My Favourite Horror Movies
This is a list is of my favourite horror movies that I can watch over and over without getting bored with them. They're not really in any particular order, I love them all.
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- DirectorRob SchmidtStarsEliza DushkuJeremy SistoEmmanuelle ChriquiChris and a group of five friends are left stranded deep in the middle of the woods after their cars collide. As they venture deeper into the woods, they face an uncertain and bloodcurdling fate.Great cast, great story, I love this movie. It was one of the those movies you could see happening to you and your mates when you took a WRONG TURN!
- DirectorMichelle MacLarenStarsDavid AmesLeigh EnnsSusan KelsoA census-taker (Sisto) is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.A massively underrated movie featuring Jeremy Sisto whose character is from the census bureau and is sent to Rockwell Falls to investigate the numbers of people living in the town.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsJosh DuhamelMelissa GeorgeOlivia WildeA group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.Another one of those movies where it could happen to you and your mates, getting drugged on holiday and shipped off to have your organs harvested. Great chemistry within the cast, I love the scenes when they are in the village trying to get help but no one comes to their aid.
- DirectorCarter SmithStarsShawn AshmoreJena MaloneJonathan TuckerA leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.Another somewhat underrated horror, but it is terrifically horrific. The scenes with poor Stacy trying to hack vines out of herself is quite nauseating, so well portrayed. You really feel so very sorry for these innocent explorers who end up in hell basically.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsVinnie JonesBradley CooperLeslie BibbA photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.Woh The Midnight Meat Train is a bloody gore-fest. As Leon (Bradley Cooper) begins to tail Mahogany (Vinnie Jones) you start to wish he would just go back to his nice happy life. But he's hooked and slowly his life begins to unravel and he is a spectator in a very downhill spiral of events.
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsJosh HartnettMelissa GeorgeDanny HustonAfter an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.Isolation, snow, darkness and the sickest vampire creatures in film history - a perfect recipe for a delicious horror.
- DirectorSteve BeckStarsJulianna MarguliesGabriel ByrneRon EldardA salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.I love the opening scenes of this movie and the rest of it basically!
- DirectorSteve BeckStarsTony ShalhoubShannon ElizabethEmbeth DavidtzWhen Cyrus Kriticos, a very rich collector of unique things, dies, he leaves his house, fortune, and his prized collection of ghosts.A great ghost story, why not to mess with the spirits.
- DirectorMarcus NispelStarsJared PadaleckiAmanda RighettiDerek MearsA group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.I love this up to date Friday the 13th. The characters are great Travis van Winkle (yes that is his name) and Jared Padalecki (yep) give superb performances. The kills are fab and I like the historical stuff going on with the house in the woods and such as well.
- DirectorJaume BalagueróStarsAnna PaquinLena OlinIain GlenThere's something in this house - Something ancient and dark that remains still, hidden and silent. It can only wait, having been concealed in the shadows for years. In fact, its milieu is darkness.A family move into a new home in the remote countryside. The home is haunted and has a mysterious history seemingly linked to the family that moves into it. I like the dynamics of this movie, how the teenage girl keeps pointing out stuff that is going on and no one takes any notice. Just like people do with teenagers.
- DirectorsMåns MårlindBjörn SteinStarsJulianne MooreJonathan Rhys MeyersJeffrey DeMunnA forensic psychiatrist discovers that all but one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.I know this movie as 'Shelter' but it is also known as '6 Souls'. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is mesmerising in his role as David/Adam etc The whole cast are superb, bringing with them a creepy, gritty web of intrigue and mystery. I love it.
- DirectorsJen SoskaSylvia SoskaStarsGlenn JacobsDanielle HarrisKatharine IsabelleAn undertaker's birthday party is interrupted when Jacob Goodnight rises from the dead and proceeds to terrorize her and her friends.The characters in this movie are great, I didn't want any of them to die! I think the story based in the morgue is a brilliant idea and how they are all locked in. Kane is superb in this movie, a giant killing machine.
