What are your personal top 10 favorite Horror movies of all time?

[norton9478]

I see nobody put "Nightmare on elm street" (or for that matter new nightmare considering the number of scream mentions) on their list.

 

[terry.330]

NOES3 is best Nightmare.

I guess I'll make a list:

ROTLD
Cemetery Man
NOES3
Cabin in the Woods
Drag Me to Hell
Re-Animator
The Beyond
Slither
The Gate
TCM2
Tremors
Night of the Creeps

 

[NeoSneth]

I see nobody put "Nightmare on elm street" (or for that matter new nightmare considering the number of scream mentions) on their list.

I really like some of the old ones, but the sense of dread is gone.
I probably haven't seen them in 20 years which is the real reason. Whenever Jason vs Freddy came out.

 

[MetalSludge]

NOES3 is best Nightmare.

I guess I'll make a list:

Cemetery Man
The Gate

Cemetery Man was unforgettable. The Gate must be the cutest horror movie ever, surprisingly entertaining.

Not necessarily my absolute favorites in all cases, but thinking it would be good to inject some honorable mentions that deviate from the usual stuff people tend to list. I know some of these get debated as more thriller type films, but the line between thriller and horror can be thin. Besides, I try to introduce people to some of them as thrillers, and end up getting asked why I didn't warn them they were horror films. In no particular order.

Dead of Night (1945)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Freaks (1932)
Diabolique (1955)
Psycho (1960)
The Vanishing (1988)
The Omen (1976)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Cure (1997)

 

[Mr.Bojangles]

How do you all feel about fake snuff films like:
The Guinea Pig Series -
1. Flower Of Flesh and Blood
2. Devil's Experiment
3. Mermaid In A Manhole
4. He Never Dies
5. Devil Doctor Woman

Or films in a similar vein like:
1. Tumbling Doll Of Flesh
2. My Red Guts
3. Grotesque

Also, while we're on the subject of extreme horror films, how do you all feel about movies like:
1. Dead Alive
2. The Girl Next Door
3. Requiem For A Dream
4. Pieces
5. Nightmare In A Damaged Brain
6. Cannibal Holocaust
7. Cannibal Ferox
8. Bloody Moon
9. Nekromantik
10. Nekromantik 2
11. Schraam
12. Der Todesking
13. Begotten
14. Frontiers
15. Martyrs
16. Borderlands
17. Salo: 120 Days Of Sodom
18. Irreversible
19. A Serbian Film
20. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
21. Men Behind The Sun

Oh yeah, and although really an action comedy, how do you feel about:
Riki-Oh: The Story Of Ricky???

 

[terry.330]

Dead Alive/Braindead does not belong in the same list as that other gore porn you listed. Neither does Requiem or Henry.

Also need to give honorable Mention to:

Hellraiser 1&2
Phantasm 2

 

[2D_mastur]

If I had to pick one film it would be the first "Phantasm". I love the surreal and dreamcape feel to it. I also love the perfect fusion of horror and sci-fi. Not to mention the awesome theme.

Besides that I really couldn't decide on a list.

 

[norton9478]

I'm still working on my list.

It will definitely have "Near Dark" on it.

 

[dspoonrt]

Lots of great flicks have already been mentioned. I'm more of a popcorn horror fan. Torture doesn't do much for me, and a bit of comedy never hurts in my opinion.

70s & 80s horror was pinnacle, but it's always discussed, and 90s horror movies never get enough love. A few (arguably) underappreciated gems I watch far too often:

Arachnophobia (1990)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Body Bags (1993)
Brainscan (1994)
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
The Frighteners (1996)
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
The Faculty (1998)
Idle Hands (1999)
Lake Placid (1999)

Modern favorites:

Trick 'r Treat (2007)
The House of the Devil (2009)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)
Piranha 3D (2010)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

 

[LoneSage]

If I had to pick one film it would be the first "Phantasm". I love the surreal and dreamcape feel to it.

I think the first time I watched it I might have been around 10 years old, and it was late at night on a weekend and I was tired. It felt like I was part of the dream in that movie. Such a weird feeling no other movie has made me feel since.

 

[Mr.Bojangles]

Have any of you seen the Slaughtered Vomit Doll trilogy of films by Lucifer Valentine, and if so what are your thoughts? I'm all for gore.....the more the merrier I say, but the shit that goes on in those films with the forced vomiting is just plain disgusting. There's nothing artistic about watching a bunch of bulimic women making themselves puke for this guys sick pleasure and demented fantasies of trying to create another sub genre of gore films. It's extremely gross, and not in a fun way. These movies are straight trash, which sucks because I've found quite a number of indie gems through the Unearthed Films movie brand.

 

[terry.330]

If I ever met a guy named Lucifer Valentine irl I'd punch him in the face. Then when I found out he was into chicks puking I'd find him and do it again.

