Yo Peeps You can either list down ten (10) or less (OK we can allocate a few more if you really can't leave them out of your list) of your TOP favourite HORROR films or list them down with an explanation/review of why they are your favourites. They need not be 'SCARY' to qualify as your favourite horror movie, just need to be classified in that genre. It could even be a funny horror flick! If you are able to, please supply some information about the movies you have listed, particularly if they are not so well-known or if they are Asian made (for eg. The Ring (Japanese), Tale of Two Sisters (Korean) The Eye (Hong Kong)). Thank you. I'll start the ball rolling! 1. Nightmare on Elm Street series (i found II was the scariest) -Freddy was every child's nightmare! 2. The Exorcist - Regan with her devilish, twisted face and demonic voice... 3. Evil Dead (and the zombie series) - I know they are SLOW, but they used to scare me like mad even though they are just WALKING towards you... 4. The Ring (Japanese version) - that creepy crawling long-haired girl walking right at u and crawling out of the TV! 5. Ju On the Grudge series (Japanese version) ( i found II the scariest too lol) - creepy crawling long-haired girl AGAIN with the static sound climbing down the stairs... n u just frozen to death...even though the door's beside u. 6. Stephen King's The Shining (telemovie) - I just love that buck-teethed kid! 7. Stephen King's IT - Ur friendly neighbourhood clown... 8. Jaws - we are gonna need a bigger boat! 9. Saw series ( II sucked... I & III rock) 10. Mr. Vampire I and IV and other vampire flicks starring Lam Ching Ying (Hong Kong) And a few more... Silver Bullet - Stephen King Creepshow - Stephen King Underworld I & II Interview with the Vampire Reincarnation aka Rinne (Japanese) LOREEN66's list Army of Darkness (the evil dead III not scary, but funny) The Eye Nightmare on Elm Street Tales of Two Sisters Hellraiser The Ring Halloween Carrie (1976 version) Child's Play The Amityville Horror LOREEN66's additional list (cheating ) Shutter Darkness Falls Texas Chainsaw Massacre Dark Water Pet Sematary Wishing Stairs Leprechaun 1-3 (the space and the one in the hood was just too hilarious lol) The Blob Creepshow Stir of Echoes HIAKE's list The Shining -- just because that flooding blood from an elevator is a CLASSIC, hands down. IT -- it's creepy beyond any belief, and yeah, don't watch the last 10 minutes, it's going to spoil the greatness of the film The Bird -- It's a nightmarish fest... Rosemary's Baby -- Creepy, and together with the social tie-in (depression and satanism), plus Mia Farrow is queen. The Omen (original) -- Grimm reaper? Creepy child with piercing stare? So many later films referenced it... And yeah, the remake sucked, in case it needs clarifying. Saw -- I think it brought about the trend of torture games =_=b Nightmare on Elm Street and/or Halloween -- it's the never-ending horror series, I am not sure which one I like better... They've both have their hits and misses... 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead just because they were the best zombie film/parody I've seen in recent years. Alien Cube ECKO's list (if we can call it that) Hellraiser TAXLOSS's list 1. Child's Play 2. Dolls (1987) 3. The Doll Master (Korean) 4. Un Chien Andalou (Luis Buñuel, a short surrealistic film but it has a scene where a woman's eyeball is cut open with a razor...) 5. HK Vampire films from the 80's (dunno the titles) 6. The Omen (the original) 7. H (Korean) 8. Leprechaun 9. The Eye (HK) 10. Saw TWELVEDECK's list The Evil Dead The Thing Saw Poltergeist Exorcist Misery Night Of The Living Dead Dawn Of The Dead Cannibal Ferox The Sixth Sense Faces of Death (documentary) UNDEREMPLOYED's list Audition Suicide Club Tale of two sisters Doll Master Ju-On One Missed Call Omen Exorcist Untold Story I CASSHERN's list 1. Sixth Sense 2. The Exorcist (hella funny) 3. Silence of the Lambs 4. The Shining 5. Battle Royale 1 & 2 6. The Eye 1 & 2 7. The Talented Mr. Ripley 8. Tale of Two Sisters 9. Rosemary's Baby 10. Saw PHILOSTRATE's list SAW-my favourites wrong turn cannibal holocaust house of 1000 corpse the hills have eyes the shutter - thai horror the hostel-how ppl especially rich men pay to torture the person he/she hates the descent-a group of girls targeted by unknown creatures in the cave house of wax evil dead JUN'S list Ju-on series Ringu series Exorcist Child's Play Puppet Master series Body Snatchers One Missed Call Critters series Tale of Two Sisters Innocent Blood QABAJJAR329362's list Arachnophobia PHOENIXGIRL16's list 1. Ju-On 2. Ring 3. The Eye 4. Tale of Two Sisters 5. Darkness Falls 6. Nightmare on Elm Street 7. The Shining 8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (sp?) 9. Tokyo Pyscho 10. Exorcist: The beginning PIRO'S list 1. The Eye 2. Ichi The Killer 3. Shutter 4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974 and 2003 too) 5. Tale of Two Sisters 6. Dead End 7.The Descent 8.Art of the Devil (1, 2) 9. The Cello 10. Phone (aka Pon) ANCHUCHU's list 1 - Child's Play 2 - The Doll Master 3 - A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 - Saw 5 - Hostel 6 - Dumplings 7 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre 8 - The Eye 9 - IT 10 - The Hills Have Eyes ROYCCK's list 1) Ju-on Trilogy 2) The Exorcist's Trilogy 3) Evil Dead Trilogy 4) The Ring (Japan) 5) The Eye 6) Shutter (Thailand) 7) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 8) House On Haunted Hill Remake 9) Omen (Original) 10) Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (Hong Kong) YAKUZANINJA's list The Beyond (1981) Suspiria (1977) The Thing (1982) The Fog (1980) Videodrome (1983) Gin gwai (2002) Jaws (1975) The Exorcist (1973) Alien (1979) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Yeah well u know, we horror fans could go forever listing about fav. horror movies... so ten would be the limit. Pick ur most fav. of fav.!
