In time for Hallowe'en - best horror movies!

[TheVampireEmpusa]

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

may give the orphanage a look...

didnt like the haunted house one with Ryan Reynolds when his eyes went weird, yawn

witches of eastwick rocks. need more really scary witch-based horror films

the hole good too - being locked where nobody knows where you are...

bit Fritzel

Eden Lake I found truly, breathtakingly disturbing.

Because it could happen, it does happen.

I love the Amicus anthologies. There's a story in Tales from the Crypt where a woman wishes that her husband would come back to life and never die, trouble is, he's already been embalmed and is squirming around in his coffin, for ever.......and I love the very cheesy Monster Club, with the film director who ends up in the village full of flesh-eating ghouls, and Vincent Price as a vampire, grooving away in a club full of badly-costumed monsters.

"the house on haunted hill remake"

Was that any good? I can't imagine it being as good without Vincent Price

Yes to The Eye

Brilliant film, very creepy.

The scenes in Halloween where the man just keeps appearing / disappearing when Jamie Lee Curtis looks out of the window really freaks me out and I half expect him to be there if I look out of my own house!

Duel (not the remake)
Jacob's Ladder

Loving this thread! Scariest films for me are The Shining, Paranormal Activity, Halloween (original).

Out of interest - does anyone know of any good zombie films I might've missed? I've seen all the 'Of the Dead' Romero ones, love Sean of the Dead & Zombieland, like 28 days later (but I do prefer a more 'traditional' zombie).

has anyone seen 'Creep' ? that's pretty good. It's set in the London tube system.

Ilovesooty I love Theatre of Blood too. And the Abominable Dr Phibes.

I had to turn off the remake of The Hills Have Eyes and I can normally put up with any horror films.

Also Last House on the Left.

Manda I still remember a short Spanish called La Cabine (sp) I saw about 30 years ago. It was about a man stuck in a phone box. Really scary. Maybe it's been mentioned - I haven't read the whole thread.

idlevice How can I have forgotten Jacob's Ladder? Went to see it with a friend of a friend - she left suddenly halfway through because she couldn't take it. I cried with relief at the end that it was over. And then cried some more when I realised I had to walk home on my own.

oldies.. Pumpkin Head , Idle Hands and Children Of The Corn freaked me out when i was younger

IT , Childsplay (good ol Chucky) Nightmare on Elm Street (1st one is by far the best) 13 Ghosts (remake as seeing the strings in original ruined it) and all the Screams(again 1st one was the best one tho) are probably my favourite.

Deserves a mention anyway: Dead End , Wrong Turn , Identity , Wolf Creek and Creep all very good.

I like the stabby stabby ones the most, probably as most likely to happen so you can really lose yourself in them, The ghost, possessed toy etc ones are still good but i can bring myself back to reality by telling myself its only a film...

Oh I forgot IT! How did I forget that?!

Also, I highly recommend , it's a musical, with zombies!!!

And of course, Black Sheep, because how can you not love a film about zombie sheep?

"Out of interest - does anyone know of any good zombie films I might've missed? I've seen all the 'Of the Dead' Romero ones, love Sean of the Dead & Zombieland, like 28 days later (but I do prefer a more 'traditional' zombie)."

scaredthedeesus I saw a short that was different/interesting/actually good that got the funding to be turned into a feature. Now, i haven't seen the feature, but if it stays true to the short, it should be worth a look: Dead Snow (2009)

Dead Set (2008) was quite good fun, an interesting take on reality tv - once again asking like Dawn of the Dead before it: have we become such voracious consumers that we are all eating each other anyway? Although not traditional zombies (nor technically a film, but a miniseries. I think the dvd plays as a film though rather than the seperate episodes)

The Signal (2007) is a bit of a marmite film - love it/hate it. And definitely not traditional zombies - a signal over electronic equipment sends everyone murderously violent (so they become slaves to their most primal violence and therefore zombies of sorts) It shifts perspective three times during the running time which many people find hard to follow and confusing but I personally found it quite a refreshing addition to a sub (sub?) genre.

Avoid Zombie Diaries (2006) like, uh, a zombie plague. Some nice 'old school' prectical effects but poorly written and acted.

Have you seen the remakes of the romero films? They have a certain je nais se quoi if you're a fan of zombies and prepared to overlook the travesty that they have mtv'd up the zombies for a new generation. I have to say I really liked the idea of a zombie baby born to a zombie mother in the Dawn remake (2004) although Peter Jackson certainly got there first with Dead Alive/Braindead (1992) (which also features one of the most hilarious quotes in a zombie movie (moreso than even Return of the living dead (1985) and the zombies radioing for more cops and paramedics food): I kick ass for the lord!)

kerry Yes, The Eye is fantastic. The Pang brothers (the directors) are quite famous for their distinctive style and after Gin Gwai they caught Hollywood's attention and went on to direct in the West (uh, the one that comes to mind is The Messengers which I don't have strong memories of but it was probably at least ok as I would remember hating it!)

"Avoid Zombie Diaries (2006) like, uh, a zombie plague. Some nice 'old school' prectical effects but poorly written and acted.
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God yes! It's horrific, and not in a good way. Plus awful, awful filming, I saw it at the cinema and had to leave halfway through as it made me motion sick!

Ah, yes, Black Sheep is a LOT of fun!

Happiness is from crazy but talented Takashi Miike that I mentioned before. Some of his stuff is hard to 'get' with not only the cultural difference between what we in the west feel is acceptable to spoof and just his twisted view in general. Visitor Q is a real crowd splitter... with most people firmly condeming it as utterly sick. It's not, really, though. It's all about family values (and how they are crumbling)

I'll have to try some more Takashi Miike stuff, seeing as I adored Happiness

Psycho! Best film ever!

Yup, I love THe Thing (1982) which surpasses A Thing From Another World not only for the clautophobic paranoia, but the creature effects are just fabulous.

Did you know there's a remake of the remake: The Thing (2011) I don't think I'll see it...

Speaking of remakes, which version of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers do we like best (for another healthy dose of utter paranoia)?

I forgot Young Frankenstein!

The Faculty
Urban Legend

(I dont like being too scared)