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70's and 80's horror flicks are, for the most part, amazing. I always slightly preferred the 1970's, but both are very strong decades of horror.

90's, while there are some more modern day classics within, not so much.

I get it, though - it's not the easiest thing to get into older movies. Personally, there's tons of silent horror movies I love, but I rarely expect other horror fans to willingly jump into them.

Psycho is a great movie, but there are plenty of other classics to if you look. That said, I certainly understand the preference of 70's through 90's horror flicks.

Most horror fans I know can't get enough of 70's and 80's horror (which decade is overall better, is, of course, disputed), but aside from a few select films (Psycho, Night of the Living Dead, the Hammer flicks), I don't see all that much talk about that many horror flicks pre-1970.

I'll just use my list of horror films I've seen, and post below a bunch of movies I think might be worth checking out. If anyone's seen any of them, and disagree (or agree), feel free to comment.


1913: Der Student von Prag

1919: Unheimliche Geschichten

1920: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam

1921: Schloß Vogelöd

1922: Häxan

1925: Maciste all'inferno, The Phantom of the Opera

1926: The Magician

1927: The Unknown

1929: Seven Footprints to Satan, The Last Warning

1930: The Bat Whispers

1931: Dracula, Murder by the Clock, Svengali, The Drums of Jeopardy

1932: Doctor X, Island of Lost Souls, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Monster Walks, The Most Dangerous Game, The Old Dark House, Vampyr, White Zombie

1933: Mystery of the Wax Museum, Secret of the Blue Room, The Invisible Man, The Vampire Bat

1934: The Ninth Guest

1935: Mad Love

1939: The Face at the Window, The Gorilla, The Hound of the Baskervilles

1940: The Devil Bat

1941: King of the Zombies, The Wolf Man (4)

1942: The Undying Monster

1943: The Leopard Man, The Mysterious Doctor

1945: Dead of Night, The Body Snatcher, The Picture of Dorian Gray

1946: Bedlam, The Beast with Five Fingers, The Mask of Diijon

1948: Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1951: The Thing from Another World

1953: House of Wax

1954: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Them!

1955: Les diaboliques

1956: Indestructible Man, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, X the Unknown

1957: The Abominable Snowman, The Curse of Frankenstein, Zombies of Mora Tau

1958: Bijo to ekitai ningen, Dracula, Earth vs the Spider, How to Make a Monster, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Macabre, The Blob, The Fly, The Screaming Skull

1959: A Bucket of Blood, Attack of the Giant Leeches, House on Haunted Hill, The Bat, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Killer Shrews, The Mummy, The Tingler, Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan

1960: Psycho, The Flesh and the Fiends, The Hypnotic Eye, The Little Shop of Horrors, 13 Ghosts

1961: Bloodlust!, Mr. Sardonicus, Pit and the Pendulum, The Innocents

1962: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1963: Blood Feast, Dementia 13, Lo spettro, Matango, Paranoiac, The Birds, The Haunted Palace, The Haunting, The Sadist

1964: À Meia Noite Levarei Sua Alma, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Curse of the Living Corpse, The Flesh Eaters, The Last Man on Earth, The Strangler, Two Thousand Maniacs!, 6 donne per l'assassino

1965: A Study in Terror, Amanti d'oltretomba, Terrore nello spazio

1966: The Plague of the Zombies, The Reptile

1967: Berserk, Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver, Frankenstein Created Woman

1968: Confessions of a Psycho Cat, Hasta el viento tiene miedo, Witchfinder General

1969: The Oblong Box, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?


Not every movie above is amazing, but I did enjoy each one to varying degrees.

I have a deep love of many of these older flicks, and if anyone wants any recommendations, maybe we can all help each other out.

I could never pull off that style, so I always appreciate when people can.

Overall pretty solid. Minus the state of current American government. (Jigsaw, I worked for Bernie too!)

Damn depressing outcome, but I could rant about that for days. :p

Glad that all is going well for you, though.

