Some good horror films

[Winston]

Interesting TED Talk about what horror films reveal about ourselves. Makes a lot of sense.



Btw, the speaker says the scariest film he's ever seen is not Exorcist or Amityville Horror, but a lesser known one called Salem's Lot. @jamesbond have you seen it? Here's the trailer.

Salem's Lot (1979)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079844/?ref_=vp_back

There's also a sequel to Salem's Lot too.

A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093855/?ref_=vp_back

Salem's Lot (2004)
And a Stephen King remake of it in 2004 as well.

[Winston]

This comment on YouTube makes sense about why when you feel sad or depressed, it's better to watch a horror movie than a comedy one like some people I know would recommend. I do that too, but I thought I was the only one. I didn't know others felt the same way and did the same too. Wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoYrpA3v-38

Kat 08
11 months ago
Does anyone else watch horror movies when they are stressed or sad? Watching comedies or something makes me feel worse. But, I feel so much better after watching horror.

UW limesub
11 months ago
Yes!

Marlon Moncrieffe
11 months ago
Misery loves company?

DOREEN ALULI
11 months ago
Yep!

Katie K
11 months ago
Yeah me too! Something about shared misery is really therapeutic for me. That or I can put my problems into perspective because at least I'm not being chased through the woods by a murderer

Sarai Wentland
10 months ago (edited)
So at least for me, I have very bad anxiety, and I love horror movies. Always confused me a lot. It's my favorite genre next to Action and I came upon some research that said anxiety is a very physical thing (the effects it has on your body) and the best way to characterize anxiety is like going through a fight or flight response. When we watch scary movies it gives us something to be completely focussed on because again when we're scared it is truly only fight or flight. We are only in that moment in time and it's the only choice we have. When your body puts an enormous amount of fight or flight response while watching a good horror movie we get all that amped up adrenaline from the anxiety out of our system and the anxiety has found an outlet which is why working out is such a great thing for anxiety because it's almost like a dose of preworkout. I know you didn't ask for that explanation but I just found that out recently and it explains a lot about my tendencies. Thanks for reading.

ThatOnePerson
10 months ago
You should definitely listen to some metal. Has the same reaction on me.

Sensitive Monster
10 months ago
I should try that

21melpomene
9 months ago (edited)
Absolutely. Horror either helps strengthen me (watching the last 1 or 2 people fight to survive) or puts things into perspective that whatever I'm dealing with could be much worse (e.g. I've never had to fight a murderer, at least we're not living in a world where reanimated corpses rip you apart and eat you alive, etc.).

Colmena Bee
9 months ago
I thought I was the only one! When I'm depressed I only feel sadness or anger. I'm not able to feel happiness and being scared helps me to stop that sadness and anger for a while.

megan griffith
9 months ago
Yes!

Indi Sishir
9 months ago (edited)
Omg yes! I follow a few scary, for want of a better word, channels on youtube and I often put them on to quiet my mind and switch off from everything, especially at the end of the day. My partner doesn't share this interest and doesn't understand how i find it comforting. One of my favourite channels on here is Beyond Creepy and recently when I was bereaved and struggling with insomnia for a few months listening to this channel was the only thing that helped me to sleep. Who knows why we are the way we are lol I've often tried to fathom it. I'm reasonably normal and if you passed me on the street I doubt I'd stand out but I've never been able to make anyone understand my love of horror... strictly as a film genre
Edit: I should clarify that the channel Beyond Creepy is more focused on mysteries and real life accounts from people around the world. He does all his own research and writes his own scripts and remains dedicated to detail as well as being open minded. I like all things horror, mysterious and creepy

Indi Sishir
9 months ago
@Axolotl 208 I found your comments to be really insightful and yes I think you're probably right about the appeal and what it means in our own lives.

Indi Sishir
9 months ago
@Sarai Wentland Wow thank you for sharing that! I've struggled to understand the physical affects of anxiety and other people seem to not understand at all the awful affects it has on the body. Is that right about working out?

Indi Sishir
9 months ago (edited)
@ThatOnePerson I agree! I know everyone has a different opinion on metal/rock but for me a dose of FNM jizzlobber sorts my head right out.

foxtrot777
8 months ago
Same watched all the saw movies and thought at least this isn’t happening to me when I was mentally hurting

Psycho Santa Films Media
8 months ago
Yes me too!

