My Favorite Scary Movies
These are my favorite scary movies in no particular order. I haven't seen every horror film ever made. There's some that I want to see, but for some reason or another haven't been able to yet. So the list might expand later on. Remember this list is my favorite scary movies not the best scary movies ever made. It's just my personal opinion of some of the horror movies I love. Some of them are flawed, but I still like them. Some might seem cliche, but I still like them, too.
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- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.This movie really got me. This isn't just a "scary" movie. It's an emotional roller coaster ride and personally while some people found the ending to be "happy" I just found it to be down right depressing. It has a couple of jump scares. C'mon even the best horror movies have those. But mostly the movie builds the creepy atmosphere and the isolation and hopelessness the main character is feeling.
- DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam SerranoA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.Personally I feel like the Europeans, especially the Spaniards are the only ones making real horror films now a days. This is probably one of the best and most effective zombie movies I've ever seen. The sequel isn't bad, some people don't like. I actually liked it, but I still prefer the original. Also the remake is boring. Anyone who says it's better than the original should slap themselves.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.Okay, here's the obvious cliched entry. I don't care if it's cliched. This is one of my favorite horror movies. I watched it for the first time when I was nine, and boy did it leave an impression.
- DirectorRobert LiebermanStarsD.B. SweeneyRobert PatrickCraig ShefferAn Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.There's one scene in this movie that stuck with me for years after I watched it. The scene where they abduct the guy and strap him to an operating table. It's probably one of the most disturbing scenes I've ever seen.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.Say what you will about M. Night, but the guy was actually a competent filmmaker before he became a hack.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsMel GibsonJoaquin PhoenixRory CulkinA widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.Yeah...Yeah... The ending was kinda stupid. Well, more than a little stupid. But the caught on camera amateur alien footage scene is probably the only reason why this movie is on the list.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi PhiferA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.A remake that is actually good. Who could have know? Don't get me wrong I love me some classic slow Romero zombies, but faster zombies are scarier.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Classic Romero. The zombies are slow which means you can probably outrun them, but there's just so many of them.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsTim RobbinsElizabeth PeñaDanny AielloMourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.This movie is so confusing. The ending had me scratching my head for days. Still it has some note worthy creepy scenes in it. While everyone says the scariest scene is when he's dancing with his girlfriend and she's assaulted by a lizard-like creature (or turns into one, I don't really know), but the scene that really gets me is when he's in the hospital in the middle of the day in a crowded waiting room and then the nurse's hat falls off and he sees a bone sticking out of her skull.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.I'm a sucker for a good zombie movie. Though the zombies in this movie aren't really zombies, more like infected people.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.The first Argento entry on this list, but not the last. God Argento use to make such good movies in the 70's, all up until the early 90's. Then he started to cast his daughter in his films and to be honest they turned into crap. Some people like his new films. I'm not one of them. I tuned out after The Stendhal Syndrome. That movie was just boring.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. NelsonA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg make a horror film. And a damn good one in my opinion. Probably one of the best horror movies of the 80's. There's just too many scenes from this movie that stuck with me, but if I have to choose just one I'd have to say the face peeling bathroom scene.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsDale MidkiffDenise CrosbyFred GwynneAfter tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.I just learned they were going to do a remake of this movie and I died a little inside. The remake is probably gonna be sh*t with a capital S like most remakes of good 80's horror films. Oh well...
- DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert EnglundTeenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.The original is always the best. I love this movie and I love the original Freddy, even though Jackie Earle Haley is the best and the only good thing about the remake.
- StarsDavid SoulJames MasonLance KerwinA novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.This movie really creeped me out as a kid.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsDavid CarusoStephen GevedonPaul GuilfoyleTensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.There's something really unsettling about a broken down abandoned mental hospital.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsSam NeillJürgen ProchnowJulie CarmenAn insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.This movie is a real trip. A good kind of trip though.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsBill PullmanCathy TysonZakes MokaeAn anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.Ah, one of Wes Craven's last good horror movies.
- DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.Ignore the crappy sequels and pretend they don't exist like I do and you'll find that Saw is well done decent little horror film.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsMarilyn BurnsEdwin NealAllen DanzigerFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.The remake wasn't so bad, but personally I didn't think it was scary. Now the original on the other hand.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.So Stanley Kubrick changed the ending and some other stuff from the original novel. In my personal opinion I actually like the film's ending better than the cookie cutter happy go lucky ending of the novel. Sorry Stephen that ending was pretty stupid.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyo IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu SawakiA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.The last fifteen minutes of this flick are just down right disturbing. God bless Takashi Miike.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.*beep* Rob Zombie! I'm sorry, I had to get that out of my system, but seriously *beep* him for that stupid ass remake and it's stupid ass sequel. The original is and always will be the best. This film is a masterpiece and proves you don't need gore and guts to make a scary slasher film. Though that helps.
- DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsBetsy PalmerAdrienne KingJeannine TaylorA group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.It's like Halloween, but with gore.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincorFive friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.Let's get this out of the way. I don't like Army of Darkness. I don't like Drag Me to Hell, in fact I think it's downright stupid, and Evil Dead 2 is just a rehash of this film. So this is probably the only horror film Sam Raimi has made that I actually like.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Sci fi. Horror... Who cares? It's a good film with a creepy and claustrophobic atmosphere. Actually let's be honest, it's a monster movie in space.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNaomi WattsMartin HendersonBrian CoxA journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.Never seen the original so I can't really compare. Still sh*tty sequel aside, I really like this movie. Though after a recent viewing I noticed some obvious flaws it's still a good scary movie that with holds the test of time.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.Haven't seen the remake. I've heard mixed reviews of it though. I'll probably watch it later on. Still big fan of the original. God they use to make such good movies in the 80's. Kinda makes me wish I had time machine so I could back in time and watch them in theaters.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.I love this movie. Point blank I love it. I love the atmosphere, the cast and characters, the special effects, the creature itself, the location, the Kurt Russell. It's just awesome.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsDavid NaughtonJenny AgutterJoe BelcherTwo American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.Did I mention they made really good horror movies in the 80's?
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.Like the tagline says: "If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl. It's on too tight!"
- DirectorTom ShanklandStarsEva BirthistleStephen Campbell MooreJeremy SheffieldA relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.Wasn't expecting much when I saw this flick. But boy was I in for a surprise. Little kids go crazy and start killing their parents. Trust me it's much better than it sounds.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJulie ChristieDonald SutherlandHilary MasonA married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.The sex scene alone scarred me for life.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsDavid HemmingsDaria NicolodiGabriele LaviaA jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.Another Argento gem. Also a giallo, probably my favorite horror sub genre.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'ConnorA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.I don't know what it is, but something about this movie really unsettled me.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsSandra PeabodyLucy GranthamDavid HessTwo teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.Classic Wes Craven.
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsJosh HartnettMelissa GeorgeDanny HustonAfter an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.The vampires in this movie don't glitter. In fact they're down right scary.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsAdrian PasdarJenny WrightLance HenriksenA small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.Another kick ass vampire film.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn GetzA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.The birth scene alone is enough to make me put this film on the list. As a woman that scene really unsettled me.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.Brian De Palma and Stephen King. Enough said.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.The sex scene between the Devil and Mia Farrow is one of the most disturbing scenes I've ever seen.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley LaurenceA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.There's so many things I love about this movie. The perverted uncle, Pinhead and the cenobites, all the gore... etc.
- DirectorJames WanStarsPatrick WilsonRose ByrneTy SimpkinsA family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.A recent horror flick that doesn't suck. Is it flawed? Yes, but it's also got some of the best jump scares I've ever seen in a film especially a recent one and it's a lot of scary good ridiculous fun.
- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine BéginA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.You gotta love the french.
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAnna PaquinBrian CoxDylan BakerFive interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.This movie didn't really scare me, but it's still a lot of fun.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.Cockroaches...
- DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert CarlyleSix months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.A sequel that is actually good.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Haven't seen the remake yet. Though I have heard good things about it so it's on my to watch list and if it's really as good as they say it is I might add it to this list later on. Still I have seen the original and it's really good.
- DirectorNeil MarshallStarsShauna MacdonaldNatalie MendozaAlex ReidA caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.A movie that did not need a sequel and unfortunately got one. The original is a pretty bad ass horror flick, probably one of the best of the decade.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLori CardilleTerry AlexanderJoseph PilatoAs the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.This may sound weird, but I actually like this movie more than the original Dawn of the Dead. Dunno why, I just do. And though Romero makes great zombie flicks, he really should stop making them. It's getting ridiculous.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsThomas JaneMarcia Gay HardenLaurie HoldenA freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.Some people like this movie, some don't. I personally do.
- DirectorMatt ReevesStarsMike VogelJessica LucasLizzy CaplanA group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.The characters are annoying. Still it's a pretty good horror flick, though I'm not sure it is a horror flick at all.
- DirectorDavid BrucknerDan BushJacob GentryStarsAnessa RamseyJustin WelbornScott PoythressA horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.This movie combines everything. Horror. Comedy. Romance. And it does it pretty damn well.
- DirectorJames GunnStarsNathan FillionElizabeth BanksMichael RookerA small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.Another movie that combines horror and comedy pretty well.
- DirectorNeil MarshallStarsSean PertweeKevin McKiddEmma CleasbyA routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scottish wilderness.Scariest werewolf movie I've ever seen.
- DirectorCarter SmithStarsShawn AshmoreJena MaloneJonathan TuckerA leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.Again either you love it or hate it. I love it.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoByun Hee-BongPark Hae-ilA monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.This movie is heartbreaking, but in a good way.
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsNathan PhillipsCassandra MagrathKestie MorassiThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.This movie has one of the bleakest, most unsatisfying endings I've ever seen in any film, let alone a horror film, but I think that's why I like it so much.
- DirectorJohn FawcettStarsEmily PerkinsKatharine IsabelleKris LemcheTwo death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.I freaking hate this movie's sequels with the passion of a thousand burning suns. I'm sorry, but they're just fricking awful. The original though, it's pretty damn good. Though I personally found both of the main characters annoying.
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan ByrdA traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.Haven't seen the original...yet. But I like this movie. For a remake it's pretty damn good.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsRoddy McDowallGayle HunnicuttPamela FranklinA physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.A good old classic British haunted house flick with Roddy McDowall. I can't even begin to explain why and how much I love this movie. It's campy, but it's made in the 70's so what do you expect. Despite the camp, it's still awesome.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsTony MusanteSuzy KendallEnrico Maria SalernoAn American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.Another Argento classic. Also has one of the best and most effective twist ending in any horror film I've ever seen.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsKaren BlackOliver ReedBurgess MeredithA family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.This movie is so cheesy... Though that smiling man haunted my dreams days after I watched this movie. Reason enough for me to put this movie on this list.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?God I loved this movie when I was younger. Still do.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsDee WallaceDaniel Hugh KellyDanny PintauroCujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.Rabid dogs...
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsRoddy PiperKeith DavidMeg FosterThey influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.I haven't seen this movie in such a long time, but I use to love it when I was a kid.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.What can I say about this movie that hasn't been said already?
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsUrbano BarberiniNatasha HoveyKarl ZinnyA group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.This movie made me jump a couple of times and yell at the TV screen and not a lot of movies make me do that.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Cronenberg. Cronenberg. Cronenberg.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsShawnee SmithKevin DillonDonovan Leitch Jr.A deadly entity from space crash-lands near a small town and begins consuming everyone in its path. Panic ensues as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.What it lacks in character development and predictability. It makes up with damn good special effects.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsDavid Edwin KnightNancy BrilliCoralina Cataldi-TassoniA group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.Not as good as the first one, but still it's pretty good for a sequel.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsDee WallacePatrick MacneeDennis DuganAfter a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.It's kinda dated, but I still like it.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsDee WallaceM. Emmet WalshBilly Green BushA group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.I have a phobia against rats. And the creatures in this movie are like mutated rats so I guess that's why this flick creeps me out so much.
- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsA. Michael BaldwinBill ThornburyReggie BannisterA teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.The tall man, one of the creepiest, most effective villains ever.
- DirectorRobert HarmonStarsRutger HauerC. Thomas HowellJennifer Jason LeighA young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.Stick with the original and stay away from the remake.
- DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsJonathan D. MellorManuela VelascoÓscar ZafraIn order to ascertain the current situation inside, a supposed medical officer and a GEO team step into the quarantined and ill-fated apartment building.The original is better. Still this one is scary.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.Comedy and horror. Balanced greatly.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.Trippy and kinda creepy.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod SteigerNewlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.So cheesy, but still a lot of fun and it does have some actual noteworthy creepy scenes in it.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsSuzy KendallTina AumontLuc MerendaA string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.Though it is a giallo, it is a blueprint for slasher films that followed.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsClaudine AugerLuigi PistilliClaudio CamasoThe murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.I am convinced Sean S. Cunningham watched this movie before making Friday the 13th.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAnthony FranciosaGiuliano GemmaJohn SaxonAn American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.One of my favorite Argento films.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsLeigh McCloskeyIrene MiracleEleonora GiorgiAn American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.Suspiria's sequel. Inferior to the original, but much better than it's successor, Mother of Tears.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKeith GordonJohn StockwellAlexandra PaulA nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.That damn car!
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.Brainsss!!!
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsBilly WarlockConcetta D'AgneseBen SlackAn ordinary teenage boy discovers his family is part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.This movie really messes with your head. Uhh, just thinking of that shunting scene makes me ill.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsPaolo BonacelliGiorgio CataldiUberto Paolo QuintavalleIn World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.This movie isn't scary. Well, it's not traditionally scary, but what most of the characters (and to a lesser extent the actors themselves) are subjected to in this film is what frightens me the most.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsJack HedleyAlmanta SuskaHoward RossA burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.Another so called Giallo, that plays more like a slasher flick. Not Fulci's best work, but still pretty good.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard JohnsonStrangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.One of Fulci's best.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsCameron MitchellEva BartokThomas ReinerA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.Long live Mario Bava!
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollDavid WarbeckCinzia MonrealeA young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.In my opinion Fulci's best film.
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsJamie Lee CurtisDonald PleasenceCharles CyphersWhile Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.Not as good as the original, but a very well done sequel.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsDonald PleasenceEllie CornellDanielle HarrisTen years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?I'm not a big fan of sequels, but I'll admit this movie is like a guilty pleasure for me.
- DirectorDominique Othenin-GirardStarsDonald PleasenceDanielle HarrisEllie CornellOne year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.A continuation of Halloween 4. I actually liked it better than the fourth movie. Much better than it's effed up bullsh*t sequel, Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsBetsy PalmerAmy SteelJohn FureyFive years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.Again another sequel I very much enjoyed. Also it's the first time Jason shows up in the franchise.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsDana KimmellTracie SavageRichard BrookerJason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.The first time Jason shows up in the hockey mask.
- DirectorJohn Carl BuechlerStarsTerry KiserJennifer BankoJohn OtrinJason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.Okay, not the best Friday the 13th sequel. In this movie the protagonist is telekinetic. Yes, it's a ridiculous premise. But the scene when Tina and Jason battle it out is still awesome.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.A true classic.
- DirectorBernard RoseStarsVirginia MadsenXander BerkeleyTony ToddThe Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.I didn't really like the ending too much, but still it's a great horror film with an effective villain.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsCatherine HicksChris SarandonAlex VincentA struggling single mother unknowingly gifts her son a doll imbued with a serial killer's consciousness.The only Chucky movie that scared me. In my defense I was eight years old when I first saw this movie.