Give me anything you got. I don't care if its crap, anything involving gay and bi men in prominent roles. Any era, any country. Just something that I'd like to see over the next few days. If its something I've seen, I'll let you know.

Many horror films have a pretty innocent first act and then a dark twist throwing us into the second act. I feel like this is often ineffective due to us knowing beforehand that it is a horror film we are watching. So, when the twist finally happens, we already expected it.

A film where the dark twist works perfectly, in my opinion, is Parasite (2019). The film mixes genres and is hard to pin down exactly, so most people went into the film completely blind, not at all knowing what to expect. This lets the first act perfectly mask as a comedy-drama, and then the twist works perfectly, completely unexpected.

Now I don't really think Parasite is a horror film. But I wish there could be "unexpected" horror films in the same way as Parasite.

I realise not taging a films genres properly and false advertising is not really an option. But I think it would be fun to unexpectedly be thrown into a full-fledged horror film. Thoughts?

I can’t tell you enough as a black person how much I hear a lot of Black people say that if Black people were in a horror movie, the movie would be five minutes long and insinuating that a lot of white people make a lot of stupid dumb decisions.

And for me as a black person, I just don’t believe that and I think it’s just untrue because there are some Black people in horror movies that do make dumb decisions also.

I’m a funeral director/crematory operator and I also pick up decedents in all kinds of scenarios from typical nursing home/hospital calls to Medical Examiner calls (suicides, car accidents, etc). I’ve seen and been around pretty much anything and everything you can think of including calls where the decedent has been down for several weeks inside their home with no ac (severe decomposition, maggots, skin/limbs coming off).

I’ve been on my yearly October horror movie binge and I’ve realized that I haven’t watched anything that has really given me that uncomfortable, uneasy, or even frightened feeling I used to get and oddly enough I miss it.

I’m starting to think my job and what it entails has numbed me to alot and while I’m not looking for anything to like shock me back into that scared feeling, I would like some recommendations on things to watch that might cleanse my pallet or do something to pull me back into that excitement of watching scary movies.

TLDR: My “scary” job has ruined horror movies and I need recommendations on what to watch.

I’ve seen Part VI multiple times, but it wasn’t until recently that I realized that Jason doesn’t drown, he’s paralyzed. The boat motor shreds his throat/face and ultimately breaks his neck. This is why his eye is still open at the end. So Jason is just floating there, unable to move while his body slowly gets waterlogged and rots due to the water. Then he’s awoken or his spine/neck are fixed in Part VII.

This also means that Tommy was wrong, which is not surprising. He got a book from a general store and took it as gospel.

Heretic(2024)

Heretic is a psychological thriller about two Mormon missionaries who knock on a door of a friendly man who wants to learn more about church of Jesus Christ. But he is not as friendly as he seems from the beginning. He is manipulative and plays mind games with missionaries. The film builds suspense through dialogues about religion and beliefs. As the movie moves on it also becomes claustrophobic and unpredictable.

The characters are very smartly written. Hugh Grant delivers a great performance as a friendly man who is actually a villain. He really did great job at being a very polite man while being a smart predator who wants to have control over people. Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher play missionaries who smartly play against him. Thatcher’s character quickly notices red flags in Reed’s house. She has great face expressions so her character is smart and thinks before she says anything. Because of this she feels like an opponent rather than just a scared victim. Chloe East’s character is more naive in the beginning but at the end she thinks more and actually plays against him.

Mr. Reed uses metaphors such as music and games to tell that all religions are copies of each other. For example song “Creep” by Radiohead copied chord structure by “The air that I breathe”. He also mentioned that game Monopoly that we know today was copied by Landlord’s game that was made years before.
Mr. Reed also says that he always wanted to find a one true religion. At the end we discover that his idea of one true religion is control. Reed believes that people weren’t establishing religions to bring people together and give them something to believe in but they did it to have control over people.

The film has great cinematography.Camera angles are great. Camera always stays close to characters’ faces. This makes all of their reactions visible and adds tension during the long conversations. The atmosphere is cozy but it masks deep sense of dread.
This movie is almost entirely filmed inside one house which may be a bit boring for some viewers but it adds claustrophobic tension and you can focus on dialogues and characters’ decisions. There are no cheap jump scares in this movie unlike most of the other horror films. At the beginning Reed’s house feels calm and welcoming but as the movie goes on it becomes more unsettling and claustrophobic.

