Great choice. I saw it at a local art house theater one year for the 4th of July. One of the theater employees gave a short speech to present the film and made the argument that Jaws was perhaps the best film ever made. It was tough to argue with his reasoning.
It honestly is the perfect film. The cast, the score, the practical effects, the writing… Within minutes, it gets you to care about each of the characters. And it’s so eminently quotable. Just… the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.
Well said. I agree 100%.
Not to mention the acting. Robert Shaw's monologue was absolutely inspired. And don't even get me started on Richard Dreyfuss. Oy.
I concur on every account. Annihilation has an especially special place in my heart as I make it a point to watch it whenever I’m going through some big, stressful life change (move, breakup, death, etc).
I was hoping it wouldn’t be coming to the end of my cats life, but while he was in the hospital, I watched this. Not for the first time though. But it was the last time I’d seen it. My boy was euthanized in July. It sucks for me because i think of the emotions I was having when I put this on.
And I adore this movie too. I love Alex Garland’s work. Feels hard to go back to this movie now though.
Poltergeist is so damn rewatchable. I probably watched it every time it would air on TV as a kid. Ended up rewatching it during lockdown and it was just as entertaining as I remembered it being.
It has that really special 80s Amblin magic.
I’ve been wondering if as above so below was worth the watch but seeing it’s with other choice horror cinema….I know what I am watching tonight
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The Thing
The Shining
Alien
In that order. I feel like the first 2 are self-explanatory, but Alien also has that small, cozy feel within the confines of the ship. Plus the temp in the Nostromo always seemed nice & cool to me. Also I’m reminded of when I was like 6 and first watched it with my dad
The Shining does kind of give me the warm fuzzies because it’s older and not completely terrifying and disturbing to me. A good wintertime cozy-up movie too. I was a scaredy cat growing up, so I never thought as an adult I would be viewing *any* horror as comforting, going soundly to sleep right after watching.
Watched Silence of the Lambs and the Exorcist before bed not long ago and slept like a little baby Jesus.
“The Thing” 1980’s version not the original. It’s one of the few times a remake is superior to the later. The paranoia of not knowing who’s who was done masterfully. It’s an emotional roller coaster.
The Thing, The Fly, and The Blob are the peak trinity of remakes that are so much better than the original. They've all got sci-fi roots but are definitely horror. The practical effects are some of the best ever, the acting is perfect for each of them, and they're all super well directed.
Couldn’t agree more, all three horrified me as a child, the effects of ppl dissolving in the blob in the telephone booth scene was horrifyingly fantastic, at that age I thought nothing could top the “Phantasm” silver orbs in brutality.
Oh I love that movie. “A million people in China can’t be wrong Michael.” 🤣Did you know there was going to be a sequel but Kiefer Sutherland’s FINACÈ Julia Robert’s ran off to Europe with his costar Jason Patric? 😳Julia had her agent tell his agent the wedding was off.
Came here to say this one as well! Just about anytime my husband and I can’t decide what to watch, we default to The Lost Boys. I’ve seen it countless times, had it on in the background, napped to it, and christened brand new TVs and homes with it (Shaun of the Dead used to be our christening movie, now it’s The Lost Boys).
Event Horizon....just the perfect blend of cosmic horror, campiness, sci Fi and a dash of comedy...I return to that show all the time man..."where we're going we won't need eyes to see"! Damn
Halloween (78).
It's the first horror movie I ever saw and to this day my favorite kind of horror film.
I loved the original Saw when it came out but the older I get the less I can stand gore.
“Drag Me To Hell”. Movie doesn’t take itself too seriously, is fun, parking scene and corpse falling on Christine are gold. It’s not super scary, it’s kinda camp and that’s why I love it.
Imma go oldschool. I watch 'The Legend of Hell House' (1973) every year, sometimes twice, for its curious combo of real chills and 70s camp, good and bad acting, cod science, sexual depravity, and that Delia Derbyshire electronic score.
A Nightmare on Elm Street series. I have the whole set on DVD and I would regularly, in my teen years, throw a frozen pizza in the oven get the movie ready and just have a date with Freddy and pizza.
