Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 7 hours ago, Sumez said: Going through your list now, I'm almost surprised that there wasn't a single movie (out of those anyway) I'd forgotten for my own list. I thought I forgot about Barbarian, but nope, it's on there. Here's my own random top list of horror movies. It's mostly prioritized with the ones I like the most at top, but it's hard to really rank. These are all movies that I'm very fond of, so being in spot #27 isn't much worse than #1. I'm including a couple of the Mike Flanagan miniseries even though they're not movies, because they occupy a similar spot in my brain. Mulholland Drive The Lighthouse Rosemary's Baby Under the Silver Lake White Noise Alien Jacob's Ladder I'm Thinking of Ending Things Haunting of Hill House Midnight Mass The Invisible Man Evil Dead 2 The Killing of a Sacred Deer Gremlins Cape Fear (Scorsese version) The Shining Ex Machina Midsommar Bram Stoker's Dracula The Exorcist 3 It Follows Barbarian The Others Cabin in the Woods Get Out Heridetary The Ritual I'm curious what you think of the ones I marked in bold because they are not on your list, and feel like movies you'd like. Also, Krampus. I never finished this movie because my GF was getting too uncomfortable watching it. But what I saw felt like a really high quality Gremlins-like, and I'd like to some time watch it through for myself. Seemed like something that would be ripe for your list, but I can't rank it myself. Finally, the Creep movies. I always hear these namedropped as some really underrated horror gems, and halfway expected them on your list. I'm glad they are not though, because I thought they were embarassingly bad Some of those I wasn't really considering as horror, namely Cape Fear and Ex Machina. I guess I should think about that. Either way, I really like CF, but I don't think it would have made the cut regardless. Sacred Deer was okay. I didn't love the 2nd half. Dracula, Dominion, and some others were all candidates. Krampus very nearly made the list. The Others is a movie I watched like 3 times when it came out and I don't recall why, but I kind of got sick of it. And then when I watched the original The Innocents I realized it had a lot in common with The Turning of the Screw. I'll have to rewatch the both of them, but I'd probably be more likely to include the latter next time. I do like the Creep movies. Part of that is seeing Mark Duplass play against type so well (he's mostly known in America for The League). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 21 minutes ago, fcgamer said: @Reed Rothchild Do you watch foreign horror films at all? Mr Vampire series for example, is excellent. Actually I generally hate western "horror" films, though the stuff from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Thailand, etc is excellent. From the list of the top of my head, M is German, Diabolique and Eyes Without a Face are French, all of the Bava, Fulci,and Argento films are Italian, Dead Alive is New Zealand, Audition and Ringu Japan, I Saw the Devil is South Korea, Del Toro did Mexican or Spanish-Mexican collaborations, Polanski is Polish, Wan and Whannell are Australian, etc. I know you're fishing for something local, so I'll just say the closest thing was wanting to include Riki-Oh, which I adore. But I couldn't justify calling it horror. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,753 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 16 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: From the list of the top of my head, M is German, Diabolique and Eyes Without a Face are French, all of the Bava, Fulci,and Argento films are Italian, Dead Alive is New Zealand, Audition and Ringu Japan, I Saw the Devil is South Korea, Del Toro did Mexican or Spanish-Mexican collaborations, Polanski is Polish, Wan and Whannell are Australian, etc. I know you're fishing for something local, so I'll just say the closest thing was wanting to include Riki-Oh, which I adore. But I couldn't justify calling it horror. Not really fishing for something "local", rather I just much prefer the Asian horror films and have seen quite a few. The western stuff just feels fake to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 26 minutes ago, fcgamer said: Not really fishing for something "local", rather I just much prefer the Asian horror films and have seen quite a few. The western stuff just feels fake to me. It's a wide spectrum. I assume you're talking about the more conventional Hollywood thing, so you could try the A24 movies (Hereditary, X, Green Room, The Lighthouse, The Witch, etc.), or David Cronenberg's films, or his son's films, or the Del Toro stuff or-- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 That being said, I'm always watching new stuff, so I'll dig into some of your regional stuff I haven't seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,525 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 M (1931) Diabolique (1955) The Bad Seed (1956) The Fly (1958) Eyes of Without a Face (1960) Black Sunday (1960) Carnival of Souls (1962) Black Sabbath (1963) Rosemary's Baby (1968) Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) The Other (1972) Sisters (1972) The Wicker Man (1973) Don't Look Now (1973) Black Christmas (1974) Deep Red (1975) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Brood (1979) The Burning (1981) Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) Phenomena (1985) Night of the Creeps (1986) Street Trash (1987) Dolls (1987) Waxwork (1988) Tales from the Darkside (1990) Session 9 (2001) Dog Soldiers (2002) The House of the Devil (2009) Green Room (2016) Terrifier 2 (2022) These were the ones I hadn't seen... the bigger text are currently on my "to watch" list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,525 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 here's some of my favorites (not in order) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 687 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Wonderful list! Thank you for sharing. Looks like I've seen 55 of the films here. Quite a few that I also still mean to get around to but just haven't yet, for whatever reason. I don't really know what my own top 100 would look like but I can say that I'm almost certain The Thing, Alien, 28 Days Later and Evil Dead II among several others on this list would rank very near the top. Also, Return of the Living Dead, The Blob (1988) and Tremors (if you count the original as horror-comedy, which I do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 @G-typeNice. Love to see Malignant and Trick r Treat on there. Among others. They Live is one of those movies (like Predator) where I never considered it to be