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Mar '19 *
I often feel one of my biggest disconnects from people on here is my lack of enthusiasm for most horor movies and even most horor genres. I don't really get it. Maybe I'm a bit to sensative to some things, rape, jump scares and torture don't really do it for me, I often want to close my eyes or look away. I think a lot of it comes from my upbringing. I didn't watch an R rated movie until I was 14 or 15 and it wasn't until I was 16 that I was "allowed" to. I honestly grew up watching nothing but the Disney channel (even some nick was to bad for my mom to let me watch(yes way to sheltered)). I had 3 sisters a mom and no dad, so the movies I watched were chick flix, almost exclusively. I read more than anything. Adventure novels, fantasy, sci-fi(Dune, while not a great movie, is the best sci-fi book series ever). By the time I was 16, 17, 18 I was into more trash than horor. I was an actor most of my child hood. At one theatre, when I was 16, the green room had "The Toxic Avenger" in it. I watched it and my life was changed. The director went on to show me many Troma movies. Another friend of the director's and I heard I like Troma and showed me "Evil Dead Inbread Rednecks", sadly it wouldn't be until 3 years later that I met @Box and he showed me the rest of Chris S. Anyway I could rant longer about how I got to my tastes today, but the point is Box and I originally were wanting this site to be a sanctuary of trash, which it certanly is, but I never really thought about horor much. Obviously I've seen the mainstream titles, Fridays, Jasons, Halloweens, HO1000C, etc... and I watch things with Box sometimes but that's about it. But when the boards fell, horor took over here for sure, and I get that. Most people here, that is what their #1 interest is. I just have a hard time jumping into the more extreme non-mainstream horor things and I would like some suggestions on what to watch first to get my tastes acclimated with out scaring me off from horor.

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So I guess what I'm asking is what should someone with limitted expirience with horor movies watch first to try and ease out of the mainstream titles.

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sfpx says:
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Mar '19
Firstly, I think I need to know a few horror films that you love. Like, what's your top 10 if you had to guess?


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DerTables says:
#3, Reply to #1

Mar '19
I really liked Rosemarry's Baby, Pet Cemetary, Psyco, Haloween(I also like 2 alot), I like some of the Elm streets and Fridays, but I'm not super stoked on them like Box. I also really liked Devil's Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses. Oh and Birds.


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sfpx says:
#6, Reply to #3

Mar '19
Hellraiser, Return of the Living Dead, The People Under the Stairs, Last House on the Left (1972), Videodrome, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Inside, Suspiria, It Follows, The Shining, Night of the Demons (1988)..


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DerTables says:
#7, Reply to #6

Mar '19
I like Hellraiser, Return of the Living Dead is great, Last House on the Left is pretty good, Suspiria is one of my favorite I can't believe I forgot about it just now, It Follows was amazing and I do like the Shinning.

I've never seen the rest, but I think I'll start with The People Under the Stairs, I've heard good things.

Thanks for the suggestions!


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sfpx says:
#8, Reply to #7

Mar '19
No problem! I tried not to go too extreme or obscure.


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DerTables says:
#9, Reply to #8

Mar '19
Ya I get on here and see all this cannibal and torture and italian stuff and I'm just not there yet.


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Gymnopedie says:
#10, Reply to #9

Mar '19
I am not a big fan of cannibal stuff. My advice is to go for stuff that you like. For instance, I like a lot of moody, and philosophical horror, not a lot of people like what I like, but I wouldn't settle.


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Znep27 says:
#11, Reply to #8

Mar '19
I tried not to go too extreme

Yet you mentioned Inside. emoticon


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sfpx says:
#12, Reply to #11

Mar '19
Guess I let one slip in(side.)


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Gymnopedie says:
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Mar '19 *
I am not sure what your tastes are but here is a list of horror I created that i think are pretty original:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls022352288/


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DerTables says:
#4, Reply to #2

Mar '19
404 :(


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Gymnopedie says:
#5, Reply to #4

Mar '19
Sorted.


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Box_a_Hair says:
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Mar '19
What a peculiar statement from a guy who's gone to horror conventions with me! But yeah, it's a massive genre, and it's filled a lot of shit. A LOT of shit. And I ain't talking about coprophilia movies (Salo, Monsturd).

Trash movies are a valid substitute though. A lot of trash tends to border on horror.


I feel that the horror(and trash) discussions here have dwindled a bit, and we need more of them.


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Ballz says:
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Mar '19
You mentioned Suspiria being a favorite. Have you seen any of Dario Argento's less mainstream movies? I recommend Deep Red, Tenebrae, Phenomena, and Opera. You're probably not ready for Lucio Fulci, except maybe Zombie.

Others I didn't see mentioned that you haven't voted on:

Two Thousand Maniacs!
The Gore Gore Girls
Prince of Darkness
In the Mouth of Madness
Jaws (whether it's horror or not is debatable and it's definitely mainstream, but you really haven't seen Jaws?!)
The House of the Devil
Re-Animator
Night of the Creeps
StageFright (more Italian, very slashery)
Maniac (1980)
From Beyond
Motel Hell
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Blob (1988)
The Faculty
Trick 'r Treat
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The Frighteners
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Vault of Horror
Magic
Pin (what my avatar's from)

You've probably seen some of these, but hopefully not too many. Some I'm surprised @Box hasn't shown you.


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DerTables says:
#15, Reply to #14

Mar '19
Ya Jaws has somehow elluded me for years, I've meant to watch it so many times. On the list I've seen The Faculty, quite good, and The Amityville Horror, I first watched it from a crack through my door, at 7, when my dad was watching it. It scared the shit out of me. I still get a bit creeped out when I watch it, but it is wonderful.


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Gymnopedie says:
#16, Reply to #15

Mar '19
You should read the book, it is even scarier than the film.


Mar '19
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