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. Angel Sanctuary

  14. Aniara

  15. ARQ

  16. Asphyx, The

  17. Atrocious

  18. Attack of the Beast Creatures

  19. Atticus Institute, The

  20. Audrey Rose

  21. Backcountry

  22. Bad Batch, The

  23. Bad Moon

  24. Banshee Chapter

  25. Baramulla

  26. Barbarian

  27. Barge People, The

  28. Beast Must Die, The

  29. Big Bad Wolf

  30. Black Cat, The (1989)

  31. Black Demon, The

  32. Black Mountain Side

  33. Blackout

  34. Blackwell Ghost, The

  35. Blink Twice

  36. Bliss (2019)

  37. Blood Glacier

  38. Bloodlust

  39. Blood Red Sky

  40. Blood Sucking Freaks

  41. Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp

  42. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

  43. Blue Sunshine

  44. Bone Sickness

  45. Bones and All

  46. Boys of County Hell, The

  47. Bullet Head

  48. Burnt Offerings

  49. Butcher, The

  50. Butterfly Kisses

  51. Cabin by the Lake

  52. Call of Cthulhu, The

  53. Captive, The

  54. Carnival of Souls

  55. Cat Sick Blues

  56. Chained

  57. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  58. Church, The

  59. Cleansing Hour, The

  60. Cold Fish

  61. Cold Ground

  62. Comeback, The

  63. Crimes of Passion

  64. Crowhaven Farm

  65. Cry of the Banshee

  66. Cthulhu

  67. Cthulhu Mansion

  68. Cut

  69. Cute

  70. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  71. Dark, The

  72. Dark Heritage

  73. Dark Place, A

  74. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  75. Dave Made a Maze

  76. Dead, The

  77. Dead Inside, The

  78. Deadly Spawn, The

  79. Death Bell

  80. Death of a Unicorn

  81. Death Ship

  82. Deep House, The

  83. Deeper You Dig, The

  84. Deer Camp ‘86

  85. Demon Wind

  86. Demon Seed

  87. Demonia

  88. Demons of the Mind

  89. Devil’s Rain, The

  90. Devonsville Terror, The

  91. Doc of the Dead

  92. Doghouse

  93. Dogman

  94. Domestics, The

  95. DreadOut

  96. Dream Home

  97. Drop

  98. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  99. Eat

  100. Eat Locals

  101. Effects

  102. Eli

  103. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  104. Ernest Scared Stupid

  105. Etoile

  106. Evil Dead Trap

  107. Evil Geniuses

  108. Extraordinary Tales

  109. Exorcism of God, The

  110. Eyes of Fire

  111. Final Stab

  112. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  113. Food of the Gods, The

  114. Footprints on the Moon

  115. Forbidden

  116. Forgotten One, The

  117. Frankenstein: The True Story

  118. Fresh

  119. Fright

  120. From Within

  121. Full Eclipse

  122. Gallowwalkers

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

  124. Ghost Shark

  125. Ghost Stories (2017)

  126. Ghost Story

  127. Ghost Town (1988)

  128. Ghostkeeper

  129. Ghostwatch

  130. Grave Encounters 2

  131. Green Knight, The

  132. Grimm Love

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

  134. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  135. Horror (2003)

  136. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  137. Horror Express

  138. Horror Story (2013)

  139. House (aka Hausu)

  140. House at the End of Time, The

  141. House of 9

  142. House of Clocks

  143. House of Dark Shadows

  144. House of Darkness

  145. House of the Long Shadows

  146. House on Willow Street

  147. Howard’s Mill

  148. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  149. Images

  150. Innocent Blood

  151. Interview, The

  152. Invasion (2005)

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

  154. Ivanna

  155. Jessica Rabid

  156. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  157. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  158. Killer Coach

  159. Killer Condom

  160. Killer Movie

  161. Killer Party

  162. Kristy

  163. La Haine

  164. La Piel Que Habito

  165. Last Sentinel, The

  166. Last Shark, The

  167. Late Night with the Devil

  168. Late Phases

  169. Leaving D.C.

  170. Legacy, The

  171. Legend of Hell House, The

  172. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  173. Let My Puppets Come

