Top 10 Horror Movies...Let's have 'em

[abstractharmony]

In no order :-


1. Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (Let sleeping corpses lie)
2. Blair Witch Project
3. Friday 5 (...I know but I like it!)
4. Nightmare On Elm Street 1 (Scared the pants of me as a kid...)
5. House that Dripped Blood
6. Hellraiser 2
7. Evil Dead
8. Braindead
9. New Nightmare
10. Session No. 9

[galactiboy]

No order as well:

1) Hellraiser
2) Nightmare on Elm Street (original)
3) Halloween
4) Nosferatu
5) Dead Alive
6) Night of the Living Dead
7) Shaun of the Dead
8) Evil Dead
9) An American Werewolf in London
10) The Shining

[kain4521]

In no order:

Halloween
A Nightmare on Elm ST 1
The Exorcist
Dawn of the Dead original
An American Werewolf in London
7 Doors to Death
Christine
Hellraiser
The Hills Have Eyes original
Last House on the Left

[Gruson]

My favorites:

1. Halloween
2. Hellraiser
3. Nightmare On Elm Street
4. Friday the 13th part 6 (always loved this one)
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
6. The Shining
7. The Exorcist
8. Poltergeist
9. Phantasm
10. Halloween 2

I do not consider Jaws or Alien/s horror movies or they would be at the top.

[CAhobbit]

My favorites...in no particular order...

1. Evil Dead
2. 28 Days Later
3. The Devil's Rejects
4. Freaks
5. The Blair Witch Project
6. Hellraiser
7. Nightmare on Elm Street 1 (the horror film that hooked me on horror films)
8. Braindead
9. The Lost Boys
10. Cabin Fever

It's kind of hard to narrow it down that much...there's at least 10 or more I could list that I love almost equally to the ones listed above.

[don_of_the_dead]

1. The Devils Rejects
2. House of 1000 Corpses
3. Halloween
4. Halloween 2
5. Day of the Dead
6. Friday the 13th part 6 Jason Lives
7. Freddy vs. Jason
8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (74')
9. Return of the Living Dead
10. Dawn of the Dead

[PsychoCenobite]

1. The Shining
2. The Grudge (US remake)
3. The Exorcist
4. The Exorcist 3 (the bit in the hallway! :google )
5. Hellraiser
6. Dawn of the Dead (US remake)
7. The Thing (80s version)
8. Switchblade Romance
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. In the Mouth of Madness

PsychoCenobite :monkey5

[Badism]

Oh fun!

1. Night of the Living Dead (original)
2. The Thing (John Carpenters)
3. Halloween
4. An American Werewolf in London
5. Dawn of the dead (original)
6. Evil Dead
7. Friday the 13th
8. Near dark
9. The Omen (original)
10.Candyman

:emperor

[TOE]

no order:

1. the EYE (Japanese ver.)
2. Tale of Two Sisters
3. The Ring (japanese)
4. Dawn Of the Dead
5. Day of the Dead
6. THING
7. Hellraiser
8. Howling
9. Exocist
10. Barney :google j/k....Pet Cemetary

[Lookin4Precious]

WOW! I can't believe nobody has said these two.....

1. Alien - one of my top 10 films of all time! For the "chest-burtsing" scene alone this deserves to be on the list.

2. Jaws - nobody can deny that this is one of the scariest movies of all time. I remember watching it as a kid (AND as a young teen mind you) and afterwards I was seriously scared that a shark was going to burst through the floor and get me. Obviously I knew it COULDN'T happen, but that didn't stop the thought from scaring the ^^^^^ out of me!

Others:
Halloween
Blair Witch Project
Rosemary's Baby
28 Days Later
Dead Alive
The Shining
House of 1000 Corpses (movie FREAKED me out)

[TheObsoleteMan]

-Psycho
-Night of the Living Dead
-Halloween
-Nosferatu (1979 remake)
-The Shining
-John Carpenter's The Thing
-Evil Dead
-Dracula (Lugosi version)
-Nightmare on Elm Street
-Bubba Ho-Tep

[chamildav]

My list might change in an hour, but this is definately ten OF my favorite Horror Films if it isn't my ten favorite:
"Curse of the Demon"
"night of the Living Dead"
"Near Dark"
"The Haunting"
"I walked with a Zombie"
"The Hills have Eyes"
"The Black Cat"
"Alien
Suspiria"
"Dude, where's my Car?" This is the most horrorble movie I have ever actually sat through. Still gives me chills when I think about it.

