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[pauljeremiah]

Have been working on this for the past few weeks, so here's a list of all those "must-see" horror films.

What I wanted to create was more of a beginners guide for people who wish to explore the genre, then an actual ranking of films.

The list is unranked and listed in release order.

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
• Nosferatu
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Dracula
• Frankenstein
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Mummy
• Freaks
• Vampyr
• Island of Lost Souls
• King Kong
• The Invisible Man
• The Bride of Frankenstein
• The Wolf Man
• Cat People
• I Walked with a Zombie
• Dead of Night
• House of Wax
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• The Night of the Hunter
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Dracula
• The Fly
• House on Haunted Hill
• Eyes Without a Face
• Peeping Tom
• Village of the Damned
• Psycho
• House of Usher
• The Innocents
• Carnival of Souls
• The Birds
• Repulsion
• Rosemary’s Baby
• Night of the Living Dead
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
• The Cat o’ Nine Tails
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes
• Duel
• Sisters
• Theatre of Blood
• The Wicker Man
• Don’t Look Now
• The Exorcist
• It’s Alive
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Black Christmas
• Deep Red
• Jaws
• The Tenant
• The Omen
• Carrie
• Suspiria
• Eraserhead
• Martin
• House
• Dawn of the Dead
• Halloween
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Nosferatu the Vampyre
• Phantasm
• The Brood
• Alien
• The Shining
• Scanners
• An American Werewolf in London
• The Evil Dead
• Basket Case
• Poltergeist
• The Thing
• Videodrome
• The Dead Zone
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Night of the Comet
• Fright Night
• Re-Animator
• Aliens
• The Fly
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• Evil Dead II
• The Lost Boys
• Hellraiser
• Dead Ringers
• Tremors
• Jacob’s Ladder
• Misery
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Braindead
• Candyman
• Dracula
• New Nightmare
• Mute Witness
• Scream
• Scream 2
• Ringu
• The Blair Witch Project
• Audition
• American Psycho
• Shadow of the Vampire
• Ginger Snaps
• The Devil’s Backbone
• The Others
• Frailty
• Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary
• Dog Soldiers
• The Ring
• 28 Days Later
• A Tale of Two Sisters
• Open Water
• Shaun of the Dead
• Three… Extremes
• Land of the Dead
• The Descent
• Slither
• The Host
• Black Sheep
• [REC]
• The Orphanage
• 1408
• Paranormal Activity
• The Mist
• Trick ’r Treat
• Let the Right One In
• Pontypool
• Eden Lake
• Drag Me to Hell
• The House of the Devil
• Thirst
• The Loved Ones
• Zombieland
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
• Let Me In
• Julia’s Eyes
• Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
• Attack the Block
• You’re Next
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Conjuring
• Oculus
• The Babadook
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• Creep
• It Follows
• Goodnight Mommy
• Housebound
• Ouija
• The Witch
• The Invitation
• Nina Forever
• Green Room
• We Are Still Here
• Demon
• The Devil’s Candy
• Southbound
• Bone Tomahawk
• Under the Shadow
• The Love Witch
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Don’t Breathe
• The Wailing
• The Conjuring 2
• Train to Busan
• Raw
• Lights Out
• Creepy
• The Shallows
• The Girl with All the Gifts
• Hounds of Love
• Prevenge
• Better Watch Out
• Get Out
• The Endless
• It Comes at Night
• It
• Revenge
• Gerald’s Game
• 1922
• Tigers Are Not Afraid
• Cargo
• Creep 2
• Mandy
• Hereditary
• A Quiet Place
• Freaks
• Halloween
• Harpoon
• The Lodge
• Us
• The Curse of La Llorona
• Come to Daddy
• The Lighthouse
• Midsommar
• Crawl
• Ready or Not
• The Platform
• Color Out of Space
• Doctor Sleep
• The Invisible Man
• Host

 

[brap]

No modern horror is essential fucking lmao.

 

[carlosrox]

Return of the Living Dead

Demons (1985)

Don't Go In The House

Communion

Cube

The Ritual

Quarantine (better than REC)

Willow Creek (Bigfoot horror, worth it for one scene alone that was scary as all fuck)

The Sixth Sense


Some of those on that list are awful, what the hell are they doing on there?

Us was atrocious.

 

[carlosrox]

No modern horror is essential fucking lmao.

There are some great modern horror films. Hereditary is basically the most terrifying movie I've ever seen and I deem it essential horror.

 

[Tschumi]

"I'm sure i can think of something this guy hasn't said"

......Unlikely.

Errr Wake in Fright

Good list tyvm

 

[Birdo]

The Quatermass trilogy (Hammer films, not BBC versions).

