You get to pick one horror movie to show at your local cinema. What do you pick?

[Dan-o]

My local cinema shows a different horror movie every Friday... Sometimes they show two! It's good fun, even when the films are... bad. Sometimes, an audience member gets to pick one (a few months in advance, if the cinema can get it).

So... If you could pick one to show an audience of 80 to 150 people... What would you pick? It should be horror, since that's the weekly theme, but the genre is wide enough that a good thriller could work as well.

 

[Happy Puppy]

A Dark Song

It's a tense engaging film. One of my favs, it's light on the horror.

https://youtu.be/5-S3JqJZJ3s

 

[Laserdisk]

Evil Dead 2

 

[DrEvil]

Scream.

 

[Chivalry]

Scream. It's the best one.

 

[Aurica]

I think I'd go with Rosemary's Baby, because so many people my age still haven't seen it.

Stealth edit: Never mind. Maybe Polanski would get royalties. To play it safe, I'll go with Dario Argento's Suspiria since many haven't seen it, and it's incredible.

 

[driveninhifi]

Alien if you count it as horror.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Jacob's Ladder(90, duh) so everyone walks out questioning reality.

 

[MizneyWorld]

Halloween 1978

Pretty standard and safe choice at this point but my favorite horror movie.

 

[The Real Paddington]

Probably Rosemary's Baby or The Witch

 

[CloudWolf]

The VVitch or It Follows.

Both never really got a proper release over here and more people deserve to see them.

And if I'm thinking selfishly: The Descent

Because seeing that in a cinema must've been an incredibly intense experience and I'd love to experience the movie like that.

 

[Dan-o]

Good choices so far folks!

And if I'm thinking selfishly: The Descent

Because seeing that in a cinema must've been an incredibly intense experience and I'd love to experience the movie like that.

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This was shown a few months back. I had never seen it. Holy shit, what a movie. It was great to watch with an audience.

 

[ethanradd]

Sinister

 

[DrEvil]

Good choices so far folks!

This was shown a few months back. I had never seen it. Holy shit, what a movie. It was great to watch with an audience.

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Descent in theatres was so messed up. Gah I get chills just thinking of it.

 

[Wilson]

If i have a 'captive audience' and can show whatever I want, then I'm going with Calvaire (or even better, a season of early 00s euro horror).

 

[Deleted member 13496]

Martyrs. Invite the kids and the whole family!

 

[infinitebento]

reanimator

 

[Peek-a-boo!]

Halloween 1978

Pretty standard and safe choice at this point but my favorite horror movie.

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All I kept thinking after seeing the recent Halloween (reboot) film was how much I would love to see the original Halloween in a crowded cinema ... 🎃

I had a great audience at Halloween last October, especially during the one-take tracking shot, and it'd be interesting to see how they react to the original film, which is more tense and atmospheric.

 

[patientzero]

Underseen fave - The Innkeepers.

 

[Deleted member 3093]

1978 Dawn of the Dead or Braindead. Depending on my mood. One is the preeminent entry in the zombie genre, the other is Dawn of the Dead.

 

[Saya]

Dellamorte Dellamore or Cemetery Man

 

[Dalek]

The Descent is honestly one of the most overlooked horror movies of all time. It's RELENTLESSLY terrifying.

Why not The Shining? I'd love to see it on the big screen.

 

[coma]

Something like Buio Omega to see how many people walk out. Or maybe The New York Ripper?

 

[ElCidTmax]

The Ring was a pretty solid scary movie, but not too scary. Fun for a movie crowd.

 

[apocat]

I'm cheating and nominating Lars von Triers The Kingdom in its entirety, as it has occasionally been shown in theaters.

I marathon it every few years anyway, so watching it on the big screen would be a fun way to mix it up for me.

 

[CypherERA]

Candyman (1992). This movie. This fucking movie.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Blood Freak.

Children these days are far too addicted to drugs and think its hip to reef, they need to see what happens when you try to sell drugs around a scientist Turkey farmer

 

[motherless]

https://youtu.be/OVlnER8SxfQ

 

[Burgess_101]

1989 film Society. Goddamn love that film.

 

[Izzard]

Dance of the Vampires.

 

[Samanosuke Akechi]

Annabelle creation scared the hell out of me...

So probably that one. Or lights out. Now that's a movie that I had trouble sleeping a couple nights after seeing. That never happens to me.

 

[Soap]

The Fly because I feel it has a lot more depth than most horror films.

 

[kyoya]

Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

 

[Serein]

Hmm, good question.

If I'm playing it safe then I'm going to go for The Thing. It's a well-loved, visually spectacular modern classic that would look fantastic on the big screen. The quality and popularity of the film is undisputed but it's maybe a bit predictable.


One of my absolute favourite films is the beautiful, tragic and timeless 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff. If possible, have it as a double bill with the 1931 original which is also directed by James Whale (together the run time is still under 2 1/2 hours). I'd love to see those on the big screen. They're such classics though that they may already have been shown or get regularly shown anyway.


So, casting the net a bit further for something people are less likely to have seen then I'm going to go for Mr Vampire. This is a Hong Kong comedy-horror from 1985 that is extremely entertaining. Vampires, comedy, ghosts, romance, action, a man in a gorilla suit, this film has it all and would play well to a Friday night crowd I think.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Sonic The Hedgehog (with the pre-revision character design)

 

[UnholyChocolate]

Alien? If it counts

 

[Foltzie]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

It works ... right ?

 

[Stiler]

Because it's one of my personal favorites of 90's b-movie horror that's actually good (imo), great surreal mix of dark humor and an adventure movie.


Also yes, that was Ben Stiller you saw in the trailer (the whole Stiller family pops up in the movie lol, along with Lita Ford, Gilbert Gottfried, and others).

 

[Quzar]

John Carpenter's The thing, one of the best movies ever made. Not much else to say.

 

[Deleted member 1726]

Hmmmm good question and a difficult one to answer.

Maybe The Blair Witch

 

[Deleted member 1726]

Annabelle creation scared the hell out of me...

So probably that one. Or lights out. Now that's a movie that I had trouble sleeping a couple nights after seeing. That never happens to me.

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Hahaha, Sinister did this to me...I was a wreck after that film, it doesn't help that when I go to bed I use my phone to light the way

 

[Oyashiro-Sama]

I wish I had a local cinema that did this.

Creepshow


Night of the creeps

 

[samwyse]

Exorcist 2
Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Hellraiser 2

Sequel time.

 

[THEVOID]

reanimator

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Beat me to it. This.

 

[Bumrush]

Alien. It's the best horror movie ever made.

 

[Nome]

OP you have the chance to expose hundreds of people to the brilliance that is Mandy.

 

[Heynongman!]

The Thing. Easily my favorite horror film

 

[Brinbe]

noroi

 

[CassCade]

Probably the Witch or The Wailing.

Martyrs. Invite the kids and the whole family!

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This is a great choice, wholesome family fun.

 

[retroman]

It's a toss-up between Les Diaboliques and Fright Night.

Les Diaboliques is a classic thriller where a feeling of dread is palpable nearly the entire running time, and Fright Night is just a tremendously fun watch.