MacReady Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Favorite pure horror movies: The Innocents (1961) Probably the scariest horror movie made before 1970. Based on The Turn of the Screw, it's an ultimate classic horror movie that any fan of the genre has to see, regardless of whether or not they like old movies. Unless they're a fan solely of torture porn horror and gory horror that's not really horror (like Hostel and such). The Innocents had a chilling and creepy tone throughout with some of the scariest visuals and scenes, which are made even creepier by how old the movie is. Anybody who liked Hitchcock's Rebecca would thoroughly enjoy this movie, and anybody who likes slow burn ghost movies would like it as well. It is my highest rated pure horror movie ever. Nosferatu (1922) Not at all scary considering it's almost 100 years old, but anybody who enjoys vampire movies should watch this movie just for its historical significance. The Conjuring Insidious proved that James Wan could make a scary movie. The Conjuring proved that James Wan could make a scary movie that was also a good movie. Wan has a knack for coming up with some truly original scares. Not so much original plots (since Insidious was, essentially, Poltergeist). Still, The Conjuring is one of the few horror movies of the past few decades that has had strong acting throughout. Phantasm (1979) The first movie that ever scared me. It's on this list now more for nostalgia than for actually being scary, but it's still an influential and wholly original horror movie. It created a strong mythos behind its antagonist and made unusually tall people scary long before Slender Man. I like to consider the movie the Star Wars of horror, and I think it is the one horror movie most fitting a remake. It takes its name from the dreamlike narrative where the characters and the viewers alike can never really know if what happened was a dream, imagined, or really happened. The series reached a fitting conclusion, albeit it poorly made conclusion (felt more like a student film), but it gave the diehard Phantasm fans the conclusion they've been waiting for for a long, long time. If this movie ever gets the remake treatment, and the remake treatment from a fitting writer and director and not some music video director, look for it because the story and plot and premise are all very good. The Changeling (1980) George C. Scott in another underrated performance. This movie holds the distinction of having the scariest scene I have ever seen in my life. I won't give away spoilers, but it has to do with my crippling fear of antique furniture. It's definitely a slow burn, but if you're looking for good ghost stories that you've never seen before, this is one. In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Unfortunately, this movie is VERY BADLY dated. Very, very badly dated. The story and premise and acting from Sam Neil still hold up, but the effects and the acting of the others do not. It's a very eerie/creepy homage to the works of H.P. Lovecraft with some scenes that still have the power to creep people out. It's a very good choice for a remake, and considering all the John Carpenter movies that get remade, I can't help but wonder why this movie hasn't gotten one since it and Prince of Darkness are two that could use an update while the others that have been remade stood the test of time. Last Shift (2014) This movie was criminally underrated as an independent horror movie. They managed to make a truly frightening story and movie which takes place almost exclusively in a police station. I don't know if this movie was as good as I thought it was the first time I saw it or if I was just so impressed by how much it exceeded my expectations, but you can consider this the most pleasantly surprised I've ever been while watching a horror movie. It came up with some good damn scares that I've never seen done in horror movies before, too. Edited July 28, 2017 by HorizontoZenith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 searched for 'horror' cuz my buddy and I are going to make of thing of "horror movie fridays' now and am bumping this. Will include 'psychological thrillers' if you will as well. We watched The Witch (2015) and The Thing (1982) this past Friday. Then I also watched Get Out (2017) last night since he had already watched it. Looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Definitely need a horror discussion thread. Last night I watched Better Watch Out. Pretty solid if you're looking for a Christmas themed horror movie to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaiderX Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Black Christmas is still my favorite XMas Horror movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaReylo Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 11:43 PM, HorizontoZenith said: Last Shift (2014) This movie was criminally underrated as an independent horror movie. They managed to make a truly frightening story and movie which takes place almost exclusively in a police station. I don't know if this movie was as good as I thought it was the first time I saw it or if I was just so impressed by how much it exceeded my expectations, but you can consider this the most pleasantly surprised I've ever been while watching a horror movie. It came up with some good damn scares that I've never seen done in horror movies before, too. Last Shift was awesome. I blind bought because it sounded like a good plot and I was very pleased. If you dig that you may want