- DirectorOle BornedalStarsNatasha CalisJeffrey Dean MorganKyra SedgwickA young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.This movie, to me, felt quite clever. It has many layers and dynamics. It is interesting as well as horrific. As a kid I grew up going to boot sales and it brought home to me how easily we can purchase old items that may have spiritual value that we are not aware of and bring them into our homes.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsSteve ZahnPaul WalkerLeelee SobieskiThree young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.Anyone who has an annoying sibling that is always getting them into trouble can relate well to this movie!
- DirectorBruce HuntStarsPiper PeraboMorris ChestnutCole HauserBlood-thirsty creatures await a pack of divers who become trapped in an underwater cave network.I prefer this movie to the similar 'The Descent'. I really like the cast and the dynamics of the group and how loyalties get tested to the limit.
- DirectorMike MendezStarsDominic PurcellClare KramerJosie MaranAfter a night of drunken exploits, Allison, Harris, and Kira are chased and terrorized by the ghosts of a child pyromaniac, an ax murderer, and a rapist.Not sure why I like this movie so much but I do. I like the message of 'be careful how you behave because you will pay for your actions. Three friends drunkenly dance on some graves and get pursued by angry spirits and they have to repent for their actions.
- DirectorFede AlvarezStarsJane LevyShiloh FernandezJessica LucasFive friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.For me this is real horror, bloody, violent, relentless. Horrific deaths, gore to the extreme and a great story to go with it. I love it.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsBrad PittMireille EnosDaniella KerteszFormer United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.I like how you see this begin and follow it through to a relatively feasible conclusion. I love the special effects and how you go worldwide. The only thing I didn't like was the relationship between Jerry and Karin Lane, it just didn't feel real. However the rest of the movie is so enjoyable that I ignore that part of it.
- DirectorIan ClarkStarsAneurin BarnardAmit ShahSteve EvetsEight volunteers find themselves fighting for their lives when a drug trial goes horribly wrong.This is great, a group of people going in for a drugs trial and things go seriously wrong very quickly. It's gory, violent and a bit sick really.
- DirectorDaniel BenmayorStarsBrendan MackeyJennifer MatterPatrick RegisA group of strangers in a remote paintball facility realize their game has turned deadly as they are hunted by a masked assailant. Survival is their only goal.I went paint-balling once and it's bloody awful. I like the rawness of this movie, the story is good and the cast do well. It's a little rough around the edges but I think it suits the films delivery.
- DirectorPatrik SyversenStarsRuta GedmintasJosh BowmanPerdita WeeksIn Famfield, the teenager Amber feels displaced and dreams on moving to Chicago. When she learns that she is the foster daughter of her mother, she decides to move to the big city. Amber has a short schedule to pay the rent of an apartment in Chicago and she convinces her friends to travel with her to the windy city. However the van breaks down and they hitchhike on the road. The truck driver Bernard offers a ride to the group but they need to travel inside the back of a semi. Bernard does not stop the truck and they realize that they have been kidnapped. When he finally stops and opens the semi, they find that they are inside a dirty warehouse. Sooner they are hunted by fast blood-thirsty creatures and their leader Veronica discloses a secret to Amber.A good tale of finding out who your birth mother is.
- DirectorÁlvaro de ArmiñánStarsMike VogelEliza DushkuIman NazemzadehA group of surfers discover an old board game which claims a life every time it is played.I like the cast and the mystery surrounding the game. The deaths are cool.
- DirectorJohn V. SotoStarsMurray BartlettTravis FimmelBen MendelsohnA killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a college.A film a little similar to Open Graves but it is a device this time rather than a game.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsDustin HoffmanRene RussoMorgan FreemanA team of Army doctors struggle to find a cure for the deadly Motaba virus that was transported from Africa to North America by a white-headed Capuchin monkey and is now spreading quickly throughout a small California town.I watched this movie at the cinema over 20 years ago and it still stands up as a superb movie showing how easily an infection can spread and the potential consequences of smuggling animals.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsMatt DamonKate WinsletJude LawHealthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.For me this is an up-to-date version of Outbreak and I love it for the same reasons. Portrayal of how easily an infection can spread worldwide.