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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

So generally speaking, I'm not usually a fan of horror movies. They tend to be very clichéd and not very scary a lot of the time. Of course there's some brilliant horrors like Poltergeist, Hell Raiser, The Omen. Then it dawned on me that 2 of my favourite films of all time across any genre are horrors. So much so I've got tattoos relating to these films. Silence of the Lambs and Pan's Labyrinth.

I appreciate that is a long winded introduction to ask what are everyone else's favourite horror movies?

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By *avexxMan
33 weeks ago

cheshire

exorcist was very good in its day,, night of the demon

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By *enk15Man
33 weeks ago

Evesham

The Babadook

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"The Babadook

Great film.

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By *alcon77Man
33 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

Recently 2 good ones ive seen are "barbarian" & "it follows. "

Old school, I like an old black and white film called "carnival of souls", ahead of its time and genuinely creepy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

I'll throw another in that I loved. Let the Right One in. The original Swedish version.

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By *na64Woman
33 weeks ago

Manchester

The Conjuring

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all that talk about how “not scary” Blair Witch wasn’t, led me to watch it by myself one night and then had to pause it and call my then boyfriend who was out with mates to come home immediately!

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By *aizyWoman
33 weeks ago

west midlands

I love horror, The Thing is one of my all time favs, as well as Hereditary, The Exorcist 3, Rosemary's Baby, Jacob's Ladder, Paranormal Activity, I could go on and on!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"The Conjuring

and

I saw it in the cinema. Thought it was tosh and with the camera constantly shaking, it made me feel sea sick.

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By *na64Woman
33 weeks ago

Manchester

"The Conjuring

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I saw it in the cinema. Thought it was tosh and with the camera constantly shaking, it made me feel sea sick. "

I might not be scared watching it now, but try it by yourself in dark room, you’ve been drinking and the get lost.. freaked me the hell out

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By *ostAirmenMan
33 weeks ago

crewe

The first few Saw movies were very good but think went a bit too far in the end

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"The Conjuring

and

I saw it in the cinema. Thought it was tosh and with the camera constantly shaking, it made me feel sea sick.

I might not be scared watching it now, but try it by yourself in dark room, you’ve been drinking and the get lost.. freaked me the hell out"

I can imagine that tbf.

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By *avexxMan
33 weeks ago

cheshire

the thing kurt russel great movie,, if it falls as horror movie

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"the thing kurt russel great movie,, if it falls as horror movie"

Definitely a horror. Great film.

I'd go as far to say Terminator 1 and Alien were horrors. The sequels were definitely action though.

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By *eliWoman
33 weeks ago

It changes.

I've realised a lot of my favourite things change frequently and I'm really rather awful at this sort of question.

I love Korean horror. Adore Guillermo Del Toro so much, less so the poignancy that seems to a trademark. Ari Aster's catalogue is fantastic although surreal would be an understatement at times.

Right now I'd say my top three would be...

Midsommar (the basic millennial stock answer)

Train to Busan

The Thing.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"exorcist was very good in its day,, night of the demon"

The Exorcist was superb actually. Scared the shit out of me the first time I watched it when I was about 15.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
33 weeks ago

Cheshire

I’m a hardcore horror film fan and very few get to me. However and I still don’t understand why, but the Blair Witch Project really freaked me out a bit. I understand the criticism but it hit home with me.

Night of the Demon, one of the first films I loved.

Midsommar last one I have watched more than twice.

Night of the Lepus for B Movie magic, so funny but entertaining for me.

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By *eacupsbearCouple
33 weeks ago

York

Frontiers

Martyrs (original)

Rec

Dawn of the Dead

Evil Dead

To be honest, absolutely loads.

