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Patient zer0

01-02-2009, 08:24 AM

im looking to get my movie collection booming again.
im a huge horror fan but id like to gather really the best of the best horror flicks around.

list what you got!

ill start with the howling collection and american warewolf in london.

Knowledged_one

01-02-2009, 08:32 AM

2 guys 1 horse

cougarjake13

01-02-2009, 08:37 AM

showgirls

Patient zer0

01-02-2009, 08:38 AM

2 guys 1 horse
I didn't care for the money shot at the end. being a low budget film the end scene was too grainy and left me confused as to what really happened.

biggestmexi

01-02-2009, 08:38 AM

ace ventura jr.

the horror!

JimBeam

01-02-2009, 08:49 AM

On DVD :

Sleepaway Camp boxset
Friday The 13th boxset
Original Dawn Of The Dead Special Edition
My Bloody Valentine
The Prowler

I have this pretty cool 50 movies on 10 discs box set that actually has a few decent low budget flicks ( Driller Killer & Drive In Massacre ) amongst many, many terrible ones.

On VHS I have a whole bunch of movies including :

CHUD
Mutant
Gates Of Hell
Zombie
Night Of The Demons

midwestjeff

01-02-2009, 08:50 AM

House of 1000 Corpses

Any and all of the George Romero zombie stuff.

Amityville. (Just for Jody the pig.)

Patient zer0

01-02-2009, 08:53 AM

id like to revisit some of the old ones and see how they hold up. ex the gate

RoseBlood

01-02-2009, 08:55 AM

I like horror/suspense movies and enjoy being scared but I've never been one to collect movies.

JimBeam

01-02-2009, 09:00 AM

id like to revisit some of the old ones and see how they hold up. ex the gate

I watched this a few months ago on cable and it didn't hold up as well as I remembered.

I thought the claymation monsters were awesome at the time but they are very lame.

I also watched 976-Evil and that didn't hold so well either.

I have all of the Evil Dead movies on VHS but I think I only have Army Of Darkness on DVD.

I have all of the Slumber Party Massacre ones on VHS.

Also have most of the HP Lovecraft movies, those done w/ Jeffrey Combs, including The Reanimator ( VHS and special edition DVD ) and From Beyond.

Patient zer0

01-02-2009, 09:02 AM

I don't buy dvds anymore since discovering demonoid.

I do have a small collection of movies I thought I would watch over and over but still have the plastic wrap on them. complete and total waste

stinkbud

01-02-2009, 09:17 AM

I am a big fan of the Grudge series, but only the ones made for Japanese audiences, and the first american remake.

Feast is a hell of a fun ride.

House of 1000 Corpses is great, but you can't have it listed on this thread without The Devil's Rejects.

Slither was fun, very much an homage to Night Of The Creeps

I still cringe when thinking about Poltergeist. There was a scary movie that was ahead of its time for being a PG flick that scared with the best of them. Scary clown, say no more.

Patient zer0

01-02-2009, 09:21 AM

which poltergiest was it with the creepy old short fat woman, #2?

Knowledged_one

01-02-2009, 09:24 AM

which poltergiest was it with the creepy old short fat woman, #2?

you are confusing poltergeist with roseann

midwestjeff

01-02-2009, 09:25 AM

House of 1000 Corpses is great, but you can't have it listed on this thread without The Devil's Rejects.

Correct.

Thanks for adding that Stinkbud.

JimBeam

01-02-2009, 09:27 AM

Slither was fun, very much an homage to Night Of The Creeps

Slither was pretty good but I wanted it to be better.

which poltergiest was it with the creepy old short fat woman, #2?

I'm pretty sure she was in the first one but I thought she might be in the 2nd one as well.

Zelda Rubenstein is her name.

Patient zer0

01-02-2009, 09:29 AM

I somehow remember something about a pool, about a pool, something about a pool...

KatPw

01-02-2009, 09:31 AM

I somehow remember something about a pool, about a pool, something about a pool...

Burnt offerings? Or are you still talking about Poltergeist, because there was an empty pool in one of the end scenes.

JimBeam

01-02-2009, 09:34 AM

Burnt offerings

That movie always creeped me out.

Patient zer0

01-02-2009, 09:38 AM

poltergiest , I think it was a scene in an apartment. and I think it was that old womans.

hedges

01-02-2009, 09:52 AM

I have all of the Evil Dead movies on VHS

Evil Dead 1&2 for sure.

Aqualad

01-02-2009, 10:13 AM

Blood Freak.

