Your top 5 Horror movies?
09-01-15, 12:51 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
This is nearly impossible for me, but here goes...
The Thing (1982)
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
Re-Animator
The Fly (1986)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Even after typing this out, there are a dozen titles I could switch in. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer just missed the cut.
The Thing (1982)
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
Re-Animator
The Fly (1986)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Even after typing this out, there are a dozen titles I could switch in. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer just missed the cut.
09-01-15, 12:59 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
John Carpenter's The Thing
Alien
Jaws
Evil Dead 2
Evil Dead
Next five even though they weren't asked for
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
Pumpkinhead
The Blob (1985)
Fright Night (Original)
Alien
Jaws
Evil Dead 2
Evil Dead
Next five even though they weren't asked for
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
Pumpkinhead
The Blob (1985)
Fright Night (Original)
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09-01-15, 01:02 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
The Devil's Backbone is my obvious choice for favorite, but it gets trickier after that since I don't often rewatch movies.
Evil Dead II/ Army of Darkness, Reanimator, Drag me to Hell, Cabin in the Woods for camp
The Orphanage, Suspiria, Audition, The Babadook for creepiness
Just for scaring the crap out of me, maybe Burnt Offerings, La Residencia (The House that Screamed), The Ring, and Psycho (I was pretty young seeing all of these other than The Ring, though, so can't really vouch for the terror level.)
Evil Dead II/ Army of Darkness, Reanimator, Drag me to Hell, Cabin in the Woods for camp
The Orphanage, Suspiria, Audition, The Babadook for creepiness
Just for scaring the crap out of me, maybe Burnt Offerings, La Residencia (The House that Screamed), The Ring, and Psycho (I was pretty young seeing all of these other than The Ring, though, so can't really vouch for the terror level.)
09-01-15, 01:11 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Five posts and not a mention of Halloween? That's the only one I immediately know would be in my top 5. Rounding the list out would take some thought.
09-01-15, 01:18 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Originally Posted by islandclaws
This is nearly impossible for me, but here goes...
The Thing (1982)
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
Re-Animator
The Fly (1986)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Even after typing this out, there are a dozen titles I could switch in. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer just missed the cut.
The Thing (1982)
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
Re-Animator
The Fly (1986)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Even after typing this out, there are a dozen titles I could switch in. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer just missed the cut.
09-01-15, 01:21 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
The list I'd have made at age 12:
1: Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers
2: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors
3: The Return of the Living Dead
4: Fright Night
5: Silver Bullet
The list I'll make today:
1: Dawn of the Dead
2: Halloween
3: Psycho
4: The Shining
5: The Return of the Living Dead
1: Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers
2: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors
3: The Return of the Living Dead
4: Fright Night
5: Silver Bullet
The list I'll make today:
1: Dawn of the Dead
2: Halloween
3: Psycho
4: The Shining
5: The Return of the Living Dead
09-01-15, 01:23 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
This is very difficult, I wish it were a top 20.
I guess these :
The Exorcist
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Night of the Living Dead
Rosemary's Baby
Suspiria
I guess these :
The Exorcist
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Night of the Living Dead
Rosemary's Baby
Suspiria
09-01-15, 01:26 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Originally Posted by Crocker Jarmen
The list I'd have made at age 12:
1: Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers
2: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors
3: The Return of the Living Dead
4: Fright Night
5: Silver Bullet
The list I'll make today:
1: Dawn of the Dead
2: Halloween
3: Psycho
4: The Shining
5: The Return of the Living Dead
1: Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers
2: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors
3: The Return of the Living Dead
4: Fright Night
5: Silver Bullet
The list I'll make today:
1: Dawn of the Dead
2: Halloween
3: Psycho
4: The Shining
5: The Return of the Living Dead
09-01-15, 01:39 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Originally Posted by maxfisher
Five posts and not a mention of Halloween? That's the only one I immediately know would be in my top 5. Rounding the list out would take some thought.
09-01-15, 01:41 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
My rankings have changed over the years, but this is where it stands now....
My Top 5 Horror Movies
(1) "Alien" (1979)
(2) "Jaws" (1975)
(3) "The Thing" (aka "John Carpenter's The Thing") (1982)
(4) "The Shining" (aka "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining") (1980)
(5) "Evil Dead II" (aka "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn") (1987)
My Top 5 Horror Movies
(1) "Alien" (1979)
(2) "Jaws" (1975)
(3) "The Thing" (aka "John Carpenter's The Thing") (1982)
(4) "The Shining" (aka "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining") (1980)
(5) "Evil Dead II" (aka "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn") (1987)
09-01-15, 01:44 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Pure Horror:
The Shining
The Exorcist
The Evil Dead
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Night of the Living Dead
Sci/Fi or action elements
Alien
Jaws
The Thing
The Shining
The Exorcist
The Evil Dead
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Night of the Living Dead
Sci/Fi or action elements
Alien
Jaws
The Thing
09-01-15, 01:59 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Originally Posted by maxfisher
Five posts and not a mention of Halloween? That's the only one I immediately know would be in my top 5. Rounding the list out would take some thought.
09-01-15, 03:59 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Absolutely impossible to choose. Most films mentioned so far would be considerations for me. But I am positive of the following three if you count them as horror:
Jaws
Alien
The Thing
Jaws
Alien
The Thing
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
The Shining
Halloween
Rosemary's Baby
The Texas Chainsaw Masacre
The House of the Devil
Wanted to throw something recent in there. I can switch out Halloween and The Thing anytime. Nightmare on Elm Street, Henry and Exorcist just missed it. Sometimes I blur the lines between horror/ thriller. Favorite guilty pleasure - Children of the Corn.
Halloween
Rosemary's Baby
The Texas Chainsaw Masacre
The House of the Devil
Wanted to throw something recent in there. I can switch out Halloween and The Thing anytime. Nightmare on Elm Street, Henry and Exorcist just missed it. Sometimes I blur the lines between horror/ thriller. Favorite guilty pleasure - Children of the Corn.
09-01-15, 04:04 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Halloween
The Exorcist
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Fog
The Shining
Jaws is my favorite movie but I have a hard time classifying it as "Horror".
The Exorcist
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Fog
The Shining
Jaws is my favorite movie but I have a hard time classifying it as "Horror".
09-01-15, 05:25 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
I don't really go for the more graphic modern stuff.
1. Frankenstein (1931)
2. The Thing from Another World (1951)
3. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
4. The Haunting (1963)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. Kuroneko (1968)
7. Curse of the Demon (1957)
8. The Invisible Man (1933)
9. The Mummy (1959)
10. Masque of the Red Death (1964)
1. Frankenstein (1931)
2. The Thing from Another World (1951)
3. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
4. The Haunting (1963)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. Kuroneko (1968)
7. Curse of the Demon (1957)
8. The Invisible Man (1933)
9. The Mummy (1959)
10. Masque of the Red Death (1964)
09-01-15, 07:04 PM
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Re: Your top 5 Horror movies?
Without looking at the other posts (so I will not be influenced):
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Suspiria (1977)
The Thing (1982)
....but I want to add "Halloween"(1978) and "The Evil Dead" (1981) Too!......and "Alien"....and "Black Christmas" (1974)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Suspiria (1977)
The Thing (1982)
....but I want to add "Halloween"(1978) and "The Evil Dead" (1981) Too!......and "Alien"....and "Black Christmas" (1974)
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