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Rihanna 
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 06:24 |
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I say The Shining. Very good movie.
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 06:26 |
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I agree, The Shining is probably my favourote horror film.
The Ring (Japanese version) is also excellent, and The Exorcist should get a mention too.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 06:35 |
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I have to confess, even if it's a bit cheez-ball by today's standards, 'The Evil Dead' (part 1) or 'Deathship' are my fond faves. Love 'The Ring' as well.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 06:41 |
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Ring for me, definitely.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 06:59 |
Exorcist, of course (even though a little dated by today's standards); still one of the great disturbing movies. The remake of Amityville Horror, for me at least, is an excellent film (generally not one I'll watch alone  ) What Lies Beneath - well made & excellently acted The Devils Backbone (early Del-Toro movie) - more supernatural than horror, but still well worth a look
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 07:37 |
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The Shining would be my usual pick too. Also The Wicker Man (with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee), Baxter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Omen (1976), Alien, and Videodrome are some others that spring to mind.
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 07:50 |
 Logan wrote:
The Shining would be my usual pick too. Also The Wicker Man (with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee), Baxter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Omen (1976), Alien, and Videodrome are some others that spring to mind. |
Ah yes, The Wicker Man is classic. Very disturbing.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 08:06 |
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I'll have to go with an old classic, The Devil Rides Out.
For sci-fi horror Alien would be right up there.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 08:12 |
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Definitely The Shinning. If we had to talk about a more "pure" horror film then Halloween.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 08:22 |
Nosferatu 1922.
Anything Hammer especially with Lee or Cushing.
I love horror. (not stupid torture-porn like Saw or Hostel though). I have loved it since I was a very young child. My favorite character of all fiction characters is a horror character.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 08:23 |
Blacksword wrote:
Logan wrote:
The Shining would be my usual pick too. Also The Wicker Man (with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee), Baxter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Omen (1976), Alien, and Videodrome are some others that spring to mind. |
Ah yes, The Wicker Man is classic. Very disturbing. |
Though I find the original Wicker Man a remarkable film (not the atrocious "not the bees!!" remake), I never understood its belonging to the horror genre.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 08:24 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Exorcist, of course (even though a little dated by today's standards); still one of the great disturbing movies.
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If you ever muster the courage to watch the second Exorcist, then you'll watch something really... disturbing.. in a different way 
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 08:34 |
The T wrote:
Nosferatu 1922.
Anything Hammer especially with Lee or Cushing.
I love horror. (not stupid torture-porn like Saw or Hostel though). I have loved it since I was a very young child. My favorite character of all fiction characters is a horror character. |
Completely agree! I would also include the Shining (which ironically Stephen King cannot stand) the Exorcist and the first Halloween movie. But, I love those old Hammer films the best. The first Halloween movie, although excellent, was unfortunately also the beginning of the cheesy slasher movies that would dominate the 80s.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 09:18 |
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 09:21 |
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any of the hammer house of horrors movies.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 09:23 |
Prog 74 wrote:
The first Halloween movie, although excellent, was unfortunately also the beginning of the cheesy slasher movies that would dominate the 80s |
This is true, although the original Friday The 13th is something of a classic in its own right; shame about the 97 sequels. One series I do like (despite its many detractors) is the Hellraiser movies - Clive Barker created a totally new mythos there which was visualised to a greater or lesser extent in the 1st 3 films (after which it was a case of ever decreasing returns); often wonder what he could have done with a larger budget. Another of Barker's well worth seeing is Nightbreed (from his book, Cabal)
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 12:13 |
Hard to beat the Shining. The Exorcist and the Wicker Man are also creepy classics done right. I'm surprised nobody at least mentioned Psycho. The original the Thing was pretty good too, also Freaks which was pretty shocking for its time. Does Deliverance count as a horror movie? This should be a poll.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 13:44 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Prog 74 wrote:
The first Halloween movie, although excellent, was unfortunately also the beginning of the cheesy slasher movies that would dominate the 80s |
This is true, although the original Friday The 13th is something of a classic in its own right; shame about the 97 sequels.
One series I do like (despite its many detractors) is the Hellraiser movies - Clive Barker created a totally new mythos there which was visualised to a greater or lesser extent in the 1st 3 films (after which it was a case of ever decreasing returns); often wonder what he could have done with a larger budget.
Another of Barker's well worth seeing is Nightbreed (from his book, Cabal) |
Hellraiser is excellent, I gave up after seeing Hellbound and have never seen the other seven films in the series.
Of all the Barker films Candyman is my favourite, but I guess the Philip Glass soundtrack contributes to its appeal for me.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 13:50 |
I was a little disappointed in Hellraiser, but I saw it too long ago, now that I'm more reasonable a reappraisal is in order.
Helloween is a great horror/slasher movie. And, yes, all Friday theb 13th films are awful and they are all almost exactly the same, but as a child I loved them all (I watched them all) so they have a spot in my heart.
Italian horror (Argento's suspiria its crown) deserves a mention.
I love the Omen (though the ending of part 3 is SO stupid), and The Exorcist series (well, actually only the first one in this case).
Romero's original living dead movies.
Universal horror classics of the 30s-40s
German expressionist cinema of the 20s, a precursor of horror.
But above all, the Count.
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 14:01 |
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I'm not too familiar with the horror genre, but I did enjoy Nosferatu.
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