Below is my list of modern horror movies to watch, compiled from recommendations you’ve made on HMS videos. Please note that only recommended movies that I haven’t seen before have been included in this list (so if you recommended a movie and it’s not on this list, I’ve probably already seen it). If a title has a strike through it, it means I’ve finally watched it and have crossed it off the list.

The “To-Watch” List:

  1. 1922

  2. #Alive

  3. A Warning to the Curious

  4. Aenigma

  5. After Midnight

  6. All Is Lost

  7. All the Colors of the Dark

  8. Almost Human

  9. Alter

  10. American Nightmare: A Celebration of Films from Horror’s Golden Age

  11. Amityville Vibrator

  12. Aniara

  13. ARQ

  14. Asphyx, The

  15. Atrocious

  16. Attack of the Beast Creatures

  17. Atticus Institute, The

  18. Audrey Rose

  19. Backcountry

  20. Bad Batch, The

  21. Bad Moon

  22. Banshee Chapter

  23. Barbarian

  24. Barge People, The

  25. Beast Must Die, The

  26. Big Bad Wolf

  27. Black Cat, The (1989)

  28. Black Mountain Side

  29. Blackwell Ghost, The

  30. Blink Twice

  31. Bliss (2019)

  32. Blood Glacier

  33. Blood Red Sky

  34. Blood Sucking Freaks

  35. Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp

  36. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

  37. Blue Sunshine

  38. Bone Sickness

  39. Bones and All

  40. Boys of County Hell, The

  41. Bullet Head

  42. Burnt Offerings

  43. Butcher, The

  44. Butterfly Kisses

  45. Cabin by the Lake

  46. Call of Cthulhu, The

  47. Captive, The

  48. Carnival of Souls

  49. Cat Sick Blues

  50. Chained

  51. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  52. Church, The

  53. Cleansing Hour, The

  54. Cold Fish

  55. Cold Ground

  56. Comeback, The

  57. Crimes of Passion

  58. Crowhaven Farm

  59. Cry of the Banshee

  60. Cthulhu

  61. Cthulhu Mansion

  62. Cut

  63. Cute

  64. Dark, The

  65. Dark Heritage

  66. Dark Place, A

  67. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  68. Dave Made a Maze

  69. Dead, The

  70. Dead Inside, The

  71. Deadly Spawn, The

  72. Death Bell

  73. Death of a Unicorn

  74. Death Ship

  75. Deep House, The

  76. Deer Camp ‘86

  77. Demonia

  78. Demon Seed

  79. Demons of the Mind

  80. Devil’s Rain, The

  81. Devonsville Terror, The

  82. Doc of the Dead

  83. Doghouse

  84. Dogman

  85. Domestics, The

  86. Dream Home

  87. Drop

  88. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  89. Eat

  90. Eat Locals

  91. Effects

  92. Eli

  93. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  94. Ernest Scared Stupid

  95. Etoile

  96. Evil Dead Trap

  97. Evil Geniuses

  98. Extraordinary Tales

  99. Exorcism of God, The

  100. Eyes of Fire

  101. Final Stab

  102. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  103. Food of the Gods, The

  104. Footprints on the Moon

  105. Forbidden

  106. Forgotten One, The

  107. Frankenstein: The True Story

  108. Fresh

  109. Fright

  110. From Within

  111. Full Eclipse

  112. Gallowwalkers

  113. Ghost Actress (aka Don’t Look Up)

  114. Ghost Shark

  115. Ghost Stories (2017)

  116. Ghost Story

  117. Ghost Town (1988)

  118. Ghostkeeper

  119. Ghostwatch

  120. Grave Encounters 2

  121. Green Knight, The

  122. Grimm Love

  123. Haunting of Julia, The (aka Full Circle)

  124. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  125. Horror (2003)

  126. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  127. Horror Express

  128. Horror Story (2013)

  129. House (aka Hausu)

  130. House at the End of Time, The

  131. House of 9

  132. House of Clocks

  133. House of Dark Shadows

  134. House of Darkness

  135. House of the Long Shadows

  136. House on Willow Street

  137. Howard’s Mill

  138. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  139. Images

  140. Innocent Blood

  141. Interview, The

  142. Invasion (2005)

  143. Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1977)