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By *antastic_Mr_Fox_76Man
33 weeks ago

District 13

LHOTL is pretty decent

also I enjoyed quiet place and quiet place 2

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By (user no longer on site)
33 weeks ago

I get too scared for a week after turning all the lights on in the house lol

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By (user no longer on site)
33 weeks ago

I've never really seen a film that's scared me. My mum Would rent me the nightmare on elm st movies, hellraiser, the howling, poltergeist and other horrors of the time so I think built up a bit of a tolerance for 'scary' films as a young child.

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By *antastic_Mr_Fox_76Man
33 weeks ago

District 13

"I've never really seen a film that's scared me. My mum Would rent me the nightmare on elm st movies, hellraiser, the howling, poltergeist and other horrors of the time so I think built up a bit of a tolerance for 'scary' films as a young child. "

My old dear didn’t purposely rent these titles for me but I still watched them all without her knowing and it definitely made me immune

All those movies are amazing too btw

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By *2000ManMan
33 weeks ago

Worthing

Phantasm, Alien, Evil Dead (original 1981 version), Event Horizon, American Werewolf in London.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

American Werewolf in London is brilliant. Actually really funny too.

Love Alien.

And Phantasm. Watched it as a kid, can't remember loads about. Think I need to rematch it.

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By *tylebender03Man
33 weeks ago

Manchester

Zombi 2

Dawn of the Dead (OG)

From Beyond

The Wailing

House by the Cemetery

City Of the Living Dead

Day Of The Dead

Nightmare on Elm Street 1,2, 3 and 4

Jason Lives

Halloween 1,2,3 and 4

Cemetery Man

Nightmare City

Demons 1 & 2

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By *ommander_StraxMan
33 weeks ago

Telford

You can’t beat the classics, like Alien, Evil Dead, Halloween etc.

But I also enjoy more recent ones. Event Horizon is up there for me. Saw it randomly as a teen and loved it ever since.

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By *antastic_Mr_Fox_76Man
33 weeks ago

District 13

Still love American werewolf in London

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By *antastic_Mr_Fox_76Man
33 weeks ago

District 13

"Zombi 2

Dawn of the Dead (OG)

From Beyond

The Wailing

House by the Cemetery

City Of the Living Dead

Day Of The Dead

Nightmare on Elm Street 1,2, 3 and 4

Jason Lives

Halloween 1,2,3 and 4

Cemetery Man

Nightmare City

Demons 1 & 2"

Demons 1 & 2 were pretty scary tbf, I was tiny, but I would re-watch if anyone knows where to stream them

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
33 weeks ago

Central

Another American Werewolf in London fan

I'd love to be scared and I get really jumpy but haven't seen anything

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By *lynJMan
33 weeks ago

Morden

The Terminator

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By *ascaIMan
33 weeks ago

Cheshire Liverpool Manchester

Wrong Turn (2003)

It’s generally considered crap but I like it. Made me scared of going into the woods for a while.

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By *enSiskoMan
33 weeks ago

Cestus 3

There was one on c4 the other night called Antlers.

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By *orksRockerMan
33 weeks ago

Bradford

Ones that got me out

Eden Lake

Wolf Creek

Kill List

Hereditary

But the one that got me the most isn't a horror but a mild (to some) supernatural thriller with Richard Gere. The Mothman Prophecies.

It's got great sound and some REALLY eerie camera shots that still creeps me out as much as 1st time seeing.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"The Terminator "

Glad someone else sees this as a horror movie, rather than a sci fi action flick. It's like neo-noir, Sci fi zombie movie at it's bare bones. T2 is awesome and most people prefer T2, but I think The Terminator is a better film and I definitely prefer it. Although they're different genres and it's like comparing apples and oranges.

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By *zeroMan
33 weeks ago

Glasgow

I love them. Especially like it when horror and comedy blend together.

Stuff like Evil Dead (second one onwards anyway) Return of the Living Dead, The Frighteners, Tucker and Dale V Evil

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By *zeroMan
33 weeks ago

Glasgow

"You can’t beat the classics, like Alien, Evil Dead, Halloween etc.

