To ask your most scary horror film?

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Just as the subject says, I’ve watched nearly all of them on Netflix. Really could do with some more suggestions. Thank you 😊

Host is great! Short and snappy, and really captured the feel of the pandemic!

The Eye (original not the American remake) the scene in the lift is terrifying!

Not a film but have you watched kingdom on Netflix if you have watched Train to Bhusan? It’s great. Also- the orphanage. Guillermo del Toro - gives me the chills.

The Shining - I have seen it once - could never watch it again.

If you don't mind comedy horror, have you ever seen Peter Jackson's (Lord of the Rings director) early films, eg. Bad Taste?

I love both of these!

Well I watched Eden Lake last night … what a frustrating film!!

Why was the bloke so bloody insistent on getting into a “beef” with the kids?

Everytime they got away they decided to stop and faff somewhere!

When they first went in it was a short drive in yet later on it’s like a giant forest with seemingly no way out?!

That woman! It’s like she went out of her way to be as noisy as possible everytime she was meant to be hiding!

I didn’t find it scary. Just frustrating. I’ll try some of the others on this list

Yes me too!

@StupidFaces I agree. Eden Lake is not horror in it's truest sense - but there is a lot of tension and very many frustrating moments. I don't like it as a film - but I do like Michael Fassbender. I think the character thought that the kids would respect him - but the group mentality and probably their home lives gave them a sense of power, and coupled with insolence, respect for r fear of people older them them just didn't come into it!
(Of course it backfired on at least one of them, and then backfired again on the woman.)
I think that real horror usually has some sense of detachment from reality in it (thank God) - whereas Eden Lake felt as though we are one step or wrong word from that happening in everyday life.
(Hmm - maybe that actually IS horror.?)

Sorry if this has already been said, but the original Thai version of the film 'Shutter'.

I don't think it's on Netflix though...

Marvellous thread! 👌
A few of my favourites...
The Cell
The Exorcist
The Vanishing ( original Dutch film not the shit remake ) )
The Woman in Black ( original BBC production ) the stage show is amazing btw!
Ringu and The Ring
Ju-On and The Grudge
( both decent remakes )
Antichrist ( not for the faint hearted )
Audition ( ditto )
The Blair Witch Project
Sinister
Insidious
The Chaser ( Korean )
Hellraiser

Scared me so much would never watch again 😳

Exorcist 3 😳 💩

Frenzy ( Hitchcock ) 😳

Sleepy Hollow 😳

Good choice 👌

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Update on The Host, I really liked that film. Was quite jumpy & had a few good jump scares! I’ll watch another tonight 😂

Not sure if these have been mentioned but I'm a big fan of French horror such as Martyrs, High Tension, and Climax. The latter is not a traditional horror movie, more avant garde, but really deserves a mention for its captivating cinematography and killer soundtrack.

One Cut Of The Dead is worth a watch, albeit not particularly scary. It’s very well done.

Has anyone mentioned Them (2006)? What people here were saying about Eden Lake sounded familiar, but it's 'Them' that the decriptions reminded me of.

Bleak, very bleak.

A film that has a similar message to "men" but (imo) did it way way better is, "run sweetheart run". I think it's still on prime. You see very little violence but what you don't see is almost more scary.

Not probably true "horror" but I really liked The Cube which is fantasic film. It's more get in your head, analyse and think about afterwards than either jump scare or gorey ( some minor gore as I recall).

Also Hitchcock's An Unlocked Window is good in a more creepy horror way.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mvymi

It was remade in colour in 1985.

There's a film of Stephen King's Salems Lot from the 1970s that's surprisingly scary.

I’ve bookmarked a number of movies thanks to this thread, but I can confidently state that none of them will be as terrifying and upsetting as the articles I’ve just read about what happened to this poor man.

Just spent ages looking for this thread and it's popped up in active. I liked Fall and The Grudge

Is that the Frnech film? Black and white? If so I enjoyed it

It's watching that (I was about 15) which put me off horror films! Not watched one since!

Salem’s Lot and the TV version of It terrified me at the time.

@Bapbap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them_(2006_film)#:~:text=Production,-Learn%20more&text=The%20film%20has%20been%20advertised,emerged%20to%20prove%20this%20tale.