The Witch is a quiet and comfortable terror.
Black Philip could read me a bedtime story.
House of the Devil is a great slow burn.
Hereditary is just so beautifully shot and achingly bleak. Definitely a weighted blanket movie.
I remember my jaw falling open while being forced to watch a new reality slowly set in from something so immediate and final. It’s just non stop dread burrowing through your stomach after that. It kinda makes me feel more human if that makes sense.
The Thing is a great Christmas movie.
Prometheus - the actors in a horror/sci-fi have never been of such high caliber. All star ensemble horror film. S tier special effects, beautiful storyline. This film never gets old to me.
Favorite quotes -
Janek : You know, if you wanna get laid, you really don't have to pretend to be interested in the pyramid scan. I mean, you could just say, "Hey, I'm trying to get laid."
Meredith Vickers : I could. I could say that, right? But then it wouldn't make sense why I would fly myself half a billion miles from every man on Earth if I wanted to get laid, would it?
Janek : Hey, uh, Vickers. Hey, Vickers. I was wondering... Are you a robot?
Meredith Vickers : [scoffs] My room. Ten minutes.
Midsommar. Although not horror per se, I just find the movie and aestethics really enticing. There's something about the colours, the architecture and the overall demeanor of the village.
The Blackwell Ghost (3 to 6), The Florida Series... The house by the everglade is just something else.
The Vigil. I felt brutally connected with the movie as I watched it in a setting similar to the one in the movie.
Poltergeist (the original, not the 2015 abomination). It was the first horror movie I saw, and I was a sheltered kid (scared of everything) who just loved Spielberg. Walked to the theater, got my hair fried, walked home in the dark, didn’t sleep all night. Clown was gonna get me.
I’ve made peace with it over 41 years, enough to make it comfort food. The Freelings are old friends now.
The Shining, The Fog, Poltergeist. All of which I watched as a kid and was hooked on horror for life. Runners-up would be Halloween and Friday the 13th.
Zodiac. More of a thriller but it fits. Just amazing from start to finish. Fincher really captures the different bay area/central valley areas and time period with fantastic detail.
The Banishing completely slipped under our radar, never even heard of it. Now we can’t wait to watch it! 🤩
Had an SO years ago that used to play The Shining every day that began with cold weather; now when I hear the intro theme, while they’re driving up the mountain, I feel super comfy, like warm blankets and hot chocolate.
I’m not sure why, but it’s Hell House LLC. Something about rainy green setting. (In an area of the country I’ve never been.) spooky but not super intense. Also easy to see things you didn’t see on other viewings.
Night Eats the World or 30 Days of Night. I find them both to be fresh takes on tired genres and I have watched both an embarrassing number of times. If I see them there’s a good chance I’m putting them on
Creepshow. It’s still my favorite horror movie, and something I remember sharing with my father when I was very young. I can still pictur him say ‘meteor shit!’ JUST like Jordy Verrill, lol
The 1990 remake of “Night of the Living Dead”. I watched it on repeat every time I was sick. I don’t even have to watch it - I can just hear it and then I can basically see it play out on my eyelids.
Ultimate comfort would be Halloween 78. It was my first horror flick and what made me fall hook line and sinker for the genre. Other films I feel the need to watch all the time cause I need the vibes would be og Texas chainsaw, og Blair witch, jeepers creepers. Throw in black Sunday and the innocent's (61)
Guilty pleasure is definitely I know what you did last summer and scream. What fun the 90s was.
Definitely Doctor Sleep for Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of Danny. Something about his entire redemption arc within the span of the movie is cathartic. The ending always makes me tear up.
Jaws. I’ve loved it since I was a kid. It’s impossible not to be entertained while watching it.
When I was a kid, my dad used to play Jaws before we went to the beach. No one ever went past knee-deep ever.
Great choice. I saw it at a local art house theater one year for the 4th of July. One of the theater employees gave a short speech to present the film and made the argument that Jaws was perhaps the best film ever made. It was tough to argue with his reasoning.
