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What are your favourites? Cheesy or more serious horror! Which scared you, and which had you laughing hysterically?

Personally, for me it's..

Dawn of the Dead (1978 version)
Not as cheesy as I first expected

28 Days Later
One of the artier horror films

Shaun of the Dead
Fantastically funny movie

The Orphanage
Totally freaked me out, and I don't get scared very often!

Blair Witch Project
Only other horror film to scare me

Candyman
Who else dared say "candyman" in the mirror?

House on Haunted Hill (black and white)
Vincent Price at his best

The Tingler
One of my all time favourite horror films

Scream 1&2
Know what you did last summer
Halloween
Cat people original
The others

I keep meaning to watch Cat People! Not sure why I haven't yet..

The Shining - scariest film EVER

"Come and play with us Jonny" freaky twins - eeeek!!!

The Omen - good classic horror

Poltergeist - "They're here!" Again - eeeek!!

The Ring - couldn't sleep for days!

same with The Grudge....

House of Wax was horrible.

The Vanishing freaked me out, Jeff Bridges was very good in it.

The Sixth Sense makes shivers go down my back!

Amityville Horror was another good one.

The Sream movies and The Others.

Scream etc is funny. The Others really spooked me out, and I find it very difficult to get scared by films (unless there is an inkling they could be based on something real)

The Ring - I watched this...9 years ago? When did the American one come out at the cinema? It still freaks me out occassionally.

28 Days Later - Pretty much the only horror film i'll sit down and watch again.

Blair Witch Project - I know it got a lot of stick but I really liked the concept and all the surrounding 'myths'.

I'll be honest though I don't really watch horror films because they scare me too much .

I'm on a mission to get people to watch the original Dutch Vanishing. It's called Sporloos.

First and only time I've seen someone run screaming out the cinema at the end.

Promise you, I'm not a foreign film snob. It's just miles more frightening.

Paranormal Activity. That and The Exorcist and Blair Witch. The three of them still have me thinking about them if I'm on my own at night in the house. I try not to think about them as I get serious willies and lie awake for hours.

Let the Right One In (Swedish version) - very good and subtle as well.

Agree with loads of these, especially The Orphanage; genuinely scary but also beautiful and moving.

I haven't seen We Need To Talk About Kevin yet but am sure it's going to be terrifying and harrowing.

limitedperiodonly, I agree I saw the original of The Vanishing before the US remake.

I'd also recommend watching Nightwatch the Danish version. There's an English version which wasn't as good.

Genuinely scary:
Night of the Demon
An oldie in black and white but the directon and performances are excellent. Just don't mention the monster)

Seventies kitch but how pretty is California:
The Fog
(John Carpenter's original, not the awful remake).
Not so scary - although there are a few genune frights - but beautifully shot and some absolutely gorgeous scenery.

For laughs I like:
Carry on Screamng
A film that manages to cram almost every horror cliche into it's wonderfully self-parodying romp through the horror genre.

Dark Water.
<shudder>
The Grudge.
<shudders some more>

Silence of the Lambs seriously freaked me out. I didn't sleep properly for about a year after.

PendeenI love Night of the Demon too, don't often meet anyone else who's ever heard of it! Yes, cheesy monster but brillant story.

The Amityville Horror always freaks me out, as well as The Exorcist.

i have always taken issue with The Shining because the book was SO much better and the movie changed integral parts.

We have seen many, many horror films. Room 1408 is a new one by me. It was decent enough.

THEM. So so scary and it stays with you...

"First and only time I've seen someone run screaming out the cinema at the end."

I must watch that then!!

"Room 1408 is a new one by me. It was decent enough."

I felt it was great till about half way through, and then it was just bad. Had so much potential though!

Is there an English Version of "The Orphanage" ? the only one i can find is in Spanish .

No, it's in Spanish and subtitled. Well worth it though.

friday 13th (original)
the haunting (original)
don't be afraid of the dark (original)
halloween (original)
exorcist

Ah ok thanks

Paranormal activity, scared the bejeezus out of me, couldnt sleep for 4 days.

Dawn of the Dead also affected me. Zombie films tend to stay with me as I hate the whole hopelessness of the situation and that impending death seems to be the only option for everyone.

Love the scream movies for nostalgia reminds me of sleepovers, went to see the 4th one recently with some old friends from school and we howled all the way through!

Halloween 2 (the bit in the hospital)
The Vanishing (original - Dutch I think?)
The Hitcher