What is YOUR favorite horror film... and why?

SpiritInterface · Sun May 14, 2006 2:56 am

Phantasm

Reddenedone · Unread post by **Reddenedone** » Sun May 14, 2006 11:00 am

I always liked the Shining and Poltergeist 1 & 2

Ridley · Unread post by **Ridley** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:16 pm

poltergiest was awesome, esspceialy considering how well it has held up over the years.

Freddy vs. Jason was okay, not that great. There is going to be another one, cause the ending is wide open, like AVP

Randomfist · Unread post by **Randomfist** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:44 pm

ash_wednesday wrote:
Geronimo 2.0 wrote:Vincent Price, The Last Man on Earth
Damn skippy! I have that one at home.

Isn't that the movie version of the book, "I am Legend"?

Randomfist · Unread post by **Randomfist** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:59 pm

And unless I missed it, I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Event Horizon" yet.

Denaes · Unread post by **Denaes** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:01 pm

28 Days? Why is there a Drama on the list about drug rehab? Trainspotting was a far scarier rehab movie.

And why is it winning?

I know people find Sandra Bullock scary, but still...

Denaes · Unread post by **Denaes** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:05 pm

My favorites are the Night, Day & Dawn of the dead. The origionals. Just something creepy about an unstoppable crawl of overweaming odds mixed with people going crazy on each other and cracking under the stress.

Night of the Demons scarred the hell out of me when I was young. It's a good low budget movie, decent makeup and best of all, it has good writing. Not shakespear good, but effective "dumb teens in a haunted house summoning demons" writing.

Blair Witch scared the hell out of my when I was like 23. I lived in the woods at the time and I was not happy. My imagination just totally picked up on the movie. Any movie done in a more "gritty" film has always felt scarier to me and for some reason the way it was presented was even scarier... probobly because there was no villain. BW2 was more like softcore porn.

A lot of good movies on the list, but not a lot of scary movies. Hollywood is much more enamoured with suspense or cheap jumps than horror because they can get a lower rating on it and thus more money.

An American Werewolf in London
Sleepy Hollow
Species
Aliens
Blade
The Mummy
Brahm Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Interview With The Vampire

These are great movies, but I wouldn't really say any of them were scary or even meant to be scary. An American Werewolf comes closest, but if half comedy (was that intentional? I always assumed so).

Just having something sci-fi or supernatural in a movie doesn't make it scary. Making it scary is how you present your baddie and the good guys.

Denaes · Unread post by **Denaes** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:52 pm

SpiritInterface wrote:Phantasm

Phantasm was the scariest movie I saw when I was very young... maybe like 5-7. Scared. The. Hell. Out. Of. Me. Still creepy.

Another movie that scared the hell out of me when I was young was Return of the Living Dead. Saw it in a drive through with my parents when I was like 8. Yes, it's too scary for me, so just let me listen to the movie while watching naked people in Roadhouse on another screen.

For years to come, if I were alone for someone and they started groaning "Brains" I would totally freak out.

count zero · Unread post by **count zero** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:38 pm

Denaes wrote:28 Days? Why is there a Drama on the list about drug rehab? Trainspotting was a far scarier rehab movie.

And why is it winning?

I know people find Sandra Bullock scary, but still...

I made a joke about that in, um, August of last year.

count zero wrote:I hate to be a stickler, but the title of the movie in question is 28 Days Later. Released in 2002, and starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, and a bunch of rage-infected chimps.

Unless you meant 28 Days (2000), starring Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Elizabeth Perkins, and Steve Buscemi. It wasn't a horror movie. Pretty horrible, but not horror.

Nice try though.

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Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:40 pm

Misfit KotLD wrote:
count zero wrote:
Denaes wrote:28 Days? Why is there a Drama on the list about drug rehab? Trainspotting was a far scarier rehab movie.

And why is it winning?

I know people find Sandra Bullock scary, but still...

I made a joke about that in, um, August of last year.

count zero wrote:I hate to be a stickler, but the title of the movie in question is 28 Days Later. Released in 2002, and starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, and a bunch of rage-infected chimps.

