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1. Paris, Texas (1984)
2. Possession (1981)
3. Straw Dogs (1971)
4. Robocop (1987)
5. The Reflecting Skin (1990)
6. Enter the Void (2009)
7. Do the Right Thing (1989)
8. Freeway (1996)
9. Kids (1995)
10. Plague Dogs (1982)

robocop is an excellent, timeless, infinitely rewatchable movie. it's also the only one here I've seen

Only one I've "seen" is Plague Dogs but I didn't finish it. It's not only hard to watch for content but because it's unevenly paced.

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Neckhomachus posted...

robocop is an excellent, timeless, infinitely rewatchable movie. it's also the only one here I've seen

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Absolutely despise The Reflecting Skin, but otherwise, not bad.

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Kids?

Lol, why? It's entertaining, but top 10?

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Pus_N_Pecans posted...

Absolutely despise The Reflecting Skin, but otherwise, not bad.

How can you hate The Reflecting Skin? It's a gorgeously shot, painfully sad film and easily one of the best horror films of the '90s.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Kids?

Lol, why? It's entertaining, but top 10?

It's a perfect film? It's subversive, honest, and did a lot with its small budget. Plus it's actually powerful, too.

bobbaaay posted...

How can you hate The Reflecting Skin? It's a gorgeously shot, painfully sad film and easily one of the best horror films of the '90s.

The kid is such a bad actor that you genuinely cant tell if hes intended to be a sociopath or not; hes surrounded by all these horrific events, but he never expresses any emotion at all throughout the whole thing except to that aborted fetus

I wouldnt really call it a horror movie though. Its more like a series of traumatic events involving a child.

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I need to rewatch Paris, Texas to get a good feel for it. I enjoy most Wim Wenders films I watch. Possession is one of the best films ever. The Reflecting Skin is one I watched for the first time this year and it's pretty good, incredibly unsettling and anxiety inducing throughout while looking lovely.

I haven't seen enough of your list to give a rating.

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bobbaaay posted...

It's a perfect film? It's subversive, honest, and did a lot with its small budget. Plus it's actually powerful, too.

It is pretty raw, if you know what I mean :3. You ever see Fresh?

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Real talk - if I were to try and objectively/critically rank horror films of the '90s (without having seen Singapore Sling or Baby Blood, which I know are on most peoples' lists) -- The Reflecting Skin is #3.

1. Candyman
2. Audition
3. The Reflecting Skin

After that's People Under the Stairs, Child's Play 2, Dead Alive, Cemetary Man, The Blair Witch, etc.

Pus_N_Pecans posted...

The kid is such a bad actor that you genuinely cant tell if hes intended to be a sociopath or not; hes surrounded by all these horrific events, but he never expresses any emotion at all throughout the whole thing except to that aborted fetus

I wouldnt really call it a horror
movie though. Its more like a series of traumatic events involving a child.

He showed emotion at the end. I didn't find his behavior very odd before that. He was just a kind of dull kid from the rural US in the '50s. I think any lack of emotion beforehand was a result of masculine stereotypes of the era - and his own disbelief and wanting to sensationalize what was going on around him.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

It is pretty raw, if you know what I mean :3. You ever see Fresh?

It looks interesting. Surprisingly only 1 of my Letterboxd friends has watched it/reviewed it.

I dunno, the 90s honestly kind of sucks for horror imo. Theres Audition, Jacobs Ladder, Candyman, and not really a whole lot else Im too keen on.

*Apparently Letterboxd lists The Quiet Family as horror, and I love that one too, but I could only call it a dark comedy myself.

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bobbaaay posted...

It looks interesting. Surprisingly only 1 of my Letterboxd friends has watched it/reviewed it.

I love it and the ending gets me everytime. I couldn't recommend a movie more. One those movies I can watch annually no problem. I'd say it's as close to Kids as a movie can get. Kids is kind of it's own thing. So still loosely similar

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Pus_N_Pecans posted...

I dunno, the 90s honestly kind of sucks for horror imo. Theres Audition, Jacobs Ladder, Candyman, and not really a whole lot else Im too keen on.

I used to think the same thing, until I really thought about it. Sure the '90s is still worse than the '70, '80s, and '10s obviously -- but it had some heavy hitters. Even if you're not a fan of The Reflecting Skin -- you even acknowledge yourself that Candyman and Audition are there; I don't know if you feel as strongly - but I'd go far enough to say those two films are GOATS of the genre.
I can get if you're not a fan of the goofiness of the '90s - but stuff like Dead Alive, Basket Case 2, Frankenhooker, and Cemetary Man definitely stand up as some of the more iconic horror-comedies. Nightbreed and Child's Play 2 may not be as comedic - but are every bit as goofy, and both really solid B+ films. Tales from the Hood and People Under the Stairs are two of the best examples of socially conscious horror films. I'd go far enough to say Tales from the Darkside is every bit as good as the Creepshow films or Trilogy of Terror as an anthology.

There's a lot more to say about the '90s than the '00s, especially if you take the French out of the equation.

Audition is probably the only all timer in terms of horror from the 90s Ive seen. But yeah, I agree, 70s and 80s have some real bangers, and the 2010s were really strong too.

Ill rate each Ive seen too, just for fun.

1. Paris, Texas - 9/10
2. Possession - 9/10
3. Straw Dogs - 9/10
4. Robocop - 8/10
5. The Reflecting Skin - 2/10
6. Enter the Void - 6.5/10
7. Do the Right Thing - 9/10

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I've only seen Robocop and Kids outta that list so I gotta give it a 2/10. Don't feel bad it could go up as I eventually watch the rest.

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Robocop and Kids are good, no idea on the rest.

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