Top 10 Favorite Monster/Horror Movies

[Shokoti's Slave]

Yes, in honor of Halloween, and to get to know my Eternian neighbors, I was curious what's your favorite monster/horror movies? For those that like those style movies, anyway.

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am not a fan of modern slasher movies because I hate the whole gore shock factor in movies these days. They sacrifice a story for extra gore and violence. That's why I absolutely love the old black and white monster movies from Universal and RKO. Those, IMHO, are classics.

There is only a few "modern" monster/horror franchises that I like. They'll be in my top 10.

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My Top 10:

10) Dracula
9) Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein
8) Predator and Predators (not Predator 2)
7) Terminator franchise (minus Terminator 3)
6) Halloween 1 and 2 (not the remakes)
5) Creature From the Black Lagoon
4) Aliens franchise
3) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
2) The Thing From Another World
1) King Kong - 1933

Another movie I always watch at this time of year but I don't know if I'd qualify it as a "Halloween" movie is "Nightmare Before Christmas".

So how's about you all?

[dedset13]

It's hard to pick just 10, but off the top of my head, I'll go with:

1. An American Werewolf In London
2. Creature From The Black Lagoon
3. Pumpkinhead
4. The Howling
5. The Wolfman (1941)
6. Predator
7. JAWS
8. Dracula (Original & Bram Stoker's)
9. Halloween (almost all of them)
10. House of 1000 Corpses / The Devil's Rejects

[Burtonnut]

1. Theater of Blood
2. Creature from the Black Lagoon
3. Frankenstein
4. Dracula
5. Abomible Dr. Phibes
6. House of Wax (Vincent Price)
7. King Kong

Sorry I can only think of seven.

[Nekk-ra]

1. Alien
2. Halloween (both versions)
3. Thing from Another World/ John Carpenter's The Thing (different, but equally good)
4. Horror of Dracula
5. Bram Stoker's Dracula
6. Bride of Frankenstein
7. Re-animator
8. Dawn of the Dead
9. Dog Soldiers
10. The Howling

[Dr Kain]

Top 10 favorite horror movies? I think they are:

Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Thing
Trick r Treat
Army of Darkness
Alien
The Shining
Silent Hill
Scream
Zombieland
Shaun of the Dead

BTW, I do not count Jaws, Predator, or King Kong as horror movies.

[highwayman75]

In no particular order

1. Exorcist 1 and 3
2. Paranormal Activity series
3. Friday the 13th series
4. Nightmare on Elm Street Series
5. Trick or Treat
6. Halloween series
7. Bram Stoker's Dracula
8. The Changeling (old George C Scott movie)
9. Ghost Story
10. The Woman in Black

[MrRoboto]

I've always preferred older movies of these genres but every once in a while, something 'modern' comes along and is actually entertaining. Anyway, here are mine in no particular order...

* Christine
* The Devils Rejects
* Midnight Meat Train
* Nightbreed
* Hellraiser
* Predator
* Frankenstein ('35)
* Spawn
* Clash of the Titans ('81)
* Deep Rising

[redsquadron]

Alien
The Thing (Carpenter, of course)
Hellraiser
Event Horizon
Phantasm
Suspiria
Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue
Horror Express
Whip and the Body
Blood and Black Lace
Mask of Satan

That's eleven.. close enough

[JoeyCruel]

Alphabetical order

1. Evil Dead franchise (1981 - 1992)
2. Halloween 1, 2 and 3 (1978, 1981 and 1982)
3. In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)
4. Nightmare On Elm Street franchise (1984 -1994)
5. The Omen (1976)
6. Prince Of Darkness (1987)
7. The Shining (1980)
8. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
9. The Thing (1982)
10. Trick Or Treat (1986)

Honorable mentions (I had to choose only 10 so...)

