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Here's a Definitive Horror/Sci-Fi Recommendations List per TRTSM posters. If I've missed any titles, feel free to nominate them.

1920s
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920)
The Golem (1920)
Destiny (1921)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Monster (1925)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Faust (1926)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
London After Midnight (1927)
The Unknown (1927)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)

1930s
Dracula (1931)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Freaks (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Vampyr (1932)
White Zombie (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
The Black Cat (1934)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
The Invisible Ray (1935)
Mad Love (1935)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
The Raven (1935)
Werewolf of London (1935)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)

1940s
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941)
Man Made Monster (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Cat People (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
The Uninvited (1944)
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

1950s
When Worlds Collide (1951)
The Black Castle (1952)
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Invaders From Mars (1953)
It Came From Outer Space (1953)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Godzilla (1954)
Them! (1954)
Diabolique (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Curse of the Demon (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Not Of This Earth (1957)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
The Blob (1958)
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
The Tingler (1959)

1960s
Black Sunday (1960)
The City of the Dead (1960)
House of Usher (1960)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Village of the Damned (1960)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Innocents (1961)
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
Night Tide (1961)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Scream of Fear (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Burn, Witch, Burn aka Night of The Eagle (1962)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
The Premature Burial (1962)
The Birds (1963)
Black Sabbath (1963)
The Creeping Flesh (1963)
The Ghost (1963)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Haunting (1963)
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
First Men In the Moon (1964)
Ghidora, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
The Gorgon (1964)
Kwaiden (1964)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
Strait-Jacket (1964)
Die, Monster, Die! aka Monster of Terror (1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
The Skull (1965)
Kill Baby Kill (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Paranoiac (1967)
Torture Garden (1967)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968)
The Living Skeleton (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Witchfinder General (1968)
Daughter of the Mind (1969) Television Movie

1970s
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Cat'O Nine Tails (1970)
Crowhaven Farm (1970) Television Movie
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
The Vampire Doll (1970)
A Bay of Blood (1971)
A Lizard In Woman's Skin (1971)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Blade of the Ripper (1971)
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
The Devils (1971)
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Duel (1971)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Twins of Evil (1971)
Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Asylum (1972)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
The Hanging Woman aka Orgy of the Dead/Return of the Zombies (1972)
Horror Express (1972)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Night Stalker (1972) Television Movie
The Other (1972)
Something Evil (1972) Television Movie
Tales From the Crypt (1972)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
Return of the Evil Dead (1972)
Vampire Circus (1972)
What Have They Done to Solange (1972)
The Crazies (1973)
The Devil's Wedding Night (1973)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) Television Movie
The Exorcist (1973)
Horror Hospital (1973)
Messiah of Evil (1973)
The Night Strangler (1973)
Soylent Green (1973)
Vault of Horror (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Black Christmas (1974)
Dead of Night (1974)
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
The Living Dead at The Manchester Morgue aka Let Sleeping Corpses Lie/Don't Open the Window (1974)
Madhouse (1974)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
What Have They Done to Your Daughters (1974)
Vampyres (1974)
Deep Red (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Race With the Devil (1975)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1975)
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Eaten Alive (1976)
King Kong (1976)
Martin (1976)
The Omen (1976)
The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Dead Night (1977)
Dead of Night (1977) Television Movie
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The Pack (1977)
Rabid (1977)
The Sentinel (1977)
Suspiria (1977)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Evil (1978)
The Fury (1978)
Grapes of Death (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Magic (1978)
Alien (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Brood (1979)
Dracula (1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Phantasm (1979)
The Silent Scream (1979)
Tourist Trap (1979)
When A Stranger Calls (1979)
Zombie aka Zombi 2 (1979)

