Some of my favourite horror fims

Some of my favourite horror or horroresque films (some might be considered more thriller or whatever) presented in glorious alphabetical order. If there is more than one version of these, feel free to vote for your favourite version. I, for instance, prefer the the 70s and 80s (respectively) versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Fly. I definitely am not talking about the Cage reimagining of The Wicker Man in the options, but whatever floats one's boat.

Feel free to mention others provided that you also mention and vote for one of these. Otherwise, feel free to make your own poll. Of course there are many others that I could have mentioned. And feel free to vote with limited knowledge.

Multiple votes allowed. Sorry including more than option in some, but all of these I felt compelled to include. I already paired it down as there are so many, many more that I love that quickly sprung to mind. It's not a contest and I am more interested in the comments than the votes themselves. I am happy to hear of others, but do then also like to hear something about any of my choices (positive or negative/critical).

Alien
American Werewolf in London, An or Antichrist
Babadook, The
Basket Case
Baxter
Carrie
Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, The
Don't Look Now
Eraserhead
Exorcist, The
Eyes Without a Face
Fly, The
Friday the 13th
Girl with All the Gifts, The
Hellraiser
Hereditary
Hunger, The
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jaws
Let the Right One In
Lost Highway
Nosferatu
Omen, The
Only Lovers Left Alive
Pan's Labyrinth
Poltergeist
Psycho
Rosemary's Baby
Shining, The
Silence of the Lambs, The, Suspiria or Seven
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
Thing, The
Under the Skin or Videodrome
Village of the Damned
Wicker Man, The
Witch, The

Edited by Logan - April 24 2021 at 10:54

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - April 30 2021 at 10:15

Alien is a solid win as its broke bounderies in both horror and sci/fi and held no victims. It is cøear cut effective jump scare and sophistocated sci-fi for alot of money

For fun, a few of these recut as comedy/ romance/ family trailers:

Edited by Logan - April 24 2021 at 10:11

Other than Get Out,, I have seen all of those (well, only the first Saw).

I listed my top ten here years ago and I’m sure Hellraiser was on it. While there are many others that I could have included, forgetting Hellraiser is for me unforgivable even when I did prepare this list very quickly. I love the sequel as well. That need additional g as it is one of my very, very favourites. The Lost Boys is one not mentioned that I almost added. And It. And The Kingdom I had meant to add. Also Event Horizon.

Edited by Logan - April 24 2021 at 10:35

Like I said, you can vote for any version you like, but the one I was thinking of is from 1960. I don’t think I’ve seen any other version.

It is a disturbing, nasty film. Someone was appalled quite recently when I mentioned it in a joking fashion. I’m usually not that into extreme stuff.

BaldFriede wrote: Which "Village of the Damned" do you mean? The original or the remake? And which "Nosferatu"? And which "The Fly"? And which "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?

On this device I am now I am having some trouble editing, and I didn’t catch your edit before, so I’ll try to respond to all of this. First of, like I said in the OP.l

“If there is more than one version of these, feel free to vote for your favourite version. I, for instance, prefer the the 70s and 80s (respectively) versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Fly. I definitely am not talking about the Cage reimagining of The Wicker Man in the options, but whatever floats one's boat.”

If you’re asking for my favourites, well we’ve talked about The Fly and Invasion of the Body Snatchers before, unless I’m mistaking you for Jean. I know you, one of you at least, far prefers the originals of those whereas I prefer later versions, maybe because those are what I first saw. I recently rewatched the original The Fly, by the way.

The version of The Village of the Damned I really like is I think from 1960. I wanted people to choose whichever version they like. I won’t get into much why I find the Cronenberg The Fly more sytaisfying than the original or why I love that invasion with Donald Sutherland cause I have gone gone into depth on that before.

As for Nosferatu, I was thinking of the original, but again, people can choose whichever version they prefer.

I’m surprised that you didn’t vote for Rosemary’s Baby. I rewatched that last night.

Edited by Logan - April 24 2021 at 11:22

Your top two are probably the first two that came to mind. I love psychological horror and folk horror. I’m not so much into the more gruesome stuff (was more into that as a teen). Love No Country for Old Men, although I woukdnt have thought if it fir this poll. Love Misery. Cape Fear didn’t do it for me.

Oh, and if someone doesn’t read the OP, and asks which The Wicker Man, well for me it’s very obviously the original as evidenced by my avatar. Some asked me about which one I mean in another topic of mine, and I indicated, am I thinking of the remake, hell, no.

Edited by Logan - April 24 2021 at 11:37

Logan wrote: It is a disturbing, nasty film. Someone was appalled quite recently when I mentioned it in a joking fashion. I’m usually not that into extreme stuff.

Thanks. Hostel was difficult for me to watch so, I think I'll pass on A Serbian Film.

Paul mentioned Misery. I liked that, but it was almost too much.

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - April 24 2021 at 12:15