Horror Film Recommendations

With Halloween coming up I thought it would be appropriate to get some good Horror recommendations. I'm a huge fan of horror as long as its none of that 'torture porn' garbage (Saw, Hostile). Even some horror television shows would be great (like Twin Peaks for example)! Perhaps your a vampire fan, or have an affinity for classic Universal movie monsters?
I'd love to hear of some British ones that I may have never herd of.
Here is one of my favourite little known horror films:
'In the Mouth of Madness" with Sam Neill. It scared my friends and I for life!

Dog Soldiers is wonderful. 28 Days Later is also brill.

Vintage cheesey stuff worth a mention is Theatre Of Blood.

I recommend "The Changeling" with George C. Scott.

The ball always scares the hell out of me.

Quote: AndreaLynne @ October 28 2009, 4:06 AM BST

I recommend "The Changeling" with George C. Scott.

The ball always scares the hell out of me.

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That film scared the bejeebus out of me too. Brilliant, psychological paranormal horror at its' finest.

Not sure whether The Wicker Man (the orginal) can be classified as horror, but it's great. Likewise The Rocky Horror Picture Show might also not be horror, but it does improve with repeated viewing over the years.

I recently watched The Bride of Frankenstein (because I saw it highly rated somewhere - perhaps here - and I managed to sit through it) and Scars of Dracula (because it has Dennis Waterman and Patrick Troughton - though it was not very exciting). I also tried Nosferatu (and fell asleep but will try again later).

You could do worse than to watch the three Scream movies, followed by I Know What You Did Last Summer (terrible film) and then Scary Movie as a reward.

Otherwise, The Shining is fun, particularly if you're not getting on terribly well with the wife and kid - and need some inspiration.

Army of Darkness is silly but can be viewed from start to finish without excessive tedium.

Quote: Lee Henman @ October 28 2009, 4:06 AM BST

Dog Soldiers is wonderful. 28 Days Later is also brill.

Vintage cheesey stuff worth a mention is Theatre Of Blood.

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I never watched Dog Soldier I'll have to get my hands on that and Theatre of Blood! Just checked on ToB and it looks awesome! Christopher Lee kicks ass.

Quote: AndreaLynne @ October 28 2009, 4:06 AM BST

I recommend "The Changeling" with George C. Scott.

The ball always scares the hell out of me.

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Ooooo good one! My friends and I used to have 'B Movie' nights were we would go to the movie store and try to find a good B movie based only on the film cover. We picked up 'The Changeling' thinking it would be a good laugh but finished watching the movie in silence. That movie was really good overall.

I think the most scared I've ever been watching a movie was An American Werewolf In London. The scene where the two guys are being stalked by teh unseen werewolf on the moors is simply terrifying. Another Brit one to mention is The Descent. Truly petrifying in parts and some good performances by the largely-female cast.

If a horror movie is any good, I can generally watch it more than once (in the daytime).

But, one horror I could not watch again, is, Wolf Creek.

It was horrendous. I couldn't watch it all in one sitting, and most certainly not at night, unless the other half was here. His opinion of the movie was, "a load of old bollocks".

Anyway, how about these lovely old classics, every one a gem; Psycho, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Excellent film. Bette Davis never looked - or sounded - so good. It's up there with Sunset Boulevard in depicting how horrible it is for attention seeking actresses to grow old in Hollywood.

The original version of The Haunting.

I first watched it alone in the house on my little B&W portable when I was about 13 and ill with a fever. Being brought up watching Hammer Horrors from birth, then 'video nasties' my brothers brought home and always having a frame of mind for the macabre, I thought I was immune to horror, but the scene where the thumps can be heard coming down the corridor were terrifying.

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My mate, Bill, wrote that. Great film.

Let the Right One in was great. I really enjoyed Rec. The Thing is always worth a punt.

The only ones I really liked are The Wicker Man, The Omen Trilogy. If only they would make a faithful adaptation of Dracula.

My fave is The Shinning, but I love loads like Beetlejuice, 28 Days Later, Dog Soldiers, Christine, The Descent, Psycho, Night of the Living Dead.

Book of Blood, Gnaw, Drag Me To Hell, The Midnight Meat Train.

Eden Lake was powerful, but quite disturbing.

My favourites are The Thing, An American Werewolf in London, Night of the Living Dead.

Not sure if it counts as horror or sci-fi thriller but Cube is great.

Shaun of the Dead is a cracking zombie flick as well as being hilarious. Not particularly scary though.

Oh, and the Steve McQueen original version of The Blob is good. It's got a wonderful theme tune which really doesn't go with the film.

And if you really want the crap scared out of you, I suggest the Japanese version of Ring, but only if you haven't already seen the inferior Hollywood remake.

I agree with most of the choices particularly John Carpenter's The Thing.

My favourite horror was the original 1970s Salem's Lot, it just can't be beat for scares.

If you are in any way religious, then The Omen and The Exorcist rate pretty highly. Or if you are in a sci-fi mood, the original Alien film still stands up and Event Horizon has it's moments.

Haven't seen many new good horrors - though I quite liked 30 Days of Night and have heard nothing but goods things about Let The Right One In.