what are the best horror movies?

Answer 1

Nightmare on Elms Street

Answer 2

The Exorcist is the best horror film ever made and there is one reason for this,the subject matter is treated with dignity and respect,too many "horror films" are made today that just don't try,it's as if they give up half way through and fall into self parody and amusement.the Exorcist is an exception and one of the very few good horror films around.the film works on a number of levels and is one of the few films I know of to do this i.e subliminal imagery,multiple storylines. a lot has been written about this film drawing mainly on sensationalism surrounding the films release that it would be hard for someone who has not seen the film to not have any preconceptions,but if you have not seen the film do try to keep an open mind because it will scare the hell out of you.this is also one of the rare cases where a film could arguably be better than the book it was adapted from.in my opinion the film could not have been made any better,the cast throughout are superb, the locations and production are second to none,all the characters are totally believable and there are points in the film where you think all this could really happen and it is for that reason the film is frightening and continues to frighten people to this day....a true shocker and one that has not lost any of its impact over the years.

Answer 3

1. The Exorcist 1973
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974
3. Seven 1995
4. The Silence of the Lambs 1991
5. Rosemary's Baby 1968
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
7. The Shining 1980
8. Night of the Living Dead 1968
9. Aliens 1979
10. Jaws 1975

Answer 4

Child Play 1, Scream 1 and 3, Pet semetary 1, Nightmare on Elm Street, Other good movies are Blair Witch 2 and Event Horizon

Answer 5

My top 10 favorite horror films:

1. Nosferatu (1922): F.W. Murnau's classic adaptation of Dracula was one of the leading and most influential films in the German Expressionist movment.

2. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919): Robert Wiene's hypnotic masterpiece is a cinematic landmark of the silent era, and is the film that ushered in the German Expressionist movement, paving the way for films such as Der Golem, Nosferatu, and Metropolis.

3. The Exorcist (1973): William Friedkin's shocking chiller is a film with one sententious layer of meaning after another, addressing such broad concepts as loss of innocence (the intriguing suggestion that Regan's turmoil is punishment for her burgeoning sexuality--a theme of many slasher flicks to come), the true nature of faith, and class politics.

4. Bride of Frankenstein (1935): The wildest and most audacious of James Whale's 1930s horror movies, Bride of Frankenstein is brimming with subtle self-parody, and it offered Whale the opportunity to mock the clichés of horror films, along with amusing sideswipes at Hollywood romances, historical dramas, and even Christianity.

5. The Shining (1980): Stanley Kubrick's eerie adaptation of Stephen King's novel is at once a coolly ironic near-parody and a genuinely chilling dissection of how a family breaks down when the father cannot (or does not want to) perform his duties as provider and protector.

6. Vampyr (1931): Carl Dreyer's surreal, disjointed and dreamlike semi-silent film which offers striking imagery and a deeply compelling mood.

7. Rosemary's Baby (1968): Roman Polanski's traditional gothic horror film, which is set with suprising ease in New York City, features apocalyptic yet darkly comic paranoia about the hallowed institution of childbirth.

8. Frankenstein (1931): James Whale's Frankenstein is widely considered to be the definitive version of Mary Shelley's classic tale, and it also created much of the cinematic language of horror films.

9. I Walked With a Zombie (1943) and 10. Cat People (1942): Though the earlier Universal horror films of James Whale and Tod Browning are better known, RKO's smaller-budgeted horror pictures produced by Val Lewton have had a more lasting impact on American cinema. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, I Walked With a Zombie and Cat People are purely cinematic in building suspense through atmosphere, and each has a remarkably rich and evocative visual style.

Answer 6

I thought that SAW was just disturbing, not scary. I liked Pet Sematary and the original Nightmare on Elm Street. And The Grudge and Ju-On were very creepy (Ju-On is the original version of the Grudge from Japan). I can say that I have never truly been scared by a movie.

Answer 7

The Devil's Backbone
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

Answer 8

You want real horror? Watch "Funny Games" by Michael Heneke.
Or "Cannibal Holocaust." Neither of these movies is the "best," but they will haunt you long afterwards.

Answer 9

The Shining
The Devils Rejects
Last house on the Left
Silence of the Lambs

Answer 10

Horror movies make me laugh so any. LOL okay the excorcist was alright the old and new one Halloween I heard was good I liked Chucky haha that about it I think.