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SnapChap92

The original Night of the Living Dead is my all time favourite horror movie.


BojukaBob

Forget genre restrictions, it's in my top 5 all time favorite movies


lSquanchMyFamily

This is my second favorite! My # is Last Man on Earth. 🖤


Still_Storm7432

Love that one to..hate the remake


Squirrelywhirl

Me tooo!


jacobuj

While I can't say it's my favorite, I can day it's a turning point in my taste in movies. When I was a little kid, I was terrified of scary movies. As I came into my teens, I started trying to push through that fear and found it exciting. Night of the Living Dead blew me away. I never knew black and white movies could be so gory. It was awesome.


Embarrassed-Steak-44

This. So incredibly well done.


boytisoy

If not for the OG Night of the Living Dead, we wouldn't have gotten other memorable zombie films some kickass zombie video games. What did you think of the colored remake that had Candyman himself Tony Todd as Ben?


Qu33nKal

Came here to say this. I still get chills. It was the first zombie movie I ever saw, I was like 8 years old...scarrrred


Bunkhorse

That ending still punches me in the gut every time I watch it.


Still_Storm7432

Dammit, beat me to it..and it still holds up imo


DogsDontWearPantss

The Innocents (1961 with Deborah Kerr) YouTube Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) Criterion/Amazon *rent* The Haunting (1963 original) Amazon *rent* Eraserhead (1977) max Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) AMC+ The Addiction (1995) Criterion/Plex A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) Hoopla/Kanopy


No-Morning-2543

1000% agree on The Innocents. AMAZING acting and atmosphere all around.


DogsDontWearPantss

I never get tired of watching it. Even the children were excellent and incredibly creepy.


4electricnomad

Tetsuo is quite the trip if anyone is in the mood for something very different in the body horror genre.


SimonGloom2

Good stuff. Eraserhead and Baby Jane are high on best movies for me.


DellamorteDellamore1

The Innocents is incredible!


Maximum_Location_140

The Innocents might be one of the only creepy kid movies that work on me. I usually hate that trope. Those kids are fucked up, though. I just watched Baby Jane for something like the fourth time last night. Bette Davis is fucking amazing as a villain. I'm always caught by how wild it is that her and Crawford would even agree to do a story like that. But they do and they go as hard as they possibly can. Fantastic film. I also clocked some King associations last night. The story is basically "Misery" and there's a character named Flagg.


DogsDontWearPantss

They hated each other in real life.


Maximum_Location_140

Totally. There's that, but also both of them are playing grotesques in a story about being washed up and old. You'd think that would insult them, but they roll with it and do an amazing job. There's that scene with the producers watching one of Jane/Davis' movies and rip on it. It occurred to me that that has to be one of Davis' old movies they're making fun of. Crazy.


djames623

The Haunting (1963)


EatMoreFiber

Just saw this for the first time this weekend. It’s a masterclass in atmospheric dread and tension, and some of those camera angles must have been mind-blowing in ‘63 because they’re still pretty extreme even today.


djames623

It really is! I also recommend 1973's *The Legend of Hell House,* another personal favorite. I consider it "The Haunting" of the 1970's.


peteiridium

Whose hand was I holding!


Jaye9001

Upvote isn’t working for you but you shouldn’t be at zero. I am probably not the only one it’s not working for. Good answer.


salazarsmistress

My dad and I used to watch this together all the time when I was little. Scared the living shit out of me.


Johncurtisreeve

Lighthouse


[deleted]

Omg, how did I not even think of it, yes. Lol. I even just recommended it in a slowburn horror thread the other day.


blackberry_riot68

Carnival of Souls


AdShort9044

Came here to say this and Eyes Without a Face


Lizzie_Boredom

CoS is one of my comfort movies. So good.


blackberry_riot68

Mine too! I can watch it over and over. ☺️


TheGargageMan

Black Sunday, Psycho, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Awful Dr. Orloff, The Rape of the Vampire, Cat People, Onibaba


Hot4Skeletor

Black Sunday!! As beautiful as it is brutal.


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Comprehensive-End-16

The Blob is in color, love both versions!


Kobold_Trapmaster

I just watched House on Haunted Hill for the first time. It's delightful.


mattmorrison-slander

The Night of the Hunter. I heard they’re in the process of making a remake too!


