[vipBrooriErok]

How about 28 Days Later? That was messed up.

Oooo...that was good too! Shit! the empty streets o' London was freaky.

They apparently are making a sequel.

Have you guys seen Lifeforce? That was freaky too.

[Payodcapy542fro]

The scene in the tunnel when they had a puncture had me laying cable. Fantastic...

A sequel?

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0463854/

Cool...

[Beedcardabeme]

Ha ha my pet subject.

Best horror movie ever is still the original Texas chainsaw massacre, Great sound design, truly nightmarish, bleachy cheap film stock really makes you feel the oppresive heat of a texan summer.

Original Ring put the hairs on the back of my neck up, proper spooky. The same goes for Audition, the wiggling bag, the severed feet, the cuteness of Miyuki Matsuda.

As for Zombie movies, 28 days later started strong then got all pants would have been much better as a Dr Who episode. Best of the bunch has to be Lucio Fulchi's Zombie (Zombie flesh eaters in UK) All the George Romero zombie flicks are fantasic.

If it is gore which floats your boat you can't beat the japanese Guinea Pig series Number 2 "Flower of flesh and blood" Is probably the best known and is even 20 years after it's release a special FX master piece.
Also worth a look is a german film called "Premutos: Lord of the living dead"
it's stupidly long 3 some hours but has a finale with a tank used to mash Zombies and has a body count clock at the end (139) if you are wondering.

If you want to dip your toes into old school horror check out "The Haunting" 1963 and "The Legend of hell house" 1973

For the hardcore gore/exploitation fan look up anything by director Herschell Gordon Lewis, the inventor of the gory horror movie.

[BakerBonce]

Britt Ekland! The Wicker Man!

[Boripiomi]

True true, The Wickerman is a classic.
I have used it to demonstrate traditional British culture on a couple of occasions.
Who would have thought that a man called Edward Woodwood would burn well?
Another movie along these lines is Horror Hotel starring Christoper Lee (Forsooth a God amongst men) I have heard that a Wickerman Sequel called "Mayday" is in production, Yay!!!!

Rookie walks off singing "The Landlords Daughter"

[Chiquita]

Hahahaha...they are making a remake of the wicker man...hmmmnnnn

Still...here's another one thats good, The Thing (John Carpenter Remake). Now there's fucking good SFX. Realistic and creepy...not like that CGI crap today.

The other Carpenter movie I liked was The People Under the Stairs.

[fkisjjdhh]

From what i understand "Mayday" Will be a straight sequel rather than a remake. People under the stairs was Wes Craven (Hills have eyes, A nightmare on elm St.)
Carpenter's The Thing is very cool but i am still a fan of the original "Thing from another world" I especially like how they kill the alien at the end with help from the token woman, MAN turns to WOMAN:"So how do we kill a vegetable?" Woman:"You cook it!"
Another classic like that one is "The Crawling Eye" A group of scientists up a mountian are attacked by giant alien eye balls, Very cool.

Another worth a watch is Tobe Hooper's (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergiest) Lifeforce.

[CitsMoise17]

1.- The Wicker Man
2.- IT


It scares the crap out of me still.
28 Days later was a brilliant movie, it was very well made and the soundtrack was spot on as it contained a track from one of my favourite bands: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which sadly is no on the official soundtrack CD.


I saw Silent Hill, I loved it, but as a caveat, I love thrashy horor movies, and this is basically a high budget thrashy horror movie. Sean Bean was brilliant as usual, but the others should take acting lessons. Pyramid Head was awesome though.

[gymnAnemoe]

Another worth a watch is Tobe Hooper's (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergiest) Lifeforce.

Vampires from space! Their ship hiding in the tail of Haley's Comet! Brilliant film...and that naked chick helps tons too...hahahahaha

[xqkAY7Lg]

1. "The Grudge" (US. version)

japanese version is way scarier. and less american. same goes for ring
theres just something sinister about small children, but japanese ones in particular

[Equackasous]

The original Texas Chainsaw Muppetshow was shite. I watched it a few years ago when it was re-released. The first 30 minutes were intense but the rest was hilarious.

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Wicker Man
Wrong Turn
The Shining

All excellent, but none of them have me laying dog's eggs like Michael Myers and that bloody mask o' his... and that creepy music...

Original 1978 Trailer - wait for the music to kick in...

No special effects required here

[Wachearex]

The Shining is MUCH better as a book

[endulundaSauh]

The Thing -John Carpenter version
Aliens

[FilmCriticAwezume]

28 days later started strong then got all pants would have been much better as a Dr Who episode.

Word. Awooga Guy liked this film a lot, but it was flawed. The first half was way better than the second half. Will be interesting to see the sequel.



That is all.

[Cyzkrahu]

The Exorcist still creeps me out. For some strange reason, I find those "sublimal" cuts to the demon face to be really chilling:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/charlie-e...dy_800x600.jpg
If you look at a still of that image, it's obviously just actor, Jason Miller with his face crudely painted, but the way it's edited into the film is somehow unsettling.

The unholy trinity of 70s devil films is rounded out by "Rosemary's Baby" ("What have you done to it's eyes!?") and The Omen--both pretty scary, d'apres moi.

The first two Romero "Dead" films have some moments of inspired, nihilistic terror.

I've heard "Canniobal Holocaust" is worth checking out. Haven't seen it anywhere yet, though.

Also:

Don't Look Now (mainly for the last scene)
The Thing (remake)
Alien (original)
Audition
A large portion of Cronenberg's 70s and 80s output.

The American version of The Ring left me a bit spooked. Many people insist that the original is scarier, but I think it sepends on which one you see first.

The 1970s (still the scariest film decade, pound for pound) produced a few suspense films which sustain a very unnerving atmosphere. Notably, Alan J. Pakula's "paranoid" thrillers, "The Parallax View," and "Klute," as well as Copolla's "The Conversation." While not technically horror films, they are tense, claustrophobic affairs which are at times scarier that more conventional shock-oriented films. At least I think so.

Found this list online: http://www.filmsite.org/scariestscenes1.html. Interesting.

[bjacogaerllyo]

All excellent, but none of them have me laying dog's eggs like Michael Myers and that bloody mask o' his... and that creepy music...

Another testament to Carpenter`s auteurism was that he himself wrote the music for Halloween and several of his other films. The legendary Ennio Morricone would take over composing duties "The Thing," though.

Also, or anyone who hasn't seen Halloween since back in the day, I recommended watching a restored DVD version with due haste. It's actually a beautifully shot film.

[gamblingstats]

i am very surprised no one has mentioned "Saw" and "Saw II" that puppet made me stay awake for 5 days (atleast) dolls/puppets creap me out

[Jadykeery]

Q1: I dont know, scary movies dont really scare anymore.
Q2: Jason Movies still kinda freak me out. The older ones, not the Jason X and Jason vs. Freddy crap that has come out recently.

[dwestemesse]

i am very surprised no one has mentioned "Saw" and "Saw II" that puppet made me stay awake for 5 days (atleast) dolls/puppets creap me out

The Saw films didn't really scare me but they did make me squeamish. Especially the start of the second one where your man has to get the key from behind his eyeball with a rusty scalpel. Every time the blade got close to his eye, I did a full body cringe.