I kind of came to horror movies later in life. As a kid, horror movies freaked me out, especially the idea of gore. Just hearing there was a scene in Poltergeist where a guy ripped his face off really made me scared of that movie, although I eventually saw it on cable, and started to realize that the idea of gore is often a lot more scary than the gore itself. I started dabbling a bit more into horror movies in college with stuff like Evil Dead, but still didn't watch a ton. Then I started reading spoilers for horror movies because what I really like about them are the crazy stories.
Eventually I just started watching most anything, with the exception of stuff that is just trying to be shocking, or body horror, which freaks me the hell out. There's also stuff that I've seen that I don't really want to see again, like Dead Alive, which is a great movie, but is just too damn gross, especially the dinner scene, and The Ruins, which has a great story but too many fucked up things happening (and made me scared of plants). Also if I don't ever see those hell scenes in Event Horizon again I'll be fine.
I've seen a broad swath of older horror movies already, from more weird stuff like Reanimator to more traditional things like The Exorcist. I've also seen my share of slasher films, but those can get a little tired. Ones that have something different to offer can be great - You're Next is a favorite.
Of course a lot of horror movies lately are ghost stories and not gory at all.
(By the way, if you don't want to watch some of the goriest horror movies but are kind of curious about them, I recommend SpookyRice on YouTube. His videos are a lot of fun. )
My wife on the other hand will not watch horror movies, but has been traveling for work lately so I've been catching up on a lot of horror movies. Some of the stuff I've see recently is The Conjuring, Annabelle Creation, The VVitch, Hereditary, Annihilation (sort of horror) and A Quiet Place (ditto). This weekend I watched Green Room, which is more of a real-life horror story I guess and The Autopsy of Jane Doe, which had a really good story. I'd also really love to know how they did the effects.
Anyway, Netflix and Amazon have a ridiculous amount of horror movies, but many of them look super bad at a glance. Figured we could use a thread to recommend horror movies that are less well known. Or just chat about movies we like.
Eventually I just started watching most anything, with the exception of stuff that is just trying to be shocking, or body horror, which freaks me the hell out. There's also stuff that I've seen that I don't really want to see again, like Dead Alive, which is a great movie, but is just too damn gross, especially the dinner scene, and The Ruins, which has a great story but too many fucked up things happening (and made me scared of plants). Also if I don't ever see those hell scenes in Event Horizon again I'll be fine.
I've seen a broad swath of older horror movies already, from more weird stuff like Reanimator to more traditional things like The Exorcist. I've also seen my share of slasher films, but those can get a little tired. Ones that have something different to offer can be great - You're Next is a favorite.
Of course a lot of horror movies lately are ghost stories and not gory at all.
(By the way, if you don't want to watch some of the goriest horror movies but are kind of curious about them, I recommend SpookyRice on YouTube. His videos are a lot of fun. )
My wife on the other hand will not watch horror movies, but has been traveling for work lately so I've been catching up on a lot of horror movies. Some of the stuff I've see recently is The Conjuring, Annabelle Creation, The VVitch, Hereditary, Annihilation (sort of horror) and A Quiet Place (ditto). This weekend I watched Green Room, which is more of a real-life horror story I guess and The Autopsy of Jane Doe, which had a really good story. I'd also really love to know how they did the effects.
Anyway, Netflix and Amazon have a ridiculous amount of horror movies, but many of them look super bad at a glance. Figured we could use a thread to recommend horror movies that are less well known. Or just chat about movies we like.