to give Rest Stop Dead Ahead and The Hallows a go. They're both similiar with the lead protagonist(s) being trapped in one location being hunted by a dark supernatural source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I have a movie night tomorrow again. I'm thinking It Follows. I tend to prefer modern horror movies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLunatic88 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 56 minutes ago, incognito_man said: I have a movie night tomorrow again. I'm thinking It Follows. I tend to prefer modern horror movies. I absolutely love It Follows. One of those most disturbing horror monsters in recent memory. Plus the setting they created really hit home for me, felt like the exact type of neighborhoods I grew up in and ran around during the summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaReylo Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 12 hours ago, StLunatic88 said: I absolutely love It Follows. One of those most disturbing horror monsters in recent memory. Plus the setting they created really hit home for me, felt like the exact type of neighborhoods I grew up in and ran around during the summer. Same here. It's the best modern horror movie to come out in years. I especially loved how you can never tell what decade it took place in. You don't know if it's set in the 80's, 90's, 00's or current decade? The Babadook is another great one that is in the same vein as It Follows and was even an inspiration for said film. It's just as creepy and unsettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 i think it follows could have been more effective if the monster was smarter and would have shapeshifted more. but i do still like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLunatic88 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 9 hours ago, MathMan said: i think it follows could have been more effective if the monster was smarter and would have shapeshifted more. but i do still like it. No, no, no. The point is that the monster does not have a mind. It just... follows. That is far more terrifying than something trying to lay out a plan. It’s a force of nature that will not ever stop. It’s the reason that the original Halloween worked so well, when Michael was just “the shape” Plus it constantly shifts. And probably shifts even more than we know. It could be absolutely anything 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 2 hours ago, StLunatic88 said: No, no, no. The point is that the monster does not have a mind. It just... follows. That is far more terrifying than something trying to lay out a plan. It’s a force of nature that will not ever stop. It’s the reason that the original Halloween worked so well, when Michael was just “the shape” Plus it constantly shifts. And probably shifts even more than we know. It could be absolutely anything i mean, usually it takes the form of something obviously a monster (other than that one scene, which was very effective). point taken though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLambert58 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Agree, It Follows is pretty creepy. Also liked The Babadook. Was underwhelmed by Don't Breathe and It Comes at Night. (The latter being a bit of bait & switch imo) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 1 hour ago, JLambert58 said: Was underwhelmed by Don't Breathe and It Comes at Night. (The latter being a bit of bait & switch imo) Don't Breathe isn't horror. Haven't seen It Comes at Night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLambert58 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 35 minutes ago, HorizontoZenith said: Don't Breathe isn't horror. Don't Breathe is a 2016 American horror film directed by Fede Álvarez and written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues per Wikipedia. But let's not split hairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Just now, JLambert58 said: Don't Breathe is a 2016 American horror film directed by Fede Álvarez and written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues per Wikipedia. But let's not split hairs. If Wikipedia called Ben Roethlisberger a ballerina, would you take it as fact, or would you take it as Wikipedia? It's not a horror movie. They can call it a horror movie all they want, but it's not a horror movie. If you think it is, you also have to call Memento a horror movie, not a thriller. Silence of the Lambs is horror, not a thriller. No Country for Old Men is a horror, not a thriller. Night Crawler, Mystic River, The Usual Suspects, Hannibal, Fatal Attraction, Vertigo, all of Hitchcock's movies... They're all thrillers. None of them are horror. By the same definition, The Others is a thriller, not a horror. You're calling it a horror based on the faulty definition of a horror where the line is drawn based on whether or not the ANTAGONIST or the PROTAGONIST create the action. If the protagonist did nothing, would there be a movie? If the answer is no, it's a thriller. If the answer is yes, it's a horror. But the problem with that definition is that it doesn't work in dozens of scenarios. If you think two paragraphs is too much to read, I could literally carry this conversation on for thirty paragraphs. Don't Breathe isn't a horror movie, it's a thriller. If you disagree, No Country for Old Men is a horror. Same logic. Edited December 22, 2017 by HorizontoZenith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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