My Own Best Horrorlist
by NiBoes | created - 20 Apr 2011 | updated - 03 Jul 2011 | PublicA list in random order of the best movies to me. I will discuss all of them shortly. I also want to say i'm Belgian, so my english isn't perfect! =)
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1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
R | 91 min | Horror
Teenager 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.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
Votes: 262,108 | Gross: $25.50M
Well, I'm 18 years old, and always fascinated by the older horror movies, so I checked them out! This one I found really exciting. There is some tension that keeps you watching the whole movie. Freddy is simply played perfectly by Robert Englund! I've my doubts of watching the remake, because Freddy isn't Freddy without Robert Englund.
2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
Votes: 138,949 | Gross: $0.09M
Zombies! Another interesting case. I saw the 1990 remake first, but a friend of me said I had to watch this was also. I must say he was right! It's such a good movie, It isn't scary, but I can really believe that it was very scary in 1968. The black guy who plays the leadrole was also very good!
3. The Evil Dead (1981)
NC-17 | 85 min | Horror
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Votes: 232,193 | Gross: $2.40M
Another Zombie movie, I found this one much scarier than Night Of The Living Dead, The Zombies are very cool and so funny! Sam Raimi did a great job! I also enjoyed Drag Me To Hell, but this one is simply a classic!
4. REC (2007)
R | 78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Directors: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza | Stars: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Pablo Rosso
Votes: 196,357
A movie that's more of "my generation". I didn't knew what to expect from this one. I had no background information about it and I just began to watch it. Well,, It kept my busy for a while! There's such a weird, exciting tension. I loved the Spanish language. It gave the film another dimension. I didn't see Quarantine yet and I don't know if I'm going to do that.
5. Friday the 13th (2009)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Derek Mears, Danielle Panabaker
Votes: 116,821 | Gross: $65.00M
Friday The 13th = Jason Voorhees, at least, that's what I thought. Until last week I saw the original one. I was really unhappy that you didn't see Jason in the whole movie (not thinking about the 5seconds). Now I'm planning to watch the rest of the older movies. So that's why I've chosen the remake. I watched it with my girlfriend who didn't really watch any horror, She thought it was very exciting! She didn't like the blood, but that's something for me. So I really liked this one! I liked this one more than the original one.
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
R | 98 min | Horror
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski, Erica Leerhsen
Votes: 152,289 | Gross: $80.57M
Leatherface! Really scary dude, don't you think? I really liked the atmosphere in the movie. I like the sweaty atmosphere in some movies like this one, or The Hills Have Eyes or Wrong Turn. Again I liked this one more than the original, I find the original one very much overrated! It was good, but I find it hard to believe it's scary, even in 1974...
7. Saw (2004)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
Votes: 466,218 | Gross: $56.00M
Indeed Saw! I really liked the original one, after this one they went only to search more excitement. The idea was so very good! And the end was a twist I didn't really expect.
8. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Unrated | 127 min | Horror, Thriller
During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross
Votes: 128,444 | Gross: $5.10M
Again an older movie. I've seen the remake first, and that one is coming back later, but I liked this one more! I thought it was going to be much the same, but I was something completely different. It was also very long! The movie just kept going, but it didn't get boring, It kept me watching...
9. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror
A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Jake Weber
Votes: 272,130 | Gross: $59.02M
Modern zombies. I like them. They are much scarier than the old ones. BUT! I like the original Dawn Of The Dead more, If you're 18 and a little bit grown-up you don't only think about movie if it was scary, but you can place the movie in it's time. The intelligence of a movie. It's easy to create a new horror movie if you've seen some older movies... But to create something special, something new, you have to be great! So congratulations for Romero for this one and Night Of The Living Dead. Also Tom Savini is great! His special effects are so perfectly created! If I see Tom Savini's name, I know it's going to be something good.
10. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 949,165 | Gross: $78.90M
This one stands for the whole Alien movies. I like them very very much! The atmosphere is very claustrophobic during the whole movie, and Ripley is such an interesting character. The aliens are so scary, still today I find them very scary and I wouldn't want to meet them at night.
11. The Exorcist (1973)
R | 122 min | Horror
When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 454,385 | Gross: $232.91M
Most of the people find it the most scary movie ever. So when I watched it a few months ago my expectations were very high. Did it meet my expectations? Yes, the film was very interesting, but I thought it would be a movie with more action in it. The moments with the possessed child are scary, most of the times also very funny! After seeing it and when I was in my bed, some of the images of the movie kept coming back, so that made clear it was a good movie.
12. The Ring (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman
Votes: 374,631 | Gross: $129.13M
Really scary! I'm still afraid of the creepy girl! No really, the girl isn't my best friend... I'm glad my girlfriend is blonde, when I had one with black hair, I wouldn't feel secure. Just kidding! No it was a very good film that was exciting. I've seen him now a couple of times and it still is a good film.
13. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.
Director: Tod Williams | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim, David Bierend
Votes: 109,802 | Gross: $84.75M
Only the sequel. I've seen the first one and it was good, but not great. It was a bit too short and there wasn't really much action in the movie. This one is better, there's more action, more things happening and it creeped me really out! I was scared for a while when I was home alone! =D
14. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin
Votes: 285,081 | Gross: $140.54M
This was one of my first horror movies I saw. And when I see it today I don't really think it's that scary anymore. But when you watch the movie in a suitable atmosphere it still is one of the scariest movies. I really like the camera-handheld way of filming. Soo, it's just a good movie!
15. The Devil's Rejects (2005)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, William Forsythe
Votes: 105,706 | Gross: $17.04M
Rob Zombie surprised me! I didn't ever think he could create such a good movie! Again you have a sweaty atmosphere, I think this one is underrated! There aren't much people that know this movie, else I think this one would be in more people's top ten movies.
16. Eden Lake (2008)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.
Director: James Watkins | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Tara Ellis, Jack O'Connell
Votes: 94,711 | Gross: $0.01M
This one was very good! I saw it on other people's list, so I was going to check it out. After seeing it I was impressed. The acting of the couple was great! The teenagers are also great, I didn't want them to be my neighbours...
17. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.
Director: Peter Cornwell | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner
Votes: 65,135 | Gross: $55.39M
The favorite horror movie of my girlfriend! She really is into ghosts and stuff, so whe rented this one. It wasn't really a movie that was original, I saw a few other movies that could be the same title. But I have to admit this one was very scary.
18. The Last House on the Left (2009)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
Director: Dennis Iliadis | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bowen
Votes: 100,260 | Gross: $32.75M
I've only seen the remake of this one. Normally I'm going to see the original one as well, because I simply liked this one! Revenge is sometimes a beautiful thing, as long it's something that only comes back in the movies. =D
19. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 465,926 | Gross: $13.78M
I really like John Carpenter's work as well. The Thing is very scary! Normally I don't like the arctic atmosphere in movies, but here it's very special and greatly chosen! The Thing itself is very scary as well! A movie don't really need much blood to be a good one, as you can see in some of my choices. I'm just saying, if you've never seen this one? You can be ashamed. Now, if you want to be my friend again, go and see this classic!
20. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.
Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan
Votes: 1,080,335
I know it's not a movie but it simply had to be in the list! It's such a great series and I can't wait for the second season. It's really unbelievable that this isn't known in Europe. They are coming to Europe I've heard so that's good...
21. The Loved Ones (2009)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson
Votes: 44,014
Simply Awesome! I really liked this one. It's so sick, and original! The girl is very scary. The relationship between her and her father isn't really comfortable. Must see!
22. Triangle (2009)
R | 99 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman
Votes: 129,585
This one was really weird! I didn't really know what to expect. The story isn't really clear, but there are some twists that are really exciting =)
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