To watch this weekend.

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Rawhead Rex

Wolf Creek

Halloween (the original)
Scream

Alien, or Psycho if you want a classic

TXAG 05 said:

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Halloween (the original)
Scream

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Along the same lines as the classic slasher film (Halloween) and the tribute / throwback (Scream):

Prom Night
Friday the 13th (the original)
Sleepaway Camp
Nightmare on Elm Street (original)

Halloween
The Exorcist I, III
Hereditary
It Follows
Sinister
REC

My list of scariest movies:

Alien
The Exorcist
Poltergeist (original)
Paranormal Activity
The Shining
The Fog (original)

Others:

Halloween (original)
The Thing From Another World
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Changeling (1980)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
It (original and 2-part remakes)
Salem's Lot (original TV miniseries)
Event Horizon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original but also the 1978 remake)

Note that all but one of these is relatively ancient; I just don't watch too many of these type of movies these days.

Event Horizon for sure. The Black Hole was scary as F when I was a kid, but I have no idea if it would hold up as a rewatch.

In the Mouth of Madness would be another one.

Blair Witch gets trashed a lot but I still think it's a fun movie.

Hereditary
Event Horizon
The Exorcist
Hush
Haunt
The Thing
Hellraiser (the original)
Hellraiser 2
Frighteners
Candyman (the original)
Scream
The Shining
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
The Devil's Rain
Rec
An American Werewolf in London
Gonjiam Haunted Asylum
The Wailing
The Ring
Ju-On: the grudge
Hell House LLC
As Above so Below
The Descent
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Ouija: Origin of Evil
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Paranormal Activity
VHS
Last Shift
Grave Encounters
The Ritual
Bone Tomahawk
The Innkeepers
Annabelle Creation
Train to Busan
The Strangers
Darkness Falls
Audition
Oculus
One Missed Call (Japanese version)
Jacob's Ladder
1408
Session 9
Pulse
Noroi: the curse
Evil Dead (2013)
The Woman in Black (80s BBC version)
Ghos****ch (again, BBC)
The Innocents
The Haunting
28 Days Later
Dawn of the Dead (2000s version)
Wolf Creek
Hatchet 1,2,3
Dead Silence

You know all the classics.

Chopping Mall
Mystics in Bali
Evil Toons
Head of the Family
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Toxic Avenger

Been watching scary movies with the wife every night in October like we usually do. We've been watching all the Friday the 13th this year. But my favorites that we watch every year:
1. Cabin in the woods
2. Trick R Treat (on HBO max - it is fantastic)
3. Tucker and Dale (hilarious)
4. Drag me to Hell

Oculus is very good. I'm somewhat of a horror movie nut and I've seen most of them, but Oculus is in my top 10. Skeleton Key while not a horror film technically, is very good and has horror elements. Hereditary is excellent as well. Really liked It Follows as well.

"The Thing" 1950's version is the original…. You mean that one or Carpenter's version?

Pretty much all Flanagan movies are great.

Oculus
Doctor Sleep
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Gerald's Game

Willy Wonka.

Funky Winkerbean said:

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77-0

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That was more a comedy than anything.

"Something Wicked This Way Comes"

An American Movie

They announced a sequel to It Follows today

John Carpenters The Thing

Watch it every Halloween. The original can't touch it and neither can the second remake.

Wilford Brimley was 47 in this movie.

Pieces

YouBet said:

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John Carpenters The Thing

Watch it every Halloween. The original can't touch it and neither can the second remake.

Wilford Brimley was 47 in this movie.

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I first watched The Thing From Another World on late night TV when I was 11 or 12. Saw the listing in TV Guide, thought it was a Godzilla movie, and turned to that station (on an old TV with a rotary dial). Under those conditions, that movie scared the crap out of me.

But you are correct, that version does not hold a candle to Carpenter's movie. I enjoyed the prequel but there was nothing frightening about it, other than comparing the CGI against the real effects in the 1982 movie.

The 1982 The Thing is not particularly scary in the way that Alien is, but where it scares is in the psychological area. You really feel the isolation of these men, and the growing distrust as you wonder who has been taken over.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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YouBet said:

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John Carpenters The Thing

Watch it every Halloween. The original can't touch it and neither can the second remake.

Wilford Brimley was 47 in this movie.

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I first watched The Thing From Another World on late night TV when I was 11 or 12. Saw the listing in TV Guide, thought it was a Godzilla movie, and turned to that station (on an old TV with a rotary dial). Under those conditions, that movie scared the crap out of me.

But you are correct, that version does not hold a candle to Carpenter's movie. I enjoyed the prequel but there was nothing frightening about it, other than comparing the CGI against the real effects in the 1982 movie.

The 1982 The Thing is not particularly scary in the way that Alien is, but where it scares is in the psychological area. You really feel the isolation of these men, and the growing distrust as you wonder who has been taken over.

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Yep, and I think the FX are still just awesome and add a level of horror that CGI never would. The dog kennel scene still gets me worked up even though I've seen this move damn near as much as I've seen Star Wars.

IMO, it's the best horror (sci-fi) movie ever made and in my top five overall movies.

Carpenter had the greatest run of horror movies ever and I would argue one of the greatest runs of all time.

YouBet said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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YouBet said:

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John Carpenters The Thing

Watch it every Halloween. The original can't touch it and neither can the second remake.

Wilford Brimley was 47 in this movie.

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I first watched The Thing From Another World on late night TV when I was 11 or 12. Saw the listing in TV Guide, thought it was a Godzilla movie, and turned to that station (on an old TV with a rotary dial). Under those conditions, that movie scared the crap out of me.

But you are correct, that version does not hold a candle to Carpenter's movie. I enjoyed the prequel but there was nothing frightening about it, other than comparing the CGI against the real effects in the 1982 movie.

The 1982 The Thing is not particularly scary in the way that Alien is, but where it scares is in the psychological area. You really feel the isolation of these men, and the growing distrust as you wonder who has been taken over.

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Yep, and I think the FX are still just awesome and add a level of horror that CGI never would. The dog kennel scene still gets me worked up even though I've seen this move damn near as much as I've seen Star Wars.

IMO, it's the best horror (sci-fi) movie ever made and in my top five overall movies.

Carpenter had the greatest run of horror movies ever and I would argue one of the greatest runs of all time.

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For me, Alien defined the monster movie genre. I have that one in my top 5 overall. The Thing is not too far behind given my lifelong love of monster movies (I've probably seen them all at some point, and many are absolute garbage).

Carpenter's run from Halloween to Big Trouble in Little China was greatness, although in that run were a couple that I'd consider meh at best (Christine and Starman). But there's no denying Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China. The only other similar run I can think of comes from a similar time frame with Spielberg going from Jaws to Schindler's List (but even he had a clunker based on his own statements and popular opinion (I don't agree) with 1941, and then there's The Color Purple that I have never seen, nor will I ever watch it, not at all my kind of movie).

Carlo4 said:

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Showgirls

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Absolutely frightening.

Casual Cynic said:

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The Thing, original version.

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The 1951 version?

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Carlo4 said:

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Showgirls

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Absolutely frightening.

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Gina Gershon is an all-timer. Jesse Spano also isn't bad at all.

Just ignore the acting and pretend it is a comedy.