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thiliaarchive ([personal profile] thiliaarchive) wrote2012-04-12 11:34 pm
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The Ultimate Horror Movie Rec Post!

I've watched about five horror movies in the last three days or so, and I'm back in a horror phase, I think, so... I need recs! Or discuss! What are your favourites? Which ones are the scariest? Which ones do you think I absolutely HAVE to see? I've seen a lot, but I want more, so... gimme! :)

[identity profile] fever-play.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
audition
rear window

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Rear Window is ♥, and I found Audition on IMDB the other day, but was sceptical... but I think I'll check it out! :D

[identity profile] fever-play.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Audition is graphic, but it drags a lot in the beginning. Once the real story begins, it's too insane to look away.

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good! :D

I think I'm gonna give the original Grudge movies a try next. The remake scared the crap out of me but the originals are supposed to be even CREEPIER, so... looking forward to that. :D

[identity profile] lordes.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
friend of mine said that Mirrors is the ultimate mind fuck movie.

It's the only movie that scared her, the ONLY one.

Me? I won't go further than underworld and resident evil, I'm a chicken.

:D

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I've seen that... at least my friend claims that I've watched it with her, so I don't know. I've seen so many that I'm kind of confusing a few of them. XD

But thanks! XD

[identity profile] fever-play.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
fright night (original)
the haunting (original)
suspiria
let the right one in
the fly (jeff goldblum version)

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I've seen the remake of Fright Night, which was kind of ridiculous (but of course it had Colin Farrell to drool over, so that was cool), and... I don't think I've seen any of the others. Although... wait. No, I haven't seen any of the others. Thanks! I'll look them up :D

[identity profile] fever-play.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The original Fright Night is a great example of horror mixed with comedy. I enjoyed the remake, but in comparison with the original it doesn't hold up.

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-12 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool! I'll see if I can find it :)

[identity profile] lilliephoenix.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
the haunting and let the right one in get my votes. make sure you see the original of the latter, the remake missed the mark IMO.

the cell is a good mindfuck/horror. it still pops into my head from time to time.

i want to see the woman in black with daniel radcliffe, but i'm not sure it's out yet.

[identity profile] hexenhasel.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ooooo yes! Let the Right One In....the original, Sweden's version. That's a must see.

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent! :)

It is out, I think, yeah. I haven't seen it yet either :)

[identity profile] hexenhasel.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Halloween & Halloween 2 - the Rob Zombie versions

An American Haunting (Donald Sutherland( - watched this the other day and it was LOVE

Seven (Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt) - total mindfuck

The Amytiville Horror (the original 1970's version)

The Shining (Jack Nicholson)

Pet Semetery (still creeps the fuck out of me)

...if I think of more I'll let ya know ;)

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
- I saw the first Halloween at some point (as well as all the old ones), and... I don't know. I don't remember much about it; just that the kid was CREEPY! XD

- American Haunting his great! <3

- I've been meaning to watch Seven for YEARS, but I haven't done it yet... I think my brother has it, though, so I gotta go steal that at some point. XD

- I've seen the Amityville Horror remake, but then I'll check out the original at some point too...

- The Shining, I've seen. <3

- And Pet Semetery... LOL! I had this friend who said that it was the creepiest movie ever, and I'd never seen it, and... then I watched it, and I was like, >.> cause I wasn't impressed at all. I'd expected something worse from what she'd told me - but maybe it's because she saw it when she was younger, and... yeah. XD
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[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I have seen The Exorcist, The Omen, The Birds and From Hell (♥), but not the others. I'll definitely have a look at those, though! :D Thanks!

[identity profile] luvscharlie.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
The original Halloween movie is still my all time favorte (not those abominations by Rob Zombie). I love the camera work and I still won't go anywhere near someone wearing that costume.

However, my brother got me to sit down and watch In the Mouth of Madness with him--- holy fuck, I have no idea what it is about that movie-- I've still not been able to watch it all the way through without turning it off. And I've tried many, many times. So yeah. Scary.

Also, if you haven't seen Jack Nicholson's version of The Shining, I'm not sure I classify it as Horror (though it probably is), it's brilliantly done. I actually liked it far better than Stephen King's book (and that's hard to do) since I have a hard on for King.

I really liked 1408 too. There are times it goes too far so that you think-- oh stop that, that's ridiculous, but Samuel Jackson is amazing, and I think John Cusack proves how brilliant he is.

Want to be scared by reading? In Stephen King's Night Shift book is a short story (about 25 pages or so) called Children of the Corn (yes, it is the place where all those horrible Children of the Corn movies began-- They're probably up to sequel 20 billion by now), but that is truly the scariest story I've ever read. I stopped three times before finishing. And it takes a lot to scare me in a book. I then slept with the light on for days.

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Woohoo! I love the old Halloween movies - the sequels are a little weird at times (the third one especially, since it doesn't have Michael in it at all LOL), but the original one rocked. I love Michael Myers :D But yeah, I wasn't all that happy with the remakes either. The kid was creepy, but it just didn't have the old Halloween "vibe".

Never heard of Mouth of Madness, so I'll look that up... I have seen the Shining and 1408 was... gah. Loved that one. I think I need to rewatch that at some point cause I was reeeally scared when I first saw it.

And I've never really been scared while reading a book before, but I'm definitely gonna try that out! :D

Thanks - even though I've seen most of those. XD

[identity profile] hortense.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
MADHOUSE!!!! It's my fav scary movie ever!!

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Woohoo, thanks! I'll have a look at it :D

[identity profile] mariesen.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Sick Nurses and anything Japanese tbh XD

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, excellent! Thanks :D

[identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm shocked no one's mentioned The Human Centipede 1 and 2.

Two was...OHGOD, I'm scarred for life.

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
NOOOOOOOOOONONONONONONO. I won't watch those LOL XD I saw the trailer of the first one and just the IDEA of that movie freaked me out, so... no. I don't think I can handle that, haha :D

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2012-04-17 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not that much into horrormovies. I can't stand splatter films, but! There are two that I really, really loved...

Rose Red by Stephen King (and watch THE WHOLE miniseries. It is SO worth it.)
Trailer:


The Orphanage (Geraldine Chaplin, you gotta love her...)
Trailer:


These two I have seen myself. And then hubby gave this tip. I haven't seen it, and I don't think I will. :-P To much of a classic horror-movie for me. So I don't think I could take it.

Drag me to hell
Trailer HERE.

Apparently Sam Raimi has done that one, and he has done the entire Evil Dead series to, old classic apparently. Haven't seen them. :-P

Hope that helped! :-)

[identity profile] thilia.livejournal.com 2012-04-21 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
Cool, thank you! The Orphanage is already on my list, and I've had Drag Me To Hell for a while but haven't had the chance to watch it yet. So I'll check those out :D

[identity profile] kseenaa.livejournal.com 2012-04-22 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't forget Rose Red. It is really REALLY worth it to check out. The story and background story in that movie rocks like you wouldn't believe!