[Ciggy]

My top Horror films:

Near Dark
Dawn of the Dead (original and the remake wasn't too bad either)
The Evil Dead
Trauma
Black Christmas (the original)
Halloween (Carpenter's version)
The Thing (again Carpenter's version)
Prince of Darkness
Dolls
Demons
Creepshow I and II
The Offspring
The Mutilator
Slumber Party Massacre
Sleepaway Camp
Aliens
Haute Tension
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (the original)
The Hills Have Eyes
The Hitcher
Masters of Horror: Incident on and Off A Country Road
The Ring
Friday the 13th (the original)
Suspiria
The reanimator (it's really like comedy-horror but I still love it)
The Shining
It
Hellraiser
28 Days Later
Inside
Eden Lake
Wolf Creek (for the head on a stick scene only)


God I'm getting old, I know there's more, just can't think right now. lol

[backwoodsroamer]

Great picks all. The bar scene alone makes "Near Dark" worth watching. Not a golden glow to be seen on any of the vamps either.

That makes me think about Bill Paxton. Has anyone seen "Frailty."  It's not new but it's well worth the watch with a nice twist to it at the end.

[Ciren]

backwoodsroamer said:

That makes me think about Bill Paxton. Has anyone seen "Frailty."  It's not new but it's well worth the watch with a nice twist to it at the end.

I liked it, and I know Babs loved it.

Bill Paxton's just about like Travolta for me -- I watch any movie he's in no matter how sucky it may be. Twister, Vertical Limit, Frailty, Tombstone, Apollo 13, Mighty Joe Young, etc.




Who dudn't love a movie about a big freakin' gorilla?

[Living Dead Grrrl]

gracie lou, on 17 May 2012 - 08:31 PM, said:

I'm going to check that out, LDG. I wish it was on Instant Watch, though. Darn.

Aw, yeah. I had added the DVD and put it to the top of the list as it looked so good. It certainly wasn't disappointing!

[Living Dead Grrrl]

Ciggy, on 18 May 2012 - 03:48 AM, said:

My top Horror films:

Near Dark
Dawn of the Dead (original and the remake wasn't too bad either)
The Evil Dead
Trauma
Black Christmas (the original)
Halloween (Carpenter's version)
The Thing (again Carpenter's version)
Prince of Darkness
Dolls
Demons
Creepshow I and II
The Offspring
The Mutilator
Slumber Party Massacre
Sleepaway Camp
Aliens
Haute Tension
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (the original)
The Hills Have Eyes
The Hitcher
Masters of Horror: Incident on and Off A Country Road
The Ring
Friday the 13th (the original)
Suspiria
The reanimator (it's really like comedy-horror but I still love it)
The Shining
It
Hellraiser
28 Days Later
Inside
Eden Lake
Wolf Creek (for the head on a stick scene only)


God I'm getting old, I know there's more, just can't think right now. lol

The Offspring as in "From a Whisper to a Scream' with Vincent Price? If you say yes I will think you totally rock.

Okay awesome list but why isn't Devils Rejects on that list! And you should see Frontiers, Stake Land, The Beyond, Trick-or-Treat, FEAST and Martyrs if you have not!

[Matt]

Nice lists everyone! Here's mine:

Black Christmas (original)
The Others
Alien
Inside
The Evil Dead
Eden Lake
The Blair Witch Project
Braindead
Halloween (original)
Halloween III  ***vastly underrated imo***
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
Night of the Living Dead (original)
The Descent
28 Days Later
Blood and Black Lace
Suspiria
House of the Devil
Audition
Black Swan

Edited by Matt, 19 May 2012 - 02:44 AM.

[Ciggy]

backwoodsroamer, on 18 May 2012 - 05:57 AM, said:

Great picks all. The bar scene alone makes "Near Dark" worth watching. Not a golden glow to be seen on any of the vamps either.

That makes me think about Bill Paxton. Has anyone seen "Frailty."  It's not new but it's well worth the watch with a nice twist to it at the end.

Frailty, yes! That's another hidden Gem. Paxton was really good in that and so was the kid that played the eldest son.  Anyway, I've always thought Paxton was one of those underrated actors, he's been great since  his "You're one can short of a six-pack, dude." and "Butter your muffin." Days.

[Ciggy]

Living Dead Grrrl, on 19 May 2012 - 12:05 AM, said:

The Offspring as in "From a Whisper to a Scream' with Vincent Price? If you say yes I will think you totally rock.

Yes, that's the one. I'm partial to the Orphan story and the one with the carny glass eater.

[Matt]

Two others I forgot to mention are Funny Games (original) and Wait Until Dark.

[Living Dead Grrrl]

Ciggy, on 20 May 2012 - 02:34 AM, said:

Yes, that's the one. I'm partial to the Orphan story and the one with the carny glass eater.

My favorite story from that movie is the one with the man who wanted to live forever...........
I remember seeing that as a kid and the image at the end stuck with me to this day!

[The Reaper]

Prometheus oh so close!



LDG you should like this one

Edited by The Reaper, 26 May 2012 - 10:27 PM.

