Good horror movies..
Discussion
Timbuk2 said:
type-r said:
Page 3 and no mention of Halloween (1978)?
My scariest film of all time! Mind you, I did watch it when I was about 12... having to run home (terrified) in the dark across the fields from my friends house was not fun!Now 20 years later I still think of that mask and it makes all my hairs stand up on my neck and gives me the creeps if I'm on my own in the house or outside in the dark
Did you know the have just recently announced the release of Halloween 11 (yes, eleven) next year:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502407
Hopefully better than the last two horrendous Zombie efforts.
zygalski said:
Shutter (2004)
Modern Thai horror. Superbly well done & creepy as hell. Worth watching for the last 5 minutes & the big reveal.
The final reveal is one of the few things I've seen that genuinely haunted me. Just imagine having the ghost of your ex permanently clinging to you, and even if you killed yourself you'd still be togetherModern Thai horror. Superbly well done & creepy as hell. Worth watching for the last 5 minutes & the big reveal.
Wolf Creek,Event Horizon and Triangle. Were all horror films that played on my mind for a long time afterwards. That to me makes them very good horror films.
As a bonus, when I was younger I watched 10 Rillington Place. Whilst not a true horror per se, it played on my mind so much I started to obsess about it, reading books on John Christie. Truly horrfic because its real life not a made up story. Even now Richard Attenborough gives me the creeps in this film.
As a bonus, when I was younger I watched 10 Rillington Place. Whilst not a true horror per se, it played on my mind so much I started to obsess about it, reading books on John Christie. Truly horrfic because its real life not a made up story. Even now Richard Attenborough gives me the creeps in this film.
Has no one mentioned A Serbian Film?
Don't watch it. It's very well made but the content of it is disgusting and vile. I don't think the uncut version is even legal to own in the UK but even the cut version is well beyond most horror.
It isn't just the gore but the acts depicted. "It's only a movie... It's only a movie..."
This film turned my stomach more than other films mentioned here.
Don't watch it. It's very well made but the content of it is disgusting and vile. I don't think the uncut version is even legal to own in the UK but even the cut version is well beyond most horror.
It isn't just the gore but the acts depicted. "It's only a movie... It's only a movie..."
This film turned my stomach more than other films mentioned here.
The Ring (the US remake of the Japanese film) is very good. I watched it at the cinema and had goosebumps all the way through. No blood, no gore, you barely see anything except a couple of dead bodies, everything is implied. Never seen the sequels to it, and dont want to, as i suspect they wont be as good.
The Mothman Prophecies is - in my opinion - a hidden gem. Not horror as such, but very creepy. Richard Gere plays a recently widdowed reporter who keeps accidentally ending up in the same small town, and receives strange phone calls from someone or something that claims to be able to able to allow gere to contact his wife. very very loosely based on real events (the disaster at the end of the film, and the reports people having seen something that is later referred to as The Mothman)
The Mothman Prophecies is - in my opinion - a hidden gem. Not horror as such, but very creepy. Richard Gere plays a recently widdowed reporter who keeps accidentally ending up in the same small town, and receives strange phone calls from someone or something that claims to be able to able to allow gere to contact his wife. very very loosely based on real events (the disaster at the end of the film, and the reports people having seen something that is later referred to as The Mothman)
The Borderlands has stuck in my mind ever since watching it months ago. Hard to explain as it's not in your face scary. Best not to read too much into it though.
Generally though, really fed up with horror. So much stuff coming out and some really nice concepts (i.e. As Above So Below) that just get really, really silly. Cabin in the Woods is probably my favourite in recent memory.
Generally though, really fed up with horror. So much stuff coming out and some really nice concepts (i.e. As Above So Below) that just get really, really silly. Cabin in the Woods is probably my favourite in recent memory.
A slight wild card one here:
Technically not a horror but the original version of Funny Games is one of the most disturbing films I have seen and fills you with disabling dread in exactly the same way the best horrors do. Can't recommend it enough to people who like that kind of sensation.
Technically not a horror but the original version of Funny Games is one of the most disturbing films I have seen and fills you with disabling dread in exactly the same way the best horrors do. Can't recommend it enough to people who like that kind of sensation.
ukaskew said:
The Borderlands has stuck in my mind ever since watching it months ago. Hard to explain as it's not in your face scary. Best not to read too much into it though.
