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. Domestics, The

  85. Dream Home

  86. Drop

  87. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  88. Eat

  89. Eat Locals

  90. Effects

  91. Eli

  92. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  93. Ernest Scared Stupid

  94. Etoile

  95. Evil Dead Trap

  96. Evil Geniuses

  97. Extraordinary Tales

  98. Exorcism of God, The

  99. Eyes of Fire

  100. Final Stab

  101. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  102. Food of the Gods, The

  103. Footprints on the Moon

  104. Forbidden

  105. Forgotten One, The

  106. Frankenstein: The True Story

  107. Fresh

  108. Fright

  109. From Within

  110. Full Eclipse

  111. Gallowwalkers

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

  113. Ghost Shark

  114. Ghost Stories (2017)

  115. Ghost Story

  116. Ghost Town (1988)

  117. Ghostkeeper

  118. Ghostwatch

  119. Grave Encounters 2

  120. Green Knight, The

  121. Grimm Love

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

  123. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  124. Horror (2003)

  125. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  126. Horror Express

  127. Horror Story (2013)

  128. House (aka Hausu)

  129. House at the End of Time, The

  130. House of 9

  131. House of Clocks

  132. House of Dark Shadows

  133. House of Darkness

  134. House of the Long Shadows

  135. House on Willow Street

  136. Howard’s Mill

  137. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  138. Images

  139. Innocent Blood

  140. Interview, The

  141. Invasion (2005)

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

  143. Jessica Rabid

  144. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  145. Killer Coach

  146. Killer Movie

  147. Killer Party

  148. Kristy

  149. La Haine

  150. La Piel Que Habito

  151. Last Sentinel, The

  152. Last Shark, The

  153. Late Night with the Devil

  154. Late Phases

  155. Leaving D.C.

  156. Legacy, The

  157. Legend of Hell House, The

  158. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  159. Let My Puppets Come

  160. Let Us Prey

  161. Level 16

  162. Lillith

  163. Living Dolls

  164. Lodgers, The

  165. Lore (2023)

  166. Lost Voyage

  167. Love Me Deadly

  168. Lucker the Necrophagous

  169. Lux Aeterna

  170. Machine Girl, The

  171. Madhouse

  172. Malum

  173. Manhattan Baby

  174. Man’s Best Friend

  175. Mark of the Devil

  176. Mausoleum

  177. Meet the Feebles

  178. Memento Mori

  179. Memories

  180. Memories of a Murderer

  181. Messiah of Evil

  182. Midnight Hour, The

  183. Mikey

  184. Mindhunters

  185. Mine Games

  186. Mister Frost

  187. Monster, The

  188. Monster Club, The

  189. Monsters of Man

  190. Mortuary Collection, The

  191. Mr. Sandman

  192. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  193. Mutant Girls Squad

  194. My Demon Lover

  195. Naked Blood

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

  197. Necro Files, The

  198. Nefarious

  199. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  200. Next of Kin

  201. Nightbeasts

  202. Night Eats the World, The

  203. Night Killer

  204. Night of the Seagulls

  205. Night Shots

  206. Nightcomers, The

  207. Nightmare Sisters

  208. Night of Dark Shadows

  209. Nine Miles Down

  210. Noah

  211. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  212. Nomads

  213. Nosferatu (1979)

  214. One Cut of the Dead

  215. Outpost

  216. Outpost: Black Sun

  217. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  218. Oxford Murders, The

  219. Paganini Horror, The

  220. Parents

  221. Penda’s Fen

  222. Phantom of the Paradise

  223. Phase IV

  224. Piper, The

  225. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  226. Pool, The

  227. Power, The (2021 UK)

  228. Premonition

  229. Premutos

  230. Prison

  231. Project Metal Beast

  232. Psycho Ape!

  233. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  234. Ragdoll

  235. Razor Blade Smile

  236. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  237. Red Room (1999)

  238. Red Rooms (2023)

  239. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  240. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  241. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  242. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  243. Ripper: Letter From Within

  244. River of Fundament

  245. RoboGeisha

  246. Robot Ninja

  247. Rose Red

  248. Sabor a Sangre

  249. Saint

  250. Saint Sinner

  251. Salome

  252. Sator

  253. Savageland

  254. Save the Green Planet!

  255. See No Evil (1971)

  256. Sentinel, The (1977)

  257. Sharkenstein

  258. Shed, The

  259. Sheitan

  260. Shrieking, The

  261. Shrine, The

  262. Shunned House, The

  263. Skull

  264. Slashers (2001)

  265. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  266. Something in the Dirt

  267. Southbound

  268. Spectre (1977)

  269. Spectres (2012)

  270. Spell

  271. Spirit Animal

  272. Split Second

  273. Spree

  274. Sputnik

  275. Stalked by my Doctor

  276. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  277. Stone Tape, The

  278. Stonehearst Asylum

  279. Storm Warning

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

  281. Strange Darling

  282. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  283. Stung

  284. Suckling, The

  285. Superhost

  286. Symptoms

  287. Synchronic

  288. Terrified

  289. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  290. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  291. Tesis

  292. Thin Blue Line, The

  293. Things

  294. Time Lapse

  295. Time Trap

  296. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  297. Tortured, The

  298. Tunnel, The

  299. Twice Dead

  300. Unborn, The (1991)

  301. Under Wraps (2021)

  302. Unmasked Part 25

  303. Unnamable, The

  304. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  305. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  306. V/H/S Beyond

  307. Vicious Fun

  308. Video Violence

  309. Vivarium

  310. Werewolves Within

  311. What We Become

  312. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  313. Whispering Corridors

  314. Wicked City

  315. Wilderness

  316. Willy’s Wonderland

  317. Wind, The

  318. Wind Chill

  319. Wishing Stairs

  320. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  321. Wither

  322. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  323. Woodchipper Massacre

  324. X Species, The

  325. YellowBrickRoad

  326. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  327. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  328. Zombie for Sale

  329. Zombie High

  330. 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