Top Ten Horror films of all time

[gaelic cowboy]

In no particular order here are my faves.
Exorcist
Omen
Texas chainsaw masacre
The masque of the red death (or any vincent price film really)
Event Horizon
Alien/Aliens
The Ring
What lies Beneath
Jaws
The Evil Dead Trilogy
The Thing (John carpenter)
Blair Witch Project(only because it was so differant not cos it was any good)
Halloween
Psycho
28 Days Later
Jacobs Ladder
Near Dark (god I almost forgot all about that one)

My top horror films would be divided in two one section as actual good stand alone films such as Alien and outright gorefests like Texas chainsaw massacre not classic films barry norman wise but worthy as plenty bang for yer buck cult classic's.

[Plantagenet]

In no particular order...

1. The Shining
2. The Omen (the first one)
3. The Island of Dr. Moreau (the original; is it SF or horror?)
4. Alien (the first one)
5. Dracula (the latest remake with Gary Oldman as the Count)
6. The Ring
7. Blair Witch Project (I know, I know, but it was horrifying the first time I saw it)
8. Poltergeist (first one only)
9. Angel Heart (cross between a horror and a mystery)
10. The Mummy (The new one; cheesy as hell but a great popcorn flick nonetheless)

These are just the first 10 that came to mind, and as you can tell, I don't really like "slasher" flicks at all. I see some on other's lists though that should probably replace others on mine.

For instance, Salem's Lot was great, as even though its got the feel of a cheap TV movie, it featured several scenes that were/became classic "vampire" (the kid at the window, James Mason's version of Renfield, etc.). Event Horizon was also quite disturbing. Sixth Sense was riveting the first time I saw it, but just not that suitable for repeat viewings after you know all the twists and turns (whereas in a film like The Ring, I wasn't that impressed the first time, but then saw/heard/noticed new things each time I watched it thereafter).

I'll agree with a previous poster about Signs. For all its boring faults, the scene at the kid's birthday party was masterfully handled; I literally jumped off my seat the first time I saw it.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Has anyone seen the innocents? Really scary film from the 1960s, the Others was definetly influenced by it

[Spartiate]

28 Days Later wasn't bad.The new fast zombies were a vast improvement on the old shambling ones were you had to fall down for them to actually catch you.Same for the remake of Day of the Dead.
Event Horizon-an evil Sam Neil was quite disturbing.
Signs-minimalistic and tense
Salems Lot-scared the you know what out of me when i was a kid
Alien-where is it?Why are there so many dark organic looking pipes on the walls?
Living Doll-late 80s film about a morgue attendant keeping a corpse of a girl he had a crush on in his house and having sex with her.He saw her as she always was.We saw a badly decompossing corpse all the time with cliff richards light melody playing in the background*shudder*

[Hurin_Rules]

I have to agree with Plantagenet:

The Shining.

Man, did that scare the crap out of me. I just have to see one frame or clip of that movie and it sends shivers up my spine.

Salem's Lot and Jaws were pretty huge too. I guess I'm showing my age, but these have stood the test of time. Of the more recent ones, I think Blair Witch will hold up. Sixth Sense was pretty good too. I haven't seen the Ring.

[Kraellin]

also in no particular order:

1. the shining
2. psycho
3. and what was that one where they built a housing development on a graveyard, the one where the little girl is looking into the tv with nothing but static showing and she says that famous line, 'they're here-ere!', or is it 'they're ba-ack!'?
4. aliens freaked me out, but only the first one.
5. and i guess my all time favorite is Night of the Living Dead. it might not have been quite as scary as some, but i still remember a group of us going into a theatre, stoned, going down in front of the first row of seats and laying on the carpet there and looking up at that giant screen. that's when theatres still only had one screen and it was BIG. the ONLY way to watch that movie :)

6. deep throat. scary what that woman could do ;)

K.

[Plantagenet]

also in no particular order:
And what was that one where they built a housing development on a graveyard, the one where the little girl is looking into the tv with nothing but static showing and she says that famous line, 'they're here-ere!', or is it 'they're ba-ack!'?
K.

Poltergeist (the first one, Spielberg). Its on my list. Damn good movie, but as often happens, the sequels (non-Spielberg) dragged its name through the mud until everyone forgot all about the first.

[The Scourge]

Has anyone seen the innocents? Really scary film from the 1960s, the Others was definetly influenced by it

Yeah that was in my list ,but I wrongly had it down as "Turn of the screw."
Which was the name of the novel by Henry James.
Fantasic ghost story.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

That boy in that film is scary man. Especially the way he flirts with the governess and when that scene where the woman plays hide and seek and that ghost is looming out of the darkness, with just a pane of glass separating them.

Very creepy

[eadeater]

Event Horizon and The Shining were certainly somewhat disturbing, but the moment that made me jump more than I have ever done was in 28 days later, when the army mansion is under atack, and its pitch black outside, with lightning, and the main character has released the pet zombie, and one of the troops walks up to a completely black window, and the lightning lights it up, and theres nothing there, and then the lightning goes off again and the zombie's face is there, just looking into the window - that was pretty tense.

[Cebei]

1-exorcist
2-exorcist
3-exorcist
4-exorcist
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Damn damn damn!

[Efrem Da King]

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Where is Sleepy Hollow??????

I can't stand being scared.. but this film was just sooooooo good....