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Never saw Chronicle, may have to check that out.
Vote: Best Horror Film All-time?
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Never saw Chronicle, may have to check that out.
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Rough choice...like asking my favorite band...so many qualifiers.....
Not going to overthink it too much and go with....
The crippling claustrophobia alone should put it on any list, but great jump scares and well crafted monsters shoot it to the top for me.
Go watch it alone in the dark right now...double dog dare ya!
Not going to overthink it too much and go with....
The crippling claustrophobia alone should put it on any list, but great jump scares and well crafted monsters shoot it to the top for me.
Go watch it alone in the dark right now...double dog dare ya!
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Seems like we had quite similar childhoods.
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Hoichi the Earless is my favorite from Kwaidan.
Kuroneko and Onibaba are two really great Japanese horror films as well. Particularly like the former.
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Gonna go with Hausu.
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That movie sent me.
But I will never watch Henry: portrait of a serial killer again
Texas chainsaw massacre is probably my favorite horror movie though, and all the same sorta themed movies it inspired get my spooky juices going
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Lmfao this list. Tell us you're a low IQ boomer without telling us. Greatest horror film of all time is the Trump presidency.
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Bro you seriously neggged me? Wtf!
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Must have been a classic mixup, sorry!
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More of a Horror Comedy IMO, but still a worthy selection.
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Nice list. Yeah Part 2,4, 6 are my favorite Friday the 13th's.
Although it's not scary, I saw Killer Clowns from Outer Space on the other night. It's interesting watching that movie now as an adult and catching all of the humor that went over your head as a kid.
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space was certainly creative packed with trippy practical effects. Plus, it's always great to see John Vernon (Dean Wormer/Animal House) chewing the furniture again.
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Well by best horror movie and scariest are 2 different things.
The best is probably The Silence of the Lambs as it is the only true horror movie to win best picture.
The scariest is really going to depend on what hits home on a personal level. When I was a kid, IT really scared the shit out of me. As an adult, The Ring and Conjuring probably are the scariest. Jaws isn't really a horror movie btw.
The best is probably The Silence of the Lambs as it is the only true horror movie to win best picture.
The scariest is really going to depend on what hits home on a personal level. When I was a kid, IT really scared the shit out of me. As an adult, The Ring and Conjuring probably are the scariest. Jaws isn't really a horror movie btw.
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Loved Klowns when I was a kid. I wonder if that video game came out yet...
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Yep, scariest isn't the same as best. Scary can help make a horror film be a good horror film.
I agree, The Conjuring with the scene's in the kids room were pretty scary. Wan does it well. And the scene where the long black hair in the face b/w chic comes out the TV is some scary wits from The Ring. Speaking of Wan, Dead Silence has some dead scary scenes too.
I hate to break it to you, but neither IMDB nor Rottentomatoes list The Silence of the Lambs as a horror film... they give it Crime, Drama, Thriller and Mystery & Thriller/Crime respectively. They give Jaws Adventure, Mystery/Thriller, and Holiday/Mystery & Thriller respectively.
I'm not a stickler on defining what a "horror" film is, as it's always subjective. Jaws undisputedly has tons of horror elements in it. It pumps up the visceral terror in lots of scenes... I'd argue making people afraid to go into the water was the kick of Jaws, not the scumbag mayor trying to keep the beaches open.
I think you'll find Horror lists by horror aficionados almost always list Jaws. Whereas studios will avoid it, as horror still carries a "B-movie" stigma to it.
There's lots of films where it's really hard to declare if they're also part of the horror genre or not, like Alien, Gojira, Them, Aliens, Se7en, Predator, Arachnophobia, Shawn of the Dead, Fright Night, Silver Bullet, Ghostbusters, etc.
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I hadn't heard they were making it into a video game. That would be trippy.
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game on Steam releasing in 2024
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Dont forget to rewatch the toxic avenger