Your Favorite Horror Film

[Snake Plissken]

Since it's horror film season, it made me think about my all time favorite horror film. The Fly 1986.

Cronenberg's best film IMO. Goldblum's best perfomance. Best execution of makeup I've ever seen. And my favorite Howard Shore soundtrack. I dearly love Alien and The Thing 1982, but The Fly is more compelling to me which is why I rank it as my #1.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

The Fly is so underrated, being released the same year as Aliens hurt it. When the Fly takes the shotgun and levels it at its head...oh man.

I'm also partial to Alien, The Shining and The Thing. But as for my favorite, isn't it obvious?

 

[Snake Plissken]

The Fly is so underrated, being released the same year as Aliens hurt it.

As for my favorite, isn't it obvious?

obvious indeed.

The gore in the Fly scared a lot of people away, but it eventually found it's audience. But at least it got an Oscar for best makeup.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

obvious indeed.

The gore in the Fly scared a lot of people away, but it eventually found it's audience. But at least it got an Oscar for best makeup.

Well, it is a Cronenberg film.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Well, it is a Cronenberg film.

Yeah he definitely loves his body horror. But at least he made "smarter" horror films that have subliminal messages and undertones.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

I don't know if Cronenberg actually penned this, but wow...

"I'm saying... I'm saying I - I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over... and the insect is awake."

 

[Snake Plissken]

Ugh that scene is so friggin depressing, the music building in the background makes you want to kill yourself



Another thing I love about the film is, it's equally a tragic love story as much as a horror film.

 

[Rambler]

78 Halloween for me.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

It was! Goldblum and Davis were dating at the time. It's too easy to attribute their chemistry on-film to their real-life relationship, but it makes a lot of sense.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

78 Halloween for me.

Another great horror movie! Was this the first slasher or was it TCM?

 

[Snake Plissken]

78 Halloween for me.

Definitely one of my favorites. One of Carpenter's best works.

 

[Matt S]

The Exorcist for me

 

[Solidus]

I really do have to rewatch The Fly . It's hard for me to pick a favorite horror film. But, my favorite horror series would have to be Ju-On (I loved the first Grudge movie, too, even thought it was panned by critics and movie-goers alike).

 

[Snake Plissken]

The Exorcist for me

I really do have to rewatch The Fly . It's hard for me to pick a favorite horror film. But, my favorite horror series would have to be Ju-On (I loved the first Grudge movie, too, even thought it was panned by critics and movie-goers alike).

I didn't like the original Ju-On and I prefer the American version weirdly. I couldn't get into the original, maybe because I the remake first.

 

[Solidus]

I didn't like the original Ju-On and I prefer the American version weirdly. I couldn't get into the original, maybe because I the remake first.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I just didn't think the frights were as good as the remake

I like the original Shutter more... but then I like the remake of Pulse more then the original

 

[RIDDICK]

Carpenter's "The Thing". It is perfect. Nothing more to say.

Also never liked "Halloween" and to this day can't understand the praise.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Carpenter's "The Thing". It is perfect. Nothing more to say.

Also never liked "Halloween" and to this day can't understand the praise.

Carpenter's The Thing would be my close #2. Which reminds me, I need to give it a watch soon since it's getting colder out

Did you ever listen to the commentary? It's great.

As for Halloween, not sure what I can say to make you understand. Maybe it's the simplicity of it that people like? That it's more grounded to reality than any other slashers from the 70s and 80s? But those are my reasons for loving it, I'm sure people have different takes on here.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

The Thing probably or

 

[RIDDICK]

Did you ever listen to the commentary? It's great.

No but "Terror Takes Shape" documentary is awesome.

As for Halloween, not sure what I can say to make you understand. Maybe it's the simplicity of it that people like? That it's more grounded to reality than any other slashers from the 70s and 80s? But those are my reasons for loving it, I'm sure people have different takes on here.

I understand that but to me the acting is mostly awful, characters are unlikable and the villain is pretty surreal.
Also the plot drags like hell with nothing interesting in-between.