JimBeam

01-02-2009, 10:18 AM

Some of the old Hershell Gordon Lewis flicks are OK to go back and view.

So bad but some of them, ( Tw Thousand Maniacs ) so far ahead of their time w/ regards to gore.

I watched the original Wizard Of Gore around Halloween and it was cheesey but a good waste of like 70 minutes.

There's a remake w/ Cripsin Glover coming out and I'm guessing it goes straight to DVD.

midwestjeff

01-02-2009, 10:19 AM

Gap.

hedges

01-02-2009, 10:54 AM

How about Wolfen and Rosemary's Baby.
No one has mentioned The Omen or The Exorcist

cougarjake13

01-02-2009, 10:55 AM

guess you have to have the scream series

JimBeam

01-02-2009, 11:02 AM

Cougar please tell me you didnt like the Scream movies ?

What an insult to the revival of the slasher flick.

I know it's responsible for the genre coming back but what loads of shit those were.

I actually didn't like Wolfen either.

Remember going into seeing it as a kid and being very disappointed it wasn't about werewolves.

The Howling was a good movie.

The others not so much outside of the Sybil Danning tit scene in Howling 2.

Boingggggg !!!!

Kublakhan61

01-02-2009, 12:40 PM

Blue Sunshine
Hellrasier
The Brood
Videodrome
Audition
Begotten
Nosferatu (Werner Herzog's Remake!)

cougarjake13

01-02-2009, 01:32 PM

Cougar please tell me you didnt like the Scream movies ?

What an insult to the revival of the slasher flick.

I know it's responsible for the genre coming back but what loads of shit those were.

first one was interesting cause it was something new

overall though i didnt like them

i just threw them up there since they were so popular and like i said i guess you have to include them

Kublakhan61

01-02-2009, 01:39 PM

There's nothing wrong with Scream 1. It doesn't offer much rewatchability, so I wouldn't buy it -but as a post-modern horror movie, it's fun.

ravn816

01-05-2009, 05:49 AM

which poltergiest was it with the creepy old short fat woman, #2?

She was actually in all 3 movies, one of 2 original actors (the other being the little girl) to be in all 3 movies.

TraceyMcScotch

01-05-2009, 05:52 AM

Anything involving zombies

stinkbud

01-05-2009, 07:09 AM

I forgot these two modern classics...

Ginger Snaps, 1 & 2, stay away from 3, it looked awful.

Mullenax

01-05-2009, 07:25 AM

Universal Monsters
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Some Hammer House of Horrors Christopher Lee Dracula movies
Friday the 13ths
Halloweens
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Carnival of Souls
The Last Man on Earth
Wicker Man (old school)

The Ogre

01-05-2009, 02:24 PM

If you're going to put the Exorcist on the list you have to include Exorcist III. It's the true sequel to the first and one hell of a scary fucking movie. There is a scene in it that will disturb you for weeks. I feel like I've been banging the drum about this movie for years. Hopefully somebody out there is listening to me.

Slumbag

01-05-2009, 11:11 PM

My old boss had hundreds of horror movies. I really got into a lot of great (and terrible) horror movies from him.

Tartan Asia Extreme makes some pretty good movies (Maybe NSFW)
http://killerreviews.com/tartan.asp
You can pick, and it will be hit or miss.

Cannibal Holocaust is a must own, absolute classic.
As previously stated, George Romero flicks (At least Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead, which is possibly his best).
The Shining.
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetary Man)
Freaks (Don't own yet, but am in the process of waiting for it).

Coach

01-06-2009, 12:18 AM

No love for Phantasm?I even liked the sequels!
I Spit on Your Grave
Town That Dreaded Sundown
Troll(doesn't hold up as well as Ghoulies) (you figure out the joke)
Nightbreed
7th seal..
Nosferatu..both versions..although silent is creepier!

Slumbag

01-06-2009, 12:27 AM

I Spit on Your Grave

Despite the fact that this movie has the GREATEST title ever, I thought it stunk. It may be the worst ''Revenge for getting raped" movie there is (I don't know if that's a legit film category, but fuck it). The "bathtub" scene was terrifying, though.

I was always more a fan of "Last House on the Left".

Coach

01-06-2009, 01:09 AM

Despite the fact that this movie has the GREATEST title ever, I thought it stunk. It may be the worst ''Revenge for getting raped" movie there is (I don't know if that's a legit film category, but fuck it). The "bathtub" scene was terrifying, though.

I was always more a fan of "Last House on the Left".I will agree..that was the 12 year old boy "me" who smuggled it home to watch from the video store.

