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. AfrAId

  7. After Midnight

  8. All Is Lost

  9. All the Colors of the Dark

  10. Almost Human

  11. Alter

  12. American Nightmare: A Celebration of Films from Horror’s Golden Age

  13. Amityville Vibrator

  14. Anatomia Extinction

  15. Angel Sanctuary

  16. Aniara

  17. ARQ

  18. Asphyx, The

  19. Atrocious

  20. Attack of the Beast Creatures

  21. Atticus Institute, The

  22. Audrey Rose

  23. Backcountry

  24. Bad Batch, The

  25. Bad Moon

  26. Banshee Chapter

  27. Baramulla

  28. Barbarian

  29. Barge People, The

  30. Bark

  31. Battlefield Baseball

  32. Beast Must Die, The

  33. Beyond the Limits

  34. Big Bad Wolf

  35. Black Cat, The (1989)

  36. Black Demon, The

  37. Black Mountain Side

  38. Blackout

  39. Blackwell Ghost, The

  40. Blink Twice

  41. Bliss (2019)

  42. Blood Glacier

  43. Bloodline

  44. Bloodlust

  45. Blood Red Sky

  46. Blood Sucking Freaks

  47. Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp

  48. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

  49. Blue Sunshine

  50. Bodycam

  51. Bone Sickness

  52. Bones and All

  53. Boys of County Hell, The

  54. Bullet Head

  55. Buried Alive

  56. Burnt Offerings

  57. Butcher, The

  58. Butterfly Kisses

  59. Cabin by the Lake

  60. Calamity of Snakes

  61. Call of Cthulhu, The

  62. Captive, The

  63. Carnival of Souls

  64. Cat Sick Blues

  65. Celluloid Nightmares (Muzan-e)

  66. Chained

  67. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  68. Church, The

  69. Cleansing Hour, The

  70. Cold Fish

  71. Cold Ground

  72. Colony (Gunche)

  73. Comeback, The

  74. Creeps, The

  75. Crimes of Passion

  76. Crowhaven Farm

  77. Cry of the Banshee

  78. Cthulhu

  79. Cthulhu Mansion

  80. Cut

  81. Cute

  82. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  83. Dark, The

  84. Dark Floors

  85. Dark Heritage

  86. Dark Place, A

  87. Dark Sea

  88. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  89. Dark Was The Night

  90. Daughters of Darkness

  91. Dave Made a Maze

  92. Dead, The

  93. Dead By Dawn (2025)

  94. Dead Inside, The

  95. Deadly Spawn, The

  96. Death Bell

  97. Death King, The

  98. Death of a Unicorn

  99. Death Ship

  100. Deep House, The

  101. Deeper You Dig, The

  102. Deer Camp ‘86

  103. Delivery Run

  104. Demon Murder Case, The

  105. Demon Wind

  106. Demon Seed

  107. Demonia

  108. Demons of the Mind

  109. Devil’s Rain, The

  110. Devil’s Mouth, The

  111. Devonsville Terror, The

  112. Doc of the Dead

  113. Doghouse

  114. Dogman

  115. Dolly

  116. Domestics, The

  117. Don’t Hang Up

  118. Dracula’s Guest

  119. DreadOut

  120. Dream Home

  121. Drop

  122. Dust Bunny

  123. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  124. Eat

  125. Eat Locals

  126. Effects

  127. Eli

  128. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  129. Ernest Scared Stupid

  130. Etoile

  131. Evil Dead Trap

  132. Evil Geniuses

  133. Exorcism of God, The

  134. Extraordinary Tales

  135. Eyes of Fire

  136. Family Dinner

  137. Final Stab

  138. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  139. Food of the Gods, The

  140. Footprints on the Moon

  141. Forbidden

  142. Forgotten One, The

  143. Frankenstein: The True Story

  144. Freaks of Nature

  145. Fresh

  146. Fright

  147. From Within

  148. Full Eclipse

  149. Gallowwalkers

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

  151. Ghost Board

  152. Ghost Shark

  153. Ghost Stories (2017)

  154. Ghost Story

  155. Ghost Town (1988)

  156. Ghostkeeper

  157. Ghostwatch

  158. Grave Encounters 2

  159. Green Knight, The

  160. Grimm Love

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

  162. Hermit, The

  163. Hold the Fort

  164. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  165. Horror (2003)

  166. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  167. Horror Express

  168. Horror Story (2013)

  169. House (aka Hausu)

  170. House at the End of Time, The

  171. House of 9

  172. House of Clocks

  173. House of Dark Shadows

  174. House of Darkness

  175. House of the Long Shadows

  176. House on Willow Street

  177. Howard’s Mill

  178. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  179. Images

  180. Innocent Blood

  181. Interview, The

  182. Invasion (2005)

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

  184. It Ends

  185. Ivanna

  186. Jembatan Shiratal Mustaqim

  187. Jessica Rabid

  188. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  189. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  190. Killer Coach

  191. Killer Condom

  192. Killer Movie

  193. Killer Party

  194. Kristy

  195. La Haine

  196. La Piel Que Habito

  197. Last Sentinel, The

  198. Last Shark, The

  199. Late Night with the Devil

  200. Late Phases

  201. Leaving D.C.

  202. Legacy, The

  203. Legend of Hell House, The

  204. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  205. Let My Puppets Come

