The Void (2016) Its a fucking awesome not very good movie that does suspense and looking nice very well. The plot is pretty loose, a bunch of people find themselves trapped in a decaying hospital by crowds of cultists outside, inside the hospital are body horror abominations and our intrepid heroes try to figure out what the fuck is going on. Tons of practical special effects, a somewhat nonsensical story, remarkably compelling acting and a really good sense of atmosphere. The Void is a movie with a lot of heart.

The first two of the V/H/S series of short horror anthology films are an absolute blast. I haven't seen the rest but I hear they fell off.

An American Werewolf in London is probably my favorite halloween movie. I would say The Thing, but I typically leave that to a super cold and rainy night in december

OG Candyman is tops. I thought i was gonna see people get killed by bees not watch a liberal get shown the horrors of receiving what she thought she wanted. Did she want to be a "white savior"? To be accepted by black people? Did she secretly wish to be black?

Here comes the candyman to fulfill her wish! But like a monkey's paw its not what she wants, not at all. Might be the best commentary on this I've ever seen

Re-Animator. I love schlock.

Probably the first Nightmare on Elm Street, I love how it has scenarios like "the stairs are quicksand now" that actually feel dreamlike.

The sequels for the most part went in a more comedic direction, but I can appreciate that too. Dream Warriors and The Dream Master are my other two favorites in the series.

Return of The Living Dead is the most fun you can have watching a horror movie.

Followed by Wishmaster.

Halloween 3 is so fun.

I really like The Thing (1982) as well.

And honestly, gotta give it up for Paranormal Activity, where the real paranormal activity is the toxic masculinity along the way.

In recent years I've gone back to:

The Void: A lovecraftian practical effect creature horror.

Mandy: It rocks.

Deadstream: Great if you want a horror comedy that's actually scary, too.

And I always go back to Dawn of the Dead.

lately I've enjoyed repeated viewings of Doctor Sleep. it's not the scariest or whatever and there's not a lot to analyze with it, but it all just works. the in world baddies feel real, the goodies and normal people aren't one dimensional and kinda have their own shit going on, which is something I can count on in Stephen King stuff.

and it has some sequences where the good guys get to have their victories and "scare" the baddies that felt good.

stories where none of the tension of injustice is released until the climax can be exhausting.

I love John Carpenter’s The Thing so much. Usually I can’t do body horror, but it is done so well in this movie that I cannot resist. The lonley setting in Antarctica, the weird score by Ennio Morricone, and the plot driven by the paranoia of who could be the monster is very well done.

A movie close to my heart.

For Haloween style spooky, Creepshow. Nothing beats Creepshow for that specific kind of horror. There's spooky horror which is campy and fun and then there's scary horror which is less haloween oriented

I love Hausu & i would like to rec De Lift (by Dick Maas, 1983 it's on yt in full) maybe a bit too dutch for some of you haha

Hulk Hogan in Santa with Muscles

Seems a little weird to use the word “favorite” here, but a film that really stuck with me over the years is one called Der Todesking. It’s a disturbing film and big CW for suicide if you decide to look it up, but it’s one of the most interesting films I’ve ever seen and done well on a very small budget. Also has a great soundtrack.

The 1990's remake of Night of the Living Dead is pretty good. The first three Ring japanese movies are good too, even though they change stuff from the books (The american remakes are ok, it could have been a lot worse).

Fun fact, in Dawn of the Dead there's a song they play when Kevin Foree and Scott Reiniger are parking the box trucks in front of the mall doors that gets sampled for the gorillaz "intro" track on Demon Days. (There's alot of classic spooky movie references on that album but I rarely see this one brought up.)

Dawn of the Dead

Demon Days

I think Event Horizon is probably my favorite spooky movie, even though it's not really a "Halloween/removedober" movie.

E) Kind of funny the filter picks that up but not "Spooky."

The Thing is probably my all time fave.

Also like In the Mouth of Madness.

Really just John Carpenter in general.

Alien (1979) is not only my favorite horror movie, but one of my favorite movies in general along with Aliens (though that's more of an action film).

I've only seen The Shining once. I watched it alone in the dark in my dorm room at like 2 in the morning. Probably the scariest film I've ever seen and I didn't sleep at all that night. I still remember every scene years later.

The Blair Witch Project is great because nothing really happens during the film's 2 hour run time. But then the last ten minutes are just fucking nuts. The audio not synching up because the camera is in one room while the mic is in another creates such an eerie effect with so much tension.

I don't like spooky movies, I get freaked out too easily.

...but The Thing is so good.

I'm a late spooky movie adopter so mine goes to the 2018 Suspiria. My partner is a fan of the original, so we watched the new one together on a date and it was excellent

Not really a scary movie but Moon was pretty spooky.

Also the shining is spooky