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 Classic Horror Story

  4. A Warning to the Curious

  5. Aenigma

  6. AfrAId

  7. After Midnight

  8. All Is Lost

  9. All the Colors of the Dark

  10. Almost Human

  11. Alter

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

  13. Amityville Vibrator

  14. Anatomia Extinction

  15. Android of Notre Dame

  16. Angel Sanctuary

  17. Aniara

  18. ARQ

  19. Asphyx, The

  20. Atrocious

  21. Attack of the Beast Creatures

  22. Atticus Institute, The

  23. Audrey Rose

  24. Backcountry

  25. Bad Batch, The

  26. Bad Moon

  27. Banshee Chapter

  28. Baramulla

  29. Barbarian

  30. Barge People, The

  31. Bark

  32. Battlefield Baseball

  33. Beast Must Die, The

  34. Beyond the Limits

  35. Big Baby

  36. Big Bad Wolf

  37. Black Cat, The (1989)

  38. Black Demon, The

  39. Black Mountain Side

  40. Blackout

  41. Blackwell Ghost, The

  42. Blink Twice

  43. Bliss (2019)

  44. Blood Glacier

  45. Bloodline

  46. Bloodlust

  47. Blood Red Sky

  48. Blood Sucking Freaks

  49. Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp

  50. Bloody Chainsaw Girl

  51. Bloody Hell

  52. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

  53. Blue Sunshine

  54. Bodycam

  55. Bone Sickness

  56. Bones and All

  57. Boxer’s Omen, The

  58. Boy Kills World

  59. Boys of County Hell, The

  60. Bullet Head

  61. Buried Alive

  62. Burnt Offerings

  63. Butcher, The

  64. Butterfly Kisses

  65. Buzzkill

  66. Cabin by the Lake

  67. Calamity of Snakes

  68. Call of Cthulhu, The

  69. Captive, The

  70. Carnival of Souls

  71. Cat Sick Blues

  72. Celluloid Nightmares (Muzan-e)

  73. Chained

  74. Chinese Ghost Story, A

  75. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  76. Church, The

  77. Cleansing Hour, The

  78. Cold Fish

  79. Cold Ground

  80. Colony (Gunche)

  81. Comeback, The

  82. Conference, The

  83. Corporate Retreat

  84. Creeps, The

  85. Crimes of Passion

  86. Crowhaven Farm

  87. Cry of the Banshee

  88. Cthulhu

  89. Cthulhu Mansion

  90. Cut

  91. Cute

  92. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  93. Dark, The

  94. Dark Floors

  95. Dark Heritage

  96. Dark Place, A

  97. Dark Sea

  98. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  99. Dark Was The Night

  100. Daughters of Darkness

  101. Dave Made a Maze

  102. Dead, The

  103. Dead By Dawn (2025)

  104. Dead Inside, The

  105. Deadly Spawn, The

  106. Death Bell

  107. Death King, The

  108. Death of a Unicorn

  109. Death Ship

  110. Deep House, The

  111. Deeper You Dig, The

  112. Deer Camp ‘86

  113. Delivery Run

  114. Demon Murder Case, The

  115. Demon Wind

  116. Demon Seed

  117. Demonia

  118. Demons of the Mind

  119. Deus Irae

  120. Devil’s Rain, The

  121. Devil’s Mouth, The

  122. Devonsville Terror, The

  123. Doc of the Dead

  124. Doghouse

  125. Dogman

  126. Dolly

  127. Domestics, The

  128. Don’t Hang Up

  129. Dracula’s Guest

  130. DreadOut

  131. Dream Home

  132. Drop

  133. Dust Bunny

  134. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  135. Eat

  136. Eat Locals

  137. Effects

  138. Eli

  139. Encounters of the Spooky Kind (aka Spooky Encounters)

  140. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  141. Ernest Scared Stupid

  142. Etoile

  143. Evil Dead Trap

  144. Evil Geniuses

  145. Exorcism of God, The

  146. Extraordinary Tales

  147. Eyes of Fire

  148. Family Dinner

  149. Final Stab

  150. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  151. Food of the Gods, The

  152. Footprints on the Moon

  153. Forbidden

  154. Forgotten One, The

  155. Frankenstein: The True Story

  156. Frankenstein Theory, The

  157. Freaks of Nature

  158. Fresh

  159. Fright

  160. From Within

  161. Full Eclipse

  162. Gallowwalkers

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

  164. Ghost Board

  165. Ghost in the Cell

  166. Ghost Shark

  167. Ghost Stories (2017)

  168. Ghost Story

  169. Ghost Town (1988)

  170. Ghosts of War

  171. Ghostkeeper

  172. Ghostwatch

  173. Grave Encounters 2

  174. Green Knight, The

  175. Grimm Love

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

  177. Hermit, The

  178. Hold the Fort

  179. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  180. Horror (2003)

