Mine are:
- Wrong Turn 1-3 (3 being my favorite.)
- Saw 1-3 (Though, 10 was fun.)
- Terrifier 1-3 (These are amazing.)
The Carbin in the woods (2012)
I will have to watch that
- Nope
- Sinners
- Videodrome
- Eraserhead
4/4 all bangers
I will look these up. They sound awesome.
No “Get out”?
Get Out is solid and a creative example of turning a relateable real-world uncomfortable situation into supernatural horror. Its story is simple, which is a virtue (especially for a first movie), but imho that means it got too easily turned into just a commentary on “race relations.”
Nope, on the other hand, has a lot going on, including about family, media, human care of animals, the dying vs the idealized west, and struggling with grief. It stands up to multiple watches. It’s grim, scary, realistic yet absurd, and sometimes just really funny.
So it’s not that Get Out is bad, it’s just that Nope is so much better, an example of Jordan Peele growing as a writer/director.
A solid answer.
“The Wailing” was my favorite that I’ve seen recently. Can’t really articulate why but I just found it extremely engrossing start to finish
The Wailing is a really good choice!
I will look this one up too. Right when you think you have seen many horror movies, there are more around the corner you missed.
The Thing! The original, not the prequel (although I wouldn’t call that one bad). A close second would have to be The Descent.
I have seen this one mentioned a lot, I will for sure look into this one. Seems like many love it.
• リング ( The Ring ) ( recently watched for the first time a few years back and it was pretty good )
• Get Out ( that’s a movie that has stuck with me since seeing it in theater )
• Us ( the 2019 film ) ( same deal as get out, except at home instead of theater )
• Coraline ( I know it’s children’s horror, but it is still pretty disturbing, IMO, even as an adult )
• Perfect Blue ( my first time watching it messed with my head with how they played with sense of time and what’s real vs fake )
In no particular order:
- The Witch
- Hellraiser
- The Thing
- Alien
- Obsession
I hesitated to put Obsession on the list because of how new it is, but it has stuck in my brain the same way all of my favorites have.
Obsession was amazing, that actress is going places
I will look into these. The Witch sounds interesting.
- Aliens: Peak James Cameron action and suspense, with lots of cool, iconic scifi elements.
- Predator: A very different horror movie, originally disguised as a macho action movie. Still worth a rewatch now and again for its action and great jungle setting.
- The Mummy: A fun action romp. The horror, comedy, and action all help to balance each other out.
- Tremors: My go to example of the ideal B-horror movie. Not much budget or flashy effects, but great writing and escalating tension.
The Mummy was such a great movie. I will look into Tremors. Great list.
I really love the goofiness of Happy Death Day. Good slasher without taking itself too seriously. Sleepaway Camp 1 and 2. I think the Autopsy of Jane Doe has just the right amount of terror for me. I watch it every October. Same with Trick 'R Treat, I never miss that one.
Hokum was the most recent one that really captured me. A lot of people missed it but I think it’s absolutely worth a watch. Good Halloween vibes. Oh, and Undertone was scary as shit.
That sounds like an amazing collection. I will admit, slashers are my favorite genre.
Event Horizon - i had it on VHS back then, and the tape was starting to degrade at the start of the movie because we watched it so much
Do you remember BlockBusters? Yes, I am showing my age. 😭😭😭
Haell, I remember renting gamecube games from our local blockbusters. Just the games and not much of the store, though.
There were no BlockBusters in Austria, or at least they weren’t as prevalent as in the US, and i never rented VHS (most of my movies were pirated back then). But i was renting quite the amount of DVDs between my 20s and 30s.
Evil Dead 2
I feel like I have seen the trailer for this, maybe even watched it, but will have to recheck this one.
Favourite would be ones I can watch over and over, like Evil Dead 2, Planet Terror, Drag Me To Hell and The Substance
There’s a few I’ve seen which stuck with me in a different way though, like Eden Lake, Martyrs and The Sadness. Not in a hurry to rewatch, but still memorable.
Interesting list, the Drag me to Hell looks interesting.
Talk To Me (2022) is one that I found particularily scary. Send Help is the latest Sam Raimi film and is a lot of fun, with his signature zany style. Hokum was great, too, starring Adam Scott playing a likeable asshole. These aren’t necessarily my favorites, just ones that come to mind that I’ve seen recently. I watch a lot of horror.
Those sound like a lot of fun to watch.
“[Rec]” is the best zombie movie I’ve seen.
Caveat (2020)
or Loop Track (2023)
oh man i almost forgot my actual favourite: Event Horizon (1997)
These sound very fun. Loop Track is on the list to look into.
it is excellent, imo, I’d recommend going in blind
Friday the 13th 1-4, 7-10
Hellraiser all of it
A Nightmare on Elm Street up to The Final Nightmare
The Thing
Hatchet
Jaws
Dawn of the Dead
Pet Cemetery
The VVitch
Midsommar
28 Days Later
The Descent
The Shining
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
House on Haunted Hill
Jeepers Creepers 2
Skinamarink
From Dusk til Dawn
Saw and Saw 2
Love your list. I have watched many of these. What classics.
