I watched The Descent again last night, and it's still great. This is a movie which is both scary and frightening. Scary because it plays on our most basic fears - fear of the dark, fear of small spaces, fear of the unknown. Frightening because the frights are.... well, frightening. The period between going into the cave and the monsters appearing is, for my money, the scariest part of the movie. Very well shot and utterly claustrophobic! After that it is a full-on onslaught of monsters, gore, and frights. The second half, comprising of these three elements, does diminish a bit with repeat viewings, but it's terribly effective still. One of the best recent horror movies. 4/5

Another one by Neil Marshall I've seen is Dog Soldiers. I know it's highly regarded by some circles, but I found it to be complete dog poo. It isnt cheap B-horror gold. It's cheap B-horror shit.

[REC] is one which is truly omg-I-need-to-cover-my-eyes scary, especially the last 15 minutes. It isnt as good the second time, but the first experience is just... whoa.

I'm not sure if Carrie is a scary horror movie, but what it definitely is is a brilliant movie. And there is one almighty fright at the end.

John Carpenter's The Thing is one friggin suspenseful ride. It's basically a whodunit with a gory twist, and it's executed perfectly. Some of the best practical effects ever. A favourite of mine.

Alien is, of course, a landmark film.

Both Repulsion and Eraserhead, which I saw not long ago, to an extent are pretty scary movies. Both have a great sense of unease.

Poltergeist is a pretty entertaining movie, but I dont find it scary at all. Except that one scene where a man literally tears his face off.

Nightmare on Elm Street. I've only seen the first, but the only good things I can say about it are its premise and some of the gore effects, which are still pretty stellar today. Freddie Krueger sounds good on paper, and he is good when we dont see him, but actually seeing him in the flesh he's just laughable.

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Jun 28 2009, 08:03 PM

Both Repulsion and Eraserhead are not horror movies per se. If you can broaden the term 'horror', Repulsion is psychological horror. Eraserhead is just weird. Watch it for the experience. Another recent psychological horror I can think of is The Machinist. Seeing a skeletal Christian Bale is scary enough!

I watched Dreamcatcher years back (when it came out I think). I thought it was horrible then.

Btw how old are you Mov_freak? I awsnt even born when Alien came out.

P/S: The Covenant is a piece of shit. Only good thing is the hot Laura Ramsey

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Jun 28 2009, 09:16 PM

I cant remember the last horror movie I watched. Does Hollow Man count? I did a mini Verhoeven marathon some weeks ago.

I just saw Trick 'r Treat. Fantastic! While not really scary, it is consistently funny and fun, and when it is not those, it is suspenseful. Easily puts Drag Me to Hell to shame. If anything, this goes to show how tame DMTH was. I heard this is a bit like Creepshow, which I've never seen. Highly recommended.

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Oct 9 2009, 09:54 PM

I'm a fan of Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness, not so much the first Evil Dead. Evil Dead II strikes the perfect balance between macabre and comedy.

re: Blair Witch. I would never dare watch this when I'm on a camping trip with foliage nearby. I've never seen Cannibal Holocaust, it sounds vile, and in general I tend to prefer movies which pass off gore in an entertaining and fun manner instead of truly wanting to scar you for life.

I actually think the first if the worst of the first three FD movies (havent seen the recent one). Takes itself too seriously, not enough people dying, not enough creative deaths. And lets face it, the latter two are the only things the FD series is about.

None of them are anything special, but #2 is the most satisfying of the three. I mean, dying because you stepped on the stale spaghetti you just chucked outside the window = win.

Coincidentally I also watched Braindead (Dead Alive) recently. Totally wicked fun. The gross-outs in the first half an hour were really icky, simultaneously making me howl in laughter and wanna throw up, The middle sags just a slight bit, but the last 30 mins totally makes up for it and more. Not as good as ED II in my book, but deservedly a classic nonetheless. Oh and whoever said it doesn't have boobies needs to watch it again. It has the biggest boobs in a movie ever!

Haha, you dont understand lah. You will only understand what I mean when you watch the movie!

But there are some massive boobage. Not arousing in any way of course, unless you're a real freak.

I for one dont understand the love for Dog Soldiers. It's Aliens with werewolves but with none of the suspense or kickass action. I usually like low budget horror movies but this felt like a TV movie. A bad one at that. Now The Descent... that was damn good.

I think The Descent is well shot. You see and dont see everything the director wants you to see and doesn't want to see. The first half is nerve-wreckingly claustrophobic, and the second half is a fright fest.

Orphan isn't a horror movie in my book. Suspense thriller... yes. I really like it even though the ending was spoiled to me beforehand. Very effective and has a good mix of tense build-up and gore.

So are you saying The Omen is horror or not horror?

There are those who think The Omen is a comedy.

John Carpenter's The Thing is probably the most suspenseful movie I've ever seen. Total classic.

Real like... cloverfield? What?!

Slither is in the same vein as the Evil Dead series and Dead Alive--schlock-horror. Now that you mentioned it, I want to watch it again. I remember I had quite a wicked time watching it last time.

Anyway, I saw Triangle with a friend yesterday, and I think it's right to classify it under psychological horror. It's partly The Shining or Event Horizon on a cruise liner, but it's also a lot more than that. I wont mention anymore, and if you want the movie to pack a wallop you shouldnt go digging for more either. All you need to know is that it's about a bunch of people who go sailing, their boat capsizes after a freak storm, they board a cruise liner which was passing by, only to find that the ship harbours a whole different kind of terror. Sounds typical yeaah? Wrong!

There is at least one image in the movie that will make you scream "OHH GODAMNN SHIT HELL!". Or at least make you churn in your stomach. Guaranteed.

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Jan 29 2010, 09:41 AM

I watched it at my friend's house. He downloaded it. It's a bluray rip, but the one he got was not HD. Quality was still good as its x264-encoded. I didn't plan to watch it but he just left it on and we watched it without knowing what to expect. What a pleasant surprise.

I'm looking forward to The House of the Devil next. That sounds good.

Now go watch The House of the Devil. That for me is the best horror movie of 2009, but I'm guessing many people wont like it. It's a real slowburner.