Alien
The Descent
The Devil Rides Out
The Exorcist
The Fly
Halloween
Night of the Demon
The Omen
Quatermass and the Pit
The Ring
Rosemary's Baby
Salem's Lot
The Thing
Village of the Damned
The Wicker Man
Witchfinder General
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Alien
The Descent
The Devil Rides Out
The Exorcist
The Fly
Halloween
Night of the Demon
The Omen
Quatermass and the Pit
The Ring
Rosemary's Baby
Salem's Lot
The Thing
Village of the Damned
The Wicker Man
Witchfinder General
Some great titles there.
I'd add Aliens to the list. Normally not a fan of a sequel but that was excellent.
I also have fond memories of the classic Hammer Horror films. We used to watch them late on a Saturday night when I was a kid waiting for my dad to bring a Chinese takeaway home when the pubs closed. Happy days..
28 Days Later
30 Days Of Night
Abominable Dr Phibes
Devils Rejects
Dog Soldiers
Dr Phibes Rises Again
Evil Dead (original and certainly NOT any of the shitty sequels)
Hills Have Eyes (2006)
The Descent
The Mist
The Thing
Zombie Flesh Eaters.
I enjoyed the Hammer stuff and the old Universal monster films but its a bit of hard work watching them now. Probably best left to memory.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Eyes Without A Face (1960)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Whistle And I'll Come To You (1968)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Se7en (1995) - although not strictly a horror movie, that scene where the guy 'comes to life' was probably (what is termed as) the first 'jump scare' I saw in a cinema
Midsommar (2019)
The original Halloween - none of the god awful sequels and remakes.
An American werewolf in London.
Quatermass and the pit
The Devil rides out
The Omen
From beyond the grave
Theatre of blood - Vincent Price
Tale from the Crypt - Peter Cushing et al
Stephen King's "It" TV mini series
Can I include Hammer house of Horror?
I remember from years ago seeing a film on TV that was in Black and White and I think was about a girl with schizophrenia. I seem to recall a scene where she was walking in a hallway or corridor and hands were appearing from the walls trying to grab her. That's about all I can remember but it was scary. Of course Psycho was in Black and White and probably better for it.
Some excellent suggestions elsewhere which I have added in my to-watch wish list!
Mine (the line between horror and pyschological thriller can be thin);
28 Days Later
Alien
Asylum
Blair Witch Project (not trendy to like it these days, but in context of it being a micro-budget indie, it's good)
Carrie (surprised this had a mention yet!)
Don't Look Now
The Exorcist
Das Experiment
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Misery
Nosferatu (I was lucky enough to see this with a live score, which was brilliant)
The Omen
Quatermass and the Pit
Shallow Grave (the first 18 I got into, under age!)
The Shining
Terminator
The Thing
Threads
Village of the Damned
The Wicker Man
Zodiac
Hammer House of Horror had three or four really good episodes. The Two Faces of Evil still stands up well now..
EDIT: Whistle and I'll Come to You has been recommended by the missus.
Was it this?
Eraserhead - or is that just weird?
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Night Porter
Texas Chainsaw massacre frightened the shit out of me. Seemed tame on my last viewing but not on my first viewing as a 20 year old.
the Hills have Eyes and as mentioned before Psycho were pretty frightening
As an impressionable youth The Birds worried me.When out boating in the coutryside and seeing a line of them on a power cable,I still get a little concerned.;)
I queued up to see Jaws on it's release in a cinema on the Bristol Road,Birmingham , it was packed.The reaction to some memorable scenes was unbelievable and hysteria ruled.I had to down a considerable amount of Davenports afterwards to regain equilibrium.
I know that Deliverance isn't classed as a horror film, but it still creeps me out more than a genuine frightener such as (say) The Descent.
Forgot to mention The Fog which is quite scary.
And forgot about Manhunter, which was a sequel to Silence of the Lambs but filmed first and remade 16 years later under its original title of the inferior Red Dragon.