The Quatermass Experiment (1955)
Quatermass II (1957)
Quatermass and The Pit (1967)

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Communion

Weird to call that horror as it's essentially based off a true story and actual experiences from Whitley Streiber.

 

[bitbydeath]

You never watched the Feast trilogy OP?

The Blob
Child’s Play
Friday the 13th

Should be there too.

Oh and while you’re including comedy horrors don’t skip on Final Girls. It is hilarious.

 

[carlosrox]

The Blob

Good choice.

Weird to call that horror as it's essentially based off a true story and actual experiences from Whitley Streiber.

It's definitely got horror elements up the ass. Scared me to death as a kid and still freaks me out now.


Add Splinter.

Area 51.

 

[Weiji]

Glad to see Invasion of the Body Snatchers is on there twice. 1978 version is the best one IMO.

Ending is one of the most iconic horror movie moments of all time.

 

[teezzy]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Texas Chainsaw 3d
Leatherface

 

[Punished Miku]

Have been working on this for the past few weeks, so here's a list of all those "must-see" horror films.

What I wanted to create was more of a beginners guide for people who wish to explore the genre, then an actual ranking of films.

The list is unranked and listed in release order.

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
• Nosferatu
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Dracula
• Frankenstein
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Mummy
• Freaks
• Vampyr
• Island of Lost Souls
• King Kong
• The Invisible Man
• The Bride of Frankenstein
• The Wolf Man
• Cat People
• I Walked with a Zombie
• Dead of Night
• House of Wax
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• The Night of the Hunter
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Dracula
• The Fly
• House on Haunted Hill
• Eyes Without a Face
• Peeping Tom
• Village of the Damned
• Psycho
• House of Usher
• The Innocents
• Carnival of Souls
• The Birds
• Repulsion
• Rosemary’s Baby
• Night of the Living Dead
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
• The Cat o’ Nine Tails
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes
• Duel
• Sisters
• Theatre of Blood
• The Wicker Man
• Don’t Look Now
• The Exorcist
• It’s Alive
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Black Christmas
• Deep Red
• Jaws
• The Tenant
• The Omen
• Carrie
• Suspiria
• Eraserhead
• Martin
• House
• Dawn of the Dead
• Halloween
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Nosferatu the Vampyre
• Phantasm
• The Brood
• Alien
• The Shining
• Scanners
• An American Werewolf in London
• The Evil Dead
• Basket Case
• Poltergeist
• The Thing
• Videodrome
• The Dead Zone
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Night of the Comet
• Fright Night
• Re-Animator
• Aliens
• The Fly
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• Evil Dead II
• The Lost Boys
• Hellraiser
• Dead Ringers
• Tremors
• Jacob’s Ladder
• Misery
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Braindead
• Candyman
• Dracula
• New Nightmare
• Mute Witness
• Scream
• Scream 2
• Ringu
• The Blair Witch Project
• Audition
• American Psycho
• Shadow of the Vampire
• Ginger Snaps
• The Devil’s Backbone
• The Others
• Frailty
• Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary
• Dog Soldiers
• The Ring
• 28 Days Later
• A Tale of Two Sisters
• Open Water
• Shaun of the Dead
• Three… Extremes
• Land of the Dead
• The Descent
• Slither
• The Host
• Black Sheep
• [REC]
• The Orphanage
• 1408
• Paranormal Activity
• The Mist
• Trick ’r Treat
• Let the Right One In
• Pontypool
• Eden Lake
• Drag Me to Hell
• The House of the Devil
• Thirst
• The Loved Ones
• Zombieland
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
• Let Me In
• Julia’s Eyes
• Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
• Attack the Block
• You’re Next
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Conjuring
• Oculus
• The Babadook
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• Creep
• It Follows
• Goodnight Mommy
• Housebound
• Ouija
• The Witch
• The Invitation
• Nina Forever
• Green Room
• We Are Still Here
• Demon
• The Devil’s Candy
• Southbound
• Bone Tomahawk
• Under the Shadow
• The Love Witch
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Don’t Breathe
• The Wailing
• The Conjuring 2
• Train to Busan
• Raw
• Lights Out
• Creepy
• The Shallows
• The Girl with All the Gifts
• Hounds of Love
• Prevenge
• Better Watch Out
• Get Out
• The Endless
• It Comes at Night
• It
• Revenge
• Gerald’s Game
• 1922
• Tigers Are Not Afraid
• Cargo
• Creep 2
• Mandy
• Hereditary
• A Quiet Place
• Freaks
• Halloween
• Harpoon
• The Lodge
• Us
• The Curse of La Llorona
• Come to Daddy
• The Lighthouse
• Midsommar
• Crawl
• Ready or Not
• The Platform
• Color Out of Space
• Doctor Sleep
• The Invisible Man
• Host

I looked for Suspiria and I found it.

