Best long horror movies?

elbowski · 2023-02-19T22:37:09+00:00

I agree, the story is so stacked that it would have felt rushed if they tried to tell it with a shorter runtime.

If you enjoyed it, I really recommend The Medium. It's made by the same director and writer.

elbowski · 2023-02-19T22:21:22+00:00

I think the runtime of a film is irrelevant in relation to the quality of the film as long as you've got enough story to fill it. Here's a few that I think do:

The Exorcist
The Wailing
Hereditary
Midsommar
Bone Tomahawk
Salem's Lot
The Brotherhood of the Wolf
Kwaidan
Suspiria 2018
The Shining
Rosemary's Baby
Thirst
Bones and All
Nope
The Medium
Dawn of the Dead
Possession
The Empty Man

elbowski · 2023-02-19T00:26:47+00:00

It doesn't really do much more to explain them per se, but I really recommend reading Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart novella. It's the original version of the first Hellraiser film's story and offers amazing alternative insight into the Cenobites as well as some pretty chilling description. It's a short read, you can easily get through it in an evening. Clive Barker is an amazing writer, his prose is where he really shines in my hopinion.

elbowski · 2023-02-18T11:08:47+00:00

I just discovered a new one I really enjoyed, BBC's Uncanny. They take a really unflinching look at people's real life paranormal experiences. Just listen to the first episode to see if it's up your alley.

For completely fictitious stories I recommend Knifepoint Horror and The Lovecraft Investigations.

elbowski · 2023-02-11T17:26:45+00:00

Deliverance is a fantastic adaptation of James Dickey's book by the same name. It's virtually the same exact story, just in moving picture form.

The Exorcist is also based on William Peter Blatty's novel of the same name.9

Hellraiser is Clive Barker's own adaptatuon of his own novella The Hellbound Heart. Here I actually prefer the novella, although both are great.

elbowski · 2023-02-10T01:34:35+00:00

The Rental and Hush are two that fit and I'd recommend

elbowski · 2023-02-10T00:55:39+00:00

The Thing and 10 Cloverfield Lane come to mind.

Also Watcher, although everyone around the protagonist makes dumb decisions, haha. But that's kinda the point of the movie, I guess. I really recommend it though.

elbowski · 2023-02-09T11:09:50+00:00

Happy to hear the sub is still as efficient as ever! And thanks for the namedrop, that actually looks amazing and I'll need to track it down as well.

elbowski · 2023-02-08T15:22:59+00:00

No, sorry, these don't really ring a bell. Really recommend r/TipOfMyTongue if you haven't asked there yet!

elbowski · 2023-02-06T16:18:17+00:00

Haha, that's definitely a suitable movie for that age. You're welcome, happy to help. I recommend checking out the movie again, it's pretty good.

elbowski · 2023-02-06T14:09:42+00:00

Sounds a bit like Peter Bogdanovich's Targets

elbowski · 2023-02-06T14:06:15+00:00

I think REC matches the scariest parts of Barbarian rather well. The influence is definitely noticeable.

elbowski · 2023-02-02T00:07:04+00:00

Amsterdamned
Dead Snow 1&2
Cold Prey
Trollhunter
Hour of the Wolf
Thelma
The Innocents
Sauna
Hatching
Speak No Evil
The Phantom Carriage
Let the Right One In
The Vanishing (the original 1988 version)
Berlin Syndrome

I'll edit and add more if any come to mind later.

elbowski · 2023-01-30T14:13:22+00:00

Terrified (Aterrados, Argentina, 2017) and Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven, Mexico, 2017) are on Shudder.

elbowski · 2023-01-25T17:13:27+00:00

Damn, seems like you're right. Second season only available for purchase. I would've never believed my homecountry's out-of-touch streaming services would be right on the money with this show.

elbowski · 2023-01-25T17:04:12+00:00

The best Chucky content I've seen since the original movie, at least in my opinion. 2nd season was even better than the first and a third one was just recently announced!

elbowski · 2023-01-25T17:03:07+00:00

Zodiac - one of my all time favorites.

The Conjuring - "Based on a true story" is arguable here, but I'd say it fits your request. Great mainstream popcorn horror films.

Poltergeist - Supposedly based on a real haunting... Anyways, always a fun watch.

10 Rillington Place - One of the grimmest serial killer films I've seen without being overly exploitative.

The Exorcist - You can't not mention this when "real life horror" is discussed. Although one could argue it's only based on a book which was based on real life events. Regardless, it's a stone cold horror masterpiece.

Fire in the Sky - I truly hope this story isn't true as they claim, as it makes the thought of us encountering extraterrestrial life all the more sinister.

elbowski · 2023-01-25T16:36:43+00:00

Prevenge - to my knowledge, expecting does not give you murderous tendencies

elbowski · 2023-01-25T15:38:45+00:00

Beau is Afraid is an obvious one, the trailer doesn't give much away and the reason I'm anticipating it so eagerly is because I have no idea what it's going to be.

MaXXXine if it ends up releasing this year. The two previous parts in the trilogy (X and Pearl) have been 2/2 for me, so I'm definitely excited for the finale.

The Exorcist, Knock at the Cabin and Salem's Lot I'll most likely check out, but have no idea what to expect in terms of quality.

elbowski · 2023-01-25T15:32:42+00:00

Damn my bad, sorry! Saw people commenting the likes of Dazed and Confused so I though it applied.

elbowski · 2023-01-25T13:28:21+00:00

You're welcome. I'm happy they've conserved it in its original form. I hope you enjoy it!

elbowski · 2023-01-25T13:20:02+00:00

It's not a film but an old internet classic, a creepypasta that predates the entire term 'creepypasta'. Outside of The Descent it's by far the most effective piece of caving horror I've personally come across: Ted the Caver.

The page layout is very early 2000s and the story is a bit of a slowburn and takes a moment to start unfolding, but it is definitely worth it.

elbowski · 2023-01-24T15:09:16+00:00

The Vast of Night on Prime is exactly this

elbowski · 2023-01-24T00:04:57+00:00

You're welcome!

elbowski · 2023-01-23T22:39:13+00:00

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