Whats Your Favorite Horror/gore Movies
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apart from the ending
apart from the ending
good movie yeh....not really a horror....more a 'survival movie' if there is such a genre
"Evil Dead" or the "Exorcist"
But I have to give honorable mention to "Poltergeist". It took ten years before I would watch it. makes no sense at all that I wouldn't, especially when I had no problems watching any other horror/gore flick.
But I have to give honorable mention to "Poltergeist". It took ten years before I would watch it. makes no sense at all that I wouldn't, especially when I had no problems watching any other horror/gore flick.
My favorite horror movie has always been dawn of the dead, I must have watched that movie like 30 times by the time I was 10...haven't seen it once since though, hopefully this new remake will do the movie some justice like texas chainsaw massacre did.
when i saw the dawn of the dead teaser in the movies I think I peed a little bit.
when i saw the dawn of the dead teaser in the movies I think I peed a little bit.
Phantasm... that movie and all its sequals rock so hard!
HORROR is my life. I couldn't pick just one favorite. I love a ton of them. 
Lord_mordor
Banned
AHH THE NEW DAWN MOVIE IS SO SO , ITS LIKE THE NEW TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE IN THE SENSE OF THE MOVIE TOTALLY HAVING NO MOMENTS FROM THE ORIGINALS. I THOUGHT THE 2003 T.C.M. WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PART 2 THEN THE PART 2 WE HAVE ALL SEEN.BUT NONE THE LESS ITS A PRETTY BRUTAL MOVIE.
THE NEW DAWN HOWEVER HAS ITS MOMENTS BUT ID RATHER WATCH THE ORIGINAL,IT DOES HAVE SOME DECENT GORE SO THATS A PLUS, AND THATS ABOUT IT !!
THE NEW DAWN HOWEVER HAS ITS MOMENTS BUT ID RATHER WATCH THE ORIGINAL,IT DOES HAVE SOME DECENT GORE SO THATS A PLUS, AND THATS ABOUT IT !!
I love japanese horror movies
The Ring
The Eye
Dark Water
The Grudge
and more...
and by a director from my country, "The Others",by Alejandro Amenabar, with Nicole Kidman in the main role. Great and scary movie too
The Ring
The Eye
Dark Water
The Grudge
and more...
and by a director from my country, "The Others",by Alejandro Amenabar, with Nicole Kidman in the main role. Great and scary movie too
Lord_mordor
Banned
AHHH GOOD CHOICE ON THE BLOODSUCKING FREAKS , I OWN THAT TITLE ON DVD AND ITS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A EXPLOITATION FILM RATHER THAN HORROR.
AND YES ITS PUT OUT THROUGH TROMA INC. THE COMPANY THAT MADE TOXIE!!
LOTS OF NUDITY AND SOME GOOD GORE , AND THE FAMOUS PENIS IN A HOT DOG BUN SCENE AT THE END OF THE MOVIE !!
AND YES ITS PUT OUT THROUGH TROMA INC. THE COMPANY THAT MADE TOXIE!!
LOTS OF NUDITY AND SOME GOOD GORE , AND THE FAMOUS PENIS IN A HOT DOG BUN SCENE AT THE END OF THE MOVIE !!
Lord_mordor
Banned
OK, OK , OK , FOR ALL YOU CHERRIES OUT THERE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH HORROR, HERE IS MY UNOFFICAL LIST(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) OF SOME ESSENTIALS COMPLETE WITH REVIEWS . . .
1.Bad Taste (1987)(If you're into gore, then this is the perfect film for you because it's all gore! Gore and dead aliens, how much better can it get? Check this film out.)
2.Beyond, The (1981)
The holy grail of Fulci fans has always been The Beyond.
3.Blood Feast (1964)
4. DEAD ALIVE (1992)Peter Jackson's third movie was the ultimate gore-fest, out-gunning such famous bloodbaths as "Dawn of the Dead" and "Re-animator." The zombie storyline is weak, however, and in the end this movie just turns out to be a senseless black comedy inspired heavily by Monty Python. The film climaxes with a special-effects blood feast. Jackson went on to direct the outstanding "Heavenly Creatures" and abysmal "Frighteners."