Generally though, really fed up with horror. So much stuff coming out and some really nice concepts (i.e. As Above So Below) that just get really, really silly. Cabin in the Woods is probably my favourite in recent memory.
Exactly my thoughts too. Really good horrors manage to seem realistic to me. Paranormal activity, Blair witch, Grudge, Ring etc all managed it by keeping things simple but it seems the current trend is for high budget and high blatancy which never capture the realism that makes horrors good for meGenerally though, really fed up with horror. So much stuff coming out and some really nice concepts (i.e. As Above So Below) that just get really, really silly. Cabin in the Woods is probably my favourite in recent memory.
My favourite type of horror is spooky and grotesque, scary and funny.
Sam Raimi who did The Evil Dead trilogy also did Drag me to Hell in the horror genre does it very well IMHO.
Another one in this vein is The Frighteners with Michael J Fox.
Others include Beetlejuice, Cat's Eye, Bubba Ho-Tep, The first 2 or 3 Nightmare on Elm Street films.
I like to leave the film feeling entertained not scarred. There's enough of that s
t in real life.
Any others like these?
Sam Raimi who did The Evil Dead trilogy also did Drag me to Hell in the horror genre does it very well IMHO.
Another one in this vein is The Frighteners with Michael J Fox.
Others include Beetlejuice, Cat's Eye, Bubba Ho-Tep, The first 2 or 3 Nightmare on Elm Street films.
I like to leave the film feeling entertained not scarred. There's enough of that s
t in real life. Any others like these?
toasty said:
My favourite type of horror is spooky and grotesque, scary and funny.
I was talking to someone else who favours these the other day and I find it bewildering.Whats the point of them being horror at all? The very fact that they try and be funny instantly negates any horror element. So why not just watch a comedy instead?
To ask that another way: Do you particularly like your comedies to be about zombies and vampires, or do you just like comedies and not care about the subject matter?
toasty said:
My favourite type of horror is spooky and grotesque, scary and funny.
Sam Raimi who did The Evil Dead trilogy also did Drag me to Hell in the horror genre does it very well IMHO.
Another one in this vein is The Frighteners with Michael J Fox.
Others include Beetlejuice, Cat's Eye, Bubba Ho-Tep, The first 2 or 3 Nightmare on Elm Street films.
I like to leave the film feeling entertained not scarred. There's enough of that st in real life.
Any others like these?
You'd probably enjoy Housebound. Certainly fits the above criteria. I thought it was brilliant. Dead Snow would also be a good shout. The second one is REEEEEDIIIICULOUS.Sam Raimi who did The Evil Dead trilogy also did Drag me to Hell in the horror genre does it very well IMHO.
Another one in this vein is The Frighteners with Michael J Fox.
Others include Beetlejuice, Cat's Eye, Bubba Ho-Tep, The first 2 or 3 Nightmare on Elm Street films.
I like to leave the film feeling entertained not scarred. There's enough of that s
t in real life. Any others like these?
blindswelledrat said:
I was talking to someone else who favours these the other day and I find it bewildering.
Whats the point of them being horror at all? The very fact that they try and be funny instantly negates any horror element. So why not just watch a comedy instead?
To ask that another way: Do you particularly like your comedies to be about zombies and vampires, or do you just like comedies and not care about the subject matter?
Comedies about zombies and vampires are right up my street. OK Zombieland was a bit crap but Shaun of the dead was good. Dracula, dead and loving it and The Lost Boys were also good fun. Even the Scary Movies I quite like.Whats the point of them being horror at all? The very fact that they try and be funny instantly negates any horror element. So why not just watch a comedy instead?
To ask that another way: Do you particularly like your comedies to be about zombies and vampires, or do you just like comedies and not care about the subject matter?
I just get more entertainment from these than something like Wolf Creek or Paranormal activity. It's just me, others have different tastes and that's cool. I'm just a big wuss when it comes to scary stuff.
ukaskew said:
The Borderlands has stuck in my mind ever since watching it months ago. Hard to explain as it's not in your face scary. Best not to read too much into it though.
Generally though, really fed up with horror. So much stuff coming out and some really nice concepts (i.e. As Above So Below) that just get really, really silly. Cabin in the Woods is probably my favourite in recent memory.
Is that the one set in the UK? Just wondering as there's a film by the same name which is people visiting MexicoGenerally though, really fed up with horror. So much stuff coming out and some really nice concepts (i.e. As Above So Below) that just get really, really silly. Cabin in the Woods is probably my favourite in recent memory.
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