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ole-the-first 
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 Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:04 |
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I'm not too familiar with the horror genre, but I did enjoy Nosferatu. |
Which one? The expressionist classic by F.W. Murnau or an excellent remake by Werner Herzog starring Klaus Kinski?
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:09 |
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Both are awesome. The atmosphere of Herzog's one is for me the perfect of any vampyre movie ever.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:11 |
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:13 |
Jaws Texas Chainsaw, original only. Alien Exorcist Omen Shining
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:21 |
For me, F.W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' has cult imagery, but Hwener Herzog's film has just killing acting from Klaus Kinski, fantastic Popol Vuh soundtrack, and very beatiful Gothic landscapes as well. And so Isabelle Adjani is quite pretty as well 
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Omen |
 A very atmospheric movie.
As for past 30 years, my favourite horror movies would be:
-Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (a criminally underappreciated prequel/sequel to Twin Peaks TV series)
-Jacob's Ladder
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:29 |
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Carry on Screaming.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:36 |
Many good 'modern' films already mentioned ( Shining, Omen, Alien, Exorcist,..) ; I grew up with the old black and white ones (Dracula, Mummy, Wolfman, Creature From The Black lagoon...etc..) so I have a soft spot for those . One of my favorites was The Haunting ..more atmospheric ghost story than horror but I was only 12 when I saw it and it scared me plenty.
Need to mention a creepy director named Cronenberg who made several very unsettling films:
Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly...
Edited by dr wu23 - April 11 2014 at 22:54
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The original The Haunting is a great movie. The remake is such a calamity...
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:54 |
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Does 'Shaun of the Dead' count as a horror movie?
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 15:03 |
The T wrote:
The original The Haunting is a great movie. The remake is such a calamity... |
Yes, probably because everything was in the suspense because the more you show to the audience, the less horrifying it is.
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ole-the-first
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 15:22 |
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Yes, probably because everything was in the suspense because the more you show to the audience, the less horrifying it is.
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I've recently watched Jacques Tourneur's 'Night of the Demon', and here is a strange point: despite of quite chesy shots featuring the demon itself in the beginning, this movie still holds some excellent suspense. Actually Tourneur never wanted to show the evil power of any kind in that movie, but Columbia Pictures forced him to include those shots. The movie is excellent, btw. Even despite of all the cheesiness of the demon. It's based on a story by M.R. James and it shows really well the very atmosphere of James' fiction. Tourneur was definitely an extremely talented director, his film noir 'Out of the Past' is one of the greatest in the whole noir genre. Perhaps only 'Sunset Blvd,' surpasses it.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 15:40 |
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The Omen and the Exorcist are tops for me (as far as baddies go, how can you upstage the Devil himself?)
Honorable mentions:
The Shining (Jack Nicholson is the only thing that spoils it for me)
Carrie
Braindead Peter Jackson's piss-take of several genres, it's jaw droppingly brilliant and funny)
Hellbound (the second of the Hellraiser franchise but this time directed by Tony Randel)
Eraserhead (not sure this counts as horror?)
The Devils (Ken Russell's take on the medieval witch hunts)
The Tenant (Roman Polanski)
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Edited by ExittheLemming - April 11 2014 at 18:06
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 15:45 |
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The Devils (Ken Russell's take on the medieval witch hunts)
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'Twas a superior movie, but I would count it more as a historical drama, despite of all the blood and gore inside.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 15:52 |
ole-the-first wrote:
rdtprog wrote:
Yes, probably because everything was in the suspense because the more you show to the audience, the less horrifying it is.
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I've recently watched Jacques Tourneur's 'Night of the Demon', and here is a strange point: despite of quite chesy shots featuring the demon itself in the beginning, this movie still holds some excellent suspense.
Actually Tourneur never wanted to show the evil power of any kind in that movie, but Columbia Pictures forced him to include those shots.
The movie is excellent, btw. Even despite of all the cheesiness of the demon. It's based on a story by M.R. James and it shows really well the very atmosphere of James' fiction.
Tourneur was definitely an extremely talented director, his film noir 'Out of the Past' is one of the greatest in the whole noir genre. Perhaps only 'Sunset Blvd,' surpasses it.
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Just watched that on the Tube, looks scary, just by listening to the movie soundtrack.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 16:14 |
Not a fan of the genre but this 1988 Dutch film is pretty disturbing. But don't get the later American remake, it sucks. 
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 16:42 |
I'm a big fan of mostly old school British horror. Some favourites are:The Devil Rides Out Blood on Satan's Claw (very atmospheric rural horror, almost like a movie version of First Utterance by Comus). The Exorcist Night of the Demon Black Sunday Vampire Lovers (this might not be strictly for the horror content) Inferno (great Keith Emerson soundtrack) The Innocents The Haunting The Woman In Black (the very creepy original TV film version)
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 16:48 |
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Event Horizon merits mention,even though it might be classified as sci-fi horror,pretty creepy though.True the Shining is the epitome of horror movies.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 16:51 |
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Another sci-fi horror film worth a mention is Pandorum.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 17:08 |
ole-the-first wrote:
ExittheLemming wrote:
The Devils (Ken Russell's take on the medieval witch hunts)
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'Twas a superior movie, but I would count it more as a historical drama, despite of all the blood and gore inside.
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Yeah probably, it's just that it pops up on many of those Best Horror Movie lists on the internet from time to time
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 17:09 |
I'm a sucker for horror. I'll watch anything, no matter how good or bad it is.
I'd have to say Hellraiser or The Brood (with other Cronenberg movies as close contestants). I'm not into most classics, so ... .
I want to see In My Skin. Looks like a promising treat. "Body horror" is what I'm into.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - April 11 2014 at 17:14
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