5.Demons (1985) -
6.Deranged (1974)Based on the exploits of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein (the same real-life murderer who was the inspiration for Norman Bates in "Psycho"), this is a true cult classic.
Like Bates, the character of Ezra Cobb has a mother fixation. After she passes away he digs her up and brings her home, along with a few other graveyard corpses for good measures. He then starts killing women he's sexually attracted to, including a local widow and a barmaid.
This film is famous for being one of the first ever to feature make-up effects by Tom Savini, and gruesome effects they are. Blossoms is terrific and quite likeable as the Ed Gein figure and the film does have some nice, creepy atmosphere to it. Still, the film is slow-moving and would only be of interest to hardcore fans of the genre.
7.EVIL DEAD (1981)
This movie really needs no introduction. But in case it does for you, "The Evil Dead" is one of the best horror movies ever made. It blew away audiences and critics alike when it was released in 1981, and still does the job today.
The plotline is simple, and very reminiscent of "The Beast," a 1971 movie about a group of kids who battle claymation monsters and the Devil himself during a picnic. I'd highly recommend that movie too, but back to "The Evil Dead"—it's an absolute must-see, a knock-your-socks off movie that even today's most hardened horror watchers will find shocking.
No, they don't make 'em like this anymore, folks. Filmed on a low budget, it's a masterpiece of independent filmmaking. The latest print issued by Anchor Bay video has been remastered and looks gorgeous.
Unfortunately, "Evil Dead" has been overplayed somewhat. It's come out on DVD and video in so many different special editions and limited editions it's almost impossible to keep track of all of them.
8.HALLOWEEN (1978)
9.Maniac (1980)
Classic Joe Spinell flick directed by William Lustig. Joe is a crazed serial killer, prowling the streets of New York, scalping hookers in honor of his prostitute mom...
Supercharged music score by Jay Chattaway, great acting and script research on serial killers by Spinell, and nice direction by Lustig. I really enjoyed this film! The subway stalking scene is most suspenseful!
Known for it's great splatter effects by Tom Savini (who publicly disowned the film then later joined Lustig for laser disc commentary!), it delivers on the gore score. Scalpings, beheadings, stabbings, and the classic gunshot to the head scene highlight this film!
They surely don't make em like this anymore and probably never will again, so you be sure to check this mad pup out. You'll be shaking in your jockstraps, folks!
10.NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
Arguably the greatest horror film ever made—and one of the greatest in any genre—"Night" is also the ultimate B-movie. Filmed on a shoestring budget, it packs more of a fearful whallop than almost anything else cranked out either before or since. It still enjoys a fiercely loyal cult following.
The "special edition" of "Night," featuring new footage shot by co-screenwriter John Russo, was released in '99. Whatever you do, don't see that version of the film.
11.RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985)
There are also some truly horrific scenes in this movie, which was directed by O'Bannon, one of the writers of "Alien." The film opens with two warehouse workers talking about a strange cargo of corpses that was accidentally shipped there by the U.S. government years ago. After going downstairs to the basement to check it out, the two men unleash a chemical plague on their town that brings the dead back to life. Unlike the Romero series, the zombies in this film can't be killed, even if they're shot in the head. They can also talk and are only interested in eating human brains.
A group of punk rockers partying in the local cemetery hold up in a building when the dead start rising out of their tombs. Linnea Quigley is great as an oversexed punk named Trash who does a striptease in the graveyard.
Funny, scary, shocking, gory and well-directed, "Return" is a brilliant 1980s horror movie, even better than "Re-Animator" and even (I think) better than "Dawn of the Dead," although it certainly owes its very existence to that movie. Coming out the same year as "Re-Animator," it certainly shares much of that film's comedic spirit. But it's actually scarier than that movie, while still managing to be remarkably funny. It definitely captures the spirit of "Night of the Living Dead" in a way that hasn't been captured by any other zombie film. It also puts the characters in even greater peril, since they can't just shoot the zombies in the head or, it turns out, trust their own government to take care of the problem.
