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. Boys of County Hell, The

  58. Bullet Head

  59. Buried Alive

  60. Burnt Offerings

  61. Butcher, The

  62. Butterfly Kisses

  63. Cabin by the Lake

  64. Calamity of Snakes

  65. Call of Cthulhu, The

  66. Captive, The

  67. Carnival of Souls

  68. Cat Sick Blues

  69. Celluloid Nightmares (Muzan-e)

  70. Chained

  71. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  72. Church, The

  73. Cleansing Hour, The

  74. Cold Fish

  75. Cold Ground

  76. Colony (Gunche)

  77. Comeback, The

  78. Conference, The

  79. Corporate Retreat

  80. Creeps, The

  81. Crimes of Passion

  82. Crowhaven Farm

  83. Cry of the Banshee

  84. Cthulhu

  85. Cthulhu Mansion

  86. Cut

  87. Cute

  88. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  89. Dark, The

  90. Dark Floors

  91. Dark Heritage

  92. Dark Place, A

  93. Dark Sea

  94. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  95. Dark Was The Night

  96. Daughters of Darkness

  97. Dave Made a Maze

  98. Dead, The

  99. Dead By Dawn (2025)

  100. Dead Inside, The

  101. Deadly Spawn, The

  102. Death Bell

  103. Death King, The

  104. Death of a Unicorn

  105. Death Ship

  106. Deep House, The

  107. Deeper You Dig, The

  108. Deer Camp ‘86

  109. Delivery Run

  110. Demon Murder Case, The

  111. Demon Wind

  112. Demon Seed

  113. Demonia

  114. Demons of the Mind

  115. Devil’s Rain, The

  116. Devil’s Mouth, The

  117. Devonsville Terror, The

  118. Doc of the Dead

  119. Doghouse

  120. Dogman

  121. Dolly

  122. Domestics, The

  123. Don’t Hang Up

  124. Dracula’s Guest

  125. DreadOut

  126. Dream Home

  127. Drop

  128. Dust Bunny

  129. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  130. Eat

  131. Eat Locals

  132. Effects

  133. Eli

  134. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  135. Ernest Scared Stupid

  136. Etoile

  137. Evil Dead Trap

  138. Evil Geniuses

  139. Exorcism of God, The

  140. Extraordinary Tales

  141. Eyes of Fire

  142. Family Dinner

  143. Final Stab

  144. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  145. Food of the Gods, The

  146. Footprints on the Moon

  147. Forbidden

  148. Forgotten One, The

  149. Frankenstein: The True Story

  150. Frankenstein Theory, The

  151. Freaks of Nature

  152. Fresh

  153. Fright

  154. From Within

  155. Full Eclipse

  156. Gallowwalkers

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

  158. Ghost Board

  159. Ghost in the Cell

  160. Ghost Shark

  161. Ghost Stories (2017)

  162. Ghost Story

  163. Ghost Town (1988)

  164. Ghosts of War

  165. Ghostkeeper

  166. Ghostwatch

  167. Grave Encounters 2

  168. Green Knight, The

  169. Grimm Love

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

  171. Hermit, The

  172. Hold the Fort

  173. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  174. Horror (2003)

  175. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  176. Horror Express

  177. Horror Story (2013)

  178. House (aka Hausu)

  179. House at the End of Time, The

  180. House of 9

  181. House of Clocks

  182. House of Dark Shadows

  183. House of Darkness

  184. House of the Long Shadows

  185. House on Willow Street

  186. Howard’s Mill

  187. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  188. Images

  189. Innocent Blood

  190. Interview, The

  191. Invasion (2005)

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

  193. It Ends

  194. Ivanna

  195. Jembatan Shiratal Mustaqim

  196. Jessica Rabid

  197. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  198. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  199. Killer Coach

  200. Killer Condom

  201. Killer Movie

  202. Killer Party

  203. Kristy

  204. La Haine

  205. La Piel Que Habito

  206. Last Sentinel, The

  207. Last Shark, The

  208. Late Night with the Devil

  209. Late Phases

  210. Leaving D.C.

  211. Legacy, The

  212. Legend of Hell House, The

  213. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  214. Let My Puppets Come

  215. Let Us Prey

  216. Level 16

  217. Lillith

  218. Livid

  219. Living Dolls

  220. Lodgers, The

  221. Long Pigs

  222. Lore (2023)

  223. Lost Voyage

  224. Love Me Deadly

  225. Lucker the Necrophagous

  226. Lux Aeterna

  227. Machine Girl, The

  228. Madhouse

  229. Magnetic Rose

  230. Malum

  231. Manhattan Baby

  232. Man’s Best Friend

  233. Mark of the Devil

  234. Mausoleum

  235. Meat Kills

  236. Meet the Feebles

  237. Memento Mori

  238. Memories

  239. Memories of a Murderer

  240. Messiah of Evil

  241. Midnight Hour, The

  242. Mikey

  243. Mindhunters

  244. Mine Games

  245. Mister Frost

  246. Monster, The

  247. Monster Club, The

  248. Monsters of Man

  249. Mortuary Collection, The

  250. Mr. Sandman

  251. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  252. Mutant Girls Squad