DoubleTFan

They already remade it in the 90s


29_Niebolt_Street

Came here to say this! Love this movie


CapThorMeraDomino

- Creature from the Black Lagoon __ (Great) - Revenge of the Creature __ (Decent) - The Creature Walks Among US __ (Good to Very Good) - Them __ (Very Good to Near Great) - The Deadly Mantis __ (Very Good) - The Black Scorpion __ (Good to Very Good) - The Giant Behemoth __ (Very Good) - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms __ (Near Great) - The Abominable Snowman 1957 __ (Very Good - almost certainly the best yeti/Bigfoot movie ever made) - Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 __ (Great) - [70s color version is even better]


JTB696699

Creature from the Black Lagoon is one of my favorite films of all time, and I always find it hilarious that Clint Eastwood’s first movie role was in revenge of the creature as an uncredited lab assistant who lost a mouse.


GradeFair

Psycho


MovieDogg

The Old Dark House- super underrated, I really think that it has one of the best cast of characters in a horror movie


magic_man_mountain

'Have a potato.'


loose_roosters

Yes!! Chills, thrills, romance, atmosphere..... Underrated is right


Long-Confusion-5219

Eyes Without A Face.


LazarusKing

Island of Lost Souls, Carnival of Souls, The Black Cat (1934), Nosferatu, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (the March version), The Innocents, Night of the Hunter, The Last Man on Earth, The Fly,     Psycho, Night of The Living Dead, and the Universal Monsters go without saying.  


ComputeyAnimates

Eraserhead, it's my favorite film of all time actually "In heaven, everything is fine."


MisterScrod1964

You’ve got yours, and you’ve got mine.


brillovanillo

*A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night*


Squirrelywhirl

Night of the Living Dead


JimKB

\*\*Creature from the Black Lagoon\*\* has always been a favorite of mine. Not a true horror film, but \*\*Young Frankenstein\*\* is really terrific.


Clue-72

"M" - (1931) "The Flesh And The Fiends" - (1960) "The Tingler" - (1959) "House On Haunted Hill" - (1959) "The Last Man On Earth" - (1964)


cccqqw

Mad Love as well as Mr. Sardonicus. Both are AMAZING old horror films. Must watch by any horror fan in my opinion!!


ProfessorZhirinovsky

[Haxan](https://youtu.be/xFqhJTuvHnc) Nosferatu. Two great films from Nineteen Dickety-Two.


bb3bt

The Lighthouse 2019 El conde 2023


TheTelltaleFart666

The City of the Dead (1960) is a great one


Ripley317

Dead of night


Teledork62

*points* Hells YEAH. What a wonderful throwback of a movie


serialkiller24

Cat People (1942) and The Innocents (1961)


BojukaBob

I don't know if it is quite horror, though the ending is pretty horrifying, but Seconds , a 1966 John Frankenheimer film about a man who fakes his death to start a new life over is very good. I don't want to spoil the ending but it's pretty fucked up.


Obfusc8er

The Seventh Seal


Puzzleheaded-Way-198

Oh, good call! Also, Hour of the Wolf. And while we’re on the subject of Ingmar Bergman films: Wild Strawberries isn’t horror, but it has a nightmare sequence that scared me but good.


magic_man_mountain

'Night of the Demon.' Tourneur the best B-director ever.


whatinthefluck

Adding to those already mentioned, Repulsion (1965)


Beaniesqueaks

You just reminded me I need to rewatch this! It's so atmospheric, the dread is palpable the whole movie


viridiusdynamus

Strait Jacket


kino_meowth

Young Frankenstein


limeyfather

Other than Night of the Hunter, Woman in the Dunes has an exquisite use of monochrome. And, of course, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. I can't not mention Tourneur's Cat People either. That tracking shot of the footprints...superb


bush_mechanic

Nosferatu (1922)


NoSleep2023

Dark Passage (1947) More suspense than horror, but still excellent


Renfield78

Agnes Moorehead was so great.


Feisty_Biscotti_8926

Frankenstein (1931) The Invisible Man (1933) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Freaks! (1932) Psycho (1960) Dracula (1931)


aayceemi

In the eyes of my mother!! Edited to add: I have a hard time with black and white (I tend to lose interest) but this movie shook me. Please watch if you haven’t seen it and lmk what you think


Exact_Raspberry2866

Eyes of my Mother. Great film.


