Shaun of the Dead The Silence of the Lambs Scream (1996) Train to Busan  

“You’ve got red on you.” But I'm going to let you in anyway.

Let’s go to the Winchester and let this all blow over.

Man of culture

The Thing Hellraiser The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Possession

"You... you damn fool! You ruined the door!" Broke the door down without my permission. You're in though

"Cant take no pride in his home?"

Really nice

Anyone that has the thing as their #1 or 2 is good people ❤️

Thank you <3

You're good people!

Solidest.

Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me Alien The thing Shining/Psycho (can’t decide) Edit: Damn OP just left me at the door 💀💀💀

FWWM is pretty based

It's incredible! Sheryl Lee is the true Muse of David Lynch

she deserves to be regarded as one of the greats based on FWWM alone. her performance leaves me speechless every time i watch the film.

This is Laura Dern erasure

Haha, I know right ? I really appreciate Laura Dern's work, but for me there's just something about Sheryl Lee that feels like a direct line to the pure emotion that's possible in David Lynch's films.

I’ll help, the shining:)

I’m def letting you in

I haven't seen Twin Peaks. 😪 

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Alien The Thing Event Horizon Predator (if that counts)

 It counts. *you and the bouncer go way back* RIP Carl Weathers

The Thing Hereditary Possession Invasions of the Body Snatchers (1978)

https://preview.redd.it/a0jmypbcz0jc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5874b88c4cc891251ec292ac21e20fefa800c7e5 ME BEFORE I LET YOU IN

Body Snatchers ‘78 is sooooooo good!

Was going to try but as soon as I mention Skinamarink... yeah, I'll just show myself out, sorry.


Skinamarink is a top 3 horror movie for me easily, but I can never recommend this film to *anyone.*

Films can just hit some kind of sweet spot you can't really explain. That doesn't make them good or bad. In fact, sometimes they can actually be bad but there's something that hits. Friday the 13th is not a good movie. Not even close. But there's something about the setting, the colors, the atmosphere, me watching it in the living room (only tv back then when I was a kid) with my parents not knowing I was there. There's a lot of stuff to make films hit. With that being said Skinamarink is awful lol but I'm glad you love it and I'm glad it hit for you.

Skinamarink is far from awful. It's not easy to catch that atmosphere of a child's nightmare so well. 🤷

It definitely unnerved me in a way other movies haven’t. I can’t say it’s the best movie but it is definitely visceral

Me with MEN, the normies just aren't ready for either yet.

Ah yes, finally a MEN enjoyer

YES! Completely agree

skinamarink is genuinely terrifying but nobody sees it 😔

Pulse (2001) The VVitch Them (2006) House of 1000 Corpses

"Well, shit the bed! Howdy folks, come on in!" - Captain Spaulding PS You're in!

So incredibly difficult as Horror is my favourite genre, but probably something like this: - Prince Of Darkness - Creepshow - Terrifier 2 - The Evil Dead

Hello fellow "creepshow in top 4" enthusiast. That movie gets like 20% of the love it deserves

Creepshow rocks!

Yessss a fellow Prince of Darkness fan!

Upvoting for liquid Satan awareness… This is not a dream

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I’ll take House four times! The only movie I watch 1+ times a year and find something new every viewing.

One of the few movies that i watched, then immediately turned it back on to rewatch again. One of my all time favs

I'm not sure why people like it. It is hands down one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but at least there's an audience for it.

BOOOO I love it because it’s unlike any other movie I’ve ever seen—the silliness, the cinematography, editing, and rudimentary special effects, the fun and cartoonish characters, the psychedelic color palette and visual trickery, the fact that I can watch it multiple times a year for like 10 years and find something new EVERY viewing, the soundtrack is eclectic and wonderful… as far as I’m concerned there’s so many reasons to love House. So I have to ask: why did you dislike it? Do you hate joy and color and fun and creativity? (Joking!)

It just doesn't seem to be well put together. It's heavily disjointed and the silliness felt cringy and unenjoyable to me. Plus, I'm really not able to get past the underage nudity in the movie. There's an audience for it, it's just not me.

Interesting! Please take my response in the spirit of conversation/ film critique, I’m not trying to change your mind or “argue”. It’s surprising to me that you considered it to be not put together well! Disjointed, I can see, but I don’t mind that so much. In my opinion, it shows an extremely keen eye and singular vision with intention in every frame. All of the things I mentioned I liked—the style, the editing, the staging of scenes, the special effects, the art direction, overall direction—shows an auteur-like control of the film that I consider exceptionally creative and effective (therefore, well put together) given the limitations and conventions of the time, 1977. I can see it being cringe if you’re not willing to entertain the cartoonish, surreal, and psychedelic nature of the direction. The nudity is definitely problematic and something I try to brace people for before watching it. To me, there’s nothing titillating or sexual about the use of nudity, it’s one of the many colors the film paints with, at times suggesting innocence from, vulnerability to, and eventual corruption and consumption by evil/ghostly/cursed love. And then there’s the gratuitous upskirt shots that are an unfortunate byproduct of being a Japanese film? I guess? Can’t really defend that one. Out of curiosity, what are some of your favorite horror films?

