What's the best horror film you have seen ?

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No Name Girl

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I'm not talking subtle, psychological horror here !:D
What is the nastiest, goriest horror film you have ever seen ?
The kind of film which is so gross you think you're going to be sick ?
 
I think there is inherently a 'psychological' element for any film image to be effectively emetic.

Once whilst bored and looking for such things as you allude to on Youtube, I came across selected 'juicy' bits of a 90s Japanese thing called 'Naked Blood', about people driven into a drug-trial induced, sexually-charged auto-anthropophagous mania. The one image I couldn't get out of my mind for days afterwarRAB was a young lady banqueting on various bits of herself; specifically, her dessert - stabbing herself in the eye with her fork, and then proceeding to masticate upon and ingest it - all in lingering, technicolour close-up detail.

Anybody can rip pig intestines out of a stage cadaver and throw them around the screen and the like. The 'gross' effectiveness of seeing something like that however was down not only to the special effects and the extent to which the detail of the event was depicted, revelled in and lingered upon; but also the fact that it was so relatable to - we all have eyes, and we're inherently squeamish about how soft and violable they are. Likewise, her beef curtain and nipple-chomping didn't have the same effect as, not being a lady, it didn't really 'connect' that much with me.
 
The biggest misconception about Texas Chainsaw is that the acting is OTT and it's more funny than scary.

The movie was made as comic-horror,hence the dialogue between Cook and Hitchhiker,the scene where Hitch cuts himself,Franklin falling out of his wheelchair etc.

Hooper crafted it as subtle comedy horror,but potentially ultra disturbing at the same time due to the atmosphere,relentlessness and cheap,documentary style feel.That's what makes it a cult classic - that it has a good sense of humour.

His sense of humour is evident in the 1986 sequel,making a total spoof of the orginal,instead of a raw follow-up.However,he failed the second time around.
 
The acting isn't OTT its plain dreadful. I can see that it's a pretty well constructed film but you can see that these are kiRAB who have little to no acting experience and it shows more than in any other cheapo "cult" film that i've watched.

Sleek
 
The grossout one is probably Hostel - that was a bit like a hammerblow to the sense, especially as I'd not read any reviews or anything to psyche myself up!

Overall horror - I'm not sure, there are so many different sub-genres it's impossible to pin one in particular down. If I was forced, then it'd probably be between The Shining and the original Dawn of the Dead.
 
The Fly is seriously disturbing,and the makeup/effects are still impressive,nearly 25 years later.

The first half of Elm Street is genuinely very creepy,and Freddy has never been more frightening.Robert Englund was superb in that scene where he kills Tina.Unfortunately,the movie falls to pieces towarRAB the end,and the comedic sequels took something away from it.


Candyman is my pick for best horror ever.I've never heard anybody say a bad word about it,and the whole urban poverty backdrop is still very relevent (and scary).
 
Really effective horror films usually have a large psychological element, for example the original 1963 version of 'The Haunting' - what you don't see is scarier than any special effects. That aside, I think I'd go for 'Evil Dead' and 'Hellraiser I and II', also 'WΔZ' - not strictly speaking of the horror genre but has some very nasty, gory moments in it.
 
Makes Hostel seem like the Looney Tunes but its dreadful..

My Fav Horror films are;

28 Days Later
Frailty
REC
Dawn of the Dead (2004 Remake)
Ring
 
Well i watched it last night, only an hour of it,,it was the most borinest film i seen..not scary,,not gory,,not anything..lol..a load of cr@p :D
 
The question was scariest, not goriest. It's gotta be The Shining.

I like Cannibal Holocaust and plenty other gore flicks but no amount of blood and guts can match the terror Kubrick instills in his horror masterpiece.

I also enjoy everything Vincent Price is in.
 
Brain Dead, the most buckets of gore ever.

Never had a film make me want to be sick but Nekromantik was pretty hard to watch as was the Fire Extinguisher scene in Irreversible.
 
Agreed. The Roger Corman Edgar Allan Poe series was my first real exposure to 'horror films' on TV; BBC2 ran a 9pm series of them about 20 years or so ago. And what an introduction to the genre they were; embodying everything about what 'horror films' were like prior to you being allowed to watch them - old dark houses, stormy nights, cobwebby crypts, the works. It instilled in me a love of the adrenalin rush of fear and the anticipation of 'terror' that has made me a stalwart of the genre to this day.
 
I don't get scared easily from horror films but 'The Mothman Prophecies' always freaks me out. Each time i've watched it i've always been by myself with the lights out and keep getting the feeling that something is watching me. Really creepy film.
 
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