  144. Jessica Rabid

  145. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  146. Killer Coach

  147. Killer Movie

  148. Killer Party

  149. Kristy

  150. La Haine

  151. La Piel Que Habito

  152. Last Sentinel, The

  153. Last Shark, The

  154. Late Night with the Devil

  155. Late Phases

  156. Leaving D.C.

  157. Legacy, The

  158. Legend of Hell House, The

  159. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  160. Let My Puppets Come

  161. Let Us Prey

  162. Level 16

  163. Lillith

  164. Living Dolls

  165. Lodgers, The

  166. Lore (2023)

  167. Lost Voyage

  168. Love Me Deadly

  169. Lucker the Necrophagous

  170. Lux Aeterna

  171. Machine Girl, The

  172. Madhouse

  173. Malum

  174. Manhattan Baby

  175. Man’s Best Friend

  176. Mark of the Devil

  177. Mausoleum

  178. Meet the Feebles

  179. Memento Mori

  180. Memories

  181. Memories of a Murderer

  182. Messiah of Evil

  183. Midnight Hour, The

  184. Mikey

  185. Mindhunters

  186. Mine Games

  187. Mister Frost

  188. Monster, The

  189. Monster Club, The

  190. Monsters of Man

  191. Mortuary Collection, The

  192. Mr. Sandman

  193. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  194. Mutant Girls Squad

  195. My Demon Lover

  196. Naked Blood

  197. Naked Space (aka Spaceship, aka The Creature Wasn’t Nice)

  198. Necro Files, The

  199. Nefarious

  200. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  201. Next of Kin

  202. Nightbeasts

  203. Night Eats the World, The

  204. Night Killer

  205. Night of the Seagulls

  206. Night Shots

  207. Nightcomers, The

  208. Nightmare Sisters

  209. Night of Dark Shadows

  210. Nine Miles Down

  211. Noah

  212. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  213. Nomads

  214. Nosferatu (1979)

  215. One Cut of the Dead

  216. Outpost

  217. Outpost: Black Sun

  218. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  219. Oxford Murders, The

  220. Paganini Horror, The

  221. Parents

  222. Penda’s Fen

  223. Phantom of the Paradise

  224. Phase IV

  225. Piper, The

  226. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  227. Pool, The

  228. Power, The (2021 UK)

  229. Premonition

  230. Premutos

  231. Prison

  232. Project Metal Beast

  233. Psycho Ape!

  234. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  235. Ragdoll

  236. Razor Blade Smile

  237. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  238. Red Room (1999)

  239. Red Rooms (2023)

  240. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  241. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  242. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  243. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  244. Ripper: Letter From Within

  245. River of Fundament

  246. RoboGeisha

  247. Robot Ninja

  248. Rose Red

  249. Sabor a Sangre

  250. Saint

  251. Saint Sinner

  252. Salome

  253. Sator

  254. Savageland

  255. Save the Green Planet!

  256. See No Evil (1971)

  257. Sentinel, The (1977)

  258. Sharkenstein

  259. Shed, The

  260. Sheitan

  261. Shrieking, The

  262. Shrine, The

  263. Shunned House, The

  264. Skull

  265. Slashers (2001)

  266. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  267. Something in the Dirt

  268. Southbound

  269. Spectre (1977)

  270. Spectres (2012)

  271. Spell

  272. Spirit Animal

  273. Split Second

  274. Spree

  275. Sputnik

  276. Stalked by my Doctor

  277. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  278. Stone Tape, The

  279. Stonehearst Asylum

  280. Storm Warning

  281. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, The

  282. Strange Darling

  283. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  284. Stung

  285. Suckling, The

  286. Superhost

  287. Symptoms

  288. Synchronic

  289. Terrified

  290. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  291. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  292. Tesis

  293. Thin Blue Line, The

  294. Things

  295. Time Lapse

  296. Time Trap

  297. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  298. Tortured, The

  299. Tunnel, The

  300. Twice Dead

  301. Unborn, The (1991)

  302. Under Wraps (2021)

  303. Unmasked Part 25

  304. Unnamable, The

  305. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  306. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  307. V/H/S Beyond

  308. Vicious Fun

  309. Video Violence

  310. Vivarium

  311. Werewolves Within

  312. What We Become

  313. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  314. Whispering Corridors

  315. Wicked City

  316. Wilderness

  317. Willy’s Wonderland

  318. Wind, The

  319. Wind Chill

  320. Wishing Stairs

  321. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  322. Wither

  323. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  324. Woodchipper Massacre

  325. X Species, The

  326. YellowBrickRoad

  327. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  328. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  329. Zombie for Sale

  330. Zombie High

  331. Zombie Love

Below is a list of pre-1970 horror recommendations from HMS viewers. These are mostly excellent-to-classic films. I have seen many of these already; I include them here for your edification. (Special thanks to Kenneth Connally, who is responsible for the vast majority of these recommendations.)