1980s
Alligator (1980)
Altered States (1980)
The Changeling (1980)
City of the Living Dead aka The Gates of Hell (1980)
Fade To Black (1980)
The Fog (1980)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Humanoids From the Deep (1980)
Inferno (1980)
Maniac (1980)
Motel Hell (1980)
Night of the Demon (1980)
Nightkill (1980)
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
Prom Night (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Terror Train (1980)
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Absurd (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Beyond (1981)
Bloody Moon (1981)
The Burning (1981)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) Television Movie
Dead & Buried (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Evilspeak (1981)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
The Funhouse (1981)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Ghost Story (1981)
Happy Birthday To Me (1981)
The Howling (1981)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Night of The Werewolf (1981)
Possession (1981)
The Prowler (1981)
Scanners (1981)
Wolfen (1981)
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Creepshow (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The House on Sorority Row (1982)
Next of Kin (1982)
Pieces (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Slayer (1982)
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Tenebrae (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Christine (1983)
Cujo (1983)
Curtains (1983)
The Hunger (1983)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
Xtro (1983)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Body Double (1984)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
The Company of Wolves (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Razorback (1984)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Sole Survivor (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
The Wild Beasts (1984)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Demons (1985)
Fright Night (1985)
Lifeforce (1985)
The Midnight Hour (1985)
Mr. Vampire (1985)
The Mutilator (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Silver Bullet (1985)
The Stuff (1985)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Aliens (1986)
April Fool's Day (1986)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Critters (1986)
Dolls (1986)
The Fly (1986)
Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)
From Beyond (1986)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
The Hitcher (1986)
House (1986)
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Trick or Treat (1986)
Witchboard (1986)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
American Gothic (1987)
Bad Taste (1987)
Blood Rage (1987)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Dark Age (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
The Gate (1987)
Hellraiser (1987)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Near Dark (1987)
The Nest (1987)
Predator (1987)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
The Stepfather (1987)
Street Trash (1987)
The Video Dead (1987)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
976-EVIL (1988)
Bad Dreams (1988)
The Blob (1988)
Brain Damage (1988)
Child's Play (1988)
Critters 2 (1988)
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Elvira: Mistress of The Dark (1988)
Evil Dead Trap (1988)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
Maniac Cop (1988)
Night of the Demons (1988)
Phantasm II (1988)
Pumpkinhead (1988)
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
They Live (1988)
Waxwork (1988)
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 aka Zombi 3 (1988)
The 'Burbs (1989)
The Abyss (1989)
Beetlejuice (1989)
Bride of Re-Animator (1989)
The Church (1989)
Clownhouse (1989)
The Dead Next Door (1989)
The Dead Pit (1989)
Death Spa (1989)
Grave Robbers (1989)
Intruder (1989)
Pet Sematary (1989)
Puppet Master (1989)
The Rocket Boy (1989)
Santa Sangre (1989)
Warlock (1989)
The Woman in Black (1989) Television Movie

1990s
Arachnophobia (1990)
Buried Alive (1990)
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Dreamscape (1990)
The Exorcist III (1990) Director's Cut is called The Exorcist III: Legion
Fear (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Nightbreed (1990)
Pacific Heights (1990)
The Reflecting Skin (1990)
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Tremors (1990)
The Witches (1990)
The Addams Family (1991)
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) Television Movie
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Sometimes They Come Back (1991) Television Movie
Strays (1991) Television Movie
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1992)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Candyman (1992)
Cronos (1992)
Dead Alive (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Mad At the Moon (1992)
Addams Family Values (1993)
Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993) Direct to Video
Body Bags (1993) Television Movie
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Man's Best Friend (1993)
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Return of the Living Dead III (1993)
The Temp (1993)
Ticks (1993)
Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway (1993)
Cemetery Man (1994)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Wolf (1994)
The Addiction (1995)
Castle Freak (1995) Direct to Video
Habit (1995)
Lord of Illusions (1995)
Mute Witness (1995)
The Prophecy (1995)
Species (1995)
Tales From the Hood (1995)
Bad Moon (1996)
The Craft (1996)
The Frighteners (1996)
From Dusk Til Dawn (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
Scream (1996)
Tesis (1996)
Thinner (1996)
Campfire Tales (1997)
Contact (1997)
Cube (1997)
Event Horizon (1997)
Mimic (1997)
Scream 2 (1997)
Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
Wishmaster (1997)
Apt Pupil (1998)
Blade (1998)
Deep Rising (1998)
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
The Faculty (1998)
The Men in Black (1998)
The Prophecy II (1998)
Ringu (1998)
Vampires (1998)
Audition (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Kolobos (1999)
Lake Placid (1999)
Ringu 2 (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Stir of Echoes (1999)