1. The Fog (1980)
2. Jaws (1975)
3. Snow White: A Tale Of Terror (1997)
4. Village Of the Damned (1995)

Honorable mentions 2

1. Alien and Aliens (1979 and 1986) (it's more a sci-fi action movie than horror IMO)
2. Friday the 13th (1980) (I liked it but itsn't among my favorite movies)
3. Hellraiser franchise (1987-1996) (I liked them but they aren't among my favorite movies)
4. Predator (1987) (it's more a sci-fi action movie than horror IMO)
5. Romero's Living Dead franchise (1968-2009) (they are good movies but I ain't a zombie movies lover!)
6. Terminator franchise (1984-2009) (they are more dystopic movies than horror IMO)
7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (I liked it but itsn't among my favorite movies)

Trick r Treat

Trick or Treat

Trick Or Treat is one of the best movie everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I know that it's cheesy but who cares!!!

[redsquadron]

Prince Of Darkness (1987)

Love that movie. Not counting the fact that there's a cute red head as the lead (which is always a bonus for me!), it has a really interesting idea and plenty of atmosphere, especially the 'future video' snippets (which are very unsettling). Not sure why it's as reviled as much it is (beyond the fact that people had certain 'expectations' of John Carpenter)

[Dragon78]

The Thing(Carpenter's)
Predator
Alien
Let Me In
Nightmare on Elm Street(1,3-6,new nightmare)
Gremlins
Dracula(original and bram stokers)
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Halloween
Bride of Frankenstein
House of Wax(Vincent Price)
The Wolfman
The Blob(both versions)
Godzilla(original)
Life Force
Polterguest
Jaws
Fright Night(original)
American Werewolf in London
Sleepy Hallow

[wyldman11]

Trick Or Treat is one of the best movie everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I know that it's cheesy but who cares!!!

There is Trick or Treat and Trick 'r Treat. The second was made just a few years ago and is an anthology horror movie that is one of the best horror movies to come out in some time.

[He-Dad]

1. The Exorcist
2. Nightmare on Elm Street.
3. Friday the 13th
4. Trick R Treat
5. Pet Semetary
6. The Forsaken
7. Wrong Turn
8. Halloween
9. Poltergeist
10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[JoeyCruel]

Love that movie. Not counting the fact that there's a cute red head as the lead (which is always a bonus for me!), it has a really interesting idea and plenty of atmosphere, especially the 'future video' snippets (which are very unsettling). Not sure why it's as reviled as much it is (beyond the fact that people had certain 'expectations' of John Carpenter)

It's one of my favorite movie ever! Very very unsettling!
That's me in front of the church used in the movie!

There is Trick or Treat and Trick 'r Treat. The second was made just a few years ago and is an anthology horror movie that is one of the best horror movies to come out in some time.

I didn't know that!

[slackrguy]

John Carpenter's The Fog
John Carpenter's Halloween
The House on Haunted Hill (1959)
George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Clive Barker's Nightbreed
Psycho (1960 & 1998)
Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds

[wolfsfang]

10 huh?

1. An American Werewolf in London
2. Pumpkinhead
3. Dog Soldiers
4. The Howling
5. Ginger Snaps
6. Friday the 13th part 6
7. The Wolfman (remake)
8. Creature from the Black Lagoon
9. Alien
10. Ginger Snaps Unleashed

You may notice that just over half of my fave horrors share a certain theme

[General Stingrad]

Here are my favs in no particular order

1. Nosferatu (1922)
2. Nosferatu (1979)
3. Phantom of the Opera (1925)
4. Phantom of the Opera (1989)
5. The Mummy (1932)
6.Dracula (1922)
7. Shadow of the Vampire
8. Bram Stoker's Dracula
9. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
10. Frankenstein (made for TV by Hallmark)

[HarryCanyon]

1. Psycho (1960).
2. The Shining.
3. The Exorcist.
4. Dawn of the Dead.
5. Night of the Living Dead.
6. Dracula (1931).
7. Let The Right One In.
8. Nosferatu.
9. Frankenstein.
10. Dawn of the Dead.

Honorable mentions:
Day of the Dead.
Rosemary's Baby.
Re-Animator.
Evil Dead 1 & 2.
Jaws.
Poltergeist.
Let Me In.
American Werewolf in London.
Halloweens 1, 2, 3 and H2O with Zombie's first.
The Howling.
Perfect Blue.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 & 3.
Friday The 13ths 1-4 and 6.
Freddy vs. Jason.
Creepshow 1 & 2.
Gremlins 1 & 2.
John Carpenter's The Thing.
Suspiria.
Bride of Frankenstein.
and more.