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. Bone Sickness

  47. Bones and All

  48. Boys of County Hell, The

  49. Bullet Head

  50. Burnt Offerings

  51. Butcher, The

  52. Butterfly Kisses

  53. Cabin by the Lake

  54. Call of Cthulhu, The

  55. Captive, The

  56. Carnival of Souls

  57. Cat Sick Blues

  58. Chained

  59. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  60. Church, The

  61. Cleansing Hour, The

  62. Cold Fish

  63. Cold Ground

  64. Comeback, The

  65. Creeps, The

  66. Crimes of Passion

  67. Crowhaven Farm

  68. Cry of the Banshee

  69. Cthulhu

  70. Cthulhu Mansion

  71. Cut

  72. Cute

  73. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  74. Dark, The

  75. Dark Heritage

  76. Dark Place, A

  77. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  78. Dave Made a Maze

  79. Dead, The

  80. Dead Inside, The

  81. Deadly Spawn, The

  82. Death Bell

  83. Death of a Unicorn

  84. Death Ship

  85. Deep House, The

  86. Deeper You Dig, The

  87. Deer Camp ‘86

  88. Demon Wind

  89. Demon Seed

  90. Demonia

  91. Demons of the Mind

  92. Devil’s Rain, The

  93. Devonsville Terror, The

  94. Doc of the Dead

  95. Doghouse

  96. Dogman

  97. Domestics, The

  98. DreadOut

  99. Dream Home

  100. Drop

  101. Dust Bunny

  102. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  103. Eat

  104. Eat Locals

  105. Effects

  106. Eli

  107. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  108. Ernest Scared Stupid

  109. Etoile

  110. Evil Dead Trap

  111. Evil Geniuses

  112. Exorcism of God, The

  113. Extraordinary Tales

  114. Eyes of Fire

  115. Final Stab

  116. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  117. Food of the Gods, The

  118. Footprints on the Moon

  119. Forbidden

  120. Forgotten One, The

  121. Frankenstein: The True Story

  122. Freaks of Nature

  123. Fresh

  124. Fright

  125. From Within

  126. Full Eclipse

  127. Gallowwalkers

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

  129. Ghost Shark

  130. Ghost Stories (2017)

  131. Ghost Story

  132. Ghost Town (1988)

  133. Ghostkeeper

  134. Ghostwatch

  135. Grave Encounters 2

  136. Green Knight, The

  137. Grimm Love

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

  139. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  140. Horror (2003)

  141. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  142. Horror Express

  143. Horror Story (2013)

  144. House (aka Hausu)

  145. House at the End of Time, The

  146. House of 9

  147. House of Clocks

  148. House of Dark Shadows

  149. House of Darkness

  150. House of the Long Shadows

  151. House on Willow Street

  152. Howard’s Mill

  153. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  154. Images

  155. Innocent Blood

  156. Interview, The

  157. Invasion (2005)

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

  159. It Ends

  160. Ivanna

  161. Jessica Rabid

  162. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  163. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  164. Killer Coach

  165. Killer Condom

  166. Killer Movie

  167. Killer Party

  168. Kristy

  169. La Haine

  170. La Piel Que Habito

  171. Last Sentinel, The

  172. Last Shark, The

  173. Late Night with the Devil

  174. Late Phases

  175. Leaving D.C.

  176. Legacy, The

  177. Legend of Hell House, The

  178. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  179. Let My Puppets Come

  180. Let Us Prey

  181. Level 16

  182. Lillith

  183. Living Dolls

  184. Lodgers, The

  185. Lore (2023)

  186. Lost Voyage

  187. Love Me Deadly

  188. Lucker the Necrophagous

  189. Lux Aeterna

  190. Machine Girl, The

  191. Madhouse

  192. Magnetic Rose

  193. Malum

  194. Manhattan Baby

  195. Man’s Best Friend

  196. Mark of the Devil

  197. Mausoleum

  198. Meat Kills

  199. Meet the Feebles

  200. Memento Mori

  201. Memories

  202. Memories of a Murderer

  203. Messiah of Evil

  204. Midnight Hour, The

  205. Mikey

  206. Mindhunters

  207. Mine Games

  208. Mister Frost

  209. Monster, The

  210. Monster Club, The

  211. Monsters of Man

  212. Mortuary Collection, The

  213. Mr. Sandman

  214. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  215. Mutant Girls Squad