 

[LoneSage]

Your avatar is as disgusting as your taste in movies. Keep your depraved thoughts to yourself, sicko.

 

[terry.330]

"Lucifer Valentine is a director and writer, known for Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006), ReGOREgitated Sacrifice (2008) and Black Mass of the Nazi Sex Wizard (2015)."

He also made Slow Torture Puke Chamber.

Jesus Christ, I'm sure he's a real artist.

 

[Takumaji]

The Fog is my #1, the others are variable but still very relevant:

The Fog

Hellraiser 2

The Exorcist 3

In The Mouth Of Madness

Event Horizon

Poltergeist

Halloween

Suspiria

Nightmare On Elm Street 3

Prince Of Darkness

...plus a ton of Hammer movies.

 

[Mr.Bojangles]

Your avatar is as disgusting as your taste in movies. Keep your depraved thoughts to yourself, sicko.

Nah man, I'm not into the Vomit Doll films. That's way more than I need to see. As for the avatar, relax, it's Pet Sematary, and if that disturbs you, then you need to see more horror movies.

 

[Mr.Bojangles]

"Lucifer Valentine is a director and writer, known for Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006), ReGOREgitated Sacrifice (2008) and Black Mass of the Nazi Sex Wizard (2015)."

He also made Slow Torture Puke Chamber.

Jesus Christ, I'm sure he's a real artist.

It's all shock and disgust over any substance. He's no artist.

 

[Naika]

When I saw it the first time at home and he rams the girl with the deer head, my thought was "I wish I saw this shit at the theatre".

It was lit when that happened but during the ending? Whole theater lit up and will rip roaring applause, like we just won a touchdown or something.

 

[RAZO]

I've been on a horror kick and thanks to you guys I've seen some good one's. The Fog, Prince of Darkness, Cabin in the woods are some of the movies I watched and enjoyed. Going to check out a few more.

 

[jro]

bingo.

The way the severed spine swings back and forth is ewwww to this day. Between her and the Tarman, those were some of the best practical effects, still creepy 35 years later.

I don't think anyone has mentioned Martyrs, I'll throw that out there. The original, not the shitty American remake.

 

[LoneSage]

The way the severed spine swings back and forth is ewwww to this day. Between her and the Tarman, those were some of the best practical effects, still creepy 35 years later.

What gets me is the spinal fluid leaking out of her spine. It's only shown for a second or two but yeesh.

 

[Mr.Bojangles]

The way the severed spine swings back and forth is ewwww to this day. Between her and the Tarman, those were some of the best practical effects, still creepy 35 years later.

I don't think anyone has mentioned Martyrs, I'll throw that out there. The original, not the shitty American remake.

I mentioned Martyrs. Truly one of the most fucked up foreign horror films of all time. They brought the idea of pleasure through pain from Hellraiser to a whole new level. I'd stay as far away from the remake as possible. Christ, the thought of a PG rated version of Martyrs makes me sick. You can't improve perfection, and to dumb down the violence is an insult to the audience. If you're a little kid you shouldn't be watching Martyrs to begin with.

 

[100proof]

Mine would largely mimic the obvious shit everyone's already listed (The Thing '82, Evil Dead 2, Re-Animator, Halloween '78, Hellraiser, Alien) but I'd have to give some serious thought to the last few. Trick r' Treat maybe? Chainsaw? Eraserhead? The Fly '86? Dead Alive/Braindead? The first half of The Descent (before it becomes a middling monster movie)? Other Carpenter movies? Other Cronenberg movies? Dusk til Dawn? Ready or Not very well may end up there... yeah. Lots of good choices.

I like the idea they had for that movie, but in execution it's full of holes large enough to drive a camper van through. Maybe it's because I guessed the "twist" almost immediately, that I was then able to watch the entire movie seeing all the points that made it impossible for that to be the twist. Until, oops, we're going to ignore all those holes and have that be the twist after all.

A good idea that needed a better writer to flesh it out and make it work. Great atmosphere, though.

I actually like most of Alexandre Aja's movies but High Tension sucks shit because of that stupid twist. "BuT uNrELIAbLe nArRaToR!!" Go fuck yourself. You have to establish and pay off an unreliable narrator. Never 180'd on a movie faster... strong feelings about that one.

 

[Syn]

Kind of like Audition, American Mary is nasty. A girl studying to be a doctor, gets raped and practices vivisection, piercings, etc on the rapist.

 

[SouthtownKid]

I actually like most of Alexandre Aja's movies but High Tension sucks shit because of that stupid twist. "BuT uNrELIAbLe nArRaToR!!" Go fuck yourself. You have to establish and pay off an unreliable narrator. Never 180'd on a movie faster... strong feelings about that one.

Same. But it could have worked if they'd done maybe a couple more drafts of the script. Set it up better, take out the things that contradicted the possibility of the twist.