Unless you meant 28 Days (2000), starring Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Elizabeth Perkins, and Steve Buscemi. It wasn't a horror movie. Pretty horrible, but not horror.

Nice try though.

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Damn, I thought you were KC for a moment...

Glad to see I'm not the only one mixing people up tonight.

Denaes · Unread post by **Denaes** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:20 am

count zero wrote:
Denaes wrote:28 Days? Why is there a Drama on the list about drug rehab? Trainspotting was a far scarier rehab movie.

And why is it winning?

I know people find Sandra Bullock scary, but still...

I made a joke about that in, um, August of last year.

count zero wrote:I hate to be a stickler, but the title of the movie in question is 28 Days Later. Released in 2002, and starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, and a bunch of rage-infected chimps.

Unless you meant 28 Days (2000), starring Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Elizabeth Perkins, and Steve Buscemi. It wasn't a horror movie. Pretty horrible, but not horror.

Nice try though.

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I guess you showed me for not reading all 6 pages of a year old thread

Killer Cyborg · Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:39 pm

Randomfist wrote:And unless I missed it, I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Event Horizon" yet.

It's not worth mentioning.

bigwhitehound · Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:10 pm

Blade. Mainly the first one. I like them for three simple reasons.
1. First time I seen a vampire movie that keeps religion out.
2. First time I saw a science approach to explaining vampires.
3. EDTA= vampires go splat!

Chaos · Unread post by **Chaos** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:40 pm

Horror doesn't scare me much ... Drama on the other hand does :shock:

I voted Grudge but the movie itself doesn't really bother me its the sound "uh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h" that sends chills up my spine :eek:

count zero · Unread post by **count zero** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:02 pm

Legion wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:
Randomfist wrote:And unless I missed it, I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Event Horizon" yet.

It's not worth mentioning.

Noting some of the other crap on the poll, I'd say Event Horizon should have been at least acknowledged. Not very scary, but if you happen to be a fan of some of its cast...

I don't follow. You'd vote for a movie (or include it in the choices), not because of its quality or whether it belongs in the poll, but because you happen to like one or more of the actors appearing in it? Is there some kind of non-logical reasoning attached to your statement that I'm just not picking up on? :erm:

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count zero · Unread post by **count zero** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:25 pm

Legion wrote:
count zero wrote:
Legion wrote:Noting some of the other crap on the poll, I'd say Event Horizon should have been at least acknowledged. Not very scary, but if you happen to be a fan of some of its cast...

I don't follow. You'd vote for a movie (or include it in the choices), not because of its quality or whether it belongs in the poll, but because you happen to like one or more of the actors appearing in it? Is there some kind of non-logical reasoning attached to your statement that I'm just not picking up on? Ø

I don't consider any of the movies on the poll scary.
I do consider a lot on the poll crap.
Event Horizon is a horror movie.
By that virtue it is worthy of mention.
The inclusion of the smiley was meant to be a joke indicating that I, myself, am a fan of some of the actors in the movie.

I hope that helps.

I've been on the boards for almost 6 years, and now I find out a smiley means someone is joking?! Why didn't anyone tell me before?!

No need to be touchy. Just asking for clarification. I'll beg forgiveness on Gallahan's behalf for not including in the poll every single horror movie ever made

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Lord_Dalgard · Unread post by **Lord_Dalgard** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:29 pm

Chello!

I voted for "Halloween"...arguably the best of the slasher films. Ignore the sequels (excpet, maybe, #2).

From a gaming standpoint, "The Mummy" (Brendan Fraser) is THE gaming horror movie.

Tony

Rayven · Unread post by **Rayven** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:50 am

Out of those given, I have to say Sleepy Hollow.

However, I much prefer the following:
From Hell
Serpent and the Rainbow
Hellraiser

and, by far the scariest movie ever....
From Justin to Kelly

count zero · Unread post by **count zero** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:16 pm

Gothic_Ronin wrote:I dont have a problem following his logic at all. I know tons of movies I like just because of the people in them. Event Horizon is not the best horror movie ever made by any means, but the people in it made it much better than it should have been and thats what makes it one if my fav movies.
But then again thats the point of the poll whats Your favorite movies, not what was the best movie ever Lets face it my top 5 favortites arnt even on the list........