  181. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  182. Horror Express

  183. Horror Story (2013)

  184. House (aka Hausu)

  185. House at the End of Time, The

  186. House of 9

  187. House of Clocks

  188. House of Dark Shadows

  189. House of Darkness

  190. House of the Long Shadows

  191. House on Willow Street

  192. Howard’s Mill

  193. Hunted, The

  194. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  195. Images

  196. Innocent Blood

  197. Interview, The

  198. Invasion (2005)

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

  200. It Ends

  201. Ivanna

  202. Jembatan Shiratal Mustaqim

  203. Jessica Rabid

  204. Jigoku (1960)

  205. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  206. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  207. Killer Coach

  208. Killer Condom

  209. Killer Movie

  210. Killer Party

  211. Kristy

  212. La Haine

  213. La Piel Que Habito

  214. Last Sentinel, The

  215. Last Shark, The

  216. Late Night with the Devil

  217. Late Phases

  218. Leaving D.C.

  219. Legacy, The

  220. Legend of Hell House, The

  221. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  222. Let My Puppets Come

  223. Let Us Prey

  224. Level 16

  225. Lillith

  226. Livid

  227. Living Dolls

  228. Locked

  229. Lodgers, The

  230. Long Pigs

  231. Lore (2023)

  232. Lost Voyage

  233. Love Me Deadly

  234. Lowlifes

  235. Lucker the Necrophagous

  236. Lux Aeterna

  237. Machine Girl, The

  238. Madhouse

  239. Magnetic Rose

  240. Malum

  241. Manhattan Baby

  242. Man’s Best Friend

  243. Mark of the Devil

  244. Mausoleum

  245. Meat Kills

  246. Meet the Feebles

  247. Memento Mori

  248. Memories

  249. Memories of a Murderer

  250. Messiah of Evil

  251. Midnight Hour, The

  252. Mikey

  253. Mindhunters

  254. Mine Games

  255. Mister Frost

  256. Monster, The

  257. Monster Club, The

  258. Monsters of Man

  259. Mortuary Collection, The

  260. Mr. Sandman

  261. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  262. Mutant Girls Squad

  263. Mutation

  264. My Demon Lover

  265. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  266. Naked Blood

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

  268. Necro Files, The

  269. Nefarious

  270. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  271. Next of Kin

  272. Nightbeasts

  273. Night Eats the World, The

  274. Night Killer

  275. Night of Dark Shadows

  276. Night of the Seagulls

  277. Night Shot

  278. Nightcomers, The

  279. Nightmare Sisters

  280. Nightsiren (aka Svetlonoc)

  281. Nine Miles Down

  282. Noah

  283. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  284. Noise

  285. Nomads

  286. Nosferatu (1979)

  287. No Tears in Hell

  288. One Cut of the Dead

  289. Outpost

  290. Outpost: Black Sun

  291. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  292. Oxford Murders, The

  293. Paganini Horror, The

  294. Parents

  295. Penda’s Fen

  296. Phantom of the Paradise

  297. Phase IV

  298. Pinocchio: Unstrung

  299. Piper, The (2015)

  300. Pitfall

  301. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  302. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  303. Pool, The

  304. Power, The (2021 UK)

  305. Premonition

  306. Premutos

  307. Prison

  308. Privilege, The

  309. Project Metal Beast

  310. Project Wolf Hunting

  311. Psycho Ape!

  312. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  313. Ragdoll

  314. Rampage (2009)

  315. Rampage: Capital Punishment

  316. Rampage: President Down

  317. Razor Blade Smile

  318. Red Room (1999)

  319. Red Rooms (2023)

  320. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  321. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  322. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  323. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  324. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  325. Ripper 2: Letter From Within

  326. River

  327. River of Fundament

  328. RoboGeisha

  329. Robot Ninja

  330. Rosario

  331. Rose Red

  332. Sabor a Sangre

  333. Saint

  334. Saint Sinner

  335. Salome

  336. Sator

  337. Savageland

  338. Save the Green Planet!

  339. Scary of Sixty-First, The

  340. Scurry

  341. See No Evil (1971)

  342. Sentinel, The (1977)

  343. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

  344. Serial Experiments Lain

  345. Seventh Curse, The

  346. Sharkenstein

  347. Shed, The

  348. Sheitan

  349. Shrieking, The

  350. Shrine, The

  351. Shunned House, The

  352. Skull: The Mask

  353. Slashers (2001)

  354. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  355. Something in the Dirt

  356. Soul Eater, The

  357. Southbound

  358. Spectre (1977)

  359. Spectres (2012)

  360. Spell

  361. Spirit Animal

  362. Split Second

  363. Spree

  364. Sputnik

  365. Stalked by my Doctor

  366. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  367. Stone Tape, The

  368. Stonehearst Asylum

  369. Storm Warning

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

  371. Strange Darling

  372. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  373. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  374. Stung