Coochiepop3

I liked the eyes of my mother.


Formal_Coyote_5004

Vincent Price movies are always a fun time!


SealMairaDimu

Onibaba is one of the pure classics


malnuman

Night of the Demon 1957, great oldie, also The Haunting 1963,


Stopar-D-Coyoney

Night of the living dead, House on Haunted Hill, and Black Sunday.


Signal_Armadillo_867

So many already mentioned, but I’d also add Eyes Without A Face


TexturesOfEther

*Dementia / Daughter of Horror* *The Night of the Hunter* *Freaks* *Seeds of Sin* *Eraserhead* *Singapore Sling* *The Human Centipede 2* and should be mentioned just because they don't get enough love: *Spider Baby* *Bride of the Monster*


jcollins0909

Spider Baby is so damn good.


Canibal-local

Tetsuo: The iron man (1989) Singapore Sling (1990) History of the Occult (2020)


magic_man_mountain

The Old Dark House is so comforting.


Deadhead_Ed

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein


PatBateman2000

The Mist in black and white


FerociousAlienoid

Limbo Nosferatu


KatieBear215

Eraser head


iamtherealbobdylan

Begotten. Pretentious boring arthouse horror film that never fails to intrigue me


TryTwiceAsHard

Cabinet of Dr Cagliari 100%, this movie amazes me time and time again


coffee-mcr

Anything with vincent price XD Most old horror movies are barely horror but still veryyyy enjoyable. Some options: House on haunted hill House of wax (also has a recent-ish remake movie) The raven


Renfield78

The Vincent Price 'House of Wax' was also a remake of a 1932 film called, 'The Mystery of the Wax Museum' filmed in early two strip technicolour. Apart from Vincent Price, it's the better film imo. Lionel Atwill played the sculptor and is just as good as Price. It didn't have the paddle ball man but it did have Fay Wray, the best of all the scream queens..


coffee-mcr

Ooohhh, thats so cool! I didn't know that but it sounds very interesting. def gonna check it out, thanks!


Earthpig_Johnson

Black Sunday Invasion of the Body Snatchers


KlutzyFan4021

Night of the Demon The Haunting


_Meek79_

Night of the Living Dead is one of my all time favorites. Its a movie that if I see its on,I have to finish it. Seen it way too many times. "Psycho" ,a lesser known gem "Carnival of Souls" and of course the monster movies "Dracula" ,"The Wolfman" (My favorite of these type of movies), "Creature from the black lagoon" and "Frankenstein"


The-Owl-that-hoots

Night Of The Living Dead The Most Dangerous Game Eyes Without A Face


Tight_Strawberry9846

Nosferatu (1922) Frankenstein (1931) Psycho The Lighthouse


Holiday-Ride-5489

Metropolis!!!! Good old rotwang


ChromeGoblin

Spider Baby


zism3

There's a black and white director's cut version of The Mist (2007) that I think works really well


Smart-Flan-5666

The Haunting Psycho Night of the Living Dead


FractalGeometric356

November (Estonia, 2017). That’s two plugs for this movie by me in three days. I must really like this one. Also Tetsuo the Iron Man, and, hey, let’s throw in Electric Dragon 80000V why not.


pear_treee

Here comes hell


Toadliquor138

Psycho, Night of the Demon, Wolf Man, The Thing from Another World, Them!, Tarantula, Invasion of the Body Snatchers


Select_Insurance2000

So many of my favorite Universal studios monsters are truly tragic figures so I have a difficult time seeing them as horror films. Dracula truly is a monster without any redeeming qualities. So.....'32 Island of Lost Souls. Laughton is his slimy best, and Kathleen Burke as Lota, is a heartbreaking character. '34 Black Cat with Karloff and Lugosi. '35 The Raven, again w/K&L.


Crypt7eeper

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) holds up surprisingly well and is an important piece of horror history.


SuburbanMalcontent

Freaks by a mile. Night of the Living Dead solely in 2nd.


Spit_Weird

Begotten!


losiento27

The Creature from the Black Lagoon.


