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So is anyone else a Horror fan? What's your favorite?

Man, picking my favorite Horror movie is really difficult. It is a competition between Night of the Living Dead and Halloween. Which is ironic because that's the same competition for my favorite Horror director: George Romero and John Carpenter.

I like some horror, but I wouldn't consider myself a horror fan. Some of my favorites from the genre are Alien, Poltergeist, Halloween, Psycho. Not a big fan of slasher films or schlock films, but the first Nightmare on Elm Street was pretty good for its time. I also kind of liked 28 Days Later but it isn't one of my favorites.

Also, John Carpenter's The Thing is the only film in my adult life to scare the crap out of me. If I start thinking about it too hard, I'll get all creeped out.

The only movie to truly scare me as an adult. Most people don't like being scared, but this movie was worth every moment of it.



Not particularly scary so much as haunting. Still, it's one of my favorites.



This is the movie that showed me that the horror genre was worth watching, and it's still one of the best I've ever seen.

I'm a horror fan, although these days I try to be catious about which ones I watch, and how much I watch the genre. It used to be that it was all I rented, and the gorier the better, but not as much now. Still, here's a list of movies I really like

Halloween
A Nightmare on Elmstreet
Alien
The Evil Dead Trilogy
Poltergeist
Scream
Tremors
The Descent
Critters
Gremlins
Cursed
Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight

The Descent
28 Days Later
The Thing
Martyrs (By no means is this a recommendation)
The Strangers (Terrified me)
Dawn of the Dead (either remake or original both are fantastic)
Pontypool (this i recommend with a clear conscience SEE IT)


Those are a few of my favirotes, I am a rabid horror fan but there is some really messed up stuff out there. I enjoy alot of the more disturbing/artsy horror movies, but i certainly know my boundries (martyrs is by far the most disturbing film i have ever seen and i remain to keep it that way i don't intend on watching anything above that)

I don't watch much horror, but two that I enjoy a lot are The Shining and Sweeny Todd (the original stage play with Angela Lansbury). I watched those in the middle of the afternoon, with my mother in the same room, and I was still scared!

Rocketshipper (post: 1399099) wrote:I'm a horror fan, although these days I try to be catious about which ones I watch, and how much I watch the genre. It used to be that it was all I rented, and the gorier the better, but not as much now.

GrubbTheFragger wrote:I am a rabid horror fan but there is some really messed up stuff out there. I enjoy alot of the more disturbing/artsy horror movies, but i certainly know my boundries (martyrs is by far the most disturbing film i have ever seen and i remain to keep it that way i don't intend on watching anything above that)

I really respect this about you guys. I know exactly what you are talking about. It has been pretty much the story of my life. It is very hard being a Christian and a Horror fan. I always go by the standard that if there is a little bit of me that is saying "maybe you shouldn't watch this" then it is a goodbye to that film.

Anyways, a couple more of my favorites:
Friday The 13th 1, 4 (those two are my favorites of the ones I have seen)
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Fog (original not that crappy remake)
28 Days/Weeks Later
All the Romero zombie films. (haven't seen Diary or Survival yet but I hear they are not that great)
Scream (particularly the first one but I did enjoy all 3)
Dracula (original)
The Wolf Man (both old and new) (big surprise there, huh:grin:)
Frankenstein (original)

Those are it for now.
Does anyone watch J-Horror? I tend to stay away from them because they can get very disturbing/demonic. Though, I have seen a few good ones.
Infection
Forbidden Siren (great movie up till the end)
Gojira, GMK (yes I do consider these to be Horror films)

Wolf-man (post: 1399116) wrote:I really respect this about you guys. I know exactly what you are talking about. It has been pretty much the story of my life. It is very hard being a Christian and a Horror fan. I always go by the standard that if there is a little bit of me that is saying "maybe you shouldn't watch this" then it is a goodbye to that film.

Anyways, a couple more of my favorites:
Friday The 13th 1, 4 (those two are my favorites of the ones I have seen)
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Fog (original not that crappy remake)
28 Days/Weeks Later
All the Romero zombie films. (haven't seen Diary or Survival yet but I hear they are not that great)
Scream (particularly the first one but I did enjoy all 3)
Dracula (original)
The Wolf Man (both old and new) (big surprise there, huh:grin:)
Frankenstein (original)

Those are it for now.
Does anyone watch J-Horror? I tend to stay away from them because they can get very disturbing/demonic. Though, I have seen a few good ones.
Infection
Forbidden Siren (great movie up till the end)
Gojira, GMK (yes I do consider these to be Horror films)

Ok first things first Diary of the dead is brillant XD see it. It does have alot of language and Survival Of The Dead isn't out yet XD.

And as far as j-horror goes i liked Audition and thats all i have watched at the moment lol

I forgot to mention a few movies.
Dead Snow (Nazi Zombie Gorefest FTW)
Splinter (best creature feature i have seen in years if not ever)
Laid to rest (one of the better slasher films i have ever seen, Not for the squimish)
Let the right one in (Hauntingly beautiful so pretty disturbing moments)
Scream ( First one only really the other 2 aren't bad per'se)
Saw series (ok so really only 1,2 and 5. 3,,4 ,and 6 were pretty pointless outside of being "Torture porns" , btw i HATE that term)

Yeah I'll probably end up watching Diary and doing what I did with the remake to Dawn of the Dead. Just muting most of the dialog. XD
Splinter was great. I really enjoyed it. It had a very "Thing" vibe to it.
I heard Dead Snow was good.
I agree with you about the Saw series. I own 1 & 2 which I like but 3 was awful and I haven't even seen the others.

Wolf-man (post: 1399116) wrote:Does anyone watch J-Horror? I tend to stay away from them because they can get very disturbing/demonic.

I have friends that have collections of J-Horror, most of them are about 10 times better than the American remakes (though I get scared from all of them ). But- and this may be a silly question- isn't horror, by definition of the very genre, supposed to be disturbing, and often have 'demonic' things?

Atria35 (post: 1399153) wrote:I have friends that have collections of J-Horror, most of them are about 10 times better than the American remakes (though I get scared from all of them ). But- and this may be a silly question- isn't horror, by definition of the very genre, supposed to be disturbing, and often have 'demonic' things?

Horror is as defined, A intense and profound fear

But in a way yes horror films many early ones were indeed based on supernatural beings (dracula, Frankinstein, etc). So yes almost the very genre started often having "demonic" things.

GrubbTheFragger (post: 1399164) wrote:Horror is as defined, A intense and profound fear

But in a way yes horror films many early ones were indeed based on supernatural beings (dracula, Frankinstein, etc). So yes almost the very genre started often having "demonic" things.

Ah, I see. Thanks!

I almost forgot about The Shining. The actual visuals aren't that scary in and of themselves, but if you really think about the happenings in the film, it starts to get pretty creepy.

I also liked Carrie, which was really more depressing than scary, but I guess it's still classified as horror, so XD

I haven't seen very much J-horror admittadly, but what I have seen has made me wary of trying much else. I hated the japanese Ring and Tomie and Suicide Club (I think the remake of the Ring is WAAAAY better). Battle Royale is great, but I was a fan of the book and manga before ever seeing the movie. Liked Parasite Eve too, but same deal as with BR, already a fan of the video game first. Versus was good for action scenes but not much else. Not to say that its a bad thing to be psycological or anything, but the J-horror movies I've seen are waaaay TOO psyological and confusing to me. They're almost abstract; I could barely follow what was happening in Suicide Club or the original Ring. American horror movies definitly aren't the most thought provoking films, but J-horror seems to me to go waay to far to the opposite extreme.

