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. Barbarian

  26. Barge People, The

  27. Beast Must Die, The

  28. Big Bad Wolf

  29. Black Cat, The (1989)

  30. Black Mountain Side

  31. Blackwell Ghost, The

  32. Blink Twice

  33. Bliss (2019)

  34. Blood Glacier

  35. Bloodlust

  36. Blood Red Sky

  37. Blood Sucking Freaks

  38. Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp

  39. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

  40. Blue Sunshine

  41. Bone Sickness

  42. Bones and All

  43. Boys of County Hell, The

  44. Bullet Head

  45. Burnt Offerings

  46. Butcher, The

  47. Butterfly Kisses

  48. Cabin by the Lake

  49. Call of Cthulhu, The

  50. Captive, The

  51. Carnival of Souls

  52. Cat Sick Blues

  53. Chained

  54. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  55. Church, The

  56. Cleansing Hour, The

  57. Cold Fish

  58. Cold Ground

  59. Comeback, The

  60. Crimes of Passion

  61. Crowhaven Farm

  62. Cry of the Banshee

  63. Cthulhu

  64. Cthulhu Mansion

  65. Cut

  66. Cute

  67. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  68. Dark, The

  69. Dark Heritage

  70. Dark Place, A

  71. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  72. Dave Made a Maze

  73. Dead, The

  74. Dead Inside, The

  75. Deadly Spawn, The

  76. Death Bell

  77. Death of a Unicorn

  78. Death Ship

  79. Deep House, The

  80. Deer Camp ‘86

  81. Demon Wind

  82. Demon Seed

  83. Demonia

  84. Demons of the Mind

  85. Devil’s Rain, The

  86. Devonsville Terror, The

  87. Doc of the Dead

  88. Doghouse

  89. Dogman

  90. Domestics, The

  91. Dream Home

  92. Drop

  93. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  94. Eat

  95. Eat Locals

  96. Effects

  97. Eli

  98. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  99. Ernest Scared Stupid

  100. Etoile

  101. Evil Dead Trap

  102. Evil Geniuses

  103. Extraordinary Tales

  104. Exorcism of God, The

  105. Eyes of Fire

  106. Final Stab

  107. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  108. Food of the Gods, The

  109. Footprints on the Moon

  110. Forbidden

  111. Forgotten One, The

  112. Frankenstein: The True Story

  113. Fresh

  114. Fright

  115. From Within

  116. Full Eclipse

  117. Gallowwalkers

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

  119. Ghost Shark

  120. Ghost Stories (2017)

  121. Ghost Story

  122. Ghost Town (1988)

  123. Ghostkeeper

  124. Ghostwatch

  125. Grave Encounters 2

  126. Green Knight, The

  127. Grimm Love

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

  129. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  130. Horror (2003)

  131. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  132. Horror Express

  133. Horror Story (2013)

  134. House (aka Hausu)

  135. House at the End of Time, The

  136. House of 9

  137. House of Clocks

  138. House of Dark Shadows

  139. House of Darkness

  140. House of the Long Shadows

  141. House on Willow Street

  142. Howard’s Mill

  143. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  144. Images

  145. Innocent Blood

  146. Interview, The

  147. Invasion (2005)

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

  149. Jessica Rabid

  150. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  151. Killer Coach

  152. Killer Condom

  153. Killer Movie

  154. Killer Party

  155. Kristy

  156. La Haine

  157. La Piel Que Habito

  158. Last Sentinel, The

  159. Last Shark, The

  160. Late Night with the Devil

  161. Late Phases

  162. Leaving D.C.

  163. Legacy, The

  164. Legend of Hell House, The

  165. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  166. Let My Puppets Come