But I also enjoy more recent ones. Event Horizon is up there for me. Saw it randomly as a teen and loved it ever since."

Event Horizon is great. I once heard it described as Hellraiser in space....then the world eventually did get a Hellraiser in space

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By *lynJMan
33 weeks ago

Morden

"The Terminator

It's definitely sci-fi what with the time travelling and androids/robots - but definitely horror too.

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By *ake_or_deathMan
33 weeks ago

Manchester

Frankenstein (1931 version)

Island of Lost Souls

Night of the Demon

Alien

The Thing

Videodrome

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Army of Darkness

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
33 weeks ago

"Recently 2 good ones ive seen are "barbarian" & "it follows. "

Old school, I like an old black and white film called "carnival of souls", ahead of its time and genuinely creepy."

They made a remake of carnival of souls and it honestly freaks me out so much I can't watch it

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By *alcon77Man
33 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"Recently 2 good ones ive seen are "barbarian" & "it follows. "

Old school, I like an old black and white film called "carnival of souls", ahead of its time and genuinely creepy.

They made a remake of carnival of souls and it honestly freaks me out so much I can't watch it"

I'm not a fan of remakes on the whole, but i'll check it out if you think it's worthwhile

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
33 weeks ago

You see I always considered event horizon as more sci fi, but either way I love it and was enraged when Danny Boyle obviously tried copying it badly with sunshine.

I love

Stephen king's It, I'm looking forward to the new one.

I liked talk to me, even though it should obviously have been called talk to the hand lol

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By *alcon77Man
33 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

Silver bullet

based on a stephen king short story called cycle of the werewolf, scared me to death as a kid.

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By *ake_or_deathMan
33 weeks ago

Manchester

"Recently 2 good ones ive seen are "barbarian" & "it follows. "

Old school, I like an old black and white film called "carnival of souls", ahead of its time and genuinely creepy.

They made a remake of carnival of souls and it honestly freaks me out so much I can't watch it"

They remade Carnival Of Souls? Sacrilege!

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By *orksRockerMan
33 weeks ago

Bradford

"You see I always considered event horizon as more sci fi, but either way I love it and was enraged when Danny Boyle obviously tried copying it badly with sunshine.

I love

Stephen king's It, I'm looking forward to the new one.

I liked talk to me, even though it should obviously have been called talk to the hand lol"

You besmirch the Great Danny Boyle against Paul WS Anderson. The guy is a filmic genius where Anderson is a hack who's not made one good movie is his entire filmography. EH is ok at best.

Sunshine was excellent and wasn't looking to compete.

This is a great interview around the time of release with Brian Cox in attendance too

https://youtu.be/xpw47dwrBK8?si=OqIiQvM1ANG9Lm_Y

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By *essTTWoman
33 weeks ago

Birmingham

"So generally speaking, I'm not usually a fan of horror movies. They tend to be very clichéd and not very scary a lot of the time. Of course there's some brilliant horrors like Poltergeist, Hell Raiser, The Omen. Then it dawned on me that 2 of my favourite films of all time across any genre are horrors. So much so I've got tattoos relating to these films. Silence of the Lambs and Pan's Labyrinth.

I appreciate that is a long winded introduction to ask what are everyone else's favourite horror movies?"

Is Pans Labyrinth classed as a horror?

I really enjoy the Blade and the Alien films as classic horrors

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

I appreciate that is a long winded introduction to ask what are everyone else's favourite horror movies?

Is Pans Labyrinth classed as a horror?

I really enjoy the Blade and the Alien films as classic horrors "

It crosses genres certainly, but in my opinion I think it is.

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By (user no longer on site)
33 weeks ago

I love horror movies

Gremlins

Pet cemetery

The stand

Carrie

Any true crime movie

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By * and M lookingCouple
33 weeks ago

Worcester

Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno.

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By *r_reusMan
33 weeks ago

Coventry

"Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno."