My feelings with the Saw series are sort of confused. On the one hand; Its probably the most complex, intelligent, twisty turny horror series in America. Every movie so far is always reavling new information about events from the previous movies, connecting the dots between characters and current events and introducing ever more complicated layers to Jigsaw's plans and manipulations. Its like Death Note or something, and a nice change from your typical horror series, where the sequals hardly have anything to do with eachother save for the villian. Even though they're probably making it up for the most part, its one series that *feels* as if they;re actually working towards something (3 was super dissapointing though) But on the other hand; they have been getting progressively gorier and more brutal as time has gone on; the first one was actually relatively light on splatter and gore, and 2 was only a bit more of a step up IMO. But since three, its been ramping up with each movie. And I struggle with the conflict over wanting to enjoy all the twists and turns and crazy wheels within wheels of Jigsaw's Xanatos Roulette, but also being disturbed by some of the gore. Rumor has it that 7 will be the last one (due to 6 being something of a flop) so I'm hoping they can wrap things up in a satisfying way.

Anyone here happened to have seen "The Midnight Meat Train". If you havn'y, be careful, because it is *very* gory and brutal, and a very depressing ending (its based on a Clive Barker short story, so that should give you an idea, although I must say its maybe one of Clive's most *normal* stories), but I ask because I think it was one of the best directed horror movies I've seen in a long while. It was done by the same guy that did "Versus" and I just kept watching it and thinking "this camera work is amazing! I love that shot! Great pacing. That fight scene was epic"

Rocketshipper (post: 1399191) wrote:
Anyone here happened to have seen "The Midnight Meat Train". If you havn'y, be careful, because it is *very* gory and brutal, and a very depressing ending (its based on a Clive Barker short story, so that should give you an idea, although I must say its maybe one of Clive's most *normal* stories), but I ask because I think it was one of the best directed horror movies I've seen in a long while. It was done by the same guy that did "Versus" and I just kept watching it and thinking "this camera work is amazing! I love that shot! Great pacing. That fight scene was epic"

Midnight meat train was pretty good it was confusing as all get out [spoiler]The whole demonish things ruling the subway[/spoiler] and yes as I know Saw 7 will be the final saw. The studio only signed for 7

I've never really seen a horror movie that I considered to be very good. At best they made me jump with a few "surprise" moments, and that was it. I tend to think of them as dark comedies overall. Although, looking over people's lists there are a couple I wouldn't have considered horror that I did enjoy. Here's my list:

28 Days Later
The Ring (mainly because I thought it was absurd)
Army of Darkness

And I'm not sure if these would be considered horror, but since Evil Dead was included in someone's list:
Shaun of the Dead
Zombieland

SnoringFrog (post: 1399247) wrote:And I'm not sure if these would be considered horror, but since Evil Dead was included in someone's list:
Shaun of the Dead
Zombieland

Shaun of the Dead

Horror comedies are still Horror. Those are good ones too.

Wolf-man (post: 1399300) wrote:Horror comedies are still Horror.

Excelent- then another one of my favorites is Hot Fuzz!

Mostly I prefer psychological horror to the gory slasher stuff, but I do like the Hellraiser movies. My absolute favorite horror movie however, is The Haunting. Not the remake, that was rubbish. The original B&W from 1963. Superb.

I have a perverse love for trashy, gory B-movies that most people would consider "horror," but what I really get into are the ones that really go for creepy atmosphere and mood. The Shining is probably my top pic, and while a lot of people wouldn't call it "horror," Eraserhead always gives me the willies.

My relationship with J-Horror is a little strained. Movies like Suicide Club and Pulse have some really creepy moments, but the plots as a whole are just to rambling and unfocused to sustain that mood all the way through.

Blitzkrieg1701 (post: 1399414) wrote:I have a perverse love for trashy, gory B-movies that most people would consider "horror," but what I really get into are the ones that really go for creepy atmosphere and mood. The Shining is probably my top pic, and while a lot of people wouldn't call it "horror," Eraserhead always gives me the willies.

My relationship with J-Horror is a little strained. Movies like Suicide Club and Pulse have some really creepy moments, but the plots as a whole are just to rambling and unfocused to sustain that mood all the way through.

