Favourite Horror Flick?

[Flat Foot Floey]

I love horror, too!
I had some phases when I watched all kind of obscure horror flics just because they were rare. In Germany some movies are cut and you have to buy import dvds to see them uncut. But than again...most of them were just brutal and not very enjoyable. In fact they are quite boring because of the bad acting and the missing empathy for the victims. How should someone be afraid if the victims are totally unreliable and their dead is just a minor matter? It may seem like reverse blasphemy but: Fulci? Argento? *yawn*

Oh..to tell my favourites isn't that easy. You can hardly compare a silent movie to a 80s slasher in my opinion. But I will try....




Golden Era Classics:
Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Nosferatu
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein (!)

60s to 70s:
Night of the living dead
The Texas Chansaw Massacre
The Exorcist
The Shining
Rosemarys Baby

80s to early 90s
Nightmare on Elmstreet Series
Evil Dead Trilogy

late 90s to contemporary:
High Tension (French)
The Cube (only first part)
The Descent
28 Days Later
Let the right one in (swedish)
Dawn of the dead remake


I also have a weakness for funny splatter movies
Brandead (aka dead Alive)
Evil Dead 2+3
Return of the living dead
Shaun of the dead
Dead Snow (not as good as I suspected...but NAZI ZOMBIES)
Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetry Man)
Dead and Breakfast
2001 Maniacs
Reanimator 1-3

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

This has potential.

First there was Dawn of the Dead, then came Shaun of the Dead, so it seemed like only a matter of time before some enterprising filmmaker gifted us all with Juan of the Dead

I am waiting for Goldie HAWN OF THE DEAD!

 

[byronic]

Too many to list, but any of the old Val Lewton flicks, any of the old Hammer Horrors with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, and my all time favourite 'The Wicker Man' - the original from '73 starring Edward Woodward with one of the coolest soundtracks ever. :eusa_clap

 

[deadpandiva]

Bedlam, I walked with a Zombie, Spider Baby and Carnival of Souls.

But I have to say that the scariest thing I ever saw was "The Man Who Saw Tomoorrow". I was about five years old and I hated Orson Welles till my teens.

 

[Lady Day]

When I was like 9 I saw Creepshow 2 by myself and it scared me to no end. But it was Piranha and Jaws that made me fear....

When I was in college, I took an FX class and now I see mostly the mechanical stuff in horror moves, which isnt bad, cause now I love them.

I love zombies, but I really like hard horror, scary stuff set in reality. Those so mess me up. If you havent seen it I STRONGLY suggest you see the recent remake of 'The Last House on the Left'. Its awesome, and proves not all horror is about blood and guts.

And Shaun of the Dead doesn't hold a candle to Zombieland

LD

 

[Zombie_61]

My absolute favorite without question is Frankenstein (1931). Boris Karloff is the only actor to ever play Frankenstein's creation in a manner that generates sympathy for the character with the audience.

All of the Universal "classic horror" films and their various sequels are on my favorites list as well--the Frankenstein sequels, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, The Creature from the Black Lagoon--with the possible exception of Dracula; Bela Lugosi is brilliant but, overall, the film really doesn't work for me.

Other classic favorites include Nosferatu (1922), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), White Zombie (1932), King Kong (1933), Werewolf of London (1935), House of Wax (1953)...I could go on for days.

As for "newer" films, Night of the Living Dead (both the 1968 original and the 1990 remake), Jaws (1975, tied with Star Wars for my all-time favorite film), Zombi 2 (a.k.a. Zombie, 1979), An American Werewolf In London (1981), Return of the Living Dead (1985), Near Dark (1987), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Zombieland (2009)...what, with a username like Zombie_61 you didn't expect my newer favorites to include mostly zombie films?

I am most definitely not a fan of the more recent "torture porn/gore porn" style of "horror" films like Hostel and Saw. I don't mind gore, but I'm a firm believer in the "less is more" school of filmmaking, and gore simply for the sake of having gore is not only not scary, it's just plain boring and proves the filmmaker has no talent for telling a story. Besides, how anyone could possibly be frightened by such obviously fake makeup effects is beyond me.

