Night of the living dead. (1968)

Return of the living dead. (horror comedy)

Now we're talking. No love for Versus?

I loved The Mist, it should be subtitled "Not a remake a The Fog" so that lover/hater of The Fog watch it.

The end of that movie totally fucked me up and given some of the stuff I watch that's really saying something.

I don't like torture porn. In fact, I think those ought to be in a different category from horror. Lots of good recommendations here. A couple that haven't been mentioned:

Duel (1971) Steven Spielberg's first movie
The Others (2001) Not a bad little haunted house story.
Lat den ratte komma in (Let the Right One In) from 2008. You can skip the U.S. remake called Let Me In.

Nothing really tops The Shining. So awesome.


They messed up the ending by changing it from Stephen King's story.

I still need to check out Versus; I picked uo a cheap used DVD of it but have been waiting for a good "yukuza fighting zombies" state of mind. It seems epic in theory.

Hmm, let's not forget Reanimator, Bride of the Reanimator, From Beyond and Castle Freak. that Stuart Gordon stuff. I am still looking for the lose Lovecraft connection in some of the movies, but they are quite good.

And let's not forget the Evil Dead Trilogy, by the way I did not like the remake - I do not know why some producers seem to think more blood and torture = better movie. The old Texas Chainsaw Massacre from Tobe Hooper is also very good.

Gnaaa, Dellamorte Dellamore, but that movie was already mentioned, also a good horror movie. Rupert Everett, I needed some time to recognize him in that movie.

Dario Argento and his trashy stuff, I like it: Creepers(Jennifer Connely sigh), Demons 1 and Demons 2, Tenebrae and Suspiria.

I liked the remakes from the Cronenberg movies The Crazies and Slithers. And when I think about it, Scanners, Videodrome and The Brood also have their own note and character.

The Ruins is a low budget movie, it is not directly scary, it is just mean what happens there.

Below is a very good movie which only hints and slightly gives signs that something is going with a really good atmosphere set in a WW2 submarine.

Now let's get to the scary stuff:

The Ring remake really freaked me out, the first movie after which I considered to carry my tv (which I still had at that time) outside before I go to bed. The Dark Water remake was also good and I like Jennifer Connelly and again sigh.

Insidious both parts left a quite uneasy feeling afterwards and I jumped several times out of my chair, although they are a bit too polished and draw much from things that already have been in movies.

Frontier(s) touched the line of switching the off movie because stuff was a bit too tough for me, Martyrs stepped way over that line and I switched it off after a bit more than the half.

And let's not forget The Excorcist and the first Omen movie.

I think God's Army is a must aswell as Pact of the Wolves.

And if you want a smile in your face while watching a brutal horror movie I recommend Detention.

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I guess half of the movies were already mentioned in earlier posts.

I loved most of the movies based on Stephen King's novels, including: , [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099864/]IT, , [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450385/]1408, The Mist, The Dark Half, Pet Sematary, The Shining, Sometimes They Come Back, The Langoliers, Maximum Overdrive, The Lawnmower Man and Carrie.

How could I forgot <span class="bold">"IT"</span>, a movie based on a Stephen King's novel. It first came on 3 VHS, but there's now a DVD version. Just don't view this movie if you're suffering from coulrophobia ;-)

Shutter

The Cabin in the Woods... although serious horror fans will probably scoff at this and say it's more a comedy than a horror movie.

Unfortunately all the good points I want to raise about this film will end up spoiling it for someone who has never seen it.

But I think I can say that it has enough gore to satisfy the average horror fan, but it also offers a clever twist on the whole horror genre itself.

So if you like your horror to be a little bit cerebral, I'd recommend this one.

And if you were thinking of zombies eating brains when you read the word "cerebral"... then I think you're better off watching someting else instead ;-)

Personally, the only Stephen King adaptations worth a damn are directed by Rob Reiner and Frank Darabont. Oh, and Dolores Claiborne, directed by Taylor Hackford I think? Not a horror movie, but still good.

I never cared for Christine or Carrie and while I recognize The Shining is a good movie, it is also a HORRIBLE adaptation, and being that The Shining is my second favorite King book (behind The Stand) I've never been able to enjoy the Kubrick version. Personal hangup, though.

Pet Sematary is so many kinds of awful I can't even give all the reasons. It would be as long as the book.

It had one thing going for it...Tim Curry. Other than that the TV movie was dreadful. Who thought John Boy and Jack Tripper belonged in a Stephen King movie anyway?

To me 'must see' inevitably leads to recommending what I consider to be classics.

I'd first have to say Peter Jackson's Braindead and Bad Taste.
Although these are probably more comedy than horror in a way.

The Thing, The Fly, Omen, Poltergeist, Children of the Corn, Day of the Dead, The Hitcher,
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Evil Dead, Amityville, Leviathan, Pet Cemetery, Ring, Ju-on.

I always thought 'Day of the Dead' was the weaker of the series. Mind you I really love them all, I just thought 'Night' and 'Dawn' were better. Honestly I could barely sit through 'Land of the Dead' but I thought Romero bounced back VERY nicely with 'Diary of the Dead'.

Wait....I just realized most of the names you posted have been remade, some for better, some for much worse, so I guess you should clarify which is which. :D

For me there is only one The Hitcher, the one with Rutger Hauer and C.Thomas Howell.