Good horror movies..

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El Capitano

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1,154 posts

192 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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There are far too many bad ones out there.... So any recommendations of some which are actually a good watch?
Preferably something modern-ish, I've watched most of the classics.

Cheers!

Funkycoldribena

7,379 posts

153 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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Wrong Turn.Dont bother with the sequels though.

easytiger123

2,591 posts

208 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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Frailty and also Jacob's Ladder are 2 lesser-known, great horror films. Neither especially modern but they may have slipped beneath your radar

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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28 Days Later.

richcorsavxr

966 posts

171 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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The conjuring

Negative Creep

24,942 posts

226 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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It Follows is a very creepy film. Haven't seen The Babbadook yet but it's supposed to be very good

BS30

1,097 posts

104 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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I enjoyed The Conjuring and It Follows

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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Event Horizon

Evil Jack

1,619 posts

227 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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The Woman in Black & The conjuring are pretty much the only recent ones I thought were any good.
Disappointed by It Follows...

Nimby

4,572 posts

149 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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Zombieland (if that counts as horror).

paul99

800 posts

242 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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Let the right one in
Session 9

Decent horrors seem thin on the ground nowadays, either crappy remakes or ott gory shock horror rubbish.

Negative Creep

24,942 posts

226 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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The Changeling (not the Angelina Jolie one) is a bit older but a perfect example of how you can create fear without jump scares or loads of blood. Lots of great foreign horror films like Shutter, The Eye, Premonition, Dark Water or [Rec]

davidc1

1,544 posts

161 months

Saturday 25th July 2015
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Not a fan of the genre, but American warewolf in london is the best for me

El Capitano

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1,154 posts

192 months

Sunday 26th July 2015
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Thanks for the suggestions so far. a few I've seen, but a few to look into!

Just so happens I bought 'It Follows' the other day, but haven't watched it yet... Was looking at another to watch after.
Yea, it's not my favourite genre either, but good now and again if you can find something decent!

Enjoyed the woman in black, I didn't think I would because Radcliffe tends to annoy me, but was very good. I just saw there is a Woman in Black 2, but that seems to have terrible reviews.


Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Sunday 26th July 2015
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Horror is quite possibly the hardest one to pull off.

I really enjoyed Woman in Black and Sinister. Cabin in the Woods was pretty good too.

Evil Dead 2 and Dawn of the Dead remake stand out as well.

militantmandy

3,829 posts

185 months

Sunday 26th July 2015
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The Decent - be warned, hard watching if you're claustrophobic
28 Days Later
The Babdook
It Follows

justanother5tar

1,314 posts

124 months

Sunday 26th July 2015
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SpeedBash said:
I enjoyed that, quite different from what you'd usually assume of a horror.

militantmandy said:
The Decent - be warned, hard watching if you're claustrophobic
28 Days Later
Both good films too. The Decent was one of the very few films to actually make me uncomfortably scared.

Negative Creep

24,942 posts

226 months

Sunday 26th July 2015
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Halb said:
Horror is quite possibly the hardest one to pull off.
Far too many film makers forget that what you can't see is scarier than what you can. Look at the hand holding scene from The Haunting, which creates real tension with only the power of suggestion, or how little the Alien is seen in the first film. Getting a bunch of unlikeable teens together and creating lots of cheap jump scares does not make a good horror film.

rich85uk

3,312 posts

178 months

Sunday 26th July 2015
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i have pretty much given up on horror as its nearly impossible to find a good one these days but always thought The Descent and The Hills Have Eyes(2006) were pretty good, if you don't mind subtitles then these are well worth a watch

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