I like all kinds of horror but my favorites tend to be of the psychological scares variety with some flesh eating Zombie action or splattery Giallo thrown in for spice. I'm a huge fan of Val Lewton and Jaques Tourneau but have been known to watch a Fulci or Argento flick now and again. And I love all the Universal horror icons. I guess I like a lot of stuff.

[Aerosmith]

1. Frankenstein (1931)
2. Bride of Frankenstein
3. Dracula (1931)
4. Friday the 13th Part 4 - The Final Chapter(yeah right :lol )
5. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
6. Children Shouldnt Play With Dead Things
7. The Wolf Man (1941)
8. A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3 - The Dream Warriors
9. White Zombie
10. Halloween

[lcummins]

So... is this supposed to be the movies which scared us the most? The best made "horror" movies? Just our personal favorites? Taking the above three criteria into account, this is one possible list for me (in no order)...

Bride of Frankenstein
Creature From the Black Lagoon
The Haunting (original)
The Mummy
Halloween
The Blair Witch Project
Tarantula
The Exorcist
Frankenstein
Phantasm

[King Darkness]

No order....

Exorcist
Hellraiser
Hellraiser 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday The 13th Part 3
Pet Sematary
Jacobs Ladder
Castle Freak
Night of the Living Dead

[Batty]

There are too many to choose from, so here are just some of my favorites.

Evil Dead 2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
The Exorcist
Psycho (the first movie to scare me as a kid)
Bride of Frankenstein
Nosferatu (both versions)
Halloween
Carpenter's The Thing
Dawn of the Dead
Dracula
The Blair Witch Project
Hellraiser

And for pure creepiness: Audition

[William Shatners Toupee]

1)John Carpenter's THE THING
2)Phantasm
3)The Fly (remake)
4)Dawn of the Dead (remake)
5)Howling
6)American Werewolf in London
7)Friday the 13th Pt 2
8) The Fog (original)
9) Evil Dead

"Bride Of Chucky" was really a comedy, not quite horror, but is one of my faves as well.

[SKARY]

1: Trilogy of Terror I (Only the story with the Zuni Doll)
2: Demons
3: Evildead I & II
4: Hostel
5: Pet Cemetary
6: House of a 1000 Corpses
7: Make Them Die Slowly (Tub scene is every man's nightmare)
8: Psycho
9: Wolf Creek
10: Friday the 13th pt.III

[DarkArtist81]

In no order at all....

Evil Dead II
Friday the 13th Part 3
Friday the 13th Part 6
Halloween (scariest movie EVER IMO)
Hellraiser
JAWS
Dawn of the Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Lost Boys
Creepshow
Alien
The Exorcist
Dracula (1934)
Shaun of the Dead
The Blair Witch Project
American Werewolf in London
Pet Semetary (Kurgan zombie!!)
The Devils Rejects
House of 1000 Corpses


Best Halloween movie marathon IMO that anyone could put together..... Just awesome selections. :D

[CAhobbit]

2. Jaws - nobody can deny that this is one of the scariest movies of all time. I remember watching it as a kid (AND as a young teen mind you) and afterwards I was seriously scared that a shark was going to burst through the floor and get me. Obviously I knew it COULDN'T happen, but that didn't stop the thought from scaring the ^^^^^ out of me!

I can say at the time of my first viewing of the film(around age 10 or so) I didn't find it scary but it obviously had a lasting affect on me because I now have an irrational fear of deep waters and sharks.:lol

[SSC_Nerd]

No love for Carrie?


OOOOO.... The Omen. Original of course.

[TOE]

sorry but Cujo will eat up Carrie in a heartbeat :lol

[BDboystoys]

some great lists!

heres mine!

