Your top 25 Horror films
Discussion
So this guy has out together a list, as he says, it's not definitive, it's not exhaustive, and it can change, and he forgot a few. Some nice choices in there, some I've not seen and wanna watch, like The Haunting of Hell House.
what are your top 25?
Rob Ager's top 25 horror movies of all time
Collative Learning Published on 17 Jan 2019
https://youtu.be/DoC2B9velDM
70mins
this is his list
25- Videodrome (1983)
24- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
23- The Legend of Hell House (1973)
22- Audition (1999)
21- Salem's Lot (1979)
20- Murder by Decree (1979)
19- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
18- Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
17- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
16- Fright Night (1985)
15- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
14- The Fly (1986)
13- The Twilight Zone (1983)
12- Creepshow (1982)
11- Hellraiser (1987)
10- The Exorcist (1973)
9- Psycho (1960)
8- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
7- Silence of the Lambs (1991)
6- Hereditary (2018)
5- Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
4- The Shining (1980)
3- Poltergeist (1982)
2- Alien (1979)
1- The Thing (1982)
what are your top 25?
Rob Ager's top 25 horror movies of all time
Collative Learning Published on 17 Jan 2019
https://youtu.be/DoC2B9velDM
70mins
this is his list
25- Videodrome (1983)
24- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
23- The Legend of Hell House (1973)
22- Audition (1999)
21- Salem's Lot (1979)
20- Murder by Decree (1979)
19- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
18- Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
17- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
16- Fright Night (1985)
15- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
14- The Fly (1986)
13- The Twilight Zone (1983)
12- Creepshow (1982)
11- Hellraiser (1987)
10- The Exorcist (1973)
9- Psycho (1960)
8- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
7- Silence of the Lambs (1991)
6- Hereditary (2018)
5- Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
4- The Shining (1980)
3- Poltergeist (1982)
2- Alien (1979)
1- The Thing (1982)
I feel that Event Horizon should be in there somewhere.
And if you're going to include what is really horror/comedy (I'd say An American Werewolf In London can reasonably be treated as such), then at least one of the Evil Dead movies deserves a spot.
Cabin In The Woods, too, perhaps, though its shtick only really works on first viewing, as is the nature of such films.
And if you're going to include what is really horror/comedy (I'd say An American Werewolf In London can reasonably be treated as such), then at least one of the Evil Dead movies deserves a spot.
Cabin In The Woods, too, perhaps, though its shtick only really works on first viewing, as is the nature of such films.
I'd add the Japanese original of The Ring, that made me feel quite uneasy. 
Horror films don't really do much for me these days since seeing The Exorcist at the pictures which terrified us bunch of 14 year olds that went to the double bill with Friday13th ( which just had us all laughing our heads off).
I'm convinced those old versions of The Exorcist have been cut to pieces as what I've seen later on in life had nothing of the feeling of the film we saw as kids.
Oh yeah, Altered States on VHS back in the day was pretty disturbing.
Horror films don't really do much for me these days since seeing The Exorcist at the pictures which terrified us bunch of 14 year olds that went to the double bill with Friday13th ( which just had us all laughing our heads off).
I'm convinced those old versions of The Exorcist have been cut to pieces as what I've seen later on in life had nothing of the feeling of the film we saw as kids.
Oh yeah, Altered States on VHS back in the day was pretty disturbing.
Alien was a damn good film, especially in its time.
Whilst I don't really see it as a "horror" film, Jaws was a good film. It worked by focusing on two distinct points, the fear of being eaten alive but more than that, people tend to fear things they cannot see, hear, understand or rationalise. You only actually see the shark towards the end of the film, the rest of it are clues, such as a shadow, the dorsal fin.
Poltergeist and the exorcist would be in my top 10.
Whilst I don't really see it as a "horror" film, Jaws was a good film. It worked by focusing on two distinct points, the fear of being eaten alive but more than that, people tend to fear things they cannot see, hear, understand or rationalise. You only actually see the shark towards the end of the film, the rest of it are clues, such as a shadow, the dorsal fin.
Poltergeist and the exorcist would be in my top 10.
Would struggle to pick a specific 25 but I know what would definately be my oldest and newest choices on the list...
The Haunting (1963) would have to be somewhere on my list, really atmospheric ghost story and the antithesis of the gorey side of horror
It Follows (2014) is my favourite of recent years, it's rare that a week goes by without me thinking about it.
The Haunting (1963) would have to be somewhere on my list, really atmospheric ghost story and the antithesis of the gorey side of horror
It Follows (2014) is my favourite of recent years, it's rare that a week goes by without me thinking about it.
Wiccan of Darkness said:
Alien was a damn good film, especially in its time.
Whilst I don't really see it as a "horror" film, Jaws was a good film. It worked by focusing on two distinct points, the fear of being eaten alive but more than that, people tend to fear things they cannot see, hear, understand or rationalise. You only actually see the shark towards the end of the film, the rest of it are clues, such as a shadow, the dorsal fin.
Poltergeist and the exorcist would be in my top 10.
I saw Alien last night with my kid who is nearly 12. He wasn't bothered or scared in the slightest and found it a bit boring. To me it just came across as incredibly dated - frankly it has not worn its years well at all and I think this is common with many sc-fi classics.Whilst I don't really see it as a "horror" film, Jaws was a good film. It worked by focusing on two distinct points, the fear of being eaten alive but more than that, people tend to fear things they cannot see, hear, understand or rationalise. You only actually see the shark towards the end of the film, the rest of it are clues, such as a shadow, the dorsal fin.
Poltergeist and the exorcist would be in my top 10.
age rating 18? it would probably be a 12A these days.
Leavign aside 'jump scares' the first film that really made me feel uneasy was the Japnese film Dark Water https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308379/?ref_=nv_sr_2
There were a few good Japanese horros at that time, of which The Ring was probably the most famous.
There were a few good Japanese horros at that time, of which The Ring was probably the most famous.
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