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. Buried Alive

  52. Burnt Offerings

  53. Butcher, The

  54. Butterfly Kisses

  55. Cabin by the Lake

  56. Calamity of Snakes

  57. Call of Cthulhu, The

  58. Captive, The

  59. Carnival of Souls

  60. Cat Sick Blues

  61. Chained

  62. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  63. Church, The

  64. Cleansing Hour, The

  65. Cold Fish

  66. Cold Ground

  67. Comeback, The

  68. Creeps, The

  69. Crimes of Passion

  70. Crowhaven Farm

  71. Cry of the Banshee

  72. Cthulhu

  73. Cthulhu Mansion

  74. Cut

  75. Cute

  76. Damned, The (aka Gallows Hill)

  77. Dark, The

  78. Dark Heritage

  79. Dark Place, A

  80. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  81. Dave Made a Maze

  82. Dead, The

  83. Dead By Dawn (2025)

  84. Dead Inside, The

  85. Deadly Spawn, The

  86. Death Bell

  87. Death of a Unicorn

  88. Death Ship

  89. Deep House, The

  90. Deeper You Dig, The

  91. Deer Camp ‘86

  92. Delivery Run

  93. Demon Murder Case, The

  94. Demon Wind

  95. Demon Seed

  96. Demonia

  97. Demons of the Mind

  98. Devil’s Rain, The

  99. Devonsville Terror, The

  100. Doc of the Dead

  101. Doghouse

  102. Dogman

  103. Dolly

  104. Domestics, The

  105. Dracula’s Guest

  106. DreadOut

  107. Dream Home

  108. Drop

  109. Dust Bunny

  110. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  111. Eat

  112. Eat Locals

  113. Effects

  114. Eli

  115. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  116. Ernest Scared Stupid

  117. Etoile

  118. Evil Dead Trap

  119. Evil Geniuses

  120. Exorcism of God, The

  121. Extraordinary Tales

  122. Eyes of Fire

  123. Final Stab

  124. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  125. Food of the Gods, The

  126. Footprints on the Moon

  127. Forbidden

  128. Forgotten One, The

  129. Frankenstein: The True Story

  130. Freaks of Nature

  131. Fresh

  132. Fright

  133. From Within

  134. Full Eclipse

  135. Gallowwalkers

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

  137. Ghost Shark

  138. Ghost Stories (2017)

  139. Ghost Story

  140. Ghost Town (1988)

  141. Ghostkeeper

  142. Ghostwatch

  143. Grave Encounters 2

  144. Green Knight, The

  145. Grimm Love

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

  147. Hermit, The

  148. Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

  149. Horror (2003)

  150. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  151. Horror Express

  152. Horror Story (2013)

  153. House (aka Hausu)

  154. House at the End of Time, The

  155. House of 9

  156. House of Clocks

  157. House of Dark Shadows

  158. House of Darkness

  159. House of the Long Shadows

  160. House on Willow Street

  161. Howard’s Mill

  162. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  163. Images

  164. Innocent Blood

  165. Interview, The

  166. Invasion (2005)

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

  168. It Ends

  169. Ivanna

  170. Jembatan Shiratal Mustaqim

  171. Jessica Rabid

  172. Kibakichi: Bakko-yokaiden

  173. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  174. Killer Coach

  175. Killer Condom

  176. Killer Movie

  177. Killer Party

  178. Kristy

  179. La Haine

  180. La Piel Que Habito

  181. Last Sentinel, The

  182. Last Shark, The

  183. Late Night with the Devil

  184. Late Phases

  185. Leaving D.C.

  186. Legacy, The

  187. Legend of Hell House, The

  188. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  189. Let My Puppets Come