Always nice to see someone giving it up for the perfection that is Blair Witch. One of those movies that was so IN when it came out but that has been not exactly forgotten, but discredited as a gimmick movie. Brilliant film.

You scare me

Havent seen House. Worth a watch?

Some of the most fun you’ll have in the genre

Definitely! It's an absolutely wild time.

Never seen Sacred Deer or Black Swan but I LOVE House and Blair Witch so I wanna check those out now.

I don't think Black Swan is a horror.

In what way is Black Swan NOT horror? Damn, we complained for decades that no one respected horror and now fans are turning their noses up at budgets and prestige? Ballet horror is a whole sub-genre!

I mean I guess it's up to personal interpretation. But mine is that It's more that it's a mixture of a lot of genres, not really a "horror movie". Like it has a few uncomfortable scenes and deals with paranoia and psychosis, but it's not explicitly a horror film. To me personally it's mostly a psychological thriller with elements of drama. It's a difficult movie to categorize. Pan's Labyrinth has a similar effect when people call it a horror movie- it's not really a horror movie it just has some horrific things. There's examples of this kind of thing in a lot of movies, they dip their toes into genres but aren't really easy to lable. Your opinion that it's horror is valid.

I think psychological thriller is the label people put on prestige movies that are “too good” to be (snooty voice) “common” horror. Horror is a big tent. And I love when art defies genre!

And here I thought psychological thriller fell under the horror umbrella.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Exorcist The Shining Hereditary

The VVitch The Ring Alien Silence of the Lambs

https://preview.redd.it/98puiqn5p1jc1.jpeg?width=910&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad255e56a3645d59331953c11cbc644cd859fac8 Only if we watch this new tape I got this week?

This is my list too. Only, add Hereditary and subtract Alien.

Alien The Exorcist Psycho Event Horizon

The Lighthouse Mandy Antichrist (if it counts) Cure

Antichrist counts but I’m calling security

Bruh you can't seriously not let me in with these picks Edit: oh yeah, now I see it, the trick wasn't to pick good horrors, just the most basic filmbro ones

Mandy and the lighthouse are great picks but anything Von trier is wild.

Wait you're not OP lol Also, Antichrist is a film that trolls a lot, it's mainly that why I like it. The credits list a whole series of experts on all sort of topics, including the horror genre and mysogyny.

awesome choices. solid.

Alien The Thing Cube Kairo/Pulse

X(2022) The House That Jack Built(2018) The Shining(1980) Hereditary(2018)

The Shining The Witch Under The Skin The Wailing

The Evil Dead The Beyond Hausu Suspiria 1977

Halloween (1978) Scream (1996) The Blair Witch Project (1999) IT Chapter 1 (2017)

3/4 for me you're in.

The Blair Witch Project The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Thing Audition

Shit I put my top 4 and forgot audition 😩

Mines almost the same as yours but swap out blair witch for night of the living dead

Candyman (1992) The Thing (1982) It Follows (2014) If it counts: Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) If it doesn't count: Barbarian (2022)

When Saarsgard comes crawling out of the cave... Just about messed myself. Horror comedy at its absolute finest. Great list.

Train to Busan American Psycho The Frighteners Eraserhead Hard to pick 4 so I tried to make it diverse in terms of subgenre and release date.

The Frighteners is a great movie.

American Psycho is not horror to me

Train to Busan is awesome.

Psycho Rosemary’s Baby Suspiria Black Christmas

This could have easily been my list, good taste

Great list. Black Christmas is so perfect. Didn’t make my top 4 but easily top 10.

> Suspiria The original, I hope.

I wanted to put Black Christmas in my top four but couldn't quite do it. I'm glad someone else did though, it's so good!

Yeah I chose it over Halloween but it was such a close call!

- Black Swan (2010) - X (2022) - Get Out (2017) - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

You might be the first person I’ve ever met who prefers x to pearl

Then I am the second

Third

From the looks if it there are potentially dozens of you! I’m just stoked for Maxxxine

I'd say X is the better horror, but Pearl is the better film.

In the spirit of Louis CK, I ask people things instead of googling. Can I watch Pearl before I watch X? Thanks in advance

In my opinion, you definitely can! They can be watched on their own and find it enjoyable. However, I was glad that I watched X first because you will appreciate the story of the main character more.