The ending in this movie felt a bit rushed. It destroyed whole mystery that made the film so interesting.
At the end movie completely changes the genres. It comes from a dialogue driven thriller to a fast paced action horror film, which may disappoint some viewers,who wanted a strong and effective ending.

Even though ending wasn’t great,it is still a great psychological horror/thriller film for those who want a dialogue driven movie with good ideas and great performances.

Why is it so hard to get other people like your parents or your friends or family to watch horror movies with you because they don’t like horror movies and it seems like a lot of people don’t like horror movies in general as I’ve experienced it many times with a lot of people.

Have you guys experienced that before wanting to watch horror movies with other people only to have them not wanna watch them.

I came across an article reporting this year's annual Science of Scare study, where scientists use physiological measurements (heart rate elevation and heart rate variance) to rate the scariness of horror movies. Obviously you can't rely on objective measures like elevated heartrate to make a completely accurate ranking of what movies are scariest, but taken as one piece of data among others like the Dreaddit opinion poll posted yesterday, I think this is interesting information. At any rate, the winner, for the fourth year in a row, was Sinister (2012)!
Here’s the list of the 20 scariest horror movies according to the study:

1. Sinister 
2. Host 
3. Skinamarink 
4. Insidious 
5. The Conjuring 
6. Hereditary 
7. Smile 
8. The Exorcism of Emily Rose 
9. Talk To Me 
10. Hell House LLC 
11. The Conjuring 2 
12. It Follows 
13. The Dark and the Wicked 
14. The Descent 
15. Paranormal Activity 
16. The Babadook 
17. A Quiet Place 2 
18. The Autopsy of Jane Doe 
19. Insidious 2 
20. Oddity

1. Obsession:

For the most part, it was an original storyline. Cinematography as well as the acting is very memorable along with unique jump scares. Female lead was a plus.

1. Resident Evil:

Went in blind and wow was I delighted when I left. The pace starts at the opening credits and doesn’t stop til the end. It kept me locked in the whole time! Contains the best jump scare of the 2020’s (house scene ifykyk)

1. Saccharine:

My now, 4th favorite movie of all time. Long lasting jump scares that I fear on the daily and think about a little too much haha. Should’ve gotten the same spotlight as Hokum as it was way better than that trash.

Special mention: Back Rooms!

Backroom warriors I understand your standing as the lore and story of the backrooms was executed well and I’m excited to see the next part of it. Though it does fall flat in meeting the top three of other amazing productions this year had and has to offer. I will give it its flowers though it’s an amazing work of cinema!

I just recently rewatched Freddy vs. Jason, one of my all time favorite movies but there is one scene in this movie that caught my interest in particular. This scene was shortly after Jason massacring the teens at that party in the cornfield with Deputy Stubbs and Sheriff Williams discussing it.

Stubbs believes the killer is a copycat of the original Jason Voorhees, yet the Sheriff shut that down by stating that he and the others already know who it was. They KNOW it was Jason Voorhees and not a copycat. Simple explanation is because Freddy and Jason exist in the same universe, people have bound to have heard of Jason and his many killing sprees. But I think there's more to it than meets the eye.

Remember, Stubbs and the Sheriff are talking about Jason. Not Freddy. The Sheriff and the adult survivors have banded together after Freddy's Dead by silencing and sending kids off to Westin Hills if they both dreamed or just mentions Freddy's name and hook them on Hypnocil. Yet, the Sheriff refuses to say Jason's name. Why? What's the harm in saying Jason's name out loud?

Did the Sheriff and his men possibly encounter Jason at some point during the four year gap between Freddy's Dead and Freddy vs. Jason? What is with the secrecy here? He dismissed Stubb's idea to involve the FBI by saying "We've stopped him before". Im sure the Sheriff meant Freddy and yet this entire conversation is about Jason primarily. Could have he meant Jason? The Sheriff did proceed to threaten to send Stubbs to Westin Hills if he didnt kept his mouth shut and did what he was told.

