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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
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