Best horror movies on Reddit

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#1

N/A

4.3
(116)
"It follows is definitely up there for me"
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"In random order: Talk To Me"
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"I second Talk To Me!"
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"1. The Wailing (a masterpiece)"
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"1. LongLegs"
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"1. The Substance"
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"It Follows"
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"* As Above, So Below / Katakomben"
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"- Pearl"
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"1. Hereditary"
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#2

Suspiria

4.9
(14)
"Suspiria. It Follows (import). Scream. Halloween (scream factory). Fright Night. Lost Boys. Trick R Treat."
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"Everyone saying Suspiria and Bram Stoker’s Dracula is correct."
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"Susperia"
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"I second Suspiria but any of the Argento 4Ks will not disappoint."
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"Synapse's release of Suspiria is incredible."
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"Suspiria (1977) is hands down my favorite on 4K."
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"Alien and the use of black/darkness and Susperia's use of color are both great ways to showcase your TV"
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"I haven’t seen a ton on 4K but out of the ones I have, these really stood out to me."
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"Suspiria, reanimator, american werewolf"
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"Suspiria, House, They Live"
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#3

Alien

5.0
(10)
"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"Alien, The Changeling, The Shining, Misery"
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"Alien and It Follows both come to mind"
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"You seem to own all of the best ones already, except Alien somehow lol."
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"Alien"
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"These all hit the sweet spot of being incredible transfers as well as 10/10 horror movies."
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"Alien and The Shining."
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"Alien Romulus was a good one."
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"Alien: Romulus. I’m a sucker for space and body horror."
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"Just saw Alien Romulus, absolutely fantastic."
#4

House

4.7
(10)
"House is so much freaking fun you gotta at least watch that one"
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"Watch house, it will be an insane experience"
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"- House - In The Mouth of Madness - Shutter"
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"House, Ring, Dawn of the Dead"
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"House, In The Mouth of Madness and Ring."
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"House, The Exorcist III, Eyes Without a Face"
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"House, Suspiria and American Werewolf are my favourites."
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"It was made in 1985 but House scared me silly."
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"House, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, What We Do In the Shadows are my picks"
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"My favorite 3: An American Werewolf in London, They Live, House"
#5

Dawn of the Dead

4.9
(8)
"Dawn of the dead"
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"* Dawn of the Dead"
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"Dawn of the Dead"
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"Dawn of the Dead"
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"Dawn of The Dead"
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"Dawn Of The Dead, House, Suspiria."
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"Dawn of the Dead, They Live, Ringu"
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"Id go with Dawn of the Dead, Trick r Treat and The Exorcist."
#6

Halloween

4.9
(8)
"The original Halloween"
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"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"I assume you’ve watched Halloween then but if you haven’t, Halloween 1978."
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"A good runner-up is the original Halloween."
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"Halloween is of course another"
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"Halloween"
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"The Scream Factory Halloween movies are all great, especially the original 1978 movie"
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"Halloween ‘78 (Scream Factory edition)."
#7

Longlegs

3.8
(10)
"Longlegs, the substance, the first omen"
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"In addition to the movies pointed out by OriolesMets, I'd add: Longlegs (kind of a Fincher/Silence of the Lambs-esque horror thriller, with a very "out there" performance by Nic Cage.)"
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"Longlegs. Late Night With The Devil. Oddity."
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"Longlegs."
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"Longlegs, Maxxxine, abigail."
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"Longlegs."
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"Long Legs."
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"Longlegs without a doubt."
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"Liked: Longlegs, The First Omen."
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"Not the best but Longlegs is up there."
#8

The Shining

4.8
(8)
"The Shining."
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"The Shining, The Exorcist, Evil Dead Rise."
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"The Shining"
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"All great films, and all look amazing in 4k."
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"The Shining, Talk to Me, Deep Red, Misery, Suspiria, TCM, Jaws, Exorcist III, The Mist."
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"The Shining"
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"The Shining 4K is good, but the sequel Dr Sleep is absolutely spectacular in 4K"
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"Shinning"
#9

