101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

[JayKeeley]

OK here are the films as listed in the Fangoria book. If anyone has seen any of the less obvious ones, then let us know whether it's worth the rental. (Glad Session 9 made the list btw).

Alice, Sweet Alice
Alone in the Dark
Apt Pupil
The Asphyx
The Beyond
Beyond the Door
Black Christmas
The Blob (not sure if this is the original or remake)
The Boneyard
The Borrower
Brain Damage
Castle Freak
Cemetery Man
The Changeling
Cherry Falls
A Chinese Ghost Story
Christmas Evil
Cronos
The Day of the Beast
Day of the Dead
Dead of Night
The Dead Pit
Dead Waters
Death Machine
Deathdream
Deep Rising
Def by Temptation
The Dentist
Deranged
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Daughter
Dolls
Event Horizon
The Evil Within
The Exorcist III
From Beyond
Funny Games
Ginger Snaps
Hardware
Hell Night
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Horror Express
Humanoids from the Deep
I Spit on your Grave
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jack Be Nimble
Jack's Back
The Keep
Kingdom of the Spiders
Lair of the White Worm
Last House on the Left
The Legend of Hell House
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Luther the Greek
Manhunter
Maniac
Maniac Cop 2
Motel Hell
Mothers Day
Mute Witness
Necromonicon
The Night Flier
Night of the Comet
Night of the Creeps
The Ninth Gate
Nomads
Open Your Eyes
Opera
The Other
Opera
Paperhouse
Pin
Prison
Private Parts
Pumpkinhead
Rabid
Rampage
Ravenous
The Resurrected
Santa Sangre
Screamers
The Sender
Session 9
Shadowbuilder
Sisters
The Stepfather
Sisters
The Stepfather
Stir of Echoes
Strange Behaviour
Swamp Thing
Ticks
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Twitch of the Death Nerve
Two Thousand Maniacs!
The Ugly
The Unearthing
Urban Ghost Story
The Vanishing
Wendigo
When a Stranger Calls
The Wisdom of Crocodiles

 

[J.]

Apt Pupil
The Devil's Backbone
Event Horizon
From Beyond
Manhunter
Night of the Comet
The Ninth Gate
Pumpkinhead
Ravenous
Stir of Echoes
Swamp Thing

These are the only ones I've seen.

 

[Ayeka]

Errrrm....let's see...most of 'em first off my head that I need to see is Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I think that just about says it all really

 

[Black Winter Day]

Apt Pupil
The Beyond
Day of the Dead
Last House on the Left
Necromonicon
Pumpkinhead

wow, i've only seen these 'uns

i've been wanting to see 'cemetery man' for a LONG time but can never find it!

 

[NAD]

Lair of the White Worm
That movie kicks so much ass it's not even funny. Used to scare the shit out of me when I was a wee lad, I'd love to find it on DVD or even VHS.

I've seen very few from that list by the way, but I watch the 9th Gate on a regular basis.

 

[bloodfiredeath]

The Beyond
The Blob
Brain Damage
Cemetery Man
A Chinese Ghost Story
Day of the Dead
From Beyond
Ginger Snaps
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Humanoids from the Deep
I Spit on your Grave
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Keep
Last House on the Left
The Legend of Hell House
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Motel Hell
Night of the Comet
Night of the Creeps
The Ninth Gate
Opera
Pumpkinhead
Ravenous
Stir of Echoes
Swamp Thing
Tombs of the Blind Dead

I think these are the ones I have seen, though I might have left some off becuase I might be unfamiliar with the name of something I haven't seen in a long time. Of these, I own Beyond, Brain Damage, Cemetary Man, Day of the Dead, Ginger Snaps, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, and Ravenous on dvd. Obviously being that I own them, I recommend these.

I keep meaning to buy The Ninth Gate on dvd, and I wish like hell that Night of the Comet would come out on dvd.

 

[Papa Josh]

Black Christmas
The Changeling
Day of the Dead
The Dentist
Event Horizon
The Exorcist III
I Spit on your Grave
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Manhunter
Maniac
Mothers Day
The Ninth Gate
Rabid
Rampage
Stir of Echoes
Swamp Thing

The Last House on The Left is supposed to be one of the all time bests.. I still haven't seen it. We just showed BLACK CHRISTMAS at the ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE, had John Saxon LIVE and in person! If you don't know the name, he played the father of Kirsty in the first Nightmare On Elm Street.

Rampage is awesome, a great Miramax film. I own that, Stir Of Echoes, Event Horizon, and the Changeling.

The Dentist has Corbin Bernsen, excellent stuff.

What's up with the omission of anything from the Friday the 13th, Hellraiser or Elm Street installments??

I would add to the list

Hellraiser 2
In the Mouth Of Madness
Psycho
The Amityville Horror
The Serpent & the Rainbow

 

[spaffe]

hehe i've only seen event horizon and the ninth gate, but both are really good

but where's "the shining"? that flick is actually scary

 

[bloodfiredeath]

We just showed BLACK CHRISTMAS at the ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE, had John Saxon LIVE and in person! If you don't know the name, he played the father of Kirsty in the first Nightmare On Elm Street.

