What is your vote for Best Horror Flick of All time....

[xultar]

I wanna know, I've just started to enjoy horror flicks. I wanna get some good ones for Saturday nite. Whatddaya suggest?

[markbark]

1. Ridley Scott

and the first Alien movie

Claustrophobic tale featuring a perfect killing machine vs. space truckers armed with flamethrowers and cattle prods.

Genius!

--MAB

[CanuckAmok]

4. GMTA!

Look at our silmultaneous posts!

You know what sucks about the Alien franchise, though? "Acidic blood of convenience". Even in the excellent first movie, the Alien blood is highly acidic, but onloy when that is convenient to the plot.

[Sporadicus]

6. I Vote for Whatever Sci-Fi Film Has That Giant Kitty! n/t

[xultar]

16. Your siggy reflects whats going on in my garage right now n/t

[CanuckAmok]

2. I'm partial to John Carpenter's "The Thing", and the orig version of...

"The Vanishing". Both are claustrophobic nightmares.

The first in the "Alien" series is hard to beat, for sheer terror.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. For sheer blasphemous shock...The Exorcist is my pick.

You can't beat a little girl saying "Your mother s**** c**** in hell, Karras!" and spewing pea soup for shock value.

[Chovexani]

8. SNL has forever ruined that movie for me

I caught it on a Best of compilation and it still cracks me right up. "Yo momma eats kitty litter!" Hee.

[NamVetsWeeLass]

48. ya know, the Exorcist is one of the Classics.

I was scared to death of it when I was a kid. For movies to rent for Halloween : Carrie, The Shining, the Amityville Horror, The Original Night of the Living Dead.... I could go on....To me tho, the premise for the scariest teen slasher flick of all times is "Nightmare on Elm Street" Freddie Kruger was wild. ya know, You can outrun Jason, provided you aren't a chick and don't fall repeatedly, HOWEVER, YOU have to SLEEP sometime!!!

[happyasaclam]

19. John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness" is good also

[Sporadicus]

5. Jacob's Ladder

More of a psychological thriller than a classic horror film, but disturbing and guaranteed to induce nail-biting.

[CanuckAmok]

9. Yeah, I just picked up a used VHS copy for $2 at a bankrupt video store!

I've been meaning to add it to my collection for some time now.

[Sporadicus]

11. Excellent Purchase! n/t

[xultar]

14. YEAH! I was just thinking about it this weekend. I gotta rent that.

I haven't seen it in years!

[Chovexani]

7. I third the love for Alien

That movie never gets old. Aliens was pretty sweet too.

"Get away from her you bitch!"

Now if you want a little cheese in your diet you can't go wrong with a Michael Madsen flick I caught on Showtime late the other night. It's called Vampires Anonymous and it's freaking hilarious. Vampires in 12-step. It's intentionally cheesy and quite funny.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. No no no...best line was...

"Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man...That's it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now?"

Or

"You know Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage!" ( obviously Burke was a republican).

[Chovexani]

15. That movie is so damn quotable

Both those lines have been said many times across the D&D table. :D

[ChoralScholar]

10. My wife is partial to:

Anything with Vincent Price:

House on Haunted Hill (has to be with him!!!)
The House of Wax
The Pit and the Pendulum

If it was written by Edgar Allen Poe, there is a probably a movie of it starring Vincent Price.


"The Shining"--the original one with Jack Nickolson and Shelly Duvall
"The Haunting"--with Catherine Zeta Jones

[Skittles]

53. surely she means the original The Haunting, 1963

the won with Catherine Z J sucked BIG time

[geniph]

13. Young Frankenstein

Oh, you meant one that WASN'T a spoof? The first Alien.

[Liberal Veteran]

17. And don't forget Misery......

...if you didn't flinch when Kathy Bates brought out the sledgehammer, you aren't human.

