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I'm going to watch Insidious tonight, and I was wondering, what is your ultimate favourite horror movie?
  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    The entity, The fog and CHUD.

    CHUD was the only horror film that scared me and kept me awake. I watched it when I was just a kid. I got it out on video a few years later to see why it scared me and I couldn't believe it did. I thought it was rubbish, Then a couple years ago I bought it on DVD and watched it again and now I think it's a great film, and the music in it is what I think really gives it its edge.

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    • Profile picture of the author cashtree
      Originally Posted by alistair View Post

      The entity, The fog and CHUD.

      CHUD was the only horror film that scared me and kept me awake. I watched it when I was just a kid. I got it out on video a few years later to see why it scared me and I couldn't believe it did. I thought it was rubbish, Then a couple years ago I bought it on DVD and watched it again and now I think it's a great film, and the music in it is what I think really gives it its edge.

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      the beginning just made me laugh funny how she just happened to stop right next to the sewer, then when the thing pulled her in, the way the music cut on and the lid slammed down, come on...how can you not find that hysterical?
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonGrimes
    Never heard of Chud before, may have to watch it.

    I've got the Entity, haven't watched it yet but will do.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      House of 1,000 Corpses comes to mind.
      If you get the dvd, just put in in and don't do anything. About 5 min's later you'll know why
      I liked the Devils Rejects also.
      Tonight I'm watching The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and 2001 Maniacs is next in queue.
      I don't have the best taste in movies though, I mean heck I'm a huge Zombie movie fan
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    The Nightly News is really getting scary.
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  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is one of the best movies I've seen in a long, long time.
    It sounds interesting. We'll see in a couple of hours
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  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    I couldn't really say.

    I'm a horror movie buff from way back.
    In fact here's a site I'm doing with a friend.
    Welcome to Ghoul TV
    Actually, it's his show.
    He was on TV on and off in N.E. Ohio for about 20 years.

    There are so many ways to appreciate horror flicks that it's hard to choose a favorite.
    However, I'm a classics fan.
    Frankenstein
    The Bride of Frankenstein
    Dracula
    The Wolfman
    etc.

    So, when it comes to the classics, although I love them all, I'd have to say
    The Bride of Frankentsein.
    Neck-in-neck with it is King Kong.

    Now, moving on...

    I hate the "slasher" flicks.
    A guy in a hockey mask going around hacking people up does nothing for me.
    Freddie Kruger could have been a great one. To be included with the classics.
    but they screwed it up.

    Now, if you're talking about just plain scary, I'd have to put The Exorcist at the top of the list.
    (Just a side note here to show how times have changed. When the original Frankenstein came out people literally ran from theaters screaming, and some were carried out after feinting.)

    13 Ghosts is a great one.
    The original and the re-make.

    The Changling is very good.

    The Shining

    Can't speak for most of the ones already listed as I haven't seen them.
    But, I do want to see Insidious.
    It looks very promising.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rinzen
      I like these horror movies:
      The Crazies
      My Soul to Take
      Saw 3D
      & Basement
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
      I'm not really a horror movie fan as I see enough horror in the news,
      but I'm a closet fan of the Evil Dead movies. Actually, I'll watch just
      about any movie with Bruce Campbell in it.

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      Also, regarding this:

      Originally Posted by lcombs View Post

      I couldn't really say.

      I'm a horror movie buff from way back.
      In fact here's a site I'm doing with a friend.
      Welcome to Ghoul TV
      Actually, it's his show.
      He was on TV on and off in N.E. Ohio for about 20 years.
      I used to watch this show. Pure, unadulterated schlock awesome.
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  • Profile picture of the author melodyb17
    here are my favorites:
    living dead
    all the saw movies
    dolls
    dead silence
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  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is one of the best movies I've seen in a long, long time.
    Ken it turned out to be a pretty good movie.
    Not what I expected, but better then I expected.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill View Post