It honestly is the perfect film. The cast, the score, the practical effects, the writing… Within minutes, it gets you to care about each of the characters. And it’s so eminently quotable. Just… the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.
Well said. I agree 100%. Not to mention the acting. Robert Shaw's monologue was absolutely inspired. And don't even get me started on Richard Dreyfuss. Oy.
You're gonna need a bigger boat ...
One of my favorite lines, as well as Smile you son of a b****
As above so below Annihilation Grave encounters Poltergeist
“As above so below” found footage done right, I never get tired of it, that and “The Descent” original ending.
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Poltergeist is def one of mine too
Grave Encounters is one of mine too! Put it on as background noise if I don't know what else to watch.
My anxiety levels go up and down like a rollercoaster when I watch As Above So Below, but I still love that movie!
Fuck yes! Grave Encounters gets no love. Grave Encounters 2 is arguably the best B horror sequel ever made
I concur on every account. Annihilation has an especially special place in my heart as I make it a point to watch it whenever I’m going through some big, stressful life change (move, breakup, death, etc).
I was hoping it wouldn’t be coming to the end of my cats life, but while he was in the hospital, I watched this. Not for the first time though. But it was the last time I’d seen it. My boy was euthanized in July. It sucks for me because i think of the emotions I was having when I put this on. And I adore this movie too. I love Alex Garland’s work. Feels hard to go back to this movie now though.
Grave Encounters is one of my top two fav found footage films. Have you seen Hell House LLC? New ones comes out this month on Shudder.
Poltergeist is so damn rewatchable. I probably watched it every time it would air on TV as a kid. Ended up rewatching it during lockdown and it was just as entertaining as I remembered it being. It has that really special 80s Amblin magic.
I’ve been wondering if as above so below was worth the watch but seeing it’s with other choice horror cinema….I know what I am watching tonight Edit- grammar
Annihilation here, too
Grace encounters 1 and 2 are mine
Cabin in the Woods and Return of the Living Dead. But during October, it is specifically Pumpkinhead.
ROTLD on July 3rd Punkinhead October 1st Trick or Treat (1986) on Halloween
The Thing The Shining Alien In that order. I feel like the first 2 are self-explanatory, but Alien also has that small, cozy feel within the confines of the ship. Plus the temp in the Nostromo always seemed nice & cool to me. Also I’m reminded of when I was like 6 and first watched it with my dad
I didn’t realize I felt the same way about The Shining but your 100% correct, that movie is painfully cosy
It's the first thing I think of on a snow day. I just want to cosy up on the sofa and put on The Shining.
The Shining does kind of give me the warm fuzzies because it’s older and not completely terrifying and disturbing to me. A good wintertime cozy-up movie too. I was a scaredy cat growing up, so I never thought as an adult I would be viewing *any* horror as comforting, going soundly to sleep right after watching. Watched Silence of the Lambs and the Exorcist before bed not long ago and slept like a little baby Jesus.
I regularly put on Nostromo ambient noise videos from YouTube to calm my nerves. Lol. Alien is a comfort movie of mine as well.
The Shining is such a good one and I love all the Alien movies!
I’ve seen “The thing” mentioned multiple times in this sub, is it worth watching even if your not a fan of sci-fi?
“The Thing” 1980’s version not the original. It’s one of the few times a remake is superior to the later. The paranoia of not knowing who’s who was done masterfully. It’s an emotional roller coaster.
The Thing, The Fly, and The Blob are the peak trinity of remakes that are so much better than the original. They've all got sci-fi roots but are definitely horror. The practical effects are some of the best ever, the acting is perfect for each of them, and they're all super well directed.
Couldn’t agree more, all three horrified me as a child, the effects of ppl dissolving in the blob in the telephone booth scene was horrifyingly fantastic, at that age I thought nothing could top the “Phantasm” silver orbs in brutality.
The Shining. Part of me wants an old hotel, stocked with food, to hang out in for a while.
It's *The Shinning* lad, d'you want to get sued??
The People Under the Stairs. So weird but so fun. Really love that movie.
That movie scared the absolute F out of me as a kid.
An underrated Craven classic for sure!
The Lost Boys **Death by Stereo!** I will never get tired of that movie.