Alien: Romulus

4.1
(9)
"1. Alien: Romulus (Fede Alvarez = amazing horror)"
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"Alien romulus."
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"Alien: Romulus."
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"Starts out as a back-to-basics Alien film... but still delivers great suspense and some terrifying and unsettling moments."
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"Alien romulus."
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"Loved: Alien Romulus"
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"Alien Romulus."
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"Alien Romulus and Stopmotion."
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"Alien romulus."
#10

An American Werewolf in London

5.0
(7)
"An American Werewolf in London"
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"I would say an American werewolf in london"
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"American werewolf hands down"
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"American werewolf in London, suspiria, then house"
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"An American Werewolf in London is so so good"
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"Based on your likes: An American Werewolf in London, Eyes Without a Face, Let the Right One In"
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"An American Werewolf in London, Suspiria, Dawn of the Dead"
#11

Let the Right One In

4.9
(7)
"Let the right one in, American Werewolf in London, They Live - not a horror movie but just a damn good movie."
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"Let the Right One In, Dawn of the Dead, What We Do in the Shadows"
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"I think Let the Right aone In is the best movie here but it might not be the best HORROR movie if that makes sense."
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"Let the Right One In, What We Do In the Shadows, and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night could make for a solid Vampire Triple Feature"
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"Let The Right One In, Re-Animator and An Merican Werewolf in London"
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"I could be super positive about pretty much all of these."
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"Let the right one in"
#12

Abigail

4.1
(7)
"There is only one honest answer: Abigail, everything else is good but pure hype."
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"Abigail."
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"Abigail was good."
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"Abigail."
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"Abigail."
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"So far Abigail."
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"Abigail."
#13

Strange Darling

4.8
(6)
"Blown away by strange darling."
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"Strange Darling is my pick for second best film released this year overall."
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"Strange darling."
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"Strange Darling."
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"Strange Darling and Longlegs for me."
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"For me the best 2 is strange darling which isnt as well known and doesnt get the attention that substance does."
#14

Hereditary

4.8
(6)
"Hereditary Event Horizon 30 Days Of Night"
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"Hereditary"
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"Hereditary is the scariest film I’ve ever seen."
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"Hereditary. That movie scared the pants off of me!"
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"Hereditary"
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"Hereditary is pretty good"
#15

Korean

4.8
(6)
"Train to Busan (2016), Seoul Station (2016), Peninsula (2020)."
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"Train to busan."
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"Train to Busan is amazing."
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"The Host (2006) It's a great Korean creature flick."
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"Train To Busan as well."
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"The Host and a really fun."
#16

The Ring

4.0
(7)
"May I also suggest The Ring (American is probably more accessible."
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"The ring might be too scary."
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"The Ring looks really, really nice on the Arrow 4K release."
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"The ring"
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"I’ve never watched Ring but I still will recommend it anyway"
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"**The Ring**"
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"Ring, shutter and eyes without a face"
#17

Krampus

4.7
(6)
"I just watched Krampus. It's one of my favorites."
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"Krampus, the thing, gremlins"
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"I LOVE all of the Black Christmas movies. Krampus is fun."
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"Krampus"
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"Krampus Better Watch Out"
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"We watch Krampus every Xmas"
#18

A Quiet Place

4.3
(6)
"We watched A Quiet Place over the weekend and she loved it!"
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"A quite place or The Others both are good balance of suspense and scares for and keeping things respectful."
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"A Quiet Place is very tense and not much gore and no sex."
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"A women has a baby in the first movie but nothing sensitive is shown at all."
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"A Quiet Place."
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"A quiet place."
#19

The Conjuring

4.3
(6)
"The conjuring movies"
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"-The Conjuring -Insidious -Sinister -Silence of the Lambs -Cabin in the Woods -Would you Rather? *plot twist crazy* -Smile -Incident in a Ghostland -Hereditary -Misery -The Mist *also crazy plottwist* -Fractured *PLOTTWISTTT*"
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"The conjuring is good one because it’s so popular and mainstream."
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"The conjuring"
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"**The Conjuring**"
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"The Conjuring movies."
#20

