Go on don't be shy....
I thought the first 'Nightmare on Elm Street' was more terrifying than Carrie or the Exorcist, and in it's own way, the 'Blair Witch Project' got nicely darker and darker, but I agree with the first three.
I'd agree with the shining and the exorcist.
The exorcist is up there because in it the devil actually wins. I think the devil was after the old exorcist priest all the time.
Evil Dead 1 is pretty scary. Mostly down to the editing, I know - It has got lots of moments that make you jump.
Dark Water (Japanese) is a proper ghost story - the USA remake is pretty good as well.
Top 6 (in no particular order)
Evil Dead
Exorcist
Shining
Dark Water
Dawn of the dead
Pit and the Pendulum (Top horror story to read - good film too)
The Devil's backbone, Guilmero Del Toro is the next ghost story / horror, I am going to try and see. vff
Some great choices but for pure genius and originality from Hitchcock I would have to include Psycho and the first Alien Movie had plenty of suspense.
The first month is quite easy as you probably know put wait until the colic kicks in. All the best CA
I've always said that I don't like horror films and due to this I reckon I haven't watched many.
Strangely, I've seen all of those on your top 5 list and would agree they are all cracking movies.
Perhaps I Iike them more than I think.
I'd add 'Poltergeist' as it will always remind me of teenage 'video parties' - remember them? We usually sat through something like 'Blue Lagoon' or 'Porkies' before a 'spooky' one.
Does 'Beetlejuice' count? Not really a scary movie but I did find it really disturbing in parts.
Good choices CA, but I preferred the original "Manhunter" film (of the first Hannibal Lecter book Red Dragon) with William Peterson (not the recent remake...) to "Lambs". Also up there with the best IMO, is "It's Alive", a cheap 70's baby monster movie that gave me nightmares (maybe not a good time for you to watch it...), and I hear that "Let the Right One In" (a Swedish film DVD I got for my birthday but have yet to watch)is pretty scary too...
You must see Paranormal Activity. It might just change your top 5 horror films for ever.
Wouldn't disagree with any of those. Carrie had quite an effect on me when I saw it first, although it didn't age well when I watched it again a couple of years ago. "Don't look now" would make my top five.....Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.
I considered The Evil Dead, Alien and Poltergeist but went with these 5 as they were the ones I had the most vivid (scary) memories of. Red Dragon is a very good shout though.
I used to love horror movies in my youth but they just don't have the same appeal now for some reason, although I have heard good reports of Paranormal Activity - didn't it cost $11,000 to make or something?
Red Dragon, Carrie and The Shining I each read before I saw the movie, I had a spell of only reading horror books (a James Herbert novel I could read cover to cover in a day) so I might be tempted with Pit and the Pendulum vff.
Pit and the pendulum is a short story by Edgar Alan Poe. It's a cracking short horror story. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers vff
I know, I googled it and was very surprised to see it written in 1842! A short story will actually appeal to my new time restraints!
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