Completely no surprise here but I love sci-fi horror. Taking cool futuristic concepts and using them to create an atmosphere for horror. I love being fascinated with technology while simultaneously terrified of it. The best example I can think of this, and coincidentally my favorite horror movie?

Event Horizon.

In the not terribly distant future, Humanity creates an FTL drive which is installed aboard a spaceship called the Event Horizon. On her maiden voyage she vanishes. Some 7 years later, a distress call is picked up in a decaying orbit around Neptune from that very ship. A Search and Rescue vessel called the Lewis and Clarke is dispatched, along with the ships creator, to check out the signal and find what went wrong. What they do find is far more than they bargained for as the ship itself seems to be itching to return wherever it originally disappeared to.

Came out in the 1997 with an AMAZING cast. Pre-Matrix Lawrence Fishburne, Sam Neill from Jurassic Park, Pre-Harry Potter/Star Trek/Everything Jason Isaacs, and the stellar Kathleen Quinlan.

There's also a fantastic fan theory that Event Horizon takes place in the Warhammer 40k Universe but far in humanities early history. It's one that I actually buy into. Makes a shocking amount of sense.

Psychological horror. It Follows is a great example. The entire movie is designed to make you feel uncomfortable and threatened.

I like creature features and body horror, especially when put in the backdrop of space or if the creature is extraterrestrial.

Color Out of Space was a cool bit of both. But I also like stuff like Alien/Aliens, Event Horizon, The Thing, and Ghosts of Mars. These are the best examples. Most of the movies that fit this pretty narrow scope are cheesy and more funny than terrifying. Horror is already pretty campy, as is sci-fi. You mix the two and it's just a mess. Although without it, you wouldn't get goofy shit like Jason X. lol

I prefer the horror comedy slasher that don't take themselves too seriously.

One example that I enjoy is Stiches (2012).

Most horror enthusiasts agree that “Hereditary” is arguably the best modern horror movie. For older horror movies most won’t shut up about “The thing”. Check both out, they’re both very good

I prefer Gothic horror movies (usually with vampires) and some of the very best examples would be Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu by Werner Herzog, Sleepy Hollow, and Hammer Studios' Dracula.

I'd also like to give a shout out to the most recent hidden gems from this genre that I enjoyed tremendously, The Haunted Palace (Based on The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft) and The Family of Vourdalak (The second segment from the Black Sabbath movie, based on a story from Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy).

Slasher-horror. The A Nightmare on Elm Street movies are an obvious must-watch.

Stephen King adaptations, plus Kubrick

The Shining

Not exactly sure what I’d put this under, but The Descent. One of the only horror films to really give me a good shiver and make me feel uneasy. Maybe that’s down to the claustrophobic nature of the film.

Mine would probably be gore horror, which isn’t really a formal subgenre.

My favorite examples would be The Evil Dead, which is supernatural horror, and Braindead, which is a zombie horror comedy.

Spoof horror and the best is Scary Movie 2. Honorable mention to Saturday the 14th The Fishman will get you.

• The Hunger
• Cat People
• Edward Scissorhands

Cosmic Horror - Mandy

Folk Horror - The Witch

I have to stick to stuff in the Svengoolie league, I get too scared lol. I can handle comedic gore like Shaun of the Dead. I can handle Twilight Zone if I'm not alone.

I love gothic horror. Woman In Black and Crimson Peak are favorite examples.