Surprisingly political and even inspired somwhat by "Repo Man," "Return of the Living Dead" is truly one of the last great cult movies. Director O'Bannon was certainly in "the zone" when he made this, demonstrating a genius that never came through again. His next film, "The Resurrected," was a turkey and would be the last film he would ever direct.
Once an impossible-to-find rarity that would sell for $60 or more on EBay, it finally went back into print as a discount DVD in 2002.
12.SUSPIRIA (1977)
This damn good piece of Euro-splatter was a worldwide success and garnered Argento a huge, international cult following that is carrying on in full swing to this day.
13.THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
14.Zombie (1979)
It's called Zombi 2 and Zombie Flesh Eaters in other parts of the world. This is the one that got things going for Fulci even though he'd been making movies for many years. Zombie was the 1st and thus far only film I wasn't let in to see. So, it's my 1st Fulci film, and it isn't. When it played the theatre here in our small town, I went with my mom and a friend with high hopes. I'd read about it in FM and was ready! It was rated R, so we thought, however we soon learned when trying to buy tickets that no one under 17 was being let in. Period. Mom or no mom, it was too bloody and gruesome the lady said. Damn, I was pissed, and a little scared. Could it be that bad? I saw it years later on video and I thought it was great. It would have scared me shitless though if I had been able to see it that night.
This is the most fun film of his to watch for me personally, not his best or my favorite, but the most fun. As for straight zombie films, I'd throw it right up there with anything. The voodoo aspect in this film makes it seem more authentic to the zombie mythos itself. Something very few zombie movies have attempted to explore aside from a few older movies. The drums on the sound track spook me every time. Where else are you gonna find a zombie vs. shark scene? Do I need bring up the splinter? The atmosphere on the island just seems like the perfect zombie film to me. The make-up FX speak for themselves. De Rossi and Fulci were a magic combination starting right here. To me, this is THE Italian zombie film. This is how they should look, feel, and bleed. This set my personal standard. For someone unfamiliar with Fulci's work, this is a great staring point. Hey, you have to work your way up to The Beyond. I've seen a few other Euro zombie films that come close, but Zombi 2 still ranks # 1 in these eyes.
IF YOU ARE STILL WITH ME THANKS FOR READING
SORRY ABOUT THE LENGTH , BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HORROR I TURN INTO A MANIAC!!!!
1.Bad Taste (1987)(If you're into gore, then this is the perfect film for you because it's all gore! Gore and dead aliens, how much better can it get? Check this film out.)
2.Beyond, The (1981)
The holy grail of Fulci fans has always been The Beyond.
3.Blood Feast (1964)
4. DEAD ALIVE (1992)Peter Jackson's third movie was the ultimate gore-fest, out-gunning such famous bloodbaths as "Dawn of the Dead" and "Re-animator." The zombie storyline is weak, however, and in the end this movie just turns out to be a senseless black comedy inspired heavily by Monty Python. The film climaxes with a special-effects blood feast. Jackson went on to direct the outstanding "Heavenly Creatures" and abysmal "Frighteners."
5.Demons (1985) -
6.Deranged (1974)Based on the exploits of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein (the same real-life murderer who was the inspiration for Norman Bates in "Psycho"), this is a true cult classic.
Like Bates, the character of Ezra Cobb has a mother fixation. After she passes away he digs her up and brings her home, along with a few other graveyard corpses for good measures. He then starts killing women he's sexually attracted to, including a local widow and a barmaid.
This film is famous for being one of the first ever to feature make-up effects by Tom Savini, and gruesome effects they are. Blossoms is terrific and quite likeable as the Ed Gein figure and the film does have some nice, creepy atmosphere to it. Still, the film is slow-moving and would only be of interest to hardcore fans of the genre.
7.EVIL DEAD (1981)
This movie really needs no introduction. But in case it does for you, "The Evil Dead" is one of the best horror movies ever made. It blew away audiences and critics alike when it was released in 1981, and still does the job today.
