Horror Movie Recommendations

[PeterPanfan]

I know Lazario has made probably millions of horror movie threads, but I'm inviting some of my friends over to my house a few times this summer to do "Scary Movie Days." So far we had one and watched the House of Wax remake, which wasn't that scary.

Anyway, we're looking for SCARY horror movies. Gore doesn't faze us, nor does language. We're looking for PG-13 to R rated movies, and they should actually have a plot and at least decent acting.

Th next one is planned for Friday and we're watching the Friday the 13th remake so far, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. These are the movies planned for this summer:

Friday the 13th (Original and Remake)
Scream
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Halloween
The Ring
The Grudge
The Messengers
Stay Alive
Final Destination
Wrong Turn
The Hitcher
The Blair Witch Project
Prom Night
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Disturbia
The Return
The Eye
Possession
Saw
Cry_Wolf

Give me recommendations or recommend to take any off.

Thanks!

[Flanger-Hanger]

None are PG-13 or R but are must sees regardless:

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
The Mummy (1932)
Creature From the Black Lagoon
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Wolf Man
House of Wax (1953)
House of Usher (1960)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

[Escapay]

I know Lazario has made probably millions of horror movie threads, but I'm inviting some of my friends over to my house a few times this summer to do "Scary Movie Days."

Here's a thread for that (well, he's asking for movies to watch on Halloween, but scary movie is a scary movie no matter what day it is):

Good Horror Movies by the one and only Alan

And if you wanna consult Laz's old threads...

Lazario's Contemporary Horror Digest - Volume 1
Lazario's Contemporary Horror Digest - Volume 2
Lazario's Contemporary Horror Digest - Volume 3

Plus, if you wanna relive some childhood nightmares, check out this thread

What movies scared you as a kid?

Anyway, we're looking for SCARY horror movies. Gore doesn't faze us, nor does language. We're looking for PG-13 to R rated movies, and they should actually have a plot and at least decent acting.

In addition to Wire Hanger's classic monsters/horror list, check out:

Hammer Horror

Rosemary's Baby

It's Alive

The Last House on the Left (original, not remake)

The Exorcist (original, not Version You've Never Seen)

The Wicker Man (original, not remake)

The Omen (original, not remake)

Carrie

The Watcher in the Woods

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Child's Play

Stephen King's The Langoliers (TV Miniseries)

Stephen King's Rose Red (TV Miniseries)

A Haunting in Connecticut (look for the original documentary that was a pilot for "A Haunting." It's unrelentlessly terrifying)

BTW, it's recommendations and recommend.

albert

[Chernabog_Rocks]

Friday the 13th (Original and Remake)
Scream
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Halloween
The Ring
The Grudge
The Messengers
Stay Alive
Final Destination
Wrong Turn
The Hitcher
The Blair Witch Project
Prom Night
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Disturbia
The Return
The Eye
Possession
Saw
Cry_Wolf

Hm, Personally I wouldn't bother with Cry_Wolf, Saw or Blair Witch. I can't really comment on Blair Witch, I sort of fell asleep halfway in. Saw is ok but I found it a bit boring compared to the slashers like Halloween, Friday the 13th etc. As for Cry Wolf...it's different, better than the other two I think. Hope that helps a bit, I haven't really seen any of those three in a while.

If gore doesn't faze you give Hellraiser a try. It's very gory from what I remember. Also, Silver Bullet, The Howling, perhaps Jeepers Creepers, Leprechaun.....and Cujo. Also, Misery and Christine to add a couple more Stephen King's to the list.

Will be back with more ideas later but those are just off the top of my head.

[Mooky]

Hm, Personally I wouldn't bother with Cry_Wolf

Agreed.

If gore doesn't faze you give Hellraiser a try.

Hell yeah! (pun intended)

Here's a few others I'd recommend:
- Candyman
- Demoni 1 and 2
- Friday the 13th II, III and IV
- Halloween II, III and H2O (you can pretty much ignore everything else, especially the remake)
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Gin gwai (The Eye - the original, not the remake)
- Hellraiser I-III
- Jeepers Creepers
- Ju-On: The Grudge (the original)
- Pet Sematary
- Prince of Darkness
- Ringu 0, 1, 2
- The Amityville Horror
- The Faculty
- The Fog (1980)
- The Haunting (1963)
- The House on the Haunted Hill (both 1959 and 1999 versions)
- The Hunger
- They Live
- Urban Legend (ignore the sequels)
- Wolf

[Mickeyfan1990]

Here's my list:

-Phantasm I-IV
-Friday The 13th Original-Remake
-Alien I-IV
-Evil Dead I-III
-George A. Romero's Dead Series (Night-Diary)
-Ghostbusters I-II
-Gremlins I-II
-Child's Play I-V
-Mirrors
-Dolls
-The Ring I-II
-REC
-The Grudge I-III
-Killer Klowns From Outer Space
-Dario Argento's The 3 Mothers Trilogy
-Dario Argento's The Animals Trilogy
-Deep Red
-Demonic Toys
-Hellraiser I-III
-Terror Toons I-II
-The Strangers

I think that's it.

[dvdjunkie]

Don't forget these great "scary movies" that should be on everyone's list:

House of Wax - The original with Vincent Price and Frank Lovejoy, also a very young Charles Bronson. Originally shot in 3-D this movie is still very scarey.

The Legend of Hell House - Above any of the others recommended I think this should be at the top of the list. Roddy McDowell at his creepiest.

Circus of Horrors - Anton Difring and Donald Pleasance make this a real treat about a mad doctor who finds beautiful women who have minor disfuigurements and performs plastic surgery, and when they decide they want to leave the circus, an 'accident' occurs. Really good movie.

Creature From The Black Lagoon - Another film originally filmed in the 3-D process and a very well-acted one. Great story and really good monster!

In the "Frankenstein" films one of the best is House of Frankenstein. Watch this one alone, if you dare.

Venom - A really good film involving the Black Mamba, one of the world's most deadly snakes. Klaus Kinski, Susan George, Sterling Holloway, Nicole Williamson and Oliver Reed headline a super cast and this movie will give you nightmares if you don't like snakes.

Last, but not least, just because it is so much fun: Snakes on A Plane starring Samuel L. Jackson. Some really great one-liners in this one, plus those snakes look absolutely real.

[Mr. Toad]

Nightmare on Elm Street Nos 1 and 3 and the original Changeling are some of my favorites.

Dont watch Blair Witch Project. It was terribly boring and not in the least scary.

[Luke]

Arachnophobia

[Mr. Toad]

Arachnophobia

Wasnt really scary although I found it really funny. Probably not how they meant it though.

[Maerj]

Arachnophobia

Wasnt really scary although I found it really funny. Probably not how they meant it though.

It is funny but it was a lot of fun to watch in a packed movie theater. People were screaming even for the tiniest spiders that crawled into frame.