Best Horror Movie of All Time

[FSUTribe76]

Since we're getting close to that time of year, what's your favorite horror movies of all time?

My favorite horror film is definitely John Carpenter's The Thing followed closely by Jaws, Alien and the Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I also really like the Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw, Final Destination and Halloween series but in my book none of them individually challenges the ones I just mentioned. Instead John Carpenters The Fog, the Shining, Original Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Pans Labrynth, the Beyond, Cannibal Holocaust, and Ringu are my second tier.

I purposefully left out great horror comedies like Shaun of the Dead, Dale and Tucker vs Evil, the Evil Dead series, Cabin in the Woods and more (although Return of the Living Dead is pretty close to being a full comedy).

You can pick up to two.

 

[NolaNole9]

I'm not really into horror movies. I think they are all the same, and 99% of the time have terrible acting. One movie that I've never seen, but have often heard was really scary is Frailty with Matthew McConaughey. I've been interested to see it, but have never seen it on tv or to buy anywhere. Have y'all watched it?

 

[FSUTribe76]

I'm not really into horror movies. I think they are all the same, and 99% of the time have terrible acting. One movie that I've never seen, but have often heard was really scary is Frailty with Matthew McConaughey. I've been interested to see it, but have never seen it on tv or to buy anywhere. Have y'all watched it?

Frailty is quite good but I'd put it more in the thriller than horror genre kind of like Misery. Definitely well worth seeing but not my favorite movie. I'd give it a 4 or 4.5 out of 5.

 

[F4Gary]

Jaws is a horror movie?

 

[FSUTribe76]

Jaws is a horror movie?

Unless there's some other 25 ft intelligent Great White that eats five people in short order and can wreck a boat then it's a horror movie not a documentary. The even bigger shark in Jaws 2 back for revenge makes the horror/monster element more apparent. But the biggest Great White ever recorded was five ft smaller and it's debatable if there's been a "serial killer" great white ever (the famous NJ attacks that Jaws were based on we're at least two sharks likely one great white or large tiger shark that bit somebody in half and the four other victims were in shallow water and were bit on the legs by a bull shark as the attacks match their strikes and two were in fresh/brackish water where only Bulls go and there's only been a few Great Whites suspected of killing even two or three people.)

 

[Naught-Nole-Buc]

I'm a huge fan of the genre... and mostly a fan of the classic 70/80 slasher flicks. With that being said, Halloween is my all time favorite series (excluding episode 3 - season of the witch). Then Friday the 13th, followed by Texas Chainsaw, and then Nightmare on Elm St.

Watching the Halloween marathon on AMC's FearFest now.

 

[cmanole]

Is Repulsion a horror movie? If so that's my pick...

 

[jamnolfin]

The Exorcist is legendary. It crossed so many boundaries and to this day will scare the crap out of somebody thats never seen it.

 

[FSUTribe76]

Is Repulsion a horror movie? If so that's my pick...

Wiki says it is so who am I to argue. I can say not only have I not seen it, I haven't even heard of it until now. I'll have to check it out even though it's the rapist Polanski.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Slasher movies don't scare me but The Sixth Sense always makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck when he sees the dead people.

The Ring was pretty creepy too.

 

[Naught-Nole-Buc]

Slasher flicks aren't scary to me, I just really enjoy the genre. Now, for a movie that really gives me an unsettling feeling every single time that's not on that list... The Strangers.

 

[ericram]

Pan's labyrinth was a horror movie? Huh.

 

[cmanole]

Wiki says it is so who am I to argue. I can say not only have I not seen it, I haven't even heard of it until now. I'll have to check it out even though it's the rapist Polanski.

It's good. Old school horror but good...

 

[CC0492]

Halloween
The Shining
Children of the Corn
The Fog
Amityville Horror

 

[CC0492]

^ I love them all.

 

[given2fly]

Silence of the Lambs and Event Horizon really get into my head.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

1996 National Championship game. Total horror show.

 

[Naught-Nole-Buc]

Silence of the Lambs and Event Horizon really get into my head.

Yep, those are another 2 that will still make me feel unsettled while and after watching.

 

[NYCNole]

I'm a huge fan of the genre... and mostly a fan of the classic 70/80 slasher flicks. With that being said, Halloween is my all time favorite series (excluding episode 3 - season of the witch). Then Friday the 13th, followed by Texas Chainsaw, and then Nightmare on Elm St.

Watching the Halloween marathon on AMC's FearFest now.

H3 - Season of the Witch scarred me for life as I had a similar mask to the one used in movie. Til this day that music & scene with kid freaks me out.

 

[FSUTribe76]

I think this year I'm going to head out to Wakulla for the Creature Ball. I've never done it but it sounds good on paper.

 

[The WarNole]

1996 National Championship game. Total horror show.

Great answer.

But seriously, The Exorcist bar none.

 

[ggmike1992]

Using just your list, I picked The Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw. Mainly because of their content and reception during the time they were released. I don't think if either one of them were made today, they would generate much hype as they did back then. I also have a soft spot for the cheesy 80's slasher movies a la Friday the 13th, Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, April Fool's Day, etc...

 

[squiffynole]

I try to avoid high tension horror films, they make me nervous and fidgety and want to run!

But here's a couple I like -

 

[F4Gary]

The Exorcist is legendary. It crossed so many boundaries and to this day will scare the crap out of somebody thats never seen it.

That was my vote too.

