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Horror Movies
Pirate Viper
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Dear H/A I come to you to humbly request your assistance in listing some Horror movies that you found genuinely frightening.
I'm not a huge fan of the Gore Horror genre, I mean, if it's a neccesary part of the film, or if the film is decent enough that it can be over looked, that's fine. But I hate movies were violence is supposed to be the scary part.
Any help would be appreciated.
I'm not a huge fan of the Gore Horror genre, I mean, if it's a neccesary part of the film, or if the film is decent enough that it can be over looked, that's fine. But I hate movies were violence is supposed to be the scary part.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I also enjoyed The Orphanage
However, favorite of all time is Play Misty For Me. Fantastic suspense thriller.
Dark Waters
The Ring
The Grudge
I like all of those because the scariness is much more in the tone, and general growing dread, rather bleargh!!! Gut munching!
You've ruled out gory, thats fine.
What about human suffering type emotional terror?
What about movies with JUMP scares?
I'll add:
The Descent
The Eye (original Pang Bros., not the new one)
Shutter (original Thai movie, not the new one)
One Missed Call (original Japanese movie, not the new one)
The Devil's Backbone
Weaboo List
Oh the Orphanage was very good.
Both of those work, and thanks for all the suggestions so far guys.
The problem here is the 'no gore' Horror thing. Pretty much any Horror film has some form of gore in it, including pretty much all the ones listed here. Granted most are relatively minimal.
If you're talking about disliking the Torture Porn subgenre (Saw, Hostel, etc) that has sprung up recently that might help narrow it down. Otherwise, it sounds like you're describing Thrillers more than Horror.
If you really want a pure 'non-gory' Horror film, you'll likely have to look back to the monster horror movies of the 50s/60s. And honestly, those come off as just plain silly most of the time nowadays.
There are a few decent ones though. Carnival of Souls springs to mind.
The Twilight Zone: The Movie from the early 80s was pretty decent horror/suspense type stuff.
The first Creepshow, perhaps. I honestly don't remember how much gore is in that one.
As far as thrillers go, there's plenty of them out there these days. Some of my faves include anything from Hitchcock (Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho), Jacob's Ladder (gore in this one though and really Carnival is better as far as plot goes), and a few of the Stephen King movies might fit the bill, especially the TV movies/miniseries if you're looking for minimal gore (IT, The Stand).
"No.. I was wrong. This must be what going mad feels like."
Tip: Watch with women at night
I'll second this one. Most of that series was excellent.
Ah, well that opens it up much more then. I'm not a fan of those type movies either.
I'll agree with most of what's above then. Maybe go with the American remakes of The Ring and The Grudge simply because I've found that reading the subtitles kind of takes a bit away from wrapping yourself up in the horror feeling. But the Japanese originals definitely have creepier feels if you can get past that. YMMV.
To add more though, I still highly recommend Carnival of Souls though. The original Nightmare on Elm Street is a classic in my mind, as is the original Halloween, which is, of course, the grandfather of modern horror.
28 Days Later was a very good recent horror movie.
Nightbreed was a decent monster type horror movie, though some of the monsters are pretty nasty looking. The original Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead were good.
Flatliners was a pretty good psychological horror/thriller movie.
Really just stay away from most of the major stuff made in the last few years and you should be okay as far as the Torture Porn thing goes.
"No.. I was wrong. This must be what going mad feels like."
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These are actually creepy ass movies, with little gore.
Edit: Note that a bunch of the movies Milath is suggesting are older, not so scary pictures by today's standards. By which I mean Carnivals of Souls, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nightbreed. They are all great movies, but aren't so scary today.
say "Braindead"
but they're listening to every word I say
Edit: And I just looked Salo up. Are you kidding me? These are movies that play off of Sadism. He will not like them.
The Thing is another great, great horror film.
In fact, it is probably my favorite horror flick, ever.
It is a little old, but it holds up. Trust me.
This is true. Unfortunately, most horror today is of the torture porn variety. Or not so great remakes of older stuff or Japanese stuff.
I guess it depends on how much exposure you've had to the genre really. For example, someone who's never seen original Nightmare or the sequels, the original can still be pretty damn creepy.
And you could say the same for IT honestly as far as being older.
Frankly, Carnival of Souls creeps me the hell out to this day. Though if you're looking for a more modern creepy update, go with Jacob's Ladder.
Really depends on what YOU find scary, of course. :P
"No.. I was wrong. This must be what going mad feels like."
But the amount of gore, fake blood and dismemberment, that it seemed like he was talking about just isn't there. Saw and Hostel are about doing violent gory things to people, Salo and Last House are about human depravity, rape, breaking of wills, etc.
Last House has a very short "gory" scene where someone carves a name into anothers chest. It's shown for a few seconds, and that's it by way of fake blood.
He said he is interested in movies with actual plots.
(evil fucking room - just a creepy vibe throughout the whole thing and plays with your mind)
Also, I just watched shutter. turns out I am a pretty big fan of japanese horror movie remakes.
Also Flatliners is awesome. Mainly for Kiefer Sutherland.
http://www.ghosthousepictures.com/
I myself am into scary movies that deal with ghosts and supernatural. What are some good ones?
it's lame, because i've seen tons of horror movies, i just can't recall the names...
Thanks for ruining my night.
It seems like everyone who has watched IT watched it as a child and then never since. This movie terrified me beyond belief and was the subject of many nightmares as I grew up. I honestly wished I had never seen it and have been cautious about the whole horror genre ever since.
I don't know the name of it, but here's a link to the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenifer_(Masters_of_Horror_episode)
I guess it's actually an alien, but I thought it was supposed to be a siren.
I know there are some people who will think I'm a pussy for thinking The Ring was scary. They are wrong.
Late at night I don't like looking into mirrors because I am always a bit scared that there will be something behind me only to vanish as I turn around. I would never know if it was real or not but it would still cripple me with fear.
Not only is this not scary, but it's by far the most depressing movie I've ever seen.
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