Since it's Halloween...favorite scary/horror movies?

[Mr Janny]

The Lighthouse isn't entirely a horror movie by definition, but it's definitely disturbing. Made by the same guy who made the Witch. Worth a watch.

And if you like disturbing stuff and Willem Dafoe, check out Antichrist.... It's all kinds of ****ed up.

 

[BryceC]

Hereditary. Stuck with me way longer than any other horror movie, in a deeply unsettling way. Also has two of the most horrifying images I've ever seen in a movie (if you've seen it, you know the ones I'm talking about)

I like scary movies but I get too scared by them and I have to stop. Takes me about 10 tries to get through one. Hereditary took me about 2 weeks to watch.

 

[EnhancedFujita]

The Lighthouse isn't entirely a horror movie by definition, but it's definitely disturbing. Made by the same guy who made the Witch. Worth a watch.

My wife and I tried to watch The Lighthouse, but like 30 minutes in we were bored and did something else. Sell me on why I need to give it another shot. Did we just not stick with it long enough?

 

[3GenClone]

Alien

 

[Mr Janny]

My wife and I tried to watch The Lighthouse, but like 30 minutes in we were bored and did something else. Sell me on why I need to give it another shot. Did we just not stick with it long enough?

It's definitely not for everyone. Slow, slow burn.

 

[Bigman38]

Favorite bad/goofy horror movies:

They Live - The fight scene between Rowdy Piper and Keith David is legendary
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Gremlins 2 - Hilarious, and the Kay & Peele sketch of it is required watching
The Wicker Man - The 70's version is legitimately good, the version with Nicholas Cage is amazing for all the wrong reasons.

Vampires Kiss - Just wild

 

[jcyclonee]

As @Bipolarcy stated, Jaws is still the best scary movie to me, even though you can tell that the shark's eyes are stickers. It does a fantastic job of balancing eerie, creepy, suspense, and action. It also includes some great dialogue.

Other choices would be Aliens and Ten Cloverfield Lane. I also probably liked The Blair Witch Project more than a lot of people. When I was young, The Omen scared the crap out of me.

To go off on a somewhat related tangent, my favorite horror parody is What We Do in the Shadows.

 

[sdillon500]

Also John Carpenter's The Thing. Effects still hold up and look incredibly disgusting even 30 years after it was made, and the tension and paranoia of these guys trapped in a base in Antarctica, where both the environment and a shape-shifting monster are trying to kill them; really draws you in.

 

[Bigman38]

Werewolves Within - Straddles the line between comedy and horror really well
The Ritual - Lost in the woods with a cult, pretty spooky

I could list **** all day, I love horror movies.

 

[Cyrock18]

Sputnik, watch in Russian with English subtitles. Such a great movie that I stumbled upon and I feel like barely anybody has seen it. So freaking good.

 

[madguy30]

Hereditary
Midsommar
The Witch
The Thing - Still holds up, and for the love of god ignore the one from a few years ago

Can't go wrong with a classic. Netflix just put out a "Movies that made us" with all horror movies, Aliens, Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm St.

The first The Thing (or similar title) is interesting although a standard B movie.

 

[VeloClone]

Young Frankenstein

 

[Mr Janny]

1408 is another one that was a lot better than I expected.

And even though it's as much of a comedy as it is horror, Tremors is one of my favorites. It's just a great movie to watch.

 

[Alswelk]

Still love 28 Days Later.

 

[VikesFan22]

Does Saw fall under this category? Really love the first movie. I'm going to a party tonight as Billy.

 

[JM4CY]

I re-watched the Iowa game earlier this week. Does that count?

 

[ruflosn]

Children of the Corn (original).

 

[JohnnyFive]

Hereditary. Stuck with me way longer than any other horror movie, in a deeply unsettling way. Also has two of the most horrifying images I've ever seen in a movie (if you've seen it, you know the ones I'm talking about)

My wife nudged me with her elbow in the theater during one of those horrifying images youre talking about and whispered, “Why do you bring me to this sh**? Im not sleeping for a week.”

 

[TXCyclones]

The Insidious movies (specifically #1) scared the **** out of me!

 

[CYEATHAWK]

One that cleared out the theatre early, and still gives a few chills is John Carpenters "Prince of Darkness". Being even on a big screen at home doesn't do it justice compared to a large screen in a dark theatre.