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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?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Army of Darkness.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

One of my favorites, one I feel is hugely underrated, Michael Wadleigh's 1981 Wolfen, which is not about werewolves, but ecological displacement, loss of habitat from urban development (among other issues), and not terrorism


a conclusion initially drawn by the police


but territory. With Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Gregory Hines, Edward James Olmos, and Tom Noonan. Its release in theaters was eclipsed by โ€œThe Howlingโ€ and โ€œAn American Werewolf in Londonโ€, but Wolfen is not merely a horror movie, but an intelligent one, ahead of its time IMHO. The confrontation atop the Manhattan Bridge between Finney and Olmos (see below, not a spoiler), which still makes my knees weak, involves no stunt doubles. The film also has beautiful dog sequences, imaginative cimenatography, and yes, some gore.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Another horror favorite: Don't Look Now (1973), directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland. Set in Venice, it concerns a couple recovering from the accidental death of their very young daughter. Roeg uses the color red as a signature throughout the film: things are not always what they seem.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Bob Roberts, a true tale of political horror.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Little Shop of Horrors, original and remake. But I always assign social commentary, regardless if the writer meant any or not.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"The shutter" the original asian one. I remember watching it when it came out and loved it. ETA and the original Halloween of course but I also liked Rob Zombie's version of it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] Sensitivezombie 0 points 1 month ago

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 Alien Paranormal Activity (first one) V/H/S Train to Busan Children of the corn Frozen (about three skiers - not sure if this counts) Saw Orphan

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