cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6176443
My wife and I love to binge watch scary movies in October. Looking for stuff that’s truly scary and not just gore. Watcha got?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6176443
My wife and I love to binge watch scary movies in October. Looking for stuff that’s truly scary and not just gore. Watcha got?
I love all types of scary movies. But there are so many different categories of “scary”.
creepy and ominous
Hereditary - I figured this one out pretty early on but Toni Collette’s acting is top notch. Movie is still really good.
Signs - one of the scariest movies I’ve seen
It follows - this one stuck with me and made me think for days
Pontypool - really good flick about a zombie outbreak told from a secure radio station
Let the right one in (Swedish original) - just an amazing movie that happens to be a vampire flick
intense and brutal
Malignant - topped my list immediately. It’s batshit. Absolutely insane. If you don’t like James Wans’ typical output you’ll love this. It was obviously his whatever-the-fuck-i-want movie and it. Is. Awesome.
Barbarian - The Malignant of 2022
20 weeks later - I prefer this one over 20 days, mainly for the intense opening sequence
Dawn of the Dead (2000s version) - opening sequence
Red Sky (Netflix) - go in blind if you can. Like, don’t even look at the thumbnail… vampires …
comedy horror I actually like comedy horror movies so have to incorporate them
Wyrmwood Road of the Dead - maybe belongs in the list above but is more tongue in cheek than anything. Really got me into ozploitation movies
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil - fuck you, slasher movies
Cabin in the Woods - ending sequence is pretty insane but the movie was a must watch
Renfield - I’m a sucker for a good vampire flick and this did it for me
Hells yeah. My wife and I just had to rewatch that scene from the climax a few times because we were laughing so hard.
Killer list! Saves me from having to post my recommendations.
Me too, it can be tricky to juggle that and provide scares but Cabin in the Woods nails it. Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead 2, Peter Jackson’s Braindead, Tremors and both Zombielands are also worthy contenders.
It seemed to fly under the radar, unlike Barbarian, a bit but is fantastic.
In that category Cobweb could work. It’s a Marmite film and you need to suspend disbelief but it worked for me and the audience I saw it with.
Amongst slightly older films The Mist, Cube, Timecrimes and From Dusk Till Dawn (just the first one) are still solid.
And with classics… you can never go wrong with The Thing and I know it’s recommended every single time but there’s a reason for that.
From Dusk Till Dawn is such a banger. My brother knew I wouldn’t watch it unless he told me they were vampires in it at some point. Little did I know, this was a well respected twist and I’m a bad person for selling it as such.
I’ll have to check Cobweb out. I have never heard the term Marmite Film before but I immediately knew what you were talking about!