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. After Midnight

  7. All Is Lost

  8. All the Colors of the Dark

  9. Almost Human

  10. Alter

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

  12. Amityville Vibrator

  13. Anatomia Extinction

  14. Angel Sanctuary

  15. Aniara

  16. ARQ

  17. Asphyx, The

  18. Atrocious

  19. Attack of the Beast Creatures

  20. Atticus Institute, The

  21. Audrey Rose

  22. Backcountry

  23. Bad Batch, The

  24. Bad Moon

  25. Banshee Chapter

  26. Baramulla

  27. Barbarian

  28. Barge People, The

  29. Bark

  30. Beast Must Die, The

  31. Big Bad Wolf

  32. Black Cat, The (1989)

  33. Black Demon, The

  34. Black Mountain Side

  35. Blackout

  36. Blackwell Ghost, The

  37. Blink Twice

  38. Bliss (2019)

  39. Blood Glacier

  40. Bloodlust

  41. Blood Red Sky

  42. Blood Sucking Freaks

  43. Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp

  44. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

  45. Blue Sunshine

  46. Bodycam

  47. Bone Sickness

  48. Bones and All

  49. Boys of County Hell, The

  50. Bullet Head

  51. Burnt Offerings

  52. Butcher, The

  53. Butterfly Kisses

  54. Cabin by the Lake

  55. Call of Cthulhu, The

  56. Captive, The

  57. Carnival of Souls

  58. Cat Sick Blues

  59. Chained

  60. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  61. Church, The

  62. Cleansing Hour, The

  63. Cold Fish

  64. Cold Ground

  65. Comeback, The

  66. Creeps, The

  67. Crimes of Passion

  68. Crowhaven Farm

  69. Cry of the Banshee

  70. Cthulhu

  71. Cthulhu Mansion

  72. Cut

  73. Cute

  74. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  75. Dark, The

  76. Dark Heritage

  77. Dark Place, A

  78. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  79. Dave Made a Maze

  80. Dead, The

  81. Dead By Dawn (2025)

  82. Dead Inside, The

  83. Deadly Spawn, The

  84. Death Bell

  85. Death of a Unicorn

  86. Death Ship

  87. Deep House, The

  88. Deeper You Dig, The

  89. Deer Camp ‘86

  90. Delivery Run

  91. Demon Wind

  92. Demon Seed

  93. Demonia

  94. Demons of the Mind

  95. Devil’s Rain, The

  96. Devonsville Terror, The

  97. Doc of the Dead

  98. Doghouse

  99. Dogman

  100. Domestics, The

  101. Dracula’s Guest

  102. DreadOut

  103. Dream Home

  104. Drop

  105. Dust Bunny

  106. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  107. Eat

  108. Eat Locals

  109. Effects

  110. Eli

  111. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  112. Ernest Scared Stupid

  113. Etoile

  114. Evil Dead Trap

  115. Evil Geniuses

  116. Exorcism of God, The

  117. Extraordinary Tales

  118. Eyes of Fire

  119. Final Stab

  120. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  121. Food of the Gods, The

  122. Footprints on the Moon

  123. Forbidden

  124. Forgotten One, The

  125. Frankenstein: The True Story

  126. Freaks of Nature

  127. Fresh

  128. Fright

  129. From Within

  130. Full Eclipse

  131. Gallowwalkers

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

  133. Ghost Shark

  134. Ghost Stories (2017)

  135. Ghost Story

  136. Ghost Town (1988)

  137. Ghostkeeper

  138. Ghostwatch

  139. Grave Encounters 2

  140. Green Knight, The

  141. Grimm Love

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

  143. Hermit, The

  144. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  145. Horror (2003)

  146. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  147. Horror Express

  148. Horror Story (2013)

  149. House (aka Hausu)

  150. House at the End of Time, The

  151. House of 9

  152. House of Clocks

  153. House of Dark Shadows

  154. House of Darkness

  155. House of the Long Shadows

  156. House on Willow Street

  157. Howard’s Mill

  158. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  159. Images

  160. Innocent Blood

  161. Interview, The

  162. Invasion (2005)

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

  164. It Ends

  165. Ivanna

  166. Jembatan Shiratal Mustaqim

  167. Jessica Rabid

  168. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  169. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  170. Killer Coach

  171. Killer Condom

  172. Killer Movie

  173. Killer Party

  174. Kristy

  175. La Haine

  176. La Piel Que Habito

  177. Last Sentinel, The

  178. Last Shark, The

  179. Late Night with the Devil

  180. Late Phases

  181. Leaving D.C.

  182. Legacy, The

  183. Legend of Hell House, The

  184. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  185. Let My Puppets Come

