Movies all horror fans should own

[Jason Vorhees]

post up your list. i'll do mine later

[X-Nightcrawler]

I'll start by mentioning FRIDAY THE 13TH and HALLOWEEN (there's one out there with 12 minutes of extra footage in the movie, pretty cool)

[Jason Vorhees]

Friday the 13th(all sequels excluding Jason X .. shit was garbage)
Halloween(All Sequels minus part 3 ^^)
Nightmare On Elm Street(all sequels)
Poltergeist(all sequels)
Exorcist
Jeepers Creepers
The Fog
The Thing
Legend
Pumpkin Head
Pet Cemetary
Child's Play(part 2 as well)
Evil Dead(all sequels :) )
Candy Man
Wishmaster(part 2 as well)
Leprechaun(1-3)
6th Sense
Amittyville
Jacob's Ladder


Etc. Etc..

[Scythemantis]

This is downright sad, but, I barely own movies at all. I have less than ten! Oddball things, Naked Lunch, one Godzilla flick, Angry Red Planet, Joe's Apartment, couple others. My girlfriend has a huge video/dvd collection though.

[deadeye]

Night of the Living Dead, original b/w
My Bloody Valentine
The Fog
Halloween
Ringu

[this one dude]

the shining for its visual flare and downright creepy vibe

the evil dead trilogy for its brutal simplicity and comic relief

dead alive for its blood, blood, and even more blood

an american werewolf in london for its awesome contribution to the werewolf story

hellraiser for its twisted and sadistic plot.

night of the living dead, just so they know their roots

texas chainsaw massacre for its realism and gritty shock value

the exorcist, mainly because it's the scariest horror film ever

other honorable mentions: nightmare on elm st., the thing, in the mouth of madness, return of the living dead, and from dusk til dawn.

[girl6]

Halloween minus 3..I have 3 simply because I can't stand to have incomplete sets. It still sits on my shelf with the complete set. But it is still in the wrapper and has never been opened.
The Exorcist
Pumpkin Head
Amityville
Session9
Signs
Sleepaway Camp
Friday The 13th all of them with maybe the exception of JasonX. This two would fall under my I hate incomplete sets thing. I'm to anal I guess.
Witchboard
It
Jaws and possibly 2
Fright Night 1 and 2
The Ring
Ringu
Rosemary's Baby
The Omen
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

There are more I'm sure but I have to think about it. I will post more later.:)

[Emo]

Signs
Final Destination
Final Destination 2
Rosemary's Baby
Dead Alive (Uncut)
The Hole
Pet Sematary
Evil Dead

[Ripper1888]

Not all films on this list are straight up horror some are scifi/horror,some comedy/horror,some suspense/horror

Suspiria
Deep Red
Scream Trilogy
Night/Dawn/Day of the dead
Session 9
The Thing[John Carpenter version]
The Fog
The Shining[Kubrick version]
Evil Dead Trilogy
Halloween series minus part 3
A Nightmare on Elm Street Series
Friday the 13 series
Candy Man
Candy Man 2:Farewell to the Flesh
Hellraiser I&II
The Howling
Fright Night I&II
Ginger Snaps
The Monster Squad
Final Destination 1 and 2
The Lost Boys
Near Dark
Frailty
The Last House on the Left
The Hills Have Eyes
Dead Alive
The Hammer Films
Alice Sweet Alice
The AntiChrist
The Omen
The Exorcist
Bad Taste
The Frightners
The Blood Spatterd Bride
Christmas Evil
Silent Night Deadly Night series
Children of the Corn[just the original]
Psycho[1960]
Zombie
Inferno
Phenomena
An American Werewolf in London
Creepshow 1and2
Demons 1and2
Tenebre
Maniac
Sleepaway Camp series
Nosferatu The Vampyre
Return to Horror High
Carrie
The Wickerman
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Silver Bullet
IT
Black Christmas
The Hole
Frightmare
JAWS 1and2
Alien and Aliens
Idle Hands
Tremors 1and2
Sleepy Hallow
Jacobs Ladder
The Vanishing[the original Dutch version]
In the Mouth of Madness
The Birds
The Classic monster movies
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Planet 9 From Outerspace
Stir of Echoes

here are a couple that should be avoided at all cost
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Valentine
The Children of the Corn Sequels
The Vanishing Remake
Psycho Remake
The Blair Witch Project 1and2
JAWS 3 and JAWS:The Revenge
The Birds 2

[noahx29]

I would say that any horror fan should own the following:

-Halloween 1 (If not the whole series)
-Nightmare on Elm St. 1
-Blair Witch Project
-Evil Dead Trilogy
-Dead Alive (For the Gore)
-Night of the Living Dead (Not the old piece of shit, the remake)


I could think of a million other ones, but those are the basics!

[Romero&Juliet]

Originally posted by noahx29

-Night of the Living Dead (Not the old piece of shit, the remake)



yowza.. First time I've heard that..

[Fulci_Fan]

The Beyond
Night Of The Living Dead
Dawn of The Dead
NOTLD remake
Zombie
Bad Taste
Braindead
Brain Damage
Toxic Avenger
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
NOES
F13
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2 Dead by dawn
Army of Darkness
Re-animator
Demons 1/2
Susperia
Session 9

[RagingDarkness]

Some of the lists are way to long.....I don't have that much money to own all of them.