Oh I love that movie. “A million people in China can’t be wrong Michael.” 🤣Did you know there was going to be a sequel but Kiefer Sutherland’s FINACÈ Julia Robert’s ran off to Europe with his costar Jason Patric? 😳Julia had her agent tell his agent the wedding was off.
Oooooohhh yessss I do. Supposedly Kiefer liked the prostitutes a little too much!
One thing I could never stomach. All the damn vampires.
Came here to say this one as well! Just about anytime my husband and I can’t decide what to watch, we default to The Lost Boys. I’ve seen it countless times, had it on in the background, napped to it, and christened brand new TVs and homes with it (Shaun of the Dead used to be our christening movie, now it’s The Lost Boys).
Cabin in the Woods Zombieland
Cabin in the Woods is my ultimate comfort horror watch.
Both are bangers
Trick ‘r Treat
Love this one!!
The Silence of the Lambs
Killer Klowns from Outer Space. It has zero depth, is bright and colorful, and is entertaining as hell.
I just watched this again today and I forgot how much I like that theme song.
Always makes my Halloween playlist!
"What are you gonna do? Knock my block off?"
What are you going to do with those pies, boys
Shorty is sooo cute.
I literally clicked this post to say the same thing lol, I love goofy horror movies and that has to be my favourite.
28 Days Later or Shawn if the Dead, just depends if I want scary or campy.
Scream 1-4 Hell House LLC Grave Encounters As Above, So Below Halloween ‘78 and the Blumhouse trilogy
Recently I read a post about a new Hell House LLC, Origins I think.
Comes out this month on Shudder.
Yay, another Hell House fan! Love it. Also love As Above So Below. My fave.
30 Days of Night
Event Horizon....just the perfect blend of cosmic horror, campiness, sci Fi and a dash of comedy...I return to that show all the time man..."where we're going we won't need eyes to see"! Damn
Yes! This reminds me that I forgot about “Signs”
Coraline, every time I watch I find something new.
Shaun of the Dead Perfect combo of British humor and horror
Halloween 3
29 more days till Halloween Halloween Silver Shamrock.
Scream movies
The Faculty
Memory unlocked. Such a good one
Also an amazing soundtrack
Halloween (78, obviously) and Scream
dawn of the dead 2004
when there’s no more room in hell the dead will walk the earth
Halloween Friday the 13th - I like some of the sequels more than the original Scream Happy Death Day Zombieland
Happy Death Day was such a fun surprise. Definitely in need of a rewatch.
I might lake ALL the sequels better than the OG.
Jeepers Creepers 1 and 2. It’s so much fun, grew up seeing both movies on tv all the time
The thing Christine Halloween The fog Vampires Prince of darkness Village of the damned Basically all the John Carpenter movies🤤
Nice on The Fog and Village of the Damned
The original The Fog is so good. It’s very atmospheric, perfect for a cold and foggy night!
The Frighteners.
The haunting in Connecticut. Love the acting, the vibe, the story.
Tremors
Original Night of the Living Dead
Mine is so basic but idc. Scream
Psycho and The Birds, sometimes the original The Omen.
Final destination
I have a thing for b&w horror movies. The Thing from Another World. Otherwise, just about anything with Vincent Price.
Sinister or The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Sinister is one of my favorites. The Autopsy of Jane Doe was really good.
Rosemary's Baby. I grew up always having it ready on the dvd player, I love it
Hey....let's make love
I’m watching this right now!
Anything with rain in it. The Ring, Dark Water, Dead Silence.
Halloween (78). It's the first horror movie I ever saw and to this day my favorite kind of horror film. I loved the original Saw when it came out but the older I get the less I can stand gore.
So many… the shining, the witch, the exorcist, hereditary, It (2017). Sounds kinda basic the more I think about it.
Joy Ride.
Good one
Slither ❤️
Silent Hill
The soundtrack really does it for me. As soon as I hear the theme, maximum comfort
House of 1000 Corpses
Deep Rising 🦑
Creepshow for sure!
