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Essential Horror Movies
What are the movies that every big horror fan should see at least once in their life? I'll start off with a few.
Halloween, The Exorcist, The Evil Dead, Friday The 13th, Psycho, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Shining, Night Of The Living Dead, Nosferatu. |
Being from the old school and being old myself, I always recommend the four Universal greats:
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A dash of Hammer horror.
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The Invisible Man The Fall of the House of Usher The Raven Cat People (1942) Black Sunday |
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M is a great flick. I'm not as big of a fan of the classic/Universal stuff. Guess I grew up during the 80s so that era had more of an impact on me.
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A few I'd add: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Dawn Of The Dead The Burning The Prowler Return Of The Living Dead Deranged Brain Damage The Thing Near Dark Zombie Phantasm ...man I could prattle off titles all day :D |
^The Thing is a good shout. I like that film every time I see it but I know it wouldn't have sprung to my mind.
Hellraiser IT The Omen Rosemary's Baby The Wicker Man |
I would say the ring and the cry but the original versions but not as good remake :cool:
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night of the living dead
frankenstien bride of frankenstien dracula wolfman friday 13th texas chainsaw massacre halloween evil dead nightmere on elm street return of the living dead psycho exorcist bride of the monster house on haunted hill all originals of corse |
I'll be here all day if I'm not careful so I'll stick with Italian horror as no one has posted any yet:
Suspiria Inferno Tenebrae Phenomena Terror At The Opera Deep Red The Bird With The Crystal Plumage The Stendhal Syndrome Zombi 2/Zombie Flesh Eaters City Of The Living Dead The Beyond The Psychic/Seven Notes In Black Lizard In A Woman's Skin Cannibal Apocalypse Killing Birds Hell Of The Living Dead/Zombie Creeping Flesh (the version with uncut gore but cut stock footage unless you like animal cruelty) Torso Blood And Black Lace Black Sunday A Bay Of Blood Mario Bava's Shock Kill Baby Kill Lamberto Bava's Demons Stagefright Dellamore Dellamorte aka Cemetary Man The Strange Vice Of Mrs Ward/Who's Next The Black Belly Of The Tarantula What Have They Done To Solange? |
Salems lot.ABSOLUTE MUST!
You need to own Audition Old Boy May Near dark Irreversible Versus The story of Ricky Kill list Tattoo Tale of two sisters sympathy for Mr vengeance The Orphanage Funny Games Braindead Bad taste The descent Undead Jacobs ladder Dog soldiers From dusk till dawn Dawn of the dead Opera suspiria....ok ill stop now! |
depends on the type of horror you want
1974 texas chainsaw masscre poltergiest amityville horror the omen the exorcist and exorcist 3 (skip the second unless you buy the boxset) wolf creek (not classic but a good watch) carrie christine the blob re-animator puppet master childs play could go on forever |
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Dr Phibes Vault of horror Dr terrors house of horror Torture garden Ginger snaps willard Hellraiser The beast must die toolbox murders The woman The gray man Ichi the killer Frontiers Martyrs Aye,depends on what youre after really..I havent even started on zombies yet!! |
Some British horror not mentioned yet:
Mum and Dad The Living And The Dead The Children Heartless Salvage House On Straw Hill Xtro 28 Days Later 28 Weeks Later Eden Lake Dog Soldiers The Descent The Last Horror Movie |
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last house on the left (original and remake)
i spit on your grave (original and remake) house of 1000 corpses devils rejects hills have eyes (original 1 & 2 and both remakes) the mist children of the corn (1 to 3) dead silence when a stranger calls the hitcher (original and remake) vacancy the strangers (one of my favourites of the last 5/10 years) bay of blood beyond house by the cemetery the orphanage |
Trying to mention a few that havent already been said:
Jaws Cronos The Devil's Backbone Hellraiser II Braindead The Sentinel The Fog Martin Eraserhead Anything that includes the effects of Ray Harryhausen or Rob Bottin Carnival of Souls The Changeling The Devils Demons Nosferatu I'm pretty sure we could all add a couple hundred to our lists too.... |
1. Night of the Living Dead - original. Tom Savini's remake was decent.
2. Dawn of the Dead - original. Greatest movie of all time. Refake is garbage. 3. Day of the Dead - original. Refake worse than garbage. 4. Hellraiser 5. Hellbound: Hellraiser II 6. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth 7. Evil Dead 8. Devils Rejects 9. Cannibal Holocaust 10. Brain Dead - also known as Dead Alive. Ten must see films for any horror fan! |
i dont think all these movies are essential.especially not movies like christine and the decent
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I'll have to agree that Christine is a classic. The OP asked us to name films that a horror fan should see at least once, and I'd say one should see Christine.
The Decent, though... I never took to that like a lot of other people did, |
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My essentials are:
Halloween (original) Phantasm Evil Dead The Exorcist The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original) Suspiria The Haunting (original) Night of the Living Dead Hellraiser Honorable mentions include: The Blair Witch Project The Gate Return of the Living Dead I & II The Ring The Serpent & the Rainbow John Carpenter's The Thing Deep Red The Mist The Changeling House of 1000 Corpses The Exorcism of Emily Rose |
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