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What are your top 25 horror movies?
My top 25 horror movies:
1. Scream (1996) 2. Psycho (1960) 3. The Thing (1982) 4. Jaws (1975) 5. The Shining (1980) 6. The Cabin in the Woods (2012) 7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 8. Alien (1979) 9. Halloween (1978) 10. Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1987) 11. Predator (1987) 12. Candyman (1992) 13. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) 14. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2007) 15. The Blair Witch Project (1999) 16. Saw (2004) 17. Rosemary's Baby (1968) 18. The Mist (2007) 19. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 20. Friday the 13th (1980) 21. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 22. The Evil Dead (1981) 23. Pet Sematary (1989) 24. The Ring (2002) 25. Paranormal Activity (2009) |
1.Evil dead
2.Hellraiser 3.A nightmare on elm street 4.Friday the 13th 5.The thing 6.gremlins 7.return of the living dead 8.Dawn of the dead 10.the stuff 11.basket case 12.feast 13. Ginger snaps 14. The mist 15. Brain dead 16. Alien 17. Cabin in the woods 18. Scream 19. Planet terror 20. Predator 21. Night breed 22. Canndyman 23. Pumpkin head 24. Re animator 25. Splinter This is in no order just as I thought of them |
Oh I forgot the child's play movies I love them too
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A couple of good lists right there. I have to take issue with Ginger Snaps:D That movie was a stinker. I think I prefer the FX in Teenwolf!!!
What about The Exorcist? |
I loved the cheesie fx in ginger snaps its just a good movie. I have to admit that I hate the exorcist I don't see what's so special about it. I fell asleep the first two times I tried to watch it. It was a big disappointment for me personally
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Fair enough!
You don't have any foreign language movies in there. Have you partaken of any world cinema? |
Ye seen quite a few just none I would put in my top 25. Most of tge world cinema I do watch aren't really horror though. I am always up for new film so will watch almost anything
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How about Pan's Labyrinth or A Tale of Two Sisters?
El Orfanato is pretty good too but maybe not Top 25... There's also the J-Horror classics from Ju On to Onibaba? Irreversible is also knocking on the Top 25 door. |
I have seen both irreversible and pans labyrinth both are really good films would be in my top 100. I haven't seen the others you said but will look out for them
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I liked the Child's Play movies (except the third one) too. The first two were pretty serious, but the latest two Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky added alot more humor. I thought Bride of Chucky was especially funny. I think the Exorcist (1973) is a good well-directed and well-acted film made by William Friedkin, but I do not watch it very often. In my opinion, it is an overrated film and I have never understood how it still gets on the top of so many scariest movie ever lists. I understand why it is at the top of many best lists because it is is one of the most impactful films in movie history and marks the point when people began to at least take some of the genre seriously. It is just not a personal favorite of mine. I have heard of all the foreign horror films mentioned, but have seen none of them. It is hard for me to watch a movie with subtitles where they don't even speak english, which is the case with some of those films. But, I plan to do that eventually and watch Tale of Two Sisters, Ju-On, Ringu, among others. I also heard Let the Right One In was pretty good, but I have never seen it. Another foreign horror film I have heard of was The Orphange, which I know received high critical acclaim, but again I have mever seen it. I liked the Mario Bava's 1963 film Black Sabbath, I just would not include it in the top 25. I really liked the film The Others (2001) and in fact nearly included it. Granted it is not a foreign language film, but it was from Spain, they simply decided to shoot it in English. Thee film's take on ghosts, although explored in The Sixth Sense (1999) was explored much further in this film and perhaps more effectively. I did not realize Pan's Labyrinth was a foreign language film (I have not seen it), it too is on my list of horror films left to watch that I have not made it around to. Finally, on the Ginger Snaps idea, I liked it. I thought the film was an interesting spin on the werewolf theme and the acting especially of the two leads was really good. The plot was interesting and the film had an exciting climax. The only criticism I had of the film was the makeup and special effects, which were very low quality, even cheesy. This did not match the film. It should be noted this film was well-reviewed (it holds an 88% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes). I have noticed if the critics hate a horror film, either it is terrible or more often they simply missed the point. If, however, they loved a film it is usually great. In this case also I would agree with the critics that the film was great, although not great enough to be in my top 25, but great nonetheless. I actually just watched the film last night, but I have had plenty of time to sit on it and this is my evaluation of the film.
