Halloween
Devils Rejects
Saw
Silence of the Lambs (more thriller than horror, but I'll list it here)
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 (first horror ever watched and it freaked me the fata out)
The Thing: (1981 John Carpenter version) IMHO the all time horror benchmark.
The Shining: Almost a coin toss with for #1. The practical effects of The Thing pushed it to # 2 though. Kubrick somehow made a building turn in an Oscar worthy performance.
The Evil Dead: Legendary film shot on a non-existent budget. Bruce Campbell puts in an all time great physical performance. The man should have left the B list permanently, but somehow never fully did.
Poltergeist: What can be done when big budget and horror are combined. Even though director credit is given to Tobe Hooper, Spielbergs signature is all over it, as many claimed he pretty much directed the entire film but didn't want the directors credit because of the how dark the material was.
Alien: Sci-fi's horror standard. Without JS Gigeure's horrifying and twisted artistic direction, it could have just been another flavour of the week space film. It's the glue of the film.
The Fly (1986 Cronenberg version): Cronenbergs apogee of body horror films. Goldblum's transformation from quirky nerd to sadistic brundlefly is the stuff of nightmares.
Honorable mentions:
The Mist, only for it's sadistically cruel twist at the end. I got a lot of glares in that theatre for bursting out in laughter after the big reveal at the end. A lot of people hated the end, I thought it was brilliant, the movie is worth it for the final 10 minutes and for taking a big runny dump on happy endings everywhere.
Even though the film isn't classified as horror, I dare you to find a scarier 15 minutes of film, than the abduction sequence from 'Fire in the Sky.' I watched that film in a dark basement in my 20's, and cowered like a 5 year old during that scene.
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The Thing (1982)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
28 Days Later
The Exorcist
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I dunno if they'd count as "horror" but Bram Stokers Dracula and Cabin in the Woods are a couple in the same vein that I watch whenever I find them on TV.
Blair Witch Project creeped me out when I first saw it in theaters.
1.Aliens
2.Event Horizon
3.Evil Dead (1,2 and AoD)
4.Friday the 13th (the first one, gave me the fear of swimming in lakes, thanks Jason!)
5.Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Top 5 Horror/Thriller
1.The Exorcist
2.The Conjuring
3.The Shining
4.Poltergeist series
5.Interview with a Vampire
aaand I think I'll have to agree with dammage79 on Event Horizon. That movie terrified me as a kid. Apparently there's a director's cut with more hell scenes that were only used for fractions of a second in the film, but it will probably never get released sadly.
Here are some stills from it though: http://io9.com/new-images-suggest-ev...som-1161668923
Honorable Mentions:
28 Days Later
The Conjuring
The Ring
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The often overlooked horror film everyone who loves horror should see is the Exorcist 3, it is truly a gem most people overlooked. Brad Dourif is amazing in his role and George C Scott does a terrific job as well.
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The Thing (1981)
Alien
Evil Dead
The Shining
High Tension
Honorable Mentions:
The Exorcist
Event Horizon
The Serpent & the Rainbow
Jacobs Ladder
American Warewolf in London
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Fly
Re-Animator
Hellraiser II
The Howling
Fright Night
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The Thing (1981)
Alien
Evil Dead
The Shining
High Tension
Honorable Mentions:
The Exorcist
Event Horizon
The Serpent & the Rainbow
Jacobs Ladder
American Warewolf in London
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Fly
Re-Animator
Hellraiser II The Howling
Fright Night
Ooooooooh. That one or the Howling 2 gave me my first foray into nudity in movies. What is that other movie called with the people who turned into panthers?
Top 5 Horror films