[The Reaper]

Also if you have not seen Black Sheep yet that's a must watch,fricking hilarious.

[Goat]

Black Sheep had me rollin'.  I second that recommendation.

[GDPofZA]

Saw Lady in Black the other night.  I'll say it was good to okay.  I thought it could of been better maybe.  It really stretched out some scenes to create the tension, but I don't think it is always necessary to have a four minute lead up to opening a door in the dark and stuff like that.  Made it seem a little empty on content but, I did think it worked well in moments in spite of that.

Edited by GDPofZA, 29 May 2012 - 04:25 PM.

[GDPofZA]

I am really looking forward to Prometheus

[Sweetsister]

Firstly the ones that got me into Horror, the silents with Lon Channey The Man Who Smiled, Phantom of the Opera, Laugh Clown Laugh
Other classics, Nosferatu, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Universal classics, most of the Hammer Horrors
Rosemarys Baby,
Carrie,
Skeleton Key,
Omen,
American Werewolf in London,
Black Christmas (Original)

Alice Sweet Alice,
Dawn of the Dead
,Devils Rejects,
Hils Have Eyes,
Wrong Turn
Ben
Hostel
Race with the Devil
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer
Fright Night (original)
Gothika
Near Dark
    
probably missing some...

there have also been some Twighlight Zone and Night Gallery Episodes, that are pretty good

And there are some comedy/horror

Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstien
Fearless Vampire killers
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burrton)
Nightmare Before Christmas
Mad Monster Party
Sweeny Todd
Shaun of the Dead

Edited by Sweetsister, 10 June 2012 - 11:30 AM.

[Living Dead Grrrl]

GDPofZA, on 29 May 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

I am really looking forward to Prometheus

Prometheus!!!!!!!!! WOW! Just...wow! I loved it!!

[Mary Mayhem]

Oh so many... The Shinning, Night of the Living Dead (scared the SHIT out of me the first time I saw it... mainly because the ending just made me want to curl up in a ball and cry), The Devils Rejects, Interview with the Vampire, 28 Days Later, Resident Evil, The Shinning, Underworld, Shaun of the Dead, Silent Hill, Saw, Alien, Se7en, 30 Days of Night, Silence of the Lambs, Dawn of the Dead, House of 1000 Corpses, Day of the Dead, Halloween, American Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Friday the 13th... so many more that I know are slipping my mind right now.

[Major Tom]

I stumbled on to an apoc flick on Netflix.

"20 Years After"

It took place in a post nuke USA where people had been living in caves, cellars, etc to avoid the radiation and were just starting to emerge. The story centers around a pregnant girl, one of the first in anyone's memory, since the bombs. (Sounds familiar doesn't it?)

To be totally honest I thought it was pretty bad, (hokey), but the production values and the acting was good enough that some might like it. The one professional review I found was not that bad. The movie is from a Broadway play, so there is not much in the way of action and special effects. I guess you would say it is a psychological drama.

It streams on Netflix so give it a shot if you are a member and think it is worth the time.

[backwoodsroamer]

We watched "The Devil Inside" last night. Don't waste your time. It's bad.

[Living Dead Grrrl]

backwoodsroamer, on 17 June 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

We watched "The Devil Inside" last night. Don't waste your time. It's bad.

I knew it would be bad and never bothered. Grave Encounters was a cool low budget haunted/shakey cam movies.

[gracie lou]

Living Dead Grrrl, on 17 May 2012 - 12:20 PM, said:

Just saw a movie the other night - LOVED it.

Stake Land. Was a great little (local to my area) low budget indie film. Like the Walking Dead (Which is why netflix reccomended the movie to me) it focused more on characterization rather then the gore and the apocalypse. Acting was great, the atmosphere of the film was great (especially for me seeing the run down areas not far from me) and the main characters are really likable. Actually one of the best movies Ive watched all year.

Anyways if you love post-apocalyptic movies then you will want to check this one out for sure.

I finally got around to watching Stake Land the other day. I agree with your review; I really enjoyed it.

[Living Dead Grrrl]

I didnt wanna give anything away when I reviewed it. Glad you liked it!

[Sweetsister]

this isnt about a film but I think this is the place for it. Was anyone into "The Kindred" a few years ago, about diffrent clans of vampires. Each clan had special powers and places in society. There was even a brief TV show on it (it only used about 5 of the clans though) I thought it was pretty interesting, reading about all the diffrent clans how they came to be etc.

[Goat]

Sweetsister, on 05 July 2012 - 08:43 PM, said:

this isnt about a film but I think this is the place for it. Was anyone into "The Kindred" a few years ago, about diffrent clans of vampires. Each clan had special powers and places in society. There was even a brief TV show on it (it only used about 5 of the clans though) I thought it was pretty interesting, reading about all the diffrent clans how they came to be etc.

I certainly remember that.  It was based on Vampire: the Masquerade.  Huge chunks of my mid-late 90's/early 00's were eaten up by that game & other WoD properties.  I don't remember a ton about the show other than it existing -- I think I only actually saw a couple episodes.

Edited by Goat, 05 July 2012 - 09:01 PM.