The Top Ten

1. Wes Cravens: New Nightmare
2. The Shining
3. Halloween
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street
5. Carrie
6. Shadow of the Vampire - Not exactly horror, more of a homage to a classic.
7. Psycho
8. The Invisible Man
9. The Elephant Man - againg not nessessarily horror 'per say' but the plots and events are so horrific and sad its hard not to find it unbearable(in a good way)
10. A Tale of Two Sisters
11. The Phantom of the Opera
12. American Werewolf in London

Honourable Mentions...
Ringu
Identity (thriller/horror but scary and brilliant too)
The Thing
Day of the Dead
Army of Darkness
The Eye
Dark Water
Nosferatu
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Dawn Of The Dead (original)
Scream
The Lost Boys
The Stepford Wives (original- not that craptacular remake)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Child’s Play

[Anton Phibes]

Okay, to be fair I would have to break this down into decades. Since I am not writing a novella...I'm not going to do that. This next statement will get me killed. I really do not care for very many horror flicks past 1970. There, I said it. That being said, there are honorable mentions, but my thing is vintage. So that is what my list will consist of:

1. The Bride of Frankenstein
2. The Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney Sr.)
3. Dracula ( Bela Lugosi)
4. The Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.)
5. Psycho
6. The Horror of Dracula (1958, Cushing/Lee)
7. The Curse of the Demon (Dana Andrews)
8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Fredrich March)
9. The Pit and the Pendulum (Vincent Price, 1960's)
10. The Night of the Living Dead (original)

It's really not fair to ask someone whose collection of favorite horrors is in the double digits to limit it to ten.:D

The only problem with these lists is that next week after having viewed some other classic film for the upteempth time (like The original Invisible Man or Karloff's "The Ghoul", or the Hammer 1959 Mummy), they are subject to change.:chew :chew :chew :chew

[Gruson]

I forgot about Cujo!

That is in my top 10 for sure!

[Batty]

I didn't like Cujo and never thought it was scary. It's definitely not one of Stephen King's better stories. He's admitted to not being able to remember writing it because of all the coke he was doing at the time.

[Gruson]

I didn't like Cujo and never thought it was scary. It's definitely not one of Stephen King's better stories. He's admitted to not being able to remember writing it because of all the coke he was doing at the time.

Not scary? I guess you've never been chased by a stray dog before.

I cannot even imagine Cujo waiting for me.

Classic.

;)

[JSA]

Here is my list of Horror films that ACTUALLY scared me:

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1. Salem's Lot
2. The Exorcist
3. The Ring (and Ringu)
4. The Grudge

Other than those, here are other Horror films I enjoy,
but don't scare me - in no particular order:

1. Fright Night
2. The Howling
3. American Werewolf in London
4. Dracula - Frank Langella version
5. The Shining
6. Demons
7. 28 Days Later
8. Squirm
9. The Sixth Sense
10. The Lost Boys
11. Exorcist III
12. Evil Dead
13. Zombie
14. Prince of Darkness
15. Trilogy of Terror

JS

[Darth Loki]

If Jaws is considered a horror movie then it's at the top of my list. If not....

Pyshco
The Excorsict
Pet Cemetary
Night of the Living Dead
28 Days Later
Shaun of the Dead
Resident Evil 1 then 2
Halloween
A Nightmare on Elm St. 1
The Ring

[BDboystoys]

I never got the whole Exorcist thing. It was a brilliant movie but all the 'scariest movie ever' didnt make sence when I'd watched it. I was prepared for scary but it never happened.
The beauty lies in the filmmaking though...duh!

[King Darkness]

I never got the whole Exorcist thing. It was a brilliant movie but all the 'scariest movie ever' didnt make sence when I'd watched it. I was prepared for scary but it never happened.
The beauty lies in the filmmaking though...duh!

You should have watched it when you were 10....This movie scared the holy living **** out of me.....Why my mom subjected me to this movie at such a young age I will never know.....

[Agent23]

In no particular order...