Here's what I think.

The Exorcist
A Nightmare on Elm Street (the original)
Friday the 13th (the original)
The Shining (Kubricks Version)
Halloween 1 (and maybe 2)
Rosemarys Baby
Night of the Living Dead/Dawn of the Dead/Day of the Dead
Evil Dead Trilogy
Dead Alive
Hellraiser 1-2
The Fog
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
An American Werewolf in London
Last House on the Left
The Thing
Scream (the original)
Jaws
Sleepaway Camp

That's a pretty well rounded list in my opinion

[pyscho dude]

Dawn of the dead
Return of the living dead
Dead Alive
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Aliens(if you consider it horror)
Demons
Friday the 13th parts 1,4,6,7,9
Halloween 1,2,4

[KillerKlown]

Dawn Of The Dead
The Beyond
Zombie
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Nightmare On Elm Street Series
Friday The 13th Series
Halloween 1 & 2
The Exorcist
Suspiria
Last House On The Left
The Fog
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Ferox
Evil Dead 1 & 2
The Shining
An American Werewolf in London
Dead-Alive
Bad Taste
Tenebre
The Thing
They Live
Vampires
Blade

[Murderous Squad]

Cannibal Holocaust
Hellraiser
Halloween
The Thing
Nighmare On Elm Street
Excorcist 1, 2
Wickerman
The Ring
Signs
Sixth Sense
The Others
Ghost Ship (just for the gore)
Dead Alive
Evil Dead 1,2,3
The Beyond
Cannibal Ferox
Zombi
Stephen King's IT
Stephen King's Pet Semitary
Stephen King's Thinner
American Werewolf in London
Bad Taste
Final Destination 1,2
House of a 1000 Corpses
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Event Horizon
Alien
The Cell
Guinea Pig Series
Lucio Fulci Collection
David Lynch Series
Stephen King's Rose Red
13 Ghosts (Remake)
House On Haunted Hill (Remake)
Children Of The Corn
Creepshow 1 and 2

[The Delfonics]

Originally posted by noahx29

-Night of the Living Dead (Not the old piece of shit, the remake)


BLASPHEMY!!

[The Delfonics]

Originally posted by Murderous Squad
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Ferox
Guinea Pig Series


I don't think anyone should own these films, esp. the Guinea Pig ones. I would recommend to snuff film fans however.

[CrazyKillah]

Originally posted by Romero&Juliet
yowza.. First time I've heard that.. Yeah, I thought the remake sucked... LOVE the original - just an opinion, of course:)

[cdmiller]

WOW what a great question,all of you have such great lists.Some that I would reccomend are -
Of course,Friday The 13th 1& 2 (what else can you say)
Halloween 1 & 2
The Fog (Carpenters best imho)
The Thing (Carpenters)
Nightmare On Elm St.1 (the best one)
Ghost Story,Stir Of Echos (for spookyness)
The Howling,Ginger Snaps (for werwolves)
DeadAlive,Zombie (for the gore)
Creepshow 1 & 2 (for a smile)
Dusk Til Dawn,Salems Lot (for vampires)
And of course the classics -
Psycho -1 & 2
The Exorcist 1 & 3
Romero's Dead movies
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 (and only 1)

Thats all I can think of right off,but thats a tuff question to answer for all the real horror fans.

[cdmiller]

OH,I forgot about the Hellraiser movies and the Shining (original).

[ParileseMonster]

Terror Vision
Rabid Grannies
Flesh Eating Mothers
Criminally Insane
Blood Diner
"Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama"
Remote Control
Dead/Alive
The Video Dead
Twice Dead

I could go on and on!!!!:p

[the night watchman]

Wow. Too bad there are no good horror movies before 1968, huh? (That is, if you include the "piece of shit" original NOTLD. :rolleyes: )

Anyway, how about:

"Frankenstein"
"Bride of Frankenstein"
"The Mummy"
"The Wolf-Man"
"King Kong"
"Dracula"
"Nosferatu"
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"
"Metropolis"
"Psycho"
"Night of the Demon"
"The Cat People"
"Curse of the Cat People"

[ParileseMonster]

How the hell is it a piece of shit? I say it was pretty damn good considering it was made in a short amount of time on a damn shoe string budget with actors who were not really even actors but friends. And for it's time it really was different. So what if it is old hey everything gets old eventually. So what if it did not have much gore it had some intelligence to it . It is a good story dude! Besides how many times are we going to call it a piece of shit in the same thread?
I elect a different piece of shit title be named now!:p

[the night watchman]

I love the original NOTLD. I was being sarcastic in regards to noahx29's comment on it. Hence, the rolleyes.

I elect "Blood Feast" as the next piece of shit title.

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by Romero&Juliet
yowza.. First time I've heard that..