Psycho I - III are all solid, in my view. The fourth isn't even bad (especially for a television movie), but given it's nature, it's not as enthralling to me as the first three.

Such a good movie, and it's actually unsettling too!

The special effects are still wonderful. I don't know what people think of the sequel, but despite its obviously smaller budget, I really liked it.

Hellbound is pretty on par with the first movie, I always thought.

Unlike many, I actually rather enjoy many of the other sequels also, save a few very notable exceptions.

Using only what I've seen:

I'll be honest - Freddy vs. Jason was pretty good the first few times I've seen it, but the more I watch it, the less I care for it (which, actually, is about the same as New Nightmare for me).

I thought the 4th was when the series started going downhill (though I will forever think the fifth is worse than the sixth), but I still enjoyed it more upon rewatch than FvJ.

But I'm strange like that. :P

No doubt Mahakaal was a rip-off, but it did have some original creepy scenes not found in the original series. Plus, some of those musical numbers were catchy. 

In all seriousness, though, even if Mahakaal is a rip-off, it still had more heart and soul than the 2010 remake and, at the very least, The Dream Child (which I maintain is consistently worse than Freddy's Dead).

In many aspects, I found Mahakaal a cool and fun viewing. I'd still recommend that any NOES fan gives it a viewing, if for no other reason to see what another culture does with a Freddy-like character.

To be honest, while the sexual assault and allegation thing is, in my opinion, a serious issue, I feel it's becoming more of a distraction.

Look at it this way - Roy Moore is an individual with terrible political views across the board (as a leftist, through-and-through, I get that you may not agree with me, but hold on) - on things from school prayer to abortion to gay marriage, Moore is wrong about almost everything.

But are his issues being discussed? No, just this allegation of dating a teenager. Is it important? You can certainly make that argument. Is it more important than his politics? Ehh, not in my opinion.

Al Franken is another one. Now, I admit, I used to like Franken - he won re-election in 2014 by refusing to go to the center, unlike almost every other Democrat who got slaughtered (look at, for instance, Mark Pryor's devastating loss in Arkansas, or Alison Lundergan Grimes' defeat in Kentucky).

But I've not cared for him in some time. If he was up for election, would people be talking about his opinions on the issues? Or just laser-focus on this sexual harassment allegation?

Above all else, issues are what matter to me. That's why I'd vote for a non-charismatic academic prude if his issues and mine were in alignment.

I'm interested in your view.

I totally get where you're coming from.

About a year or so ago, it hit me that I'd not seen that many horror flicks from 2015 to present day, so I just made a list of 130 or so, and randomly watched about 28 of those.

Also, this last October I watched 132 total movies in the month, and many of them where from 2015 to present.

I now feel rather caught up, though I know I've missed some ones that people really like (such as Train to Busan and The Wailing, both South Korean, if I recall).

A contentious topic, to be sure, but hell, it's fun.

Just rank the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies you've seen - see if any of our lists match up. I added both the 2010 remake and the 1993 Indian remake, called Mahakaal. If you've not seen it, I mildly recommend it. It's pretty wild.

From best to worst:

1) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
2) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
3) A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
4) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
5) New Nightmare (1994)
6) Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
7) Mahakaal (1993)
8) Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
9) A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
10) A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Some of these placements might need further consideration, but it's good for a start.

What say you?

That's not true. Trump cares as long as you're on his side, and Clinton cares as long as you pay her.

Just saw this reply now. 

I stand corrected - you are entirely correct.

Having watched The Devil's Candy (2015) for the first time last month, I concur with Rough Cut - it's a damn fantastic movie.

On of the few horror flicks that actually got my heart racing.

Like Chucky, I've not seen this.

I've never been as interested in horror series as I am movies. I've never seen a single episode of The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, or multiple other popular television shows.

That said, I do like what I've seen of the aesthetic of the show, so given that fact, and the fact I have NetFlix, I may give it a go at some point.

Certainly one of the best horror flicks from 2017, and a top ten contender for the 2010 decade thus far.