Army of darkness (the evil dead III not scary, but funny) The eye Nightmare on elm street Tales of two sister Hellraiser The ring Holloween Carrie (1976 version) Child's play The Amityville Horror There's more XD
Can't really gather 10 right off the top of my head, but the following WOULD be on the list: Kubrick's Shining -- just because that flooding blood from an elevator is a CLASSIC, hands down. IT -- it's creepy beyond any belief, and yeah, don't watch the last 10 minutes, it's going to spoil the greatness of the film The Bird -- It's a nightmarish fest... Rosemary's Baby -- Creepy, and together with the social tie-in (depression and satanism), plus Mia Farrow is queen. The Omen (original) -- Grimm reaper? Creepy child with piercing stare? So many later films referenced it... And yeah, the remake sucked, in case it needs clarifying. Saw -- I think it brought about the trend of torture games =_=b Nightmare on Elm Street and/or Halloween -- it's the never-ending horror series, I am not sure which one I like better... They've both have their hits and misses... And for good measure, I am going to throw in 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead just because they were the best zombie film/parody I've seen in recent years. I am having difficulties thinking up recent classics, though Saw is as close to it as it can be, but I am not sure if I like it enough... I am VERY tempted to put in Alien and Cube but I highly doubt that they are classified as strictly horror... @_@b
Since there are so many horror fans gathered in this thread, I have a film search (since I forgot the name of the horror film =_=b stupid me): I remember little detail, but the story should be about a family with a son and a young daughter (I think). There's malicious supernatural beings. There's a shaman (who helps the family) living nearby. And one of the "horror" moments is when the son, who has braces, got wires coming/growing out from his mouth. That's nearly all I remeber, any thoughts? I am sure there's someone here who have seen this film >_< I kept on thinking and thinking but its title just eludes me TT_TT
Great, another down for my summer to-watch list In that case I think I liked Poltergeist after all But really need to re-watch it to refresh my passion (<- it sounds wrong... somehow -tongue2)
I am pretty sure i have watched poltergeist II before when i was young... but i am gonna catch it again since u peeps decribed it so cool Lol. Oh yeah n the IT ending sucked eh? I agree too. Stephen king seems to have problems with ending sometimes. Do check out the telemovie version of the Shining.. the kid's pretty good. Speakin of a recent zombie-like movie, i thought Pulse was good. I kinda liked the idea in Stay Alive too. U play a game, u die in the game u die for real...
Ah i have watched all the above that u have listed except for Cube and the Bird but i can't really remember Rosemary's Baby and the Omen anymore... watched the remake of Omen recently but it sucked eh? Dont' forget Friday the 13th if u r gonna list down ur fav. hack and slash movies Sometime ago they made one called Freddy vs Jason lol. I like Shaun of the dead too! It's so funny yet there are scenes which are quite sad at the same time... coz i don't usually expect a character to die in a funny film! I think the hero's friend got caught n eaten if i am not mistaken.
I liked the idea of Staying alive, but Pulse was disappointing at best (and it doesn't help that I don't like Kristen Bell a la Veronica Mars) The Japanese original Kairo was a totally different story, but I can't say if Kairo is better than Pulse @_@ It got a very different narration and plot... I saw a film called Retribution (Japanese, no idea of its original name) and it was quite good.. And Recycle, another feat from Pang brothers starring Angelica Lee, is quite chilling (alas, the ending is somewhat iffy) Cube was very well made, the concept is brilliant (but the same cannot be said of its sequels...) Not into Friday the 13th somehow, I guess it has something to do with my obsession with the number 13 (uncomfortable) Shaun of the Dead was like genre play, parodied all the stereotype and archetypes. The ending was kind of abrupt... and the punch line was fantastic.
Oh why do u find Pulse disappointing? because of the open-ended ending? I especially find that scene in the laundry room scary.
I didn't like it because I think they cannot be as stupid as to have a working mobile on that stupid car =_=b Plus I didn't like the anti-social stance of the "cursed" people, they are not anti-social, they are in despair (from what I understand), wasn't illustrated very well IMO. And yeah, Kristen Bell being the very annoying protagonist doesn't help zip. But it's the usual thing for me (to not like the protagonist)
Ah i c..this is off-topic by the way but there's this book by Stephen King, The Cell. I like it too. i thought it was very similar to Pulse.. and was wondering who copied whom
No clue, but then Kairo the Japanese original of Pulse had been around for a while (not as old as Ringu and Ju-on, of course)... But I've read it and it does send creeps... @_@
