What are your 20 Favorite Horror Movies?

[Mockery]

I'm always curious to hear what people consider to be the greatest horror films ever made, so share with us a list of your top 20 horror films. I'll start it off.

This list isn't in any particular order (except for the first one, which IS my favorite horror flick), and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few of my favorites, but here goes...

1. John Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness"
2. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
4. The Thing
5. Silent Night, Deadly Night
6. Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood
7. Night of the Creeps
8. Creepshow
9. Phantasm 2
10. Dark Night of the Scarecrow
11. Jack Frost
12. Evil Dead 2
13. Dead Alive
14. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
15. Jaws
16. Poltergeist 2
17. Day of the Dead (the original one, not the remake)
18. The Lost Boys
19. The Shining
20. Halloween

Ok, now it's your turn.

[MarioRPG]

My list is just coming from the top of my head, so I may be omitting some of my true favourites that I just can't think of for whatever reason. Some of them are due to them actually scaring me / impressing me (Los Cronocrímenes Sci-fi/Horror), others just because I can watch them over and over (From Dusk Till Dawn). Having said that, I expect to see a lot of overlap, and maybe some hate.

1. Evil Dead 2
2. From Dusk Till Dawn
3. Halloween
4. Audition
5. Cube
6. Los Cronocrímenes
7. Trick r' Treat
8. The Shining
9. Dead Alive (simply amazing)
10. Scream
11. The Thing
12. Wrong Turn
13. Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
14. The Lost Boys
15. Planet Terror
16. Shaun Of The Dead
17. The Descent
18. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
19. A Nightmare On Elm Street
20. The Hills Have Eyes

Throwing it out there: I hate 28 Days Later. I can not stand that movie.
e: I'm also not sure whether I like Cube or Cube Zero more, I just placed Cube because I saw it much more recently. After looking over my list, I think the scariest for me are the ones about mutant hill folk. Just sayin'

[The Doctor]

Also off the top of my head

1. Halloween
2. The Shining
3. C.H.U.D.
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. The Fly
6. American Werewolf in London
7. Evil Dead 2
8. Hellraiser
9. Nightmare on Elmstreet
10. The Monster Squad
11. Bramstokers Dracula
12. Poltergeist
13. Friday the 13th
14. The Lost Boys
15. Cube
16. The Omen
17. House
18. Nightmare on Elm Street 5
19. Halloween 2
20. Halloween 3

[The Nun Eater]

Feel like I am leaving a lot off but there are just so many.


1. Evil Dead: Army of Darkness
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
4. Dead Alive
5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
6. Shaun of the Dead
7. The Shining
8. Halloween
9. Creepshow
10. Trick 'r Treat
11. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
12. Friday the 13th part 2
13. The Devil's Rejects
14. Ringu
15. The Shining
16. Land of the Dead
17. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
18. Fido
19. Return of the Living Dead part 2
20. Aliens 2 (I know it's more of an action movie but it's still badass)

[Shadowdancer21b]

In no order other than rememberance:
1. Dawn of the Dead (original)
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
4. Halloween 3
5. Night of the Living Dead
6. Serpent and the Rainbow
7. Night of the Creeps
8. Nightmare on Elm Street 3
9. Nightmare on Elm Street 4
10. Hellraiser
11. Descent
12. The Hills Have Eyes (remake)
13. Scream Blackula Scream
14. Day of the Dead (original)
15. Return of the Living Dead
16. Diary of the Dead (yes, I liked it.)
17. Poltergeist
18. Poltergeist 2
19. Scream
20. Tie between Nightmare on Elm Street remake and Redneck Zombies

[dextire]

Way too difficult a list to make. So I'll give you a cop out of 20 favorites that I can think of right now (much like the rest of the posters).
In no real order beyond Tombs of the Blind Dead being my all-time favorite.

1. Tombs of the Blind Dead
2. Friday the 13th: Part 3
3. Monster Squad
4. Night of the Living Dead
5. House of Wax (1953 remake)
6. Return of the Living Dead
7. Hellraiser 3
8. Ghost of Frankenstein
9. Salem's Lot
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
11. 13 Ghosts (remake)
12. Exorcist 3
13. Tales from the Crypt (the 1972 movie)
14. Last Man on Earth
15. Prince of Darkness
16. Halloween
17. The Fog
18. Dark Night of the Scarecrow
19. Demon Wind
20. Ghost Town

I ran out of slots so that's it.

