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Which horror movie, in your opinion, is the best one ever?
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
07-05-2019, 06:50 PM
Not full on horror but the craft and braindead are my favourites :hugesmile:
Tony Montana
07-05-2019, 06:50 PM
The Shining
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
07-05-2019, 06:51 PM
The most horrific i’ve seen (megan is missing, a serbian film etc) weren’t even good movies but they are the most horrific so they succeed in that aspect i guess
LaLaLand
07-05-2019, 07:06 PM
The Shining
Agreed, this or the OG Halloween just because it was "the original" slasher film.
The Shining though still unsettles me after so many watches, plus all the conspiracy theories about it just make it much more creepy.
Tony Montana
07-05-2019, 07:24 PM
Agreed, this or the OG Halloween just because it was "the original" slasher film.
The Shining though still unsettles me after so many watches, plus all the conspiracy theories about it just make it much more creepy.
It’s the Godfather of horror films as far as I’m concerned. A cult classic masterpiece and arguably Kubrick’s best. I can never get bored of rewatching it.
I agree with John Carpenter’s Halloween, that’s up there too.
Elliot
07-05-2019, 07:26 PM
teeth
Tony Montana
07-05-2019, 07:27 PM
I’d say the top 5 greatest horror films of all time are:
In no particular order.
1. The Shining
2. Psycho
3. The Exorcist
4. Halloween (1978)
5. A nightmare on Elm street. (1984)
LaLaLand
07-05-2019, 07:33 PM
It’s the Godfather of horror films as far as I’m concerned. A cult classic masterpiece and arguably Kubrick’s best. I can never get bored of rewatching it.
I agree with John Carpenter’s Halloween, that’s up there too.
Exactly!
The whole kind of sub-plot of Jack abusing his son is VERY unsettling when you read into it and re-watch scenes. Like the whole connection between Danny and the bear toy and the man in the bear costume that Wendy sees... Ergh. Makes you shudder.
Denver
07-05-2019, 07:56 PM
Chucky Franchise
Amy Jade
07-05-2019, 09:13 PM
Couldn't name just one.
Top 10 (in no order)
Halloween
Scream
The Hills Have Eyes
Wrong Turn
Jaws
The Descent
Alien
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Thing
Dawn of the Dead
Barry.
07-05-2019, 09:31 PM
Couldn't name just one.
Top 10 (in no order)
Halloween
Scream
The Hills Have Eyes
Wrong Turn
Jaws
The Descent
Alien
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Thing
Dawn of the Dead
Agree with most of yours Amy.
Tony Montana
07-05-2019, 09:39 PM
Exactly!
The whole kind of sub-plot of Jack abusing his son is VERY unsettling when you read into it and re-watch scenes. Like the whole connection between Danny and the bear toy and the man in the bear costume that Wendy sees... Ergh. Makes you shudder.
Redrum and the Grady twins gave me nightmares for a week when I first watched it.
...I’m not a horror fan but I’ll go with The Conjuring...it was a good../..creepy story...I think it might only have been a 12yr rated as well...:laugh:...
Kazanne
08-05-2019, 08:48 AM
The Shining
Wolf Creek
The Loved ones
I spit on your grave
Halloween
The Strangers.
Livia
08-05-2019, 09:24 AM
I agree with Tony Montana regarding The Shining, although it's really hard to narrow them down to just one film. I also love The Exorcist, Friday 13th... and I have Nosferatu, the original 1920s version and it's surprising how creepy it is.
I like a good psychological horror rather than people being tortured.
Niamh.
08-05-2019, 09:28 AM
That's a really tough question actually, Alien would be up there, also Predator.
One that really freaked me out was The Skeleton Key and The Ring scared the **** out of me. One that had a good storyline was The Uninvited
Tony Montana
08-05-2019, 09:33 AM
I agree with Tony Montana regarding The Shining, although it's really hard to narrow them down to just one film. I also love The Exorcist, Friday 13th... and I have Nosferatu, the original 1920s version and it's surprising how creepy it is.
