When Was The Last Time a Movie Scared the Hell Outta You?
Horror movies to many of us are a guilty pleasure that makes the hair stand up on the back of our necks. In recent years graphic gore and horrific visuals have supplanted suspense evident in early horror flicks.
We'll take a look at the genre from the early monster movies through the most recent offerings with a look at some under appreciated cult classics and memorable B-movies.
We'd also like to hear your opinion so please submit your views in our guestbook.
We'd also like to thank Rachel, better known around Squidoo as Relache, for recognizing our humble Horror Movie Lens as one of her faves on her terrific: 100 Best Movie Lenses
Top Horror Movie Directors
- Clive Barker
- Hellraiser
- John Carpenter
- Halloween
- Wes Craven
- Friday the 13th
- George Romero
- Night of The Living Dead
- Sam Raimi
- The Evil Dead
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Horror Movies in the News
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byCan Horror Movies be Funny?
In the last few years there have been several successful horror movie parodies, most significant probably being Shaun of the Dead.Mel Brooks did a great send up of a horror movie classic with his terrific Young Frankenstein
The thing is though, that many of the funniest horrror flicks were not meant to be funny ... they were dead serious about being really scary but they were either so cliche ridden or were the 9th installment of a once successful horror legend that just failed to frighten anyone except producers brain-storming ideas for Halloween 32.
The Wayans Brothers recognized this and made a mockery of many recent horror efforts in Scary Movie and then ironically followed in the footsteps of the genre they were ridiculing with Scary Movies 2,3 and 4 ... I guess as long as the green keeps coming in they'll keep puttin em out.
Horror Gifts From Shaun of The Dead
Underappreciated & Unknown Horrors
Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
I watched this after a multitude of horror movies
made in America and found it profoundly
unsettling, maybe it's just me but it creeped
me out big time ... if you've seen it let's hear
your views in the guestbook.
Jim
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Black Christmas
Saw this Canadian classic when first released back in the day and it really got me ... saw it again and it seems a bit campy but it did inspire John Carpenter to make Halloween and had many innovations copied by many horror movies to follow.
Amazon Price: (as of 01/02/2010)
The Other
Another movie I saw when I was much younger, a really creepy atmosphere and underappreciated IMHO
Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
Session 9
Just saw this one recently on a recommendation, as much as I'm not a David Caruso fan this is a superb horror flick with atmosphere and suspence to fill several movies ... loved it!
Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 01/02/2010)
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5 Scariest Horror Movie Scenes
1. Linda Blair's complete head rotation in "The Exorcist".2. The Alien breaking out of John Hurt's chest.
3. Jack Nicholson hacking through the door in "The Shining".
4. The Psycho shower scene with Janet Leigh.
5. The hand coming out of the grave in "Carrie"
The Shining Inspired Gift Ideas
A Tribute to Freddie Krueger
A Tribute to Freddy Krueger
A compilation of movie clips from the "A Nightmare On Elm Street" films, "Freddy vs. Jason" and "Freddy's Nightmares" set to the song "Are You Ready For Freddy" performed by Fat Boys. This video was shown at Flashback Weekend 2007 and Robert Englund loved it.
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Some Creepy Gift Ideas for Horror Fans
Sticker (Bumper)
Price: 5.00
Silver Shamrock Keepsake Box
Price: 31.99
Camp Crystal Lake Halloween Candy Tote Bag
Price: 15.99
Mcfarlane's Monsters
McFarlane Toys - Bram Stoker's Dracula Box Set "Wolf & Bat"
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McFarlane Toys 12" Grid Alien
Amazon Price: $32.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
12" Tortured Souls Talisac
Amazon Price: $58.00 (as of 01/02/2010)
Movie Maniacs Series 2 > Bride of Chucky: Chucky and Tiffany Action Figure 2-Pack
Amazon Price: $65.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
Netflix Movies
- 001- Underworld: Evolution
Working together to expose the truth about their bloodlines, vampire warrior Selene (Kate Beckinsale...- 002- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between t...- 003- Saw
Would you kill to live? That's what two men, Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Gordon (Cary Elwes), have to...- 004- 28 Weeks Later
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost t...- 005- Underworld
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets ar...- 006- The Reaping
In the wake of a devastating tragedy that killed every member of her family, Christian missionary Ka...- 007- Saw II
Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) desperately tries to catch notorious killer Jigsaw in this...- 008- The Messengers
Roy and Denise (Dylan McDermott and Penelope Ann Miller) buy a run-down sunflower farm with their da...- 009- Shaun of the Dead
Thirty-something slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) has no clue what to do with his life or with his relatio...- 010- 28 Days Later
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility,...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
5 Horror Classics
Psycho (Collector's Edition)
Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Exorcist (25th Anniversary Special Edition)
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Halloween
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Alien: 20th Anniversary Edition [Award Series]
Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Shining
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
Cult Horror from David Cronenberg
Scanners
Amazon Price: $12.49 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Brood
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
Rabid
Amazon Price: $13.49 (as of 01/02/2010)
Shivers
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eXistenZ [Region 2]
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Early Horror Classics
Frankenstein (75th Anniversary Edition) (Universal Legacy Series)
Amazon Price: $21.49 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Wolf Man - The Legacy Collection (The Wolf Man / Werewolf of London / Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man / She-Wolf of London)
Amazon Price: $26.98 (as of 01/02/2010)
Dracula - The Legacy Collection (Dracula / Dracula (1931 Spanish Version) / Dracula's Daughter / Son of Dracula / House of Dracula)
Amazon Price: $20.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Mummy - The Legacy Collection (The Mummy/Mummy's Hand/Mummy's Tomb/Mummy's Ghost/Mummy's Curse)
Amazon Price: $22.49 (as of 01/02/2010)
Creature from the Black Lagoon - The Legacy Collection (Creature from the Black Lagoon / Revenge of the Creature / The Creature Walks Among Us)
Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 01/02/2010)
Horror Movie Lists
- Top 100 Horror Movies
- This list was compiled by a web poll ... what do you think?
- 234 top horror flicks
- This is an older list but has more surprises and some unknown films to check out
- Top 50 from IMDB
- This is a pretty tight list from the Internet Movie Database
- Top 100 from Digital Dream Door
- Another good list ... when I have the time I'm going to make my own top 50 and post it here.
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Horror Movie News
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If we have overlooked your favorite horror movie please let us know the title and why it scared you.
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- Dr-Cornelius Dr-Cornelius Nov 9, 2008 @ 10:42 am
- The Haunting - original 1963 version. One of the scariest movies EVER made. I think this is because there is no blood or gore, the music and editing are superb and the horror is real and believable. One of my fave films of all time.
Excellent site Jim. Cheers
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- samuel nelson samuel nelson Apr 8, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Oct 23, 2007 @ 10:17 am
- I think you've covered all my favorites. I'm still scared by Psycho, even after watching it 50 times! Nice lens.
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