"What is YOUR favourite horror/occult movie?" Topic

I have a soft spot for The Ninth Gate.Also I like the old Hammer house of horror movies.What movie do you like that has elements of the occult?

Near Dark

Carpenter's "Prince of Darkness."

Young Frankenstein

Blood on Satan's Claw

Hammer films The Devil Rides Out.

Hammer films rock!

Prince of Darkness also was great.

Stretching a little would be the episode if Friday the 13th the Series with the cursed coin. Something like Heads you Die, tails I live?

"Curse of Frankenstein" – I like all of the Hammer Frankensteins that I've seen (Curse, Revenge, F. Created Woman), but the first is my favorite. Stars the magnificent Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein.

"Ginger Snaps" – low budget Canadian film about two adolescent sisters, one of whom is attacked by a werewolf. The visual effects are nothing special, but the writing is excellent. Emily Perkins and Catherine Isabelle star as the sisters.

"Re-Animator" – a cheeky re-telling of an H.P. Lovecraft story. There's buckets of gore, quite a bit of nudity, and a macabre sense of humor. Stars Jeffrey Combs and the adorable Barbara Crampton.

Ron

serious – The Uninvited (great ghost/haunted house story)

fun – Young Frankenstein

Doug

Too many to mention. I guess I like movies that shake up the genre and do something different. Most recently I enjoyed "A Cabin in the Woods". Other favorites are "Near Dark", "Evil Dead 2", "Aliens", and "Predator".

Really like the following :

The Wicker Man (do I need to say – the original ?? )
The Devil Rides Out
Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter
Cat People (original)
Dusk to Dawn

Recall really enjoying The Dunwich Horror – but haven't seen it in years (not available on DVD in Region 2!!!!)

"To the Devil a Daughter" is another good one.

There have been a few recent Occult Horror films that are worth watching: "The Shrine", "Wake Wood", and "Outcast".

+1 for Prince of Darkness

I also really like Lord of Illusions

The first version of the Exorcist I saw: edited for TV, and viewed on a black & white set. It's really creepy when your brain has to fill in the details.

I have no clue whether the cut is available any more.

Exorcist III. There are so many creepy scenes in that movie.

For a funny one Jeepers Creepers, but that may have been because I was watching it with my friend and his now wife. I would say that she doesn't like horror films although she makes them infinitely better. What was funny to the rest of us was, seemingly, terrifying to her and she spent most of the movie with her hands over her eyes.

Army of Darkness
Aliens
Young Frankenstein

These are the ones that when I'm channel surfing, I stop.

Wow!some great choices there so far guys!Keep them coming!BTW….Re Peter Cushing…..here in England we used to have a kids TV show called "Magpie".My sister wrote a short horror/ghost story for a comp they were running and Peter Cushing was one of the judges.My sister didnt win..but Peter Cushing wrote to her to say that her story was his fave.Having read his handwritten letter it was obvious that he was a really nice guy……..amazing he took the time out to give her encouragement.
@chuck05……….the best addition to our dvd collection last year was defo"Cabin in the Woods"!

Wow!Some great choices there so far guys!Keep them coming!BTW….Re Peter Cushing…..here in England we used to have a kids TV show called "Magpie".My sister wrote a short horror/ghost story for a comp they were running and Peter Cushing was one of the judges.My sister didnt win..but Peter Cushing wrote to her to say that her story was his fave.Having read his handwritten letter it was obvious that he was a really nice guy……..amazing he took the time out to give her encouragement.
@chuck05……….the best addition to our dvd collection last year was defo"Cabin in the Woods"!

No real number one for me, but lots that I have enjoyed, and just about anything with Vincent Price.
Alien
The Wicker Man (Ed Woodward)
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter
Masque of the Red Death
Young Frankenstein
A Chinese Ghost Story
Countess Dracula
The Abominable Dr Phibes
Night of the Demon (1957)

The Devil Rides Out

Dog Soldiers.
Outpost.
Phantasm.

How could I forget Night of the Demon ? Superb, superb, superb (it's pretty good !).

The Thing (1982)
Bubba Hotep
Army of Darkness

They don't get better than the original "Dracula, "Frankenstein," and "Mummy."

How could I forget The Thing(1982) and Dog Soldiers? Thumbs up to both of those too.

Favourite horror would be 'The Wicker Man', really a unique film in so many ways.

More on the occult side, probably Jacques Tourneurs 'Night of the Demon'. So much so that one of my unfortunate children is named after one of the protagonists:).

Well, it was my turn to pick a name.

For sheer terror 'The Thing' (1982 version ideally seen in the Odeon in Wood Green with the entire audience screaming) and 'The Blair Witch Project'. Not many films keep me awake for two nights.

For those who suggested "Night of the Demon" and "Blood on Satan's Claw", Bravo! Those are great Occult Horror flicks.

The Thing (1982)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
The Wicker Man (original)
Aliens

@Geoff B – that's a great story about Peter Cushing!

I like "Dagon", the modern adaption of Shadow over Innsmouth set in a small spanish fishing village.

Howard the Duck.

Seriously, how many of you wre really horrified when I put that down?

Though really there are too many that I like, I can't choose!

Aliens is not a horror movie!! It's a roller coaster movie.

Now, the original Alien, that's your classic, hounted house horror movie.

Any film with Peter Lorre, Vincent Price and Boris Karloff.

The original 13 Ghosts-scared the yell out of me when I saw it as a kid, 3d glasses and all.

The Thing (1982)
Alien

For fun: Shaun of the Dead

The Shining
The Fog, original
Fright Night, original
Love at First Bite

John Carpenter's The Thing

Oh yeah – The Fog (original). Great Film.

Evil Dead 2
Hellraiser 2
Dead Alive

Sissy, The Young Empress.

Poltergeist 3, you know, the one with the mirrors.

+1 for dagon and hystrical with the huston brothers….:)

Night of the Living Dead (original)
Paranormal Entity (the first)
30 Days of Night

Dawn of the Dead (original)
Lost Boys

Maximum Overdrive. So bad it's good :)

Talking of horror/cult films one sticks in my mind Anti christ! with William Defoe. That was one mixed up film, instant cult hit!

REC – Creppy ending.

Any Vincent Price flick.

DM

Shadow of the Vampire with William Dafoe. It is an interesting take-off on the 1922 film Nosferatu.

In addition to many of the above, and while not a great movie, I did enjoy Lair of the White Worm.

Rob

Silent Hill

The original Hellraiser was a terrifying concept and well done, but it sadly shows its age

Dont worry. At the rate Hollywood's recycling old movies they should have a new one out anytime now.