Well, all I can say is that you must be more forgiving than me. A movie could be filled with actors that I like and still be painfully bad to watch. Good performances can elevate an otherwise mediocre movie, but no amount of good acting can save a movie that lacks a well-written script, or is directed by a hack, or exists solely as an excuse to blow half the budget on effects.

I'm not quibbling with anyone's affection for "Event Horizon". I thought it was okay; a pretty thin plot, nothing altogether interesting to say, no new territory explored, but creepy in spots. It was a B-movie and wasn't really trying to be something other than that, and I didn't get the feeling the actors were knocking themselves out.

All I'm saying is a mediocre or lousy movie is just that, despite how I feel about any of the actors. A picture doesn't go from crappy to good because simply because of who's in it.

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MASTERMIND · Unread post by **MASTERMIND** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:49 pm

Atramentus wrote:
Herald of Shadow wrote:I was suprised Darkness (Anna Paquin) wasn't on the list. it had my favorite kind of end to a horror movie

Did Darkness ever show in theatres? Just one day out of the blue it was announced on DVD and I was like, have I even seen an ad for it before this and now it's on DVD?

Yeah, my buddy Matt and I saw it in the theaters. The movie was unique but very short of real scares. The only one that even stands out in my mind is when you see one of the blind sisters (or whatever they were) crawling across the ceiling as you notice the sister is no longer in the photograph. I admit we were with a rougher crowd when we saw this movie but we had more people laughing at it than anything else. :/

I voted for The Grudge but I want it to be known I mean the original Japanese version of the movie. It was much lower budget but it did give me good scares and it was much better than the Sarah Michelle Gellar version that released in the U.S.

Colt47 · Unread post by **Colt47** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:39 pm

Ok, my favorite horror movie of all time is John Carpenters The Thing. And might I add, no alien creature has ever been able to match that thing of an alien since. :-D

The thing can mimic any life form it comes into contact with perfectly, and once you are infected, the alien doesn't even let you know that you are it's pawn. You actually think you are still you, and then when it needs support, you become a mindless killing machine. Oh, and the only way to permanently kill the thing is with fire. Lots and lots of fire. Even in a Mega damage setting such as Rifts, it would be incredibly hard to kill. Plus the most minor scratch from the thing is enough to become infected.

MASTERMIND · Unread post by **MASTERMIND** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:55 pm

John Carpenter's The Thing is definitely one of the best horror flicks of all time. I love that film.

Lord_Dalgard · Unread post by **Lord_Dalgard** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:37 am

Chello!

On a realted note, I manage a movie theater and had the extreme displeasure of previewing "Hills Have Eyes 2."

Don't waste your time...it's a waste of time and celluloid.

Tony

MASTERMIND · Unread post by **MASTERMIND** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:39 pm

My friend Matt called me last night and told me the same thing. I will just watch it when it comes out on eyebum.

MASTERMIND · Unread post by **MASTERMIND** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:40 pm

Anyone see The Lost yet? It came out this weekend and is being critiqued as one of the best horror/monster flicks of all time.

Reddenedone · Unread post by **Reddenedone** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:34 pm

The Shining and Poltergeist 1 & 2.

I'm not at all a fan of 'surprise thrillers' where the thing jumps out at ya every 5 minutes (exaggeration). I dislike being startled. I do enjoy the supernatural freaky movies that don't scare the living poop out of me, but I actually find mentally stimulating and entertaining...

On that note... I'm not a big fan of Horror movies at all, but I do like the Horror RPG genre as well as the horror novels that I've read so far.

mumah · Unread post by **mumah** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:05 am

Personally, I'd take Alien over Aliens any day. And isn't 28 Days a Sandra Bullock movie about rehab?