2000s
Battle Royale (2000)
The Dead Hate the Living! (2000)
The Gift (2000)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Hollow Man (2000)
Pitch Black (2000)
Scream 3 (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Dagon (2001)
Frailty (2001)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Joy Ride (2001)
The Others (2001)
Pulse (2001)
Session 9 (2001)
Slashers (2001)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
28 Days Later (2002)
Blade II (2002)
Cabin Fever (2002)
Dog Soldiers (2002)
The Eye (2002)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
May (2002)
Red Dragon (2002)
The Ring (2002)
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Haute Tension/High Tension (2003)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
Underworld (2003)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
The Grudge (2004)
Hellboy (2004)
Saw (2004)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shutter (2004)
Three... Extremes (2004)
Toolbox Murders (2004)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Cursed (2005)
The Descent (2005)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Land of the Dead (2005)
The Quiet (2005)
The Skeleton Key (2005)
Wolf Creek (2005)
Black Sheep (2006)
Day Watch (2006)
The Host (2006)
Monster House (2006)
Perfect Creature (2006)
Secret Window (2006)
Silent Hill (2006)
Slither (2006)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Zombie Diaries (2006)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
30 Days of Night (2007)
1408 (2007)
Awake (2007)
Dead Mary (2007)
Dead Silence (2007)
End of the Line (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
The Mist (2007)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
[REC] (2007)
Rogue (2007)
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
Vacancy (2007)
Dance of the Dead (2008)
Killer Movie (2008)
Lake Mungo (2008)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Pontypool (2008)
The Strangers (2008)
Zombie Strippers (2008)
After.Life (2009)
The Collector (2009)
Coraline (2009)
Daybreakers (2009)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
The Horde aka La Horde (2009)
The House of the Devil (2009)
Jennifer's Body (2009)
The Loved Ones (2009)
Moon (2009)
Orphan (2009)
Splice (2009)
[REC] 2 (2009)
Thirst (2009)
Zombieland (2009)

2010s
Black Swan (2010)
The Crazies (2010)
The Dead (2010)
Insidious (2010)
Let Me In (2010)
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Stake Land (2010)
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Fright Night (2011)
Memory of the Dead (2011)
Scream 4 (2011)
You're Next (2011)
The Battery (2012)
The Butterfly Room (2012)
Byzantium (2012)
Dark Shadows (2012)
Demon (2012)
Frankenweenie (2012)
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Lesson of the Evil (2012)
ParaNorman (2012)
Rufus (2012)
Sinister (2012)
The Woman in Black (2012)
America's Most Haunted (2013)
Anna (2013)
Banshee Chapter (2013)
The Conjuring (2013)
Curse of Chucky (2013)
Dark Skies (2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Mama (2013)
Oculus (2013)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Warm Bodies (2013)
Wer (2013)
Witching & Bitching (2013)
13 Sins (2014)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Blind Malice (2014)
Dracula Untold (2014)
Ex Machina (2014)
Over Your Dead Body (2014)
Tusk (2014)
What We Do In the Shadows (2014)
WolfCop (2014)
Baskin (2015)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Crimson Peak (2015)
The Final Girls (2015)
Goosebumps (2015)
Krampus (2015)
The Martian (2015)
The Witch (2015)
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
The Boy (2016)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Don't Hang Up (2016)
Hush (2016)
The Love Witch (2016)
The Neon Demon (2016)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
The Shallows (2016)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Train to Busan (2016)
The Void (2016)
47 Meters Down (2017)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
The Babysitter (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
The Carmilla Movie (2017)
Gerald's Game (2017)
Get Out (2017)
Good Manners (2017)
Happy Death Day (2017)
It (2017)
It Comes at Night (2017)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Life (2017)
The Ritual (2017)
The Shape of Water (2017)
Terrifier (2017)
Veronica (2017)
A Quiet Place (2018)
Annihilation (2018)
Apostle (2018)
The Endless (2018)
Halloween (2018)
Hereditary (2018)
Living Among Us (2018)
Mandy (2018)
May the Devil Take You (2018)
The Meg (2018)
Overlord (2018)
Suspiria (2018)
Upgrade (2018)
The Addams Family (2019)
Annabelle Comes Homes (2019)
Blood Quantum (2019)
Brightburn (2019)
Color Out of Space (2019)
Crawl (2019)
Escape Room (2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Haunt (2019)
I Am Mother (2019)
Impetigore (2019)
In the Tall Grass (2019)
It: Chapter Two (2019)
The Lighthouse (2019)
Love Immortal (2019)
Ma (2019)
Midsommar (2019)
The Platform (2019)
Portraits (2019)
The Prodigy (2019)
Ready or Not (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark (2019)
Us (2019)
The Wind (2019)
The Wretched (2019)

