TOP 10 MODERN-DAY HORROR MOVIES (1996-Present)

[AntonioDelLago]

MY TOP TEN FAVORITE MODERN-DAY HORROR FILMS (1996-Present)

1. SCREAM (1996) Wes Craven (A)
2. THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) M. Night Shyamalan (A)
3. HANNIBAL (2001) Ridley Scott (A)
4. SCREAM 2 (1997) Wes Craven (A)
5. SCREAM 3 (2000) Wes Craven (A)
6. AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) Mary Harron (B+)
7. BLADE (1998) Stephen Norrington (B+)
8. STIR OF ECHOES (1999) David Koepp (B+)
9. FINAL DESTINATION (2000) James Wong (B+)
10. HALLOWEEN: H2O (1998) Steve Miner (B+)


[This message has been edited by AntonioDelLago (edited 06-28-2001).]

[SteveSzyk]

10. Final Destination
9. Scream 3
8. Scream 2
7. Scream
6. Sixth Sense
5. Matrix(Mosly Sci-Fi but it still kinda fits)
4. Frequency (Thriller)
3. Hannibal
2. Memento (Thriller)
1. The Cell

It hasn't been so great for horror as of late but this year looks good so far. (Hannibal, Memento)

[BadBrandon]

Could somebody tell me why everyone liked Scream 3. It sucked. It had too much of a storyline to make it scary. To much about the mom really made it suck. Also they tried to make it funny. they should have never made it. That movie ruined the whole other two films.

[Freddy is God]

Lest we forget the best one? AMERICAN PSYCHO. and by the way, Scream 3 was different from the first two with more story and stuff, but i still really liked it just as much as the second one.

[love broker]

Too much story? That is like saying there is too much food on my plate. I liked Scream 3 because it was funny and no, it wasn't scary but I had fun.

I agree with u Antonio, most of the list you did was spot on with my list.

I would add Lake Placid and Idle Hands to that list. Omitting Hannibal, sorry but I thought it wasn't scary. Fun but not scary.

Great topic

[AntonioDelLago]

I totally overlooked AMERICAN PSYCHO, but compensated my omission by editing my list.
Scroll upwards.

[This message has been edited by AntonioDelLago (edited 04-05-2001).]

[!MorganOnyx!]

Im not in the best of moods, so i'm gonna say which movies SUCKED:

LAKE PLACID
THE SIXTH SENSE
AMERICAN PSYCHO
SLEEPY HOLLOW
THE MINUS MAN
THE CELL
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

On a good day, i'd tell you the redeeming factors of these sucky films. That is, of course, apart from THE SIXTH SENSE - there are no redeeming features apart from the end credits (the part where i shake my head, crying, and pray to god that some muthafucka just makes DIE HARD 4!!!! Come back JOHN MACLANE!!!)

[Thiago]

1- SCREAM
2- SCREAM 3
3- SCREAM 2
4- URBAN LEGENDS FINAL CUT
5- URBAN LEGEND
6- BOOK OF SHADOWS, BLAIR WITCH 2
7- HALLOWEEN TWENTY YEARS LATER
8- THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
9- FINAL DESTINATION
10-SLEPPY HOLLOW

Other:
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID...
I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID...
AMERICAN PSYCHO

[Gore 4 All]

1. American Psycho
2. Memento (Not a horror flick, but it certainly was freaky)
3. From Dusk Till Dawn
4. Sleepy Hollow
5. Stir of Echoes
6. Hannibal
7. The Relic (I loved the book)
8. Shadow of the Vampire
9. The Blair Witch Project
10. Ravenous

[Freddy is God]

1.American Psycho
2.Scream
3.Hannibal
4.The Blair Witch Project
5.Final Destination
6.Dark City
7.The Cell
8.Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows
9.Stir Of Echoes
10.Hellraiser: Inferno

Other good ones:
Scream 2
From Dusk 'Til Dawn
Scary Movie
Sleep Hollow
Strangeland
What Lies Beneath
The Ninth Gate
Phantoms
House On Haunted Hill
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Idle Hands
The Island Of Dr. Moreau
The Frighteners
Scream 3
Phantom Of The Opera (1999)
Hollow Man
Bless The Child (yeah, I liked it)
Blade
An American Werewolf In Paris
Blood Dolls
The Craft
Disturbing Behavior
Deep Blue Sea
Dracula 2000
The Faculty
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Haunting
The Fear: Halloween Night
Wishmaster
Stigmata
Event Horizon
Psycho(1998)
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Relic
The Mummy

Ones that sucked:
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Alien Resurrection
Pitch Black
Bats
Bleeders
Mimic
Urban Legend
End Of Days
Anaconda
The Killer Eye
Spawn
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Lake Placid
The Sixth Sense

Done! There, that's every single horror movie made in 1996-present that I have seen. Took a while to do that.