Salem's Lot...scared the piss out of me.

JimBeam

01-06-2009, 07:11 AM

Cannibal Holocaust is a must own, absolute classic.

I think they're in the process of releasing a special edition of this ( or it could be out already ) and also possibly a " sequel " of sorts.

The "bathtub" scene was terrifying, though.

I cringe just thinking about that scene.

I was always more a fan of "Last House on the Left".

You'll be happy, or unhappy, to know that a remake should be out soon :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844708/

Kublakhan61

01-06-2009, 07:31 AM

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Scary, atmospheric film with no defined threat. All classic horror conventions are hit upon and scares are delivered. Own it today on DVD!

Patient zer0

01-06-2009, 07:32 AM

thanks for all the great films.
im in the midst of dloading some. no friggin seeders tho.

Slumbag

01-06-2009, 07:31 PM

I think they're in the process of releasing a special edition of this ( or it could be out already ) and also possibly a " sequel " of sorts.
I think I own the special edition. Man, would a sequel to that suck.

You'll be happy, or unhappy, to know that a remake should be out soon :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844708/

Unhappy. Soooo unhappy.

JimBeam

01-07-2009, 12:31 PM

It's got a decent cast.

I wonder if they'll be as " edgy " as the original.

It didn't show much, if any, gore but implied a lot.

Aqualad

01-07-2009, 12:35 PM

JimBeam

01-07-2009, 12:46 PM

Yeah.

The " sequel " that Eli Roth made was OK to watch but didn't leave much of a lasting impression other than that it was g*y.

SouthSideJohnny

01-07-2009, 12:50 PM

Here's a sequel that has me concerned: My Bloody Valentine 3-D (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179891/)

I have not seen the original in at least 20 years, but I remember it being a pretty good flick. A 3-D sequel?? I'll reserve judgment until I see it, but definitely add the original to your collection.

yojimbo7248

01-07-2009, 01:02 PM

How about Wolfen and Rosemary's Baby.
No one has mentioned The Omen or The Exorcist

If you get the Exorcist, make sure to watch William Friedken's directors narration in the extras. I think it still stands as the best horror flick of all time and easily one of my favorite movies.

santino

01-07-2009, 06:39 PM

The Legacy Collections are a must own for horror fans.

Dracula
Frankensiein
Wolfman
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Invisible Man

JimBeam

01-09-2009, 08:40 AM

I also remembered that I have " Maniac " on VHS as well.

Very low budget but gory movie.

Thebazile78

01-09-2009, 09:38 AM

You didn't mention what type of horror flick you enjoy.

True, you started with The Howling series, which I have never seen, so, while I do know that they're werewolf films, I don't know how they handle the story.

I am partial to An American Werewolf in London myself, but it's been one of my favorite movies since I was ... 8 or 9. I like the light touch which is a necessary element in a lot of horror films.

Part of the reason I enjoyed the Scream series is the fact that all the films are so "self-aware" and blast open the whole "slasher" genre. Also, I think that they're more of a laugh-fest than they are "horror" films.

Among my favorite horror films are

Dracula (1931) Bela Lugosi was awesome. Damn shame that he became a heroin addict and died broke & alone. But, of course, the studio system seems to have really lent itself to severe type-casting ... he ended up playing the same character over and over and over again ... except for his role in The Wolf Man (1941)

The Wolf Man (1941) has both Lon Cheney, Jr. and Claude Rains in it. I love Claude Rains; he was an amazing character actor.

Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) are also among my favorites. They may not be particularly good, but I will watch them over and over and over again. Despite the fact that I love Mary Shelley's novel to pieces.

The Invisible Man (1933) stars Claude Rains. It's so offbeat and creepy, I had to love it.

If you're into werewolf flicks, I can heartily recommend Silver Bullet (1985) even though it's kind of clunky and cheesy in spots. Again, the light touch makes it an easy movie to watch. Plus, it has Gary Busey (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000997/), Corey Haim (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000433/) and Megan Follows (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001227/) in it. (They work really well together, believe it or not.)

Other "light touch" flicks out there include both Fright Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/) movies, which I found to be hilarious. And I continue to quote them on random occasions, much to the chagrin of my friends and family.

reeshy

01-09-2009, 10:34 AM

"The Host"...it's a korean over-dubbed movie...ok....it's a great horror movie that I watched from beginning to end.....I am not a horror film fan....but this movie was great...it has humor, pathos, insight to the human nature......just rent it.......you'll love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yea...and it's scary too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JimBeam

01-09-2009, 10:53 AM