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What he said. |
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1) The Shining
2) Psycho 3) Hellraiser 4) The house of wax (w/Vincent Price) 5) Misery 6) Halloween II 7) Interview with the vampire 8) Night of the living dead 9) Silence of the lambs 10) Nightmare on elm street 11) Fall of the house of Usher 12) Seven 13) The Game 14) From Hell 15) Alien 16) Predator 17) American Psycho (strangely humorous) 18) The thing 19) Pumpkinhead 20) Hostel 21) Invasion of the body snatchers 22) The fly (1986) 23) Carrie 24) Poltergeist 25) Phantasm |
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Not 25 but some of my favorite horror movies are as follow :
The Descent The Host Hostel Wolf Creek The Exorcism of Emily Rose The Skeleton Key Saw II Them The Hills Have Eyes The Mist |
I don't think I be able to Top 25, Ten is hard enough at times
1) Braindead AKA Dead Alive (1992) 2) The Thing (1982) 3) The Omen (1976) 4) The Birds (1963) 5)The Entity (1981) 6) Pet Sematary (1989) 7) The Eye (2002) 8) Carrie (1976) 9) Black Christmas (1974) 10) The Evil Dead (1981) Another 15 Would be (Took me a while) 11) Ju-on- The Grudge (2003) 12) Ringu (1998) 13) The Baby (1973) 14) Deep Red (1975) 15) A nightmare on Elm street (1983) 16) A Nightmare on elm street 3 ( 1987) 17) Scanners(1981) 18) Friday 13th Part 3 (1982) 19) Final Destination (2000) 20) The Orphanage (2007) 21) The Texas Chain saw Massacre (1974) 22) The Exorcist (1973) 23) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) 24) REC (2007) |
idk...I've watched some movies tht I thought as a child was scary as hell then watched it again and was thinking they werent really all that i hype them up to be.
The Others The excersim of Emily rose hellraiser 2 the darkness paranormal activity 1 child's play the ring sixth sense evil dead haunting in ct 1408 13 ghosts insidious wes cravens new nightmare A lot of the classics to me are good movies and served their purpose but yet they're really not my favorites. The excerist was an alright movie but I think it was really overrated but maybe because in the 70's that was something entirely new. Linda blairs face and voice can bring you nightmares but I think the hype really overplayed the movie. Stuff like Friday the 13th, Halloween, nightmare on elm street, tcm were pretty much all the same thing to me which really just ehhh took away interest. while I give nightmare on elm street credit for the original idea. I think the series was great but just not in my top lists. |
top 5 favs
It would take too long to think of my favorite 25, but in order, I know my favorite 5 right off the top of my head:
Saw 2 Halloween 3 Pyscho 2 Dawn of the Dead '78 The Thing '83 |
I liked Saw II, but I thought the first was much better. I also liked Psycho II, it was actually a really good sequel, but Psycho (1960) is a classic directed by Alfred Hitchcock and was therefore my favorite. Halloween III was a good movie in its own right, but is my least favorite in the series because it did not feature Michael Myers. It was an interesting gamble, but I believe that Halloween (the series) is a brand that features Michael Myers and by not featuring him, it was not the right brand. To me, it would be like buying a bag of Lays potato chips and opening them to find pretzels. Those pretzels might be good, but that's not what you "bought".
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Pretzels are related to potato chips, which was the idea. The product in Halloween III was in the same family as Halloween movies (in that it was horror), but quite different. I think the metaphor holds up. The main point was that the brand in Halloween III varied from the other films. In other words, when one wants to watch a Halloween movie (the series), they expect to see Micahel Myers (At least I would have).
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I have seen that film and it was good, although far from my favorite in that series. The twist in that film was quite different than in Halloween III because in that film it is not until the end that we discover its Jason. During the movie, the presence of Jason at the least was clear. In Halloween III there is no reference by any of the characters to Myers and the very material in the film was very different than in other Halloween films.
