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Your 5 Favorite Horror Movies Ever

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The Omen
The Exorcist
Night of the Living Dead
Rosemary's Baby
The Strangers

Honorable Mention:
Nightmare on Elm Street (as a collective. Freddy is my favorite villian. If I had to choose one, it would be New Nightmare).
The Wicker Man
What Lies Beneath
Paranormal Activity
Evil Dead Trilogy (Ash is just too good a character.)

Discuss
 
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Can't only do 5,

1. Session 9
2. REC
3. The Exorcist
4. The Ring
5. Martyrs
6. The Descent
7. 28 Days Later
8. Blair Witch Project
9. High Tension
10. The Beyond
 
The Exorcist
The Thing (1982 version)
Dawn Of The Dead (the original, though the remake was good)
Alien
Bram Stoker's Dracula

I kept out a lot of the comedies (like Return of the Living Dead, Evil Dead 2, Shaun Of The Dead, etc...) because they aren't really horror flicks. All of the above are legitimate horror flicks except for Dracula, which is really just more of a feast for the eyes that I can't resist.
 
Jaws! *hits head* Totally slipped my mind. Replace Dracula with Jaws in my list
 
tsywake said:
Never seen it, but I've heard great things.
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Those three - Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), The Omen (1976) - saved the credibility of the horror genre from the slasher movement (Slashers have their place when done correctly, but a large majority were/are crap). They are arguably three of the most influential horror movies of all time, and should be watched by anyone who appreciates horror film.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
Can't only do 5,

1. Session 9
2. REC
3. The Exorcist
4. The Ring5. Martyrs
6. The Descent7. 28 Days Later
8. Blair Witch Project
9. High Tension
10. The Beyond
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The Ring and Scream, in the context of when they were released were such refreshing films. Scream is really underrated, IMO.

I watched The Descent while I was working as an Outdoor Educator at a camp, and we had to lead kids on caving trips. I am 6'2" 235-250ish, and I am not crazy about small spaces. That move does a great job of exploring claustrophia as a cinematic tool.
 
1) Jeepers Creepers

2) Alien

3) Halloween

4) The Thing ( 1951 b&w original )

5) IT !
 
Hondo said:
5) IT !
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They all float down here!!
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I've only seen 5, I think, in my life... so here's the list in the order that I liked all the scary movies I've ever seen (I don't watch them unless I have to, except for the Shining because I love that movie).

1. The Shining
2. The Exorcist
3. Jaws
4. The Grudge (I still don't like attics with drop-down ladders, and I saw that movie 10 years ago)
5. ...I can't remember if I've seen a 5th that's worth putting up.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
Those three - Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), The Omen (1976) - saved the credibility of the horror genre from the slasher movement (Slashers have their place when done correctly, but a large majority were/are crap). They are arguably three of the most influential horror movies of all time, and should be watched by anyone who appreciates horror film.
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The slasher genre really didn't start up until the late 70s, early 80s though.
 
EatLeadCommie said:
The slasher genre really didn't start up until the late 70s, early 80s though.
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Not true. They saw most of their success during that time, but they started up in the early 1960s by guys like Herschell Gordon Lewis.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
The Ring and Scream, in the context of when they were released were such refreshing films. Scream is really underrated, IMO.

I watched The Descent while I was working as an Outdoor Educator at a camp, and we had to lead kids on caving trips. I am 6'2" 235-250ish, and I am not crazy about small spaces. That move does a great job of exploring claustrophia as a cinematic tool.[/QUOTE]

This is the most underrated horror movie I can think of. Mostly for the same reasons you mentioned. I'm slightly claustrophic, just in the sense that I'm kind of tense and uncomfortable in close quarters and the camera angles and the claustrophic feel of the movie were the most frightening parts to me.
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28 Days Later

...and...

...um...

I don't really like horror movies.
 
1. The Shining
2. The Strangers
3. Disturbia
4. The Omen
5. The Exorcist

HM: Timber Falls
 
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