Recommend a "Modern" Horror Movie

[Ack]

Dead Snow?

And the sequel, Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead.

[ExedExes]

30 Days of Night

[Forlorn Drifter]

Horror is far from one of the movie genres I should recommend in, but I have to throw a bone to one of my personal favorites.

Texas Chainsaw
The very poorly reviewed and received sequel-ish movie. I will say, if you haven't already made an opinion about the movie, that one does have to keep a somewhat open mind to what's going on, and why. The movie is both physical, violent horror, and psychological horror. I think people either tend not to see the second form of horror, don't understand it, or feel it isn't done well. Feeling it isn't done well is a fair judgement, but I'd say give it a try just to see.

you mean the recent one right? That was called Texas Chainsaw 3D in theaters? I thought it was great. It was by far the best of the 2000's Texas Chainsaw movies. I'd recommend this one as well.

Yes, that's the one I meant. Naming conventions are weird, seeing as it is never referred to as Texas Chainsaw 3D unless offered in 3D. My sister has the 3D Bluray... I have a normal Bluray. No difference besides the "3D".

[DonSilvestre]

Ya'all should see "It Follows."

Crazy atmospheric and creepy as hell. Disasterpiece did the music (same guy who did the Fez soundtrack).

It's kind of like...The Ring...with sex...which makes it sound terrible...but it's not

Was just in theaters, not sure if it's out on DVD/Blu yet.

[noiseredux]

yeah I really want to see It Follows. I've been listening to the sndtrk on Spotify actually.

[Michi]

Lots of good suggestions so far. I'll echo Cabin in the Woods, Scream 4, Jennifer's Body, Trick r' Treat, The Orphanage, Drag Me To Hell, Let the Right One In (and it's remake, Let Me in), The Conjuring, The Decent and You're Next. I found all of those excellent and thoroughly enjoyable.

Off of the top of my head, I'll add:

Insidious - Good haunting story that started off really strong and then petered out a bit with the ending, knocking it down from a solid 8/10 or 9/10, down to a 6 or 7. I still think it's worth a watch, though.

Hatchet - The boogyman/Urban Legend that's supposed to live in the swamp is real and he does not like unannounced visitors.

This is the first part of a trilogy, with the second probably being the strongest of the three. The first film is more of a traditional slasher, the second one goes all out and the third wraps things up quite nicely. There are also a good amount of cameos and references from earlier slashers, so if you like slashers this is pretty much a must see.

I also recently watched I Saw the Devil and Reincarnation (aka Rinne) and did a couple of write-ups on them. So if you want, you can find the link to them in my sig and see if they might interest you.




Oh, and Ginger Snaps came out in 2000, so if that's your cut-off point, than that one totally counts and you should see it.

[Exhuminator]

Another one I remembered enjoying; this was as much a horror film as it was a dark sci-fi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the ... 13_film%29

I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would.

[jp1]

Lots of good suggestions so far. I'll echo Cabin in the Woods, Scream 4, Jennifer's Body, Trick r' Treat, The Orphanage, Drag Me To Hell, Let the Right One In (and it's remake, Let Me in), The Conjuring, The Decent and You're Next. I found all of those excellent and thoroughly enjoyable.

Off of the top of my head, I'll add:

Insidious - Good haunting story that started off really strong and then petered out a bit with the ending, knocking it down from a solid 8/10 or 9/10, down to a 6 or 7. I still think it's worth a watch, though.

Hatchet - The boogyman/Urban Legend that's supposed to live in the swamp is real and he does not like unannounced visitors.

This is the first part of a trilogy, with the second probably being the strongest of the three. The first film is more of a traditional slasher, the second one goes all out and the third wraps things up quite nicely. There are also a good amount of cameos and references from earlier slashers, so if you like slashers this is pretty much a must see.

I also recently watched I Saw the Devil and Reincarnation (aka Rinne) and did a couple of write-ups on them. So if you want, you can find the link to them in my sig and see if they might interest you.