The Thing

5.0
(5)
"The Thing (1982) & Alien (1979) - My two all time favourites in the horror genre."
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"And, “The Thing” with Kurt Russell."
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"The Thing."
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"The Thing is the best looking horror 4K I’ve seen so far."
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"The thing"
#21

Trick 'r Treat

5.0
(5)
"Trick ‘r Treat is the ultimate Halloween film."
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"Looking forward to Trick ‘R Treat arriving right before Halloween"
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"Trick r Treat"
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"Trick r treat for sure. It's so much fun"
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"Trick R Treat, An American Werewolf in London, and Re-Animator"
#22

The Substance

5.0
(5)
"The Substance, Infinity Pool, Terrifier 2 & 3, Late Night with the Devil, Longlegs, X, Pearl, When Evil Lurks"
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"The Substance is an instant classic."
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"The substance was amazing!"
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"I'm somewhat behind and don't know the exact years on most of my favorites, but for this year, The Substance."
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"The Substance, Oddity, Abigail, Late Night with the Devil, Infinity Pool"
#23

The Witch

4.8
(5)
"It Comes at Night (2017) The Ritual (2017) The Witch (2015)"
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"The VVITCH is perfectly New England early winter dreary, I love it so much"
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"My favorite ever Horror movie is: The VVItch."
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"The VVitch (2015)"
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"The Witch by Robert Eggers. I love atmospheric folk horrors."
#24

The Changeling

5.0
(4)
"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"The Changeling, The Haunting OG, The Uninvited (Ray Milland), The Innocents (Deborah Kerr), Halloween 🎃 '78, The Exorcist, The Conjuring 1 & 2, Annabelle: Creation, The Shining, Ghost Story, Frankenstein, BoF, The Wolf Man & Horror of Dracula (Hammer Films)."
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"The 1980s produced some good horror movies that weren't slashers. For example, The Changeling, An American Werewolf in London, The Howling, The Thing, Poltergeist, Christine, Fright Night, The Fly, The Lost Boys, and Near Dark."
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"If you’ve never seen The Changeling or Black Christmas, those are both really good."
#25

Late Night with the Devil

5.0
(4)
"Late Night With The Devil Alien Romulus Maxxxine Nobody will save you Barbarian The Menu Haunting In Venice Strange Darling Speak No Evil Oddity"
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"I gotta go Late Night with the Devil."
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"Late Night With The Devil is a masterpiece."
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"Late Night With the Devil or Longlegs."
#26

The Exorcist

5.0
(4)
"The Exorcist,Halloween,Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jaws"
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"The exorcist"
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"The Exorcist"
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"The Exorsist"
#27

Event Horizon

5.0
(4)
"Event horizon Dusk till Dawn Night of the living dead remake"
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"My favorite horror movie of all time is still Event Horizon."
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"Event Horizon is a classic"
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"Event horizon"
#28

Night of the Living Dead

4.8
(4)
"I love my classic zombie films so if got both Night and Dawn of the Dead"
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"Night of the living dead, Dawn of the dead, American werewolf in London"
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"Night of the living dead"
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"Night of the Living Dead, Re-Animator, and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night."
#29

It Follows

4.8
(4)
"- It Follows"
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"It Follows is my go to creepy film."
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"Alien and It Follows both come to mind"
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"As does It follows"
#30

John Carpenter

4.8
(4)
"* The Thing"
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"John Carpenters The Thing."
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"Carpenter’s “The Thing” on 4KUHD is EXCELLENT."
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"My favourite horror film is John Carpenter's *The Thing*."
#31

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

4.8
(4)
"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"Texas chainsaw massacre"
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"* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
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"The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is only 83 minutes long."
#32

Oddity

3.6
(5)
"Saw ‘Oddity’ last night! Some proper good jump scares in that."
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"Oddity."
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"Oddity or Late Night with The Devil."
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"Mine in order: Oddity, Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One, Alien: Romulus, Exhuma, I Saw the TV Glow, The First Omen."
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"Oddity was so meh."
#33

