Evil Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Blood Sucking Freaks, etc are right up there as well (in terms of scare factor, as opposed to production values).
The exorcist
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It has one of the great opening scenes of any sort of movie.
And I like Carpenter.
And Pleasance is very good.
Itās almost a cliche these days to say Halloween is misjudged as a gorefest with buckets of blood. Itās not.
Personally Iād have The Shining a long way ahead of it, although I hope we donāt get bogged down in thriller/horror labeling.
Again down to personal taste, but I think Evil Dead is a better film.
B Grade, but No-oneās going to call Halloween high art either.
Scream and Cabin are good, too, but both areā¦a bit self-aware.
I think youād have to rate Psycho better, too.
Ju-on (The Grudge) made me ā ā ā ā my pants the first time I watched it.
I think TCM is a terrible film in every possible way, except for one scene.
And Bloodsucking Freaks is just exploitative filth. I donāt want to get on my high horse about horror films, but it really is just that one for me.
I assume the Saw sequels are similar.
The Exorcist, The Shining & Psycho are excellent films. Higher production values than Halloween, but the latter is the movie that scared the crap out of me as a kid. Michael Myers = the Boggie Man. Years later, when Mr. Cruel was terrorising Melbourne, I had flashbacks of Michael Myers. Hardly slept a wink. Nightmare on Elm Street was quite scary & The Ring freaked me out a bit.
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Gosh Iāve seen some terrible (but memorable) films, now that youāve reminded me.
Pieces, Basket Case, Motherās Dayā¦
LMW is a Grudge and Ring fan.
She really wants to see Grudge vs Ring but itās very difficult to find in Australia.
Biel is smokinā hot in the modern remake.
Agreed re: Freaks being a trash film. An exploitation classic from the Troma crew who made plenty of trashy films. It was scary AF watching it back in the day.
Thought it was Troma.
I didnāt find it the least bit scary, but plenty repulsive, which Iām sure theyād be quite proud of (no, really).
Having seen a few horror films in the 70s and 80s, I just donāt bother any more.
I actually donāt watch the genre anymore, but as a kid, my brother & I would walk into a video shop, head straight for the horror section & work our way through all the trashy movies out there. #badparenting
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It Follows from a few years ago was very good.
But yeah, most modern horror is rubbish.
I saw Hereditary this year.
That was pretty good.
I still want to see A Quiet Place.
Oh, and also saw Get Out, but thatās not really a horror, is it.
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Dario Argento is not everyoneās taste in films but I enjoyed Deep Red and Susperia and a few of his other films.
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Throw in Silent Night, Deadly Night, Friday the 13th (series), Street Trash, The Stuff, & that one in New Yorkā¦The Bronx Warriors, with the main character called Trash.
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He co-wrote Demons 2, which is one of my favourite ever bad films.
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OK, have bookmarked a few of the films mentioned by Wim & KM & may give them a shot. Cheers. I still havenāt seen āItā as yet, even though I loved the book.
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Hmmm thought you would be more of a demons 1 fan myself
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its awesome, but i wouldnāt classify it as a horror. More of a tense thriller