Poll of the Day > What is the best horror movie ever?

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I never watch them but Ive been in the mood for a good one and my gf wants to watch one tonight too. What should we watch?
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Scream.
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Very hard to say, although John Carpenter's The Thing is an all-time classic.

Of course, if you want something with a pretty amazing cast, The Faculty features an absurd number of recognizable faces *including* Jon Stewart who plays a teacher. It's also a halfway decent alien invasion film.

Golden Road posted...

Scream.

Other than pointing out the tropes they proceed to use, Scream isn't much better than any number of 80s slasher. Honestly, you might have more fun watching The Burning, which stars a young Jason Alexander.
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I'm a real big fan of 80's version of The Thing.
It's honestly just a great movie.
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Cooties
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inb4politicaldocumentaries

I don't like the typical horror genre, I genuinely laugh at shit like Hereditary and whatever series The Nun is a part of. I think they're just stupid with bad acting. So my opinion might not matter much.

Tusk is a pretty good horror/dark comedy, IMO. Slow to get to the horror part though, so maybe not for a dedicated horror night.

Eraserhead has surreal elements. The movie is just unsettling as fuck to watch, more of that creeping dread than "aaah scary things!"

The Thing is always a wonderful choice though.

The Shining
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alien
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Mead posted...

The Shining

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I love The Thing, I always have difficulty watching the scene with the dogs though
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GanglyKhan posted...

I genuinely laugh at shit like Hereditary

I've heard nothing but good things.

GanglyKhan posted...

Tusk is a pretty good horror/dark comedy, IMO. Slow to get to the horror part though, so maybe not for a dedicated horror night.

Ehhhhh, if it's anything like its sequel (Yoga Hosers), definitely not. Tusk I avoided watching since I'm not into body modification gore.

If we're tossing out horror comedies, we have:
-Shaun of the Dead
-The Cook
-Beetlejuice
-Ghostbusters
-Tucker & Dale vs Evil
-They Live

Wolfcop was also kinda funny, but its gags can drag on. Then Deb of the Dead was funny once it got going. And All Cheerleaders Die was funny at times.

I also watched Little Evil recently which, after an almost painfully bad start, had pretty funny moments.
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The best horror movie of all time is, of course, Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.

Evil Dead
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Zeus posted...

Ehhhhh, if it's anything like its sequel (Yoga Hosers), definitely not. Tusk I avoided watching since I'm not into body modification gore.

Yoga Hosers was complete shit lol Tusk is definitely love it or hate it.

I made a thread on Hereditary when it came out and my biggest gripe was that the daughter dying and the psychological effects it had on the family would have been a more disturbing film than the clichd as fuck "spirit possesing the family after speaking with the dead in a spoopy candle lit summoning" bit.

I like my horror less supernatural, more "this could actually happen".

captpackrat posted...

The best horror movie of all time is, of course, Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.

"The children of the night, what music they make!"

GanglyKhan posted...

Yoga Hosers was complete shit lol

tbh, I think it was mostly done as a showcase for Depp's and Smith's daughters. Harley Quinn Smith has little business acting, although Depp's daughter seems like she *could* be a star given her range of talents and looks. Otherwise the movie had a handful of funny moments in the whole excruciatingly long thing.

GanglyKhan posted...

I like my horror less supernatural, more "this could actually happen".

I prefer supernatural horror to (I guess non-supernatural) monster movies to slashers. The supernatural stuff can often be kinda interesting because it can go in unusual directions. The same is kinda true of weird scifi horror stuff like +1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B1_(film)
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Evil dead 2, easy

The thing
Alien
Exorcist
Day of the dead
Evil dead
Tucker and dale vs evil
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Neither of us have seen Alien and its on HBO. Is the directors cut the same thing?
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It has a few extra little bits. Only about 2 notable scenes but it is good. You should watch it
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Just keep in mind that Alien can be kinda slow-moving. (The sequel went the opposite direction, turning it into an over-the-top action film.)
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Cabin in the woods
It follows
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Zeus posted...

