hello people, can anyone suggest some really good fairly old horror movies?

i really want to see some of the classics. Thanks.

The Thing


I kinda like that film

The Birds.

Can that be classified as horror, or more suspense?

The Haunting...the 60's version not the crap Catherine Zeta Jones remake

Can't go wrong with the original 'Halloween'.

The first 'Nightmare On Elm Street' was a really original stalker/slasher jump-fest, although the effects probably look really naff now. Notably, it also starred Johnny Depp in his first big screen role. Shame they milked the franchise to a laughable pulp though.

'Salem's Lot' (the 1980's mini-series starring David Soul and James Mason) really creeped me out when I first saw it.

American Werewolf in London and The Thing are my favourites.

thanks all i decided on

The Night Of The Living Dead (original)

The House On Haunted Hill (original)

and not really a horror movie but its really funny

Idle Hands

not a bad selection i dont think and pretty good for under a tenner off amazon

Watch the Exorcist. and The Eil Dead films. very good.

The Lost Boys

I still love Return of the Living Dead part 2, more funny than scarey. They actually changed the soundtrack on the Region 1 release DVD. I refused to buy it, so I just ripped if from my VHS to my PC and made my own DVD.

When I heard classics I thought along the lines of The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House, Phantom of The Opera, Nosferatu. (All of which I highly recommend)

The Exorcist made me laugh so much i nearly wet myself and The Evil Dead films are amazing.

Yeah the 60's Haunting is fucking mean.

The thing is one of my altime faves

The Omen is great, see that.

Demons is good for some gorey fun

Childs Play is one you should check out.

The Amityville Horror is good, so's the second

and some one please veiw up THE GATE, its so good.

Yeah the Omen. And The Wicker Man.

Videodrome. Does Videodrome count?

I know i've said it a lot but it has to be said again, Evil Dead is the way forward!!!

Does The Vanishing (Spoorloos) count? (original not remake)

Oh, scarey movie..The Changeling.

THE FOG still very effective ghost story. John Carpenter really knew how to crank upthe suspense

THE CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED, NIGHT OF THE DEMON (not the 80's film with the same title) & CAT PEOPLE (b&w original) are great pre-70's gems

Ok, first of need to back up everyones recomendation of the evil dead films! Would also reccomend the George Romero classics (dawn of the dead, day of the dead, night of the living dead).



really? I just thought it was funny! Prolly the most effective film ive seen (atmoshere wise anyway!) is texas chainsaw massacre. It all depends realy if you are the type of person that likes to see scary shit or just you imagining yourself in that position scares the shit out of you!

Lots of great suggestions so far. Just off the top of my head:

It never ceases to amaze me how truly scary Poltergeist is, and they got away with a PG rating in 1982. Insane. Anyway, in my all time top 5.

Black Christmas is a favorite, little-seen but much beloved fright flick from the 70's. See also When A Stranger Calls. (No gore, but ooh the suspsense.)

I'm a complete Carpenter whore so I'm not going to put you off The Fog, but I don't rate it near the top. The Thing is his masterpiece.

Actually, check out this site; of course, they give away some of the scariest parts, but it's a great barometer. (Some of the rankings are a little phuct, tho...and some of them aren't even horror!):

http://www.retrocrush.com/scary/index.html

Defently George Romeros Dead trillogy.

that film scared the living midichlorians from my blood! i was not a well child after that. but i never knew it was a PG. What were they thinking? i mean teen wolf was almost as bad for me!

Well at that time there was nothing between PG & R here. And since it didn't fill R requirements, PG it was. Besides it was more the scarey stuff and they isn't really rated, or at least then it wasn't.

I was 15 when I saw that and a bit of a wimp at the time. Anything involving ghosts terrified me. I didn't want to go see it because it looked so scarey. My brother convinced me to go because it was only rated PG. Also Spielberg was involved with it.

I'll never forget how terrified I was. I had to sleep in my mother's bed that night I was so scared.

Although not really considered a horror in the traditional sense ,Night Of The Hunter is a must see.

shit yeah, those are mean.

The Ring,

NOT NOT the shitty US version, that sucks soooooo bad.

The Japanese version's called Ringu. A freaky dead girl told me so

Only if'n you're Japanese. If not, it's called Ring. Not The Ring. Ring.

Sayonara?

Ey bra', watashi wa nihongo ga sukochi wakarimasu. Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?

*Ok Sean, relax. You went to one lesson of Japanese. You can do this.*

Watashi wa Sean desu.

Well, yeah, and that's another issue - IMO, Poltergeist is far more intense than either of the two movies that spurred the creation of the PG-13 rating. (Temple of Doom and Gremlins.)

I totally agree with you there.

I Want Scary. Interesting article on the state of horror movies.

Yeah, what they said.

Oh well, maybe Neil LaBute's remake of "The Wicker Man" will breathe some life into the horror-remake genre. After all, it's got Nicolas Cage and Leelee Sobieski (and, for some reason, Ellen Burstyn)...

Yeah, but the people I know will largely go and see that because there will be a scene in which Nicolas Cage will be burned alive.

I second that!

Ju-on the grudge, the original japanese version, i know ive said this before, but ill say it again, one and two were great. Also me and my friends rather liked Pet Cemetary.

Aaaaayyyy! Another reason not to go to the cinema. And they just keep coming.

Haven't seen it mentioned yet so I'll recommend 'Don't Look Now', more towards the thriller end of the horror genre but that doesn't stop it being immensely atmospheric and damn scary

jya watashi mo nihongo wo shabeteimasu. sore kara totemo kowaii na eega wa audition to rasen to ju rei to juon and juon 2 totemo ii desu
menasan ganbatee
Josh yori



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Ey bra', watashi wa nihongo ga sukochi wakarimasu. Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?

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translation : audition, ju-rei, and as mentioned before juon all versions are scary as all get out. The Japanese horror film is a bit difficult to follow even for people who are fluent but the scenes are quite creepy. some good old american fright imo is the creeps, Romero collection excluding day and land. the serpant and the rainbow, zombi, hellraiser 1-2, house 1, anything hitchcock, carrie, and never ending story( scared the hell out of me when I was a kiddie- the attic I mean)
josh

The only real problem, though, is Hitchcock wasn't an American director, so he can't really fit your "American" horror list. And Zombie, if we're referring to Lucio Fulci's film, was Italian, if I recall...

Bah, I'm tired.

Well.....Hitchcock films are divided into his English films & American Films. And there are difference between the style of the two also.

Crossroads and Glitter. The covers alone gave me nightmares.

Responses to Top 25 List.

はい　わかりました

As a respecter of oneupmanship, I salute you.

Well i do live in Japan. Hence posting at such a strange hour.

"Zombies at Club soixante neuf"

Yaaayyy!!! It's a cult classic!

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