I have been on a scary movie adventure and would love other suggestions!
not too scary but thought id drop a recommendation for dellamorte dellamore
If you haven’t seen any of the classic late 60s/early 70s horror movies, they are worth checking out. ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, 'The Exorcist, ‘Don’t Look Now’, or ‘The Omen’ are all fantastic.
Creepshow (1982), best horror movie ever
Creepshow (the 80s one) scared the bejesus out of me as a kid. I had an irrational fear of going to get anything out of our car at night for longer than I want to admit.
Sounds like you’re referring to “The Hitchhiker” from Creepshow 2
Oh right - that was the that did it
Host (2020) short and fun
If you haven’t already, check out the V/H/S/ series if you’re a fan of anthology films and/or found footage. It’s easily my favorite FF series. The newest film, V/H/S/ 1985 came out last week and is awesome, but you can’t go wrong with any of them (except maybe the third one).
I’d personally recommend VHS 1994 to start with because I think it’s the most accessible and least offensive entry in the franchise
There’s a few similar mini series like the ABCs of Death and Holidays. I think both feature a different team for each short which is an interesting premise
Just looked up 1999, looks like it was co-written and directed by Flying Lotus.
Will definitely have to check the series out!
On the surface this comes across as SciFi, but it’s a true classic horror with a scifi backdrop. It’s essential watching for any horror genre fan, IMO.
This movie for me cemented Sam Neill’s acting range. From Dr. Grant with the dinosaurs…to this. This is also one of my favorite, if not THE favorite, sci-fi horror films of all time - which is kind of a tough genre to sell.
I love Event Horizon. I also love the theory that it takes place in the Warhammer 40k universe.
Midsommar is one of my favorites, or you could try It Follows if you haven’t seen either of those. Midsommar is a slow burn intrigue sort of thing, but quite realistic, most of the most horrifying things about it could happen to you for real.
It Follows is a very creative movie, very much about the fear of being chased by an entity that never stops, extremely interesting premise
Midsommar is great but I rank it a lot lower on my tier list after watching the original 70s Wicker Man
Check out Kill List
I feel like Hereditary and Midsommer have similar vibes for some reason even though the plots are not at all similar
Same director, probably what you’re feeling there is a sum of little touches. I liked the first half of Hereditary quite a bit, didn’t really like where it ended up, got too fantastical for my tastes, I like pulp horror too, but I really really like horror that’s plausible
I did not know they shared a director that’s interesting
You ever seen 1408? Great movie, it’s a Stephen King. I think I’m gonna rewatch that one tonight
Watched this last night because of your comment, thank you!
I love when movies get multiple endings. Not a horror movie, but The Butterfly Effect is my favourite example of this.
The Void is great if you like campy lovecraftian stuff
Smile. Seems cheesy, I know, but it’s actually real good. The plot is that someone is trying to stop a curse that cause people to kill themselves, but the thing is, it’s like a virus, so when someone sees the infected person kill themselves, they become infected and do the same.
Smile was pretty good. It was definitely put together well.
Autopsy of Jane Doe was very memorable.
Basically any documentary about climate change. No jump scares, but leaves you with an existential dread that fiction can’t just quite match.
Yes, quite horrifying and to add the impending doom vibe - check out Bill Watersons new comic “Mysteries”
Speaking of documentaries Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a pretty good meta horror movie.
The Bay
The Ritual
Van Diemens Land
I occasionally do Halloween film marathons in October (haven’t gotten around to it this year, unfortunately), but if you want some good recommendations, check out the archives of my review blog.
If you’re on mobile, scroll to the bottom of the page and click “View web version.” On the right is a Blog Archive category with dates. Expand each year and click on October. You’ll see a list of all my scary movie reviews.
Be aware, some reviews have spoilers. I’m pretty good about mentioning it in advance in the review, but you can check at the end of the review, in the Labels section. If it says spoiler, avoid that review unless you want that film spoiled for you.
Hmm… maybe I should make a Halloween movie marathon label so people can quickly browse scary movie reviews. I’ll work on that later today.
I’m a fan of slasher flicks! I love the Scream franchise the most. Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Halloween are all classic slasher franchises, though because there’s so many there’s some real terrible movies in there (Jason X…omg). But the crummy camp is part of the charm.
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is also real good
Jason X is an absolute gem and blows the roof off anything that came after Part V. Also worth mentioning that Friday the 13th (2009) is an amazing movie in its own right and one of the best slashers of the 2000s imo