Night of the Living Dead (the original)

Psycho (the original)

Faces of Death

Bad Ronald

The Birds

The Shining

The Exorcist

Candyman

Halloween

The Shining

[CAhobbit]

I never got the whole Exorcist thing. It was a brilliant movie but all the 'scariest movie ever' didnt make sence when I'd watched it. I was prepared for scary but it never happened.
The beauty lies in the filmmaking though...duh!

I agree. But I think by the time I saw the film (in my mid 20s) and had already seen hundreds and hundreds of horror films before then jaded me ultimately to the film. Good premise (though not a very scary one IMO) but it came off a bit cheesy to me by the time I happened upon it.

[King Darkness]

I agree. But I think by the time I saw the film (in my mid 20s) and had already seen hundreds and hundreds of horror films before then jaded me ultimately to the film. Good premise (though not a very scary one IMO) but it came off a bit cheesy to me by the time I happened upon it.

Its a shame you and BD didnt get to see the Exorcist as children....If I watch it now I have to admit it doesn't scare me(as much), but at the age of 10 this movie F'ed me up for awhile.....

[Blake]

Here is my list:

1) Halloween
2) The Thing
3) Texas Chain Saw Massacre
4) Psycho
5) The Fog
6) Night, Dawn, Day of the Dead
7) Evil Dead 1 & 2
8) Re-Animator
9) The Blair Witch Project
10) Black Christmas

[Badism]

Not scary? I guess you've never been chased by a stray dog before.

I cannot even imagine Cujo waiting for me.

Classic.

;)

My god was I scared of Cujo when I was a kid. I had nightmares for weeks of that monster of a dog coming after me. I still get chills watching that film.

I also love the novel. Must have read it 5 or six times over the years.

[Poelzig]

ten best,
1.Onibaba
2.Black Sabbath
3.Night of the Demon
4.The Wolf Man
5.The Unknown
6.Bride of Frankenstein
7.Suspiria
8.Masque of the Red Death
9.The Wicker Man
10.Black Sunday


...and my picks for ten most frightening,
1.The House with Laughing Windows
2.Black Christmas
3.A Tale of Two Sisters
4.A Bell From Hell
5.The Descent
6.Deep Red
7.Suspiria
8.Nosferatu
9.The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
10.Cat People

[BDboystoys]

Its a shame you and BD didnt get to see the Exorcist as children....If I watch it now I have to admit it doesn't scare me(as much), but at the age of 10 this movie F'ed me up for awhile.....

yeh I guess it all depends on how old you were, how much you'd already seen etc.
For example one movie that scared the crap outta me was Ringu.
I watched it about 10 as well, I was home alone it was pitch black and the blinds were up. Basically I sat there for about 15minutes after it was finished because I was scared to move.
Funny when I think about it now, but Sadako was one scary girl(sucks its been ripped off countless times)

[JSA]

Yep, when I watched Salem's Lot I was 8 or 8 years old, so the age at
which you first watched these films makes a big difference on what type
of impact they had on you. If I watch Salem's Lot today, I still get chills
and then am a bit jumpy afterwards. The Ring/Ringu scared me even as
an adult, and it was only rated PG13! I applaud films that are rated PG
(poltergeist?) and PG13 that can SCARE better than the hack-and-slashers
that are pushing the boundaries of the R rating.
Scares are always better than blatant excessive gore in my opinion.
That is why the "slasher" type films just don't have much impact on me.
I went to see the remake of "The Hills Have Eyes" and it didn't scare me
at all, but "Silent Hill" actually creeped me out with it's atmosphere.

Here is part of what scared me so badly as a kid:

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I still get chills every time I watch it.

Here is a link where I mentioned Count Barlow and Salem's Lot previously: BARLOW (http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=22829&highlight=BARLOW)

JS

[moonlightdrive21]

The Exorcist
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Others
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
The Shining
The Omen
Poltergeist
Hellraiser

Classics:
Christopher Lee Draculas (all of them!)
Bride of Frankenstein
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein :rotfl
The Wolfman
Frankenstein
Dracula
Psycho
Phantom of the Opera
Nosferatu

[TOE]

anyone mention Children of the Corn?