[Green]

My top 6:

1. Requiem for a Dream
2. Dark City
3. Hannibal
4. Stigmata
5. Phantasm Oblivion
6. Hellraiser: Inferno

[This message has been edited by Green (edited 04-09-2001).]

[Mike]

THANK YOU MORGAN...

I thought I was the only one who thought AMERICAN PSYCHO sucked...

[!MorganOnyx!]

Hey MIKE -

Yeah dude. It's not even funny how much AMERICAN PSYCHO sucked! CHRISTIAN BALE'S character was blatantly GAY!!! I SO didn't get this movie, and why the FUCK was it funny?!!! The scenes where he gets the hookers and plays music and tells them about it (Phil Collins and Genesis etc) are SO FUCKING FUNNY, but if i wanted to see a comedy i would've rented one! Stupid film that didn't make any sense. Are there actually people out there that are THAT CRAZY?!! Doubt it.

[the night watchman]

Best of the best:

1) AMERICAN PSYCHO
2) The Minus Man
3) From Dusk 'Till Dawn
4) The Cell
5) Mimic
6) The Ninth Gate
7) Stir of Echoes
8) Ravenous
9) Scream
10) The Blair Witch Project

The suckfests:

1) Valentine
2) Urban Legend
3) Bats
4) Bless the Child
5) End of Days
6) The Haunting remake
7) Strangeland
8) Lake Placid
9) I Still Know …
10) Dracula 2000

[screamer581]

Good list Nigh Watchman, but I haven't seen ''THe Minus Man'' yet, next time I go to my video store I'll pick it up....... anyways, here's mine
1.Scream
2.Blair Witch Project
3.American Psycho
4.Stir Of Echoes
5.Scream 2
6.The Cell
7.Sleepy Hollow
8.From Dusk Till Dawn
9.Unbreakable
10.Fallen (underated flick)

[the night watchman]

Thanks, screamer. "The Minus Man" is an exercise is subtly. There is absolutely nothing overt about it (there's not even any on screen violence). But that movie stuck with me for days after I saw it. Definitely a movie that creeps up on you and doesn't let go.

[Freddy is God]

Okay, can someone please tell me why everyone hates Bless The Child so much? I thought it was a decent movie. I seem to be the only one who thinks so.

[the night watchman]

Well, on a personal level, I was offended by it. It advances Christian propoganda by suggesting that everything non-Christian - atheism, humanism, the Druidic religion, etc. - are machinations of the forces of evil. Bullshit.

Second, I just didn't think it was a very good movie. Why does the villian act like Dr. Evil every time he tries to kill the herione? Why did the Vatican excommunicate a priest (Ian Holms) for believing in the devil? Why doesn't Christina Ricci's character just tell Kim Basinger what's going on? She might have saved a lot of hassle if she'd actually explain what was going on rather than saying vague things like, "She special," and "Don't let them get her." Special how? Don't let who get her? And even though it does seem to take Christian theology seriously, it makes lunkheaded errors. For instance, the number most associated with the holy Cody is the number six - she was born on the sixth, and her powers come to fruition in her sixth year. But wait a minute. The number six is usually associated with who? Hmmm...

Beyond that, the acting was poor, the writing was terrible (the conversation at the beginning between Basinger and her sister could have been penned by Nigel Exposition - the two sisters break the law of verisimilitude by explaining things the other should already know). The "miracles" were decidedly non-awe-inspiring. In fact, the whole movie just seems dashed off in a curt and functional way as though director Chuck Russell was only interested in relaying pertinent information without bothering to engage the audience emotionally or intellectually. And the climax was about the biggest fizzle I've seen in years.

So there you have it, IMHO.

[screamfan]

1 Scream
2 Scream 2
3 I Know What You Did Last Summer (Loved every minute of it)
4 Sleepy Hollow
5 Final Destination + The Faculty (Tie)
6 Blair Witch Project, The
7 Stir of Echoes
8 House on Haunted Hill
9 Sixth Sense, The
10 Scream 3

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Cherry Falls
Stigmata
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (Great Begining And Ending, But Crappy Middle)

[pizowell]

1. Scream
2. Blair Witch Project
3. Dark City
4. Minus Man
5. The Ninth Gate
6. Sleepy Hollow
7. The Cell
8. Crocodile
9. From Dusk til Dawn
10. American Psycho

Honorable Mention: The Last Broadcast

[chowyunfatnuts]

10. Kolobos
09. Stir of Echoes
08. Final Destination
07. Deep Rising
06. Resurrection
05. Lost Highway
04. House on Haunted Hill
03. Pitch Black (just b/c Deisel is the best bad ass since Ash)
02. Dark City
01. Ravenous

[SteveSzyk]

I'll agree w/Morgan and Mike ... AMERICAN PSYCHO SUCKED!

