whats your favorite horror movie? [lvl 1]

Insidious scares the hell out of me... Generally any movie involving evil kids (not necessarily this one, but talking in general), is freaking scary...
It's amazing how they are transformed easily from cute and inoffensive to evil'ish trying to kill you >_>

SAW
The woman in black
The exorcism of Emily Rose

I have seen a ton of horror movies over the years and it's hard for me to pin a favourite. Off the top of my head I would definitely recommend May.

Absolute best:
1-The Thing - 1982
2-Alien - 1979

close contenders:
The Wailing, Don't Breathe, The Witch, Pulse(2001) , The Burning, The Devils, Evil Dead II , The Fly (1986) , Hellraiser, Rosemary's Baby, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

The shining

Jacob's Ladder is pretty good.

Quickly skimmed my TMDb ratings. Not in spefic order.

Horror:

Sinister
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
It Follows
Dawn of the Dead (remake)
Crimson Peak
30 Days of Night
The Conjuring
Frontière(s)
À l'intérieur
The Wolfman
Bone Tomahawk
Hatchet
Train to Busan
The Loved Ones

Thriller:

Misery
I Saw the Devil
Cloverfield
Sleepy Hollow
Don't Breathe
The Strangers
You're Next

The Haunting
You never quite know if the house was actually haunted or if she was just crazy

The Vanishing
Unlike any other horror you'll ever watch - no jump scares, no cliches, and the movie tells you everything that's going to happen

Well, the movies I list aren't actually scary... but I do enjoy watching them.

The Descent (sequel was meh)
The Ring (Japanese)
The Grudge (American)
Ghost Ship
Below

Beware the Asian horror movie scene, I often find them to be less horror and more drama/thriller - which is undoubtedly part of what makes them so great. An excellent example of this is The Cat. Another example is Into the Mirror where the US remake is much more horror than the original (which is more like a paranormal and unhappy love story). Both are good films, The Cat is excellent even, but they aren't exactly horror in my opinion.
For the best Asian horror movie that had me scared for real, I'll go with P.O.V..

Sorry, no recommendation from me, because I next to never watch Horror movies. I think Cube was the last I saw... and it is one of only a handful in all.

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Not sure what my favorite is since I saw a lot of good ones. But I recently saw The Shining and that movie was just creepy. Something about Jack Nicholson that I can't explain but he is so creepy lol. I try to rationalize a lot of things in the movie but still can't really make sense of it all.

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REC

The Mist (2007)
The Thing (1982)
The Conjuring (2013)

I'm no fan of the genre. Mostly it's just gore with no substance or material that would never manage to cause any fear.
Some dramas on the other hand ... Whiplash was far more challenging than any horror movie I've ever seen.

Few horror movies I enjoyed:
It Follows
The Ring

Alien
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Some of my favorites in no particular order...

Modern

• The Exorcist
• Night of the Living Dead (1990 version)
• Dawn of the Dead (original)
• Fright Night (because R.I.P. Roddy McDowall, Peter Cushing, and Vincent Price)

Foreign

• Night Watch & Day Watch (Russian)
• Let the right One In (Swedish)
• Rampo Noir (Japanese)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (Korean)

Silent

• Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• Vampyr (1932)
• Haxan (1922)

For your enjoyment, feel free to watch what is considered the first horror film ever made.

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