That is another movie that made me cry. :monkey3

[CAhobbit]

anyone mention Children of the Corn?

That is another movie that made me cry. :monkey3

Children of the Corn was a great movie.

Then of course there are the sequels. :rolleyes:

[Dr.Mirakle32]

In no particular order, horror films which I personally feel are TRULY great (It is very dificult to narrow down a definitive list:)

1. Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
2. The Exorcist (1973)
3. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
5. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
7. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
8. King Kong (1933)
9. Nosferatu (1922)
10. Frankenstein (1931)

Additional twelve:

11. Dracula (1931)
12. Horror of Dracula (1958)
13. Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) (Not really a true horor film, but it is usually lumped in the monster category. It is a truly great overall film.)
14. The Mummy (1932)
15. The Mummy (1959)
16. Phantom of the Opera (1943) (I like it, so sue me!)
17. Phantom of the Opera (1962) (crucify me if you want to, I LOVE this version)
18. Halloween (1978) I have to include this for slasher fans. Plus it really is a great, and original horror film)
19. Psycho (1960) ( I should have put this higher on the list, but there are so many to choose from)
20. Curse of the Werewolf (1960) (For me the definitive Lycanthrope film)
21. An American Werewolf in London (1981) (Just because I am a John Landis fan)
22. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (How can I not include it?)


AND THE MOST HORRIFYING FILM OF ALL TIME:

Joel Shumacher's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA


That movie was ****in terrifying!

[King Darkness]

AND THE MOST HORRIFYING FILM OF ALL TIME:

Joel Shumacher's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA


That movie was ****in terrifying!


:rotfl :rotfl :rotfl :rotfl :rotfl :rotfl

Thats the truth!

[figuremaster_les]

A challenge to be sure...
Top ten horrors...

OK. my best shot (apologies to repeats)

1- JAWS (a plus, this is my all-time fave movie)
2- The Exorcist (would be #1 but for JAWS...)
3- The Innocents (bw 1960, gives me the heebeejeebees! BAD!)
4- Nosferatu (1922 blew me away first time I saw it on big screen)
5- The Haunting (1961, more heebeejeebees!)
6- The Ring (remake, not Ringu. More heebees...)
7- Exorcist III (scarier, but not better, than original to me)
8- Halloween (I mean, c'mon! THE Boogeyman movie of all time!)
9- Mothman Prophecies (brilliant film to me)
10- Blair Witch Project (often misunderstood, always brilliant! A mindgame!)

10 Runnerups...
The Fog (1980)
Bram Stoker's Drac
Lugosi Drac 1931
Frankenstein/Bride of set
The Thing (both versions)
The Legend of Hell House
The Entity
Horror of Drac (1st C Lee 1958)
The Elephant Man (was shot like, and felt like, a horror movie...)
The Others

& (just for fun) The last scene in The Uninvited (1940, a great movie ghost reveal!)

[feedme]

in no particular order
1.suspiria
2.jacob's ladder
3.ringu
4.audition
5.TCM (original)
6.F13th part3
7.Halloween
8.nightmare on elm street part 3 dream warriors
9.nude for satan:D
10.F13th part7

I could go on and on..top ten are hard..it would change every few minutes for me

[Unique Soul]

My top 10 Horror films even though they might not be the scariest:

1. Scream
2. The Others
3. Blair Witch Project
4. The Shining
5. Halloween
6. Nightmare on Elm Street
7. Frailty
8. Alien
9. Jaws
10. Saw

HM:

American Psycho
The Ring

I haven't seen quite a bit & have the following coming in the mail as blind buys:

Cemetary Man
Dog Soldiers
The Hitcher
Halloween 2
The Innocents
Session 9
Spiral Staircase

[Dr.Mirakle32]

A challenge to be sure...
Top ten horrors...