[xultar]

38. To this day I've never seen it! nt

[CO Liberal]

18. "Ann Coulter Does Dallas"

:-)

[Liberal Veteran]

21. That was bad even for gay porn.

:)

[CO Liberal]

30. Even the THOUGHT of (M)Ann Coulter Naked Makes My Skin Crawl.....

:puke:

[Arkana]

20. Final Destination

That movie scared the FUCK outta me. I had nightmares for weeks.

[CanuckAmok]

22. It was pretty fun, but...

...the deaths started getting just...comical. The teacher in the kitchen was not unlike the clumsy Cleaseau-esque waiter in The Simpsons.

[xultar]

24. I've only seen II which was freaky. Great Suggestion n/t

[the Princess]

23. I have two

Night of the Living Dead

and

Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things

Both classics!!!

[xultar]

25. Never heard of Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, it is on the list

:)

[the Princess]

34. It's on my list! LOL

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IO3R?v=glance

You'll NEVER forget ORVILLE!! LOL

[xultar]

26. What about 13 ghosts? Was that scary, never seen it, only heard of it

:shrug:

[happyasaclam]

27. Here are a couple that I liked

Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby". Mia Farrow is really good in that movie to.

Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"
I seen "the birds" a long time ago when I was only young. I haven't watched it in a long time, but it scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.

[drdon326]

28. So easy....HALLOWEEN 1.

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[ghostsofgiants]

29. Toss up between Jacob's Ladder and Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me

Honourable mentions for Rosemary's Baby and The Shining.

[Khephra]

31. Evil Dead 1

it had moments of humor, but I liked the first one the most because it was pretty much played straight.

[CanuckAmok]

33. Yeah, Evil Dead is terrifying...until the claymation meltdown.

But the whole mood building sequence, and the clock stopping, and the card-reading... Br-r-r-r-r-r!

[xultar]

37. Evil Dead 1 is now on the list n/t

[Arkana]

32. I'm giving advance warning to anyone

who suggests "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." I saw that movie at midnight, with a full moon, and I was LAUGHING. It was so damn predictable.

[BattyDem]

35. Phantasm

It's not as well known as the other films mentioned (it came out in 1979), but that movie scared the sh*t out of me!
So did this guy:

[Khephra]

36. The sequels aren't too bad either

Two had to be one of the few non-vampire films where the good-guys were actively hunting down the monsters--and they were fully armed and ready for them!

[Zayin]

39. Blue Velvet

[RiffRandell]

40. Really 80's, but "Reanimator" n/t

[DS1]

42. Gooooood choice!

There was a sequel that was over-the-top, I forget the name, the sequel is best left forgotten IMO

[Khephra]

43. Bride of the Reanimator

followed recently by the prison-set "Beyond Reanimator", which is a pretty enjoyable flick.

[glaeken777]

41. mmm horror

Halloween 1 and 2 (the first sequel works as a fine extension and wrapup of the original... forget the rest)

Night of the Living Dead (the original)

Dawn of the Dead (original)

The Exorcist

The Shining (original)

The Thing (remake)

Suspiria

[realisticphish]

44. The Shining

dont know why, i absolutely love that movie

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Bossy Monkey]

58. That's the only one that actually scared me as an adult

and I've seen at least half of the other ones mentioned on this thread.

[VOX]

63. The Shining is a very disturbing movie...

Most of the violence, implied and otherwise, is among families (except for poor Scatman Crothers).

I would **never** let a child watch that film!!!

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

45. Mmmmmmm.... horror.....

I'm quite partial to psychological thrillers (or so theyre called...) but horror (although its basically the same thing) is also a fovorite.

[UpsideDownFlag]

46. the motherfucking THING! i saw that when i was like 10 years old...

god, it was horrifying.