Just keep in mind that Alien can be kinda slow-moving. (The sequel went the opposite direction, turning it into an over-the-top action film.)

It's also real good.
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The Ring
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I do not really enjoy horror movies but I liked Halloween.
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shadowsword87 posted...

Zeus posted...

Just keep in mind that Alien can be kinda slow-moving. (The sequel went the opposite direction, turning it into an over-the-top action film.)

It's also real good.

Never said it was't.
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John Carpenters Christine. I guess Stephen King wanted everyone to know that the movie was all Carpenters idea.
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Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

John Carpenters Christine. I guess Stephen King wanted everyone to know that the movie was all Carpenters idea.

Normally people just call it Christine. tbh, the movie was a lot better than the book. Loved the opening sequence.
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definitely The Thing

other ones I've liked are
Event Horizon
Jeepers Creepers
Shaun of the Dead
other ...of the Dead movies
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DirtBasedSoap posted...

Neither of us have seen Alien and its on HBO. Is the directors cut the same thing?

The director's cut of Alien isn't anything special. It adds just a few things, and also takes a few thing out.

The director's cut of Aliens however is significantly better than the theatrical cut and adds A LOT. The theatrical cut is still very good, but the director's cut is even better.

Alien 3 also has a director's cut that is significantly better than the theatrical cut. Although Alien 3 is nowhere as good as Alien and Aliens in any form. I still enjoy Alien 3 for what it is, but a lot of people don't like it.

Alien Resurrection (i.e. Alien 4) is best left forgotten. It's just plain horrible.

Prometheus (i.e. the prequel to the first Alien movie) is merely okay, but completely unnecessary. Nobody asked for or needed a prequel.

Alien Covenant is a bit better than Prometheus, but being a sequel to Prometheus, I didn't particularly care for it.

To me personally, Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 are the only ones that I actually own in my personal collection. I consider them the "Ripley trilogy." Everything after that isn't worth owning.

Top 5 (Though you probably want to make sure you like Lynch before diving into Inland Empire)

The Shining
Inland Empire
Suspiria
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Wicker Man (1973)

GanglyKhan posted...

I don't like the typical horror genre, I genuinely laugh at s*** like Hereditary

And wtf, Hereditary is a full blown masterpiece. The acting is some of the best in the history of the genre and it's arguable that it even contains any supernatural elements
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shadowsword87 posted...

I'm a real big fan of 80's version of The Thing.
It's honestly just a great movie.

That is the one that comes to mind. Still holds up.
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The Thing - great sense of paranoia
The Shining - horror as art film
Evil Dead 2 - hits all the marks for gore fest
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The first Saw movie, but be warned, never should one venture beyond it.
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Event Horizon
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Jaws is up there.
But who hasn't watched Jaws?

Jurassic Park and Aliens are great movies too. Even if they are more about the action and adventure than the actual horror.

A Nightmare on Elm St.
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Pus_N_Pecans posted...

And wtf, Hereditary is a full blown masterpiece. The acting is some of the best in the history of the genre and it's arguable that it even contains any supernatural elements

Regarding your spoiler, did we even watch the same movie? I can see that as a "theory" but as far as what was shown on screen, to the viewer, there certainly was a lot of it. I dunno man. My brain probably isn't wired to enjoy that stuff. The first third of the movie was amazing and got me very psyched. What followed after though... I felt the same way about A Cure For Wellness. Why does every modern horror movie have to end with some creepy pasta-esque ending these days?

Also, props for enjoying David Lynch.

Just realized I haven't seen The Gate in years. Probably not the best horror movie but a really good 80's one.
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Firewood18 posted...

Just realized I haven't seen The Gate in years. Probably not the best horror movie but a really good 80's one.

I loved that movie as a child.
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The Exorcist
It (2017)
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Sarcasthma posted...

Mead posted...

The Shining

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It Follows was really good.
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Dead Space
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I have a hard time picking an absolute favorite. One that I think is really underrated, at least, is Trick-R-Treat
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rogerskg1979 posted...

