahh yesssss


honorable mentions - these *might be* better movies but they don't warm (or should that be 'chill') my heart the same way my favorite ten does:

henry: portrait of a serial killer - incredibly realistic and frightening

maniac - off-kilter take on the serial killer theme, in a similar vein to henry but not as riveting

men behind the sun - awful movie really

thank you for those suggestions. Others please reply.

evil dead (all 3)

the thing

nightmare on elm street 1

halloween 1

night of the living dead (original one--->black and white)

friday the 13th part 1

Return of the living dead

Henry portrait of a serial killer

texas chainsaw massacre 1 (again, original)

hellraiser




It's really hard to give a top 10
but i think those are the movies i mostly watch, although henry is one of my newest additions, i liked it allot
if you want like a top 100 or something lol

Evil Dead II
Phantasm II
The Brood
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Dawn of the Dead
Braindead
In the Mouth of Madness
The Wicker Man
Scanners
The Thing
Waxwork
Hellraiser
Dagon

damn, in the mouth of madness, that's been ages!!

shiiiiiiiiiit what am i, a moron? would canter into my top 10, easy. probably take the place of the fly

In no particular order,

~Halloween
~The Exorcist 1 and 3
~The Evil Dead 1 and 2
~Suspiria
~The Shining
~The Hills Have Eyes
~Last House on the Left
~Texas Chainsaw Massacre
~Rosemary's Baby
~Dead-Alive

exorcist
the howling
dracula 2000
the ring
the fly
NOES
american werwolf in paris
mimic
troll but only for a good laugh
body snatchers

I'll name some of my favorites nobody has mentioned yet.

Pet Sematary
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Return of the living dead
Sleepaway Camp II (seriously underrated slasher)
Poltergeist
Cemetary Man
Sixth Sense
Night of the living dead 1990 remake, I like it more than the original. If anyone wants to argue with me about it, go ahead.
Vampires
The Unholy

In some kind of order.