Over the decades there have been countless horror villains (with and without franchises) and only a minority get the majority of the attention (Freddy, Chucky, Jigsaw, Jason etc). Unfortunately this means many good villains and their films fall into obscurity.
What horror film villains are underrated and deserve more attention in your opinion and why?
My list includes Otis Driftwood, Angela Baker (Pamela Springsteen), Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), Sheriff Hoyt, the Djinn (Andrew Divoff), Maniac Cop, Pumpkinhead, Critters, Angela Franklin and the Stepfather.
The 60s portion of my list consisted of 26 movies, but here’s my top 10 :)
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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Blood and Black Lace (1964)
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Kwaidan (1964)
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The Haunting (1963)
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Black Sabbath (1963)
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Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
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Hour of the Wolf (1968)
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Eyes Without a Face (1960)
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Psycho (1960)
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The Innocents (1961)
Now on to the 70s starting with Dario Argento’s The Bird With the Crystal Plumage!
What are your favorite 60s horror films?
Before I get into my list I'd like to invite you all to my socially distanced Halloween party on Zoom too; you must be double jabbed to attend (I'm thinking of restricting it even further so that only those of us who have had their first booster jab can attend; I was inspired by Israel's brave and reasonable decision to do the same with their vaccine passport!!) and you must wear a face-mask, even if you're wearing a Michael Myers or Ghostface mask!! I'm going as the Delta variant, as there is nothing more terrifying!!
Here is my list of essential horror films for Halloween 2021:
Contagion: Literally the past year and a half. My hubby and I watched this movie on Netflix during first lockdown, snuggled together on the couch underneath a blanket in our matching Minion onesies and bear slippers, warming our hands on our hotty-hotty-choc-chocs like Baby Yoda with his little mug in that one meme I've shared a thousand times on Facebook. 10/10
John Carter: The Thing: I discovered this hidden gem the other day!! A group of men (ugh) are socially distancing in the North Pole but one of them is unvaccinated and is passing the virus to the others. It's basically Among Us: The Movie, with Kurt Cobain trying to figure out who the filthy plague-rat is. The jump-scare during the lateral flow test scene is one of the most spooky things I've ever seen. The CGI hasn't aged very well. 3/10
Quarantine: An outbreak of Covid happens in an apartment complex and the government turns up to help those inside and does a damn fine job of it. There's a Spanish shot-for-shot remake which I've heard is pretty good but subtitles make my head hurt so I think we should all stick to this one. 7/10
The Breakfast Club: A group of teenagers are led astray by an anti-vax shit-head chud who thinks he's a rebel but he's actually just putting everyone's lives at risk and just needs to die already. That poor Principal's authority is defied at every turn and it's sickening to see!! VERY PROBLEMATIC MOVIE AND NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART OR EASILY TRIGGERED. 0/10
28 Days Later: What would have happened if we didn't lockdown at the start of all this. The shots of an empty London make me recall fond memories of first lockdown when I was baking bread, browsing Reddit and playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons from the safety and warmth of my bedsheet cocoon. 5/10
Those are my films. I know I've thrown a few obscure deep-cuts in there but they're worth a watch, unlike **I Am Lege
... keep reading on reddit ➡I’ve been watching a lot more horror movies during the extended quarantine, and I’ve been noticing this in a lot of movies lately. Is it to instill a sense of hopelessness or dread in the viewer for the characters? Or to possibly churn out a sequel? What are your thoughts on horror movies with these endings?
Idk in my opinion, sometimes it can work but I guess I’ve seen too many horror movies where there isn’t really a proper conclusion and seems as if the director just thought “alright, let’s end it with a bang!” insert jump scare or just simply ends with killer/monster/ghost is still alive just for the hell of it because they don’t really know how to end the movie. It just comes off as a little lazy, especially when the storyline was good.
Any thoughts and opinions? It seems as if these are the standard conclusions to a large number of horror movies, but at the same time I can’t really think of any alternative ways for a horror movie to end.
I was thinking about this after recently watching Joker for the second time. There's quite a few horror films where the victim seeks out revenge on their predators or metamorphoses into evil due to some unjust event.