OK. my best shot (apologies to repeats)

1- JAWS (a plus, this is my all-time fave movie)
2- The Exorcist (would be #1 but for JAWS...)
3- The Innocents (bw 1960, gives me the heebeejeebees! BAD!)
4- Nosferatu (1922 blew me away first time I saw it on big screen)
5- The Haunting (1961, more heebeejeebees!)
6- The Ring (remake, not Ringu. More heebees...)
7- Exorcist III (scarier, but not better, than original to me)
8- Halloween (I mean, c'mon! THE Boogeyman movie of all time!)
9- Mothman Prophecies (brilliant film to me)
10- Blair Witch Project (often misunderstood, always brilliant! A mindgame!)

10 Runnerups...
The Fog (1980)
Bram Stoker's Drac
Lugosi Drac 1931
Frankenstein/Bride of set
The Thing (both versions)
The Legend of Hell House
The Entity
Horror of Drac (1st C Lee 1958)
The Elephant Man (was shot like, and felt like, a horror movie...)
The Others

& (just for fun) The last scene in The Uninvited (1940, a great movie ghost reveal!)


I must say Les that that is a list of movies to respect. However, it seems alot of posters on this board don't seem to realize that movies WERE around before 1960.

[Shai Hulud]

In no particular order...

- Friday the 13th serie
- The Evil Dead (preferably part 2 but 1 is a classic also)
- Nightmare on Elm Street serie
- House (it scared me as a kid)
- The Exorcist
- The serpent and the rainbow ( not really horror, but one of Wes Craven's best)
- Hellraiser (1 & 2)
- The texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
- Fright Night
- Near Dark

[TOE]

Anyone seen Bad Taste?? by Peter Jackson? check it out. One of his early films. Took him and his friends and family 3 years to complete.

[Unique Soul]

I haven't seen quite a bit & have the following coming in the mail as blind buys:

Cemetary Man
Dog Soldiers
The Hitcher
Halloween 2
The Innocents
Session 9
Spiral Staircase

Watched The Hitcher & The Innocents today and can safely say they have no room in my top 10. Rutger Hauer was haunting as the psychotic, self-confident, & daring hitch-hiker. The story flows well enough with a few sporatic scares, and builds enough tension to keep you interested. Ultimately loses points though for the lack of realism.

The Innocents was painfully boring and was the polar opposite of compelling. It never draws you in and only stays afloat thanks to an interesting plot aided by splendid acting & directing. No atmosphere, elementary dialogue, novice sound, and no jolts in the story to get the film moving in a direction you want to follow. An ending that is pretentious and ultimately leaves you cold.

[Poelzig]

Watched The Hitcher & The Innocents today and can safely say they have no room in my top 10. Rutger Hauer was haunting as the psychotic, self-confident, & daring hitch-hiker. The story flows well enough with a few sporatic scares, and builds enough tension to keep you interested. Ultimately loses points though for the lack of realism.

The Innocents was painfully boring and was the polar opposite of compelling. It never draws you in and only stays afloat thanks to an interesting plot aided by splendid acting & directing. No atmosphere, elementary dialogue, novice sound, and no jolts in the story to get the film moving in a direction you want to follow. An ending that is pretentious and ultimately leaves you cold.

You have got to be kidding,no atmosphere in The Innocents? I guess Scream is less painfully boring,huh?:rolleyes:

[Unique Soul]

I watched Session 9 today and enjoyed it. I know this is a top 10 thread so I won't post a summary for this one or any of the others, but I recommend this one over the previous two I summarized. :)

[CAhobbit]

Session 9

Session 9 is an interesting film. I just saw it about a month ago. Some creepy moments but on the whole it didn't have much of the 'horror' film feel for me, it seemed much more suspense/pschological/mystery. Of course the horror genre is soooo broad but there are some films that get lumped into the genre that just don't seem to really fit there 100%. It had a good premise and of course watching Peter Mullan is always a treat (he's just so good at what he does in films).

[amarcord]

Always fun with this one :-)
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIINS!
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[Jmlsuperman]

1. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Original)
2. Nightmare on Elm St. (Original)
3. Jaws
4. Henry : Portrait of a Serial Killer
5. Night of the Living Dead (Original and Remake)
6. Hellraiser
7. Poltergeist
8. Halloween
9. John Carpenter's The Thing
10. Creature From the Black Lagoon

[Batty]

Anyone seen Bad Taste?? by Peter Jackson? check it out. One of his early films. Took him and his friends and family 3 years to complete.
One of the funniest horror movies of all time! Definitely worth checking out.

