favorite horror movie?

[dete]

Doesn't have to be scary.

I like
House of 1000 Corpses
Hellraiser 2

[spyderdog]

most recently..............Hostel

[JBE]

I'm not a big horror movie fan, but the other night I did catch the remake of The Hills Have Eyes...Wasn't really a "scary" movie, but was...for lack of a better word...vile. :eek:

[Fred Sanford]

Not much into horror movies myself. :)

[Chucula]

I really liked zombie movies until I saw 28 weeks later. That movie has probably scarred me for life. :mad:

I still like zombie movies though :D My two favorite are 28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead (original). I also have Dead Alive but I havent watched it yet. Supposed to be very cheesy.

I am not really into monster or alien movies. I like to think I could "win" when I watch horror movies (which is probably why i hated 28 weeks later).
I am also not into hyper realistic gore. :r

[Michael Cook]

:spyder: Cannibal holocaust was the most upsetting and offensive.

Land behind the sun was the most outraging.

In a glass cage was the most psychologically numbing.

Zombie has the best splatter gag(9 inch splinter in the eye).

Carpenter's the Thing has the only gag that makes me flinch every time (jumping blood)

Henry: portrait of a serial killer was the most truly frightening the more I thought about it.

I can't bring myself to watch Asian bug barfing or kidnapping/dissection films (such as the guinea pig series of films out of Japan) but they are truly horrifying. :spyder:

[silverback]

"28 days later", "The Shining", "Angel Heart" and "Alien" for starters.
"The Haunting" from 1963 has a special place in my heart as one of the atmospherically densest and truly frightening movies, and a good story too!

Doesn't have to be scary? Then I'll add "Young Frankenstein" and "Dance of the Vampires", of course. :p

It would be hard to choose one favourite movie, and I'm sure I left some truly great ones out, but consider these to be among my top 10.

Uh-oh, I was looking forward to "28 weeks later" - what was so bad about it, Chucula? Do I have to lower my expectations a lot? :confused:

[Firefighter880]

There was one that came out awhile back called "The Descent" that I really liked. Another good one called "Dog Soldiers." "28 Days Later" is always a winner. Kinda liked "Silent Hill" too. Heck, there are way too many to name.

[KSDbass]

Did anyone see those 8 films that Liongate put out that were "too scary" for theaters? I saw "The Gravedancers" and oh my God I almost died. I didn't believe it was that scary, but it's a thousand times scarier than hostel. Also, the website is borderline not safe for work, so just watchout.
Darkness Falls was probably my favorite in theater horror movie.

edit: The Liongate films are called the After Dark Horror Fest, if anyone's interested.

[SonnyD]

For me it's the original 1931 version of DRACULA. The closeups of Bella Lugosi's eyes as he looked over the top of his Caped arm is Terrorfying!!!!
That was one of the first "horror" movies my parents allowed me to watch when I was a kid. I saw it probably for the first time about 1958. While there is no Gore in it, and really nothing scary in general, the Direction, and music orchestration is Awesome, at leat IMO.
It reminds me of the production of the original HALLOWEEN.....really nothing that scary, but the Direction and Production is what made the movie....btw, the Original HALLOWEEN is my 2nd favorite.

Regards Sonny

[Raqudu]

"Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein" - it's got Abbot & Costello and Frankenstein, of course, but also Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman, and a cameo by the Invisible Man. Who could ask for anything more?

[SonnyD]

"Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein" - it's got Abbot & Costello and Frankenstein, of course, but also Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman, and a cameo by the Invisible Man. Who could ask for anything more?

Yeah, that's a Great/Funny movie, I saw it at the Theatre when it came out. Now that really shows my age :D

Regards Sonny

[silverback]

Reading about Bela Lugosi and Dracula reminds me:

In Murnau's "Nosferatu, Symphony of Terror" from 1922, Max Schreck must be the scariest vampire ever. It's black&white, silent and absolutely captivating. :D

Also check out the hommage "Shadow of the Vampire" with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, it's brilliant!

[untamed]

When I was a kid, John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness" (the dream scene with the phantom-like, waving, shadowy figure on the door? Yikes!)

The last "true" horror film that really managed to bug me was the original Japanese version of "The Ring" ("Ringu" in Japanese). Weird and original.

Then again, it takes courage to watch any of these -

http://www.activevideos.com/instructors ... immons.htm

[Jordan]

When I was a kid, I watched the old black and white Night of the Living Dead. I don't think I've ever been the same. At the very least, I have since then spent a substantial amount of time considering how to react to zombie attack. :p

Currently, my favorite horror flick is probably Hitchcock's Rope. Or, if you don't mind stretching the definition of the word movie a bit... the episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror series entitled Incident On and Off a Mountain Road. It is directed by the same guy who directed all the Phantasm movies and it is pretty frightening.

[Axlis]

Evil Dead 2, no doubt about it.

[CopilotATS-55]

28 days later, thumbs in the eyes :eek:
that scene freaked me out alot

[Hannibal Lecter]

My Dear Friends,

Not really much the fan of horror anymore - of course, my definition of horror is probably quite a bit different from most. :D

I findly recall a movie from late childhood - "Gargoyles" (1972) that I have always remembered. I really need to round up a copy and watch it again. Low-budget and a bit corny, but still dear to my heart.

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Hannibal

[SonnyD]

My Dear Friends,

Not really much the fan of horror anymore - of course, my definition of horror is probably quite a bit different from most. :D

I findly recall a movie from late childhood - "Gargoyles" (1972) that I have always remembered. I really need to round up a copy and watch it again. Low-budget and a bit corny, but still dear to my heart.

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Hannibal

In the early 60's when I was about 10-11 my parents would let me go to the movies on Friday or Saturday night, and I saw a movie that had a Gargoyle in it. It was really a strange movie. I don't really remember the premise of the movie, but I remember people would be out walking, or their car might have broken down, and they would hear a "bubbling" sound, and when they turned around there would be a bubbling cloud in the sky and a Gargoyle would swoop down on them! It was a black and white movie, as most low budget movies were back then. That movie scared the heck out of me! It's a wonder I made it home, every noise I heard I turned and looked over my shoulder......I ran almost the entire way home :D
I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.
Regards Sonny

[dete]

I really like the diversity of replies here, thanx for posting,

one thing I like to mention though is
Dracula is not a true horror movie to me.

Dracula to me has been a romantic tragedy much like
Shakespear's work....