Pre-1970 Horror Recommendations

  1. A Study in Terror

  2. At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul

  3. Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The

  4. Birds, The

  5. Black Cat, The

  6. Black Sabbath (1963)

  7. Black Sunday

  8. Blob, The (1958)

  9. Blood and Black Lace

  10. Blood Feast (1963)

  11. Body Snatchers, The (1945)

  12. Boo!

  13. Bride of Frankenstein

  14. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The

  15. Carnival of Souls

  16. Cat People (1942)

  17. City of the Dead

  18. Creature from the Black Lagoon

  19. Curse of Frankenstein, The

  20. Curse of the Cat People, The

  21. Curse of the Demon (aka Night of the Demon)

  22. Curse of the Undead

  23. Dead of Night

  24. Devil and Daniel Webster, The

  25. Devil Rides Out, The

  26. Diabolique

  27. Die Monster Die

  28. Dracula (1931)

  29. Dracula’s Daughter

  30. Eye of the Devil

  31. Eyes Without a Face

  32. Face at the Window, The

  33. Fall of the House of Usher, The (1928)

  34. Fangs of the Living Dead

  35. Fantasia

  36. Fiend Without a Face

  37. Fly, The (1958)

  38. Frankenstein (1931)

  39. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

  40. Freaks

  41. Ghost of Yotsuya, The

  42. Girl Who Knew Too Much, The

  43. Godzilla (aka Gojira) (1954)

  44. Golem, The

  45. Hands of Orlac, The (1924)

  46. Haunted House of Horror, The

  47. Haunted Palace, The

  48. Haunting, The (1963)

  49. Haxan

  50. Hour of the Wolf (aka Vargtimmen)

  51. House of Frankenstein

  52. House of Usher, The

  53. House of Wax

  54. House on Haunted Hill

  55. Housemaid, The (aka Hanyeo)

  56. I Married A Witch

  57. Innocents, The (1961)

  58. I Walked With a Zombie

  59. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

  60. Invisible Agent, The (1942)

  61. Invisible Man, The (1933)

  62. Invisible Woman, The (1940)

  63. Island of Lost Souls (1932)

  64. It’s Alive (1974—post - 1970!)

  65. King Kong

  66. Kuroneko (Yaba no naka no Kuroneko)

  67. Kwaidan (aka Kaidan)

  68. Last Man on Earth, The (1964)

  69. Mahal

  70. Masque of the Red Death, The

  71. Most Dangerous Game, The

  72. Mummy, The (1932)

  73. Mummy, The (1959)

  74. Murders in the Rue Morgue

  75. Mystery of the Wax Museum

  76. Night of the Demon

  77. Night of the Hunter

  78. Nosferatu (1922)

  79. Old Dark House, The

  80. Onibaba

  81. Peeping Tom

  82. Phantom of the Opera, The (1921)

  83. Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

  84. Plague of Zombies

  85. Plan 9 from Outer Space

  86. Psycho

  87. Queen of Spades, The (1949)

  88. Raven, The

  89. Repulsion

  90. Revolt of the Zombies

  91. Son of Dracula

  92. Son of Godzilla

  93. Son of Ingagi

  94. Spirits of the Dead

  95. THEM!

  96. Thing from Another World, The

  97. Time Machine, The

  98. Tingler, The

  99. Tomb of Ligeia, The

  100. Two Thousand Maniacs!

  101. Uninvited, The (1944)

  102. Vampyr

  103. Village of the Damned

  104. Viy

  105. Wait Until Dark

  106. War of the Worlds

  107. White Zombie (1932)

  108. Witch’s Mirror, The (1962)

  109. Wolf Man, The (1941)

  110. X the Unknown