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:13 am

mumah wrote:Personally, I'd take Alien over Aliens any day. And isn't 28 Days a Sandra Bullock movie about rehab?

Yes, 28 Days Later is the Zombie movie....but like 5 people here have seen 28 Days versus like everyone having seen 28 Days Later.

mumah · Unread post by **mumah** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:45 am

Marrowlight wrote:
mumah wrote:Personally, I'd take Alien over Aliens any day. And isn't 28 Days a Sandra Bullock movie about rehab?

Yes, 28 Days Later is the Zombie movie....but like 5 people here have seen 28 Days versus like everyone having seen 28 Days Later.

Personally, I think the Sandra Bullock flick falls into the horror category. I know I was mortified....

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:44 pm

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:44 pm

captramses wrote:
Marrowlight wrote:
mumah wrote:Personally, I'd take Alien over Aliens any day. And isn't 28 Days a Sandra Bullock movie about rehab?

Yes, 28 Days Later is the Zombie movie....but like 5 people here have seen 28 Days versus like everyone having seen 28 Days Later.

Wait I saw that Movie....That was a cool movie....Who found themselves confused by Dr. WHO playing a deranged general????

Prolly fewer people than those wondering why Aragorn was a drugged up pitcher.

Granted, LoTR came out afterwards, but still.

count zero · Unread post by **count zero** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:04 pm

mumah wrote:Personally, I'd take Alien over Aliens any day. And isn't 28 Days a Sandra Bullock movie about rehab?

Marrowlight wrote:Yes, 28 Days Later is the Zombie movie....but like 5 people here have seen 28 Days versus like everyone having seen 28 Days Later.

mumah wrote:Personally, I think the Sandra Bullock flick falls into the horror category. I know I was mortified....

Once again: I remind everyone who the trailblazer was (and is). To wit:

count zero wrote:I hate to be a stickler, but the title of the movie in question is 28 Days Later. Released in 2002, and starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, and a bunch of rage-infected chimps.

Unless you meant 28 Days (2000), starring Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Elizabeth Perkins, and Steve Buscemi. It wasn't a horror movie. Pretty horrible, but not horror. (08 Aug 2005)

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MrMom · Unread post by **MrMom** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:14 pm

I got three words for ya Jamie Lee Curtis.

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:15 pm

captramses wrote:
Marrowlight wrote:
captramses wrote:
Marrowlight wrote:
mumah wrote:Personally, I'd take Alien over Aliens any day. And isn't 28 Days a Sandra Bullock movie about rehab?

Yes, 28 Days Later is the Zombie movie....but like 5 people here have seen 28 Days versus like everyone having seen 28 Days Later.

Wait I saw that Movie....That was a cool movie....Who found themselves confused by Dr. WHO playing a deranged general????

Prolly fewer people than those wondering why Aragorn was a drugged up pitcher.

Granted, LoTR came out afterwards, but still.

You did not like Eragon?? I loved the movie....Different strokes I guess

what?

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:37 pm

Aragorn, Strider, Lord of the Rings.

Gallahan · Unread post by **Gallahan** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:40 am

Well, it's a tie between ALIENS and THE THING!!!! Can we break it?

--Someone out there must have the DECIDING VOTE.

Killer Cyborg · Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:39 am

Mephisto wrote:My personal favorite werewolf movie is Ginger Snaps (really to be considered a full movie, Ginger Snaps 2 has to be included). A fascinating look at werewolf transformation, low budget but two fascinating lead characters.

Ginger Snaps was good, although the end was kind of lame and REALLY dragged out, but I much prefer Silver Bullet as far as werewolf movies go.

Pentoth · Unread post by **Pentoth** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:36 pm

Halloween is the best ever. The story about a 6 year old child so evil he kills his sister and is sequestered into a maximum secure prison. Many years later just before the aniversary of his crime he escapes and goes home to begin stalking a stranger. It's brilliant. (I am only taking the first one and all the after story into account.)

bigbobsr6000 · Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:57 am

Night/Day of the Living Dead the orginal versions. I am biased though I am a Zombie fan old school.

