Horror Flicks, the great and the fun.
Collection of horror films I really enjoy. The list ever growing. I have seen a lot of movies, and can't remember most of them off the top of my head. I suppose they are in random order, except for Halloween. That will forever be my all time favorite,
Not all of these are "great" films. Some are just fun, but movies should be fun.
**I love hearing suggestions from others. Know any good horror movies leave a comment :) I would love to check them out!**
Not all of these are "great" films. Some are just fun, but movies should be fun.
**I love hearing suggestions from others. Know any good horror movies leave a comment :) I would love to check them out!**
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- 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.The classic John Carpenter masterpiece. Helped sparked the maniac slasher genre and did it perfectly.
- DirectorRichard MarquandStarsKatharine RossSam ElliottJohn StandingAn American couple in England stumble upon a rambling mansion where a number of powerful individuals have been summoned by its patriarch regarding the home's legacy.Great 70's horror flick. Takes place in an English manor. Main character is mysteriously invited to the house. Would say more but would hate to spoil it.
- 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.Argento's masterpiece in my opinion. The story is wonderful, spooky dance school, grissly murders. The set is gorgeous and was inspired by Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'. If you have yet to see this one, make sure you do.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJason PatricCorey HaimDianne WiestAfter moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.Terrific vampire flick, no sparkles here.
- 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?Satanic flick, the devil's child has been born and must be stopped. So much better than the remake. If you haven't seen this version yet do so.
- 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.Another satanic flick. This one I think is better than 'The Omen' but that's just my opinion. Very true to the novel, nearly identical.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsMartin SheenHelen ShaverHarley CrossCal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.Good voodoo movie, pretty creepy.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceLisa BlountJameson ParkerA group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.Another Carpenter flick. I was surprised to see some of the negative comments about this one. College students go to investigate a strange object in the basement of an old church. What could go wrong?
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRachel RobertsAnne-Louise LambertVivean GrayDuring a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.This is a slow flick, and definitely gets it's scares from the atmosphere. I had to turn it off the first time I watched it and wait til my boyfriend got home to finish lol.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsBrad PittTom CruiseAntonio BanderasA vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.I'm a huge Anne Rice fan, this is very well done and stays (fairly) true to the novel...unlike that mess that was 'Queen of the Damned'.
The life and times of a vampire as told by one to an eager reporter. - 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.Wes Craven at his finest, and the best of 80's horror possibly. Just enough camp as well. This is one of the very few movies that still really scare me and I cannot watch alone.
- DirectorFerde Grofé Jr.StarsKenneth McLeodDavid Anthony SmithMonte MarkhamTwo travelers stop over in a small village named Santana. Unbeknownst to them, Santana is a village where, once a year, Satan comes to Earth to claim souls, and they just happened to enter the village on that day.This is a hard to find flick. I love it. Two backpackers end up in a remote village the one night of the year it is evacuated because the devil comes out. It's fun, not really well made, but good enough for me to really go out of my way to acquire. It is also known as 'The Third Hand' for any of you out there looking for it.
- DirectorNicholas McCarthyStarsCaity LotzCasper Van DienMark StegerAs a woman struggles to come to grips with her past in the wake of her mother's death and the disappearance of her sister, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home.One of the better horror films of the last few years. A young woman's mother dies. She and her sister go back to the house that she left behind to tie up lose ends after their mother's passing, to find weird things happening.
- DirectorTi WestStarsSara PaxtonPat HealyKelly McGillisDuring the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.Good ghost movie. It spooked me. One of the better from the past few years.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina ReillyA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.This was a very pleasant surprise. I didn't know what to expect from this, happy I watched it. Don't want to give too much away. A radio jockey and his crew are in the middle of their morning broadcast when strange news starts coming in about violent and odd behavior in their town.
- 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.One of the best Stephen King adaptations. Man loses child, man brings child back. Things go bad.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. NelsonA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.Awesome ghost story! So pissed they are remaking it, even though I will see it.
- 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.Great haunted house movie! See it if you haven't already.
- DirectorGok KimSun KimStarsHahm Eun-jungHwang Woo-seul-hyeMaydoniGirl group "Pink Dolls" is always pushed into the background by other popular idols. When the girls release their new song "White", a remake from unknown origins they become instant sensations.I loved this one! Very pleasantly surprised by it. I am a huge Asian horror fan though, so maybe I'm biased. A singer in a failing girl group finds a video tape in the group's new studio. The tape has a music video of another girl group singing a mysterious song.
