Audition. No supernatural or the like but, there is a couple of scenes that are so subtle but, make most people jump.

Showed my GF the new Prometheus trailer last week. She watched most of it through her fingers. I think it was that classic Alien alarm sound that did it.

Watched the Japanese one last night and it made me jump a wee bit and sent the odd shiver down my spine.

Pretty good really.

That's just a Hollywood remake of REC. The original is much better, dispite requiring subtitles.

I wouldn't call that 'horror' at all; I'd call it 'Torture Porn', made just to see if the audience can stomach mindless violence – watching mindless violence and trying to outdo (viscerally speaking) the other crop of torture porn films isn’t my idea of horror. They just remind me of those god-awful fake 'snuff' movies from the early '80's.

The Grudge isn’t too bad at all – some slate it, but I think it’s pretty effective at what it does. The Ring is also quite good.

No. Had a couple of films ruined by people telling me things. Don't see the point.

Speaking of hard hitting - Waiting for 'The midnight meat train' to arrive , will let you know on that one (Subways, hammers, lizards etc.)

It's a dark film as well - literally. So much so that my TV started doing its infuriating power save feature, where it dims the screen if there's not enough colour on show

Thread resurrection time.

After Martyrs we didn't watch any horror stuff for a while; that was so unpleasant (and unexpected, as I deliberately don't read about the contents of a film if I can help it, so it doesn't get spoiled; i won't read the backs of books for the same reason) that we went off on a tangent and ended up with a bit of a Christopher Nolan season (I hadn't seen Insomnia for years...).

So last night we were in the mood for something scary again, and in the same vein as 'not reading the back of the DVD case' as outlined above, we put Audition on, with no idea what to expect. Guess what? More disappointing, excessive, illogical and stupid 'horror' from the mind of someone who needs professional help. I wouldn't mind if it was scary, but it wasn't. It made little sense, was dull for the first half, then went mental pretty quickly, but without reason or logic. We are suffering a lack of patience with directors who can't tell a story well, so just go for the shock tactics.

See The Orphanage for a well-told, unsettling but logical psychological thriller. It can be done. Take note, shock directors.

So, we have [Rec] coming up next I think. Or The Grudge maybe, but I only have the Yank version; anyone know if its worth holding out for the Jap one instead?

I should do an update really, as we've watched a lot more than those two. So, with help from this thread (not my memory, which is dreadful):

We have watched:
The thing - great film
The thing (2011) - unnecessary. Why? Original still stands up and is better.
28 days and weeks later - both good, though the first has the edge.
The Descent - great horror film
American Horror story - TV Series. Really good actually, and consistent.
Event Horizon - Luncay. Not that scary though?
High Tension - barking, a 'must-see'
Audition - see above. Dull, then stupid.
The Orphanage - great psychological thriller
The Ring (yank remake) - good, liked it, relied a little too much on jump cuts to scary faces
The Shining - not scary, but unsettling, and the end has always annoyed me. That poor black guy!
Let the right one in - weird, and good

Still on our list to watch (feel free to add GOOD horror films to this):
The Grudge (yank version)
[Rec]
Ils (Them)
Saw (first one only)
The Hill have Eyes (2006 remake)
Pan's Labyrinth
Inside

We like unsettling and clever rather than outright gore. We do not like misogyny without reason. The film industry is very 'male'.

Insidious is a good modern horror that doesn't resort to gore or mysogyny