 

[FSUTribe76]

Using just your list, I picked The Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw. Mainly because of their content and reception during the time they were released. I don't think if either one of them were made today, they would generate much hype as they did back then. I also have a soft spot for the cheesy 80's slasher movies a la Friday the 13th, Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, April Fool's Day, etc...

Texas Chainsaw Massacre has some periodic bouts of bad acting but the FX on the girl being tossed on the hook is still very believable to this day. I think it would do quite well today.

Now the exorcist...I put it on the list because I know a lot of people love it and in fact it's leading right now, but I found it SLLLOOOOWWW and very poorly acted. To me it's like the Godfather, beloved by people nostalgic for when they watched it the first time but it's FX, pacing and acting do NOT hold up.

 

[FSUTribe76]

I try to avoid high tension horror films, they make me nervous and fidgety and want to run!

But here's a couple I like -

The Birds is one of the all time greats. As a kid it was my favorite Hitchcock movie (even over Psycho) and I loved the sequence they did at the Hitchcock walk through exhibit back in Universal Florida's early days although as an adult I'm more partial to Psycho, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo.

As far as Christine...my first car an old (12 years old when I owned it) 1979 "Slant Six" Plymouth Volare that was off white plus a blue vinyl top was named Christine. She worked just fine for years (I sold it to a neighbor of my parents who uses it solely to drive on to dirty mine sites and that thing is Still running last I heard at well over 300,000 miles as it was 220k when I ditched her) and I never had a problem EXCEPT when I was trying to use her as a date. Then it was inevitable that she would refuse to start or have a magically drained battery.

 

[Lemon Thrower]

Does the Scream series count?

 

[FSUTribe76]

Does the Scream series count?

That's right on the dividing line along with Return of the Living Dead in my book. Not serious enough to be a "real" horror movie and not as joke filled as the "real" horror comedies like Shaun of the Dead. I guess it's a hybrid and closer to real horror than horror comedies. Since I mentioned Return of the Living Dead....why not?

 

[Rhino_nole]

I'm a huge nerd for John Carpenter's The Thing, I watch it every year and not always during Halloween.

The Shining
Halloween

When I first saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the scene when Leatherface pops out of the sliding metal door, brains the kid and drags his twitching body away.....I thought that was real.

American Werewolf in London and Shaun of the Dead are my top 2 dark humor horror flicks out there.

Being a child of the 80s I'm a sucker for slasher flicks, Friday the 13th, Chucky, Nightmare on Elm St and Hellraiser.

 

[squiffynole]

my first car an old (12 years old when I owned it) 1979 "Slant Six" Plymouth Volare that was off white plus a blue vinyl top was named Christine

Christine's new owner - ha ha.

I'll confess the shower sequence in Psycho still makes my heart race.

Whoops, time to go.

 

[Bav803]

If Jaws is a horror movie, I think that is one of the best movies of all time, so that would win.

I think Exorcist has to be considered the greatest of all time, even if it isn't my personal favorite. Any movie you know lines from, and the plot of, and can reference, having never seen it has to be up there.

My personal favorite is The Descent. That is the only movie to give me nightmares.

 

[Naught-Nole-Buc]

If Jaws is a horror movie, I think that is one of the best movies of all time, so that would win.

I think Exorcist has to be considered the greatest of all time, even if it isn't my personal favorite. Any movie you know lines from, and the plot of, and can reference, having never seen it has to be up there.

My personal favorite is The Descent. That is the only movie to give me nightmares.

The Descent was very solid! Forgot about that... along with REC (original Spanish version), not Quarantine.

 

[FSUTribe76]

The Descent was very solid! Forgot about that... along with REC (original Spanish version), not Quarantine.

I liked both Rec and Quarantine. Rex 2 and 4 are also quite good but Rec 3 is absolutely atrocious, one of the worst movies of all time.

 

[Nole Lou]

I'm not a horror/slasher film guy at all, will normally only take one in if they clearly bust out of the genre ghetto, so I've seen most of critically respected ones, not many of the slasher "classics".

I've never thought of Jaws as a horror movie before, but that would be right toward the top, because I've grown to think of it as one of the better movies of all time. Silence of the Lambs is also one of my favorites that I never thought of as horror.

Big fan of the Birds, and bigger fan of Psycho. Love them both. Birds is a little scarier I think, but Psycho is the better movie.

My favorite that is not a "respectable" movie is The Omen. That's a classic.

The Exorcist, Shining and Rosemary's Baby are all good films, but none are really to my taste particularly.

I can't think of any of the slasher films that I like much, it's just not my thing.

 

[Rhino_nole]

I liked both Rec and Quarantine. Rex 2 and 4 are also quite good but Rec 3 is absolutely atrocious, one of the worst movies of all time.

Agreed, liked both a lot. [REC] is better but I still enjoyed them.

I liked the film Martyrs.

 

[Nole Lou]

Just thought of my favorite movie that I would define as horror.

One of my absolute favorite movies:

 

[DFSNOLE]

One of those final scenes in Hostel where people are operating on others without the benefit of anesthesia gave me nightmares.

 

[ggmike1992]

Deeper, deeper, deeper....

 

[Nolebra Kai]

Jaws

 

[cfbfan23]

I've never thought of Jaws as a horror movie before, but that would be right toward the top, because I've grown to think of it as one of the better movies of all time. Silence of the Lambs is also one of my favorites that I never thought of as horror.


My favorite that is not a "respectable" movie is The Omen. That's a classic.



I can't think of any of the slasher films that I like much, it's just not my thing.

I totally agree with you on these thoughts.