  167. Let Us Prey

  168. Level 16

  169. Lillith

  170. Living Dolls

  171. Lodgers, The

  172. Lore (2023)

  173. Lost Voyage

  174. Love Me Deadly

  175. Lucker the Necrophagous

  176. Lux Aeterna

  177. Machine Girl, The

  178. Madhouse

  179. Magnetic Rose

  180. Malum

  181. Manhattan Baby

  182. Man’s Best Friend

  183. Mark of the Devil

  184. Mausoleum

  185. Meet the Feebles

  186. Memento Mori

  187. Memories

  188. Memories of a Murderer

  189. Messiah of Evil

  190. Midnight Hour, The

  191. Mikey

  192. Mindhunters

  193. Mine Games

  194. Mister Frost

  195. Monster, The

  196. Monster Club, The

  197. Monsters of Man

  198. Mortuary Collection, The

  199. Mr. Sandman

  200. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  201. Mutant Girls Squad

  202. My Demon Lover

  203. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  204. Naked Blood

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

  206. Necro Files, The

  207. Nefarious

  208. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  209. Next of Kin

  210. Nightbeasts

  211. Night Eats the World, The

  212. Night Killer

  213. Night of the Seagulls

  214. Night Shots

  215. Nightcomers, The

  216. Nightmare Sisters

  217. Night of Dark Shadows

  218. Nine Miles Down

  219. Noah

  220. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  221. Nomads

  222. Nosferatu (1979)

  223. One Cut of the Dead

  224. Outpost

  225. Outpost: Black Sun

  226. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  227. Oxford Murders, The

  228. Paganini Horror, The

  229. Parents

  230. Penda’s Fen

  231. Phantom of the Paradise

  232. Phase IV

  233. Piper, The (2015)

  234. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  235. Pool, The

  236. Power, The (2021 UK)

  237. Premonition

  238. Premutos

  239. Prison

  240. Project Metal Beast

  241. Project Silence

  242. Psycho Ape!

  243. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  244. Ragdoll

  245. Razor Blade Smile

  246. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  247. Red Room (1999)

  248. Red Rooms (2023)

  249. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  250. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  251. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  252. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  253. Ripper: Letter From Within

  254. River of Fundament

  255. RoboGeisha

  256. Robot Ninja

  257. Rose Red

  258. Sabor a Sangre

  259. Saint

  260. Saint Sinner

  261. Salome

  262. Sator

  263. Savageland

  264. Save the Green Planet!

  265. See No Evil (1971)

  266. Sentinel, The (1977)

  267. Serial Experiments Lain

  268. Sharkenstein

  269. Shed, The

  270. Sheitan

  271. Shrieking, The

  272. Shrine, The

  273. Shunned House, The

  274. Skull

  275. Slashers (2001)

  276. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  277. Something in the Dirt

  278. Soul Eater, The

  279. Southbound

  280. Spectre (1977)

  281. Spectres (2012)

  282. Spell

  283. Spirit Animal

  284. Split Second

  285. Spree

  286. Sputnik

  287. Stalked by my Doctor

  288. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  289. Stone Tape, The

  290. Stonehearst Asylum

  291. Storm Warning

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

  293. Strange Darling

  294. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  295. Stung

  296. Suckling, The

  297. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  298. Superhost

  299. Symptoms

  300. Synchronic

  301. Terrified

  302. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  303. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  304. Tesis

  305. Thin Blue Line, The

  306. Things

  307. Time Lapse

  308. Time Trap

  309. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  310. Tortured, The

  311. Tunnel, The

  312. Twice Dead

  313. Unborn, The (1991)

  314. Under Wraps (2021)

  315. Unmasked Part 25

  316. Unnamable, The

  317. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  318. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  319. V/H/S Beyond

  320. VHD Bloodlust

  321. Vicious Fun

  322. Video Violence

  323. Vivarium

  324. Werewolves Within

  325. What We Become

  326. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  327. Whispering Corridors

  328. Wicked City

  329. Wilderness

  330. Willy’s Wonderland

  331. Wind, The

  332. Wind Chill

  333. Wishing Stairs

  334. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  335. Wither

  336. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  337. Woodchipper Massacre

  338. X Species, The

  339. YellowBrickRoad

  340. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  341. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  342. Zombie for Sale

  343. Zombie High

  344. 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