2020s
The Invisible Man (2020)
There's No Such Thing As Vampires (2020)
The Black Phone (2021)
Blood Red Sky (2021)
Candyman (2021)
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
Night Teeth (2021)
Barbarian (2022)
The Menu (2022)
Nope (2022)
Pearl (2022)
Scream 5 (2022)
Smile (2022)
Terrifier 2 (2022)
Violent Night (2022)
X (2022)
The Conference (2023)
Evil Dead Rise (2023)
Haunted Mansion (2023)
Knock At the Cabin (2023)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
M3GAN (2023)
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
Renfield (2023)
Scream VI (2023)
Talk To Me (2023)
Totally Killer (2023)
 
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Bride of frankenstein
 

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Demons

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I've seen almost all of those, and would slice about two dozen off the list as "not at all essential." And add Saw VI. It's about healthcare!
 

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You've seriously seen almost all of them? I would never have pegged you as a high-volume horror guy. That list is fucking long.

Can you recommend something from there? A horror movie that I really like for reference is Deep Red. Hey, maybe that should be added!
 

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Compiling this list, I had forgotten how solid a film Mute Witness was. I saw it on IFC a couple years ago after looking it up on IMDB to see how it was rated when the description intrigued me. It's a good little tension thriller and worth checking out if it's on.
 

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Franklin Delano Romanowski said:
You've seriously seen almost all of them? I would never have pegged you as a high-volume horror guy. That list is fucking long.

Can you recommend something from there? A horror movie that I really like for reference is Deep Red. Hey, maybe that should be added!
I count 16 I haven't seen, so yeah, almost all of them. I'd recommend any other Argento, especially Suspiria. Definitely Black Christmas. And if you've never seen The Wicker Man, it's one of the few that exceeds Argento for flat-out "oh man this is ridiculous and nuts."

And I was totally joking about Saw VI, Harley. You should probably take that off and put up The House of the Devil instead.
 

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I've never seen Deep Red, but that's on my halloween viewing queue next week
 

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House of 1000 Corpses
 

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Pedro said:
Black Swan

This is considered a horror movie? I'll check it out regardless as well as the other Argento stuff and Wicker Man.

Report your findings on Deep Red, Dead Roy. I haven't seen it in awhile, but I remember liking it a lot. One of my favourite scores, and some great cinematography. The killing scenes are p. epic as well.
 

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I'd definitely consider Black Swan a horror movie. It's quite terrifying if you let yourself really delve into it.

My recs follow, and I've broken them down by sub-genre. Some are really great must-sees, some are just b-movie schlock that you should see either for fun or to see how a movie shouldn't be made.

Zombies
The Dead Hate the Living! (2000) - Directed by Dave Parker
The Beyond AKA L'Adila AKA Seven Doors of Death (1981) - Directed by Lucio Fulci
The Dead Next Door (1989) - Directed by JR Bookwalter
Dance of the Dead (2008) - Directed by Gregg Bishop
[REC] (2007) - Directed by Jaume BalaguerĂł
City of the Living Dead AKA The Gates of Hell (1980) - Directed by Lucio Fulci
Zombie Strippers (2008) - Directed by Jay Lee
[REC]2 (2009) - Directed by Jaume BalaguerĂł
Night of the Living Dead (1990) - Directed by Tom Savini
Return of the Living Dead (1985) - Directed by Dan O'Bannon
Zombie Diaries (2006) - Directed by Michael Bartlett
Return of the Living Dead III (1993) - Directed by Brian Yuzna
Zombi 3 AKA Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 - Directed by Lucio Fulci

