scotty g
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 10:59 AM |
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What Horror film can you recommend
hi all,
i'm having a bit of a trawl through ebay looking to build my horror DVD collection.
what would you recommend.
I don't like ones like Nightmare on elm st, friday 13th etc, endless sequals with identicle plots. yawn!
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Tim 45
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:12 AM |
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The original SAW and Hostel would be good ones to start with.
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scootz
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:21 AM |
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Classic Horror? Gotta put The Shining on your list. Slow burn, but great film.
Modern Day? Quite liked The Descent... very claustrophobic.
Afraid I'm not into the 'Gore-Porn' genre (Saw / Hostel, etc). Seen them both and whilst I admit that they both had great potential
as concepts, the directors ultimately lacked the talent to ramp up the suspension and relied purely on Gore CGI.
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Benzine
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:32 AM |
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Really low budget, so-so-bad-it's-good:
Camp blood
Mr Ice Cream Man
Horrific disturbing horror:
Men behind the sun (most disturbing film i've ever seen)
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mookaloid
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:42 AM |
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Not a fan of horror movies myself, but anything with Kate Beckinsale in it works for me - underworld etc 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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thunderace
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:43 AM |
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saw is one of the best films i have ever seen (with the name saw i was thinking it would have been crap )
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scotty g
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:49 AM |
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I quite liked Saw, good twist.
hostel, crap didn't like it at all
The Descent, one of my all time favs.
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ricklawn
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 11:52 AM |
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remember a film i watched mid 80's called bogey man. set on a farm i think , something to do with a mirror. i was only about 13 at the time.
good film.
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MattCraneCustoms
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 12:23 PM |
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the original 'of the dead' series by george romero are classics, especially with some of the subplots. Plus its were the zombie genre
began
Regards
Matt
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Aboardman
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 12:29 PM |
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what about a car related one
Christine.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 12:34 PM |
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House of wax
The ring
The ring 2
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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dave1888
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 12:40 PM |
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The Descent and The Ring, bloody scary films.
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RazMan
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 12:44 PM |
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The Ring was good - a similar(ish) one is The Grudge. There's something different about Japanese directed / produced films
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Gav
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 01:22 PM |
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Event Horizon is an absolute classic.
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nathanharris1987
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 01:25 PM |
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candyman
the thing
they scared the poo out of me
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Catpuss
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 02:50 PM |
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Hostel was OK.
The Thing is a classic. I also really like Christine, Event Horizon & one of my favourites is the original black and white The Haunting (the
remake that was a bit crap).
The Cube is quite good as a sort of horror, though 2 & 0 were not brilliant.
For Japanese stuff (they are the masters of Horror these days). The original Ring series & The Audition are rather good. Japanese films do muted
colours and with subtitles I find they focus me on the screen much more.
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 03:19 PM |
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Phantasm. Just watch out for the silver balls.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Avoneer
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 03:19 PM |
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28 Days Later did it for me.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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MattCraneCustoms
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 03:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
The Grudge / There's something different about Japanese directed / produced films
I'd have said there was something about Sarah Michelle Gellar . . . . 28 Days and Weeks later both awesome, and event horizon scared the poo out
of me when I was a kid. . the hitcher is also a classic, but i thats more of a psychological horror
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The Great Fandango
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 04:59 PM |
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28 Days Later
Interesting concept. One of my favourites. An absolute MUST to see although a bit of a crap ending (has anyone seen its sequel yet? - I haven't
but heard it's not that good)
Wolf Creek
More thriller than horror based (VERY LOOSELY) on the Peter Falconio case in Australia. Lots of "no! don't do that" moments!
Pet Cemetary
A classic that used to scare the crap out of me in my early teens
Dawn of The Dead
The 2004 re-make was a particularly good film. I always watch this one when I'm bored and it reminds me of the classic 1978 original (and a good
spooky party I went to back in 2004)
The Fog
The 1979 original was blimin' scarey!
The Ring
Plenty of jumpy and "no! don't do that!" moments
Alien & Aliens
Classic space monsters action. Aliens has more of a hint of hard-ass soldiers kicking alien butt.
Breakdown
A less well known Kurt Russell low-budget film. More a thriller. Wife gets kidnapped, good case of revenge.
Stir of Echoes
Kevin Bacon. Great film. Again not that much of a horror but a bit on the creepy side.
Any of the Poltergeist Series
Saw
Nice concept. Good film all the way through. You remember when "Seven" was considered the most shocking film?... This is simply one step
and several years further on. Saw II was a complete flop.
THIS IS BUGGING ME NOW...
I can't remember the name of an old (but filmed in colour) horror film set in world war II. A bunch of Nazi's occupy a small mountain
village as presumably they've found a cave with treasures inside. Things start happening... That's all I can remember - watched it ages
ago. Remember it being a great film though!
This is a good website I found : -
Top 100 Horror Films
He Who Dies With The Most Toys Dies The Happiest
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meany
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 05:24 PM |
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ill second,
1.The Descent
2.Hostel.
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coozer
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 05:35 PM |
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Ichi the Killer..
Great Japanese movie thats pretty scary in places, gory and downright funny in others...
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 05:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
I quite liked Saw, good twist.
hostel, crap didn't like it at all
The Descent, one of my all time favs.
Another vote for the Decent.
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joneh
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 06:19 PM |
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The Fog. I remember that one scaring the sh!t out of me when I was younger.
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RazMan
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| posted on 18/8/07 at 09:45 PM |
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Totally OT but I've just finished watching 'Wild Hogs' I havent laughed so much in ages
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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