[Dukakis88]

47. Scariest of all time: Dario Argento's "Suspiria"

Other contenders:

George Romero - Night of the Living Dead trilogy

Roman Polanski - "Rosemary's Baby," "The Tenant," "Repulsion"

David Cronenberg - "The Fly," "Videodrome," "The Brood"

Peter Jackson - "Dead Alive" aka "Braindead"

Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"

"Love Object" (about a shy guy who buys a RealDoll and dresses it to look like a girl he has a crush on at work)

"Cabin Fever" (tongue in cheek, but still good)

Brian DePalma - "Carrie"

Sam Raimi - "Evil Dead 2"

John Carpenter - "The Thing"

"The Omen" (the first one, not the others)

[Dukakis88]

49. A few others:

* Andrzej Zulawski's "Possession" starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill with special effects by the guy who did "E.T." - absolutely bizarre and unforgettable, Adjani got a Cannes Best Actress award for it

* Invasion of the Body Snatchers

* The British series of "Quatermass" alien invasion films

* "Ultraviolet" -- a British horror six-episode mini-series available on DVD -- ultracool series about vampires vs. vampire hunters in the real world with great writing and acting

* Hitchcock's "Psycho"

* Ken Russell - "Lair of the White Worm," "Altered States," "The Devils"

* Alejandro Jodorowsky - "Santa Sangre"

* Fritz Lang - "M" starring Peter Lorre

[CanuckAmok]

51. O-o-o-o-h, Quatermass!

Did you ever see "The Quatermass Conclusion"? It was done in the 80s, with the surviving original cast. Sadly never released on video, but a great, Cold War horror/Sci-Fi flick.

[maveric]

50. "The Wolfman", with Lon Chaney Jr.

That one scared me the most as a kid. Even with all the special effects of today, the old Wolfman still sends shivers down my spine.

[Skittles]

52. The Haunting, circa 1963

no bloods, very few special effects, black and white and creepy as hell

[Downtown Hound]

54. Most of my favorites have been said already, but I'll add a few

Poltergeist-not really all that scary but damn entertaining.

In the Mouth of Madness-not a horror classic but has some pretty damn creepy scenes

Jaws-maybe not the best Halloween movie, but it always makes me afraid to go in the water!

The Blair Witch Project-if you're going to rip on this movie, well go ahead. But I loved it. Very original, and very good.

The Legend of Hell House-really good 70's haunted house movie. Great cast too.

Fright Night-great horror/comedy with Roddy McDowell.

[Mobius]

55. F911

eom

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

56. Rocky Horror Picture Show

hands down.

[Robeson]

57. The Vincent Price Gothic Poe...

...ones are great. Especially the House of Usher, Mask of the Red Death, Tomb of Ligea, hell, I love them all!

[JSJ]

59. "celcius 41.1" or whatever it's called

[FreedomFry]

60. "The Haunting" -- a sure bet.

1963, black and white, directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblyn; based on the novel "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson.

An anthropologist and several strangers participate in an experiment to spend several days in a mansion that was "born bad" to determine whether there is such a thing as a haunted house. The movie features no ghosts, specters, demons, zombies, mutant animals, giants, freaks, blood, gore or monsters -- but it's the scariest and by far the best horror movie I've ever seen. Phenomenal camera work, direction and editing; eerie music, great sound; the set decorator had a field day; the house is to die for; and some chilling special effects that were unique in their day.

Some people regard it as campy, so I recommend seeing it alone to get the full effect. Make yourself a cup of hot cocoa, grab a few cookies, get in your PJs, turn off all the lights, find a comfy chair and a lap blanket, and prepare for an hour-and-a-half of raw fear.

Avoid the '90s remake like the plague. The original is easily available for rental or purchase. Enjoy ...

[Behind the Aegis]

61. The Exorcist!

It IS one of the BEST horror movies! It is not always "jump out of your seat scary," but it is a great movie! Exorcist 3 was very creepy! Wanna watch something really scary? Try C-SPAN, they still have copies of the Republican Convention! If that doesn't shatter and scare your soul, nothing will!

[Mr Bojangles]

62. Dead Alive

Directed by Peter Jackson (yeah, the LOTR guy). It's about as gory as a zombie movie can get, yet it's campy enough to make it absolutely hilarious.

Best line is by the Preacher (who, by chance, knows kung-fu): "I kick ass for the lord!!! *proceeds to go hong-kong-fooey on a group of punks*"