25 Essential horror movies

Cult_Moody_Movies · June 27, 2022, 11:12:27 PM

Honorable mentions that didn't quite make my list:
White Zombie (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Haunting (1963)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Black Christmas (1974)
Friday the 13th (1980)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Ringu (1998)
28 Days Later... (2002)
The Conjuring (2013)

RCMerchant · June 28, 2022, 12:06:14 AM

I gotta do it!
25 more!
1. WHITE ZOMBIE (1932)
2. EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)
3. LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)
4. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)
5. HORROR OF DRACULA (1958)
6. SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)
7. M (1931) Some would debate this as being a 'horror film'. Let them debate.
8. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
9. the GOLEM (1920)
10. GODZILLA (1954)
...uhm...I'll be back!

RCMerchant · June 28, 2022, 12:44:51 AM

And here I am!
11. DR.JEKYLL AND MR.HYDE (1931)
12. the TESTAMENT OF DR.MABUSE (1932)
13. TERROR CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE (1965)
14. FREAKS (1932)
15....let me think.

Ted C · June 30, 2022, 08:28:30 AM

Why am I not seeing The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) on any of these lists?

Also a fan of The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) with Vincent Price.

Rev. Powell · June 30, 2022, 08:41:54 AM

Quote from: Ted C on June 30, 2022, 08:28:30 AM
Why am I not seeing The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) on any of these lists?

Might have made it if I expanded the list to 50.

Alex · June 30, 2022, 10:56:10 AM

Quote from: Ted C on June 30, 2022, 08:28:30 AM
Why am I not seeing The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) on any of these lists?

Also a fan of The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) with Vincent Price.

Put it on your list?

RCMerchant · July 01, 2022, 01:45:33 PM

OK. I'm back again.

15. VAMPYR (1932)
16. the BODY SNATCHER (1945)
17. MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935)
18. DEEP RED (1975)
19. the BIRDS (1963)

I'll be back!

Trevor · July 01, 2022, 05:36:04 PM

Quote from: Trevor on June 25, 2022, 01:59:35 AM
Quote from: Trevor on June 24, 2022, 10:51:17 AM
JANNIE TOTSIENS*
THE STICK
DUST DEVIL
THE HAUNTING (1963)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1980)
HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS
PSYCHO
THE BELIEVERS (1987)
EYES WITHOUT A FACE / LES YIEUX SANS VISAGE*
THE SHADOWED MIND
THE MEDUSA TOUCH
THE HITCHER (1986)
RACE WITH THE DEVIL
HALLOWEEN (1978)
THE BIRDS
PHANTASM
THE WICKER MAN (1973)
THE OMEN
HORROR EXPRESS
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
THE EXORCIST
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN
EVENT HORIZON
WITCHFINDER GENERAL / THE CONQUEROR WORM

Some of these - like The Medusa Touch, The Believers and The Hitcher - are not really classed as horror films but those three disturbed me to the point where I was actually shaking. I have only ever seen The Hitcher once.

I removed SAW and replaced it with EVENT HORIZON.

I can't believe I forgot about When A Stranger Calls.