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. Calamity of Snakes

  56. Call of Cthulhu, The

  57. Captive, The

  58. Carnival of Souls

  59. Cat Sick Blues

  60. Chained

  61. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  62. Church, The

  63. Cleansing Hour, The

  64. Cold Fish

  65. Cold Ground

  66. Comeback, The

  67. Creeps, The

  68. Crimes of Passion

  69. Crowhaven Farm

  70. Cry of the Banshee

  71. Cthulhu

  72. Cthulhu Mansion

  73. Cut

  74. Cute

  75. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  76. Dark, The

  77. Dark Heritage

  78. Dark Place, A

  79. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  80. Dave Made a Maze

  81. Dead, The

  82. Dead By Dawn (2025)

  83. Dead Inside, The

  84. Deadly Spawn, The

  85. Death Bell

  86. Death of a Unicorn

  87. Death Ship

  88. Deep House, The

  89. Deeper You Dig, The

  90. Deer Camp ‘86

  91. Delivery Run

  92. Demon Murder Case, The

  93. Demon Wind

  94. Demon Seed

  95. Demonia

  96. Demons of the Mind

  97. Devil’s Rain, The

  98. Devonsville Terror, The

  99. Doc of the Dead

  100. Doghouse

  101. Dogman

  102. Dolly

  103. Domestics, The

  104. Dracula’s Guest

  105. DreadOut

  106. Dream Home

  107. Drop

  108. Dust Bunny

  109. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  110. Eat

  111. Eat Locals

  112. Effects

  113. Eli

  114. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  115. Ernest Scared Stupid

  116. Etoile

  117. Evil Dead Trap

  118. Evil Geniuses

  119. Exorcism of God, The

  120. Extraordinary Tales

  121. Eyes of Fire

  122. Final Stab

  123. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  124. Food of the Gods, The

  125. Footprints on the Moon

  126. Forbidden

  127. Forgotten One, The

  128. Frankenstein: The True Story

  129. Freaks of Nature

  130. Fresh

  131. Fright

  132. From Within

  133. Full Eclipse

  134. Gallowwalkers

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

  136. Ghost Shark

  137. Ghost Stories (2017)

  138. Ghost Story

  139. Ghost Town (1988)

  140. Ghostkeeper

  141. Ghostwatch

  142. Grave Encounters 2

  143. Green Knight, The

  144. Grimm Love

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

  146. Hermit, The

  147. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  148. Horror (2003)

  149. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  150. Horror Express

  151. Horror Story (2013)

  152. House (aka Hausu)

  153. House at the End of Time, The

  154. House of 9

  155. House of Clocks

  156. House of Dark Shadows

  157. House of Darkness

  158. House of the Long Shadows

  159. House on Willow Street

  160. Howard’s Mill

  161. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  162. Images

  163. Innocent Blood

  164. Interview, The

  165. Invasion (2005)

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

  167. It Ends

  168. Ivanna

  169. Jembatan Shiratal Mustaqim

  170. Jessica Rabid

  171. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  172. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  173. Killer Coach

  174. Killer Condom

  175. Killer Movie

  176. Killer Party

  177. Kristy

  178. La Haine

  179. La Piel Que Habito

  180. Last Sentinel, The

  181. Last Shark, The

  182. Late Night with the Devil

  183. Late Phases

  184. Leaving D.C.

  185. Legacy, The

  186. Legend of Hell House, The

  187. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  188. Let My Puppets Come

  189. Let Us Prey

  190. Level 16

  191. Lillith

  192. Livid

  193. Living Dolls

  194. Lodgers, The

  195. Long Pigs

  196. Lore (2023)

  197. Lost Voyage

  198. Love Me Deadly

  199. Lucker the Necrophagous

  200. Lux Aeterna

  201. Machine Girl, The

  202. Madhouse

  203. Magnetic Rose

  204. Malum

  205. Manhattan Baby

  206. Man’s Best Friend

  207. Mark of the Devil

  208. Mausoleum

  209. Meat Kills

  210. Meet the Feebles

  211. Memento Mori

  212. Memories

  213. Memories of a Murderer

  214. Messiah of Evil

  215. Midnight Hour, The

  216. Mikey

  217. Mindhunters

  218. Mine Games

  219. Mister Frost

  220. Monster, The

  221. Monster Club, The

  222. Monsters of Man

  223. Mortuary Collection, The

  224. Mr. Sandman

  225. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  226. Mutant Girls Squad