[darkvare]

1.all the evil dead ones
2.killer klowns of course
3.the blob
4.the devils rejects
5.halloween
6.first nightmare on elm street
7.friday the 13th part 3
8.dead alive
9.dawn of the dea
10.returne of the living dead
11.demon knight
12.trick r treat
13.from dusk till dawn
14.IT
15. the shinning
16. pictures (i think is called its about a photographer who sees dead on picture he takes a japanesse movie i belive)
17.shaun of the dead
18.texas chainsaw massacre both original and remake
19.creepshow specially the first story
20.freddy vs jason cause it had some really awesome kills

[kahljorn]

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I'm sure i could think of some more

[Pentegarn]

Had to really stretch to come up with 20 horror movies I have even seen

1) Evil Dead 2
2) Halloween
3) Halloween 2
4) Backula
5) Army of Darkness
6) The Shining
7) Killer Klowns From Outer Space
8) Prophecy
9) Prophecy 2
10) Silent Night Deadly Night 2
11) Puppet Master
12) Friday the 13th
13) Creepshow
14) Prophecy 3
15) Puppet Master 2
16) Jack Frost
17) House on Haunted Hill (original)
18) Shaun of the Dead
19) Zombieland
20) It

[executioneer]

all 20 are fear dot com

[toolz88]

The Fog

[toolz88]

1.John Carpenters' The Thing
2.Creepshow
3.Killer Clowns From Outerspace
4.Night Of The Creeps
5.Dawn Of The Dead(1978)
6.Night of The Living Dead(Remake)
7.An American Werewolf in London
8.Ginger Snaps
9.Day Of The Dead(Original)
10.Demons(1985)
11.Halloween III Season of The Witch
12.From Dusk til Dawn
13.Pet Sematary
14.Maximum Overdrive
15.Forbidden Planet
16.Evil Dead II
17.John Carpenters' Prince of Darkness
18.Gremlins
19.The Howling
20.In The Mouth of Madness

They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!

Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth better be some brilliant fuckin' Mark Twain shit. 'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.

[Zhukov]

Shaun of the Dead is a romantic comedy, guys.

And I don't really like the Horror genre.

[MLE]

I'm just going to say "The Lost Boys".

I don't watch horror, but I loved the shit out of that movie.

[MikeyGesus]

A hard list to break down to just 20, but looking to my left and the DVD collection... I'm just picking 20 that I have to watch every season, in no order.

1. Halloween 4/5 (these go together...)
2. Night of the Creeps
3. John Carpenter's Vampires
4. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
5. Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Child
6. Trick r Treat
7. Phantasm
8. Puppetmaster 3
9. The Lost Boys
10. Slither
11. Feast
12. Day of the Dead (not the remake)
13. Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
14. Mindhunters
15. The Wolfman (not the remake)
16. Silent Hill
17. Saw
18. The Gate
19. Return of the Living Dead
20. Ghost Ship (ok, ok, I know it is a horrible movie... but hey, brings back memories! I'm fascinated by anyone else's "guilty pleasure" horror flicks. I think every horror fan has a few...)

[Snake_Storm]

Here we go, in no particular order.

1. Halloween

2. Halloween 2

3. universal studio's tarantula (Gave me arachnophobia!)

4. Arachnophobia

5. eight legged freaks

6. Friday the 13th pt. 2

7. A nightmare on elm street

8. The mummy (Universal, 1930's)

9. Creature from the black lagoon

10. Dawn of the dead (original, my first zombie flick)

11. Virus (1998, based on a comic book)

12. THEM! (Giant ants. 1950's i think.)

13. the wolf man (universal, 1941)

14. Frankenstein (universal, 1930's)

15. Horror of dracula (Hammer studios. 1950's)

16 the fly (Original. made me afraid of spiders all over again.)

