Favourite Horror Movies

[silentmovieman]

Being brand new to the site I thought id make myself known by listing my top 10 horror movies in no particular order -

Halloween
The Evil Dead II
A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Devils Rejects
Day Of The Dead
Saw
Willard
28 Weeks Later
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Brainslasher

Honorable mentions to -

Candyman
Hatchet
Halloween 666 Producers Cut
Nightwatch
Hellraiser Hellworld

[neverending]

Which Halloween?
Which Willard?
Which Texas Chainsaw Massacre?

[TheWickerFan]

Where's the silent movies?;)

[ZombieDrone]

Wow, Willard? There's an interesting choice.

Anyway, welcome, I can't say that our favourites are similar (except for TCM, Day Of The Dead, assuming the original, and Evil Dead II, though I prefered the first film) but hey, that's the spirit of debate.

[_____V_____]

Which Nightmare on Elm Street?
Which Day of the Dead?
Which Saw?
Which Nightwatch?

[silentmovieman]

John carpenters original Halloween, the original Elm Street, original Day Of The Dead, the first Saw, the original TCM although I have a soft spot for Dennis Hopper in TCM II and the Crispin Glover Willard.

[Rela1024]

You dont like any of the Friday the 13ths?? Well heres the ones i like.....
Halloween 1,2,4,5,H20
Nightmare On Elm St 1&2
Friday the 13th 4,5,7,8,10
Shaun of the Dead
Psycho
Sleepy Hollow

[neverending]

He just said they were his top 10- not that they were the only horror films he liked.

[Rela1024]

Well theyre not in his top ten??? my bad didnt see that part sheesh

[silentmovieman]

I do like Friday the 13th the original and the second one is good too. The third is badically just a poor setup for 3d and number 4 is a good idea done badly. The series then just ticks over till number 9 which is again a great idea but shockingly terrible, the franchise is yhen saved by Jason x imo.

It's like Halloween, number three is a great concept but didn't put bums in seats so by the time we get to number 6 its a bit of a mess, though I have a soft spot for 666, the version that was never released.

I also enjoyed Rob Zombies Halloween but his sequel was all kinds of bad.

Oh and for the record there's only one Jason Voorhies and his names Kane Hodder :)

[Rela1024]

I do like Friday the 13th the original and the second one is good too. The third is badically just a poor setup for 3d and number 4 is a good idea done badly. The series then just ticks over till number 9 which is again a great idea but shockingly terrible, the franchise is yhen saved by Jason x imo.

It's like Halloween, number three is a great concept but didn't put bums in seats so by the time we get to number 6 its a bit of a mess, though I have a soft spot for 666, the version that was never released.

I also enjoyed Rob Zombies Halloween but his sequel was all kinds of bad.

Oh and for the record there's only one Jason Voorhies and his names Kane Hodder :)

YES!!! Exactly Kane Hodder is the best Jason he made him totally bad ass do u think the 666 halloween is online somewhere???

[The Villain]

Nice list. Welcome and stuff

[Fearonsarms]

YES!!! Exactly Kane Hodder is the best Jason he made him totally bad ass do u think the 666 halloween is online somewhere???

Agreed on Kane Hodder! Never even heard of this Halloween 666 thing???

[silentmovieman]

Halloween 666 the producers cut delves into the whole mythology of thorn and how that ties into what makes Jason the killer he is. It's only available on bootleg which ordinarily is not condone but I highly recommend it as it answers questions that go ignored in the theatrical cut.

Hodder is the man and I was gutted he didn't get to go toe to toe with Robert Englund in Freddy vs Jason. His turn in Hatchet is great too.

[_____V_____]

Never even heard of this Halloween 666 thing???

Of course it exists. You didn't know?! ;)

http://cdn2.iofferphoto.com/img/item/971/218/43/rjbo2AmZZJUseeO.jpg

http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/137/471/331/halloween-6-5-disc-producer-s-cut-ultimate-set-666-49c9f.jpg

:D

[silentmovieman]

It brings closure to the Myers/Loomis dynamic too

[Fearonsarms]

Of course it exists. You didn't know?! ;)

http://cdn2.iofferphoto.com/img/item/971/218/43/rjbo2AmZZJUseeO.jpg

http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/137/471/331/halloween-6-5-disc-producer-s-cut-ultimate-set-666-49c9f.jpg

:D

OK I thought that was just the same film as Halloween 6 hence the confusion-I guess this directors cut goes into the back story more-I'll check it out.

[silentmovieman]

It's labelled the producers cut and frankly is a completely different movie, not just slightly different but almost a whole other film.

[Sistinas666]

It's labelled the producers cut and frankly is a completely different movie, not just slightly different but almost a whole other film.


I accidently bought the 666 version many years ago and got hella confused! I'd seen the regular version on cable and thought I had got a shitty foreign bootleg, little did I know I had actually gotten a little treasure!:)(i got it for 3 bucks at a pawn shop!)

