Good Horror?

[vader4]

I just watched Insidious and I was feeling like more good horror movies, any suggestions?

[Mandalorian]

Without asking if you own it, or have seen it, I'd say The Exorcist. I doubt you haven't seen it though. Also, maybe the Paranormal Activities and The Ring. I'm ashamed to say that all of these movies made it hard for me to sleep after seeing them. I also love zombie flicks, but they're more suspenseful and fun than scary.

[HorrorBlu]

Black Christmas (1974)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Re-Animator (1985)
High Tension (2003)
Eden Lake (2008)
Trick 'r Treat (2007)

[animefan77]

I usually don't like horror movies, but even for me, these recent ones stand out.

Descent
Orphanage

[Walts Ghost]

Evil Dead
The Exorcist
Psycho
The Orphanage

[Tom Hiddleston]

Let the Right One In. Nuff said.

[blest07]

The others, The Strangers, Event Horizon and the exorcist of course these are all pretty scary.

[LordCrumb]

argh, this thread could go on for days.. just work your way through some kind of Empire top 50 list if you find one.

[Tav]

The Strangers
I'm not sure if I would call it a "horror" movie, but it certainly retains tension throughout its entire running time. Great suspense !

[Foggy]

The Thing
Evil Dead trilogy
Alien
The Descent
Dog Soldiers
The Mist
[REC]

[amarster]

The Changeling with George C. Scott (1980)..no blu as of yet
Best ghost story of all time which many movies have copied...i see you del toro

[Icedburden]

The Exorcist
Blair Witch Project (My Favorite)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Last Exorcism
Nightmare on Elm Street
Poltergeist
The Shining
Paranormal Activity 1 & 2
The Mist
[REC] 1 & 2
Quarantine (American Remake of [REC])
Trick R' Treat
The Orphanage
The Crazies (2010)
Halloween (Original)
The Descent
Dog Soldiers
Frozen
Splinter
High Tension

[bkbluray]

Originally Posted by Icedburden

The Exorcist
Blair Witch Project (My Favorite)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Last Exorcism
Nightmare on Elm Street
Poltergeist
The Shining
Paranormal Activity 1 & 2
The Mist
[REC] 1 & 2
Quarantine (American Remake of [REC])
Trick R' Treat
The Orphanage
The Crazies (2010)
Halloween (Original)
The Descent
Dog Soldiers
Frozen
Splinter
High Tension

Impressive list from the ones I have seen

That is, everything except for The Last Exorcism, didn't like that one too much

[Lacit170]

my all time favorite is The Shining...only saw 1 other person mention this....others i like are:

Alien
Event Horizon
High Tension
The Descent
Saw
House on Haunted Hill
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Original AND Remake

[Icedburden]

Originally Posted by bkbluray

Impressive list from the ones I have seen

That is, everything except for The Last Exorcism, didn't like that one too much

The ending was POO but I did enjoy the movie overall.

[bkbluray]

Originally Posted by Icedburden

The ending was POO but I did enjoy the movie overall.

Yeah, the ending was pretty bad and not really too scary. I was much more impressed with the first half of the movie than the last half. The brother was pretty creepy though, and set the proper tone towards the beginning.

[DaleDark]

My 2¢....

Night of The Living Dead (original preferably, but the 1990 remake is quite good as well)
The Frighteners
Suspiria
30 Days of Night (F$%K VAMPIRES THAT GLITTER!!!)
Creepshow
The Fog (the original)
The Stepfather (the original)
Jeepers Creepers
Slither (David Cronenberg's or James Gunn)
The Fly (David Cronenberg's)
Videodrome
Battle Royale

......and if your not put off by silent movies, the original Nosferatu is one of my all time favorites.

.....and a +1 for Fenris' suggestion of Let The Right One In. The american remake, Let Me In is a very good movie, but other than being a little bit gorier, and not being subtitled, it doesn't really justify its existence.

[bkbluray]

I have to say that last October I watched a ton of horror movies (much more than usual) and it actually did make me pretty depressed.

That being said, I don't mind the occasional horror movie. But I really couldn't get into the Hostels or the torture movies.

[stanleykubrick]

Originally Posted by bkbluray

I have to say that last October I watched a ton of horror movies (much more than usual) and it actually did make me pretty depressed.

That being said, I don't mind the occasional horror movie. But I really couldn't get into the Hostels or the torture movies.

good point!

A distinction should be made between:

Psychological Horror: Shining, Psycho, Repulsion, etc (All Psychological, no gore)

Torture Porn Horror: Saw, Hostel, Hills Have Eyes, etc (All Gore, little Psychological)

Psychological Horror probably does less "damage" than Torture Porn, since they're less graphic, and thankfully, are better films.

[bkbluray]

Anyway, back on topic...

My recommendations:
The Mist
The Strangers
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Ring
The Grudge