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

4.5
(4)
"A girl walks home alone at night is great - especially if ur into vampires"
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"A girl walks home alone at night, suspiria and the ring"
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"A girl walks home alone at night, Suspiria, American Werewolf in London"
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"A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"
#34

Talk to Me

4.5
(4)
"Talk to me by RackaRacka is phenomenal."
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"I was so impressed with that movie. So scary, so fun."
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"- Talk to Me"
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"Talk To Me"
#35

Sinister

4.5
(4)
"Here's a variety of great films, IMO: Sinister, Train to Busan, 28 Days Later, Smile, The Descent."
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"Sinister, last shift, terrified, hell house llc, host, oculus."
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"Sinister"
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"**Sinister**"
#36

The First Omen

4.5
(4)
"The First Omen was great! I loved Abigail as well as X and Pearl."
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"The First Omen - One of the most beautifully shot movies I've seen. Seventies style horror."
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"First Imen, by a mile."
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"The First Omen was great."
#37

Gremlins

4.3
(4)
"Gremlins, the Conjuring 2, Krampus, the OG Black Christmas, the Shining"
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"Gremlins"
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"Start with the old kid-friendly classics like Gremlins."
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"Gremlins."
#38

Scream

4.3
(4)
"Totally killer, Scream, Halloween, and basically just all of the classic slasher horror"
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"Scream is a good one."
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"I adore the SCREAM series and the first 3 have 4K releases now."
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"The Scream movies started coming out in 4K"
#39

Poltergeist

4.3
(4)
"Poltergeist is a must own."
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"Poltergeist."
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"Return of the Living Dead, Fright Night, Carrie, Lost Boys, & Poltergeist"
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"Poltergeist."
#40

Maxxxine

4.0
(4)
"Shout out to Maxxxine for a solid runner-up."
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"Maxxxine."
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"MaXXXine."
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"Maxxxine."
#41

They Live

4.0
(4)
"They Live is solid!"
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"They Live, What We Do in the Shadows, House. All very good and very different"
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"They live"
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"My favorite 3: An American Werewolf in London, They Live, House"
#42

Psycho

5.0
(3)
"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"Psycho"
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"Psycho"
#43

Rosemary's Baby

5.0
(3)
"Rosemary’s Baby."
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"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"Rosemary's Baby"
#44

Suspiria (1977)

4.7
(3)
"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"Suspiria (1977)..."
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"- Suspiria"
#45

Terrifier

4.7
(3)
"Terrifier"
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"Watched Terrifier 1 and 2 for the first time last week. I thought they were really good gore films if you lime stuff like Saw."
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"Definitely recommend that. Krampus is also great"
#46

Hellraiser

4.7
(3)
"Hellraiser 1 & 2 only. All of the evil dead movies and Nightmare on elm street 1"
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"We watched hellraiser ( a first for me ) in 4K and it was frickin Awsome!!"
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"Hellraiser"
#47

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

4.3
(3)
"I think Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark is pretty tame for begginers!"
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"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"
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"Scary stories to tell in the dark is a great PG-13 Horror film."
#48

In the Mouth of Madness

4.3
(3)
"House, In The Mouth of Madness and Ring."
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"The Mouth of Madness, Suspiria and Reanimator."
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"In The Mouth Of Madness--What We Do In The Shadows--Night Of The Living Dead"
#49

The Wailing

4.3
(3)
"The Wailing Exhuma"
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"The Wailing"
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"The Wailing is a good one, definitely worth a watch!"
#50

Barbarian

4.3
(3)
"Barbarian"
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"Barbarian, the substance, Smile 2"
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"- Barbarian"
#51

The Others

4.0
(3)
"Is always a good choice if you can find it."
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"The Others (2001), Paranormal Activity (2007), Rosemary's Baby (1968)..."
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"Otherwise it's a pretty tame movie"
#52

Re-Animator

4.0
(3)
"The Mouth of Madness, Suspiria and Reanimator."
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"Reanimator Is not the best here probably, but it's so chaotic I love it"
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"Re-Animator, In the Mouth of Madness, and House would make for a fun weekend."
#53

