I Love Horror... When It's Good

A list of my favorite films with actual Horror elements just in time for Halloween 2010 (Note the lack of quality from the mid 80s to today):

Let The Right One In (2008)

The Fly (1986)

Dead Ringers (1985)

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Videodrome (1983)

The Thing (1982)

The Shining (1980)

Halloween (1978)

Carrie (1976)

Jaws (1975)

Does this still count as Horror? When I was growing up, that's what I was told.

The Wicker Man (1973)

Deliverance (1972)

This is creepy. Even if some people wouldn't consider it Horror, I believe it captures some of the best bits of what the genre has to offer.

The Haunting (1963)

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)

The Night Of The Hunter (1955)

I think this should count, watch it and see.


Yes, yes. I left out such favorites as The Evil Dead Trilogy and The Lost Boys (fit so much in the world of Comedy), Alien, some of the great monster classics, and a lot of really fun Hammer films. For that I'm sorry. But this is what interests and excites me when I think about the genre.