17. Alien (I Find it creepy.)

18. Predator (a halloween staple until i checked out my first slasher flicks.)

19. Psycho (Hitchcock's classic)

20. Night gallery (1 1/2 hour series pilot made as a movie)

[Pentegarn]

Originally Posted by Snake_Storm

3. universal studio's tarantula (Gave me arachnophobia!)

4. Arachnophobia

Don't know why that made me laugh, but it did

[Mad Melvin]

In no particular order:

The Thing
The Devil's Backbone
The Descent
Eden Lake
The Shining
Jacob's Ladder
Hellraiser II
Hellraiser V
Martyrs
Event Horizon
Shutter (The original)
Dark Water (Same as above)
The Exorcist
Dawn Of The Dead (the remake)
28 Days Later
Evil Dead 2
Misery
Braindead (AKA Dead Alive)
The Orphanage
In The Mouth Of Madness

[Babs]

From 20 to 1...

20. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
19. Night of the Creeps
18. Popcorn
17. Bloodsucking Freaks
16. Funhouse
15. House by the Cemetery
14. Evil Dead
13. Basket Case
12. Maniac
11. Re-Animator
10. Four Flies of Grey Velvet
09. Bird with the Crystal Plumage
08. The Beyond
07. The Burning
06. The Gate
05. Return of the Living Dead
04. Tenebrae
03. Suspiria
02. Tourist Trap
01. Phantasm

edit: Roger, I just noticed you had Phantasm II in your top.... Please explain this, I am completely befuddled.

[Flashman]

1. The Haunting (1963)
2. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie de Grauens
3. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
4. Dracula (1958)
5. Masque of the Red Death
6. The Fog ( Original)
7. Bride of Frankenstein
8. Dracula (1979)
9. The Omen ( original)
10. The Shining
11. The Body Snatcher
12. Halloween ( Original)
13. Dawn of the Dead
14. The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
15. The Wicker Man (1973)
16. Dracula Prince of Darkness
17. Nightmare on Elm Street (Orginal)
18. Quatermas and Pit
19. The Witchfinder General
20. Hellraiser

[Shadowdancer21b]

I like the Silent Hill movie a lot too! I've played every game but Homecoming and Shattered Memories, and I really like the movie. Maybe it's because my standards for video game adaptations are low? Hmmm.

[doccarnby]

1. John Carpenter's Halloween
2. John Carpenter's The Thing
3. Noroi
4. In the Mouth of Madness
5. Ringu
6. Prince of Darkness
7. Friday the 13th VII
8. Halloween 4
9. Ju-On
10. Night of the Living Dead (Classic)
11. Day of the Dead (Classic)
12. Re-Animator
13. Evil Dead
14. Audition
15. The Cottage
16. The Exorcist
17. C.H.U.D.
18. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Classic)
19. House of 1000 Corpses
20. Leprechaun 4: In Space

Yeah, with the exception of the top 3, none of these are in any order.

[Mockery]

Some excellent choices! Nice to see some love for Arachnophobia too. I wasn't a huge fan of that movie when I was younger, but I really grew to love it over the years. That actually reminds me, Warlock should probably be on the list somewhere. Julian Sands is awesome in the first two films.

Also glad to see Audition getting recognition too, as it's one hell of a screwed up movie and I absolutely love it. Can't imagine what it would be like for somebody - who knows nothing about the film in advance - to watch it.

Originally Posted by Babs

Roger, I just noticed you had Phantasm II in your top.... Please explain this, I am completely befuddled.

I absolutely love the first movie, but I watched the sequel probably a hundred times when I was a kid. It was a bit more comedic, sure, but it was a lot of fun to watch. The first is definitely the scarier of the two films, so it's certainly better in that regard, but I have a stronger sentimental attachment to the sequel.

Keep those lists coming

[Snake_Storm]

i loved arachnophobia. having that minor quirk myself any spider based movies chill me down to the bone. Quite possibly the reason i love arachnophobia so much is it's the only movie where John Goodman theoretically saves the world, lol.

[Geggy]

In no order..

Nightmare on elm street 1, 3, 4
Hellraiser 2
The frighteners
Shaun of the dead
Army of darkness
Evil dead 1, 2
Bubba ho-tep
Child's play
Frailty
Misery
House
Creepshow
People under the stairs
Serpent and the rainbow
Jaws
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
The Shining