The plotline is simple, and very reminiscent of "The Beast," a 1971 movie about a group of kids who battle claymation monsters and the Devil himself during a picnic. I'd highly recommend that movie too, but back to "The Evil Dead"—it's an absolute must-see, a knock-your-socks off movie that even today's most hardened horror watchers will find shocking.
No, they don't make 'em like this anymore, folks. Filmed on a low budget, it's a masterpiece of independent filmmaking. The latest print issued by Anchor Bay video has been remastered and looks gorgeous.
Unfortunately, "Evil Dead" has been overplayed somewhat. It's come out on DVD and video in so many different special editions and limited editions it's almost impossible to keep track of all of them.
8.HALLOWEEN (1978)
9.Maniac (1980)
Classic Joe Spinell flick directed by William Lustig. Joe is a crazed serial killer, prowling the streets of New York, scalping hookers in honor of his prostitute mom...
Supercharged music score by Jay Chattaway, great acting and script research on serial killers by Spinell, and nice direction by Lustig. I really enjoyed this film! The subway stalking scene is most suspenseful!
Known for it's great splatter effects by Tom Savini (who publicly disowned the film then later joined Lustig for laser disc commentary!), it delivers on the gore score. Scalpings, beheadings, stabbings, and the classic gunshot to the head scene highlight this film!
They surely don't make em like this anymore and probably never will again, so you be sure to check this mad pup out. You'll be shaking in your jockstraps, folks!
10.NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
Arguably the greatest horror film ever made—and one of the greatest in any genre—"Night" is also the ultimate B-movie. Filmed on a shoestring budget, it packs more of a fearful whallop than almost anything else cranked out either before or since. It still enjoys a fiercely loyal cult following.
The "special edition" of "Night," featuring new footage shot by co-screenwriter John Russo, was released in '99. Whatever you do, don't see that version of the film.
11.RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985)
There are also some truly horrific scenes in this movie, which was directed by O'Bannon, one of the writers of "Alien." The film opens with two warehouse workers talking about a strange cargo of corpses that was accidentally shipped there by the U.S. government years ago. After going downstairs to the basement to check it out, the two men unleash a chemical plague on their town that brings the dead back to life. Unlike the Romero series, the zombies in this film can't be killed, even if they're shot in the head. They can also talk and are only interested in eating human brains.
A group of punk rockers partying in the local cemetery hold up in a building when the dead start rising out of their tombs. Linnea Quigley is great as an oversexed punk named Trash who does a striptease in the graveyard.
Funny, scary, shocking, gory and well-directed, "Return" is a brilliant 1980s horror movie, even better than "Re-Animator" and even (I think) better than "Dawn of the Dead," although it certainly owes its very existence to that movie. Coming out the same year as "Re-Animator," it certainly shares much of that film's comedic spirit. But it's actually scarier than that movie, while still managing to be remarkably funny. It definitely captures the spirit of "Night of the Living Dead" in a way that hasn't been captured by any other zombie film. It also puts the characters in even greater peril, since they can't just shoot the zombies in the head or, it turns out, trust their own government to take care of the problem.
Surprisingly political and even inspired somwhat by "Repo Man," "Return of the Living Dead" is truly one of the last great cult movies. Director O'Bannon was certainly in "the zone" when he made this, demonstrating a genius that never came through again. His next film, "The Resurrected," was a turkey and would be the last film he would ever direct.
Once an impossible-to-find rarity that would sell for $60 or more on EBay, it finally went back into print as a discount DVD in 2002.
12.SUSPIRIA (1977)
This damn good piece of Euro-splatter was a worldwide success and garnered Argento a huge, international cult following that is carrying on in full swing to this day.
13.THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
14.Zombie (1979)
It's called Zombi 2 and Zombie Flesh Eaters in other parts of the world. This is the one that got things going for Fulci even though he'd been making movies for many years. Zombie was the 1st and thus far only film I wasn't let in to see. So, it's my 1st Fulci film, and it isn't. When it played the theatre here in our small town, I went with my mom and a friend with high hopes. I'd read about it in FM and was ready! It was rated R, so we thought, however we soon learned when trying to buy tickets that no one under 17 was being let in. Period. Mom or no mom, it was too bloody and gruesome the lady said. Damn, I was pissed, and a little scared. Could it be that bad? I saw it years later on video and I thought it was great. It would have scared me shitless though if I had been able to see it that night.
