Hi. So I’m very lost on ideas at the moment, BUT here are my favorite horror movies. 1-3 and number 5 contain 5-7 movies in the series, so I am only going to explain the plot of the first movie in each series. Most of these movies you already know. They are quite popular and classic. Maybe I’m basic but I enjoy classic horror movies like slashers.
- Scream
Scream has been one of my favorite horror movies since I was almost 12. It is a series of 6 movies. They also had a show on MTV that you can now find on Netflix. The movie was written by Kevin Williamson originally, but later by Ehren Kruger, James Vanderbilt, and Guy Busick. The main plot of the first Scream movie follows Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell). She sees a series of murders around her town taking place. All kids from the same school she attends. Later in the movie the killer is after Sidney. Throughout the next 4 movies, the killer’s motive is still to kill Sidney.
- Friday the 13th
I didn’t grow a love for this movie until I played the video game. I played this game on xbox for the first time when I was 14, and then watched all of the movies. I had previously only seen the first movie. In the plot of the first movie camp counselors decide to open and set up their summer camp knowing of the history of murder. Camp Crystal Lake is a large camp with a nice lake in a very woodsy area known for murders. They are warned by superstitious locals but the young, ignorant counselors go ahead to the camp. Jack (Kevin Bacon, Alice (Adrianne King), Bill (Harry Crosby), Marcie (Jeannie Taylor), and Ned (Mark Nelson) are stalked by a brutal killer. They struggle to stay alive as they are harmed in various ways by the merciless killer
- Saw
The saw movies are one of my all-time favorites. I love gore factored movies, but I also love psychological movies, and this fits so perfectly. A photographer, Adam Stanheight (Leigh Whannell), and oncologist, Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) wake up in a filthy bathroom both chained to pipes at either end of the room. They realize they’ve been taken by the sadistic killer “Jigsaw” and must complete his puzzle to make it out alive. Meanwhile, Dr. Gordons wife and child are being forced to watch the torture he is endured to via closed-circuit video. That is the basic plotline, but there is so much more to it. If you haven’t watched these, I definitely recommend you do! Unless you have a weak stomach…then you may wanna sit this one out.
- The Visit
I watched this movie when I was around 12 so it is a classic movie for me. It was made by M. Night Shyamalan so you know it’s going to be a good watch. I recommend any of the movies he has made they are so good. In the movie 2 children are supposed to spend the weekend at their grandparents house while their mom took a vacation with her boyfriend. The eldest sister, Becca (Olivia DeJonge), decides to film a documentary during their stay. She intends to make this documentary to help her mother reconnect with her family. I do not want to spoil it very much, but the grandmother has Sundowners with a side effect of advanced Alzheimer’s. Their grandfather has severe schizophrenia. The term “sundowning” refers to a state of confusion occurring in the late afternoon and lasting into the night. Sundowning can cause different behaviors, such as confusion, anxiety, aggression or ignoring directions. Sundowning can also lead to pacing or wandering.
- Paranormal Activity
This movie falls along the category of a found footage film. It is a low budget documentary, and it is not very long either. Each movie is pretty much the same with different occurrences, and you learn about the family. Soon after moving into a suburban tract home, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a supernatural presence. Hoping to capture evidence of it on film, they set up video cameras in the house. From there you just watch what happened through this video camera footage.
I find scream extremely funny and I haven’t finished watching the visit so I’ll be doing that today.
i <3 gore but i cannot do body horror. some of my faves are of course scream, hereditary, midsommar, house of 1,000 corpses (my all time fave), and the mist.
I personally am not a horror movie kind of person, but I really enjoyed hearing about how much you enjoy them:)
The Visit sounds very interesting, I may have to look into it.