Good horror movies

marques18

Could you post a few good horror movies? My friends and I are planning on a "scary day" so we're gonna watch scary movies all day and I want to have the best ones to watch!

Thanks!

HorcruxWanderer

The Strangers
The Shining
The Exorcist (cheesy but freaky)
The Omen (The new one or the old one)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock Classic)
Insidious (when it comes out - I was jumpy in the cinema)

Bane

Halloween is the greatest horror movie ever made and it will not be surpassed in our lifetime.

Honorable mentions:

The Blair Witch Project
Paranormal Activity
Insidious
The Exorcist

HorcruxWanderer

I wouldn't say Halloween is the best horror movie of all time... There are far more superior horror movies.. Halloween is the start of the slasher era and they aren't as scary as some more of the other psychological horrors that are more scarier..
It's good don't get me wrong.. but hardly the greatest horror

Stephen King's Salem's Lot
Stephen King's Storm of the Century
or any horror by Stephen King is brilliant

Bane

I'm a huge horror buff and I've yet to see one that's better. I've had hour-long discussions with film professors about the immense number of filmmaking nuances and how it was totally ahead of its time. Also It wasn't the start of the slasher era, that'd be Black Christmas. I wish there were some psychological horror films better than Halloween, but frankly I haven't seen them, and honestly the best psychological horror ever created is the Silent Hill games.

Ash

I'll add Suspiria to the recommendations

Festax0333

The Shining

marques18

I've already seen Insidious, but no in the cinema, I jumped from my chair lots of times xD

Bane

Insidious was fantastic. The Shining doesn't do much for me, although it's a really good movie in general.

Ash

I really liked Insidious too, the first half more than the second though.

marques18

I really liked Insidious too, the first half more than the second though.

Yup, the same for me

Ash

I would also recommend Inside, but it's not particularly scary. Quite brutal though, so if that may be a problem then I'd give it a miss.

HorcruxWanderer

Well I'm no horror buff and Halloween was crap.. along with it's many monotonous sequels
And Halloween is a slasher

SilverPhoenix

The Ring. One of the scarriest movies I ever seen.
Watch out for the Ring3 in 3D lol.

Bane

Well I'm no horror buff and Halloween was crap.. along with it's many monotonous sequels
And Halloween is a slasher

Then I can't take your opinions seriously whatsoever.

And yes, Halloween is a slasher, I just said that it wasn't the start of the slasher genre.

marques18

Did you see "The Rite"? The trailer seems good, but i don't want to waste time if the movie sucks...

HorcruxWanderer

You can take my comments seriously cos I've seen it and my opinion was that it was a bad film..

I see I may have said that haha :P Yeh I guess it probably wasn't but it was an early one I know that

Ash

Did you see "The Rite"? The trailer seems good, but i don't want to waste time if the movie sucks...

Well I heard it was awful, but I haven't seen it myself LOL.

Bane

But it's not a bad film. It's factually a fantastic film. There's no opinions to be had. It's a classic, it's one of the highest rated horror films of all time, and it's extremely impressively made in every single category, from the wonderful cinematography, bone chilling soundtrack, pacing, editing, buildup-- pretty much everything that many horror films beyond the 90's completely lack.

GredWeasley

Did you see "The Rite"? The trailer seems good, but i don't want to waste time if the movie sucks...

Don't waste your time. It was weird and not scary at all. 1 star out of 5.

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Some times, is really hard to find a good horror movie. Here my recommendations:

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Trying to understand why did I write "thing" instead of "find". Haha lol

Bane

This scene from Halloween is one of my all time favorites. So many incredible things about it. The cinematography for one, by Dean Cundy (who went on to shoot Jurassic Park for Steven Spielberg) is sublime; the kitchen is pitch black, but the outside is illuminated by the moonlight so that you can just make out what's going on. The way Michael is revealed is stunning; it's not really played up like a jump scare in a cheap fashion, and while there's music, it's not loud or obnoxiously implemented like it is in so many other horror films. It's there, but it's not the music that makes you jump or react.

Also, the little touches. You can hear Michael breathing, as you can in a few other scenes, but it's so well done that you don't really hear it unless you're listening for it and that makes for a wonderful surprise when you discover it on your own. How, when Michael stabs him, he just stares in fascination at the body hanging before him. This film is just so incredibly riddled with subtle nuances and details that it never ceases to amaze me everytime I watch it.

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That's indeed, darth, a great sequence. Even if I'm not a huge fan of the series.