List is legit.

 

[Rickyiez]

Where's the original classic Ju-on , Ringu and Shutter omg

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I don't remember the whole movie, but do remember Hostel having gross scenes.

 

[Forsythia]

Glad to see Invasion of the Body Snatchers is on there twice. 1978 version is the best one IMO.

Ending is one of the most iconic horror movie moments of all time.

Yeah, one of the scariest endings I'd say, still freaks me out just thinking about it.

Nice thread btw, will check which movies I haven't seen yet!

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Tumbbad is probably the best horror movie I’ve watched in the past 5 or 10 years.

 

[Classicrockfan]

That dog in body snatchers freaked me out.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Jason X

 

[Cutty Flam]

These two aren’t essential, but Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 2 are both some of my favorites

Not the best, but for some reason I watched them every time they were showing on the HBO and Cinemax channels I think it was. Jeepers Creepers 2, must have seen it a dozen times around the time it came out

 

[carlosrox]

Body Snatchers 78 is perfection and possibly the best horror film of all time.

Complete masterpiece.

 

[Cutty Flam]

The Conjuring was a solid modern horror film. The tension was high for me with that particular one, I had to lower the volume a couple times and was legitimately kind of nervous and very anxious while watching around the middle of the film I think it was, the end was a bit intense as well but the middle was getting to my head some

The ending where they gave a brief reality check to their viewers regarding demons shocked me. You don’t typically see such a warning, any kind of spiritual teaching at the end of any film. I snapped a pic of the final clip before the credits ended

 

[carlosrox]

Hills Have Eyes Remake?

High Tension?

Night of the Living Dead 1990?

It 1990?

Graveyard Shift?

Zombi?

Creepshow? Creepshow 2?

Tales from the Dark Side?

The Funhouse?

As Above So Below?

Mothman Prophecies?

Pulse?

The Ruins?

House of Wax remake?

Dawn of the Dead remake?

Cat's Eye?

Christine?

Monster Squad?

This list is definitely missing stuff.

 

[God Enel]

Midsommar is honestly the worst movie I've seen in my entire life.

 

[carlosrox]

Midsommar is honestly the worst movie I've seen in my entire life.

Then you haven't seen Us. Us was god awful. Truly felt like something a high school student would write just to seem deep and thought provoking. Had such an amateur feel to its messaging. Can't believe he went from Get Out to Us.

As a horror fan I am a bit insulted to see it on this list of essential watches.

Easily one of the most ham fisted and forced, goofy ass things I've ever had to watch. Almost wanted to walk out of it, and I have never walked out of a movie before. It was just too damn stupid and it's crazy that it was (somewhat) trying to take itself seriously. At least, the core story that is. The movie itself was loaded with ridiculously silly comedy that just took me out completely.

 

[IfuckinghateReddit]

Dead Alive

Uzumaki

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

The Howling

Exorcist III: Legion

Vampire Hunter D

Demon City Shinjuku

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Dog Soldiers

Bubba Ho-Tep

Krampus

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[carlosrox]

This reminds me how monumentally stupid Us was. Jesus fuck.

Seriously one of the very worst movies I've ever seen. The story insults everyone's intelligence.

 

[DGrayson]

You have The Thing but I would also recommend In the Mouth of Madness

and Children of the Corn

 

[OmegaSupreme]

No Creepshow = list fail

 

[EverydayBeast]

Halloween 2018 6.5 IMDb 79% RT 67% MC
Just way better than Halloween 2007.

 

[carlosrox]

Halloween 2018 was a step in the right direction but I absolutely hated the out of place comedy in it. The movie was also way too snappy and spent very little time with Michael Meyers. Where were the extended shots of him just standing there, his breathing, etc?

That scene where he first kills the two reporters/bloggers, it's like they're about to show him just standing there with her dangling body but then suddenly we get quick cuts of him donning the mask again. And again immediately after that, it's like we're about to get a shot of him just standing there breathing but it cuts away instantly.

I really hope the sequel gets rid of the idiotic comedy and spends more time with Michael Meyers doing his thing.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

50 Shades Of Ghey

Just horrific

 

[T8SC]

 

[Elpidio Valdés]

Gotta add this 90's cult classic to the list.

 

[carlosrox]

Gotta add this 90's cult classic to the list.

Scream was one thing, this was not one I was down with. For me it killed horror until around the time of 28 Days Later.



OOH. SESSION 9.