Favorite subgenre

[psychobillyjekyll]

What's your favorite subgenre of horror? I tend to like zombie, werewolf, and other creature features. But there's nothing wrong with some slasher flicks every once in a while.

[The Butcher]

Of course I can't go with just one. I love when gigantic monsters attack cities, like Cloverfield and Godzilla. I also love slashers as long as they contain lots of tits and gore, like the Halloween remake and My Bloody Valentine. But any horror movie that makes me think too much sucks. Unless it's stuff like Silence of the Lambs or maybe Zodiac.

[GIGANTOR_]

Killer animals & Monsters are my favorite 2 sub genres.

[brainchomper]

Haunted house flicks.

[The Butcher]

So GIGANTOR, what are some of the best killer animal flicks?

[ZombieSurfer]

I love vampire flicks. I like everything from the first Dracula movie to the Underground. Top three vampire films for me are: Underworld, Near, Dark and Frightnight.

[psychobillyjekyll]

I love vampire flicks. I like everything from the first Dracula movie to the Underground. Top three vampire films for me are: Underworld, Near, Dark and Frightnight.


Good choices, I was always partial to Fright Night, something about the movie debuting 8 days before I was born. I like From Dusk til Dawn, John Carpenter's Vampires, and the original Nosferatu, where effects were changing the color filter in front of the lens to add intensity to scenes.

[Gavin Schmitt]

Well, I like giallo and splatter/gore flicks. I'm also a fan of slashers, but mostly just 70s/80s slashers... I don't think modern attempts match the 80s feel.

[T-1000]

I remember fright night! The movie scared the shit out of me a a kid!

[psychobillyjekyll]

Did any of you ever have the misfortune of watching the Sci Fi channel movie Never Cry Werewolf? It is roughly Fright Night, with Kevin Sorbo, and a werewolf instead of a vampire.

[Moundshroud]

It may be an overly-broad subgenre, but my favorite is probably gothic horror, anything with vampires, ghosts, werewolves, mad scientists, crumbling castles and the like.

[monkeybutlersforall]

Damn, this is a difficult one! So many to choose from...

I love a good vampire movie, the more gothic the better. Also as a child of the 80's I have a soft spot for a good slasher movie, although most recent ones just don't match up to the classics. Giant monsters destroying whole cities is always fun as well. Haunted house movies that rely on atmosphere rather than special effects can be truly awesome (think the original version of The Haunting compared to the 90's remake).

There are really too many to list, so I think I'm just gonna go for werewolf movies. Even though I cant think of more than five or six really good werewolf movies off the top of my head they've always been my favourite movie monsters, ever since I was a kid (thank you American Werewolf)! If a movie comes out with werewolves, then I'm definitely gonna be watching it, even though it'll probably suck!

[SuperJoe]

Did any of you ever have the misfortune of watching the Sci Fi channel movie Never Cry Werewolf? It is roughly Fright Night, with Kevin Sorbo, and a werewolf instead of a vampire.

This sounds like the worst movie ever dude.

[SuperJoe]

Moundshroud, is the original black and white werewolf movie any good? I've always wanted to see that one.

[Moundshroud]

Moundshroud, is the original black and white werewolf movie any good? I've always wanted to see that one.

I assume you're referring to The Wolfman with Lon Chaney, 1941. Yes, I'd highly recommend it - Chaney's performance is heartbreaking as the tragic Larry Talbot, and there's an excellent supporting cast. Easily among the greatest of the Universal monster movies. Any horror fan should see it, if for no other reason than to see the werewolf movie which set the standard for all future werewolf movies.

Six years prior to that, Universal produced the less-known The Werewolf of London, which is the first feature-length werewolf movie. It's not as good as the Chaney movie, but also worth a look if you're interested in the evolution of werewolf movies.

[monkeybutlersforall]

Chaney's performance is heartbreaking as the tragic Larry Talbot, and there's an excellent supporting cast. Easily among the greatest of the Universal monster movies.

I couldn't agree more Moundshroud. The original Wolf Man is one of the few movies truly deserving to be called 'classic'. When I first heard they were remaking it I was absolutely furious, but once news broke that Benicio Del Toro was playing the Lon Chaney Jr. role and Anthony Hopkins was cast as his father I became less annoyed and more excited. Both are fantastic actors capable of turning in oscar worthy performances and, if rumors are to be belived, they are sticking pretty damn close to the original story. Del Toro's involvement is particularly good news as he has said in the past that he is a big fan of the original movie and apparently has a framed original poster on the wall in his office.

Lets hope this is the movie to break the 'remakes are never as good as the original' curse.

[psychobillyjekyll]

This sounds like the worst movie ever dude.

It is, it's one of those things that makes you want to spoon out your eyes, except you don't want it to be the last image burned into your mind. There are some things you just can't unsee, this is one of them.

[Homicide]

That's an easy one for me, the 80's left their indelible mark on me & I'm a huge slasher fan! I love horror in all it's forms but I love my slashers the most. Jason would be my fav, but I watched 'em all, and all their knock offs & I still go out of my way to get them however I can (Madman on region 2, Maniac Cop 2 on region 5), I can't get enough of 'em & that infection has spread to my wife & is already starting in my 3 year old daughter (she has her own cheapo hocky mask that she runs around in)!

[GIGANTOR_]

So GIGANTOR, what are some of the best killer animal flicks?


Wow theres so many.Pick a critter and ill tell you what ones I like from that group.

[Wolfman's Got Nards]

Slashers will always reign supreme in my skewed 80's nastalgia ladened eyes, do appretiate a good zombie flick though.

[The Butcher]

Slashers will always reign supreme in my skewed 80's nastalgia ladened eyes, do appretiate a good zombie flick though.

So do you like the 80's slasher specifically?

[Wolfman's Got Nards]

I am fond of all slashers to some degree, the early 80's are always going to be considered the golden age of the slasher, from the late 80's up until about Scream, I can probably count the number of quality slashers on one hand, but I still love the derivative cheesiness in most.

The original slashers, which were more of the stalk and slash variety, will always hold a special place in my heart and for the record I consider Black Christmas the real original slasher and actually prefer it to Halloween slightly. I actually just watched a slasher that I could not beilieve I had missed, "The Dorm that Dripped Blood" but I was able to see within about 20 minutes why I had heard little to nothing positive about that film.

Not sure if any of these ramblings answered your question.

[Xussiht]

Vampire flicks aint scary imo, I mean its kinda cool to be one.
Slashers is my favourite. Thats excitement!

[KillerPrincess]

I will watch any type of vampire movie and slashers are almost always fun to watch.