I might as well join in…
Aliens (have to put this first, even though it’s more of an action movie)
Black Christmas (1974)
The House of the Laughing Windows
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Evil Dead
The Confessional (1976)
Inferno
Suspiria
Seven Notes in Black
City of the Living Dead
Deep Red
Demons
Day of the Dead
Just got this one in the mail yesterday. Have not seen it yet, looks to be a good one
It is
[quote=“John Welles, post:238, topic:405”]Here is a list of old, classic horrors as opposed to more modern ones:
Nice to see Halloween 1 and II on there JW.
I concur. Not a bad one at all, especially if you like Fulci’s other work.
I’ve been known to like a couple Fulci films 
Yes, they are scary and both hold up excellently as the first one, is what, over thirty years old?
I have noticed ! Do you prefer his work outside the western genre ?
I think I do… Really, I would need to go back and re-visit the Fulci westerns before making that statement definite. Its been a while since I’ve seen some of them. I didn’t really like Four of the Apocalypse much, but should probably give it another chance. It started promising and had a handful of cool scenes, but as a whole just didn’t work for me.
I still have not watched the White Fang movies he did. All of the other Fulci westerns I’ve seen I do like, but I would say I find more enjoyment in his other work. Although his horror movies are over the top in many ways, I find them to be more personal works and although I don’t have any real basis for saying this, I find myself relating to him in many ways.
The westerns, although good, seem to lack something that shines through in his other films. Almost as if he couldn’t quite relate to the genre or find his voice in it
Thats interesting. I always thought if you like one you would like them all. I personally like The Beyond the best out of the gates of hell trilogy. I LOVE the Psychic. I thought don’t torture a duckling was boring and overrated though.
I need to watch a Fulci Horror film.
I must say I prefer his balls out horror films. They have so much character in them
Just received Murder Rock and looking forward to the Fulci documentary on the bonus disc
Agree Autephex I prefer his non western films.
I prefer his Westerns, but like most of his movies…
The Psychic (Seven Notes in Black) is pretty great, I only realized how good it was after the 2nd view though. I’ve watched The Beyond 4 times it still leaves me with a disappointing feeling at the end, same with Zombie 2. Hes one of my favourite directors… when hes good, hes very good.
i prefer his westerns, not seen all his horrors but most of them, the only one i really like is zombie flesheaters, most of the rest average at best and in the case of Manhatten Baby absolute crap.
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE (Guillermo del Toro, 2001)
During the Spanish Civil War a masion in the middle of nowhere serves as an orphanage
Carlos, a newcomer, discovers the ghost of a deceased boy is haunting the building
Little by little it becomes clear what happened on that fatal night when a bomb fell in the yard of the orphanage (without exploding), and the boy dissapeared without leaving any trace, except for his ghost
Like most films of Del Toro this seems to divide the audience: some love it, others think it’s pretentious and uninvolving. I’ll cover the middle ground in this case: this is a wonderfully atmospheric, beautifully executed suspense/horror movie, but it is a little over-ambitious and self-indulgent. DeL Toro also wants to say things about loneliness and self-sacrifincing, and fails in this aspect.
That pretty much sums up my appreciation, too, although I’m probably more forgiving when it comes to film-makers showing ambition in a ‘genre’ piece. I’d rather the ideas were in there than not, even if they don’t always come across as the director may have intended.
Oh, I do agree with you wholeheartedly. I like ambition, especially in a genre piece (you might have noticed that), and liked the film a lot, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing to draw people’s attention to the shortcomings of a movie as long as you draw their attention to the assets too.
This movie seems to foreshadow the even more ambitious Pan’s Labyrinth, and I actually prefer this one.
COLD PREY (2006)
A Norwegian Horror Flick. 5 Snowboarders spent a night in an abondend hotel in the mountains. Not a good Idea in a Horror Movie …
Somehow predictable but it follows more or less the Col. Rules of Horror Movies. I liked the combination Snow/Horror which always works. IMO a decent contribution and I have to watch out for more Horror/Thriller films from Scandinavia. 
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Not counting Taste the Blood of Dracula of the same year (in which Dracula only made a brief ‘guest appearance’) this one follows (the rather dissapointing) Dracula has risen from the Grave.
Always been one of my favourite Hammers, with great atmosphere and fine thrills. Probably the last to take the Dracula myth seriously enough to be scary, before the series deteriorated into parody and silly efforts to breathe new life in it by transporting Dracula to the 20th century, which doesn’t make sense. Dracula, as the creature who defies death, and therefore becomes the evil force who rivals the resurrected Christ, can only succesfully function in a time and place in which the christian faith was still vivid. There are some hints at parody here, but most of them are outings of the typical sixties attitude to ridicule dignitaries (der burgemeister for instance)
For Dracula purists there may be two problems: the count uses a knife (instead of his fangs) to kill one of the girls, and in rivalling contemporary horror movies, this late entry has become so gory and violent that some of the old charm has gone. This is no longer suitable for family entertainment
The angelic girl who has to be saved at all cost (the other girls are all sluts, hardly worth defending) is not just angelic, she is an angel. I just read on the net that she made herself a name in a children’s programme called Magpie. Right, Jenny Hanley, an angel:
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