Nosferatu — any of them

I've got a thing for found footage and existential dread.

It (both versions for very different reasons)

The Shining (Though the book will always be way better)

The Thing

Alien

Event Horizon(Satisfied my space itch for a long time until I discovered The Expanse)

Blair Witch Project

Paranormal Activity (1 & 2, before they threw in all the weird cult shit)

[REC] (The first... Maybe the second. 3 jumped the shark)

V.H.S. (Fun, random horror collections, just don't think too hard about how vhs tapes and video recorders actually work, they definitely didn't.)

I'll try my hand at an all Asian list, I think they do horror in a different, more uncomfortable, way:

• Audition (2000) - even better if you can find the directors commentary. The guy is fucked in the head.
• Ring (1998) - a classic, watch it in Japanese, the director pushed the actors to change their voice to make the movie uncomfortable. Avoid the American remake trash.
• Dark water (2002) - same director as Ring, he'll make you scared of that humidity patch on your ceiling or a puddle of water on the street.
• Ju-On: the grudge (2002) - just the sounds will make you check the room behind you.
• Train to Busan (2016) - a different take on zombie movies, now considered a classic and appears on most zombie movie lists.
• The Host (2006) - monster horror, no frills.
• A tale of two sisters (2003)

I'd add Kingdom(2019) as another different take on zombies, this is a TV show though.

There's so much more to explore in Asian filmography, just search for best Asian horror movies and you won't be disappointed.

• リング ( The Ring ) ( recently watched for the first time a few years back and it was pretty good )

• Get Out ( that's a movie that has stuck with me since seeing it in theater )

• Us ( the 2019 film ) ( same deal as get out, except at home instead of theater )

• Coraline ( I know it's children's horror, but it is still pretty disturbing, IMO, even as an adult )

• Perfect Blue ( my first time watching it messed with my head with how they played with sense of time and what's real vs fake )

Some more I didn't see mentioned yet

Underwater - probably closest thing to soma movie No one will save you - zero dialog movie

"[Rec]" is the best zombie movie I've seen.

Event Horizon - i had it on VHS back then, and the tape was starting to degrade at the start of the movie because we watched it so much

Supersize me! (Yes, it is a documentation about fast food, but in that way it is a horror movie)

The Carbin in the woods (2012)

Talk To Me (2022) is one that I found particularily scary. Send Help is the latest Sam Raimi film and is a lot of fun, with his signature zany style. Hokum was great, too, starring Adam Scott playing a likeable asshole. These aren't necessarily my favorites, just ones that come to mind that I've seen recently. I watch a lot of horror.

I really love the goofiness of Happy Death Day. Good slasher without taking itself too seriously. Sleepaway Camp 1 and 2. I think the Autopsy of Jane Doe has just the right amount of terror for me. I watch it every October. Same with Trick 'R Treat, I never miss that one.

Hokum was the most recent one that really captured me. A lot of people missed it but I think it's absolutely worth a watch. Good Halloween vibes. Oh, and Undertone was scary as shit.

In no particular order:

• The Witch
• Hellraiser
• The Thing
• Alien
• Obsession
  I hesitated to put Obsession on the list because of how new it is, but it has stuck in my brain the same way all of my favorites have.

Evil Dead 2

• Nope
• Sinners
• Videodrome
• Eraserhead

The Thing! The original, not the prequel (although I wouldn't call that one bad). A close second would have to be The Descent.

Favourite would be ones I can watch over and over, like Evil Dead 2, Planet Terror, Drag Me To Hell and The Substance

There's a few I've seen which stuck with me in a different way though, like Eden Lake, Martyrs and The Sadness. Not in a hurry to rewatch, but still memorable.

Friday the 13th 1-4, 7-10

Hellraiser all of it

A Nightmare on Elm Street up to The Final Nightmare

The Thing

Hatchet

Jaws

Dawn of the Dead

Pet Cemetery

The VVitch

Midsommar

28 Days Later

The Descent

The Shining

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

House on Haunted Hill

Jeepers Creepers 2

Skinamarink

From Dusk til Dawn

Saw and Saw 2

• Aliens: Peak James Cameron action and suspense, with lots of cool, iconic scifi elements.
• Predator: A very different horror movie, originally disguised as a macho action movie. Still worth a rewatch now and again for its action and great jungle setting.
• The Mummy: A fun action romp. The horror, comedy, and action all help to balance each other out.
• Tremors: My go to example of the ideal B-horror movie. Not much budget or flashy effects, but great writing and escalating tension.

“The Wailing” was my favorite that I’ve seen recently. Can’t really articulate why but I just found it extremely engrossing start to finish

Ginger Snaps, and Ginger Snaps 2.

Caveat (2020)

or Loop Track (2023)

oh man i almost forgot my actual favourite: Event Horizon (1997)

the WT movies got WAY too farfetched.