  227. My Demon Lover

  228. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  229. Naked Blood

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

  231. Necro Files, The

  232. Nefarious

  233. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  234. Next of Kin

  235. Nightbeasts

  236. Night Eats the World, The

  237. Night Killer

  238. Night of Dark Shadows

  239. Night of the Seagulls

  240. Night Shot

  241. Nightcomers, The

  242. Nightmare Sisters

  243. Nightsiren (aka Svetlonoc)

  244. Nine Miles Down

  245. Noah

  246. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  247. Nomads

  248. Nosferatu (1979)

  249. No Tears in Hell

  250. One Cut of the Dead

  251. Outpost

  252. Outpost: Black Sun

  253. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  254. Oxford Murders, The

  255. Paganini Horror, The

  256. Parents

  257. Penda’s Fen

  258. Phantom of the Paradise

  259. Phase IV

  260. Piper, The (2015)

  261. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  262. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  263. Pool, The

  264. Power, The (2021 UK)

  265. Premonition

  266. Premutos

  267. Prison

  268. Project Metal Beast

  269. Project Wolf Hunting

  270. Psycho Ape!

  271. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  272. Ragdoll

  273. Razor Blade Smile

  274. Red Room (1999)

  275. Red Rooms (2023)

  276. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  277. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  278. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  279. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  280. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  281. Ripper 2: Letter From Within

  282. River of Fundament

  283. RoboGeisha

  284. Robot Ninja

  285. Rosario

  286. Rose Red

  287. Sabor a Sangre

  288. Saint

  289. Saint Sinner

  290. Salome

  291. Sator

  292. Savageland

  293. Save the Green Planet!

  294. Scary of Sixty-First, The

  295. Scurry

  296. See No Evil (1971)

  297. Sentinel, The (1977)

  298. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

  299. Serial Experiments Lain

  300. Sharkenstein

  301. Shed, The

  302. Sheitan

  303. Shrieking, The

  304. Shrine, The

  305. Shunned House, The

  306. Skull: The Mask

  307. Slashers (2001)

  308. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  309. Something in the Dirt

  310. Soul Eater, The

  311. Southbound

  312. Spectre (1977)

  313. Spectres (2012)

  314. Spell

  315. Spirit Animal

  316. Split Second

  317. Spree

  318. Sputnik

  319. Stalked by my Doctor

  320. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  321. Stone Tape, The

  322. Stonehearst Asylum

  323. Storm Warning

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

  325. Strange Darling

  326. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  327. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  328. Stung

  329. Suckling, The

  330. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  331. Superhost

  332. Symptoms

  333. Synchronic

  334. Tachul: Project Silence

  335. Terrified

  336. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  337. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  338. Tesis

  339. Thin Blue Line, The

  340. Things

  341. Thrash

  342. This is Not a Test

  343. Time Lapse

  344. Time Trap

  345. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  346. Tortured, The

  347. Traveler, The

  348. Traumatika

  349. Trip, The

  350. Tunnel, The

  351. Turbo Kid

  352. Twice Dead

  353. Two Orphan Vampires

  354. Unborn, The (1991)

  355. Under Wraps (2021)

  356. Unmasked Part 25

  357. Unnamable, The

  358. V/H/S Beyond

  359. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  360. Vertige (aka High Lane)

  361. VHD Bloodlust

  362. Vicious Fun

  363. Video Violence

  364. Vineyard, The

  365. Vivarium

  366. Werewolves Within

  367. What We Become

  368. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  369. Whispering Corridors

  370. Whistle

  371. Wicked City

  372. Wilderness

  373. Willy’s Wonderland

  374. Wind, The

  375. Wind Chill

  376. Wishing Stairs

  377. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  378. Wither

  379. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  380. Woodchipper Massacre

  381. Wormtown

  382. X Species, The

  383. YellowBrickRoad

  384. Yeti, The

  385. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  386. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  387. Zombie for Sale

  388. Zombie High

  389. 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