The Horror Thread 2U • Page 595

Also it’s a pretty fun movie. I think you’ll have a good time when you watch it

 

Gotta be next Thanksgiving on streaming

still fuck Spyglass tho, there are better brainless Scream homages out there

 

Reminisced with my friends tonight about all the outrageous little horror gems we rented back in the day. They were chosen by how hard we laughed at the packaging.

Camp Blood 2
Hellinger
Hellgate: The House That Screamed 2
Monsturd
El Chupacabra
Terror Toons
Zombiez
Blood Red Planet

Really miss how much fun we used to have watching these abominations.

 

I definitely remember Terror Toons. I know I rented it but remember nothing about it.

Ahhhh, the power of the video box art.

 

What's ya'll top 5 horror movies you think everyone should watch?

 

My top 5 according to Letterbox ratings:
1. Silence of the Lambs
2. The Shining
3. Nope
4. The Thing
5. Hereditary

That's a pretty good mix of classic and modern IMO

Next 5 are more weird:
6. Jennifer's Body
7. Titane
8. House
9. Green Room
10. Black Swan

 

If we are including something that stirs up genre discussions like Jaws, then Jaws is absolutely the first in my top 5 but if not:

TTCM
Halloween
The Exorcist
Alien
Dawn of the Dead

Just spit em out, I could change it any number of ways if I think about it for more like a few seconds

 

Evil Dead (2013)
Scream
Paranormal Activity
Alien
Halloween

 

The Lost Boys
It Follows
Hereditary
Get Out
Scream

(Bonus - I'll add two more recent horror movies: Talk to Me and Barbarian)

 

The two horror movies that scared the shit out of me as a kid was The Lost Boys and Pet Cemetery.

 

I think about this more than I should:

 

Scream
Halloween
Evil Dead '13
It Follows
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

Im surprised to see Evil Dead '13 and not the OG.

 

I still need to watch Talk to Me. Ive heard great things.

 

Halloween
TCM
Scream
The Exorcist
The Thing

 

If you're not familiar with horror but can handle scary:
Doctor Sleep director's cut (and The Shining for context)
Midsommar also director's cut
Get Out (although I do like Nope more)
Nia DaCosta's Candyman
Talk to Me

If you are already a horror fan:
Malignant
Barbarian
Bones and All
The Night House
Titane

Definitely skewing more recent. I'd say Jaws but that's just a classic in general

 

Scream
Evil Dead (2013)
The Fog
Creepshow
Halloween (1978)

 

Halloween // The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Blair Witch Project
Dawn of the Dead
The Thing // Alien
Get Out //Jacob's Ladder

This is my cop-out answer. Blair Witch and Dawn '79 are a lock, but for the others, I would go with the first pick for a newcomer and the second pick for someone a little more advanced. I think this is the best primer I could give someone that spans four decades and five subgenres without sacrificing quality whatsoever. These are all great films imo.

 

Halloween
The Exorcist
Scream
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Shining

 

No, wait, okay.

but i need more spots!

 

this is how I felt

 

Let’s go top 10!

 

Night of the Hunter
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday IV
Scary Tales
Halloween

 

The Lost Boys
It Follows
Hereditary
Get Out
Scream
Barbarian
Talk to Me
The Monster Squad
Green Room
Midsommar