  174. Let Us Prey

  175. Level 16

  176. Lillith

  177. Living Dolls

  178. Lodgers, The

  179. Lore (2023)

  180. Lost Voyage

  181. Love Me Deadly

  182. Lucker the Necrophagous

  183. Lux Aeterna

  184. Machine Girl, The

  185. Madhouse

  186. Magnetic Rose

  187. Malum

  188. Manhattan Baby

  189. Man’s Best Friend

  190. Mark of the Devil

  191. Mausoleum

  192. Meat Kills

  193. Meet the Feebles

  194. Memento Mori

  195. Memories

  196. Memories of a Murderer

  197. Messiah of Evil

  198. Midnight Hour, The

  199. Mikey

  200. Mindhunters

  201. Mine Games

  202. Mister Frost

  203. Monster, The

  204. Monster Club, The

  205. Monsters of Man

  206. Mortuary Collection, The

  207. Mr. Sandman

  208. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  209. Mutant Girls Squad

  210. My Demon Lover

  211. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  212. Naked Blood

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

  214. Necro Files, The

  215. Nefarious

  216. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  217. Next of Kin

  218. Nightbeasts

  219. Night Eats the World, The

  220. Night Killer

  221. Night of the Seagulls

  222. Night Shots

  223. Nightcomers, The

  224. Nightmare Sisters

  225. Night of Dark Shadows

  226. Nine Miles Down

  227. Noah

  228. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  229. Nomads

  230. Nosferatu (1979)

  231. One Cut of the Dead

  232. Outpost

  233. Outpost: Black Sun

  234. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  235. Oxford Murders, The

  236. Paganini Horror, The

  237. Parents

  238. Penda’s Fen

  239. Phantom of the Paradise

  240. Phase IV

  241. Piper, The (2015)

  242. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  243. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  244. Pool, The

  245. Power, The (2021 UK)

  246. Premonition

  247. Premutos

  248. Prison

  249. Project Metal Beast

  250. Project Silence

  251. Psycho Ape!

  252. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  253. Ragdoll

  254. Razor Blade Smile

  255. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  256. Red Room (1999)

  257. Red Rooms (2023)

  258. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  259. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  260. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  261. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  262. Ripper: Letter From Within

  263. River of Fundament

  264. RoboGeisha

  265. Robot Ninja

  266. Rose Red

  267. Sabor a Sangre

  268. Saint

  269. Saint Sinner

  270. Salome

  271. Sator

  272. Savageland

  273. Save the Green Planet!

  274. Scurry

  275. See No Evil (1971)

  276. Sentinel, The (1977)

  277. Serial Experiments Lain

  278. Sharkenstein

  279. Shed, The

  280. Sheitan

  281. Shrieking, The

  282. Shrine, The

  283. Shunned House, The

  284. Skull: The Mask

  285. Slashers (2001)

  286. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  287. Something in the Dirt

  288. Soul Eater, The

  289. Southbound

  290. Spectre (1977)

  291. Spectres (2012)

  292. Spell

  293. Spirit Animal

  294. Split Second

  295. Spree

  296. Sputnik

  297. Stalked by my Doctor

  298. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  299. Stone Tape, The

  300. Stonehearst Asylum

  301. Storm Warning

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

  303. Strange Darling

  304. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  305. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  306. Stung

  307. Suckling, The

  308. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  309. Superhost

  310. Symptoms

  311. Synchronic

  312. Tachul: Project Silence

  313. Terrified

  314. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  315. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  316. Tesis

  317. Thin Blue Line, The

  318. Things

  319. Time Lapse

  320. Time Trap

  321. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  322. Tortured, The

  323. Tunnel, The

  324. Twice Dead

  325. Two Orphan Vampires

  326. Unborn, The (1991)

  327. Under Wraps (2021)

  328. Unmasked Part 25

  329. Unnamable, The

  330. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  331. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  332. V/H/S Beyond

  333. VHD Bloodlust

  334. Vicious Fun

  335. Video Violence

  336. Vivarium

  337. Werewolves Within

  338. What We Become

  339. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  340. Whispering Corridors

  341. Wicked City

  342. Wilderness

  343. Willy’s Wonderland

  344. Wind, The

  345. Wind Chill

  346. Wishing Stairs

  347. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  348. Wither

  349. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  350. Woodchipper Massacre

  351. X Species, The

  352. YellowBrickRoad

  353. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  354. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  355. Zombie for Sale

  356. Zombie High

  357. 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