Awesome. You just said the magic words for me PJ! John Saxon is one of my all time favorites. At home, I have an personalized autographed 8x10 from Mr Saxon framed. It's from one of his lesser known pictures, Planet Earth.

I've had conversations a few times with John on his message board, he is a really cool guy. Some Saxon favorites of mine include: Cannibal Apocalypse, The Glove, Battle Beyond the Stars, and of course... Enter the Dragon.

 

[JayKeeley]

We just showed BLACK CHRISTMAS at the ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE, had John Saxon LIVE and in person! If you don't know the name, he played the father of Kirsty in the first Nightmare On Elm Street.

Know him? Oh man, he is the cult genre movie king. Don't forget that he beat and killed Bolo in Enter the Dragon!

the Changeling.

Amazing underrated movie. Probably one of the best from the horror glory days of the 70's. George C Scott is excellent as ever, and The Ring couldn't have stolen more from this flick if it tried. Well, maybe.

What's up with the omission of anything from the Friday the 13th, Hellraiser or Elm Street installments??

These are 101 movies you've NEVER seen.

I would add to the list

Hellraiser 2
In the Mouth Of Madness
The Serpent & the Rainbow

Agreed.

 

[JayKeeley]

Of these, I own Beyond, Brain Damage, Cemetary Man, Day of the Dead, Ginger Snaps, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, and Ravenous on dvd. Obviously being that I own them, I recommend these.

I thought Ginger Snaps was really good, and I think they're making a sequel. By the way, have you seen Dog Soldiers yet?

Also, where did you get your Cemetary Man? I have it uncut (as Dellamorte Dellamore), but did you find an official copy somewhere? I used to get some stuff from Crimson Cult Video, but their site seems to be down these days.

 

[bloodfiredeath]

I thought Ginger Snaps was really good, and I think they're making a sequel. By the way, have you seen Dog Soldiers yet?

Actually, I believe they made two Ginger Snaps sequels at the same time, both to be released next year. Don't quote me on that, but I could swear I've read that.

I own Dog Soldiers. Very awesome.

Also, where did you get your Cemetary Man? I have it uncut (as Dellamorte Dellamore), but did you find an official copy somewhere? I used to get some stuff from Crimson Cult Video, but their site seems to be down these days.

Bootleg dvdr, can't remember where I got it from. Now that I finally have a dvd player that correctly converts a PAL signal, I want to find the definitive edition. www.pokerindustries.com has a few for sale, but neither are the 'Red Edition' which I think is the best one? I don't know why no one has released it proper in the States.

 

[General Zod]

"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" was a fairly disturbing movie. It's frightening to think there are people like that walking around.

"I Spit on Your Grave" was an OK movie. Essentially, it's about a woman who is gang-raped who takes revenge on her assailants.

The movie that I'm surprised didn't make it is "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things". This was one of those movies they'd show at 2AM, once a year, that my friends and I would try to stay up for.

GZ

 

[bloodfiredeath]

The movie that I'm surprised didn't make it is "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things". This was one of those movies they'd show at 2AM, once a year, that my friends and I would try to stay up for.

Heh... I used to love that movie when I was a kid and hadn't seen it in ages. I bought it on dvd about a year or so ago. Well... it's really not that good. The last 20 minutes or so are cool, but it's like pulling teeth getting to it. Still, from a nostalgia standpoint, and from a zombie dvd collector, I'm glad that I picked it up.

 

[JayKeeley]

Apt Pupil
The Beyond
The Blob (not sure if this is the original or remake)
Castle Freak
Cemetery Man
The Changeling
Cherry Falls
Day of the Dead
Deep Rising
The Devil's Backbone
Event Horizon
The Exorcist III
From Beyond
Ginger Snaps
Hardware
Jack's Back
The Keep
Lair of the White Worm
Last House on the Left
Manhunter
Maniac
Maniac Cop 2
Night of the Creeps
Opera
Pumpkinhead
Rabid
Ravenous
Session 9
The Stepfather
Stir of Echoes
Swamp Thing
Tombs of the Blind Dead
The Vanishing

These are the ones I've seen, and I'll admit I pretty much enjoyed them all. I'd say my favourites have been The Beyond, Day of the Dead, Devils Backbone, The Exorcist III, Opera, and Session 9.

The Keep is excellent, but I bet if I saw it now it would look a little dated. Still, I don't think it's available on any format.

I wonder why Maniac Cop 2 made it, and not part 1? Bruce Campbell is in the first one!

Films that never made it to the list:
Junk
Dog Soldiers
Dark Water
Ring 2
Don't Look Now -> small masterpiece with Donald Sutherland
Videodrome

 

[Erik]

I've seen these: