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Old 08-12-2012, 03:25 AM
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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.
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Old 08-12-2012, 04:37 AM
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Being from the old school and being old myself, I always recommend the four Universal greats:

Frankenstein
The Bride Of Frankenstein
Dracula
The Wolf Man



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Old 08-12-2012, 06:07 AM
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A dash of Hammer horror.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:31 AM
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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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Old 08-12-2012, 10:18 AM
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A dash of Hammer horror.
This too is very essential for a horror fan.





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Old 08-12-2012, 05:19 PM
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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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Halloween, The Exorcist, The Evil Dead, Friday The 13th, Psycho, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Shining, Night Of The Living Dead, Nosferatu.
Definitely back that lot. Some essential viewing right there.

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
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Old 08-12-2012, 05:24 PM
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^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
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The Omen
Rosemary's Baby
The Wicker Man
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Old 08-12-2012, 07:22 PM
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I would say the ring and the cry but the original versions but not as good remake :cool:
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Old 08-13-2012, 12:14 AM
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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

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Old 08-13-2012, 06:01 AM
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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
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