When Evil Lurks

4.0
(3)
"This year the Substance, last year When Evil Lurks."
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"When evil lurks."
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"When Evil Lurks is on Hulu."
#54

In a Violent Nature

4.0
(3)
"In a violent nature."
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"In A Violent Nature."
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"Man honestly in my opinion in a violent nature that movie was so good."
#55

Shutter

3.7
(3)
"Shutter"
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"I really liked Shutter and Ringu"
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"Only Shutter will be a little bit of a disappointment."
#56

Hell House LLC

5.0
(2)
"It’s one of my faves and probably the best example of how to do found footage."
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"Hell House LLC Scary Movie 1 and 2"
#57

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

5.0
(2)
"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
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"Dawn of the Dead (1978)..."
#58

Evil Dead (2013)

5.0
(2)
"Evil dead 2013"
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"Evil Dead (2013)"
#59

Hausu

5.0
(2)
"Hausu"
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"Hausu is one of my favourite movies of all time."
#60

The Mist

5.0
(2)
"The Mist (black and white version looks so good)"
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"**The Mist**"
#61

I Saw the TV Glow

5.0
(2)
"I Saw the TV Glow is def my favorite film of the year so far."
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"I Saw the TV Glow wasn't just my favorite horror movie of the year so far, but my favorite movie of the year so far period."
#62

Ringu

4.5
(2)
"But, these are all pretty great."
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"Ringu for sure"
#63

Candyman

4.5
(2)
"Candyman"
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"Candy man"
#64

American Psycho

4.5
(2)
"American Psycho"
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"1. The Cell 2. Us 3. Misery 4. Orphan 5. American Psycho"
#65

Evil Dead

4.5
(2)
"Evil dead 1,2, army of darkness, and the remake (2013 I think)"
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"Evil Dead 1 and 2."
#66

House of the Devil

4.5
(2)
"Atmosphere vibes: House of the Devil, Longlegs, The Dark and the Wicked."
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"I really like haunted house type movies, so House of the Devil is always an early recommendation from me."
#67

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

4.5
(2)
"Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Serial Mom, Cabin in the Woods, and TerrorVision are some of my all time favorite comedy horror movies."
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"If you want something more mild then might I recommend Killer Klowns from Outer Space?"
#68

Lights Out

4.0
(2)
"Lights Out, Don’t Breathe, & both The Collector and it’s sequel, The Collection are incredibly underrated horror movies."
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"Lights Out is great and short."
#69

Christmas Evil

4.0
(2)
"Christmas Evil & Black Christmas are my faves"
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"Christmas Evil is a fun b-movie. Never actually quite scary but pretty entertaining in its corniness and weirdness."
#70

Fright Night

4.0
(2)
"Return of the Living Dead, Fright Night, Carrie, Lost Boys, & Poltergeist"
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"Fright Night! Damn, what a perfect transfer."
#71

Midsommar

4.0
(2)
"Midsommar"
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"Midsommar looks incredible."
#72

The Wicker Man

4.0
(2)
"- The Wicker Man"
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"The Haunting, The Innocents, Psycho..."
#74

Lady in White

4.0
(2)
"Lady in White. Effects are dated, but awesome story line and perfectly level of scary for younger audiences."
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"Lady in White"
#75

What We Do in the Shadows

4.0
(2)
"What We Do In The Shadows"
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"What we do in the shadows (although for sure more of a comedy than a horror)."
#76

The Ritual

4.0
(2)
"- The Ritual"
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"The Ritual, Creep, Creep 2."
#77

ParaNorman

4.0
(2)
"ParaNorman is great."
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"I'll also recommend Paranorman."
#78

Coraline

4.0
(2)
"Coraline maybe."
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"Coraline is the first movie to come to mind."
#79

Devil's Bath

4.0
(2)
"The Devil’s Bath."
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"Devils bath was great."
#80

The Mummy

4.0
(2)
"Next level up: Tremors, Arachnophobia, The Mummy, Ghostbusters."
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"I think 1999 The Mummy or 2004 Van Helsing are good horror leaning blockbusters."
#81

Cuckoo

4.0
(2)
"Cuckoo."
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"Cuckoo."

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