Supernatural
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - Directed by John Carpenter
The Exorcist III (1990) - Directed by William Peter Blatty
Dead Mary (2007) - Directed by Robert Wilson
Prince of Darkness (1987) - Directed by John Carpenter
The Gate (1987) - Directed by Tibor Takács
Trick or Treat (1986) - Directed by Charles Martin Smith
976-EVIL (1988) - Directed by Robert Englund
Thir13en Ghosts (2001) - Directed by Steve Beck
Vampires (1998) - Directed by John Carpenter
House on Haunted Hill (1999) - Directed by William Malone
Silent Hill (2006) - Directed by Christophe Gans
The Woman in Black (2012) - Directed by James Watkins

Sci-Fi/Horror
Xtro (1983) - Directed by Harry Bromley Davenport
CHUD (1984) - Directed by Douglas Cheek
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) - Directed by Drew Goddard
Species (1995) - Directed by Roger Donaldson
Mimic (1997) - Directed by Guillermo del Toro
 

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I'm going to suggest Dagon just to piss off Jingus.
 

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Then we better list all of the Scream sequels, too.
 

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Some off of the top of my head:

Day of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
Cemetery Man
 

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So, no? Looks more like Natalie Pornman, so I'll definitely watch it now.
 

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No rule saying horror has to have crazed killers or supernatural elements.
 

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Harley Quinn said:
Zombie (1979) - Directed by Lucio Fulci aka Zombi
It's actually AKA Zombi 2. Dawn of the Dead (original) was released as Zombi in Italy.

Incandenza said:
No rule saying horror has to have crazed killers or supernatural elements.
100% true.

Also, we should probably add the original version of The Crazies (from 1973, directed by George Romerio) to the list. I'll say that the remake is better, but there's elements of the original that I really wish they kept for the remake, particularly the ending.
 

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Incandenza said:
No rule saying horror has to have crazed killers or supernatural elements.
Black Swan is more of a Thriller than a Horror. I always feel like that line gets blurred a lot, but what can ya do..

Glad to see Session 9 is already on the list. It's another one that blurs that line but it's a great movie regardless. I'll go through my DVD/BRDs later tonight and add a few more to the list.
 

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Joseph Lee of 411mania (he writes A Bloody Good Time, focusing on all things horror each week) made a great point about "thrillers": most of them are horror movies that would like to be Oscar-bait, so they call themselves "thrillers" instead.
 

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Indeed, I actually sometimes prefer movies that lean more towards the thriller side (see Black Swan, Mute Witness, etc.) as opposed to the strictly supernatural side.

I updated the list a bit and included a movie I have a soft spot for in Alligator. Don't be afraid to throw out movies that are merely solid or 'only' okay either. Almost everybody knows the classics and I love lists like what we have now where I haven't heard or seen a decent amount of the movies listed. There have been times I've literally DVR'd a movie simply because a TRTSM poster said it was worth watching or recommended it (Pontypool being an example).
 

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Wasn't sure about Pontypool at first but I actually kinda liked it in the end. It was especially weird to hear them calling out locations that I know or have been to as being under attack, lol.

Couple more...
La Horde (2009, directed by Benjamin Rocher & Yannick Dahan, France)
The Dead (2010, directed by Howard J. Ford & Jonathan Ford, United Kingdom)
Bride of Re-Animator (1990, directed by Brian Yunza)

I was serious about Dagon (2001, directed by Stuard Gordon). It may be a deviation from The Shadow over Innsmouth but it's still a good creepy/small town monster movie.
 

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Slashers (2001) - Directed by Maurice Devereaux
Kolobos (1999) - Directed by Daniel Liatowitsch and David Todd Ocvirk
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) - Directed by Scott Derickson (the best sequel after part 2, IMO)
 

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Laz said:
Joseph Lee of 411mania (he writes A Bloody Good Time, focusing on all things horror each week) made a great point about "thrillers": most of them are horror movies that would like to be Oscar-bait, so they call themselves "thrillers" instead.

I've been saying this for years. Silence of the Lambs is a horror movie, but don't tell that to Hollywood. I'm surprised The Exorcist isn't listed as thriller most of the time.

And I'd add Maniac and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer to the list.
 
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