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Horror movies are so underrated... I hate when people complain about how they're "sick and twisted" because um, isn't that the point?

So... what are some of your favorite horror movies?

I'll list some of mine... in absolutely no particular order.

1408 - Cusack was fantastic. And even though I haven't read anything by Stephen King, the movies based on his work marvel me. Though if I read his books I'd probably hate the movies... lol

Saw - I like how the concept of it is original and not some lame slasher shit. Only "series" where I end up looking forward to the sequel. Stuff like Friday the 13th or Halloween is just the same thing over again. At least, judging by the first three... and I have yet to see any of the Elm Street saga. But hell, I didn't even get what the big deal was about House of Wax.

It - I usually like long movies because they make room for character development. While it was clearly scary, it seemed to be more about the story than the gimmick for once.

Se7en - Great suspense, cool elements, and not many can direct like David Fincher.

Scream - Another trilogy that I like... normally I find the ones with a slasher boring, but this had the comedy element as well as the mystery of who the slasher actually is.

Urban Legends - At least it had a mystery.

The Shining - Do I really need to elaborate on this one?

Cube - Most underrated film ever and probably more Sci-Fi, but it was creepy, and I like "claustrophobic" movies.

The Sixth Sense - Also not gonna bother elaborating.

Okay, I think I'm done...
 
I like horror movies, too. I really don't like people saying they're stupid because all they do is try and scare you. That's the reason I go to see them. However, that being said, I do prefer when a horror movie has a gripping plot and plenty of twists to bridge the gaps between the scary bits.

Horrors I LOVE:

Saw - Definately better than its successors. The first one was really scary stuff. Unfortunately 2 & 3 just felt like they were going for the most gruesome deaths possible. I've not seen number 4 yet, so I can't pass judgement.

Friday the 13th:part 1 - Ok, so it's tame beyond belief, but I really liked it. I liked the story and ending was a twist. And the way the villain was killed was hilarious.

Cube - I agree, WAY underrated. Definately better than Saw, but virtually unheard of.

Urban Legends - Another prime example of a series that should have stopped with the first one. I like the way it incorporated so many different legends, but the sequels were utter crap.

Horrors I HATE:

Jeepers Creepers 2 - To anyone who liked it, I'm sorry, but this was the most predictable horror movie I've ever seen. SNORE

Wolf Creek - Yeah, it was scary, yeah, it was creepy because it really happened, but I just found it stupid

Wrong Turn (And any subsequent abominations) - I couldn't get through 20 minutes of this. Cannibalistic inbred hicks? Come on! The writers must've been scraping the bottom of the barrel for that one.
 
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Horror movies are so underrated... I hate when people complain about how they're "sick and twisted" because um, isn't that the point?
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Uh...No? The last time I checked, the whole point of a horror movie was to horrify the audience. Not gross them out.

I think the entire genre went down hill around 2000. Most post millennium movies focus more on shocking the audience with huge amounts of gore then they do actually scaring them. Given, there are a few exceptions to this, but most movies like Saw and Hostile were just a bunch of scenes of people getting hacked up. It's gotten to the point where I don't even expect to be scarred anymore, and I just go to see how imaginative they got with the snuff scenes.

It seems to me that the only ones still trying to keep hold of classic horror films is the Asian community. The Ring and The Grudge were pretty crappy, but the original Japanese films were at least half-way decent.

In my opinion, the last true (American) horror film was The Blair Witch project. That movie still scares the living shit out of me.
 
Oh, i LOVE horror movies!, i've been watching them for as long as i can remember!.
Anywho, a list of my favorites!. (i'll add more when i remember them, i used to be a huge horror junkie!.)

-The thing (personal favorite)
-The ring (i'm still alittle freaked out by static....)
-The shining (everybody looooves johnny!)
-The fly (i loved the gruesomeness of it)

And some i hated...
-Any movies that used religion to scare away the bad guys :mad: (the're all lame)
-Saw series (the first one was decent, but the sequels sucked HARD.)
-Ghost movies (beyond boring)
-"Chucky" (for some reason, possed dolls just piss me off. >8(
 
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O RLY?!
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Try to keep in mind, i watched it when i was 10.... i've talked to people who were scared of Re-deads when they played Zelda at 10. And despite what people say, the US version is better than the original, the only people who liked the original were people who already saw the original, and weeaboo's who think everything the Japanese do is better. Plus, i think The ring was the first psychological horror i saw. :/
 
Child's Play Series
Nightmare on Elm Street Series
Halloween Series
The Shining
It (Number one reason for most Clown fear in USA today!)

I also like the ghost stuff, if they're based off of true events or something like that. I didn't like Grudge, it was alright but still sucked. =D
 
I watched too many harror movies as a kid.....and I turned out just peachy *twitches*
 
I forgot about one I'm surprised no one mentioned yet... how could I forget House of Wax. That one's probably in my top 10.
 
Pretty much all of my favorite horror movies are the cheesy ones from the 70's and 80's. They're all just way more fun to me.