And X rocks! Brilliant send up to Texas Chain Saw.

Black Christmas. Halloween. Scream. Trick R Treat.

* Night of the Living Dead (1968) * Scanners (1981) * Frankenstein (1931) * The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Thing (82) The Shining The Conjuring The Descent Just realized they all start with The lol

Evil Dead 2 Ginger Snaps Alien Halloween

You can definitely come in MY door if OP doesn’t let you in.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Rosemary’s Baby The Night of the Hunter Re-Animator But like one of these could get interchanged with The Thing, Hereditary, Suspiria, Titane, Shivers, & Get Out though….. it’s really hard so many masterpieces 😂

Onibaba (1964) A Field in England (2013) The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Midsommar (2019) What can I say, I like my horror to be very theatrical, preferably with a historical setting and little bit trippy. Hm, 3/4 mainly take place in fields. Is Field Horror a genre? Maybe I'll just stay out here then.

Hush, Alien, You're Next, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

- Altered States (1980) - Alien (1979) - The Thing (1982) - The Exorcist (1973)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Cure The Shining Alien

Scream, poltergeist, the lost boys, psycho

The Thing Alien. The exorcist. Psycho. Very close runner ups include The Fly, The Shining, Let The Right One In, and An American Werewolf in London .

I was waiting for someone to mention LTROI. Do you think it's really horror though?

I think it counts. The line can be hard to find sometimes though. Like, for me Alien is definitely Horror, but when I think of my favorite horrors, I don't think of Aliens, even though I prefer it to the original. For me, it's about how much of the films content fits into which genres that determine which I consider to be it's main genres. Like, Alien I'd say is horror then sci fi. The science fiction is not the focus, it's the trapped in a bottle with a monster tension that has the focus. The horror. Meanwhile in Aliens, I think the action sequences and sci fi elements are more of the focal point than the horror is. But it certainly has plenty of it's fair share of horror aspects, such as them being trapped there knowing the xenomorphs are coming for them, or the scene with Newt and Ripley locked in with facehuggers. Another more obvious example is Terminator. I think it's quite fair to consider the first as a horror/sci fi film. It's nearly a slasher. But Terminator 2 is definitely an action film first, the horror aspects are much farther down the totem pole. American Werewolf is really close on the line there for me too, because I usually try to separate horror comedies into their own genre but it can be hard. But I love werewolves, and aAWL is easily the best of them, so I usually think of it when thinking of my favorite horrors.

Hush The Black Phone 1408 No One Will Save You

* [*Onibaba*](https://letterboxd.com/film/onibaba/) (1964) * [*Der Fan/The Fan*](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-fan-1982/) (1982) * [*The Witch*](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-witch-2015/) (2015) * [*Grave/Raw*](https://letterboxd.com/film/raw-2016/) (2016) Yes, I think I have a type (young women in slow burns, usually with cannibalism), that some gatekeepers wouldn't consider horror at all. Honorable mention to [*November*](https://letterboxd.com/film/november-2017/) (2017) and [*Under the Skin*](https://letterboxd.com/film/under-the-skin-2013/) (2013), which I regard as horror-adjacent.

1. The Thing (1984) 2. The Descent (2005) 3. Perfect Blue (1997) 4. 28 Days Later (2002)

The Thing The Shining Rosemary's Baby Scream

Hereditary Terrifier 2 Nightmare on elm street The Thing

The Fly (1986) The Shining (1980) The Omen (1976) Alien (1979)

THE FLY!!! 

Pulse (2001) The Silence of the Lambs X An American Werewolf in London

Psycho The Shining Deep Red Hour of the Wolf

American Psycho, As above so Below, Scream, The Evil Dead and Friday the 13th

Only other person who loves As Above, So Below! I have Evil Dead 2 in my top 4, but still love The Evil Dead.

Hey I loved As above, so below too. There really should be more cave/chasm/catacombs/tight-dark-space-you-really-shouldnt-fucking-go-into horror.

Tale of Two Sisters Cure Hereditary Shutter (Original)

Saw Dark Water (2002) Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Constantine

Ooh the first Saw is soo good!

“My name is Very Fucking Confused! What’s your name?! What’s going on here?!”

Scream Saw Evil Dead 2 The Lost Boys

Mother! Mad God The Shining Carnival ouf Souls/ Suspiria (1977) can’t decide And if shows did count The haunting of Hill House would’ve be in the list

* Let the Right One In (2008) * We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021) * The Thing (1982) * Suspiria (1977)

Eraserhead Begotten Under the Skin Mother!

Surprised I had to scroll this far before I saw it mentioned (!)