I like a good psychological horror rather than people being tortured.
Why thank you Livia :douf:
Have you seen Orphan (2009)? That’s an amazing psychological horror film.
Tony Montana
08-05-2019, 09:34 AM
The Shining
Wolf Creek
The Loved ones
I spit on your grave
Halloween
The Strangers.
Love The Strangers, very underrated. Rewatched it a few weeks ago and it still holds up well.
Tony Montana
08-05-2019, 09:35 AM
The Silence of The Lambs is also a very strong contender.
Niamh.
08-05-2019, 09:49 AM
The Silence of The Lambs is also a very strong contender.
I suppose I don't really consider that a horror, more of a psychological thriller, but if it counts as a horror, it would be top of the list
Glenn.
08-05-2019, 10:09 AM
Scream is iconic
Crimson Dynamo
08-05-2019, 10:51 AM
Exorcist
Jaws
Halloween
Spice World
Kazanne
08-05-2019, 11:21 AM
I also love the original black and white version of The Haunting.That Hill House was pretty spooky in it's day.
JerseyWins
08-05-2019, 05:10 PM
It’s hard to top Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 & 2006) for me. There might be one or two slightly better but I can’t think of it right now :think:
The Shining
Wolf Creek
The Loved ones
I spit on your grave
Halloween
The Strangers.
The Loved Ones & I Spit On Your Grave are really great ones you don’t see mentioned much! :clap1: (At least I don’t)
Kazanne
08-05-2019, 06:59 PM
It’s hard to top Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 & 2006) for me. There might be one or two slightly better but I can’t think of it right now :think:
The Loved Ones & I Spit On Your Grave are really great ones you don’t see mentioned much! :clap1: (At least I don’t)
The Loved ones is very underrated I think Jersey.
Tony Montana
08-05-2019, 07:01 PM
The Loved ones is very underrated I think Jersey.
It is. I first watched it back in 2010 and loved it. It’s very disturbing and uncomfortable tho.
Tony Montana
08-05-2019, 07:05 PM
I suppose I don't really consider that a horror, more of a psychological thriller, but if it counts as a horror, it would be top of the list
Most critics consider it to be a horror. Sure it’s a psychological thriller but it does contain elements of horror in it.
And Hannibal Lecter and Buffalo Bill are truly terrifying.
Psycho, obviously. It ain't Rocket Science.
Kazanne
10-08-2019, 12:11 PM
I would have to include the original Salems Lot too,the one with David Soul in.
I would have to include the original Salems Lot too,the one with David Soul in.Is that the one where there's a person at the child's bedroom window?
I remember watching it as a child, can't remember if it's the film or the TV series of Salems Lot which I saw.
I would have been about 7 or 8, and I remember sh!tting myself (not literally)
Kazanne
10-08-2019, 12:36 PM
Is that the one where there's a person at the child's bedroom window?
I remember watching it as a child, can't remember if it's the film or the TV series of Salems Lot which I saw.
I would have been about 7 or 8, and I remember sh!tting myself (not literally)
Yes Alf ,that's the one and yes it **** me up too,lol
AnnieK
10-08-2019, 02:09 PM
I would have to include the original Salems Lot too,the one with David Soul in.
That's the first horror film I ever saw...terrified me. My brother's room had a bay window and he hung out of his window to scratch on mine after we watched it.....didn't sleep properly for weeks after :laugh:
We were only allowed to watch it because my mum fancied david soul
Kazanne
10-08-2019, 02:20 PM
That's the first horror film I ever saw...terrified me. My brother's room had a bay window and he hung out of his window to scratch on mine after we watched it.....didn't sleep properly for weeks after :laugh:
We were only allowed to watch it because my mum fancied david soul
LOL,Annie, brothers eh ? and yes pretty sure my mom fancied him aswell:laugh:
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