Chellenney
8 months ago
Yes! I have anxiety (have had it for as long as I remember) and I love horror films and books. I started reading Stephen King at age 10 when I ran out of Point Horror, I paint horror movie monsters and have an alien and Pennywise on my wall.

I love being scared. I think it’s because that’s what I’m used to. Things in my childhood have left me permanently on edge, and to be actually scared for a reason rather than my own mind working against, is a relief, if that makes sense? I’m comfortable being scared and on edge, it’s my natural state of being.

garbage bin
8 months ago (edited)
I usually watch them for entertainment or relaxation. Is that weird?

Debbie Ebbiebobebbie
8 months ago
Comforting, yes.

MyNAME Is NEO
8 months ago
I love horror and suspense movies, stories, books, etc. I don’t get scared anymore. However, I want to be scared. I want to feel what it’s like to have genuine fear and all the other emotions in between, leading up to fear. It’s like I can only feel extremes or absolute nothingness. Watching horror, I feel like those other emotions I feel are real instead of fake like in real life.

Minivan Tripping
8 months ago
I think horror movies and shows are hilarious! ie Fear The Walking Dead. You find the stupidest people on the planet! If ya haven’t figured out that you shouldn’t bring attack to yourself by the end of the first seasons, you’re the dumbest persons on the planet! lol

Cellar Door
8 months ago
Yes I do

Lovable Poison
8 months ago
Yes! Glad I'm not the only one!

Manubibi
8 months ago
When I have peak depression phases I'll absolutely watch horror movies, also during early winter. The rest of the year any genre is game, but between September and December? That's horror bonanza time for me and I LOVE it.

Tiedyed Owl
8 months ago
Sarai Wentland
Thanks for explaining.

Twelve_Deadly_Cyns
8 months ago
Not after surgery I don't watch!!!

Lizica Dumitru
7 months ago
Weird...

[Winston]

@jamesbond if you like lighthouses, this one is for you. lol

Tower of Evil (1972) Trailer



Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/tower-of-evil-1972

Full film (but not very good quality):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-O5sL3NWks

[Winston]

@jamesbond check out these movies and miniseries by Stephen King. They look pretty good. Have you seen any of them?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135659/?ref_=vp_back

Storm of the Century (1999)

During the midst of a brutal blizzard, residents of an off-shore village are menaced by a powerful force of darkness in the form of a sinister stranger who begins to exploit the town members darkest secrets in till they give him "what he wants"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259153/?ref_=vp_back

Rose Red (2002)

A group of people with psychic powers are invited to spend the night in a haunted house.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112040/?ref_=vp_back

The Langoliers (1995)

Most of the passengers on an airplane disappear, and the remainder land the plane in a mysteriously barren airport.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090021/?ref_=vp_back

Silver Bullet (1985)

In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088889/?ref_=tt_sims_tt

Cat's Eye (1985)

A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082533/?ref_=vp_back

The Howling (1981)

After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

[Winston]

This horror movie "A Dark Song" about magic spells and revenge is highly recommended by magick practioners, such as this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9lQdJL1cxw

A Dark Song (2016)

Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/a-dark-song-2016

Synopsis
Sophia Howard rents a house in the countryside of Wales and hires the occultist Joseph Solomon to contact her son that was kidnapped and murdered by teenagers practicing black magic. Along the days, Sophia follows the guidance of Solomon in rituals to purify her soul. However Sophia has a hidden agenda that jeopardizes their lives.

Trailer



Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kmdaykin 10 / 10
Brilliant work, would buy this and watch it until the disc breaks.
This movie blew me away. The photography and imagery are stunning, the acting and direction are excellent. After a decade of jump scares, creepy dead kids, cgi face warps and references to Satan, this movie goes back to grass roots and reminds us how horror stories should be told to the audience.

Reviewed by MikeWright75 10 / 10
Subtle and powerful
It makes such a change to get a supernatural movie that makes the viewer use their imagination, rather than bombarding them with CGI and men in rubber suits. This is a study of the old chestnut, 'Be careful what you wish for'. A young mother whose son had been murdered, seeks revenge on his killers via a magic ritual invoking angels. It's clearly influenced by the "Bornless Ritual", an invocation used by Aleister Crowley to summon his Holy Guardian Angel and the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage which Crowley attempted at Boleskin House on the shores of Loch Ness. The ritual allegedly requires at least 6 months of preparation, celibacy and abstinence from alcohol. However, it also includes the summoning of the 12 Kings and Dukes of Hell, to bind them and remove their negative influences from the magician's life. Crowley was in the process of performing the lengthy ritual, when he was called to Paris by the leader of the Golden Dawn. According legend,he never banished the demons he had summoned, leading to strange happenings occurring in and around Boleskine House. But I digress.