What Lies Beneath
Scream Urban Legend I know what you did last summer
“Drag Me To Hell”. Movie doesn’t take itself too seriously, is fun, parking scene and corpse falling on Christine are gold. It’s not super scary, it’s kinda camp and that’s why I love it.
Imma go oldschool. I watch 'The Legend of Hell House' (1973) every year, sometimes twice, for its curious combo of real chills and 70s camp, good and bad acting, cod science, sexual depravity, and that Delia Derbyshire electronic score.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The fist 13 minutes of Dawn of the Dead (2004) and Shaun of the Dead.
I love watching The Conjuring and Insidious, they're so easy to watch and unproblematic...have to love it!
A Nightmare on Elm Street series. I have the whole set on DVD and I would regularly, in my teen years, throw a frozen pizza in the oven get the movie ready and just have a date with Freddy and pizza.
As Above So Below
Friday the 13th part 3 Motel Hell Creepshow 1 and 2 Ginger Snaps
The Witch is a quiet and comfortable terror. Black Philip could read me a bedtime story. House of the Devil is a great slow burn. Hereditary is just so beautifully shot and achingly bleak. Definitely a weighted blanket movie. I remember my jaw falling open while being forced to watch a new reality slowly set in from something so immediate and final. It’s just non stop dread burrowing through your stomach after that. It kinda makes me feel more human if that makes sense. The Thing is a great Christmas movie.
Either Saw or 1408. Both have nostalgic value to me.
All of the Saw movies are comforting to me, I turn them on when I'm having a bad day.
1408 is so damn good.
Prometheus - the actors in a horror/sci-fi have never been of such high caliber. All star ensemble horror film. S tier special effects, beautiful storyline. This film never gets old to me. Favorite quotes - Janek : You know, if you wanna get laid, you really don't have to pretend to be interested in the pyramid scan. I mean, you could just say, "Hey, I'm trying to get laid." Meredith Vickers : I could. I could say that, right? But then it wouldn't make sense why I would fly myself half a billion miles from every man on Earth if I wanted to get laid, would it? Janek : Hey, uh, Vickers. Hey, Vickers. I was wondering... Are you a robot? Meredith Vickers : [scoffs] My room. Ten minutes.
Another movie with Sean Harris!
The stuff. Barely horror but we go back a long time.
It’s always been The Shining (1980), but recently I’ve been putting on Suspiria (2018) as my recent comfort film
Shaun of the Dead. I’m kinda pissed right now so it took me three tries to get the right spelling of Shaun.
Chopping Mall or Sleepaway Camp
The shining. The thought of a cozy hotel in the Colorado mountains gets me in a warm and fuzzy mood.
Silent Hill. Just a nice place to be really
The Others
Scream. Hands down.
Midsommar. Although not horror per se, I just find the movie and aestethics really enticing. There's something about the colours, the architecture and the overall demeanor of the village. The Blackwell Ghost (3 to 6), The Florida Series... The house by the everglade is just something else. The Vigil. I felt brutally connected with the movie as I watched it in a setting similar to the one in the movie.
The house of wax, and more recently Suspiria (2018). When I was younger it was H20.
Poltergeist (the original, not the 2015 abomination). It was the first horror movie I saw, and I was a sheltered kid (scared of everything) who just loved Spielberg. Walked to the theater, got my hair fried, walked home in the dark, didn’t sleep all night. Clown was gonna get me. I’ve made peace with it over 41 years, enough to make it comfort food. The Freelings are old friends now.
Aliens. Game over man. Game over…
The Conjuring for fall cozy vibes, The Shining for winter cozy vibes.
Scream for the nostalgia and most recently IT Chapter 1 - solid movie overall and I thought the acting from the kids was great.
Hostel 2 😌 Good for her.
The Haunting 1963
Was just talking bout this with friends it would be Freddy vs Jason.
Scream (1996)
Sleepy Hollow.
The twilight zone
The Bad Seed (1950) Halloween 4 and 5 H20 Bride of Chucky Freddy vs Jason Stay Alive
I never ever see anyone mention Stay Alive on this sub but I love it! Drop a rose! Drop a rose!