A favorite horror film of mine that fits this bill is Bram Stoker's Dracula. There is no forgiveness for the suicide of Vlad's Mina by the very ideology and religion that he has risked his life to defend. So he renounces God and the church in a sacrilegious act to become a great power of darkness. Can't blame him.
Curious as to what other horror films make you feel this way.
I would personally choose The Thing as the new killer. I think it would be absolutely terrifying to have a survivor walk up to you and act friendly, only to just start slowly transforming into some sort of fleshy, horrific monster with teeth on its teeth that wants to tear your skin off and wear it next (wouldn't actually be a feature, so don't worry, your skins would be safe.). There might be mistrust in solo que which could cause confusion and fear of potential teammates.
Imagine you're injured, on dead hook and are looking for someone to heal you because you didnt put on a medkit or run a self healing perk (self care, solidarity(?), inner strength) and you see a survivor in the distance. Do you go up to that survivor and risk getting found by the killer who looks like them or do you stay injured, only to get approached by someone else you didn't expect to be the killer but actually were. Idk about you, but id be pretty wary of the survivors around me. (obviously on coms they could just t-bag or point check it or something to see if it's their friend.)
Also, easy name for the killer since Behavior is obsessed with putting "The" before every killer title for some reason. lol
(For anyone who doesn't know what the thing is, it's basically an alien that can kill and take the shape of the human that it kills. If you want more information on it the two films that are available are The Thing 1982 and The Thing 2011. Pretty sure they haven't bought another one out since.)
So I’m drawing a bunch of various movie characters, first I did Jokers, so Phoenix, Ledger, Nicholson, etc. , now I’m doing horror movie characters! Recently and unrelated to this hobby, I have been binging horror movies, from child’s play, nightmare on elm street, and insidious to the byebye man, and sinister 1-2. I haven’t watched a lot as I’ve recently gotten into horror movies, which is also a reason for my lack of knowledge on characters. But I would like a list of your favorite horror movie villains.
I currently have chucky, Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, ghostface, Hannibal, killer clowns, leather face, and Dracula.
Thank you!
Psycho II is way better than it has any right to be BTW.
The Evil Dead remake is everything I want in a horror film, and when it came out on DVD, I remember that I couldn't wait to share it with everybody I knew, especially on date night. I tend to forget about it even though it's one of the few DVD/Blu-Ray's I own, but I ought to remember to bring it out more often.
It's got a great set-up, all the characters are likeable and believable, and there very few plot holes or typical horror "terrible decisions". Most importantly, it's fun as hell, while also being terrifying and anxiety-inducing.
So glad this article reminded me to give it a watch tonight.
What do y'all think of the list?
I personally love watching horror movies while tripping (most don’t, but I do)
So here is a list of my favourite that should be available on Netflix
•Hereditary •green room •The Invitation •The Ritual •As above, so below •A dark song •it follows •hush (I love this one) •midsommar (this may not be on Netflix but thought I would add it due to it being about psychedelics)
Edit: if the formatting looks weird it’s because I’m using my phone
This subreddit gets a lot of requests for recommendations. I have curated a list of 151 horror films from the 1920's to 2021 that are underseen, hidden gems, cult films, and films that haven't found a wider audience yet. This list has been carefully curated to include all types and tones, monsters and subgenres.
The films included in the list are set. I will be updating each film with notes on why it was included, and further recommendations, and possible content warnings.
I hope this is a helpful resource for everyone planning out horror movie marathons, challenges, group watches, or are just tired of reading the same Top Horror Movie lists over and over.
For context on how this was curated: I used Letterboxd views to help determine a film's popularity, and how often they appear on Best Horror lists. The highest view on a film in the list (as of now) is 114k views. To compare, The VVitch has 450k+ views on Letterboxd, and John Carpenter's Halloween has 370k+ views, and Fellowship of the Ring has close to 900k+ views. So while you may find a John Carpenter film or a Wes Craven film, it won't be Halloween or any of the Elm Street films.
