List Your Top 10 Favorite Horror Movies

[Strat]

Movies can be scary or have secondary horror elements without being horror movies. But whatever, I guess it doesn't really matter.

Yea, settle down Chud.

[E.H. Ruddock]

But whatever, I guess it doesn't really matter.

Who are you and what have you done with LV?

[LoathedVermin72]

Genre discussions are pretty pedantic and worthless in the long run. It bugs me, but it's not worth the effort.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[LoathedVermin72]

Yeah, but what you find scary personally does not define what the genre of horror is or isn't.

[Peeps]

in no particular order

the shining (this may be the only clear #1 for me)
poltergeist
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th II (only because i screamed so loud we had to leave the theater in the first 5 minutes)
Scanners
Grizzly
Exorcist
The Ammityville Horror
The Omen

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Horror fiction, horror literature and also horror fantasy are genres of literature, which are intended to, or have the capacity to frighten, scare, or startle their readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

[bada]

Oh man, I love all the kid-swearing in Monster Squad.

I don't mind swearing just the whole being gay as a negative. My kid could be gay for all I know.

[LoathedVermin72]

"blood=horror, laugher≠horror" is an oversimplification I can't get behind.

I never said this.

[LoathedVermin72]

Oh man, I love all the kid-swearing in Monster Squad.

I don't mind swearing just the whole being gay as a negative. My kid could be gay for all I know.

I get what you're saying. I just look at it as an accurate depiction of kids in the '80s (and a lot of kids now).

[bart]

I like films that defy easy categorization, and "blood=horror, laugher≠horror" is an oversimplification I can't get behind.

Yes, because that's clearly what he was saying. Ugh.

[E.H. Ruddock]

sorry, but laughter does not equal horror.

[bada]

Oh man, I love all the kid-swearing in Monster Squad.

I don't mind swearing just the whole being gay as a negative. My kid could be gay for all I know.

I get what you're saying. I just look at it as an accurate depiction of kids in the '80s (and a lot of kids now).

Oh for sure that stuff came out of my mouth on a regular basis back then. I watched that movie a bunch with my parents when it came out nobody blinked at the language.

[bada]

sorry, but laughter does not equal horror.

You haven't seen me naked.

[E.H. Ruddock]

sorry, but laughter does not equal horror.

You haven't seen me naked.

I retract my statement

[LoathedVermin72]

sorry, but laughter does not equal horror.

You haven't seen me naked.

I retract my statement

this was such a great exchange

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[LoathedVermin72]

I think Ruddo was joking, trag.

[Strat]

We all have too much time on our hands. We post on RM.