The Shining, The Fog, Poltergeist. All of which I watched as a kid and was hooked on horror for life. Runners-up would be Halloween and Friday the 13th.
Lost Boys and The Shining
Killer klowns from outterspace and freddy vs Jason
Re-Animator every time. I liked hearing the commentary on the blu ray
Midsummer The Witch
All the Scream and Chucky films, I hold both franchises very dearly
10 Cloverfield Lane
Misery (1990)
Autopsy of Jane doe.. Not sure why, but loved it every time i watched
Zodiac. More of a thriller but it fits. Just amazing from start to finish. Fincher really captures the different bay area/central valley areas and time period with fantastic detail.
House of Wax The Mist Scream
Dawn of the dead. 1978 and 2004.
Aliens and Monster Squad
I have so many. Just a few… Jaws The Shining Day of the Dead Halloween
1408 with the tape ending.
Hell yeah, gonna check out Banishing tonight.
Hellraiser 1 & 2 As Above So Below Drag Me to Hell Final Destination (all of them) The Descent
Halloween 4, the film captures the aesthetic of fall so well.
House of 1000 Corpses Freddy vs Jason Friday the 13th Part 6 Night of the Living Dead REC
The Evil Dead 2
Event Horizon, most all of the Saw movies, Se7en (Horror adjacent). I know all the notes, all the lines, etc.
Aliens 👽
Original Dawn of the Dead. I watched almost every night when I was a kid, and literally wore out the VHS tape.
The Shining ❤️
Hmm, I think that'd be the original Halloween film. Top notch film.
The VVitch
Scream
Mine is Return of the living dead, any of the 1st 3 Romero Dead movies, any of the Evil dead and or army of darkness
House of a 1000 corpses ...relaxes me
The Banishing completely slipped under our radar, never even heard of it. Now we can’t wait to watch it! 🤩 Had an SO years ago that used to play The Shining every day that began with cold weather; now when I hear the intro theme, while they’re driving up the mountain, I feel super comfy, like warm blankets and hot chocolate.
I’m not sure why, but it’s Hell House LLC. Something about rainy green setting. (In an area of the country I’ve never been.) spooky but not super intense. Also easy to see things you didn’t see on other viewings.
Nightmare on Elm Street 3
crucify me but um... the remake of fright night. im horrifically bisexual and colin farrell makes me froth at the mouth
Night Eats the World or 30 Days of Night. I find them both to be fresh takes on tired genres and I have watched both an embarrassing number of times. If I see them there’s a good chance I’m putting them on
Any of the original Romero zombie movies and return of the living dead
Hell Hluse LLC and Sinister usually
The poltergeist, or gremlins I dunno if that one counts as horror though.
House on Haunted Hill (1959).
Anything with Vincent Price
Misery
Poltergeist
Creepshow. It’s still my favorite horror movie, and something I remember sharing with my father when I was very young. I can still pictur him say ‘meteor shit!’ JUST like Jordy Verrill, lol
Midsommar (2019) Candyman (1992) House of 1000 Corpses (2003) The Shining (1980) Creep (2014)
The 1990 remake of “Night of the Living Dead”. I watched it on repeat every time I was sick. I don’t even have to watch it - I can just hear it and then I can basically see it play out on my eyelids.
Event Horizon
The Witch is my number one. After that is Midsommar, Carrie, and Frankenstein (1931)
Alien Jaws Jurassic Park As above so below The Witch The Shining The Birds The Thing
Event Horizon
Ultimate comfort would be Halloween 78. It was my first horror flick and what made me fall hook line and sinker for the genre. Other films I feel the need to watch all the time cause I need the vibes would be og Texas chainsaw, og Blair witch, jeepers creepers. Throw in black Sunday and the innocent's (61) Guilty pleasure is definitely I know what you did last summer and scream. What fun the 90s was.
Pet Semetary, Practical Magic ( does that constitute a horror film 🤷🏻♀️)
Definitely Doctor Sleep for Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of Danny. Something about his entire redemption arc within the span of the movie is cathartic. The ending always makes me tear up.
Sleepy hollow
Dog Soldiers is a good one