Best horror movies

Thank you, EdTv for a great response. I , too believe that Hollywood and cinematic art in general has started to degrade a lot lately. They no longer promote talent , but looks in alsmot everything. Many pleople watch movies because they have a lot of great effects, not because of a great storyline. And many of them believe that horrors shouldn't have storylines! That they are made only for entertaing the masses and thrill you with a lot of gore and fx. I noticed you mentioned the audience being hungry for mediocre. Do you think this happens because the peoples' standards have dropped? Because they lack aducation, ergo the taste to crave for better art? Or is it because more and more people have acces to this kind of things? I'm asking this because some time ago there weren't so many people who had access to TV and art in general. Is it just coincidence that when the number of people watching tv grew, the quality dropped? Why is it that everytime something good appears it is over exploited and destroyed? And finally, what can we do about all this?

First of all thank you for your your compliment, Ed :).As for the movie problem,I assure you that in Europe the situation is just the same. Mostly because we get our movies from Hollywood as well. I think that good movies are apreciated by less people than the mediocre ones , so they are not as profitable , so they stopped making them. Up to this generation we had some amazing actors! Our young once though, are terrible. And the funny thing is that they started filming some soap operas with both young and old actors. The difference is huge! I'm sorry for the good old actors that they re forced to play in such bad productions with bad co-stars, but they have to survive somehow. I am surprised by a certain thing, though.That in this world where Hollywood makes the brands, movies like the ones Emir Kusturica makes have had such success in both the US and Europe. Why do you think that is? And comming back on topic : what is your all-time favorite horror movie? That, ofcourse if you have one. If not , what is your favorite subgenre when it comes to horror? And one more thing. I'm trying to find out the name of a horror I've seen when I was little.I believe it was after an Edgar Allen Poe story, about some guys that stay in a mansion over night knowing, they die one by one, ofcourse until 1 remains. He knew that if he survives until the sun rises he will be safe. And the final scene that stayed in my mind up to this moment, is one in which the guy is happy the sun is rising, tries to climb the old iron fence , trips and gets killed by the spikes of the fence just as the sun rises. If you know the movie and have any idea what the movie is called , please let me know! Happy mylotting this weekend!

Wow, I think im in love, finally a beautiful girl that understands what makes a good film. I would most definitely say that people's standards have dropped. For example if you feed a dog garbage food everyday for 5 years, the dog has only two choices he/she can make, accept and eat the crap or die of starvation. People have been exposed to so much garbage by the mainstream not just in movies, but on television and in music. They are now programmed to not only accept what they are offered but to enjoy it. Education also plays a role, because someone who understands what quality film making is will not tolerate garbage and let mainstream Hollywood force them to watch something they know is not good. Its funny because I cant speak for any other country but I know for a fact here in the United States the quality of movies has not only decreased but no one seems to really care. The percentage of American people who truly appreciate not only films but good music has gone down in a spiral. One thing that could help the film industry start putting out better movies is for filmmakers to go back to the basics. Focus on the story and working with talented actors instead of over doing it CGI effects, giving us a half a** storyline and giving your lead roles to awful "Actors" who couldn't act if they life depended on it.: )

Saw and Final Destination are both thriller series, not horror. There is a big difference between those two things. The first focuses more on action and suspense, while the second focuses more on abnormal behaviours, or strange phenomenon thenselves. Thrillers are more realistic, while horrors tend to go more to the F an SF genre

This is exactly what I was talking about! When you say horror, most people think of gore and slime and zombies. Asian horros are very.."clean" if I may express myself so. You will rarely find gore or slimmy monsters!They use old techniques of keeping the tension going : the slowness of the camera, the sudden appearences and glances. They shock, not disgust. That;s their main quality

You should realy try seeing the asian versions for the other movies I listed as well. You'll have a very pleasent surprise. As for Audition, I don't know it. Thank you for the tip! i see you know your horrors and I trust I will like it. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know. My favorite, if it's not already obvious from my previous post, are the ones with ghosts and haunted places. I rarely watch zombie movies. They are my boyfriends' passion, lol. He enjoys especially the low bugget silly zombie movies. He gets trribly amused watching them!