There have been reviews that bang on about how slow this movie is, and it's lack of pace and excitement. But if you have any understanding of the supernatural, and this movie has been meticulously researched, you'd realise that the real horror lies in fear and what happens in your head. This woman, who so craves revenge, is on her own personal spiritual journey. She realises, at the 11th hour, that revenge and hatred offer nothing but pain and emptiness, and that forgiveness, both for her son's killers and herself, is what she really needs to find any peace.

I liked the dynamic between the woman and occultist, the loathing and disrespect, the sharing and mutual need. There's one really funny moment where they both share their recurring dreams.

The film is subtle in its suspense and horror, with a nice slow build and some really creepy effects. The ending seems a bit clichéd, but was saved from being corny by illustrating the power of forgiveness over revenge, and good over evil. On the whole, one of the better horror/supernatural movies of 2017 so far. I loved it.

Reviewed by sirkatdelaprada 10 / 10
what a wonderful masterpiece
Two years without seeing a horror movie or suspense, and it was absolutely worth seeing him. An exceptional and out-of-the-ordinary delivery. The absolutely unexpected end. What a work of art. The quality of recording is very well done, and that sound when the entity that passes through the child achieves a rather disturbing effect when observing it. It is somewhat slow, but the slow is to enjoy it, find the taste in movies like this is the task of a good fan of the cinema

[jamesbond]

@jamesbond if you like lighthouses, this one is for you. lol

Tower of Evil (1972) Trailer



Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/tower-of-evil-1972

Full film (but not very good quality):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-O5sL3NWks

That looks pretty good, I will have to check it out sometime.

[flowerthief00]

"Some good horror films" became "Some campy horror films". I like horror a lot but if a film can't manage at least a score of 6 on imdb it is very unlikely to be worth my time, what with all else that's out there.

[Winston]

@jamesbond,

Some more I found that you will like.

A female vampire film that takes place in Mexico. The female vampire has a perfect looking gorgeous face. lol

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074873/

Synopsis
A beautiful artist moonlights as a vampire while in Mexico, killing lovers of both sex. It seems that the only person who has any chance of stopping her reign of terror is her father, who's also a vampire.

Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/mary-mary-bloody-mary-1975

Trailer:

[Winston]

@jamesbond these trailers for the two new horror films below look pretty good. Check them out.

The Ritual (2017)

A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

Trailer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5638642/?ref_=vp_back

Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/the-ritual-2017

Apostle (2018)

In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.

Trailer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6217306/?ref_=vp_back

Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/apostle-2018

[Winston]

Just saw "The Pale Door". It was pretty rad and good. The story was awesome and funny. Outlaw cowboys vs witches that are 200 years old. Lol. I know it sounds campy and it is. Its cliched too. But its fun and has a spooky backstory. Loved it. You guys should check it out. Heres the trailer.

The Pale Door (2020)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9178402/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

After a train robbery goes bad, two brothers leading a gang of cowboys must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches.

Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/the-pale-door-2020

The girl who leads the outlaws into the the trap of the witches is very hot too. See her pics below. Her face is out of this world.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3736942/?ref_=nm_mv_close

[Winston]

Some hot pics of Natasha Bassett, the girl in the horror movie "The Pale Door" that I mentioned above. @jamesbond what do you think? Doesn't she look perfect? Wouldn't you want to stay with a coven of witches if one of them looks like her? lol

[Berg]

I have been searching for a horror movie I don't know the name but in this movie there are Dracula and this movie is black and white.
So can anyone tell me the movie name?

[Winston]

I have been searching for a horror movie I don't know the name but in this movie there are Dracula and this movie is black and white.
So can anyone tell me the movie name?

There are lots of black and white Dracula movies. You gotta be more specific. Do you remember any other details? Look up www.imdb.com and search for Dracula and look for the ones before 1970. It may be one of those.

[jamesbond]

I have been searching for a horror movie I don't know the name but in this movie there are Dracula and this movie is black and white.
So can anyone tell me the movie name?

The original Dracula came out in 1931 and was in black and white.

[Winston]

@jamesbond

Check out "Curse of the Demon (1957)". It looks pretty good. I think it's British.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/

Trailer:



Download link:
https://yts.mx/movies/curse-of-the-demon-1957