Top Ten Favorite Horror Films

[jguthrie]

Hi....I'm new here....I LOVE everything George Romero....I was wondering what everyone's favorite horror films were....mine are---
1. George Romero Dead films....nothing beats the master (and this includes Land)
2. John Carpenter's The Thing...saw this at the drive-in in '82...changed the way I view film
3. The Exorcist....Hell, this film is also one of the best drama's of all time
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.....the original is harrowing...remake sucks ass
5. Phantasm....saw this as a kid in 79-80...scared the **** out of me...boooy!!
6. Halloween....you can't kill the boogeyman...one of Carpenter's two masterworks...
for shame Rob Zombie (slaps him on the wrist)
7. Evil Dead...Loved this as a kid.
8. Suspiria....Argento's best
9. An American Werewolf in London....best werewolf film ever
10. Blair Witch Project....genius exercise in minimalism...best film of the nineties

[3pidemiC]

That's pretty damn hard to pick...


1.) Halloween (1978)
2.) Day of the Dead
3.) Dawn of the Dead
4.) Evil Dead
5.) John Carpenter's The Thing
6.) Halloween II
7.) A Nightmare on Elm Street
8.) Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
9.) Child's Play
10.) Puppet Master

:)

[acealive1]

1. Dawn of the dead ('78)
2. Land of the dead
3. Halloween III: season of the witch
4. Resident Evil
5. Shocker
6. Nightmare on elm street 3: Dream Warriors
7. House
8. Freddy Vs. Jason
9. House on haunted hill (remake)
10. Friday The 13th

[ProfessorChaos]

No particular order:

1. Night of the Living Dead
2. Night of the Living Dead(90)
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. Day of the Dead
5. Halloween
6. Halloween II
7. The Shining
8. Carrie
9. Psycho
10. John Carpenter's The Thing

pretty tough to just pick 10....could name quite a few "honorable mentions", but i'll just leave it at that.

[capncnut]

1. Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
2. The Evil Dead
3. The Exorcist
4. Halloween
5. Night Of THe Living Dead (1968)
6. Phantasm
7. The Thing (1982)
8. Shivers
9. Suspiria
10.The Devil's Rejects

Kinda sketchy really 'cos Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Shining and Nosferatu (1922) should be in there somewhere.

[jdog]

dawn 78
day
the howling
house
phantasm
re-animator
friday the 13th 1,2,3,4,5
critters
may
maniac
that was tough to pick only 10. that was just my fav 10 recently, it changes from time to time

[SRP76]

I don't like many, so I'll just go with 5:

1. Dawn of the Dead (original)
2. Psycho (original)
3. Halloween (original) - Christ, ever notice how EVERYTHING has a damned remake?!
4. Night of the Living Dead (original) - see?!
5. Titanic

[Dommm]

1. Dawn of the dead (orig)
2. Night of the living Dead
3. The thing
4. Halloween
5. Day od the dead
6. Return of the dead
7. Ring (Jap)
8. Grudge 1+2 (Jap)
9. Dark Water (Jap)
10. Omen 2

[bassman]

I know that i've done this in several different threads around here and it's never really the same, but anyway.....In no particular order...

-All of Romero's dead films
-The Thing
-Pyscho
-Alien
-Freaks
-The Shinning
-The Fly(remake)
-Close Encounters of the Third Kind(I know it's not really horror, but I bought it the other day and it still freaks me out)
-An American Werewolf in London
-The Blair Witch Project(sue me, I think it's original)

[EvilNed]

Tough... In no particular order whatsoever:

1. Day of the Dead - The most apocalyptic film I've ever seen.
2. The Thing - My favourite John Carpenter-flick. I love it. Atmospheric as hell.
3. Suspiria - Not that scary, but the filming and the music just kicks so much ass that you just have to love it. Gothic for the win.
4. Ravenous - First time I saw it, it even scared me a bit. Eerie, good plot and atmospheric.
5. Breakfast at the Manchester Morgue - A bit of an untraditional zombieflick that focuses on atmosphere and not gore.
6. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things - See above. I love it for the very same reason.
7. In the Mouth of Madness - One of John Carpenters best. Gothic, I like.
8. Alien - Because it kicks ass and is tense.
9. Funny Games - Bordering on thriller territory, but I find this flick to be truly horrific.
10. The Wolf Man - It's cheesy, but it's very entertaining.

I like horrorfilms that are full of nonsensical gore too. They're just not my favourites. A good plot and tense atmosphere always beats gore in the long run.

[Mike70]

day of the dead
the gorgon
Rosemary's Baby
Legend of Hell House
the Haunting (63)
American Werewolf in London
Son of Frankenstein
the Fog
Dawn of the Dead
the Fall of the House of Usher

[3pidemiC]

It's amazing how many films that we have in common. Considering the sheer amount of horror films out there.

My all-time favorite film is Aliens and I absolutely love the franchise as a whole. Alien is a great film but I guess I just see it as a sci-fi flick even though it technically is horror too. I guess I'm just going by how it's classified at the movie stores. :p

[bassman]

It's amazing how many films that we have in common. Considering the sheer amount of horror films out there.

My all-time favorite film is Aliens and I absolutely love the franchise as a whole. Alien is a great film but I guess I just see it as a sci-fi flick even though it technically is horror too. I guess I'm just going by how it's classified at the movie stores. :p

To me Alien is a horror flick, while Aliens is an action/adventure. Alien 3 tried to go back to the feeling of Alien and Resurrection tried to go back to the feeling of Aliens, but neither accomplished that, IMO.

The new Alien Vs Predator looks badass, though.

[Skippy911sc]

I don't like many, so I'll just go with 5:


5. Titanic

This is Fantastic!!!

LMAO!!!

:D:D:D

You forgot The Postman...

[MikePizzoff]

1. Dawn Of The Dead (of course I mean 1978, you fool!)
2. Poltergeist
3. Halloween I & II
4. A Nightmare On Elm St I & III
5. Friday The 13th I, II, IV
6. The Lost Boys
7. Killer Klowns From Outer Space (I know this is technically a sci-fi/comedy but there are some creepy parts that used to scare the **** out of me as a kid)
8. Chopping Mall
9. April Fools Day
10. If I Die Before I Wake



3. Halloween III: season of the witch


:rockbrow:

[Danny]

in no order

dawn 78
the thing
halloween
ju-on
funny games
the blair witch project
the texas chainsaw massacre
audition
ring
the evil dead

[clanglee]

It's amazing how many films that we have in common. Considering the sheer amount of horror films out there.

My all-time favorite film is Aliens and I absolutely love the franchise as a whole. Alien is a great film but I guess I just see it as a sci-fi flick even though it technically is horror too. I guess I'm just going by how it's classified at the movie stores. :p

I hear ya. I've seen Aliens more times than any other movie.

Here's mine, in no order, and just for today(changes)

1. GAR's dead movies(sans Land)
2. Evil Dead I
3. Alien
4. Altered
5. Texas Chainsaw (original)
6. Dawn Remake and Return of the Living Dead
7. The Thing
8. Exorcist I and III
9. Shining
10. The Mist (recent fave)

[SoCalLoco]

01.) An American Werewolf in London
02.) Phantasm
03.) Night of the Creeps
04.) Black Christmas
05.) Salem's Lot
06.) The Return of the Living Dead
07.) Fright Night
08.) Halloween
09.) The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf
10.) Vamp

[Mike70]

5. Titanic


supressing a snicker. is it the song?

[Kaos]

Dawn of the Dead 78
The Exorcist
The Thing 82
Nosferatu 22
The Black Cat 34
Night of the Living Dead 68
Halloween 78
Salem's Lot 79 <- the remake sucked
Demons
Scanners

[MaximusIncredulous]

1. Dawn of the Dead (78)
2. Day of the Dead (85)
3. The Exorcist
4. The Thing (82)
5. American Werewolf in London
6. Halloween (78)
7. Phantasm
8. Creepshow
9. Martin
10. Salem's Lot (79)

Not enough room for Evil Dead unfortunately.

[Mike70]

Not enough room for Evil Dead unfortunately.

top 20 films next time around would be better. i feel like a bad parent with some of these top 10 lists.

hell we could probably go top 50.

[clanglee]

Even then it would still be too difficult.

[capncnut]

Salem's Lot 79 <- the remake sucked
Prefer the book myself but the 79 version is still very worthy. Only as long as it's the original two-part three hour TV version. When they re-chopped it for theatres and video, we lost over an hour in plot. Not to mention an entire Danny Glick window sequence 'cos he comes back twice in the TV version.

Those window scenes are UP THERE with the best when it comes to pure fright factor. As a kid, I almost shat myself watching them.

[bassman]

01.) An American Werewolf in London
02.) Phantasm
03.) Night of the Creeps
04.) Black Christmas
05.) Salem's Lot
06.) The Return of the Living Dead
07.) Fright Night
08.) Halloween
09.) The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf
10.) Vamp

I understand that you may have left them out being that you're on a site dedicated to his films....but I can't help but noticed that there's no Romero love in there.:eek:

[Mike70]

. Not to mention an entire Danny Glick window sequence
the danny glick window appearances- truely a couple of awesome scenes. these scared the pojees out of me when i was a kid.

salem's lot 79 is easily one of the best made-for-tv films ever.

[SoCalLoco]

My favorite scene in Salem's Lot is when Matt Burke hears stirring in the guest room and ventures upstairs to investigate. He finds Mike Ryerson sitting in the rocking chair, staring coldly at him with those scary white eyes chanting, "look at me, teacher. Look at me, teacher."

Scary stuff.

Has (as?) much as I think the book is always better than the movie, Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot is the exception to the rule. David Soul was an EXCELLENT Ben Mears and I like the Nosferatu treatment Tobe gave Mr. Barlowe. It worked really well on screen.