The director's cut of Aliens however is significantly better than the theatrical cut and adds A LOT. The theatrical cut is still very good, but the director's cut is even better.

Most of the stuff it adds isn't of particular value, such as the news that Ripley had a daughter who grew up and died while she was still sleeping -- something ostentatiously meant as a character motivation for protecting Newt

rogerskg1979 posted...

Alien 3 also has a director's cut that is significantly better than the theatrical cut. Although Alien 3 is nowhere as good as Alien and Aliens in any form. I still enjoy Alien 3 for what it is, but a lot of people don't like it.

Alien 3 captures the feel of Alien a lot more than Aliens, though.

Pus_N_Pecans posted...

Suspiria

Suspiria is a great film. If we're going with foreign titles, I also loved Demoni.

GanglyKhan posted...

I felt the same way about A Cure For Wellness. Why does every modern horror movie have to end with some creepy pasta-esque ending these days?

Still need to see that, but the spoilers made it sound delightfully goofy. Absolutely love the title, though.

Xfma100 posted...

Jaws is up there.
But who hasn't watched Jaws?

tbh, the movie hasn't really aged well.
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Metalsonic66 posted...

I have a hard time picking an absolute favorite. One that I think is really underrated, at least, is Trick-R-Treat

Meant to comment on this, got distracted, loaded Netflix, saw Tales of Halloween so I remembered that I wanted to comment on this, got distracted by a topic announcing John McCain's death, replied to some topics, loaded Netflix, saw Tales of Halloween so I remembered that I wanted to comment on this, came back and saw another topic which distracted me, loaded Netflix, saw Tales of Halloween so I remembered that I wanted to comment on this... and, well, long story short, I kept getting distracted.

I had massive hype going into Trick 'r Treat -- given that I'd waited due to delay after delay, during which it got bumped twice for theatrical releases then finally was released VOD or something -- and was fairly disappointed. The overlap between stories was neat, but the chronology kinda sucked and Sam felt straight-up shoehorned into the school bus segment.

I liked Sam as a mascot, I kinda wish I had picked up some of the memorabilia when it had first came out, and he's largely why I kinda want a sequel despite being underwhelmed by the first film. However, true to form, the sequel *still* hasn't happened and looks further out than ever. Granted, there's still hope since it's an anthology with a costumed character unlike other films where the actors age out or become unavailable.

(As for Tales of Halloween, it wasn't great. I had *also* had high hopes for it. However, only "The Night Billy Raised Hell" was really anything special, although the "The Ransom of Rusty Rex" had a fun twist.)
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Mead posted...

The Shining

The Shinning?

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Some of my favorite horror films...probably forgot quite a few.

The Thing
The Omen
Poltergeist
An American Werewolf in London
The Shinning
Fright Night
Misery
The Exorcist
The Wicker Man
The Devil's Backbone
Dawn of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead
Suspiria
Eraserhead
The Fly
Dracula (original & the one that came out in 79?)
Nightmare on Elm Street 1 & 3
Nosferatu (original and remake)
Halloween
Evil Dead 1, 2, Army of Darkness
Cat People
House of Wax
Don't Look Now
The Birds
Silence of the Lambs
It
Alien, Aliens
Jaws
Frankenstein
The Babadook
Rosemary's Baby
The Night of the Hunter
Repulsion
Pyscho
A Quiet Place
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Get Out
The Orphanage
Re-Animator
The Howling
Alice, Sweet Alice
Pumpkinhead
Black Christmas
Night of the Creeps
Bay of Blood
The Haunting
The Changeling
From Beyond
Interview with a Vampire
Silver Bullet
The Fog
Black Sabbath
The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
Hellraiser
The Hills Have Eyes
The Hitcher
Friday the 13th
Sweeney Todd
The Vampire Lovers
Candyman
Haxan
Henry
The Return of the Living Dead
The Lost Boys
Black Sunday
Onibaba
Kwaidan
House (Japanese film)
Pet Semetary
Salem's Lot
Wolfen
The Old Dark House

Also most of the old Hammer films...
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

It Follows was really good.

Oh yeah this so much
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