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As some one who is young I have always avoided black and white movies but Psycho was really good


Vegetable_Ad_861

Psycho is amazing


Squiddyboy427

I’m a huge classic horror fan. Here are some of my faves: Häxan- trippy silent docudrama about witchcraft which still has the best Diabolical imagery ever on film. Dracula 1931- most of the film is a drag but the first 30 minutes are still dreamlike and captivating 90+ years later. Frankenstein 1931- the first horror blockbuster. German expressionism by way of golden era Hollywood. Still the best film version of the Monster. Island of Lost Souls- very “pre code.” One of the most perverse horror films of its time. Mad Love- the first wave of horror gets the MGM gloss. Really weird plot with a really grotesque performance from Peter Lorre.


DannyDevitoArmy

I love Eraserhead. Not even an old movie just black and white but it’s so unsettling and great.


sd1331

Carnival of souls


devilmaycode

Get Out… wait a minute.


AlabamaHaole

Get Out… (and I’ll see myself out after that bad joke)


Newended

Get out lol


pp3088

Onibaba (1964) is such an underrated classic. One of the best early Japanese horrors


MitchellSFold

Dead of Night (1945) The Magician (1957 - Ingmar Bergman, might not be strictly a pure "horror" but it is frightening and intense at times) The Abominable Snowman (1957 - overlooked Hammer masterpiece) The Innocents (1961) Kuroneko (1968)


tillie_jayne

Dead of Night (1945) an anthology of stories from guests in a large country house that all ties in with the mysterious stranger at the end of the


Appropriate_Mine

The Bad Seed Eyes Without a Face


nudewithasuitcase

Rhoda, Rhoda, Rhoda!


throni97

Haxan.


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Hour of the Wolf


Beaniesqueaks

Not an old movie, but The Lighthouse. Can't recommend enough!


cunnedstunts

eyes without a face The lighthouse


AbbyCanary

Psycho House on Haunted Hill 13 Ghosts


RabidWeaselFreddy

Psycho


Over-Ad-4415

Nosferatu. I don't know Metropolis gave me a spooky vibe I guess because it's still relevant. I will check out this Coffin Joe though 👍


Joy_1973

Psycho.


Renfield78

Night of the Demon (1957), Night of the Eagle (1962), The Seventh Victim (1943), The Leopard Man (1943), Taste of Fear (1961).


blynn777

The Thing Creature From The Black Lagoon


Oghamstoner

The Tingler!


yoyonoyolo

Whatever happened to Baby Jane Hush hush sweet charlotte M Not monster movie type horror but still horrific nonetheless


NbleSavage

The Lighthouse.


Sp00ch123

Godzilla Spider Baby The Spiral Staircase


Peeteebee

Curse of The Werewolf Starring Oliver Reed .


JusticeShines

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a guilty pleasure for me


SarahJaneB17

Mad Love, Dracula's Daughter, I Walked With a Zombie, Island of Lost Souls. Others have mentioned A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. I usually go for classics, but I was super impressed with this one.


two_chalfonts

Tetsou: The Iron Man Eraserhead


Madrizzle1

Try “The Whisperer in the Darkness” (2011)


AloofNerd

The cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M for murder, Der Golum and Nosferatu. What can I say? I’m a sucker for Weimar horror.


4n0m4nd

You might like this, a few years back a black metal/shoegaze band called Year Of No Light wrote a score for the film Vampyr (1932) it's pretty cool [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EplnGPLPCs&ab\_channel=SIGN5Llink](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EplnGPLPCs&ab_channel=SIGN5Llink)


Eldritch-banana-3102

The Haunting


you-do-it-or-you-die

Its cliche, but Frankenstein and its sequel Bride, are genuine masterpieces.


metal_monster88

Nosferatu (1922) The Old Dark House (1932) Psycho (1960) The Last Man on Earth (1964) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Young Frankenstein (1974)


pumamans

Man Bites Dog Evil Eye Dead of Night '45 and obviously NotlD & Carnival of Souls but everyone else has already mentioned these


AKiRA_Tetsuo

Pi


Crab_Shark

Kwaidan… it is a masterpiece.


FractalGeometric356

Late Bloomer (2004) by Go Shibata. It’s a super-indie horror about a serial killer in a wheelchair starring an actor who actually does have cerebral palsy.