That movie was ferocious.

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By *orksRockerMan
33 weeks ago

Bradford

"Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno.

That movie was ferocious."

If you like that, you'll like Bone Tomahawk, though I didn't but was brutal.

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By *N4funCouple
33 weeks ago

Manchester

1980's Nightmare of a damaged brain, put me off as a 12yr old for a while

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By *aizyWoman
33 weeks ago

west midlands

"You see I always considered event horizon as more sci fi, but either way I love it and was enraged when Danny Boyle obviously tried copying it badly with sunshine.

I love

Stephen king's It, I'm looking forward to the new one.

I liked talk to me, even though it should obviously have been called talk to the hand lol"

Talk to me, was a surprisingly good watch I enjoyed it. The other one I also watched recently was The Black Phone, that was pretty good too.

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By *agpie SaluteMan
33 weeks ago

bridgwater

Argento films like Suspiria and Opera. Also love his giallo films like Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Deep Red.

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By *r_reusMan
33 weeks ago

Coventry

"Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno.

That movie was ferocious.

If you like that, you'll like Bone Tomahawk, though I didn't but was brutal. "

I'm not entirely sure what I like in horror films, sometimes the violence is necessary for getting the right feel, but at other times I've found some disgusting and outright offensive?

I miss when they were weird and creative, seeing one from the 80s recently where people become zombies after eating this strange alien ice cream

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"Argento films like Suspiria and Opera. Also love his giallo films like Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Deep Red."

Someone inboxed me and mentioned Suspiria and the remake too. Going to have to check it out.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno.

That movie was ferocious.

If you like that, you'll like Bone Tomahawk, though I didn't but was brutal.

I'm not entirely sure what I like in horror films, sometimes the violence is necessary for getting the right feel, but at other times I've found some disgusting and outright offensive?

I miss when they were weird and creative, seeing one from the 80s recently where people become zombies after eating this strange alien ice cream

What did you find offensive and why? Genuinely intrigued.

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By *agpie SaluteMan
33 weeks ago

bridgwater

"Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno.

That movie was ferocious.

If you like that, you'll like Bone Tomahawk, though I didn't but was brutal.

I'm not entirely sure what I like in horror films, sometimes the violence is necessary for getting the right feel, but at other times I've found some disgusting and outright offensive?

I miss when they were weird and creative, seeing one from the 80s recently where people become zombies after eating this strange alien ice cream

That sounds like The Stuff. The zombie making ice cream one!

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By *orksRockerMan
33 weeks ago

Bradford

I'm in the middle of watching Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Not scary, but very enjoyable and well made. Recommended.

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By *ittlemiss Hal O weenCouple
33 weeks ago

Southampton

I'm not big into horror, especially gory stuff by my absolute favourite is Silence of the lambs, se7en... I love psychological horror

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By *r_reusMan
33 weeks ago

Coventry

"Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno.

That movie was ferocious.

If you like that, you'll like Bone Tomahawk, though I didn't but was brutal.

I'm not entirely sure what I like in horror films, sometimes the violence is necessary for getting the right feel, but at other times I've found some disgusting and outright offensive?

I miss when they were weird and creative, seeing one from the 80s recently where people become zombies after eating this strange alien ice cream

What did you find offensive and why? Genuinely intrigued. "

I've seen a few, anything involving animals, babies and children makes me feel angry immediately.

Something that springs to mind was one of the Hills Have Eyes films (I think it was) where one of the women gets r**ed by a mutant. We've already established that these things are murderous and horrible, going that far just felt like the directors didn't know where to stop, and it went beyond the realms of horror into lowlife bad taste.

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By *r_reusMan
33 weeks ago

Coventry

"Can’t remember anything that I would deem as a good horror in the last decade.

1 that does spring to mind is The Green Inferno.

That movie was ferocious.

If you like that, you'll like Bone Tomahawk, though I didn't but was brutal.