My thoughts on your F13th pics(in the spirit of debate):

1 is overrated imo. I found it kind of boring and didn't much care for the story...
2 was an improvement imo.
3&4 were the best in the franchise imo. They are my 2 favorites.

[silentmovieman]

I think the first two are collectively a great start up to the franchise and work together in much the same vein as the first two Halloween movies. I think I may have got my numbers wrong as four is the Corey Feldman entry isn't it? If so I do like that movie, its number five the new beginning I'm not keen on and then everything upto Jason X is kinda dreadful although the end of number 9 with Freddys glove is spinechillingly great.

[Sistinas666]

I think the first two are collectively a great start up to the franchise and work together in much the same vein as the first two Halloween movies. I think I may have got my numbers wrong as four is the Corey Feldman entry isn't it? If so I do like that movie, its number five the new beginning I'm not keen on and then everything upto Jason X is kinda dreadful although the end of number 9 with Freddys glove is spinechillingly great.

Ok, I'm going to have to agree with you for the most part. 5-8 were ass. 9 was merely ok for the glove part. Jason X was cool as hell imo.

As far as Kane Hodder....I am a fan of some of his work but not a fan as him as a person. I fucking hate juggalos.

[silentmovieman]

Never knew that about him but doesn't really bother me. This thread got me thinking ....has there been a horror franchise that has continually been good?

We've covered Halloween and Friday 13th, Saw was brilliant at the beginning, the second and third films were good and everything after that was dire.

Even classics like the Omen movies got worse as they went on. Thinking about it whilst nowhere near as good as the original the three Psycho sequels are not terrible and the Hellraiser films weren't really any worse as they went on and even tried some interesting ideas on the original premise, oh and Hellworld is fantastic.

Any other shouts? Is say the Romero dead movies but he kinda killed the franchise with diary and survival, both not terrible but certainly not worthy enteries in the series.

[Anthropophagus]

Hiya Smm,nice to have you here finally.

I have said this to you before but i`ll say again here.The first three Romero zombie flics are classics,but,and its a big but,his other three zombie flics were not.In fact they are quite bad to be honest,not the worst that is out there but they set the series backwards and personally i think he should hang his zombie boots up or change back to the style i have grown up with.

[leezuki]

Hiya Smm,nice to have you here finally.

I have said this to you before but i`ll say again here.The first three Romero zombie flics are classics,but,and its a big but,his other three zombie flics were not.In fact they are quite bad to be honest,not the worst that is out there but they set the series backwards and personally i think he should hang his zombie boots up or change back to the style i have grown up with.

i totally agree with you on that, his early zombie movis are classic and he will never be able to make another classic like them, cgi killed his new movies and they are so dull.

[Fearonsarms]

Never knew that about him but doesn't really bother me. This thread got me thinking ....has there been a horror franchise that has continually been good?

We've covered Halloween and Friday 13th, Saw was brilliant at the beginning, the second and third films were good and everything after that was dire.

Even classics like the Omen movies got worse as they went on. Thinking about it whilst nowhere near as good as the original the three Psycho sequels are not terrible and the Hellraiser films weren't really any worse as they went on and even tried some interesting ideas on the original premise, oh and Hellworld is fantastic.

Any other shouts? Is say the Romero dead movies but he kinda killed the franchise with diary and survival, both not terrible but certainly not worthy enteries in the series.

Myself and leezuki (plus others) discussed the other hellraisers in depth in the (Hellraiser remake thread). IMO Hellworld was a big two fingers up at the fans but Deader was the gold and the reward for persevering with the series. I think the Leprechaun series got better up part 4 (which took the silliness as far as it could go) but part 5 is a contender of worst movie ever made and 6 was a snorefest.

I enjoyed Return Of The Living Dead parts 1, 2 and 3 but after that it became a chore to watch.
Plus a shout out to Scanners 3 though while not better than the first film was much better than the second.

[bullshooter]

Okay as it is my first post too i will give you this little lot.


Halloween (1978)
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Theatre of Blood
An American Werewolf in London
The Omen (1976)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Zombie Flesheaters
The Wicker Man (1973)
Frankenstein (1931)

[The Villain]

Nice list. Welcome

[ZombieDrone]

Okay as it is my first post too i will give you this little lot.


Halloween (1978)
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Theatre of Blood
An American Werewolf in London
The Omen (1976)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Zombie Flesheaters
The Wicker Man (1973)
Frankenstein (1931)



Ooooh, I like this list.

[Anthropophagus]

Okay as it is my first post too i will give you this little lot.


Halloween (1978)
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Theatre of Blood
An American Werewolf in London
The Omen (1976)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Zombie Flesheaters
The Wicker Man (1973)
Frankenstein (1931)

Great to see you here Kev.

[Chief Brody]

Great to see you here Kev.

The gangs all here. The circle is complete.;)

[Anthropophagus]

Still one or two more to come but like British rail once said,`we are getting there`.

