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.
2006-07-06 15:41:00
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answered by Anonymous
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1, Jaws
2. Halloween
3. The Shining
4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
5. Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
6. An American Werewolf In London!
7. Stephen Kings IT!
2006-07-06 16:43:00
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answered by LedZeppelin4ever1955 3
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Saw 1&2, The Exorcist, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Ring 1 &2, Texas Chainsaw Massacre!
2006-07-06 14:35:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Independent Horror films:
The Descent
Shallow Ground
2001 Maniacs
High Tension (Haute Tension)
Fear of Clowns
Some others:
Cannibal Holocaust
Zombi
City of the Living Dead (Gates of Hell)
Dario Argento's Opera
2006-07-09 18:33:07
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answered by Anonymous
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The Exocist, THe exorcism of Emily Rose, Holloween( all of them exept part 3), The Hills Have Eyes, The Ring 1 &2, Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2 , Skeleton key, House of Wax.
2006-07-06 14:14:51
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answered by teresita 2
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a lot of good answers but the most overlooked horror movie is Abbott & Costello Meet frankesntein. Come on: Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man.
Doesn't get much better than that!
2006-07-06 17:23:35
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answered by moviemike3 3
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There's only been 1 horror movie that ever bothered me and that was The Exorcist. I can STILL see her head turning all the way around. YIKES The special effects were pretty darn good for that many years ago. I only watched it that one time. That was enough.
2006-07-06 14:20:03
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The Ring I
The Grudge
Exorcism of Emily Rose
2006-07-06 14:10:28
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answered by ~d0g5 aR3 p30pl3 t0o~ 3
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Seven, Saw, Friday the 13th Part 1, Re-Animator, Evil Dead 1 and 2, Army of Darkness, He Knows You're Alone
2006-07-06 14:26:14
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answered by Tim H 2
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Alien & Aliens for sci fi horror
Identity for murder horror (the one with Cusack and Liotta)
The Shining
Jaws
And... Halloween
2006-07-06 16:29:11
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answered by Danger, Will Robinson! 7
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