I'm not entirely sure what I like in horror films, sometimes the violence is necessary for getting the right feel, but at other times I've found some disgusting and outright offensive?

I miss when they were weird and creative, seeing one from the 80s recently where people become zombies after eating this strange alien ice cream

That sounds like The Stuff. The zombie making ice cream one!"

That's the one!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"I'm not big into horror, especially gory stuff by my absolute favourite is Silence of the lambs, se7en... I love psychological horror "

I think Silence of the Lambs isn't just one of the greatest horror movies, but one the greatest movies regardless.

Jame Gumb aka Buffalo Bill is genuinely terrifying. "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me, I'd fuck me hard, I'd fuck me so hard."

All the while dancing around to Goodbye Horses. What a tune BTW.

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By *entlemanFoxMan
33 weeks ago

North East / London

Dog soldiers

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
33 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

It has to be

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

and

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

I love Army of Darkness too.

Also

The Wicker Man

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Interview With the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

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By *aramel.desiresMan
33 weeks ago

London

I watched Rosemary's Baby while half asleep and it scared the pants off me.

Never watch horrors while "high" reality and the movie gets mixed up in your brain.

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By *aizyWoman
33 weeks ago

west midlands

"It has to be

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

and

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

I love Army of Darkness too.

Also

The Wicker Man

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Interview With the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

Just checking, the original Wicker Man??

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By *ittlemiss Hal O weenCouple
33 weeks ago

Southampton

"I'm not big into horror, especially gory stuff by my absolute favourite is Silence of the lambs, se7en... I love psychological horror

I think Silence of the Lambs isn't just one of the greatest horror movies, but one the greatest movies regardless.

Jame Gumb aka Buffalo Bill is genuinely terrifying. "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me, I'd fuck me hard, I'd fuck me so hard."

All the while dancing around to Goodbye Horses. What a tune BTW."

Absolutely ! Hannibal rising is also epic! ...

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By *agpie SaluteMan
33 weeks ago

bridgwater

"It has to be

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

and

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

I love Army of Darkness too.

Also

The Wicker Man

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Interview With the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

Just checking, the original Wicker Man?? "

Not a fan of Nic Cage and the bees I take it!

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By *aizyWoman
33 weeks ago

west midlands

"It has to be

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

and

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

I love Army of Darkness too.

Also

The Wicker Man

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Interview With the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

Just checking, the original Wicker Man??

Not a fan of Nic Cage and the bees I take it!"

Please, never mention that abomination of a remake again

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By *ucka39Man
33 weeks ago

Newcastle

Human centipede

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By *mTheMrJMan
33 weeks ago

Barry

I love the Evil Dead franchise, movies and TV show, John Carpenters the Thing is also an awesome movie, many 80s horror movies stand above what came after.

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
33 weeks ago

chichester

The brain Awesome movie about a brain that eats people

From beyond

Gates of hell

Prince of darkness

Event horizon

Scarecrows (1986)

Pumpkin head (first one with Lance henrikson)

Pigs

Raw head Rex

The witch

The Stuff

Contamination

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By *r_reusMan
33 weeks ago

Coventry

"I love the Evil Dead franchise, movies and TV show, John Carpenters the Thing is also an awesome movie, many 80s horror movies stand above what came after."

The ending to the first Evil Dead film is pure genius

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By *anfun321Man
33 weeks ago

Glasgow

Saw the exorcist when it first came out, was shitting myself

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By (user no longer on site) OP
33 weeks ago

"It has to be

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

and

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

I love Army of Darkness too.

Also

The Wicker Man

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Interview With the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

Just checking, the original Wicker Man??

Not a fan of Nic Cage and the bees I take it!

Please, never mention that abomination of a remake again

I think we can all agree to pretend that film never existed.

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By *alcon77Man
33 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"Dog soldiers "

There's a film called "howl" that's entertaining. The director did the special effects for dog soldiers.

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