It’s horror movie season in the US and my favorite type is zombies. I also love campy B movies. Watching Dead Snow 2 right now and I think it ranks up there with Shawn of the Dead and Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness.
What is your top pick for whatever genre?
The original Night of the living Dead is way up there for vanilla zombie horror. 28 days later for modern zombies.
Thankskilling and Jack Frost for B movie holiday horror.
Alien is my favorite horror movie by far. I really dig Hellraiser too. I watched Pontypool recently and was surprised how good it was. And The Shining is fab.
Forgot about hellraiser! Thanks!
I’ve watched Alien as much as any movie excepting Aliens, so I kinda lost appreciation. My wife had never seen it so we watched and I payed close attention for the first time in years. Absolute master class in the genre.
Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess was also a NUTS book. Definitely check it out. The scope is much wider than the flick and as a result it’s a lot more uneven. I still really dig it.
I tried really hard to do this book but it beat me. It’s a dnf on my list this year. The radio play is pretty good too.
Did not know there was a radio play. Ta!
The sound design for Pontypool is particularly excellent
*Doug Bradley Hellraiser movies.
Pontypool pairs well with 30 days of night (and Tusk pairs well with The Substance).
We watched Pontypool when we read Snow Crash. There’s a scene where Snow Crash is placed really obviously if your looking fot it and the themes mesh really nicely.
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Fright Night (1985)
The Reanimator (1985)
Classics!
I like The Blob(1988) too.
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
I watched this recently. Actual not-dumb characters is sooo nice. I’d written this off as just yet another Romero style zombie movie but it has it’s own thing going on. I think given how much I liked Tusk (saw it last night) and Dale and Tucker vs. Evil I have a soft spot for R rated horror comedy.
Have you seen Zombeavers?
Oh baby, time to proselytize the masses of Lemmy and introduce a whole new set of suckers to “Fido”. It’s zombies with big Fallout vibes and is unironically one of the best C to B tier movies I’ve ever seen. It’s the kind of movie where it looks like everyone involved was just having fun with it, ya know? Check it out and make sure to let me know what you think!
Bonus points for Billy Connolly.
I just read the description on IMDB, and good lord what a fever dream. But the real selling point for me is the disembodied head of Billy Connolly being a loyal companion to a family. Consider me signed up.
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) and The Cabin in the Woods (2012) (go in spoiler-free with this one) are both good comedy horror.
Sean of the Dead (2004) goes without saying, right?
I was not prepared for how good Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is!
“Well uh, howdy do, Officer! We’ve had a doozy of a day!”
Braindead/Dead Alive is always in my top horror movies. Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn is a really good movie too. Both have an amazing number of fantastic one liners.
28 Days and 28 Weeks Later are great zombie movies that are less camp and humor.
I’m a huge Bruce Campbell fan. The 28 pair is a good call, too. I’d take 28 days over 28 Weeks Later.
Originally i really disliked 28 Days, it was not until i begrudgingly saw 28 Weeks and really liked it that I went back and rawatched Days and thoroughly enjoyed it.
John Dies at the End is a good b/c/campy movie. It is absolutely not 1:1 to the books (which are good) but its a weird fun movie.
‘This door can NOT be opened!’
One of my favourite books ever! So funny!
When I was reading that, a friend noticed and asked what it was about. Oh boy.
I had to pause for a moment before I could respond. I wish I could remember exactly what I said, but all I remember now is that it involved the phrase “monster jizz”. His reaction was priceless. Apparently he never expected to hear such a phrase from me.
I really enjoy Event Horizon, especially with the 40K theory in mind.
The 1922 Nosferatu.
Signs (2002) is my favorite horror movie to watch during spooky season. While it was mocked so perfectly in Scary Movie 3, I feel like the atmosphere it creates is still so unnerving. The humor in the movie adds an element of B movie campiness to an otherwise serious movie.
Cabin in the Woods (2011) disassembles the horror tropes in a hilarious way. Inspired by the Evil Dead movies.
After I saw Signs the first time, I started carrying a steel mop handle around my apartment and next to my bed at night.
Aliens really get to me from when I watched X-files as a kid, and this movie did it nicely.
Aliens fucked me up as a kid. I watched the first half of Independence Day with my parents when I was 7 and I couldn’t sleep for weeks lmao
Lmao, we have a small pet snake now, and when she curls around my neck sometimes I do a bit where I mime pressing against glass and hoarsely say “Releeeasse meee”
It gets a laugh.
Freaking love that movie lol
Cabin in the Woods is top tier. Everytime I watch it I see something new. It’s a blast to watch with people who have never seen it, and even more fun if they’re going in blind.
It’s not a movie, rather a game: Layers of Fear
We played it at a friend (well, he played and we watched) back in… 2018? Or maybe 19?
Long story short, I try to forget it to experience it again later in 2030.
The Thing (1982) has basically consistently been my favorite horror movie
To this day, in response to something awful / revolting I like to shout “Childs, get the flamethrower!!!”
Difficult to pick one, but Annihilation is up there.
There was a scene that had my jaw dropped for 5 minutes straight
The books are fantastic as well.
I’ve only read the first so far. I was so disappointed in the movie because I loved the book so much!
I find that’s books almost always tell a better story as well. I tend to watch shows first if both a show and a book are available for that reason.
Mileage may vary; I read the first one and found it to be an absolute slog and a snooze. No interest in reading on.
Completely different experience here, I was hooked immediately and chewed through the whole series right away.
As I said, mileage may vary 😄
True that. I loved how the sci-fi made it seem so fascinating to explore. The environment was so cool!
But also there was constant tension in anticipation of what they’d find next, and you’re asking yourself whether you’d just nope right out if you could.
Suspiria (2018)
Hereditary is my favourite supernatural horror film
The thing is my favourite Sci fi horror film
Ufff Toni Colette was great in it! It is one of my favorite movies too.
