@clitoris

I like kinda schlocky stuff, and I have a really hard time picking favorites, but if I HAD to pick one, it would be

Us (Jordan Peele, 2019). So well paced with a satisfying ending

Contenders (all so different)

- Prince of Darkness and The Thing (John Carpenter)
- Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi)
- As Above, So Below
- Let the Right One In
- Zombi 2

While The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) was a better acclaimed movie, I found The Believers (1987) to be one of the most frightening horror movies I’ve seen.

I had to walk home all by myself in -10 degree weather a half hour after I watched that movie. Scared the shit out of me.

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I also love The Skeleton Key (2005). Just something about voodoo and hoodoo movies that I find engaging.

@clitoris Not the best, but a very good and unique horror film is Society from 1989. There is one caveat with this movie: you have to watch it completely cold. Don’t read anything about it, don’t watch any trailers, don’t look at any posters or stills. Trust me on this one.

It’s not the best horror move but as found footage horror goes, “As Above So Below” was pretty good. Don’t watch if you suffer from claustrophobia.

Also Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Night of the living dead is a masterpiece.

I really recommend The Wailing (2016), a unique Korean horror that stayed in my thoughts for quite some time.

Alongside that, also check out The Innocents (1961) for some vintage horror, and I see Babadook (2014) hasn’t been mentioned yet, that one is also a favourite of mine.

Oculus (2013) is, despite its shortcomings, one of the best horror movies I’ve seen.
Maybe because I have siblings, maybe because I’m attracted towards occult and paranormal movies, but it was a fantastic ride from beginning to end.

As a show, not a movie, the excellent Archive 81, which again is a flawed gem, but has one of the best soundtracks a horror movie could ask.
Now and then I’ll play it and it needs mere seconds to make my skin crawl.

If we go a bit back, I love Night of the Hunter, not scary per modern standards, but a fantastic story that is seldom seen nowadays.