Re-Animator (1985) The Beyond (1981) The Thing (1982) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1, 2 and honestly 3 The Wicker Man (1973) Hellraiser 1 and 2 (keep going if you like. I love them all, but there are a lot, and they do fall off) Oculus (2013) The House of the Devil (2009) Pyscho 1, 2 and 3 Mandy (2018) American Werewolf in London (1981)

Spookies, Nightbreed, Frankenhooker, Lord of Illusions, In the Mouth of Madness, Street Trash, Cemetery Man, Dead Alive, Ginger Snaps, Martyrs, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Scanners....so many lol

My Bloody Valentine (1981) is the most underrated slasher IMO.

The scariest clown e v e r... seen him in All Hallows Eve first -so glad they got him a spin-off movie tho... I heard somewhere they are gonna make a sequel right?

Castle Freak🎃(1995)

Yes and All Hallows Eve with Art. They have a 2 and 3 to Hallows Eve but I prefer the first versions.

The Relic (1997) is a good monster movie with a bizarre monster that kills people in a very specific and gruesome way. It didn't win any Oscars but it's a lot of fun

Hellraiser... the first one is great... the 5th one... well it has Adam Scott...

How about: Rosemary's Baby (1968), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Psycho (1960) Total classics and definitely worth a watch!

The Witch. It’s slow and atmospheric but the dread just crawls under your skin, and by the end it feels like you’ve watched a nightmare unfold.

The Omen Dog Soldiers Ravenous Nefarious Sleep Tight I absolutely loved the Dark Crystal series for dark fantasy Pans labyrinth The 13th warrior

The Changeling. It was made in 1980 with George C Scott. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but it absolutely scared the heck out of me.

Here's some classics every horror fan should watch, should be enough variety to get you started and help you figure out what type of horror you like.

Silence of the Lambs

Halloween

Scream

The Shining

28 Days Later

Night of the Living Dead

Jaws

The Thing

The Ring

The Thing, Poltergeist, Lake Placid, The Haunting (1963) and Prophecy (1979)

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Videodrome (1983)

Carrie (1976)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Amityville Horror, The Blob, Hills Have Eyes.

Oculus- it is a movie with plenty of dread and jump scares. A good watch.

Mother!

I don’t know if it’s even a thing but I felt like that movie gave me social claustrophobia…

I haven't seen Mother but I'll rank the rest:

1, Oculus (#1 by far; it's a favorite of mine)

2. Enemy

3. Before I Wake

4 . It Comes at Night

5. Hellbender

6. Pyewacket

7. The Harbinger

I loved Mother! and Enemy. Try one of those.

Love Oculus. Always a great watch

Identity! It’s old but amazing and has a twist ending.

The Wailing

The Mothman Prophecies.

The Visit

Devil

Trap

Atm

Barbarian

Case 39

1408 (2007).

The taking of Deborah Logan, Babadook

The Perfection (2018)...

And if you don't mind particularly intense (feel bad) kind of films... Incident in a Ghostland is a personal favorite, but it's really dark.

Barbarian

One Cut of the Dead !!!!

Shaun of the Dead, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell, Zombi 2, Dead End, Inside, Triangle

also EVIL DEAD 2013 MENTION 🥶💯🔥🔥🔥

Heredetary is really good...The invisible guest,mystic river.

Nothing has ever scared me like

Blair witch project

The strangers

Paranormal activity

But best thrilllers I’ve seen that weren’t scary:

Get out

Midsommar

Hereditary

Saw

Misery

The mist

Ps I’m always surprised to see anyone recommend longlegs. I watched it with two friends at the cinema and we all thought it was so stoopid

Jacob's Ladder

Train to Busan

Kill Boksoon

The Shining

Blair Witch Project

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Longlegs (2024)

Psycho (1960)

I’m interested in others’ recommendations! Always on the lookout for good scary movies.

The Thing, Halloween & Trick ‘r Treat

Alien

The Exorcist.

Hereditary

Hellraiser (1987)

Black Christmas (1974)

The Exorcist

The Thing (1982)

Possession (1981)

• The Shining, 1980
• Psycho, 1960
• Alien, 1979
• The Exorcist, 1973
• Night Of The Living Dead, 1968
• Halloween, 1978
• Jaws, 1975
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974
• Scream, 1996

(There are a lot of great modern horror flicks as well, but these should be watched first)

imo, yes, but not before most of the other ones listed here. I would run out of most highly regarded horror movies before watching, unless you just fell in love with 1982 and want more. 1982 is an absolute movie classic.

It makes me so happy that this is the top comment. Greatest horror movie of all time.

Session 9

In the Mouth of Madness

Cabin in the Woods (this is part horror movie, part parody - watch other horror movie first so you can better appreciate the jokes about the tropes)

I've seen a LOT of horror movies and this one gave me nightmares. Definitely recommend watching but holy shit it's intense.

I absolutely love horror movies and still haven’t been able to watch this again since the theater

That’s a good list they made, and a really great idea if you’re dipping your toes in for the first time… The Shining is to this day still incredibly unnerving and immersive - beautifully shot and acted. Psycho is fantastic, and so is Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. That movie was a revelation for me because up to that point I did not think anything shot in black and white could even come close to being as scary as a modern day film, but Hitchcock knew what he was doing

I agree. I had no interest based on the synopsis and trailer, but was pleasantly surprised. I would put it in the top 20 horror flicks

So happy this is #1. My favorite horror movie