Edit: One thing I forgot to mention originally is that, for me, horror films are more fun than fright; I haven't actually been "scared" by any film since I saw my first zombie film in 1972. I was about 11 years old at the time, and back in those days when I watched a film I would get so caught up that it was like I was actually in the film experiencing whatever the characters were experiencing, so being chased by undead, flesh-eating monsters was pretty frightening. Having seen the film as an adult, I now realize it's pretty silly and not particularly well made. BTW, the film was Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, and I still have a bit of a soft spot for it since it started my lifelong fascination with zombie films.

 

[NDW76]

I don't know if it has been mentioned before, but my favorite horror movie is the remake of Dawn of the Dead. The one with the zombies that can run... fast.

I like to imagine what character I would be in that movie. Sadly I think I would be the level headed one who could save everyone, but dies in the first few minutes.

 

[Chas]

There used to be this terrific film festival in Vancouver called Cinemuerte that showcased horror films, and loved it until the organizer left, she lives in NYC now, I believe.

There's so many! Horror films are the only genre of film that consistently make money, year in, year out. I like the Hammer Horror films with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and the Italians made some pretty impressive horror films, too. Dario Argento, et. al. I recommend Cannibal Holocaust. I am also a fan of the Japanese - they make some crazy horror films. I remember seeing one where a woman cooks and eats her own fingers.

Neato.

Phantom of The Opera (original), and anything with Lon Chaney, Sr. He gets my vote as greatest actor. Pure freakin' genius.

But for pure pleasure, my favorite horror film of all time: The Exorcist.
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[Widebrim]

Bedlam, I walked with a Zombie, Spider Baby and Carnival of Souls.

But I have to say that the scariest thing I ever saw was "The Man Who Saw Tomoorrow". I was about five years old and I hated Orson Welles till my teens.

The first two are good examples of the RKO-Lewton teaming. Spider Baby is a trip!!!, and Carnival of Souls is just creepy. Hate to admit that I haven't seen The Man Who Saw Tomorrow...

 

[Annichen]

My favorite horror film as labeled "horror" is Frankenstein 1931.
I do not find it scary or eerie but it is a fantastic film in so many ways, the script, actors, visual, effects, the sound..everything.

The only film I found truly eerie is Ringu 1998.
The way it starts, like a normal day would, not like: "this is a scary movie"..that just destroys the mood and makes it "unbelievable".
It also does not have to make everything dark to be scary.
Great film!

But since this is about the golden era:

Frankenstein 1931

Bride of Frankenstein 1935

The hands of Orlac 1924

King Kong 1933

Dracula 1931

White Zombie 1932

Unheimliche Geschichten 1919

Der Student von Prag 1926

The lodger 1927

The old dark house 1932

The Cat and the Canary 1927

The Last Warning 1929

The Phantom of the Opera 1925

 

[MCPRE]

I love all of the old Monster/Sci-fi movies, the cheesier the better.
The Evil Dead series are great, Spider Island with all of the sultry babes "Ohhh GAaary", Frankenstein on the windmill - classic, Wolfman in the Bain, Dracula with cape covered face and beaming eyes hovering over some dames bed, all of the giant lizard/ape/sea monster movies. I have to mention The Thing, both versions,
I really like any of the wild movies with Jeffery Combs -Re-animator - From Beyond etc... Sliver is a good take off from this genre.
Most over-rated are Jason, Freddy, and the likes, slashers aren't my cup of tea. However I did like The Devils Rejects "Tuti %%*#ing Fruiti"!

 

[Miss Scarlet]

I love horror movies, but unfortunately most of them never scare me. The ones that did send shivers over my spine, however, are:

Wolf Creek
One Missed Call (the Japanese version)
The Fourth Kind (debateable whether or not it's a horror).

 

[PADDY]

Fryyyyyying Tonight...!!!

It's got to be that 'oh so British' comedy, CARRY ON SCREAMING!!

Here's a clip of the great Kenneth Williams, getting battered and fried - but where's the chips..? (french fries).
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[Katinka von K.]

I´m not really a fan of modern horror, but I love zombies, so nearly all the modern horror stuff I know has Zombies in it.

Nosferatu
Dr. Caligari
Frankenstein
Attack of the Giant Leeches (bestest trash bag monsters of all time)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Braindead
Dead Snow (as already mentioned by someone else the story´s nothing special, but it has perfectly disgusting Nazi Zombies)

Not a favorite, but One Missed Call (JAP) really scared it all out of me.