  186. Let Us Prey

  187. Level 16

  188. Lillith

  189. Livid

  190. Living Dolls

  191. Lodgers, The

  192. Long Pigs

  193. Lore (2023)

  194. Lost Voyage

  195. Love Me Deadly

  196. Lucker the Necrophagous

  197. Lux Aeterna

  198. Machine Girl, The

  199. Madhouse

  200. Magnetic Rose

  201. Malum

  202. Manhattan Baby

  203. Man’s Best Friend

  204. Mark of the Devil

  205. Mausoleum

  206. Meat Kills

  207. Meet the Feebles

  208. Memento Mori

  209. Memories

  210. Memories of a Murderer

  211. Messiah of Evil

  212. Midnight Hour, The

  213. Mikey

  214. Mindhunters

  215. Mine Games

  216. Mister Frost

  217. Monster, The

  218. Monster Club, The

  219. Monsters of Man

  220. Mortuary Collection, The

  221. Mr. Sandman

  222. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  223. Mutant Girls Squad

  224. My Demon Lover

  225. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  226. Naked Blood

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

  228. Necro Files, The

  229. Nefarious

  230. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  231. Next of Kin

  232. Nightbeasts

  233. Night Eats the World, The

  234. Night Killer

  235. Night of the Seagulls

  236. Nightshot

  237. Nightcomers, The

  238. Nightmare Sisters

  239. Night of Dark Shadows

  240. Nine Miles Down

  241. Noah

  242. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  243. Nomads

  244. Nosferatu (1979)

  245. One Cut of the Dead

  246. Outpost

  247. Outpost: Black Sun

  248. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  249. Oxford Murders, The

  250. Paganini Horror, The

  251. Parents

  252. Penda’s Fen

  253. Phantom of the Paradise

  254. Phase IV

  255. Piper, The (2015)

  256. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  257. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  258. Pool, The

  259. Power, The (2021 UK)

  260. Premonition

  261. Premutos

  262. Prison

  263. Project Metal Beast

  264. Project Wolf Hunting

  265. Psycho Ape!

  266. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  267. Ragdoll

  268. Razor Blade Smile

  269. Red Room (1999)

  270. Red Rooms (2023)

  271. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  272. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  273. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  274. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  275. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  276. Ripper 2: Letter From Within

  277. River of Fundament

  278. RoboGeisha

  279. Robot Ninja

  280. Rosario

  281. Rose Red

  282. Sabor a Sangre

  283. Saint

  284. Saint Sinner

  285. Salome

  286. Sator

  287. Savageland

  288. Save the Green Planet!

  289. Scurry

  290. See No Evil (1971)

  291. Sentinel, The (1977)

  292. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

  293. Serial Experiments Lain

  294. Sharkenstein

  295. Shed, The

  296. Sheitan

  297. Shrieking, The

  298. Shrine, The

  299. Shunned House, The

  300. Skull: The Mask

  301. Slashers (2001)

  302. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  303. Something in the Dirt

  304. Soul Eater, The

  305. Southbound

  306. Spectre (1977)

  307. Spectres (2012)

  308. Spell

  309. Spirit Animal

  310. Split Second

  311. Spree

  312. Sputnik

  313. Stalked by my Doctor

  314. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  315. Stone Tape, The

  316. Stonehearst Asylum

  317. Storm Warning

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

  319. Strange Darling

  320. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  321. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  322. Stung

  323. Suckling, The

  324. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  325. Superhost

  326. Symptoms

  327. Synchronic

  328. Tachul: Project Silence

  329. Terrified

  330. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  331. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  332. Tesis

  333. Thin Blue Line, The

  334. Things

  335. This is Not a Test

  336. Time Lapse

  337. Time Trap

  338. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  339. Tortured, The

  340. Traveler, The

  341. Traumatika

  342. Tunnel, The

  343. Twice Dead

  344. Two Orphan Vampires

  345. Unborn, The (1991)

  346. Under Wraps (2021)

  347. Unmasked Part 25

  348. Unnamable, The

  349. V/H/S Beyond

  350. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  351. Vertige (aka High Lane)

  352. VHD Bloodlust

  353. Vicious Fun

  354. Video Violence

  355. Vivarium

  356. Werewolves Within

  357. What We Become

  358. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  359. Whispering Corridors

  360. Whistle

  361. Wicked City

  362. Wilderness

  363. Willy’s Wonderland

  364. Wind, The

  365. Wind Chill

  366. Wishing Stairs

  367. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  368. Wither

  369. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  370. Woodchipper Massacre

  371. X Species, The

  372. YellowBrickRoad

  373. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  374. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  375. Zombie for Sale

  376. Zombie High

  377. 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