Hi everyone, I’m dressing up as Shaun from Shaun of the Dead for Halloween. I’ve already got the white shirt, red tie, fake blood and name tag, but I’m not sure what shoes would be best to complete the outfit. Would plain black formal shoes be accurate, or does anyone know what kind of shoes Shaun wears in the film? Any advice would be appreciated! 👍

A few months ago I watch this movie called “The Fuzzies” and it was made this year in 2026. Now I found it on Tubi (of course) and decided to watch it, it was a weird film but I was curious because I haven’t seen anyone talking about this film. So I wanted to know what do you all think of this film and if you liked it or not.

I love vampires but Im not sure where to find good movies with them. The more lesbian the better, and while I can appreciate a more monstrous vampire, I'm looking for more humanoid ones. Recommendations for both are still welcome though! Bonus points for good werewolf flicks too, especially again if it's lesbians skfkdkfk

One of my absolute favorite movies of all time but gets critically panned? I don’t understand. The plot was good, nice twist at the end, nothing didn’t make sense. The whole concept of deep space psychosis is super interesting.

Curious as to why it never took off

just as the title suggests i am looking for recommendations for films that fall into certain subgenres and i have given specific examples as well!

creature features: as much as i love godzilla i actually don’t often enjoy big monsters attacking cities vibes instead i want some weird cryptid stalking someone through the cornfield, a town with a mysterious being out in the woods, etc. some examples: pumpkinhead (my FAVORITE CREATURE), jeepers creepers, the monster, splinter, the thing, signs

single location: movies where you don’t leave the main setting often if at all. bonus if its a really isolated place. some examples: the thing (again), bug, the lodge, pontypool, 10 cloverfield lane, the strangers, cube, the invitation, you’re next

dark fantasy: not horror exactly but definitely have horror elements. some examples: the cell, the green knight, gretel and hansel, pan’s labyrinth, suspiria, the company of wolves, you won’t be alone, the witch, we’re all going to the world’s fair, city of lost children

haunting stories: scary stories told around a campfire or some old gothic manor on a cliff. examples: the fog, ghost story, the woman in black, the changeling, the innocents, the others, the orphanage, the devil’s backbone

grief and exploration of human desperation: the most intense probably of these subgenres. some examples: talk to me, bring her back, we are still here, lake mungo, a dark song, before i wake, don’t look now, his house, the night house, relic, midsommar

In my opinion, a horror movie is truly terrifying when it continues to haunt me long after I’ve finished watching it. The kind of movie that creeps into my dreams, hijacks my mind, and makes me feel as though the horror could actually happen in real life. That’s how I judge a horror movie’s effectiveness.

I don’t care how many people call a movie terrifying. I’ve watched plenty of movies that others consider genuinely scary, yet I felt absolutely nothing. To me, a horror movie deserves that title only when it manages to get under my skin and stay there, even after the screen goes dark.

Who’s your favorite of the holy trinity of horror movies? It always seems like a Beatles/Stones type of question. I used to always say Michael when I was younger but after seeing everything again as an adult, Freddy’s depraved yet humorous behavior takes the cake for me. Who’s your pick and has it changed over the years?

Question: Why are people so willing to welcome Jamie Lee Curtis back to the Halloween franchise and accept Laurie Strode surviving encounter after encounter with Michael Myers, sometimes under increasingly unbelievable circumstances, but then criticize Neve Campbell returning to Scream because Sidney Prescott has supposedly run her course or because her repeatedly surviving Ghostface killers is somehow unrealistic?

At some point, you have to suspend your disbelief to keep buying into the same cycle of Michael hunting Laurie and Laurie somehow making it out alive. Yet so many have continued to embrace that dynamic across multiple decades and films.

So why is Sidney’s return such a difficult thing for some people to accept? She’s survived multiple killing sprees, just like Laurie. Bringing her back doesn’t inherently make the story unbelievable.

I mean, I do understand that people can feel a character’s story has reached a natural conclusion, and that’s a fair argument but why the double standard?