[ANTBond007]

1. Hannibal
2. Scream
3. Halloween H20
4. Stir of Echoes
5. Scream 3
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Sleepy Hollow
8. Final Destination
9. American Psycho
10. The Blair Witch Project

[EDsoulsurvive*]

1. I Know what You Did Last Summer (im a huge smg fan)
2. Book of Shadows
3. Unbreakable (not horror, but eerie)
4. Scream 3
5. Scream
6. Stir of Echos
7. Final Destination & Cherry Falls
8. House on Haunted hill (remake)
9. H2O
10.Bone Collector

[SonOfMyers]

RING
AUDITION
AMERICAN PSYCHO
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
STIR OF ECHOES
EXORCIST 2000
LAST HOUR

Can't think of any else really good horror movies recently made...

[teenkiller]

I believe JASON X is the best recent horror movie. The Scream trilogy was alright as a whole and Stir of Echoes was another good one. Valentine was alright as well. Looking forward to Willard, House of a 1000 Corpses and of course FREDDY vs. JASON. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[stevereno]

DONNIE DARKO
FINAL DESTINATION
FRAILTY
THE MUMMY
HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION
GINGER SNAPS
THE RING
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
BLADE
SLEEPY HOLLOW

SHIVER ME TIMBERS

[rikimaru187]

1. From Hell
2. Sleepy Hollow
3. Scream
4. A Stir of Echoes
5. The Sixth Sense
6. Jason X
7. Halloween Ressurection

I can't even finish out my top 10. The horror genre has been spread pretty thin lately. Haven't seen The Ring yet but I'm sure when I do, it'll be up there. Later. :D

[anybodykilla100]

1 frailty
2 scream
3 the ring
4 blade
5 blade 2
6 final destanation
7 halloween 8
8 sixth sense
9 jason x
10 one hour photo

[DevilMonkey]

1) Silince of the Lambs
2)Red Dragon
3)Hannibal
4)Scream 3
5)Signs
6)Ring
7)Sleepy Hollow
8) Jaosn x
9) fINAL DESTINATION
10) Lepracahn in space (it was kind of horror but i loved it)

[Patrick_Bateman]

OK I'll play...

1...BWP...
2...American Psycho
3...Session 9
4...Ringu
5...Ginger Snaps
6...From Hell
7...Sleepy Hollow ....Danny Elfman RULES!!!
8...The Sixth Sence
9...The Ring
10... Event Horizon

Se7en would be at the top of the list but it
came out in 1995

[Shockwave]

SIXTH SENSE
FRAILTY
THE RING
SCREAM
THE OTHERS
JOY RIDE
JEEPERS CREEPERS
DUSK TILL DAWN
RAVENOUS(remember this one??)
SLEEPY HOLLOW

[Andrew Tom]

How come no-one has mentioned Session 9? It's one of the greatest horror movies I've ever seen...

[the night watchman]

Revamp: 1996-2002

The Devil’s Backbone

Lost Highway

Ringu

American Psycho

Audition

Frailty

Dagon

Cure

Ginger Snaps

Uzumaki


Death to sequels.

[!MorganOnyx!]

Wow it's so funny how time can change you! I just read one of my old posts totally slagging off AMERICAN PSYCHO! Well now I ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT!!!! It's a brilliant film. Still haven't changed my mind about THE SIXTH SENSE! Pure shit! And I haven't seen HANNIBAL but saw RED DRAGON (I know what a dumbass to watch this first!). That was average. I guess it's how non slasher fans feel every time they watch a slasher. Seen it all before.
Apart from those two I totally agree with ANTONIOS list. Every movie he's listed is quality. STIR OF ECHOES should not be overlooked as a rip off of that horrible film I won't mention!

[Cronos]

I tried putting them in a list but couldn't

Final Destination
Jeepers Creepers
Ginger Snaps
Ringu
Devil's Backbone
Event Horizon
Dead Alive
Brotherhood of the Wolf
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Frighteners
Blade
Blade 2

[the night watchman]

Originally posted by Andrew Tom
How come no-one has mentioned Session 9? It's one of the greatest horror movies I've ever seen...

"Session 9" was a great movie, but I just liked the 10 I listed better. It would definitely turn up on a top 20 list. Maybe even top 15.