horror, even though I love it, so I kept it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 687 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Reed Rothchild said: They Live is one of those movies (like Predator) where I never considered it to be horror, even though I love it, so I kept it off. Yeah, I debate myself on that one, too. It's a horror concept at its core but Carpenter treats it more like an action-suspense movie with a sprinkling of comedy. Honestly, calling it action-horror much like Predator doesn't feel very far off the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 Breakdown of rough rankings by decade. Almost a perfect bell curve, which was not planned, it just shook out that way. On my phone so I won't be able to tell how visible this is: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,434 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 5 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: I do like the Creep movies. Part of that is seeing Mark Duplass play against type so well (he's mostly known in America for The League). Creep was almost on my saddest movies that didn't make your list list, but I didn't know if I just personally love it so much because it's in the same vein as Funny Games. Creep 2 is good too, but seeing the character for the first time in Creep is unbeatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,434 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 There's a lack of torture porn in this thread. Besides Saw... Human Centipede 2 (just an outrageous movie), Martyrs, and maybe Hostel Part II would make my list. We need more Asian horror too. I want fcgamer's list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Movies I've watched list 15 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Entire list: The Thing (1982) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Gremlins (1984) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 21 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: There's a lack of torture porn in this thread. Besides Saw... Human Centipede 2 (just an outrageous movie), Martyrs, and maybe Hostel Part II would make my list. We need more Asian horror too. I want fcgamer's list. Asian candidates that didn't quite make the cut Horrors of Malformed Men House Evil Dead Trap Tetsuo Organ Ju-On Wild Zero Dark Water Pulse Shutter Three Extremes Train to Busan The Wailing Etc If we call Oldboy horror it would have been near the top of the list. Snowpiercer is another. Couldn't quite call it horror. Not sure you can call it Asian. Love it though. I don't know shit about anime, so that's basically entirely excluded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 1, 2023 Author Share Posted November 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, BlackVega said: Movies I've watched list Holy shit, you've got some catching up to do. Starting with the staples: Jaws, The Shining, Alien, Aliens, Silence of the Lambs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,434 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: I don't know shit about anime, so that's basically entirely excluded I dunno, maybe someone can recommend some horror anime, but all the horror recommendations I watch are either super drawn out (Higurashi, especially the VNs, jeez) or mostly just really gory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 4,015 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 2 hours ago, DefaultGen said: I dunno, maybe someone can recommend some horror anime, but all the horror recommendations I watch are either super drawn out (Higurashi, especially the VNs, jeez) or mostly just really gory. Perfect Blue is a great psychological thriller. Check that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,434 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Just now, Brickman said: Perfect Blue is a great psychological thriller. Check that one out. Yeah Perfect Blue is great. I rewatched it recently. There's a bunch of good thriller/mystery anime, but I dunno, I want more Junji Ito or something. Gimme the spooky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralSoul | 503 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 10 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Breakdown of rough rankings by decade. Almost a perfect bell curve, which was not planned, it just shook out that way. On my phone so I won't be able to tell how visible this is: It's no surprise at all the 80s has the best horror movies (generally) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralSoul | 503 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I'm embarrassed to say I consider myself a horror fan but have only seen maybe 1/2 of this entire list. I have seen many other horror movies, just not ones on this list apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,995 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 17 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Some of those I wasn't really considering as horror, namely Cape Fear and Ex Machina. I guess I should think about that. Either way, I really like CF, but I don't think it would have made the cut regardless. Sacred Deer was okay. I didn't love the 2nd half. Dracula, Dominion, and some others were all candidates. Krampus very nearly made the list. The Others is a movie I watched like 3 times when it came out and I don't recall why, but I kind of got sick of it. And then when I watched the original The Innocents I realized it had a lot in common with The Turning of the Screw. I'll have to rewatch the both of them, but I'd probably be more likely to include the latter next time. I do like the Creep movies. Part of that is seeing Mark Duplass play against type so well (he's mostly known in America for The League). So what I'm hearing here is that you had basically no excuse for not including I'm Thinking of Ending Things or Exorcist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,588 Editorials Team · Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,547 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 11/2/2023 at 3:24 AM, Sumez said: So what I'm hearing here is that you had basically no excuse for not including I'm Thinking of Ending Things or Exorcist 3 Is I'm thinking of Ending Things considered horror or just regular weird as fuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,995 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) Well if American Psycho is horror, the bar must be pretty wide And I'm Thinking of Ending Things is definitely one of the most unsettling movies I have ever seen Edited November 6, 2023 by Sumez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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