Top 10 horror films

[Sir Galahad]

The thing
Prince of darkness
hellraiser
REC
REC 2
Nightmare on Elm Street
stakeland
return of the living dead
dog soldiers
lost boys

Does REC and REC 2 have anything to do with the rectum?

 

[quantiqus]

1973 - The exorcist
1976 - The Omen
1980 - The shining
1990 - Misery
1999 - Audition
2000 - Battle royale
2005 - Hostel
2008 - Martyrs
2008 - The strangers
2013 - Evil dead

Give or take... random list!

 

[HatchetHarry]

The Loved Ones
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Thing
Alien
The Descent
Cabin in the Woods
Wolf Creek
Rosemarys Baby
The Exorcist
The Shining

 

[Der Eisbär]

every one of you needs to add

and bump that weak ass shit "the conjuring", come the fuck on.

 

[HHJ]

Some of my favorite "horror films" usually incorpate other genres into them

In no order:

Alien
The Exorcist
Jacobs Ladder
Possession
Jaws
The Thing
Hellraiser
Rosemary's baby
Omen
Prince of Darkness

 

[Tyrannosaurus rex]

Get Out
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Cell
The Forest
Don't Breathe
The Boy
Cabin Fever
The Neon Demon
Unfriended
Annabelle

Is this a genuine list? Wondering because some of those movies weren't even slightly scary.

The Neon Demon is just a bunch of cunts doing cunt stuff and then killing a cunt they envy.

 

[IloveTHIS]

Would take me days to really finalize my list...quick and dirty though( a lot of these choices and order would change in a final version)

1.Alien
2.The Ring
3.Shutter(Thai version)
4.Martyrs
5.The Descent
6.Sinister
7.Blair Witch Project(cuz Fuk u thats why)
8.Silence of the Lambs
9.The Exorcist
10.???

 

[Plissken]

In no order, and mind you I have a large backlog, so there are many films I have yet to see.

Halloween.
Friday the 13th.
The Exorcist.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Frailty.
Session 9.
The Prophecy.
Return of the Living Dead.

Outside of RotLD they all had some real personal impact on me, and RotLD is just one of the most re-watchable and tightly made films of all time.

I also love The 'Burbs, Ghostbusters, The Gate, Monster House, and Ernest Scared Stupid, but I don't think they really count.

There's a bunch just on the edge of being top ten that are a more eclectic offering:
Phantasm, Vampyr, Mothman Prophecies, Prince of Darkness, The Fog, the original The Woman in Black, the original Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Cure, Salem's Lot, Noroi, City of the Living Dead, Hide and Go Kill 2, Inferno, Carnival of Souls, Incubus, Kill Baby Kill, Inland Empire, Night of the Demons, Hell Night, Alone in the Dark, The Evil Dead, The Wailing, Near Dark, etc.

 

[RoryFan]

Does Cabin in the Woods count?

The Horror genre is so played out these days the only way to make it passable and not seem like a string of ridiculous cliches is to spoof it.

 

[Arcturus]

every one of you needs to add

and bump that weak ass shit "the conjuring", come the fuck on.

For a Western effort, the Conjuring and Insidious movies were pretty damn good. I expected them to be horrible and not atmospheric in the slightest but I was wrong.

 

[NewS]

Off the top of my head:

Deep red
Suspiria
Inferno
The shining
Jaws
Misery

...I can't come up with more now, I admit I haven't seen many classics though

 

[Tamriel Terror]

Not a top 10, just several off the top of my head that are some of my favorites.

-The Descent
-The Thing
-Jeepers Creepers
-Insidious
-28 Days Later
-Halloween
-The Strangers

 

[Sir Galahad]

Is this a genuine list? Wondering because some of those movies weren't even slightly scary.

The Neon Demon is just a bunch of cunts doing cunt stuff and then killing a cunt they envy.

I don't rank horror movies on how much it scares me. Has to have a good story and decent acting.

 

[chickenluver]

Inland Empire

I don't normally think of this when I think of Horror films, but it did have a few parts that scared the shit out of me.

 

[Kanuck99]

Haven't seen these mentioned yet...

Final Destination
The Terminator (scared the piss out of me when I was little, and still convinced this will happen eventually)