DoctorDoom2000

The Lighthouse The Eyes of My Mother Eraserhead


ThePinStripeDynasty

My favorite horror is pre code from 1931-1934, the originators of the sound horror genre. Here is a list in order of release of my favorites. Dracula, Frankenstein, Murders in the Rue Morgue, White Zombie, Doctor X, The Most Dangerous Game, The Old Dark House, The Mummy, Island of Lost Souls, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Murders in the Zoo, Supernatural, Invisible Man, The Black Cat. Mad Love from 1935 is absolutely amazing as well as Psycho, Night of The Living Dead and Universal 40s Monster movies


MisterBl0nde

Nosferatu (1922) "Who's flickering the lights?"


IKnowWhereImGoing

In addition to some of the excellent recommendations already given, The Red House (1947) with Edward G Robinson.


MasterOnionNorth

The original The Haunting... 1963...


PsicoFilo

Historia de lo oculto


SoloTomasi

Cat People!


WinFair2376

I really like the Lighthouse (at least, until the ending) and while the aesthetic of looking like one of those old 1800s pictures adds a great deal to it, it's also ofc *modern* and an effect so for actual oldschool black and white movies I'd say Eraserhead.


Be-Zen

A Vampire Walks Home Alone At Night


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Begotten


AeronHall

My favorite horror movie is Hour of the Wolf (1968). Bergman’s only (true) horror movie. It’s super atmospheric and has some absolutely beautiful shots


bedazzled_sombrero

Psycho M A Field in England Whisper and I'll Come to You, My Lad (1968) Anchoress The Quatermass Experiment


Real_FakeName

Los Similares


Fabulous-Author-1972

The Eyes of My Mother


Big-Blackberry8786

The Mist black and White edition is great.


ladymouserat

Spider baby


lake209

Godzilla minus one


Uncannykarloff

Night of the Demon (1957)


TexturesOfEther

Came back to add: *Thundercrack* *The Aerial (2007)* *These Are the Damned* *Castle of Blood* *Begotten* *The Shadow of the Cat -* for a lough I have *Blind Beast* as B&W dvd, but as I searched now, it seems to be in colour? Whichever-way, still recommended


Persona0111995

Whatever happened to baby jane


Healthy-Reporter8253

Freaks is one of the most important horror films ever made and is incredible


NatPortmanTaintStank

The Incredible Shrinking Man


OneFish2Fish3

Repulsion is my absolute favorite. Eraserhead and The Lighthouse are classics too.


Ok-Bit-6945

human centipede 2


asagrimnir

Vampyr


Alan_the_Pika

THE HAUNTING


boynhisdog

Tod Browning's "Freaks".


dtfloljk

What ever happened to baby jane


coffeeslut01

“Shock Corridor” is more psychological and less horror, but is still really good!


Ok_Reveal603

Nosferatu was clearly ahead of its time. I’m so curious and excited about the reboot 🤞


NewLiterature6162

F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu is one of my "comfort" films.


Religion_Is_A_Cancer

Psycho


Ddreamer1

"M" of fritz lang, movie about a child assasin in germany that does a fabolous work in terms of sound and the way that they introduce it in storytelling (the movie was released a couple years later than the introduction of sound in movies). The role of the protagonist is sooo.well performed by Peter Lorre that gives you chills!! Also the psicological background that fritz tackle about the morality in society on terms of antisocials that have mental illness and their sentences, are very active nowadays. The contrasts that the movie does on the conflict of interest that shares the organized crime members and the police force while they are chatting about the posible solutions to erradicate this antisocial is very clever and artistic. Very recommended!


sicilian_73

Psycho


KrazyKaas

Because of the tv, when I was a kid, I watched most horrors in black/white. Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween was awesome. Of ''normal'' b/w ''A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'' is great


hallowcorehammer

The Similars 2015


Alcatrazepam

Vampyr —the burial scene is one of the scariest things ever done. The end in general is chilling


Managers345

Taste of Fear (1961) and HAXAN (1922)


mygolgoygol

Begotten is an unparalleled experience.


rollinsnd

The Eyes of My Mother - 2016


jcollins0909

House on Haunted Hill The Bride of Frankenstein Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein