What Movies Do I NEED?

Night of the Living Dead (Millennium Edition)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Ultimate Edition)
Day of the Dead (Divimax Edition)
Phantasm (SE)
The Howling (SE)
An American Werewolf in London (Collector’s Edition)
The Evil Dead (Book of the Dead Edition)
Evil Dead II (SE)
Army of Darkness (Boomstick Edition)
Re-Animator (Millennium Edition)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (SE)
Psycho (1960) (Collector’s Edition)
Hellraiser/Hellraiser II: Hellbound (Combo)
Shaun of the Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween (Divimax 25th Anniversary Edition)
The Thing (Collector’s Edition)
The Omen (Special Edition)
The Exorcist (The Version You’ve Never Seen)
Poltergeist
Jaws (25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)
The Shining (1980)
They Live
The Fog (SE)
In the Mouth of Madness
The Last House on the Left (SE)
The Hills Have Eyes
Scanners
Night of the Hunter
28 Days Later
Near Dark
The Lost Boys (SE)
The Creature From the Black Lagoon (Legacy Collection)
The Monster Legacy Collection (Dracula/Frankenstein/Wolf Man)
The Mummy (Legacy Collection)
Hammer Horror Collection (6-Pack)


Anyone else care to chip in?

I'd disagree with this one, but then I prefer the original version of THE EXORCIST. And the 25th anniversary disc is awesome.

I'd also add:

GREMLINS SE
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
PIRANHA SE

Zombie (the 2 discer or Blue Underground's release. Either way you can't go wrong with zombie shark wrestling)
The Beyond
Suspiria
Opera
Alucarda
Audition
Evil Dead Trap
Last House on the Left
House of 1,000 Corpses
Cabin Fever
Dog Soldiers
Ginger Snaps and the sequels

etc.

Those are mostly foriegn films but must haves in any horror collection

S.D. basically took about 99% of MY list , so I'll add what I believe is missing. If you enjoy 80's cheese horror you'll get a kick out of some of my selections.

The Alien Quadriligy (or at least Alien & Aliens SE)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Creepshow
The Gate
Critters
House
Night of the Creeps (To be released uncut on DVD in the US in 2005..YIPPEEE)
Return of the Living Dead (Part 2 if you really like cheese)
Dead Alive / "Braindead" (Uncut version)
Trick or Treat
Zombie (or Zombi 2 as it's also known as) 25th Anniversary 2 disk set

Most of the titles I listed above are personal faves and can be purchased for about 10 bucks each.

You cannot live without C.H.U.D. You can pick it up for less than 8 bucks. The commentary is worth it's weight.

Wishful thinking or fact? Where'd you hear this?

Rauri, these are a must :


PEEPING TOM - 1960 ( Criterion Collection )

KAIRO - region 3

SUICIDE CLUB

HOUSE OF WHIPCORD

SUSPIRIA

PHENOMENA

DEEP RED

PHANTASM

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ( 1968 )

DAWN OF THE DEAD ( 1978 )

ZOMBIE ( Fulci )

BATTLE ROYALE - region 3

PSYCHO ( 1960 )

REAR WINDOW

VERTIGO

THE BIRDS

RINGU

BLAIR WITCH PROJECT

THE THING

GOD TOLD ME TO

KWAIDAN

MS .45

THE SHINING

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK



.... and if you only look into one on this list, you must check out



TALE OF TWO SISTERS



it's might only be a region 3, I'm not sure ... but definitely add that one to your collection




....

Genesis & Aftermath by Nacho Cerda

Schramm & Nekromantik by Jorg Buttgereit

Eyes Without A Face by Georges Franju

M by Fritz Lang

The 4th Man by Paul Verhoeven

I remember reading it on another site somewhere a few months back, but if no one else heard about this then it must have been a rumor or just BS. Sorry to get people's hopes up. I know I'm dissapointed.

Pretty much everything I would have listed is already here, but just in case it didn't get a mention:

Hellraiser.

i saw no one mention BATTLE ROYALE

I can't beleive nobody has mentioned "Carnival of Souls". Scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. And it does it with hardly any violence, just pure atmosphere.
And the original 1963 "The Haunting" is another film that scares the hell out of you without raising it's voice, as Stephan King puts it. Avoid the lame, stupid 90's remake, though.