- 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.Such a great movie. It has become really popular the past few years, but if you haven't seen it yet definitely make an effort to. After a man loses his wife his friend decides to set up a fake audition so he can meet a lovely young woman.
- DirectorEd HuntStarsLori LethinMelinda CordellJulie BrownThree children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.Such a good 80's cheesy horror movie.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Great vampire flick, different. While the remake wasn't bad the original is better.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsFranka PotenteBenno FürmannAnna LoosA cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.I love this movie so much. A medical student gets into a prestigious medical school. Students start to go missing.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsRyo IshibashiMasatoshi NagaseMai HoshoA detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.An amazing, and quite beautiful film. Not really horror, more of a drama. It's hard to explain without giving away spoilers. After a group of teenage girls commit suicide together at a crowded train station an investigation begins. Mysterious suicides are happening all over the country.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKazue FukiishiTsugumiYuriko YoshitakaA teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.The sort of equal the 'Suicide Club'. Again not really a horror, but it kind of qualifies. This movie is amazing, very deep. Always makes me sad watching it, but it is a great film that helps to explain some of 'Suicide Club'
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.Hilarious and awesome in every way
- 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.Great creepy house flick.
- 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.Monster/demonic gore fest.
- DirectorTony RandelStarsDoug BradleyAshley LaurenceClare HigginsKirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.Same as above, it's awesome.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsMelissa Sue AndersonGlenn FordLawrence DaneAt the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.Love this one, great 80's horror. The popular group in a very prestigious school start disappearing one by one.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.Great Polanski flick. A rare book dealer is sent to go investigate the authenticity of a mysterious book about the devil.
- StarsRichard ThomasTim ReidAnnette O'TooleIn 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.Can't wait for the remake of this made for t.v version of Stephen King's "IT". This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid. A group of misfits become friends in the 50's while a slew of brutal child murders sweep their town. Forty years later the murders start up again and they must come together to defeat the horror that has been preying on their hometown.
- DirectorNick MurphyStarsRebecca HallDominic WestImelda StauntonIn 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.Good ghost movie. A young woman instigates and debunks hauntings.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsBarbara HersheyRon SilverDavid LabiosaA woman is tormented by an invisible being.A mother is attacked and assaulted in her home by an unknown and unseen force. Based on a true story.
- DirectorMatthew ParkhillStarsRachelle LefevreStephen MoyerLorna RaverA young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?Lady gets creepy calls, things go down hill.
- DirectorFred WaltonStarsCarol KaneCharles DurningRutanya AldaA psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.Another creepy caller flick. This one is better. Scared the hell out of me when I was younger. The remake is terrible, so don't judge this one by that mess.
- 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.A man and his crew are cleaning up an old mental hospital. The main character and boss is under a lot of pressure because of his new born. Another has stumbled across some creepy audio recordings of a patient that use to live there, Mary. As he listens to each of her sessions the horror also amps up for the work crew hired to clean the place up.
- DirectorTi WestStarsJocelin DonahueTom NoonanMary WoronovIn 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.Such a great flick and a wonderful homage to 70's horror. A college student needs some extra cash to help pay for her apartment. She takes a babysitting job out in the middle of nowhere.
- DirectorFernando Barreda LunaStarsCristian ValenciaClara MoraledaChus PereiroTwo teenage siblings endure a terrifying experience while investigating a rural legend near their family's vacation home.Typically not a fan of found footage movies. This one wasn't bad, a family goes on vacation. Things go sour.
- DirectorJee-woon KimStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-suAfter being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.Such a beautiful and tragic film. The remake wasn't terrible, but see this one first. The story picks up after a girl is released from the hospital back to her home, where she lives with her father, her awful stepmother and her sister.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsNanako MatsushimaMiki NakataniYûko TakeuchiA reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.Much better than the original and the one that started the Asian invasion when it comes to horror.
A reported investigates a strange rumor about video tape that kills anyone who watches it 7 days later. - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno FrischTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.Great movie, the remake is also great. I didn't want to add both to the list, so I just added the original. Home invasion movie. It is so terrifying because it is so plausible.