  375. Suckling, The

  376. Sudbury Devil, The

  377. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  378. Superhost

  379. Symptoms

  380. Synchronic

  381. Tachul: Project Silence

  382. Terrified

  383. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  384. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  385. Tesis

  386. Thin Blue Line, The

  387. Things

  388. Thrash

  389. This is Not a Test

  390. Time Lapse

  391. Time Trap

  392. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  393. Tortured, The

  394. Traveler, The

  395. Traumatika

  396. Trip, The

  397. True Fear (Akta Skrack)

  398. Tunnel, The

  399. Turbo Kid

  400. Turkish Coffee Table, The

  401. Twice Dead

  402. Two Orphan Vampires

  403. Unborn, The (1991)

  404. Under Wraps (2021)

  405. Unmasked Part 25

  406. Unnamable, The

  407. V/H/S Beyond

  408. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  409. Vertige (aka High Lane)

  410. VHD Bloodlust

  411. Vicious Fun

  412. Video Violence

  413. Vineyard, The

  414. Vivarium

  415. Werewolves Within

  416. What We Become

  417. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  418. Whispering Corridors

  419. Whistle

  420. Wicked City

  421. Wilderness

  422. Willy’s Wonderland

  423. Wind, The

  424. Wind Chill

  425. Wishing Stairs

  426. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  427. Wither

  428. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  429. Woodchipper Massacre

  430. Wormtown

  431. X Species, The

  432. YellowBrickRoad

  433. Yeti, The

  434. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  435. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  436. Zombie for Sale

  437. Zombie High

  438. 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. Carol for Another Christmas (1964)

  17. Cat People (1942)

  18. City of the Dead

  19. Creature from the Black Lagoon

  20. Curse of Frankenstein, The

  21. Curse of the Cat People, The

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

  23. Curse of the Undead

  24. Dead of Night

  25. Devil and Daniel Webster, The

  26. Devil Rides Out, The

  27. Diabolique

  28. Die Monster Die

  29. Dracula (1931)

  30. Dracula’s Daughter

  31. Eye of the Devil

  32. Eyes Without a Face

  33. Face at the Window, The

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

  35. Fangs of the Living Dead

  36. Fantasia

  37. Fiend Without a Face

  38. Fly, The (1958)

  39. Frankenstein (1931)

  40. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

  41. Freaks

  42. Ghost of Yotsuya, The

  43. Girl Who Knew Too Much, The

  44. Godzilla (aka Gojira) (1954)

  45. Golem, The

  46. Hands of Orlac, The (1924)

  47. Haunted House of Horror, The

  48. Haunted Palace, The

  49. Haunting, The (1963)

  50. Haxan

  51. Hour of the Wolf (aka Vargtimmen)

  52. House of Frankenstein

  53. House of Usher, The

  54. House of Wax

  55. House on Haunted Hill

  56. Housemaid, The (aka Hanyeo)

  57. I Married A Witch

  58. Innocents, The (1961)

  59. I Walked With a Zombie

  60. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

  61. Invisible Agent, The (1942)

  62. Invisible Man, The (1933)

  63. Invisible Woman, The (1940)

  64. Island of Lost Souls (1932)

  65. It’s Alive (1974—post - 1970!)

  66. King Kong

  67. Kuroneko (Yaba no naka no Kuroneko)

  68. Kwaidan (aka Kaidan)

  69. Last Man on Earth, The (1964)

  70. Mahal

  71. Masque of the Red Death, The

  72. Most Dangerous Game, The

  73. Mummy, The (1932)

  74. Mummy, The (1959)

  75. Murders in the Rue Morgue

  76. Mystery of the Wax Museum

  77. Night of the Demon

  78. Night of the Hunter

  79. Nosferatu (1922)

  80. Old Dark House, The

  81. Onibaba

  82. Peeping Tom

  83. Phantom of the Opera, The (1921)

  84. Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

  85. Plague of Zombies

  86. Plan 9 from Outer Space

  87. Psycho

  88. Queen of Spades, The (1949)

  89. Raven, The

  90. Repulsion

  91. Revolt of the Zombies

  92. Son of Dracula

  93. Son of Godzilla

  94. Son of Ingagi

  95. Spirits of the Dead

  96. THEM!

  97. Thing from Another World, The

  98. Time Machine, The

  99. Tingler, The

  100. Tomb of Ligeia, The

  101. Two Thousand Maniacs!

  102. Uninvited, The (1944)

  103. Vampyr

  104. Village of the Damned

  105. Viy

  106. Wait Until Dark

  107. War of the Worlds

  108. White Zombie (1932)

  109. Witch’s Mirror, The (1962)

  110. Wolf Man, The (1941)

  111. X the Unknown