  206. Let Us Prey

  207. Level 16

  208. Lillith

  209. Livid

  210. Living Dolls

  211. Lodgers, The

  212. Long Pigs

  213. Lore (2023)

  214. Lost Voyage

  215. Love Me Deadly

  216. Lucker the Necrophagous

  217. Lux Aeterna

  218. Machine Girl, The

  219. Madhouse

  220. Magnetic Rose

  221. Malum

  222. Manhattan Baby

  223. Man’s Best Friend

  224. Mark of the Devil

  225. Mausoleum

  226. Meat Kills

  227. Meet the Feebles

  228. Memento Mori

  229. Memories

  230. Memories of a Murderer

  231. Messiah of Evil

  232. Midnight Hour, The

  233. Mikey

  234. Mindhunters

  235. Mine Games

  236. Mister Frost

  237. Monster, The

  238. Monster Club, The

  239. Monsters of Man

  240. Mortuary Collection, The

  241. Mr. Sandman

  242. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  243. Mutant Girls Squad

  244. Mutation

  245. My Demon Lover

  246. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  247. Naked Blood

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

  249. Necro Files, The

  250. Nefarious

  251. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  252. Next of Kin

  253. Nightbeasts

  254. Night Eats the World, The

  255. Night Killer

  256. Night of Dark Shadows

  257. Night of the Seagulls

  258. Night Shot

  259. Nightcomers, The

  260. Nightmare Sisters

  261. Nightsiren (aka Svetlonoc)

  262. Nine Miles Down

  263. Noah

  264. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  265. Noise

  266. Nomads

  267. Nosferatu (1979)

  268. No Tears in Hell

  269. One Cut of the Dead

  270. Outpost

  271. Outpost: Black Sun

  272. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  273. Oxford Murders, The

  274. Paganini Horror, The

  275. Parents

  276. Penda’s Fen

  277. Phantom of the Paradise

  278. Phase IV

  279. Piper, The (2015)

  280. Pitfall

  281. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  282. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  283. Pool, The

  284. Power, The (2021 UK)

  285. Premonition

  286. Premutos

  287. Prison

  288. Privilege, The

  289. Project Metal Beast

  290. Project Wolf Hunting

  291. Psycho Ape!

  292. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  293. Ragdoll

  294. Rampage (2009)

  295. Rampage: Capital Punishment

  296. Rampage: President Down

  297. Razor Blade Smile

  298. Red Room (1999)

  299. Red Rooms (2023)

  300. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  301. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  302. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  303. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  304. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  305. Ripper 2: Letter From Within

  306. River of Fundament

  307. RoboGeisha

  308. Robot Ninja

  309. Rosario

  310. Rose Red

  311. Sabor a Sangre

  312. Saint

  313. Saint Sinner

  314. Salome

  315. Sator

  316. Savageland

  317. Save the Green Planet!

  318. Scary of Sixty-First, The

  319. Scurry

  320. See No Evil (1971)

  321. Sentinel, The (1977)

  322. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

  323. Serial Experiments Lain

  324. Sharkenstein

  325. Shed, The

  326. Sheitan

  327. Shrieking, The

  328. Shrine, The

  329. Shunned House, The

  330. Skull: The Mask

  331. Slashers (2001)

  332. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  333. Something in the Dirt

  334. Soul Eater, The

  335. Southbound

  336. Spectre (1977)

  337. Spectres (2012)

  338. Spell

  339. Spirit Animal

  340. Split Second

  341. Spree

  342. Sputnik

  343. Stalked by my Doctor

  344. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  345. Stone Tape, The

  346. Stonehearst Asylum

  347. Storm Warning

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

  349. Strange Darling

  350. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  351. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  352. Stung

  353. Suckling, The

  354. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  355. Superhost

  356. Symptoms

  357. Synchronic

  358. Tachul: Project Silence

  359. Terrified

  360. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  361. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  362. Tesis

  363. Thin Blue Line, The

  364. Things

  365. Thrash

  366. This is Not a Test

  367. Time Lapse

  368. Time Trap

  369. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  370. Tortured, The

  371. Traveler, The

  372. Traumatika

  373. Trip, The

  374. Tunnel, The

  375. Turbo Kid

  376. Turkish Coffee Table, The

  377. Twice Dead

  378. Two Orphan Vampires

  379. Unborn, The (1991)

  380. Under Wraps (2021)

  381. Unmasked Part 25

  382. Unnamable, The

  383. V/H/S Beyond

  384. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  385. Vertige (aka High Lane)

  386. VHD Bloodlust

  387. Vicious Fun

  388. Video Violence

  389. Vineyard, The

  390. Vivarium

  391. Werewolves Within

  392. What We Become

  393. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  394. Whispering Corridors

  395. Whistle

  396. Wicked City

  397. Wilderness

  398. Willy’s Wonderland

  399. Wind, The

  400. Wind Chill

  401. Wishing Stairs

  402. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  403. Wither

  404. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  405. Woodchipper Massacre

  406. Wormtown

  407. X Species, The

  408. YellowBrickRoad

  409. Yeti, The

  410. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  411. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  412. Zombie for Sale

  413. Zombie High

  414. 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