r/horror

I want to watch a movie where I know EXACTLY what is going to happen next, with every stereotype you can imagine. i want to feel like i am in a disney channel movie staying up and watching 'the scariest movie ever' and its really just a bunch of people running from some guy in a terribly made mask (dont ask why lol i just feel like it). and NOT a parody like 'scary movie', but a genuine attempt at horror. do you have any recommendations?

There is nothing like those Poe adaptations and vintage psych/suspense horror to me…what are some of y’alls recommendations for similar films?

Fwiw I also love films such as Mask of Satan, classic Hitchcock like Rope, Rear Window, etc.

Thanks for the help ðŸ??

I really liked it, the atmosphere was exactly what I love. The performances are terrific in my opinion, and I didn't see the twist coming. I can, oddly as it may seem, be a comfort film for me; I'm not sure why.

Also, I haven't seen Longlegs yet, so no spoilers please. I'm very excited to watch it. Unfortunately, I'll have to wait to rent it on Amazon, hopefully it's released on there by August.

1. The cast is always 99% flawlessly beautiful twenty-year-olds. I need to identify or at least buy that these are real people in danger. 90 minute Maybelline ads aren't real or frightening.

2. Dated and terrible rock music pumped into scenes where it does not belong. It's jarring in the wrong kind of way and does nothing to build tension.

3. Early unconvincing CGI. Practical effects in the aughts were amazing when utilized. But too often we get A Veggie Tales Halloween special with PS1 era graphics.

It's wild to me that I feel more confident in dialing in a random horror film from the late 70's than I do from 2009.

Am I missing anything about Aughts horror that's terrible?

Arguably no one deserves to be hunted down and killed by some psycho in a costume but who are some of the most innocent victims in ANY slasher? Even when we get a revenge slasher, there are random innocent people that weren't involved that are killed to add to the body count.

My go to answer is everyone in the first 'Friday the 13th' (1980). Pamela wanting to kill them is a mixture of her wanting to do something severe so the camp finally closes down forever and her just having snapped after her son died. Her anger leads to psychosis and makes her believe these counselors killed her son even though they all either weren't born or were very little when Jason drowned. She also spends the entire movie watching them be responsible and seem like they take their job very seriously.

Annie tells Pamela how much she loves kids and how it's been her dream forever, everyone rushes to Ned's side when he's "drowning". Two of them jump in the water, one gets in a canoe and paddles out to him, one throws a life preserver out to him and then one gives him CPR. Yes Ned was playing a prank and that upset Pamela, but everyone proves themselves to be very responsible. When Pamela is pretending to be a little boy in danger, Brenda runs out to help in the middle of the night barefoot with nothing on but her nighty, into the freezing pissing rain to help this scared lost child she can't even see. All of them are great people and the exact people you want taking care of kids.

Don't matter though. You guys are responsible for Jason dying or at the very least, are just used to be the thing that finally gets this camp shut down forever. Nothing but bodies, could of been anyone. Dark, tragic, and sad.

For me it’s jigsaw. After 7 years they made a new saw movie. I was so excited to watch it… and then I did. Worst saw movie by a mile, I hated it so much.

Went in with no expectations, and was very pleasantly surprised. Twists were pretty well done, and the kills and gore were above average. Definitely some issues with some character decisions but passable for the horror genre lol.

I’ve seen it recently and thought it was pretty good had paranormal tension. It was my first time watching a found footage movie and I enjoyed it. The ending was also pretty scary and I highly recommend watching the movie in Spanish! I know there are multiple movies in the series and hopefully they are just as banging as this one. The actors do excellent work and play their parts well. Let me know what you guys think about this movie, I feel like it doesn’t get talked about enough.

I feel like this movie caught a decent amount of hate when it came out. But I’ll tell ya, I watched it last night and found it to be pretty enjoyable. Maybe it’s because the hate I saw initially lowered my expectations… but I felt like the atmosphere, the pacing, the visuals, the brutality, everything was pretty damn decent. Plus, Liam Cunningham is a damn dreamboat, and perfectly cast for a salty dog captain. It wasn’t a fantastic movie, but I’d give it a solid 6.5-7/10.

I found it on Tubi, it was about a guy who went to a beach and then an exotic species of horny frog humped him without his knowledge, but this frog species is radioactive or something, so it transformed his *ssh*le into a monster, prompting him to get inspected by a proctologist! It was basically Werewolf In London but with ur *ssh*le

I watched Stopmotion last night and really enjoyed it. I’d like to watch more movies with stop motion animation in them. I’ve seen a few (I’ll list them below) so if you have any suggestions for some lesser known ones that would be great! Doesn’t have to be the entire movie, or even true horror (though I’d prefer horror or at least horror-adjacent).

I’ve seen:

Coraline

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Paranorman

The Wolf House

The Happiness of the Katakuris

Mad God

Hey Dreadit,

I'm doing some research for a creative project and need your best recs for a "family curse" type of story, something dark being passed down from generation to generation, you know the drill. Here's what I have so far:

• The Skeleton Key

• The Lodgers

• The Accursed

• Hereditary

Anyone have any more good ones? Thanks in advance!

I don't necessarily mean the yearly viewing of A Nightmare Before Christmas or Trick 'R Treat or going back to the classic fan-faves like Evil Dead or Aliens.

I mean more you're just sitting there death scrolling and always end up putting on one of the same random horror movies over and over again.

For me: What Keeps You Alive (2018), The Rental (2020), and most recently Stopmotion (2023).

What are your more "obscure" rewatchable faves?

I recently watched the film "Apostle" (2018) and really enjoyed its cult horror theme and the way it blends a period setting with intense psychological tension. I'm looking for similar movies, where an outsider enter unsettling environment, often involving cults or isolated communities. (Also liked the series "From").

Thanks for your suggestions!

I’m looking for some good ones to watch with family, would be best if they’re in the recent decade (from 2000 and later). Supernatural rather than ghosts (something like The Grudge or The Ring would not be what I’m looking for), something that has to do with demons, alternative dimensions, curses and similar stuff. Thanks for all the recommendations!

Like when a new horror movie comes out in cinemas or your looking for an already released one to watch and you see the genre and are like "well now I need to watch that"

My go to horror genres are Slashers and Creature Features. Anything where the threat is something physical. I just love any horror flick where its a nut job with a mask hacking up people or an animal or unknown creature mauling people left and right.

Some of my favourite Slashers and ones I highly recommend anyone watchers Are X, The Burning, Terrifier, Nightmare on elm street 3, Halloween 2018 and Friday the 13th part 3.

Some Creature Features I recommend are Lake Placid, The Tunnel, The Descent and Jaws.

My least Favourite Horror genres are probably Demonic possession and Ghost movies, I'm not hugely into them. Though I did really enjoy longlegs and as above so below which both fit into that demonic ghost category.

Hey guys! I’ve looked around and I haven’t found a group or thread that speaks on this. I personally love going to haunted houses! Fall is my favorite season. I’d love to go to more haunted houses this year and I know other people like going to haunted houses as well. I never mind to travel and sightsee so does anyone want to set something up? For people to connect and go to haunted houses together even year round? Or If anyone knows of any links or groups point me in that direction! Thank you 🩷

Hello everyone,

I just got back from seeing Longlegs and one element from the film reminded me of HoHH in a way that I hadn’t thought about in a long time. One of my favorite things about HoHH was the clever use of placing hidden ghosts/apparitions in the background of shots that would sometimes catch your eye. The fun I had going back through the show and catching all of the little missed details is still one of my all time horror highlights! I also believe that (even if you don’t catch them on first watch) it subconciously adds a level of tension/unease due to the way the shots are framed. It’s like a subconscious part of our brain questions why something is framed a certain way if nothing else is worth paying attention to or it’s secondary to what’s happening in the shot? It’s brilliant.

Anyways, I started this thread because I would love some recommendations of films that utilize similar techniques! I adore this style of filmmaking and anything would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

The LL marketing team did its job. If this movie flew under the radar on VOD this sub would be raving. Feels like all of the negative comments are a bunch of teenagers expecting a slasher/gorefest and can’t fathom psychological ambiguities or atmosphere, or god forbid supernatural elements in a horror movie! I felt like the film was effectively creepy and bleak, imperfect sure, but most films are due to our own expectations and biases. Hail Satan ðŸ??