Horror movie recommendations?

HarryPainful said:
Scream? horror!?

You post is scarier than the films!

Crappy predicable teen "horror"
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Tell me that you know that it's post-modernist stance is the point of the film.

I would reccomend Dead Snow, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead (zach schnieders version), Ju-on: The Grudge, Audition. They're not all made within the last 2 years (why would you limit your time frame to such a short space when there are so many fantastic horror films from previous decades).
 
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EddScott said:
I quite like the english film where a few people get stuck in the underground. Low budget but perfectly watchable.
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I have touched the train they used in that film, hidden away down in a disused station. Well it excited me anyway :D


The Mist is awesome, especially the ending !

Some of my highlights:

REC
Event Horizon
Dark Water (not the crap remake)
Oldboy (Not horror but great)
Calvaire (The Ordeal)
Versus (Not horror but great fun)
Dawn of the Dead (remake)
Martyrs
 
$loth said:
Tell me that you know that it's post-modernist stance is the point of the film.

I would reccomend Dead Snow, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead (zach schnieders version), Ju-on: The Grudge, Audition. They're not all made within the last 2 years (why would you limit your time frame to such a short space when there are so many fantastic horror films from previous decades).
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Passing off poor film-making as postmodern is a cop-out. Scream goes way beyond postmodern and descends into parody. A postmodern horror film isn't one that just acknowledges that horror exists as a genre. Instead, it should play with established audience expectations instead of solely relying on it's references to the genre.

Scream doesn't do this and cannot really be considered postmodern in the strictest sense.

For probably the best example of postmodern horror, see Cronenberg's Videodrome.
 
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