[CAhobbit]

One of the funniest horror movies of all time! Definitely worth checking out.

I've owned that film for almost three years and I still haven't watched it! I need to get my viewing priorities in order methinks. :monkey1

[JAWS]

In Order

1. JAWS
2. An American Werewolf in London
3. John Carpenter's The Thing
4. ALIEN
5. Halloween
6. Poltergeist
7. The Shining
8. Se7en
9. Dawn of the Dead (original)
10. The Exorcist

Next 10.

11. Evil Dead
12. The Silence of the Lambs
13. The Haunting (original
14. Suspiria
15. A Tale of Two Sisters
16. Creature From The Black Lagoon
17. Psycho (original)
18. The Devil's Rejects
19. King Kong (original)
20. Carrie

[buffy-collector]

Well Nightmare on elm scared me the most,But I was 8 when I first watched it,Now I can watch it and it does not even make me jump.

But my fav film ever is.....
1.I know What you did last summer....Amazing chase scene from SMG.

2.Nightmare on elm 3.
3.Scream 1-3
4.Childs play
5.Friday the 13th
6.Halloween resurection
7.Grudge(US)
8.Nightmare on elm
9.IT
10.Freddy vs Jason

I dont count Alien,Predator and jaws as horror films.

Also the film"Halloween" came from ebay for me this morning,and im going to watch it tommorrow,is it scary?
Im 14 so will it be scaryer than them I listed?

Also does anyone thin Entity is any good,I found it boring.

[JAWS]

I really enjoyed the Entity

JAWS is a horror film. The Greatest Horror film EVER:D This film with the exception of The Exorcist scared more people then any other film in History. It is not straight foward Horror. It has elements of action, adventure, comedy and Drama. But deep down it gets us by our most primal fears. It's why it's not only the great horror movie but the Greatest film EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALIEN is a Horror film all the way IMO. It's horror with Sc-Fi elements. ALIENS on the other hand I would call Sci Fi.

I agree that Predator is not a horror film.

Halloween is a great film.

[buffy-collector]

I love jaws and Alien has movies but not as horror movies,there not scary at all.

I watched Halloween,I loved it,great film.

Im going to order number 2,is it good?scary?
3 sounds boring,no myers?

[Gruff Old Bear]

Some terrified me in the theatre, others were simply morbidly absorbing:

1. Alien
2. Bride of Frankenstein
3. Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
4. Pit & the Pendulum (Vincent Price)
5. Black Sunday
6. Night of the Living Dead
7. Ringu
8. Poltergeist
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 original)
10. Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney)*

Honorable mentions to both versions of The Thing, Horror of Dracula, and 28 Days Later.

*Talk about your viewing priorities. I've owned the deluxe restored version of Phantom about a year and haven't seen it yet. The version I put at number ten is the one I saw as a kid...the ten-minute excerpt they used to show in the silent movie theatre on Main Street USA in Disneyland...scared me good, and also gave a feeling for the original viewing experience.

I consider JAWS an adventure movie with a horrifying climax, but I'd group it with the Indiana Jones movies, the 60's Harryhausen Mysterious Island and 7th Voyage of Sinbad, King Kong and other wonders. I may be wrong though. It may be the best horror film ever shot in almost total daylight.

[creature4000]

Base on what scared me now and as a kid....

1)Shining
2)Jaws
3)Alien
4)Poltergiest
5)Friday the 13th (#1)
6)Halloween
7)Exorcist
8)Seven
9)Something Wicked this way comes (loved this as a kid) and there will be a remake
10)Sixth Sense (ghost scare me)

[CAhobbit]

Argh! I though a particular film was discussed inthis thread but it either wasn't or I'm totally missing it. Anyhow for the person who recommened "Grave of the Fireflies" (not a horror film) I wanted to say THANK YOU!!! It was a fantastic animated film. Just fantastic!

[Gruson]

Buffy,

Halloween 2 is great. It's almost as good as the original. You will never think of hospitals the same! Plus, the Last Starfighter is even in it.

:)

Skip part 3, it is not a real Halloween movie.


I thought part 4 was really good.

Even part 5 is pretty good.

Anything after that just falls short though.

[buffy-collector]

Thank you.
Great I loved part 2:D
I have been watching other horror films,but when I finish my Halloween collection I will be missing the third one.

[sonolimy]

1: night of the living dead
2: dawn of the dead
3: the shining
4: re-animator
5: the return of the living dead
6: the uglies
7: the texas chainsaw massacre
8: friday the 13th
9: a nightmare on elm street
10: day of the dead

p.s. there are many more to add on there, but the most recent great horror movie has to be SILENT HILL..... awesome cinematography and special effects.

[PosterBoyKelly]

Mines gonna be typicle, so here goes:
1-Exorcist
2-Dawn of the Dead (original)
3-Night of the Living Dead (original)
4-Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5-Ju On (I love Japans version of the Grudge, I love Japan!)
6-Dead Alive (Braindead, I know it's comedic, but it's zombies)
7-Bio-Zombie (also comedic, but Chinese)
8-Dracula (Bella and Glen rule)
9-Return of the Living Dead (do you get I like funny zombie movies?)
10-SNAKES ON A PLANE ....ok no...it's not...I just can't think of what I'd slam into #10

[abstractharmony]

Skip part 3, it is not a real Halloween movie.



But it is a very good movie -

do de do de do de do de - three more days to halloween, halloween, halloween - three more days to halloween - Silver Shamrock!


Get THAT out of your head for the rest of the day...

[Gruson]

But it is a very good movie -

do de do de do de do de - three more days to halloween, halloween, halloween - three more days to halloween - Silver Shamrock!


Get THAT out of your head for the rest of the day...

LOL, no joke!

It is worth a watch for sure. Interesting movie.

[PosterBoyKelly]

3 is awesome! It was Carpenter attempting to kill a franchise he didn't want. That's what I've heard atleast, he only wanted 1 and then the company smashed him into doing a second, than he said that'sit. Than they said more, and he said fine BUT NO MEYERS! Hoping the franchise would die after 3, but they got the rights anyway and kept going. That's what I've heard, I dunno if that's true though.

[drbrad1975]

1.) Halloween
2.) Nightmare on Elm Street
3.) Dawn of the Dead (new one)
4.) 28 days Later
5.) Alien
6.) Aliens (although more of an action movie to me)
7.) Halloween 2
8.) The Excorcist
9.) Evil Dead
10.) The Thing

Old Gruff mentioned The Bride of Frankenstein...not a horror movie to me but it is in my opinion one of the best movies ever made period. Actually, I ador all of the Universal Monster movies. Although not great horror (in the scary sense), but great fun. However, the Bride stands out as because it makes a statement. "Let's drink to a new world of gods and monsters..." or something like that. Love that movie!!!!!

Cheers,

Brad

[drbrad1975]

I really enjoyed the Entity

JAWS is a horror film. The Greatest Horror film EVER:D This film with the exception of The Exorcist scared more people then any other film in History. It is not straight foward Horror. It has elements of action, adventure, comedy and Drama. But deep down it gets us by our most primal fears. It's why it's not only the great horror movie but the Greatest film EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALIEN is a Horror film all the way IMO. It's horror with Sc-Fi elements. ALIENS on the other hand I would call Sci Fi.

I agree that Predator is not a horror film.

Halloween is a great film.


Predator, Jaws, and Aliens are all not horror films in my opinion. Jaws is more drama and action to me. Great movie and one of the best movies of all time..no doubt in the top 100 of all time. Aliens is Sci-Fi/action as well as Predator. Those two are in my top 20 favorite movies of all time.

Cheers,

Brad

[Awesome-O]

Alien I can see as horror, but not Aliens. Predator NO, and Jaws is iffy to me. My wife says none of these are. I say Alien and Jaws are in the middle. Now Napolean Dynamite is a horror movie!