      Yeah, I was wondering what it was doing on that list. It was the Swedish version, right? I don't know if the US remake is out or not.
      Yep the Swedish one. It was dubbed in English though.
      The way it was described on netflix. Didn't make it sound interesting.
      But one reviewer gave a great synopsis so I thought was worth a watch.
      Defiantly not a horror flic
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  • Profile picture of the author Sunfyre7896
    It really depends on the type of horror movie you like. Personally, zombie movies are my favorite, so of course I liked the new Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days/Weeks Later, Resident Evil 1 and 2. I also liked Silent Hill as a video game adaptation. The Grudge creeped me out and had some pretty good suspense within. I thought The Others was one of the best horror plots I'd ever seen and I highly recommend. (It has Nicole Kidman if you've never heard of it and want to IMDB it).
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Precision
    Awesome topic! I've been a horror movie junkie for some time now. Here are some rare ones that you might enjoy:

    cube
    Session 9
    high tension (french)
    troll hunter (norwegian)
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  • Profile picture of the author msmir75
    Hellraiser was good, Living Dead movies are hiliarious... and Insidious was good
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  • Profile picture of the author wewelmarker
    My favorite horror movie are below list
    The Breed
    The Forsaken
    The Wolf Man 1
    The Thing from Another World
    The Sentinel
    The Dark Half
    Wrong Turn
    Audition
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonGrimes
    Insidious was an awful movie.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    This is the first I ever even heard of Insidious.

    I loved the Phantasm series and as much as I hate slasher movies, I love Clive Barkers, Hellraiser series. I realize that's not really slasher but there is one hella gore in them.

    I really liked some of the classics - The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, the Shining. Dean Koontz's Phantoms turned out to be a pretty good flick - better than I expected. Both The Others and the Sixth Sense were great horror movies.

    There are a lot of books I've read that I hope become movies someday - but the books always seem to be a little better than the films. You just can't replace on film the horror your imagination is capable of.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      This is the first I ever even heard of Insidious.

      I loved the Phantasm series
      and as much as I hate slasher movies, I love Clive Barkers, Hellraiser series. I realize that's not really slasher but there is one hella gore in them.

      I really liked some of the classics - The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, the Shining. Dean Koontz's Phantoms turned out to be a pretty good flick - better than I expected. Both The Others and the Sixth Sense were great horror movies.

      There are a lot of books I've read that I hope become movies someday - but the books always seem to be a little better than the films. You just can't replace on film the horror your imagination is capable of.
      My favorite movie series of all time
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonGrimes
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is pretty good.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by JasonGrimes View Post

      The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is pretty good.
      Yep I like that one too.
      I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to horror movies though, I'm especially a zombie movie fan.
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonGrimes
    I like zombie movies also, 28 days later being one of my favourites.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by JasonGrimes View Post

      I like zombie movies also, 28 days later being one of my favourites.
      Excellent film.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrdai
    I like The ring
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    • Profile picture of the author JasonGrimes
      Originally Posted by mrdai View Post

      I like The ring
      So do I, I love horror movies where it's psyhological and they need to figure it out what's going on.
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by JasonGrimes View Post

        So do I, I love horror movies where it's psyhological and they need to figure it out what's going on.
        Yep - that's the way I like em. The Others, Sixth Sense, and the Hell Raiser series are all excellent for what is known in my circle as a good old fashioned "mind "f**k". While I wouldn't call Inception a horror flick, it definitely qualified as a MF.

        Saw was also one of that type but it was too slasher instead of para-normal or sci fi for me. I don't do those or anything underwater. A friend of mine was watching the Abyss and had to talk me into watching the end of it (I came in about 20 minutes from the end) - had to almost tell me the ending to get me to do it.
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    Alien, Jaws, 7.
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  • Profile picture of the author sloanjim
    i hear 28 months later is being made...should finish it off nicely.

    lso, 28 days later being one of my favourites.
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  • Profile picture of the author sloanjim
    The original Texas Chainsaw and Dawn of the Dead gave me the creeps for ever. Every time I am in an apartment store waiting for the elevator and it opens with a flood of people scambling out...I am back to that scene in Dawn of the Dead.
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