Best Horror Film Ever

[Gherkin91]

I would say Halloween (1978)

Opinions?

Don’t Look Now

Dark skies

1. The Shining
2. The Shining
3. The Shining

Not sure if it counts as a horror film, but Near Dark is excellent

Actually the original 1963 film The Haunting is brilliant.
I watched it again the other day, having been watching the Netflix series.
It’s a perfect ghost story, with no SFX at all!

The Birds. I don't trust the fuckers.

Another vote for Halloween - especially the theme music

In terms of modern films, It Follows is pretty good (and on Netflix)

Even scarier with the Terrifying Pumpkin

(Quiet day at work)

On the borderline of Horror, but try the Nicole Kidman film "The Others"

RadioDorothy yes Event Horizon is sci-fi horror. DH and I rented it years ago in the days of Blockbuster, we like sci-fi so thought we'd give it a go. Starts out more like a normal sci fi movie but towards the end.. well I couldn't watch bits of it!! Too gory for me!

3 films I would never watch alone - hugely scary in my book:
The Exorcist
Suspiria -70's version
The Entity

I enjoy a good horror movie, not so much blood & gore but more supernatural/psychological. Lights Out was pretty good, as is Pay The Ghost. Get Out was brilliant.

The Final Destination films, now they kind of get to me because they aren't about a maniac trying to get to you, quite simply, the idea of the movie is based on real life - you never know when you're time is up, when death comes calling for you there is no escape (yes in the movies the deaths are somewhat gruesome and perhaps far-fetched). The first one I watched at the cinema with my friend - I was shitting it for about a fortnight afterwards, double looking when crossing roads! And I am pretty hard to scare! I think I made it to the beginning of Final Destation 3 & couldn't watch anymore!

Exorcism of Emily Rose.

I found the first Paranormal Activity stayed with me, but I lived alone at the time. Woke up in the night and had to leave the light on and made my cat stay with me for protection!

Even scarier with the Terrifying Pumpkin

That's in the new Halloween film too. I have to say it was the scariest part of it I thought (the new film that is, can't remember much about the original but seem to remember it was pretty scary)

I have never been scared by a film ever, but I was made pretty tense and nearly scared by:

The Thing
Black Christmas
The Descent
Rec
Coherence
and The Invitation

Scream and Scream 2 were my favourites as a teenager. Scream 4 was surprisingly good as well. Scream 3 I found shit.

House of 1000 corpses. Made like an old B-movie but I watched it in an empty screening late one night and I really liked it! Not keen on the sequel The Devils Rejects, even though it’s rated higher.

I watched Eden Lake sometime last year. I thought it was an original and really liked it.

However, the scariest thing I have ever seen is the last two episodes of season 2 of Twin Peaks. I was shaking and went to sleep with the light on

I don’t like how most horror films are 15s these days. Soon as I find that out, I don’t want to know. With that said, I found Scream 4 (rated 15) on the same level of violence and gore as the first two Screams (rated 18) so maybe the BBFC are more lenient nowadays.

The original Halloween is my favourite horror film ever too, hated the new one recently though even though it's got good reviews. As for new horror films this year I loved Hereditary but my favourite has been Mandy with Nicolas Cage.

I'm a horror junkie and these are some of my favourites:

The Shining- Still iconic and disturbing
The Thing- Amazing practical effects, one of the first horror films I ever saw (at age 10!). It terrified me but got me hooked.
House of 1000 Corpses- Trashy B movie gore fest that manages to be genuinely nasty and frightening.
The Babadook- Excellently shot, scripted and acted. Felt very close to the knuckle when I watched it as I had PND
The Children- This is a relatively little-known British horror film that is incredibly upsetting, scary and disturbing. I watched it before I had kids and don't think I could watch it now. If you really want to ruin your day, this is the one for you.
Hellraiser- Just hearing the theme music makes my skin crawl.
Get Out- Absolutely gripping, tightly plotted and politcal.
Deathgasm- This is a NZ comedy horror film about teenage metal band who accidentally summon demons. Really fun to watch.
The Greasy Strangler- Easily the most disgusting film I've ever seen. Amazing soundtrack. 10/10 would recommend,do not watch whilst eating. Will put you off fried food for life.
Evil Dead 2- Classic, disgusting and very funny.
Vampire's Kiss- Nicolas Cage turns it up to 11 in this. It's very funny but also quite scary in the portrayal of a young woman being horribly bullied by her boss.
What We Do In The Shadows- Okay it's a comedy, but they use their special effects so well and the sequence where Nick is being chased through the house by the vampires is brilliant.
Under the Shadow- Quite similar in feel to the Babadook, this is a very disquieting film set in Iran, about a woman and her daughter, stuck in their apartment whilst the bombs fall and an evil spirit terrorizes them. Like the Babadook, it has a uniquely female, political feel. Highly recommend.
Hereditary- Pretty unhinged.
It (2017)- Really enjoyed this, got some horrible moments and the kids are great in it, especially Bev, Eddie and Ritchie.
Drag Me to Hell- More Sam Raimi grossness with a flawed heroine who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
Braindead AKA Dead Alive- Believe this holds the record for most fake blood used in a film? It's gloriously, hilariously disgusting and in appalling taste.
The Wicker Man (70s Edward Woodward version, not the Nic Cage dogshit)- I watch this once a year, it's beautiful, unique and influential on so many films that came after it. I listen to the songs on the soundtrack an awful lot too.
The Cell- Terrible casting (Vince Vaughan and J-Lo ffs), but the cinematography and costumes are gorgeous and borrow a lot from contemporary and classical art, so I love to watch it just for that.

The original Wicker Man still holds up.

I love the Omen films too.

The Exorxist 3 is really good. Some scenes are genuinely disturbing.

The Babadook stuck with me for a very long time.

Ghostwatch, the infamous 1992 bbc Halloween special is good, though terribly dated now. Very of its time.

Oh Whistle and I'll come to you (black and white original) scared the bejesus out of me.

John Carpenters prince of Darkness.

The Fog, and The Thing. Carnival of Souls has stayed with me for a long time. Henry, Story of a Serial Killer was horrific, I only saw it once.

Love most of the ones mentioned already.

I think my favourite is good old Texas Chainsaw. It's actually surprisingly non gratuitous, given its title and reputation. Loads of suspense and jumps and the whole thing is so high octane (and the screams!) that it doesn't so much set your nerves jangling as put you almost in a state of different consciousness. It also has flashes of very dark humour.

Thanks for the tip about Coherence. Agree with PPs that It Follows and Final Destination both have nicely original ideas. Final Destination is great fun and It Follows has a nice air of looming menace together with some effectively brutal shocks - of recent watches, I liked it a lot.

I'm a big horror fan but the following freaked me out for days after watching them and I won't rewatch them,

Insidious, Lake Mungo, Rec, the original Ring and Megan is Missing.