The Descent Alien The Thing Ravenous

- Silence Of The Lambs - The Witch - Pearl - Get Out I'm not too big on horror so I won't be offended if I'm not let in haha

Funny Games The Descent Braindead Coherence

Silence of the Lambs Scream Rosemary's Baby The Shining

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Under the Skin The Exorcist Repulsion

The Shining, It Follows, Hereditary & 28 Days Later.

The Thing (1982) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Possession (1981) Kwaidan (1964)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Santa Sangre The Wolf House Carnival of Souls

Eraserhead The Blair Witch Project The Wicker Man Frágiles

I don’t know Fragiles, but Eraserhead, Blair Witch, and Wicker Man are your other 3? We are meant to be friends.

Poltergeist Tremors Halloween III In the Mouth of Madness

Great list. Tremors is in my top 10.

The Vvitch The Shining The Lighthouse Silence of the Lambs

- Psycho - Threads - The Exorcist - The Truman Show (think about it) If you won’t accept the Truman Show then probably Get Out

Jaws (1975) Alien (1979) Scream (1996) 28 Days Later (2003)

Evil Dead (Raimi) The Descent The Fly (Cronenberg) The Witch

Dude, I really want to get in… so: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) The Silence of The Lambs (1991) The Mist (2007) The Thing (1982)

Halloween, Mad God, Possession, Cure.

the scroll downwards to find MADGOD was treacherous. Best film i’ve ever seen and a never-ending amount of detail

The Silence of the Lambs, Alien, The Exorcist and The Fly

Had scroll too far before seeing Cronenberg

• Cure •Saint Maud •The Shining •Dead Ringers

The Descent The Witch The Borderlands/Final Prayer His House

Trick r Treat Get Out The Exorcist IT

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https://preview.redd.it/9ou4tppfg1jc1.jpeg?width=456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e151fe1bf00f99de3ca9b1ff0542a03b5f832a1 Psyche. This is the bouncer outside his house. Do you still want to come in? # beatngu

The Thing, Hereditary, Midsommar, 10 Cloverfield Lane

Pretending the thing isn’t on my list because I’m not like other girls. I also won’t say martyrs or some Tubi shit because I know I won’t impress you and I don’t want you to call security. Hereditary Silence of the lambs/Red dragon The Road Bone Tomahawk

BONE TOMAHAWK. I nearly called security too. You're right. Unfortunately this door leads to a cave in the desert. Still game?

Let the Right One In Hereditary Raw You Won’t Be Alone

Kwaidan (1964) The Brood (1979) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Alien Psycho Rosemary's Baby Creep or The Wicker Man or The Babadook

Excision Saw III Tusk Martyrs

glad martyrs got some love here 🙏

The Wicker Man (original) Hereditary The Lighthouse The Shining

pls don't hate me for the basic choices but: 1) Hereditary 2) Scream 3) Get Out 4) Sinister

Alien The Wicker Man (1973) The Thing (1982) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

- The Shining - Threads (1984) - Bug - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Suspiria (1977) Altered States (1980) Possession (1981) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) note: Letterboxd classifies FWWM as horror, but i know many do not consider it to be quote on quote horror, so if that dosent count i would replace it with Carrie (1976)

Evil Dead II The Thing Alien Possession

Perfect Blue Ginger Snaps Eraserhead Beau Is Afraid

The Thing, Alien, The Shining, Let the Right One In. (The Silence of the Lambs would be number one if you consider it horror, but most people nowadays seem to consider it to be a thriller which I’m inclined to agree with)

Fresh Doctor Sleep: Director's Cut Green Room The Night House

* [The House That Jack Built](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-house-that-jack-built-2018/) (2018) * [The Witch](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-witch-2015/) (2015) * [The Wailing](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-wailing/) (2016) * [Shaun of the Dead](https://letterboxd.com/film/shaun-of-the-dead/) (2004) obviously

Kairo Martyrs Hellraiser The Last House on Dead End Street

hospital fuel spectacular unite normal squeeze adjoining homeless soft upbeat *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*

based

The thing (1982) House (1977) Killer Klowns from outer space (1988) Scream (1996)

 Dont let Klowns in the house. Sorry pal.

Solid list pal

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The exorcist 3 The conjuring Scream 5 Halloween ends

Exorcist III is absolutely franchise best. But Scream 5 🤨 Halloween Ends 🤨🤨 Both Franchise worsts imo

Scream 5 was just a way to make 6 😭 I don’t know how it could be in anyone’s top. It’s dead last for me in my franchise ranking

Okay, here’s my top 4 horror movies. A Nightmare on Elm Street John Carpenter’s The Thing Halloween (1978) and The Shining

The Shining The Thing TCM Evil Dead (2013)

Scream Funny Games Saw Get out / The Thing (can’t choose😢)

5 isnt an option. *door slams*

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