Cinema Best horror film of all time?

[NotBanjaxo]

OK my recent thread about the all time classic horror flick (and best ever practical effects horror movie) The Thing (1982) got me thinking. What is the best horror film of all time?

For me it's a tie between The Thing (1982) and Aliens (specifically the 2nd film in that franchise, as good as the first film was).

The Thing:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2o2FRwn_hg



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjIXwkX1e48


Aliens:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2wGD6-j0Y



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkMd2nLRzQ



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j51DfrLHUek


What say you, TMMAC? Got anything to beat those two?

 

[regular john]

The Shining.

don't care about monster flicks and such. The Shining is fuckin' awesome though. one of the best movies ever.

 

[NotBanjaxo]

The Shining.

don't care about monster flicks and such. The Shining is fuckin' awesome though. one of the best movies ever.

Ooh that's a good one.

Very different from the book, which is awesome in it's own right, one of King's classics.

EDIT: One of the parts from the book that I wish had made it to the film was when Danny is out in the topiary area of the gardens, all the bushes & trees are cut into the shape of animals. Things start getting creepy, and he starts to notice that the animals move positions whilst he isn't looking at them, getting closer & closer, stalking him. He's in amongst them, so he can't watch all of them at once.

Well that's a thread derail in my first reply to my own thread lol, any other great horror films?

 

[The Big Guy]

Paranormal activity

I say I'm not scared of ghosts. But I have jumped out a 2 story window because of suspected ghosts one time

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Devil's Rejects


It has to be somewhat believable and get the adrenaline flowing.

 

[silentsinger]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Devil's Rejects


It has to be somewhat believable and get the adrenaline flowing.

Oh hi.

The correct answer is Event Horizon

I'm an eternal Rob Zombie fan but House of 1000 Corpses and DR are their own genre for me.

 

[RaginCajun]

Texas Chainsaw 3D had some good moments...

But on a serious note- I always liked the original Dawn of The Dead.

 

[silentsinger]

Everyone slags it off and I knew it wasn't real footage etc but The Blair Witch scared me so terribly I was in tears when I left the cinema thinking my car was going to break down and she was going to get me.

 

[silentsinger]

OK my recent thread about the all time classic horror flick (and best ever practical effects horror movie) The Thing (1982) got me thinking. What is the best horror film of all time?

For me it's a tie between The Thing (1982) and Aliens (specifically the 2nd film in that franchise, as good as the first film was).

The Thing:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2o2FRwn_hg



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjIXwkX1e48


Aliens:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2wGD6-j0Y



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkMd2nLRzQ



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j51DfrLHUek


What say you, TMMAC? Got anything to beat those two?

Aliens was bloody wicked. Bill Paxton was bloody wicked.

 

[tang]

Shining is my favorite

this one is my Korean favorite

 

[soup]

Halloween (1978)

 

[Hauler]

Psycho (1960)

Friday the 13th (1980) - As campy and dumb as the sequels got, the first one was a pretty damn good film.

Another vote for The Shining and Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

[BenAskrensStrikingcoach]

All good choices, Alien is one of my favourites.

I'd add Silence of the Lambs in there as well.

I love the old splatter horrors too and the comedy stuff, can't beat the Evil Dead for a good laugh.

 

[regular john]

Ooh that's a good one.

Very different from the book, which is awesome in it's own right, one of King's classics.

EDIT: One of the parts from the book that I wish had made it to the film was when Danny is out in the topiary area of the gardens, all the bushes & trees are cut into the shape of animals. Things start getting creepy, and he starts to notice that the animals move positions whilst he isn't looking at them, getting closer & closer, stalking him. He's in amongst them, so he can't watch all of them at once.

Well that's a thread derail in my first reply to my own thread lol, any other great horror films?

sounds creepy and cool. I never read no horror story books, not sure it’s healthy to be reading that before going to sleep.

 

[Hauler]

Return of the Living Dead was a good one.

 

[Hauler]

Is Jaws considered horror?

Because that's one of the best movies of all time, regardless of genre.

 

[4112]

for me it's The Exorcist

 

[NotBanjaxo]

Is Jaws considered horror?

Because that's one of the best movies of all time, regardless of genre.

I don't count Jaws as horror myself, but I agree that it's up there in the best all time films for sure.

 

[MondoIDIOT]

The Thing

 

[Thuglife13]

Halloween (1978)

Teh GOAT!

 

[silentsinger]

for me it's The Exorcist

The book and the movie scared me witless.

@The Kurgan reading Silence of The Lambs screwed me up too.

 

[NotBanjaxo]

All good choices, Alien is one of my favourites.

I'd add Silence of the Lambs in there as well.

I love the old splatter horrors too and the comedy stuff, can't beat the Evil Dead for a good laugh.

Silence of the Lambs had my stomach in knots. All time classic.

The second one (I think?) was just silly though, cutting out slices of someone's brain whilst they're still alive and feeding it to them? C'mon son.

 

[otaku1]

for me it's The Exorcist

It was creepy af

 

[BenAskrensStrikingcoach]

Silence of the Lambs had my stomach in knots. All time classic.

The second one (I think?) was just silly though, cutting out slices of someone's brain whilst they're still alive and feeding it to them? C'mon son.

Yeah the sequels were pretty shit but Hopkins is the man they have their moments.

Red dragon was a good yarn but the film was shite in my opinion.

Enjoyed a few episodes of Hannibal, Mads was good but over all it felt cheap to me, every episode there was a new mystery to be solved felt like murder she wrote after half a season.

 

[BenAskrensStrikingcoach]

For me Alien>Aliens as far as horror is concerned, but the 2nd one was the better film in a lot of ways, it was an action more than a horror though.

So many great characters in it