[freudling]

1. The Exorcist
2. When a Stranger Calls Back (70's)
3. Event Horizon

Don't have much else right now. Looking for ideas.

[storer]

Probably more my top 5 thrillers but oh well:

1. What Lies Beneath (first one I ever saw)
2. Alien
3. Psycho (The original, not the 1997 one, that was crap)
4. The Shining
5. Signs

Haven't seen exorcist, but want to.

[Cubeoid]

1.) Friday the 13th: Jason's Mommie
2.) Child's Play
4.) Child's Play 2
3.) Scream
5.) Teh Blob (the remake)
6.) Sphere

[moonmonkey]

1 The exorcist
2 Dead calm
3 The Shining
4 Aliens
5 Teen wolf 2

[Warung]

1. The evil Dead (The Original)
2. Alien
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. Friday the 13th
5. The Ring

[Azzgunther]

1. The Grudge (American)
2. The Ring (American)
3. Event Horizon
4. House on Haunted Hill (remake)
5. Dawn of the Dead (remake)

[badidea]

1. Bad Taste
2. Braindead
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. The Shining
5. Dawn of the Dead (2004)

(^typed this in 5 seconds - may be different if I would think about it a little longer)

[SimeyTheLimey]

1. Psycho
2. The Shining
3. The Haunting of Hill House (the original, not the remake)
4. Alien
5. The Thing (the remake)

Oh, and 6. Carry on Screaming.

[SimeyTheLimey]

damned dp

[Kevin]

Ah darn... there just TOO many of them.

Not in any order because I don't think one is better than the other.

Friday the 13ths parts 1,2 and 3

Halloween 1,2, and 4 (3 REALLY SUCKED!)

Re-animator

The Shining

Psycho

Dagon

Hellraiser

Phantasm movies (Cheesy I know but..)

Nightmare on Elm Street

I know there are TONS more I am forgetting..

I am a big horror movie buff.

I think it was because I couldn't watch them when I was younger because my imagination was just too active.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Azzgunther

1. The Grudge (American)

Indeed so! Although I must say I prefer (some of) the Japanese ones to the American. The Japanese ones have the great advantage of not having Sarah Michelle Gellar traipsing through it the entire time.

Some of the more obscure ones from the Japanese series are quite horrible, though. The first two ones are the best.

[Gator Lager]

#1 Sound of Music

I've never seen the movie but whenever the commercial comes on and Julie Andrews sings that song, "the hill people"........."hills have eyes"......
oh "hills are alive with zombies"
my eyes start to bleed. does that count

a lady friend tried to force me to watch it. but she didn't have a good enough grip and I got away. just in time

[Rev-O]

Originally Posted by badidea

1. Bad Taste
2. Braindead
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. The Shining
5. Dawn of the Dead (2004)

(^typed this in 5 seconds - may be different if I would think about it a little longer)

Bad Taste? The awesome Peter Jackson Bad Taste? Good movie!
Evil Part 2
Night of the Living Dead (orig)
Alien
Exorcist
Hellraiser
28 Days Later
Pumpkinhead (just because Pumpkinhead was cool looking).

So does Gummo or Ichi count as horror? They were pretty horrifying in spots!

[Y3a]

Alien
Excorcist
Seconds(old Rock Hudson filck)
Reanimator
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Carpenters "Thing"
Night of the Living Dead (original)
Silence of the Lambs

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

Some people got so scared they can't even count to 5 anymore.

[nredman]

1) Children of the Corn
2) It
3) The Shining

not a be horror fan

[Kitschy]

1) The ring
2) What Lies Beneath
3) The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Those are all the ones I can think of that we're really good.

[SirCastor]

Originally Posted by Y3a

Night of the Living Dead (original)

Thank goodness somebody said this.. I was starting to get worried.

[Rolling Bones]

Shane
Shane
Shane
Shane
Shane

[olePigeon]

(In no particular order)

1) The Exorcist
2) Hellbound: Hellraiser II
3) Prince of Darkness
4) The Wicker Man
5) A Nightmare on Elm Street

Honorable mention:

*) The Thing (John Carpenter)
*) Night of the Living Dead (Origianl)
*) Night of the Living Dead (1997)
*) Dawn of the Dead (2004)
*) Shaun of the Dead (? )
*) Event Horizon
*) Hellraiser
*) Death Watch
*) The Blair Witch Project
*) The Exorcist III

[moonmonkey]

I can't believe I'm the only one that mentioned Teen Wolf 2

[Albert Pujols]

1. April Fool's Day
2. Orca: Killer Whale
3. 4D Man

[freudling]

Moonmonkey:

hehe. Teen Wolf 2.

Great suggestions. Dawn of the Dead (latest release) keeps coming up on other sites. I think it will be scary. A few more:

From Dusk Til Dawn

Another was a warewolf flic from I think the late 70's early 80's. Anyway, a few more were released later. The end of one is when a new warewolf sits down at a diner and orders a steak "extra rare." If I could find the title of that that would be cool.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by freudling

Another was a warewolf flic from I think the late 70's early 80's. Anyway, a few more were released later. The end of one is when a new warewolf sits down at a diner and orders a steak "extra rare." If I could find the title of that that would be cool.