[silentmovieman]

Time to make some new members :)

[Chief Brody]

Time to make some new members :)

Well there's 3 new members here now;)

[Anthropophagus]

I havent made my all time fave list but some worthy of my attention are:

Phantasm
Dawn of the Dead
Jaws
TCM
Alien
The Omen
King Kong
Suspiria

And before you ask i am referring to the originals here not any remakes.

And all the Universal monsters classics like:

Frankenstein
The Wolfman
Dracula
The Mummy
The Invisible Man

And the sequels which followed them of course.

The silent era:

Nosferatu
Metropolis (ok,i know its more sci-fi)
Phantom of the Opera
London after Midnight

I could go on and on and on.....................

[silentmovieman]

And you normally do ;)

[Anthropophagus]

Heyyyyyyy, easy now newbie.:D

[Chief Brody]

Heyyyyyyy, easy now newbie.:D

I'm getting deja-vu with you two. This is like the old days:)

[bullshooter]

I'm getting deja-vu with you two. This is like the old days:)

I reckon it is.

[bullshooter]

Ooooh, I like this list.


Thanks, i am not used to people agreeing with me :)

[hammerfan]

I'm getting deja-vu with you two. This is like the old days:)

So, where do you guys know each other from? :D

[neverending]

I havent made my all time fave list but some worthy of my attention are:


Metropolis (ok,i know its more sci-fi)

I could go on and on and on.....................


Have you seen the restored version? It played in theatres this year. I went to see it here in Portland and it was simply amazing. Parts of it are very dancelike.

[ZombieDrone]

Thanks, i am not used to people agreeing with me :)

You sure? That's some quality stuff. Theatre Of Blood's got a special place in my heart as well. Give me some Vincent Price and I'm very happy.

Have you seen The Abonimable Dr. Phibes?

[Anthropophagus]

Vincent Price,ahhh the finest voice in recorded history.

I have NEVER seen Price do a bad movie and the horror genre is much the sadder because of his death.
As for the Phibes movies, both are sheer class and show Price at his absurd best.

[neverending]

Well, fine. Ignore my question.

[Chief Brody]

Vincent Price,ahhh the finest voice in recorded history.

Yes, an incredible voice. Even more unique than Richard Burton's.

[ZombieDrone]

I have NEVER seen Price do a bad movie

Simply beacuse a movie is automatically good with Vincent Price.

[bullshooter]

You sure? That's some quality stuff. Theatre Of Blood's got a special place in my heart as well. Give me some Vincent Price and I'm very happy.

Have you seen The Abonimable Dr. Phibes?

Yes i have. I think that Theatre of Blood is a better all round movie but Phibes is still good.

[Anthropophagus]

Well, fine. Ignore my question.

Didnt ignore it mate,simply missed it.

Yes,i have seen the restored version and yes love it.

[silentmovieman]

Best Price movie.....The Tingler :)

[leezuki]

my fave horror of all time still is dawn of the dead original, exorcist and halloween. my top 3 movies

[PaulMaul]

Unofficial newbie top 5

Friday the 13th(all of em including remake)
Poltergeist 3
Freddy vs Jason
Nightmare on Elm st (all but remake)
The Thing

#6 is anything zombie

[ABjerg]

Welcome!

And I don't wanna list all my favs, it's gonna take too long lol, but the last horror movie I saw, and enjoyed, was "The Caller" from '11. SO ORIGINAL imo!

[detune]

Quién puede matar a un niño (Who Can Kill a Child)
The Vanishing (original)
Ichi the Killer
Ebola Syndrome
Last House on the Left
A Bucket of Blood
Black Sabbath

I could list all day, but these came to mind first.

[iSeymore]

Not in Order, but I dont just enjoy certain movies in a series, but the entire franchise as a whole.

1) Friday the 13th (1980-2009)
2) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984-2010)
3) Halloween (1978-2009)
4) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974-2006)
5) SCREAM (1996-2011)
6) SAW (2004-2010)
7) Wrong Turn (2003-2011)

[The Villain]

Not in Order, but I dont just enjoy certain movies in a series, but the entire franchise as a whole.

1) Friday the 13th (1980-2009)
2) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984-2010)
3) Halloween (1978-2009)
4) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974-2006)
5) SCREAM (1996-2011)
6) SAW (2004-2010)
7) Wrong Turn (2003-2011)

I dont want to sound like a dick but you should really fix that font. It's kind of hard to read.

[neverending]

I don't find it hard to read at all.

[The Villain]

I don't find it hard to read at all.

Maybe i need glasses:(

[crazy raplh]

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14535

[Sistinas666]

Maybe i need glasses:(


I get what you meant. Its a bit small, my eyes aren't great...I was prescribed glasses 20+ years ago and have never worn then...I suspect within the next 10 years I will be bitching that you all need to make your fonts bigger!

[crazy raplh]

I can read it, it was just hard on the eyes to focus on it, but I think it was a good list, though I thought the wrong turn movies took a wrong turn LOL.