Cool Horror Films?

~EchoInTheVoid Dec 22, 2012 Student Writer

I am trying to find more scary movies instead of my average Freddy and Micheal Myers routine, anything from the 1950's-2004ish? I have been also searching for some amazing alien flicks but haven't found any that have caught my eye.

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~fngrscr8dstroui Dec 23, 2012

Hellraiser and Hellraiser II.

~LimeGreenFay Dec 23, 2012 Hobbyist

Umm....

Blair Witch Project -> very scary
Nightmare on Elm Street -> very scary
Friday 13th -> classical
The Ring -> classical
Shawn of the dead

-> funny
Shining -> very scary
It -> very scary
Final Destination -> funny
the Excorcist -> ...

~CrunchBandicoot Dec 22, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I forgot to add "Grave Encounters".

~CrunchBandicoot Dec 22, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

In the Mouth of Madness
The Woman in Black (2012)

~Mr-Timeshadow Dec 22, 2012

I'd clarify one entry from above: Carnival of Souls the original version, not the recent remake.
You probably already saw The Sixth Sense, yes? If not, catch it!
The Others with Nicole Kidman, which you can watch at least twice and see a totally different movie each time.
Take Shelter is a very recent and very intense psychological horror film, headed by a top-notch cast.
Cronos is the most original vampire film I ever saw, but find Vampyr if you can! It's an amazing vampire movie from the end of the silent era. When you remember when it was made, some of the effects are astonishing (like a ballroom full of dancing shadows...).
Les Revenants (aka They Came Back) is a French film about zombies, but it's very original and somber, with zombies who can walk and talk, and don't seem interested in eating anyone....as far as anyone can tell. But why do they wander off when you aren't looking? Where do they go?

~ResurrectionDreams Dec 23, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you for clarifying the Carnival of Souls suggestion.

I should have done that, but didn't think of it. I always forget there is a remake of that movie.

~Mr-Timeshadow Dec 23, 2012

No biggie. You have excellent taste in movies, and I didn't want you saddled with blame for the remake. The original is a remarkable movie, made for only a few grand, and by a guy who only made industrial training films before that. His story is almost as cool as the movie, heh!

~ResurrectionDreams Dec 22, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Here's a List:

Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dead Alive (A.K.A Braindead)
Night of the Creeps
Dead End
Hatchet
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
The Last Man on Earth
The People Under the Stairs
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Innocents
Eyes Without a Face
Maniac (1980's one)
House of Wax (Vincent Price one)
Creepshow
Ginger Snaps
An American Werewolf in London
Dog Soldiers
Fright Night (80s one)
Trick R Treat
Dance of the Dead
Carnival of Souls
Night of the Living Dead
Children of the Corn
Pet Semetary
The Shining
The Orphanage
Puppet Master
Session 9
Tourist Trap
The Fog (the John Carpenter One)
Seven
Identity
The Return of the Living Dead
Carrie
Misery
The Funhouse
The Howling

I'll stop there.

Hopefully, there are some here you haven't seen and will like.