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Off the top of my head (in no particular order, and originals unless otherwise stated):
1) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2) Alien 3) The Wicker Man 4) The Thing (Carpenter) 5) The Fly (Cronenberg) 6) Psycho 7) Ring 8) Halloween 9) The Shining 10) Eyes Without a Face 11) Day of the Dead 12) Martyrs 13) The Devils 14) Repulsion 15) The Silence of the Lambs 16) The Wicker Man 17) REC 18) The Blair Witch Project 19) Suspiria 20) Nosferatu 21) The Exorcist 22) The Brood 23) An American Werewolf in London 24) Don't Look Now 25) Rosemary's Baby This list would probably change on a daily basis. Honourable mentions to the films of Lucio Fulci, Wes Craven, Takashi Miike & Hammer Horror |
They are in no real order. It's hard to be precise about my favorites. I just know I like all of these. Most I first watched when I was younger. I was a rather scared child. My number one fear was of the dark. I did read Goosebumps books and I watched the show. So that was my first little taste. It was almost a way to get over my fears. I first really fell in love with horror films when I was 9 years old. My grandma showed me a lot of older films with Vincent Price and others from the 50s. Then my dad told me to rent Psycho and I was hooked. As I watched more and more I came to really like many of the 70s and 80s horror films. I also like the psychological thrillers of the 90s and sci-fi horror. And the others are newer favorites. Some might not be considered "good" by all but they are awesome in some way to myself.
1. The Exorcist 2. Nightmare on Elm Street 3. The Shining 4. Creepshow 5. Fright Night (85) 6. Friday the 13th 7. Night of the Living Dead 8. Trick r'Treat 9. Halloween 10. Rob Zombie's Halloween 11. The Amityville Horror(79) 12. The Devil's Rejects 13. House of 1000 Corpses 14. Aliens 15. Re-Animator 16. Psycho 17. The Crazies 18. Scream 19. Evil Dead 2 20. Se7en 21. The Silence of the Lambs 22. Predator 23. Underworld: Evolution 24. Dracula 2000 25. Phantasm |
The Crazies was a good one. Haven't seen the original but the were some bad ass death scenes in the remake.
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In no particular order,and the list will change tomorrow anyways.
Jaws Dawn of the Dead (original) Phantasm The Thing from another World TCM The Orphanage Martyrs Frontiers Rec I Saw the Devil Dead Snow Inside Suspiria My Bloody Valentine (original) The Bride of Frankenstein King Kong (original) Let the Right one in Freaks Alien The Omen The Fog (original) Funny Games Devils Backbone Zombie Flesh Eaters Funhouse Oh forget that list,i will do another one tomorrow,then again it might change again.:D |
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My lists are constantly evolving and changing but the classics are just as good if not better than recent stuff.
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1. Evil Dead
2. Trick Or Treat (1986) 3. Friday The 13th 4. Night Of The Living Dead 5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 6. Childs Play 7. Combat Shock 8. Halloween 9. Tales From The Darkside 10. Amityville Horror 11. American Psycho 12. Toxic Avenger 13. Trick R Treat 14. Jack Frost 15. Creepshow 16. Puppet Master 17. Big Bad Wolf 18. Vampire Bat 19. Frankenstein 20. Saw 21. Sleepaway Camp 22. House By The Cemetary 23. Henry 24. The Crazies (2010) 25. Thankskilling |
It's so hard for me to come up with a "Top n" list because I need to know exactly what the parameters are.
It could mean... The 25 "Best" Horror Movies of All Time This list, however, is too debatable, so I'll leave it to film historians. Instead I could do... My Top 25 "Favorite" Horror Movies of All Time This list might include: - Halloween - Donnie Darko - Signs - The Descent - The Blair Witch Project - Night of the Living Dead However, since I would have to pine hard over this list, aching over which movies make it and which are left out, I might never feel good enough to actually finish it. So instead, it might be easier to do... The Top 25 Movies Most Influential on My Horror Fansmanship Which would include: - Water Babies - The Watcher in the Woods - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Something Wicked This Way Comes - Poltergeist - The Birds - Raiders of the Lost Ark - Alien - Burnt Offerings - The Exorcist - Carrie In the end though, it's easier to list only the movies that occupy my current consciousness. Those that, right now, haunt the dark corridors of my home, each summoning me to rewatch it again. And again...and again... My Favorite 25 Horror Movies Right at this Moment (This list, by nature, is probably going to be over-represented with more recent movies.)
(BTW, Anthropophagus, your list is dope.) |
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