Favorite Horror Film(s)

[j over]

As October has come around the corner and Halloween is not far off the calendar, I think this topic is rather appropriate (and, of course, potentially redundant). Naming as many titles as you want and for each giving a specific reason why you chose them, what are your favorite horror films?

[Pen Dragon]

Scared Stiff (1953)

The last shot still gives me shudders

[Deus Ex Machine]

The Changeling with George C. Scott is one of the few that really haunted me after I saw it. I still get the chills when I watch it and hear the pipes banging.


Alien is another that stayed with me long after I saw it.

The Exorcist is easily one of the most terrifying movies ever made that still gives me chills.

[Charli]

I really dislike horror flicks, nonetheless, I've seen a couple with friends (I
need new friends). The original Halloween I saw when it was released (yes,
that ages me), saw it as a teenager on Halloween night no less - won't do
that again.

What made the movie tolerable were the three drunks sitting behind us. They
were scared out of their minds, and, well, drunk out of their minds. Was a funny
combination. The movie - good Lord have mercy.

I also that that demon-possessed movie with Linda Blair. This is why we go
to church people.

Charli

[EJ Pennypacker]

Fright Night. Night Of The Living Dead. Evil Dead.

EJ

[Insanity In A Jar]

The Amityville Horror
The Exorcist
The Shininig
The Changeling
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Nosferatu (original)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Frankenstein (original - 1933, I believe)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (remake)
The Thing (remake)
The Sentinel
Alien
Poltergeist
Psycho
Lost Boys
The Birds
Night of the Living Dead
The Fog
Halloween
Burnt Offerings
Alien Zone (the story with the school teacher /shudders)
The Haunting (original)
Salem's Lot
Re-Animator
The Entity
Hellraiser
Jacob's Ladder
Prince of Darkness
Jaws
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Devils
Stir of Echoes
The Omen
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Evil Dead 2
Suspiria
From Beyond
Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Miles to Earth)
May
An American Werewolf in London
The Howling

I haven't seen a few of these in years (since my childhood), so all I have are fading memories of being scared out of my wits. Time to re-visit some of the classics.

[Deus Ex Machine]

I forgot When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas.

[dpaterso]

Carpenter's The Thing and RKO's The Thing From Another World would have to be high up on my list. Same story source, very different takes.

Quatermass II and Quatermass and the Pit had some v. chilling moments.

Was anyone else scared stiff of the robot in The Day The Earth Stood Still? I know I memorized the three all-important words to turn him away.

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[Pen Dragon]

i made an avatar of gort not too long ago. 80 x 80 and everything. sell it to ya cheap

[Erdnase]

The Terminator (1984)
Halloween (1978)
Alien (1979)

[Boobsie Malone]

I concur with Insanity's great list.

[TDWoj]

Was anyone else scared stiff of the robot in The Day The Earth Stood Still? I know I memorized the three all-important words to turn him away.


I had nightmares for a week afterward.

How about...

Them

Little Shop of Horrors (the Roger Corman version and the musical - yes, I know, but I LOVED "Mean Green Mama From Outer Space" and Steve Martin as the savage dentist and so all was forgiven for those two things)

Dracula (Bela Lugosi version and John Badham's version, with Frank Langella)

Jurassic Park

Duel (not really horror, but for years afterward, every time I saw a tanker truck coming up behind me I'd break out in a cold sweat)

Psycho

[AnconRanger]

THE CHANGELING.

i thought THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT was a good movie.

[Biohazard]

Not strictly in order:

01 - Halloween (1978)
02 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
03 - The Shining (1980)
04 - Psycho (1960)
05 - Jaws (1975)
06 - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
07 - The Exorcist (1973)
08 - The Thing (1982)
09 - Rosemary's Baby (1968)
10 - Les Diaboliques (1954)
11 - The Birds (1963)
12 - Frailty (2001)
13 - Suspiria (1977)
14 - Dawn of the Dead (2004)
15 - Carrie (1976)

[TDWoj]

Ginger Snaps

Carrie (original version)

Cujo

[AnconRanger]

drive-in theater and a scary movie.

the best.

[habronic]

I know I memorized the three all-important words to turn him away.

Clatto Verata N... Necktie... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word...

[Pencey]

The Shining
The Exorcist
Blair Witch Project
Alien
The Ring


Honerable Mention
Race With The Devil
When A Stranger Calls
Trilogy Of Terror

[TDWoj]

Clatto Verata N... Necktie... Nickel... It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word...

Klaatu borada nikto (scifi geek, me)

I liked the original Bodysnatchers better than the remake.

Also, just about any Twilight Zone/Outer Limits episode. (I don't remember any Night Gallery at all!)

Army of Darkness, maybe?

[habronic]

Army of Darkness, maybe?

yeah, it's from AoD. i just grabbed it from imdb, cause i couldn't remember the exact quote :p

[yvonnjanae]

"Sorry, Wrong Number" -- although it's not in the horror genre, it scared me enough to avoid ever getting involved with dashingly handsome but unbelieveably poor guys.

In the realm of real horror: I think it was called "Night of the Trifids," about these killer vines. Scary!

[David]

A really good film that I have enjoyed was the Amityville Horror remake. We had the cinima pretty much to ourselves. Which probably made it easier to understand as no one was screaming/answering their phones/making out/eating popcorn or even throwing pop corn behind me.

Another good film I like a great deal is SAW. I really liked the concept. It could have been better but the man in that creepy mask was really well put together.

[randesq]

Ghost Story
The Changeling (when the ball rolls down the stairs - yikes)

[jbwaz3]

Session 9...

Freaky, eerie, very SCARY!

[Insanity In A Jar]

I forgot about The Fly (1986), Them!, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Legend of Hell House, Magic, Night of the Hunter (technically not horror, but still freaks me out), and, of course,...


Q: The Winged Serpent!

[sasqits]

Some unmentioned classics -

The Believers
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Angel Heart
Jacob's Ladder
Flatliners
Poltergeist

[Writer1]

MOTEL HELL.....creepy and funny.

[Insanity In A Jar]

I forgot about Carrie (and probably two dozen others)!

How could I forget about Carrie?

/weeps uncontrollably

[Hairy Lime]

Blame the benadryl .... again.

[Slappynipsy]

I'm most likely alone here, but I really liked "In The Mouth Of Madness", I saw it in the theater and loved it but when it was shrunk down to fit on TV it lost a lot... but I found a wide screen DVD of it a few years back and still think it's really good... but I’m a Lovecraft dork.