  253. Mutation

  254. My Demon Lover

  255. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  256. Naked Blood

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

  258. Necro Files, The

  259. Nefarious

  260. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  261. Next of Kin

  262. Nightbeasts

  263. Night Eats the World, The

  264. Night Killer

  265. Night of Dark Shadows

  266. Night of the Seagulls

  267. Night Shot

  268. Nightcomers, The

  269. Nightmare Sisters

  270. Nightsiren (aka Svetlonoc)

  271. Nine Miles Down

  272. Noah

  273. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  274. Noise

  275. Nomads

  276. Nosferatu (1979)

  277. No Tears in Hell

  278. One Cut of the Dead

  279. Outpost

  280. Outpost: Black Sun

  281. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  282. Oxford Murders, The

  283. Paganini Horror, The

  284. Parents

  285. Penda’s Fen

  286. Phantom of the Paradise

  287. Phase IV

  288. Pinocchio: Unstrung

  289. Piper, The (2015)

  290. Pitfall

  291. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  292. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  293. Pool, The

  294. Power, The (2021 UK)

  295. Premonition

  296. Premutos

  297. Prison

  298. Privilege, The

  299. Project Metal Beast

  300. Project Wolf Hunting

  301. Psycho Ape!

  302. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  303. Ragdoll

  304. Rampage (2009)

  305. Rampage: Capital Punishment

  306. Rampage: President Down

  307. Razor Blade Smile

  308. Red Room (1999)

  309. Red Rooms (2023)

  310. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  311. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  312. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  313. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  314. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  315. Ripper 2: Letter From Within

  316. River

  317. River of Fundament

  318. RoboGeisha

  319. Robot Ninja

  320. Rosario

  321. Rose Red

  322. Sabor a Sangre

  323. Saint

  324. Saint Sinner

  325. Salome

  326. Sator

  327. Savageland

  328. Save the Green Planet!

  329. Scary of Sixty-First, The

  330. Scurry

  331. See No Evil (1971)

  332. Sentinel, The (1977)

  333. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

  334. Serial Experiments Lain

  335. Sharkenstein

  336. Shed, The

  337. Sheitan

  338. Shrieking, The

  339. Shrine, The

  340. Shunned House, The

  341. Skull: The Mask

  342. Slashers (2001)

  343. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  344. Something in the Dirt

  345. Soul Eater, The

  346. Southbound

  347. Spectre (1977)

  348. Spectres (2012)

  349. Spell

  350. Spirit Animal

  351. Split Second

  352. Spree

  353. Sputnik

  354. Stalked by my Doctor

  355. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  356. Stone Tape, The

  357. Stonehearst Asylum

  358. Storm Warning

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

  360. Strange Darling

  361. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  362. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  363. Stung

  364. Suckling, The

  365. Sudbury Devil, The

  366. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  367. Superhost

  368. Symptoms

  369. Synchronic

  370. Tachul: Project Silence

  371. Terrified

  372. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  373. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  374. Tesis

  375. Thin Blue Line, The

  376. Things

  377. Thrash

  378. This is Not a Test

  379. Time Lapse

  380. Time Trap

  381. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  382. Tortured, The

  383. Traveler, The

  384. Traumatika

  385. Trip, The

  386. True Fear (Akta Skrack)

  387. Tunnel, The

  388. Turbo Kid

  389. Turkish Coffee Table, The

  390. Twice Dead

  391. Two Orphan Vampires

  392. Unborn, The (1991)

  393. Under Wraps (2021)

  394. Unmasked Part 25

  395. Unnamable, The

  396. V/H/S Beyond

  397. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  398. Vertige (aka High Lane)

  399. VHD Bloodlust

  400. Vicious Fun

  401. Video Violence

  402. Vineyard, The

  403. Vivarium

  404. Werewolves Within

  405. What We Become

  406. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  407. Whispering Corridors

  408. Whistle

  409. Wicked City

  410. Wilderness

  411. Willy’s Wonderland

  412. Wind, The

  413. Wind Chill

  414. Wishing Stairs

  415. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  416. Wither

  417. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  418. Woodchipper Massacre

  419. Wormtown

  420. X Species, The

  421. YellowBrickRoad

  422. Yeti, The

  423. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  424. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  425. Zombie for Sale

  426. Zombie High

  427. 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