Zombie song:

Chorus:
Man heads, man heads,
rollie-pollie man heads.
Man heads, man heads,
eat them up, yyuuummp!
End Chorus.

You can rip a man head off it's body.
You can then eat its eyes and brains.
Chorus

and then make up your own lines. For those of you who don't know its sung to the tune of: Fish heads

If you know all the lines of that song you are as demented as me :evil:

Big Bob...........................

sasha · Unread post by **sasha** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:41 am

He's a smooth operator.

Wild Turkey Style, doncha know.

bigbobsr6000 · Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:08 pm

Ninjabunny wrote:
bigbobsr6000 wrote:Night/Day of the Living Dead the orginal versions. I am biased though I am a Zombie fan old school.

Zombie song:

Chorus:
Man heads, man heads,
rollie-pollie man heads.
Man heads, man heads,
eat them up, yyuuummp!
End Chorus.

You can rip a man head off it's body.
You can then eat its eyes and brains.
Chorus

and then make up your own lines. For those of you who don't know its sung to the tune of: Fish heads

If you know all the lines of that song you are as demented as me

Big Bob...........................

WAIT A MOMENT YOU SAID THIS IN ANOTHER THREAD!!!

Just spredaing the Zomb......er...uh...Holiday Joy :demon:

Big "undead" Bob.............. Cccooooommmmeeee.......Jjjjiiiiooonnnn......uuusssssss..... :clown:

bigbobsr6000 · Unread post by **bigbobsr6000** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:06 pm

Ninjabunny wrote:*roosters his .22 rifle* Head shots all the way Baby.

Brain splatter. "Oooooo.......That's going to leave a mark. Bet I'll feel that in the morning." :eek:

Big "just plain dead" Bob..............................

Vrykolas2k · Unread post by **Vrykolas2k** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:54 am

The only thing that scared me in The Blaire Witch Project was the chick with the snot-bubbles.

gaby · Unread post by **gaby** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:09 pm

The House on Haunted Hill (1959) was great.

bigbobsr6000 · Unread post by **bigbobsr6000** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:11 pm

Vrykolas2k wrote:The only thing that scared me in The Blaire Witch Project was the chick with the snot-bubbles.

Me too! Hands up all those who had nightmares of giant snot bubbles?? :eek:

bigbobsr6000 · Unread post by **bigbobsr6000** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:12 pm

gaby wrote:The House on Haunted Hill (1959) was great.

One of my top ten horror movies of all times.

Lenwen · Unread post by **Lenwen** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:26 pm

As a child living in the middle of the woods litterally Friday the 13th gave new meaning to the word FEAR . Cant tell you how many times I heard my mom say go play out in the woods or something an I would be thinking R U NUTS !! But as an adult I highly recommend the Original Hellraiser as that is perhaps one of my favorite if not favorite of all horror movies .. I would also like to say that I have ran the whole "thing" styled gamming session an when played as it should be the players are all like what in the world an when the truth comes out thier instantly scared . It was a VERY good gamming session that night lol

-Lenwen.

Gallahan · Unread post by **Gallahan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:17 am

Wow... After all this time... THE THING and ALIENS are tied with only 12 votes each!! Somebody, ANYbody please break this tie.

Killer Cyborg · Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:31 pm

ash_wednesday wrote:
Gallahan wrote:Wow... After all this time... THE THING and ALIENS are tied with only 12 votes each!! Somebody, ANYbody please break this tie.

I don't think there is anyone left to vote.

The Thing ate them.

Armorlord · Unread post by **Armorlord** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:23 pm

*Tie Breaker*

I love Aliens, its true, but I don't think of it as a horror movie as much.
The Thing, now there's some @$&^ed up #$*@.

Ask yourself which situation you'd rather be in? Yea, it's a close decision, but at least xenomorphs will just sneak up on you and kill you horribly, and maybe plant a chestburster- better that than having to worry about your best friend possibly NOT being your best friend and ripping apart and 'eating' you.. or worrying if YOU might be it or if it could be spreading. :shock:

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