In Reply to: Your top 15 best " horror movies " here are mine-------- posted by patrickU on July 24, 2005 at 07:15:03:
...but looking over my list, it's apparent I go for psychological terror and understated horror movies. I have an aversion to gorefests. I'd rather be disturbed than pelted with blood. IMO, the viewer's fertile imagination is one of the best special FX a filmmaker has.These are personal favorites, not a "best of" list, and to get more movies on it, I won't mention Nosferatu, The Thing, The Shining, Them or The Day The Earth Caught Fire which you already have on your list.
My current favorite horror movie is The Devil's Backbone. I love it and recommend this gem from 2001.
Other faves:
Vampyr (Dreyer)
Faust (Murnau)
Bride of Frankenstein
The Old Dark House
The Haunting (this movie scared the heck outa me when I was 11.)
The Wicker Man
The Innocents
Onibaba (The Witch)
Repulsion
Rosemary's Baby
Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Alien
Cat People
VideodromeI love Roeg's Don't Look Now, but for the life of me, I can't classify it as "horror". The lines between thriller, sci-f- and horror are sometimes hard to draw.
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- Lots left - I love a good fright... - Harmonia 12:15:00 07/24/05 (5)
- Re: Lots left - I love a good fright... - patrickU 12:37:30 07/24/05 (3)
- Yes - Lewton/Tourneur...although... - Harmonia 13:29:36 07/24/05 (2)
- Schrader's Cat People - Bulkington 10:58:15 07/25/05 (0)
- Re: Yes - Lewton/Tourneur...although... - patrickU 01:48:51 07/25/05 (0)
- Re: Devil's Backbone is good, yes. Almost Japanese horror...(nt) - Jeff Starrs 12:24:48 07/24/05 (0)