Yeah, it's a pretty obvious topic, but Hallowe'en is just around the corner and I'm in horror movie mode. There's probably one of these threads somewhere around here, but damned if I can find it. So I figured I'd just make a new one. I'll post mine shortly with commentary, but I'd be interested to see others', especially those of the horror nuts around here.

Oh trxister, you're such a mind reader! I was just about to make a thread focusing exclusively on one of the best horror films of all time, Candyman (like you said, 'tis the season). Now I can talk about ten of the best!

Good, you're one of the horror movie buffs whose list I'm interested in seeing. I'm afraid mine is rather predictable, but I expect yours to be just as baffling as your overall taste in film.

Nice idea for a thread

Off the top of my head

1. Halloween
2. Psycho
3. Alien
4. The Ring
5. The Shining
6. The Exorcist
7. Carrie
8. Dawn of the Dead 04
9. The Thing
10. The Descent

Overall I think Psycho and Alien are better films than Halloween, but the latter just represents horror so much to me, while the other two are borderline for being on a horror list, so I had to put it number one. Not that all 3 aren't complete masterpieces though, heh.

I'm vastly underwatched in the horror genre. I really need to get on it.

Candyman
Frailty
Jacob's Ladder
Poltergeist
The Dead Zone
The Lost Boys
Halloween
In the Mouth of Madness
The Thing

Not a great horror fan and not really sure of ranking other than sure #1, The Thing.

Think also that I'll pretty much love Dellamorte Dellamore, based on what I did see (not much), and what I read about it. So, add it to be ten movies. :-)

My favorites:

1. Halloween
2. The Thing
3. The Exorcist
4. The Shining
5. Black Christmas
6. Hellbound: Hellraiser II
7. The Ring
8. The Others
9. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
10. Dawn of the Dead

I have fairly mainstream tastes in horror.

I'm not a horror person, but...

Psycho
The Exorcist
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
Rosemary's Baby
Carrie
The Ring
Scream
The Shining
Candyman

would be my list, I guess.

01. The Thing
02. The Shining
03. Alien
04. The Exorcist
05. Jaws
06. 28 Days Later
07. Suspiria
08. Psycho
09. An American Werewolf in London
10. Jacob's Ladder

1. Jaws
2. The Invisible Man
3. Psycho
4. Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein
5. The Uninvited
6. Nosferatu
7. The Haunting
8. Night of the Living Dead
9. Rosemary's Baby
10. Freaks
11. Halloween
12. The Phantom of the Opera
13. The Shining

I'm having a difficult time deciding if I should enforce a strict no sub-genre policy. If I do, I'll unfortunately have to leave out some amazing movies. Decisions decisions.

I love Jaws dearly, but wouldn't put it on my horror list...if I would, it would be on 2nd place. :-)

1.The Exorcist
2.Texas Chainsaw Massacre(original)
3.A Nightmare on Elm Street
4.Nosferatu
5.Halloween
6.Jaws
7.Psycho
8.The Thing
9.The Excorcist III
10.An american Werewolf on London

I figured it was close enough. I went by IMDb, so Jaws counted. But I just now realize that I missed Signs as well, which is just as much horror as Jaws is. So that's an honorable mention. Along with Shaun of the Dead and American Psycho, which IMDb has listed as horror, but I consider them more comedy.

01. Psycho
02. Suspiria
03. A Nightmare on Elm Street
04. Halloween
05. Candyman
06. The Shining
07. Tenebre
08. Dressed to Kill
09. Don't Look Now
10. Rosemary's Baby

Honorable mentions: The Haunting (1963), Blood and Black Lace, Hellraiser, Dellamorte Dellamore, The Fly (1986), The Woman in Black, Black Christmas (1974), Black Sabbath, Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Exorcist III, My Bloody Valentine

The top five are virtually interchangeable, with maybe a slight edge going to Psycho (which I actually considered not including at all).

But seriously... freakin' Candyman. I rewatched it last night. I hadn't seen it in about a year or so, but I always remembered it in the back of my mind as a horror film that had something more to it. Now seeing it again with newer, better and more experienced "movie eyes" I can safely say my previous assumptions of its greatness were correct, and it is in fact even better than I remembered. It's the rare horror movie that is truly frightening not only when you watch it, but becomes even more frightening on a truly intense level when you start to consider the ramifications of its implications. It kind of says everything that Wes Craven's New Nightmare said two years later, but with more skill and a heightened world view.

And seriously, it has not only one of the best horror scores of all time, but honest to goodness one of the best scores of all time period. Peep it.

1. John Carpenter's The Thing
2. Jaws
3. Alien
4. Psycho
5. The Ring
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street
7. Dawn of the Dead
8. The Amityville Horror
9. 28 Weeks Later
10. Child's Play

1.) Dawn of the Dead ('78)
2.) Zombie
3.) Day of the Dead
4.) Dead Alive
5.) Re-Animator
6.) The Beyond
7.) Halloween
8.) Return of the Living Dead
9.) Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn
10.) The Shining

The Shining
Halloween
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Alien
Event Horizon (...go ahead and laugh, but it creeped me the hell out)
War of the Worlds (the sound the tripods made made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end)
Re-Animator
1408
Hellraiser
Evil Dead II

hmm.... may forget some. Not a big horror fan in general really.

1. Psycho: ****
2. The Thing: ****
3. Ravenous: ****
4. 28 Days Later: ****
5. American Psycho: **** (does this count?? Horror is such a poorly defined genre)
6. The Dead Zone: **** (this counts? I never really ever thought of it as a horror movie)
7. The Fly (1986): ***1/2 (The 80s haircuts... oh lord, those are horrifying enough on their own)
8. IT (yes, the TV movie. Fucking clowns creep me out): ***1/2
9. 28 Weeks Later: ***1/2
10. Alien: *** (need to see it again)

My top five are...

Scream
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Ring
The Shining
Halloween

01 Poltergeist
02 The Shining
03 Jaws
04 Alien
05 28 Days Later
06 A Nightmare on Elm Street
07 Night of the Living Dead
08 The Thing
09 The Ring (remake)
10 The Fly (remake)

Not that exciting I know. I'm not a horror nut.

10. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
9. The Descent
8. Psycho
7. Tremors
6. Jaws
5. Scream/ Scream 2
4. Halloween
3. The Shining
2. Alien/ Aliens
1. The Thing

1. Halloween
2. Jaws
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. Psycho
5. The Shining
6. An American Werewolf in London
7. The Exorcist
8. Dawn of the Dead ('04)
9. The Thing - The only reason why it's this low is because I haven't seen it in quite some time.
10. Saw III (Yep)

I need to see more horror films.

You think Rocky Horror is a horror film, but not Carrie, Jaws, or The Exorcist?