This is the most fun film of his to watch for me personally, not his best or my favorite, but the most fun. As for straight zombie films, I'd throw it right up there with anything. The voodoo aspect in this film makes it seem more authentic to the zombie mythos itself. Something very few zombie movies have attempted to explore aside from a few older movies. The drums on the sound track spook me every time. Where else are you gonna find a zombie vs. shark scene? Do I need bring up the splinter? The atmosphere on the island just seems like the perfect zombie film to me. The make-up FX speak for themselves. De Rossi and Fulci were a magic combination starting right here. To me, this is THE Italian zombie film. This is how they should look, feel, and bleed. This set my personal standard. For someone unfamiliar with Fulci's work, this is a great staring point. Hey, you have to work your way up to The Beyond. I've seen a few other Euro zombie films that come close, but Zombi 2 still ranks # 1 in these eyes.
IF YOU ARE STILL WITH ME THANKS FOR READING
SORRY ABOUT THE LENGTH , BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HORROR I TURN INTO A MANIAC!!!!
My personal fav is The Shining, an all time classic. I think that movie was a success because you have 3 genius's involved with the creation of it-
The first genius ofcoarse is Stephan King who wrote it, then you have Stanley Kubrick who handled the directing, & Jack Nickleson is the lead. Jack plays the best lunatic. I love that typewriter scene where his wife realizes he is nuts.
That movie was awesome and it had Stanley Kubricks dark touch. The reason why Stanely Kubrick is a genius is in how he put little hidden details in that movie that you don't really catch at first. Like for example, when Jack talks to the ghosts, he’s really talking to himself. This is apparent in the scene with the waiter in the bathroom, where he never looks at the waiter. When you look closely you’ll see that he is actually staring at himself in the mirror throughout the entire scene. There’s also a mirror behind the bartender, there's one behind the old lady in room 327, and on Jack’s side of the door in the storeroom, remember? The Shining was great. Its one of the few dvd's I'm not sick of watching 100 times.
Just to start a list of favorites I guess I would add Silence of The Lambs. Not the other two, the orignal with Jodie Foster. She worked better with Anthony Hopkins. The other two sucked.
Two other fav's for my list are Jacob's Ladder and Angel Heart. ...I don't know if you would consider those really horror because they are more disturbing than scary- but what the hell.... theyre still great movies though.
:thumbsup:
The first genius ofcoarse is Stephan King who wrote it, then you have Stanley Kubrick who handled the directing, & Jack Nickleson is the lead. Jack plays the best lunatic. I love that typewriter scene where his wife realizes he is nuts.
That movie was awesome and it had Stanley Kubricks dark touch. The reason why Stanely Kubrick is a genius is in how he put little hidden details in that movie that you don't really catch at first. Like for example, when Jack talks to the ghosts, he’s really talking to himself. This is apparent in the scene with the waiter in the bathroom, where he never looks at the waiter. When you look closely you’ll see that he is actually staring at himself in the mirror throughout the entire scene. There’s also a mirror behind the bartender, there's one behind the old lady in room 327, and on Jack’s side of the door in the storeroom, remember? The Shining was great. Its one of the few dvd's I'm not sick of watching 100 times.
Just to start a list of favorites I guess I would add Silence of The Lambs. Not the other two, the orignal with Jodie Foster. She worked better with Anthony Hopkins. The other two sucked.
Two other fav's for my list are Jacob's Ladder and Angel Heart. ...I don't know if you would consider those really horror because they are more disturbing than scary- but what the hell.... theyre still great movies though.
:thumbsup:
Halloween
Evil Dead
what about alien or is that sci-fi horror:
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Evil Dead
what about alien or is that sci-fi horror:
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Lord_mordor
Banned
YEAH I BELIEVE IT WOULD FALL UNDER SCI-FI, BUT NONE THE LESS AN AWESOME MOVIE !!