It's either An American Werewolf in London, or Howling.

[sek929]

In no particular order.

1. Alien
2. Shining
3. Dawn of the Dead (original)
4. Psycho
5. Dawn of the Dead (2004) ... just because of the fast zombies,

[JoshuaZ]

1) Aliens
2) Night of the living dead (original)
3) The Evil Dead
4) The Thing
5) Pee Wee Big Adventure.

[Azzgunther]

Originally Posted by Oisín

Indeed so! Although I must say I prefer (some of) the Japanese ones to the American. The Japanese ones have the great advantage of not having Sarah Michelle Gellar traipsing through it the entire time.

Some of the more obscure ones from the Japanese series are quite horrible, though. The first two ones are the best.

Good to know somebody else liked that movie. I left shoe marks on the theater floor in front of me from trying to push myself away from the screen

The Japanese versions are definitely amazing as well, but not as frightening. Though the scenes with the three school girls are absolutely chilling and should have been incorporated into the remake. They do horror right over there.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Azzgunther

The Japanese versions are definitely amazing as well, but not as frightening.

I found the Japanese version a lot more frightening than the American one... probably because I understood too little of what was going on when I first saw the Japanese ones. I'd already seen four of the Japanese ones (I think) when I saw the American one, and I knew more or less exactly what was going to happen.

Though the scenes with the three school girls are absolutely chilling and should have been incorporated into the remake.

Indeed they should. Although I never quite understood exactly who the girl (the one who locks herself in her room) is. I kept getting confused, 'cause her father is one of the people who are trying to get to the bottom of the mystery, and in some scenes, the girl is about five, and then all of a sudden she's a teenager, and then we're back to five... very confusing movies.

Of course, it didn't help much that the first time I saw the first three ones, I saw them in Japanese with Traditional Chinese subtitles, so I understood 50% of the dialogue at best...

[Hawkeye_a]

1. The Exorcist
2. Rosemary's Baby
3. The Grudge
4. Childs Play
5. __________

I'm into horror movies, always looking for one that scares me, unfortunately most of the time i end up bored or laughing my ass off. Good thread

[freudling]

olePigeon:

Yes! It was the Howling. I was young when I saw it, but that thing scared me. Solid storyline and quality acting from what I remember. I am going to the video store right now.

[Pendergast]

Apocalypse Now Redux.

I know, it's not a horror movie, but the build up is efficient and the number of bodies, the disinterest and detachment of the people was unforgettable for me. I saw it on an IMAX screen.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by freudling

olePigeon:

Yes! It was the Howling. I was young when I saw it, but that thing scared me. Solid storyline and quality acting from what I remember. I am going to the video store right now.

Careful, I think it's III or IV (whichever one is in the castle) that they managed to get the absolute worst actors of the B- community. Although I really liked the beginning of it though, I wouldn't recommend watching past the first 10 minutes.

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

5) Pee Wee Big Adventure.

Large Marge!

[Weyland-Yutani]

1) The Thing (1982 - John Carpenter)
2) Scream (1996 - Wes Craven)
3) Halloween (1978 - John Carpenter)
4) Exorcist (1973 - William Friedkin)
5) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 - Wes Craven)

There are others but these are the first 5 I can think of that are damn good. I guess I don't see Alien as a horror movie. It's a sci-fi thriller, or something. Well, it is a blurry line between thriller and horror movies sometimes but this is the way I call it.

cheers

W-Y

[demograph68]

Anything with Ash.

[CKr]

The Ring
The Ring II
Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
The Shining
28 Days Later

[sek929]

Originally Posted by CKr

The Ring
The Ring II
Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
The Shining
28 Days Later

Good other choices..but Ring 2? Not my cup of tea.

Alien is classified as Horror, Aliens is the sci-fi thriller.

[JoshuaZ]

Originally Posted by sek929

Alien is classified as Horror, Aliens is the sci-fi thriller.

Good point. Alien is your classic `haunted house` but in space. Aliens in a massice sci-fi action flick, maybe the best action flick ever. Mmm... extended edition...

[freudling]

I watched the Howling. Great film. I heard the new Exorcist (part IV?) is really good.

[Turias]

1. The Shining
2. Dead Alive (how have more people not listed this movie?)
3. Bad Taste
4. Rosemary's Baby
5. Re-animator

[finboy]

1. Blair Witch (certainly the scariest)
2. Alien
3. Evil Dead II
4. The Thing
5. American Werewolf in London
5. The Fog (the original, the new one smells of a$$ -- oh boy is it bad)

[G Barnett]

1) Prince of Darkness
2) Nightbreed (yes, I love this movie. way underrated. cheer for the monsters and feel good about it)
3) The Shining
4) Poltergeist
5) Alien

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by freudling

I watched the Howling. Great film. I heard the new Exorcist (part IV?) is really good.

You mean The Exorcist: The Beginning? Um. It could have been good. Great choice of actors for the characters, I liked the story too. The problem is that the director and producer were 12-year-olds.

It's painful to watch cuz it could have been good, but it really, really, really sucked.