That movie was on AMC's block programming called fearfest as I remember right? A random night in 2015 I was with my cousin(his father is surgeon) at first we thought its comedy movie anyways I remember a hillarious podcast in the begining then a long dialogue between this podcast guy and a freak old guy........i dont wanna talk about what happened cuz the ending made my uncle staring at me like a psycho😭😭😭😭

Currently watching The Conjuring 2, and a scene that never fails to scare me, no matter how many times I've watched it, is when Ed and Lorraine are listening to the recorded taps as they board the train to leave England and go home, and they find out that the recording of Bill is actually an encrypted cry for help. They discover that Bill is being held prisoner and that the real threat is Valak who was behind it all along.

What other scenes from other movies never fail to scare you?

I have a feeling people are going to be getting their pitchforks and torches ready for this one.

My bloody valentine starts with two people with coal mining outfit going down to the mine one mysteriously gets killed and it goes from there. 20 years ago an incident resulted in five minors, getting trapped while the supervisors went to the Valentines dance two weeks later when they were trying to save them only one survived Harry Warden. He was taken to a mental hospital where he laid or went on the next Valentine’s Day killing the two supervisors leaving a warning if you ever celebrate the Valentine’s Day dance again I’m going to start killing people. 20 years later, they brought it back only for a mysterious miner to return. While they try to find what happened to Harry Warden. Spoilers though it’s already above. There was a love triangle between Sarah and Axel and Tom. Axel was the killer. His dad was one of the two supervisors and he witnessed the death of his father due to trauma. He became the new miner. The mine collapsed which resulted in him, cutting his arm off and running into the mines promising to return.

Honestly, don’t get me wrong. There is tons of good concepts. I love the coal mines, what made me really like harry warden/miner is the very cool miner outfit. It made me like him so much i was shocked to learn he was an obscure character only. I obsoletely love the unique balled of harry warden. It’s such a unique song compered to rock and roll. It’s beautifully haunting and stands out. However i have to admit something. I prefer the remake over the original.

The og film feels cheap to me and it distracts me. I love the cleaner polish of the remake and feel remake harry has a better mask and design. I know it’s no ones fault the film got censored to oblivion but it got so butchered it never fully recovered the drill killer is probably forever lost. While the film handles trauma i noticed the remake has a debate is it d.i.d or a possession there’s a huge situation with it. I think the possession angel is really cool and mysterious etc. i remember seeing the remake trailers when i was 8 going on 9 that march in 2009 and seeing the trailer in my texas chainsaw 3d copy and loving the design.

So I’d say this film has concepts and ideas that can definitely work. There is good stuff here that I like but the 2009 remake was better and if you can get the 3d glasses version like I do.

Rewatched them recently as part of my annual marathon of the series. The franchise has some pretty divisive entries, but arguably none more than these two. Personally, despite how controversial they are and how much I tend to dislike remakes, I genuinely really enjoy Rob Zombie's remakes and especially love the second one. I'm a fan of Rob Zombie's movies in general and find enjoyment in every movie in this franchise (even Revenge, Curse, and Resurrection) so this is just my opinion on it, I totally understand they're not everyone's thing. The first one is a very uncomfortable, dread filled nightmare that cranks up the violence and has some very raw, horrific brutality. The soundtrack is great, it at least tried to do something different with the series, and I wasn't bothered by the vulgar dialogue of the first half. Nothing of course could ever come close to the '78 og, but I like that it doesn't try to. The second one gets a lot of hate, but I honestly love it (both cuts are good imo but I very much prefer the Director's Cut) and consider it my fave in the franchise after the '78 original and one of my favorite movies in general. Scout Taylor Compton's portrayal of Laurie's PTSD and unraveling from psychosis, the extremely dark grittiness that permeates everything, the gorgeous unsettling shadowy cinematography, and another banging soundtrack all are things I really like about it and I prefer it over the first remake. The nightmare hospital chase in the beginning is such a great and dark anxiety inducing slasher sequence, and Laurie's surgery with those long, graphic, and nasty raw closeups of her brutal injuries as the doctors work really set that aggressive, uncomfortable tone. It's an interesting concept to explore the aftermath of what a horror character who went through that would have to endure afterwards. Annie's death is also one of the most heartbreaking and impactful death scenes in the franchise for me, especially with (the iconic) Brad Douriff's acting when he gets to the house and finds her. They don't come anywhere close to the og films in the franchise, ofc, but I do enjoy them for what they are. Where do you fall when it comes to the remakes?