Oh, and Ginger Snaps came out in 2000, so if that's your cut-off point, than that one totally counts and you should see it.

+1 - This is a great list. I recommend all of these as well, and...

It Follows
House of the Devil
The Innkeepers

For stuff that hasn't been mentioned.

Big Bad Wolves
Bedevilled
Stoker
Straw Dogs (remake)
Grindhouse

Even though a few of those aren't your typical horror films, they are all excellent and don't fit neatly into any other genre in my opinion.

Also, cosign on all the stuff noise mentioned below, except for Halloween II, and Lords of Salem. I can see the appeal of LoS for some, but Halloween II was just awful to me...Sorry B. Maybe I saw the wrong cut.

Oh, and I love the new Evil Dead, for multiple viewings.

sigh.

I was kind of keeping away cuz we have talked about this in other threads, but mostly because there's been like 50% of the recommendations here that I wouldn't co-sign and didn't want to crap on anyone's taste haha.

That said, I'll go back and tell you which ones so far I would agree with.


Session 9 - is def good. And seeing as how Danvers is so close to me and I saw that asylum before it was turned into condos, there was an extra creepiness for me. Though I would not put this one too high on the list. I feel like it gets a bit more praise than deserved. But still worth seeing.

Jennifer's Body - F yeah! So slept on. This is like Mean Girls... with a succubus. I love this movie.

Trick R Treat - is a new classic. Don't confuse it with Trick Or Treat tho.

Evil Dead (2013) - Ack is right... it is pretty tough. BUT, it turned out easier to watch the second time. Kind of. It is like impressive just how over the top violent this is. But I liked it a lot - mostly because it felt like Evil Dead 4 in the sense that there was no Ash, and it was new kids in current day and the car was there.

You're Next - surprised me! Looks like some kind of Strangers knock-off but some crazy twists. Great script. Lotta fun.

Cabin In The Woods - MUST SEE. Seriously. This is thee horror movie fans' horror movie. I don't want to tell you ANYTHING about it. Just see it.

House Of The Devil - brilliant slow burn.

Halloween II (RZ's) - um, I can only recommend if you're watching the unrated cut. It's a totally diff movie that way. An interesting look at PTSD. But, that's not one I'd recommend so highly...


NOW THE AWESOME SHIT YOU GUYS FORGOT:


The Innkeepers - brilliant slow-burn. And me and my wife stayed at that inn and it was seriously scary.

Lords Of Salem - this is so so so overlooked. Somehow has grown to be my fav RZ movie. So moody and weird and creepy.

House Of 1000 Corpses - this is the really fun RZ movie. Seen it a million times.

Cabin Fever - You wanna see kids get all gross and die in the woods? You got it!

Hostel II - Yup, I said it. I like the sequel more than the original. Both great, but the sequel I don't know. I think the characters are better and it's just a better written script. The first feels like straight torture porn, the second feels like a more realized story.

Scream 4 - Best Scream since Scream!

My Bloody Valentine - a really good "remake"... pretty sure I like it more than the original actually.

Friday The 13th - in fairness anything with Jason in it I'm probably gonna like. But the "remake" did a good job I think of modernizing things. Plus, I like to just pretend that it's not a remake at all and it's just y'know, the next one chronologically.

Black Xmas - I honestly think Black Xmas is way better than Black Christmas. Come at me. Better kills, great cast, excellent pacing and the visuals make red & green look so gross.


...I'm sure I'll think of more, but this is just the immediate stuff popping in my head.

[noiseredux]

I hated Halloween II in the theater. Then I saw the unrated cut on DVD and it just seemed like a different movie to me. I enjoyed it way more. BUT, I still wouldn't recommend it. LOS rules though.

Deathproof is one that I love and almost put on the list... except I'm not really sure I'd call it horror, yeah.

[TSTR]

ooh ooh

DAGON is from 2001 too