Dusk til Dawn
Cujo
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake)
Preditor

Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy
Evil Dead Trap (great great great great great film)
Mr Vampire (hopping vampires... can't go wrong)
Guinea Pig series
Humanoids from the Deep (original film from 1980)
Piranha (original)
Creepshow
Creepshow 2
Grizzly
Prophecy (inside out bear movie)
Bad Taste
Braindead
Meet The Feebles
ReAnimator
Bride of ReAnimator
Return of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead 3 (the UNCUT version is available on PAL DVD)
Dellamorte Dellamorte (The PAL Medusa release is gold!) aka - Cemetery Man
Zombi 2 (shriek show release 2 disc) aka zombie
One Missed Call
Q - The Winged Serpent
It's Alive
Rosemary's Baby
Non Ho Sonno (Medusa PAL release)
The Cat O Nine Tails
Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Tenebre
Deep Red
Suspiria
Phenomena
The Burning (Dragon release or Vipco - PAL) uncut
Baby Blood (uncut Dragon PAL release)
Toolbox Murders remake (russian??? uncut PAL release)
Haute Tension - Uncut 2 Disc release from Korea (order from here www.xploitedcinema.com)
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 2
Kairo
Suicide Circle
Versus
El Dia De La Bestia (PAL release)
Accion Mutante
Dog Soldiers
May
Ravenous
Bubba Ho tep

Scarecrows.

Good call on Ravenous I always forget to mention that one. Great movie.

I didn't see salem's lot (1970's version) mentioned.. I think it's maybe possibly the best vampire film i've seen: & i've seen I think probably hundreds. by the director of poltergeist.. i'm pretty sure.

also: daughters of darkness. another really intelligent vampire film. sort of a better & more coherent version of the hunger.

just to give the nod to what some others have said: susperia - the shining (1980) - the exorcist.

*somewhat off-topic: did anyone hear they're thinking of re-making susperia? why? it has no plot.. it's all in the style. are they just gonna rip it off: haha.. frame by frame?

sean

Here are some horror movies I haven't seen mentioned yet that I really like:


Frailty
The Convent
Black Christmas
Black Sabbath
Audition
The Eye
Ju-on: The Grudge 1 and 2
Demons
Videodrome
They Came from Within (Shivers)

Most of the rest I would recommend have already been mentioned

You can't go wong with The Birth of a Nation, the occupant of a certain esteemed office is featured in the opening credits heaping praise on the movie. Given today's political climate, it seems terribly prophetic concerning Southern politics. ( BTW: Yes, I can appreciate Griffith's contributions to the medium of film, which stem pretty much from this work. However, I do believe that it is possible to admire and deplore something on different counts. Kind of like Clinton's views on Karl Rove.)

I just remembered: rosemary's baby. polanski. just a totally different version of satanism than you've seen. very realistic & quite creepy.

rabid by david cronenberg is a vampire film that's genuinely disturbing. sort of vampires in a night of the living dead-ish situation. & a similiar ending & feel to night of the living dead. but I heard cronenberg was unhappy: cuz he didn't have final cut.. & the producers cut it to shit or something. he felt that made it pretty confusing.. still.. it's a pretty fucking effective film (imo).

a movie I just saw on pay-per-view isn't that well known.. but I thought it was pretty creative.. was called death watch. about a group of english soldiers in WWI who take shelter in a haunted trench. not a classic like some of these we're talking about.. but a pretty good movie a lotta people probably don't know.

*i'm not sure i've seen anyone mention the original halloween. maybe it's too obvious. but it's maybe I think the best horror film i've seen (along with exorcist). also.. his (carpenter's) re-make of the thing. & a fellini short called toby dammit (it's on a compilation film called spirits of the dead.. I think). about an actor (terrence stamp) who's cursed by the devil.. & the devil's played by this creepy little girl. it's really good. the other shorts on the film are only ok (but you do get to see bridgit bardot & jane fonda 1/2 naked in them & shit).

sean