  216. My Demon Lover

  217. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  218. Naked Blood

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

  220. Necro Files, The

  221. Nefarious

  222. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  223. Next of Kin

  224. Nightbeasts

  225. Night Eats the World, The

  226. Night Killer

  227. Night of the Seagulls

  228. Nightshot

  229. Nightcomers, The

  230. Nightmare Sisters

  231. Night of Dark Shadows

  232. Nine Miles Down

  233. Noah

  234. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  235. Nomads

  236. Nosferatu (1979)

  237. One Cut of the Dead

  238. Outpost

  239. Outpost: Black Sun

  240. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  241. Oxford Murders, The

  242. Paganini Horror, The

  243. Parents

  244. Penda’s Fen

  245. Phantom of the Paradise

  246. Phase IV

  247. Piper, The (2015)

  248. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  249. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  250. Pool, The

  251. Power, The (2021 UK)

  252. Premonition

  253. Premutos

  254. Prison

  255. Project Metal Beast

  256. Project Wolf Hunting

  257. Psycho Ape!

  258. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  259. Ragdoll

  260. Razor Blade Smile

  261. Red Room (1999)

  262. Red Rooms (2023)

  263. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  264. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  265. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  266. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  267. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  268. Ripper 2: Letter From Within

  269. River of Fundament

  270. RoboGeisha

  271. Robot Ninja

  272. Rose Red

  273. Sabor a Sangre

  274. Saint

  275. Saint Sinner

  276. Salome

  277. Sator

  278. Savageland

  279. Save the Green Planet!

  280. Scurry

  281. See No Evil (1971)

  282. Sentinel, The (1977)

  283. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

  284. Serial Experiments Lain

  285. Sharkenstein

  286. Shed, The

  287. Sheitan

  288. Shrieking, The

  289. Shrine, The

  290. Shunned House, The

  291. Skull: The Mask

  292. Slashers (2001)

  293. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  294. Something in the Dirt

  295. Soul Eater, The

  296. Southbound

  297. Spectre (1977)

  298. Spectres (2012)

  299. Spell

  300. Spirit Animal

  301. Split Second

  302. Spree

  303. Sputnik

  304. Stalked by my Doctor

  305. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  306. Stone Tape, The

  307. Stonehearst Asylum

  308. Storm Warning

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

  310. Strange Darling

  311. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  312. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  313. Stung

  314. Suckling, The

  315. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  316. Superhost

  317. Symptoms

  318. Synchronic

  319. Tachul: Project Silence

  320. Terrified

  321. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  322. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  323. Tesis

  324. Thin Blue Line, The

  325. Things

  326. Time Lapse

  327. Time Trap

  328. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  329. Tortured, The

  330. Traveler, The

  331. Tunnel, The

  332. Twice Dead

  333. Two Orphan Vampires

  334. Unborn, The (1991)

  335. Under Wraps (2021)

  336. Unmasked Part 25

  337. Unnamable, The

  338. V/H/S Beyond

  339. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  340. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  341. VHD Bloodlust

  342. Vicious Fun

  343. Video Violence

  344. Vivarium

  345. Werewolves Within

  346. What We Become

  347. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  348. Whispering Corridors

  349. Wicked City

  350. Wilderness

  351. Willy’s Wonderland

  352. Wind, The

  353. Wind Chill

  354. Wishing Stairs

  355. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  356. Wither

  357. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  358. Woodchipper Massacre

  359. X Species, The

  360. YellowBrickRoad

  361. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  362. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  363. Zombie for Sale

  364. Zombie High

  365. 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