By trashy, gorey films do you mean like Dead alive (the gorest film ever literally) if so ditto for me that movie was ridiculously over the top and awesome

Though I havn't seen it, I wouldn't be at all surprised if "Tokyo Gore Police" surpasses Dead/Alive in terms of amount of gore. The trailers for it alone are insane.

Has anyone here ever seen any Dario Argento films? I've been kind of curious but I'm not really sure where to start or if I'd even like them.

ShiroiHikari (post: 1399489) wrote:Has anyone here ever seen any Dario Argento films? I've been kind of curious but I'm not really sure where to start or if I'd even like them.

Well, they can be very brutal at times they are not meant for the faint. As far as where to begin i can not be certain. Suspira is pretty great, but my first statment apply's with that as well. While Dario is one of the greatest horror directors ever watch with caution, Maybe even start with Creepers a old 80 creature flick but i make no true recommendations. I have only seen Suspira and clips for the others. Creepers was more mainstream of all his films.

Check here for movie reviews and lists of all his movies http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000783/

I tend to like psychological horror stories; that is stories where the torture tends to be psychological, so I'm partial to the Korean movie Oldboy, a movie that really gets under your skin.

Oh snap! I forgot about The Exorcist. That is a horror film for the ages. When I first saw it I thought it was just going to be a bunch of cheap gross-out scenes, but it's actually much more psychological than I expected, and well-made. Heck, the scenes where they're doing all those medical procedures on her was just as frightening as the demonic stuff, if not more so.

GrubbTheFragger (post: 1399445) wrote:By trashy, gorey films do you mean like Dead alive (the gorest film ever literally) if so ditto for me that movie was ridiculously over the top and awesome

Exactly. Movies like that are definitely gross, but I don't see how anyone could honestly call them "scary." They're too gloriously silly in their violence for that, I think.

Rocketshipper (post: 1399454) wrote:Though I havn't seen it, I wouldn't be at all surprised if "Tokyo Gore Police" surpasses Dead/Alive in terms of amount of gore. The trailers for it alone are insane.

In terms of sheer gallons of blood, I dunno if it's actually gorier, but it's ABSOLUTELY sicker and more tasteless.

GrubbTheFragger (post: 1399491) wrote:Well, they can be very brutal at times they are not meant for the faint. As far as where to begin i can not be certain. Suspira is pretty great, but my first statment apply's with that as well. While Dario is one of the greatest horror directors ever watch with caution, Maybe even start with Creepers a old 80 creature flick but i make no true recommendations. I have only seen Suspira and clips for the others. Creepers was more mainstream of all his films.

Check here for movie reviews and lists of all his movies http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000783/

You know, I honestly wasn't very impressed with Suspiria, despite it's sterling reputation. It's beautifully shot, yes (dude, Argento REALLY took advantage of all that art deco architecture) but it never managed to creep me out any. I think I just have a general problem with Italian horror that's the same as my thing about J-horror: the plots are so defiantly nonsensical that I can't get invested in what's happening.

So I saw (most of) The Evil Dead last night. That was great!! Very scary and creepy. I know what some of you are thinking "Your a horror fan and you just saw that!!!" I know, I know call me slow. I have seen Army of Darknes which I love. Bruce Campbell is awesome!! He is going to be at the convention I am going to this weekend. I hope I get to meet him!!!

Wolf-man (post: 1399536) wrote:So I saw (most of) The Evil Dead last night. That was great!! Very scary and creepy. I know what some of you are thinking "Your a horror fan and you just saw that!!!" I know, I know call me slow. I have seen Army of Darknes which I love. Bruce Campbell is awesome!! He is going to be at the convention I am going to this weekend. I hope I get to meet him!!!

I actually just recently saw that about 2 years ago. It was terrifying to me, the second however is a very silly dark comedy that is over the top in every way. Plus no tree rape scene

bigsleepj (post: 1399497) wrote:I tend to like psychological horror stories]Oldboy[/I], a movie that really gets under your skin.

The one based on the manga?

I have a friend that isn't into manga/anime, but she ADORES that movie and is buying the manga, too!