The best horror film

I'm not a huge fan of Horror films, but I really appriciate when the suspense and the rythum of edition lead you to the shore of your sit and leave you wonder what just happen on the dark corner of the shot... So, I think Rosemary's Baby is the very best... you don't get to see nothing... it's pure suggestion... so there's my vote... Sixth Sense is great, and maybe the classic of my generation... but besides the other... is almost a joke... right...??? you help me... Will be interesting...

From the list, I chose The Exorcist. It's a tryly horrible and disturbing film!

Honoury mentions to The Shining and The Omen, although you could argue, that despite the supernatural element to these films, they are really 'thrillers' The Shining is among my favourite films of all time.

Other: Blair Witch Project, by far.

I vote the original Night Of the Living Dead. Sure, their were zombie films before it (like White Zombie and the like), but this was the very first (and best) to capture the pure claustrophobic fear of being stuck in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a sh*t load of hungry undead. Classic

The Shining. What's more frightening then a father murdering those he's obligated to protect. Isolation in horror is also one of my favorite devices.

The Pessimist wrote: I vote the original Night Of the Living Dead. Sure, their were zombie films before it (like White Zombie and the like), but this was the very first (and best) to capture the pure claustrophobic fear of being stuck in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a sh*t load of hungry undead. Classic

I concur. Low budget movie with minimal effects and shot in Black and White.Something did always bother me though. Why didn't the body that they found in the top of the farmhouse never come back to life?

SaltyJon wrote: My vote goes to The Changeling (The one with George C. Scott, not the one with Angelina Jolie).  Very good horror movie, probably my favorite.

I love this film.  Not many people have seen it, which is a shame because it has some great scenes.

For anyone who doesn't know this movie:

Scott plays a writer who has lost his muse following the death of his wife. He rents a large,  isolated house, hoping that the seclusion will allow him to regain his inspiration.  However, as the days and nights pass, he becomes aware that he is not alone in the house. 

One of the great scenes is when the haunting begins to unsettle the George C. Scott character, and he is sitting in the large living room, trying to relax drinking whisky.  There comes a thum-thump-thump as a child's ball bounces down the stairs.  On the verge of breaking down, he picks up the ball and dashes out to his car.  He drives several miles to a bridge over a large fast-moving river.  Getting out of his car he hurls the ball as far as he can from the bridge into the water.

When he gets back home he collapses into his chair and takes a long, satisfying slug of whisky.  As he exhales a sigh of relief...there comes a thump-thump-thump as a child's ball bounces down the stairs.  It roll towards his feet.  Water dripping off it forms a small puddle on the floor.

Fantastic stuff.  The film relies on suspense and subtle effects to create unbearable tension and atmosphere.

These are the sorts of horror films that I like.  Personally I dislike the gory, slasher movies.  I don't find them particularly scary and I feel like I need to take a shower after watching them.


Edited by Green Shield Stamp - October 16 2009 at 14:04

Definitely "The Haunting" made in 1963. You see nothing but you feel everything!

Edited by rdtprog - October 16 2009 at 14:18

Green Shield Stamp wrote: SaltyJon wrote: My vote goes to The Changeling (The one with George C. Scott, not the one with Angelina Jolie).  Very good horror movie, probably my favorite. I love this film.  Not many people have seen it, which is a shame because it has some great scenes. For anyone who doesn't know this movie: Scott plays a writer who has lost his muse following the death of his wife. He rents a large,  isolated house, hoping that the seclusion will allow him to regain his inspiration.  However, as the days and nights pass, he becomes aware that he is not alone in the house.  One of the great scenes is when the haunting begins to unsettle the George C. Scott character, and he is sitting in the large living room, trying to relax drinking whisky.  There comes a thum-thump-thump as a child's ball bounces down the stairs.  On the verge of breaking down, he picks up the ball and dashes out to his car.  He drives several miles to a bridge over a large fast-moving river.  Getting out of his car he hurls the ball as far as he can from the bridge into the water. When he gets back home he collapses into his chair and takes a long, satisfying slug of whisky.  As he exhales a sigh of relief...there comes a thump-thump-thump as a child's ball bounces down the stairs.  It roll towards his feet.  Water dripping off it forms a small puddle on the floor. Fantastic stuff.  The film relies on suspense and subtle effects to create unbearable tension and atmosphere. These are the sorts of horror films that I like.  Personally I dislike the gory, slasher movies.  I don't find them particularly scary and I feel like I need to take a shower after watching them.

I am not sure if "Don't Look Now!", starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, fits as a horror movie, but it is one of my favorite movies. and the end is an absolute shocker, even after the umpteenth view. I absolutely freaked out the first time I saw it