And me. I didn't think it was humanly possible to dislike that film! :confused:

I elect Sewage Baby as the next (ultimate) piece of shit. ;)

[TheAxeGrinder]

If I wrote down my list, I'd be here at the computer for a good 15 minutes. I would think that any self-respecting horror movie junkie would have to have the Friday The 13th series (minus Part V and Part VIII, but hey what do I know), the Nightmare On Elm Street series (yes, even Freddy's Dead if you're into seeing a low point of the series), the FIRST Halloween (anything after Part 2 is crapola), and George Romero's Living Dead Trilogy. I could put down a helluva lot more, but I don't feel like boring people. . .

[Cyclonus]

Halloween
Evil Dead 1 & 2
Alien Trilogy
The Silence of the Lambs
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday the 13th
Dead Trilogy (Romero)
Psycho
The Thing
The Exorcist
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Candyman
Hellraiser 1 & 2
Child's Play
Jaws
An American Werewolf in London
Scream
The Fly
Videodrome
Last House on the Left

[ERIN_LoJ]

Damnit man this will be hard. I usually dont respond to these "favorites", "non-favorites" etc lists because I have too many favorites, dislikes, etc, but I'll try this one out.

That every horror fan should own (not necessarily because they are favorites)


The evil dead series - They are spoken of to much to not watch them. Their directing style, how they are referenced to in other movies, their huge hit and impact on the horror genre, how they have never been redone or copied.

Nightmare on elm st - Its up to you for the entire series, but I would consider it worthy to possess the original, the third, and new nightmare

Friday the thirteenth - Jason made a big hit, own at least one of the early ones

Halloween - for the same reason as the previous two

The howling - the best werewolf movie around in my opinion :D Avoid sequels, except five

Candyman - A different sort of horror, well made, acted, a brilliant plot

Hellraiser - The first 2, for the same reasons as the noes, friday, and halloween series

Alright I am tired of naming reasons:

Jaws
Poltergiest
The Shining - original
The Amityville Horror
Night of the living dead
Dracula (some version)
The Exorcist
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Child's Play
IT
The lost boys
Near Dark
Interview with the vampire
Fright Night
Alien
Aliens
John Carpenters the Thing


Again, I am not basing these on favorites really, but more of what I consider a big impact on the horror genre to some degree, and what most horror lovers should own. :eek: We all have our own opinions of course...

[the night watchman]

Seriously, why is no one naming the roots of horror? Everybody's listing good flicks, but where is "Frankenstein?" Where's "Dracula?" Horror didn't begin in the last half of the century.

[Scythemantis]

Originally posted by The Delfonics
I don't think anyone should own these films, esp. the Guinea Pig ones. I would recommend to snuff film fans however.

But the guinea pig series has no snuff films. Flower of flesh and blood was accused of being real and even the FBI were fooled, and horribly embarrased when a "making of" was released AND hosted by the actress who played the victim. The other guinea pig films actually tell stories, so they don't even qualify as "fake" snuff. More recent ones are comedies. I haven't seen any of them I just know their history.

[Masterbrain]

Here is a few classics that you should own:

Halloween (all of them)
Friday 13th (all)
Romreros zombie trilogy
The Exorcist
Hellraiser 1-2
TCM
Nightmare On Elm Street 1-4
Psycho (original)
Dracula (Bela)
Dracula (Lee)
Dracula (Oldman)
Nosferatu
Some Hammer Studios movies
Bad Taste
Braindead
Suspiria
Deep Red
Tenebrae
Frankenstein (Karloff)
The Mummy (Karloff)
Wolf Man (Chaney Jr.)
An Amercian Werewolf in London
Blair Witch Project
Jaw
It
Eraserhead
The Howling
Poltergeist
The Shining (original)
Candyman
Near Dark
The Beyond
Zombie
House by the Cemetery
Dont Look Now
The Lost Boys
The Fly
The Silence of the Lambs
The Thing
Children of the Corn
The Ring
Ringu
The Others
Creepshow
Cannibal Holocaust
Sleepy Hollow
Dog Soldiers
Scream 1-2
I Know What You Didi Last Summer
Return of the Living Dead
Childs Play 1-2
Blade
The Blob
Carrie
Re- Animator
Wickerman
Rosemarys Baby
The Birds
Alien 1-2
Clownhouse
The Fog
Session 9
Company of Wolves

[sarah1980]

Psycho
The Birds
Halloween
Friday The 13th
An American Werewolf In London
A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Lost Boys
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Army Of Darkness
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Jason Goes To Hell
Session 9
Jeepers Creepers
Donnie Darko
From Dusk Till Dawn
End Of Days
Queen Of The Damned
Bram Stoker' Draucla
The Thing
The Howling
From Hell
Jason X
Demon Knight
The Silence Of The Lambs
Hannibal
Red Dragon
Halloween 2
Halloween 4
Halloween 5
Halloween 6
Halloween H20
Hall8ween
Ghost Ship
13 Ghosts
Tremors
Eight Legged Freaks
Brainscan
The Blair Witch Project
House On Haunted Hill
Sleepy Hollow
Event Horzion
Godzilla (1954 and 2000)
Scream
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Idle Hands
The Omen
In The Mouth Of Madness
John Carpenter's Vampires
Blade 1+2
John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars
Psycho 2,3,4
Jaws
Interview With The Vampire