Favorite Horror Films — Page 2

The swimming pool scene is in the original CAT PEOPLE. There's nothing particularly frightening about CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, which is a sweet little movie about a young girl's fantasy life, well worth watching for some lovely black and white cinematography.

Let's not speak of Schrader's idiotic remake of CAT PEOPLE.

Some old favorites that I turn to over and over:

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE -- not the avalanche of gore you might expect, the real horrors are largely kept off camera. For my money the most genuinely nightmarish film out there.

THE SHINING -- Kubrick's great mad freakout, with the one Jack Nicholson performance that I happily watch.

ISLAND OF LOST SOULS -- the pre-code version of ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, it was banned for many years and there's still something transgressive about it. Vastly entertaining, with a wonderful performance from Charles Laughton.

THE BIRDS -- hell yeah. The attack on the diner, the scene of Melanie waiting outside the school, and so on and so on.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD -- probably the great American horror movie. Still shocking in all the best ways.

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN -- hell yeah.

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Updated On: 10/17/13 at 08:56 AM

My favorite horror movie, and movie in general, is Halloween.

Also: Psycho, Black Christmas, Creepshow, The Shining, The Exorcist, Deep Red, Jaws, Carrie, Hellraiser, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, John Carpenter's The Thing, Night of the Creeps, Return of the Living Dead, Poltergeist, The Changeling, The Haunting, Alien, Aliens, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Evil Dead II, Rosemary's Baby, The Howling, [REC], The Loved Ones, The House of the Devil, 28 Days Later..., Misery, Identity,, Kill List, May, The Mothman Prophecies, Candyman, The Others, The Descent, The Ring, Scream, Let Me In, The Blair Witch Project, Trick 'r Treat, The Children, Session 9.

Not to thread-jack too much, but I'm interested in getting a good (if there is such a thing) Blu-ray copy of Night of the Living Dead.

There are several out there (is the film in public domain?), released by different companies.

Do any of you have a good Blu-ray of the original movie, and if so, who is the distributor? I'd like to get it on BD.

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Regarding the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake -- AGREED! Saw it in high school, and thought it was fantastic. I've always enjoyed the remake more than the original in that case. But isn't it sad/weird that most of the films being cited here need to be noted as "the original, not the remake?"

How soon do you think before we get an Exorcist remake (or "reboot")?

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Does anyone else think The Exorcism of Emily Rose is underrated?

Halloween
The Exorcist
The Shinning
Rosemary's Baby
The Innocents
Scream
Blair Witch Project
Funny Games

I used to LOVE horror films, but I pretty much can't stand most of the recent horror films and remakes made this century.

I enjoyed Emily Rose.

xxdrewboy85xx, which Funny Games are you referring to? The original or the remake with Naomi Watts?

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I also think that IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is a very underrated film and still holds up very nicely.

IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS just came out on BD Tuesday.

It looks great.

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b12b, there have been so many rumors about a remake of The Exorcist in the last 20 years! I do know that one production went into casting for Regan, but have no idea where that went...it was a few years ago.

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I know she auditioned, Jordan, but didnt know if she was a favorite. Eve Plumb, Melanie Griffith, Brooke Sheilds and Kim Basinger also auditioned for Regan.

I do know that many parents took their kids out of the casting calls once they realized what the part was. The novel was already notorious.

I cant imagine Janet didnt know what the part was before Jamie auditioned.

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