What are your favorite three horror movies of all time?
On a personal note, I would have to say that my favorite three are:
1. Night of the Living Dead
The classic that spawned the zombie sub-genre of horror cannot be ignored.
2. The Terror
This Roger Corman classic brings me back to my youth when I was first turned on the Lord Dunsany, Poe, and Lovecraft.
3. The Ninth Gate
As a book collector, The Ninth Gate has aspects that I can relate to.
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M$6 Answers
#2 Children of the Corn: The original. I have to give credit to Stephen King, as he is the most popular of the horror writers. Even though his books tend to be a dime a dozen, and at used book stores they literally are a dime a dozen. None the less, its a great story, why are children so creepy when they can think and outsmart adults?
#3 Evil Dead. The original once again. Although the second wasn't bad. Sam Rammi is the king, it was either this or "Army of Darkness." Evil Dead is more my style but i have to give him credit for the reference to my hometown in army of darkness. "THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK, 12 Gauge double barrel Remington, S-Marts top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods section. That's right this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan."
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M$2. リング (ringu, "The Ring"). The American remake had too many scare tactics (it actually kind of scarred me a bit - I was younger then, and the faces of the victims didn't sit well with me). But it was such a revolutionary movie, in that it addressed the possibility of a haunting occurring in objects we (the audience) considered "safe" and non-traditional (ghosts usually just haunted houses and family heirlooms - not a VHS), therefore opening up new doors to horror films (like Kairo) while successfully prolonging the audience's after-movie paranoia. (I avoided our TV for weeks.)
3. Shaun of the Dead. Really nothing to say about it, the movie speaks for itself. Brilliant comedy, but also quite creepy in places. I just love the combination of genres, and the jokes were so amazing!
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Intersting that you top two horror movies are both based on movies that were originally Japanese. Also intersting that the first two people that comment have their third choice be a horror comedy.
I agree with the Japanese choices, I'm glad someone representing non section 1 movies already. They have a lot more psychology behind the horror not just torture and gore, which is a pretty large part of modern American horror.
I love foreign languages, so I'm a "subtitler" all the way. I don't need to watch all movies in foreign languages though, quite a few American movies are decent as well. In the case of horror films however, I feel that American remakes are shallow and full of pointless scare tactics that contribute nothing to the plotline, whereas the original Japanese movies are full of life and meaning. I would definitely recommend all three on my list, if you're up for it. :)
I didn't even notice about #3! Interesting!
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M$2. SAW series
3. Hostel
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I don't know how i did it but i have somehow never watched one minute of any of the saw movies, isn't there like six now?
Here is someone that likes gore. Out of all of the horror movies that I have seen, The Exorcist is the only one that has a scene that I still cringe at. All I can say is there are certain things that should not be done with a cross.
Motel Hell (just the concept behind this was gruesome)
Creepshow (WONDERFULLY scary stories...)
The 80's
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2. A Tale of Two Sisters. This movie blew me away when I saw it. I usually can tell what's going to happen in a movie before it does but this one kept me guessing till the very end. Brilliant.
3. The Wolfman. My all time favorite.
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I have to say that Pinhead is one of my favorite horror movie antagonists. I have seen all of the Childer of the Corn movies, and I only really liked the first one. As for The Evil Dead series, I can't wait until Rammi starts working on the remake. I would love to see Ash battle with a huge budget.
I KNOW! the budget of army of darkness and the story really didn't match up, that was the only problem. The skeleton army is just funny, even at the time it came out. Evil Dead was cheap but the story allowed it to seem a lot less cheesy.