The Ring, Saw, Jeepers Creepers, The Grudge...they actually bore me. I liked the idea behind Saw, it really intrigued me, but the stupid plot focused more on certain people's issues. I would've rather seen a guy just continue to create loads and loads of "do this or die" situations and see what would happen. That creativity interested me, but the movie really didn't focus on that. Instead it'd mention a few different crimes and then focus specifically on one person working their way through it...I didn't care.

The Ring was just a bunch of static with people grabbing flies out the TV and dead girls getting revenge (oh noes, we haven't seen that before), Jeepers Creepers...honestly the only thing about this movie that stuck out was the annoying song at the end, and The Grudge...big whoop.

Maybe I'm just not very easy to scare, I really don't know. Either that or perhaps I'm more into stories that really make you think. Like stuff in the Twilight Zone where you have an idea of what's happening/what might happen, but aren't 100% certain.

But either way, the dorky era of a trillion sequels is definitely my favorite. The trailers themselves are just a riot to watch, they're so poorly made and always have those two different announcer guys that were specifically reserved for the horror movies. They lacked so much emotion, yet were trying so hard to sound scary and domineering...XD

I also hold some interest in the super old originals. It's kinda cool to go back and see how many of these remakes were originally made and so on. ^^; But otherwise no new stuff for me. It makes me go blah...though Urban Legends, Scream and a few others were pretty interesting.
 
The movie I can't stand is "Texas Chain saw massacar" really scares the s*** out of me for some reason X(
 
Haven't seen that many, but of the few I have, these frightened me:

The Thing (1982) - one of the two films that have made me scream out loud.
The Fog (1980) - "There is something inside the fog..." Spare me the remake.
Kingdom of the Spiders (c. 1980) - Gave me arachnophobia.
Silence of the Lambs - "It puts the lotion in the basket or else it gets the hose again!"
Alien - Oddly enough, the scene where they decapitate Ash bothered me more than the alien bursting through John Hurt's chest.
 
I don't watch horror films as a rule because I scare really easily, but I caught the last hour of Nightmare on Elm Street last night and it was pretty cool. (Mostly I was struck by how the heroine had perfect Hermione-hair.) My brother gave a massive jump when Fred Kreuger popped out
in the real world, from behind the bed
, which cracked me up. :D Aside from that, I've only seen Pet Cemetary II, which was crap... and Shaun of the Dead, if that counts.
 

Anything by Stephen King. And I recommend you read his novels, I don't think you'll be dissapointed (just steer clear of Lisey's Story). S. King himself is a HUGE fan of horror movies. Also, Bentley Little is excellent. There is no one like him.

Underworld basically werewolf Romeo and vampire Juliet.

Nightmare on Elm Street

Scream series

Halloween

Friday the 13th (I've read the books too ^^)

Hannibal, Science Of the Lambs-just great. Not supernatural though.

The Sixth Sense-I adore this movie. I don't know if it's really horror like most people think of it.

Child's Play-I've watched them all up to Chucky's Bride.

Anything with the Olsen twins xp
And some more I can't remember.

 
Oh god. I just caught wind of a horror movie due out soon. I don't know if anyone here has heard of Teeth?

For those who haven't, it's a movie about an abused young woman who discovers she has a flesh-eating monster instead of a ...well, let's just say "flesh-eating" is about as far from G-Rated as I want to get with the description. I believe a review I read put it quite succinctly:

"You’ll go ‘ugggghhh’ when the ‘hoo-ha’ bites off the ‘nyuk-nyuk.’"

Yes. And it's not one of those horror-spoofs. It's supposed to be a drama/horror flick, and I'd say "nyuk-nyuk"-eating "hoo-ha's" are dramatic enough. However, one can't help thinking that this plot would be perfect for a horror/spoof B-movie.
 
lol @ Æsahættr "blunt object of wisdom". More like "blunt object of egoism".
wtf @ that movie though... what next?, penises that jizz acid!?.
 
Well... you're a wise person, you should know what that means. >;)
 
I thought "Teeth" was already out? Somehow on IMDB a million people have seen it and have reviews, as well as elsewhere. I'm interested, though I heard from people who supposedly saw it that it wasn't as good as it sounds.

PS, Easahtter (sp?) how hard is it to type out "Vagina"? Ha, if there is anything that's hard to type out it's your damn username with the two unusual characters that involves us either knowing the alt-number codes or opening a character map just so we can address you.

On a side note, the whole concept of "Vagina Dentata" is actually from some indian folklore or something (might be greek, not sure, google it).

Also, if you've heard of "One Eyed Monster", it's about a giant killer penis. And it's not a horror comedy, to my knowledge... I forget if it's old or not out yet or whatever, but the plot sounded ridiculous.


Back on the subject of regular Horror movies... I just watched the three-part remake of The Shining, with Steven Weber, and all I have to say is WOW.

Remakes usually disappoint me, but for once I liked this one a little better. Not only was the acting better, but it made so much more sense to anyone who hasn't read the book (I haven't, yet). It kinda had to since 6 hours gives more room for explanation. Anyone who's seen the original should definitely see this.
 
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