ProphecyHP

The Orphanage

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The Orphanage

That's a good one, indeed!

marques18

Some times, is really hard to find a good horror movie. Here my recommendations:

Great! Thanks! I've watched wolf creek and it's very good!

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Damn. I don't know what happened with the images, bud. It was appearing over here before. Not anymore though. Weird.

The movies:
- The Descent
- The Blair Witch Project
- Paranormal Activity
- Carrie
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Shutter (The Original)
- The Host
- Hitchcock's The Birds
- Hitchcock's Psycho
- The Mist
- Wolf Creek
- Let the Right One In

HorcruxWanderer

- The Mist
- Wolf Creek

OMG Yes - The Mist was brilliant and Wolf Creek was proper sinister

I think it was Stephen King who wrote the Mist?

marques18

TY again XD I've already chosen two of the 3 movies we're going to watch:
- Paranormal Activity
- The Ring (the frist one, this one was not chosen by me)

I've got to watch some trailers now and choose the last one

greg

The Grudge

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Watch The Descent, bud. It's my favorite horror movie ever.

It's so freaking intense!

marques18

OMG Yes - The Mist was brilliant and Wolf Creek was proper sinister

I think it was Stephen King who wrote the Mist?

OMG the trailer of the mist is great now I want to watch the movie! But I have to wait for tomorrow
:-(

Ismael Omer

the hills have eyes
the others
insidious
let me in
the orphan
the mirrors

marques18

Watch The Descent, bud. It's my favorite horror movie ever.

It's so freaking intense!

Ok, thanks! Seems I have all decided... I guess we'll be watchin 4 movies XD

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The Mist is, indeed, amazing guys. But... Do your friends really like movies? Because I wouldn't recommend for just regular movie goers.

Bane

The Mist is fantastic. The ending had more balls than the Celtic's locker room.

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nevermind

[Deleted User]

The Mist is fantastic. The ending had more balls than the Celtic's locker room.

It's one of the best endings of the decade without a doubt.

Bane

Wasn't scary per se, just a damn good film. Wasn't a fan of Wolf Creek to be honest, nothing frightening about it and the film could never decide what it was trying to be or what it was trying to say. It started off promising but devolved down into a Saw/Hostel knock-off with no redeeming qualities to speak of.

HorcruxWanderer

The Mist is fantastic. The ending had more balls than the Celtic's locker room.

It's one of the best endings of the decade without a doubt.

It's a somewhat headsmacking ending ever :P But pure brilliance.. and so full of Stephen King morals :P

I watched the Mirrors the other day.. The film had promise and I jumped a few times till the ends... And it loses all credibility in a cheesy way

Bane

Mirrors was horse shit.

Bane

The only thing I don't like about The Mist is Marcia Gay-Harden's character. Damn that woman is so annoying. I hate her with a passion! She's the main reason I can't watch that movie much.

That's like, the point.

Ash

Yes it was. I felt bad for lol'ing when Kiefer's sister ripped open her jaw.

Bane

Yes it was. I felt bad for lol'ing when Kiefer's sister ripped open her jaw.

didn't feel bad, I just kept lol'ing.

Ash

The only thing I don't like about The Mist is Marcia Gay-Harden's character. Damn that woman is so annoying. I hate her with a passion! She's the main reason I can't watch that movie much.

Oh she's my favourite character in the film. Perfectly played, perfectly written. She angers me too.

Bane

A movie that you have to have patience, will, and a strong stomach to make it through: Lucio Fulci's "Zombi." Has some of the sickest, cruelest deaths in cinematic history.

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WHAT. Marcia Gay-Harden's character is one of the best things of The Mist, besides the ending!

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Darth. What I liked about Wolf Creek is the naturalism in it. The movie feels so real. Unlike Saw and The Hostel, the violence is portraied in a totally plausible way.

LordPottermort

Have you guys seen Guillermo del Toro's El Orfanato? Gosh, it's a really good film. It's scary and suspenful and the story's great!

marques18

The Mist is, indeed, amazing guys. But... Do your friends really like movies? Because I wouldn't recommend for just regular movie goers.

Yup Henrick everyone who is going to be here tomorrow really likes movies, thats why I asked for your help xP THis time it was up to me to choose all the movies, but I've already seen all the good horror movies I would suggest so I needed something new.

We're going to see these 3:
- Paranormal Activity
- The Descent
- The Mist

Thanks guys! I'm starting to like this thread very much ^^ I love horror movies and even if I don't watch every movie you guys mentioned tomorrow I've got plenty of time since I'm on vacation :-D