[Doop]

My Top Ten:

1) Battle Royale
2) Dog Soldiers
3) Ripper: Letters from Hell
4) Paradise Villa
5) Final Destination 2
6) The Ring (japanese version)
7) American Psycho
8) The Ring 0 (japanese)
9) Session 9
10) Lovers Lane

Others I liked:
Ginger Snaps
Cut
Final Stab
They
Valentine
H2O
Jason X
American Psycho 2

Ones that sucked:
Hannibal
Drive-In
Island of the Dead
Ring 2
Mangler 2
American Nightmare
Halloween Resurrection

[ANTBond007]

How the hell did you like Cut and Final Stab, yet not Hannibal? Or Halloween Resurrection, for that matter?

[The_Driller_Killer]

I can't believe how many of you have Scream on your lists!!! And what's even more unbelievable is how many have it at #1!

At least one person listed Kolobos...

[masknslasher86]

1. Stir of Echoes
2. The Sixth Sense
3. The Ring
4. Signs
5. Scream
6. Jason X
7. Halloween H20
8. Dog Soldiers
9. Hannibal
10. End Of Days

[the night watchman]

Originally posted by The_Driller_Killer
I can't believe how many of you have Scream on your lists!!!

I can't believe how many times "Jason X" appeared in the top ten.

[Xipe Totec]

Well.....I can`t but them in any order....but really good movies were:

SLEEPY HOLLOW
THE SIGNS
THE SIXTH SENSE
HELLRAISER: INFERNO
SCREAM (pretty good.... but I wouldn`t definetly but any of the Scream movies to the top of my list)
THE RING
STIR OF ECHOES
RESIDENT EVIL
DARK CITY
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
BLAIR WITCH 2

Comments to other lists:

SCREAM one....ok
SCREAM 2 .....well was kinda good too, but SCREAM 3.... I can`t possibly imagine why anybody would put it to their top 10.... too boring and too dislikeable characters FOR ME
JASON X .....pretty good...but still not in my Top 10
THE 6TH SENSE and SLEEPY HOLLOW..... cant understand people, who list them in the suckfest.....

[Doop]

Originally posted by ANTBond007
How the hell did you like Cut and Final Stab, yet not Hannibal? Or Halloween Resurrection, for that matter?

I cant help it...I prefere slashers to thrillers...also the reason I didnt like Hannibal was because I read the book and I just couldnt forgive the movie for ending the way it did!!!

Also whats wrong with Cut??? I mean I think Im the only one who liked Final Stab...but Cut...come on It had Kylie Minogue in it!!!

[izombie]

Sending to Horror Best/Worst

[screamer581]

Originally posted by the night watchman
I can't believe how many times "Jason X" appeared in the top ten.

Amen to that Night!

[screamer581]

Oh by the way, here is a more updated list.

1.Requiem For a Dream (if Requiem is considered horror)
2.Scream
3.The Blair Witch Project
4.American Psycho
5.Donnie Darko (see Requiem)
6.Frailty
7.Sleepy Hollow
8.Ginger Snaps
9.Scream 2
10.Signs

[KingPhenom007]

1.Halloween Resurrection
2.From Dusk Till Dawn
3.Scream
4.Sleepy Hollow
5.Cut
6.Resident Evil
7.Blade
8.Pitch Black
9.13 Ghosts
10.the Craft

[Doop]

Originally posted by KingPhenom007
1.Halloween Resurrection
2.From Dusk Till Dawn
3.Scream
4.Sleepy Hollow
5.Cut
6.Resident Evil
7.Blade
8.Pitch Black
9.13 Ghosts
10.the Craft

Yeah!!! Somebody else liked Cut!!!! and I forgot about Pitch Black...that movie rocked!!!!

[The_Shape213]

1. Battle Royale (Not really horror though)
2. Scream
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer
4. The Sixth Sense
5. Ghosts Of Mars
6. Signs
7. Jason X
8. Resident Evil
9. Urban Legend
10. Wishmaster

[Boogeyman]

Halloween H20 Great story that ends with a great finale.
Halloween Resurrection I liked the entertaining sequel.
Sleepy Hollow Full of style, grace, and story. I loved it!
Session 9 Scary as hell. Very atmospheric. Great film.
Resident Evil Very underrated. Good story. Kick ass ending. Lots of style.
The Ring Very scary! Awesome remake.
Final Destination Entertaining and fun. I liked the darkness and at time comedy of death.
Jeepers Creepers Great new killer, when he had coat and hat on. But overall...I think its great.
Joy Ride Comedy and horror mixed purfectly. Good acting and suspence.
Hellraiser Inferno Although alot was absent with past Hellraser movies...it was still great.

Runners up include Scream, Halloween 6, Cut, Cherry Falls..and a lot more, but I cant remember.

later