  190. Let Us Prey

  191. Level 16

  192. Lillith

  193. Livid

  194. Living Dolls

  195. Lodgers, The

  196. Long Pigs

  197. Lore (2023)

  198. Lost Voyage

  199. Love Me Deadly

  200. Lucker the Necrophagous

  201. Lux Aeterna

  202. Machine Girl, The

  203. Madhouse

  204. Magnetic Rose

  205. Malum

  206. Manhattan Baby

  207. Man’s Best Friend

  208. Mark of the Devil

  209. Mausoleum

  210. Meat Kills

  211. Meet the Feebles

  212. Memento Mori

  213. Memories

  214. Memories of a Murderer

  215. Messiah of Evil

  216. Midnight Hour, The

  217. Mikey

  218. Mindhunters

  219. Mine Games

  220. Mister Frost

  221. Monster, The

  222. Monster Club, The

  223. Monsters of Man

  224. Mortuary Collection, The

  225. Mr. Sandman

  226. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  227. Mutant Girls Squad

  228. My Demon Lover

  229. Mystery of the Necronomicon

  230. Naked Blood

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

  232. Necro Files, The

  233. Nefarious

  234. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  235. Next of Kin

  236. Nightbeasts

  237. Night Eats the World, The

  238. Night Killer

  239. Night of Dark Shadows

  240. Night of the Seagulls

  241. Night Shot

  242. Nightcomers, The

  243. Nightmare Sisters

  244. Nightsiren (aka Svetlonoc)

  245. Nine Miles Down

  246. Noah

  247. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  248. Nomads

  249. Nosferatu (1979)

  250. No Tears in Hell

  251. One Cut of the Dead

  252. Outpost

  253. Outpost: Black Sun

  254. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  255. Oxford Murders, The

  256. Paganini Horror, The

  257. Parents

  258. Penda’s Fen

  259. Phantom of the Paradise

  260. Phase IV

  261. Piper, The (2015)

  262. Please Don’t Feed the Children

  263. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  264. Pool, The

  265. Power, The (2021 UK)

  266. Premonition

  267. Premutos

  268. Prison

  269. Project Metal Beast

  270. Project Wolf Hunting

  271. Psycho Ape!

  272. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  273. Ragdoll

  274. Rampage (2009)

  275. Rampage: Capital Punishment

  276. Rampage: President Down

  277. Razor Blade Smile

  278. Red Room (1999)

  279. Red Rooms (2023)

  280. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  281. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  282. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  283. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  284. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  285. Ripper 2: Letter From Within

  286. River of Fundament

  287. RoboGeisha

  288. Robot Ninja

  289. Rosario

  290. Rose Red

  291. Sabor a Sangre

  292. Saint

  293. Saint Sinner

  294. Salome

  295. Sator

  296. Savageland

  297. Save the Green Planet!

  298. Scary of Sixty-First, The

  299. Scurry

  300. See No Evil (1971)

  301. Sentinel, The (1977)

  302. Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

  303. Serial Experiments Lain

  304. Sharkenstein

  305. Shed, The

  306. Sheitan

  307. Shrieking, The

  308. Shrine, The

  309. Shunned House, The

  310. Skull: The Mask

  311. Slashers (2001)

  312. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  313. Something in the Dirt

  314. Soul Eater, The

  315. Southbound

  316. Spectre (1977)

  317. Spectres (2012)

  318. Spell

  319. Spirit Animal

  320. Split Second

  321. Spree

  322. Sputnik

  323. Stalked by my Doctor

  324. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  325. Stone Tape, The

  326. Stonehearst Asylum

  327. Storm Warning

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

  329. Strange Darling

  330. Strange Things Happen at Sundown

  331. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  332. Stung

  333. Suckling, The

  334. Summer Hikaru Died, The

  335. Superhost

  336. Symptoms

  337. Synchronic

  338. Tachul: Project Silence

  339. Terrified

  340. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  341. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  342. Tesis

  343. Thin Blue Line, The

  344. Things

  345. Thrash

  346. This is Not a Test

  347. Time Lapse

  348. Time Trap

  349. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  350. Tortured, The

  351. Traveler, The

  352. Traumatika

  353. Trip, The

  354. Tunnel, The

  355. Turbo Kid

  356. Twice Dead

  357. Two Orphan Vampires

  358. Unborn, The (1991)

  359. Under Wraps (2021)

  360. Unmasked Part 25

  361. Unnamable, The

  362. V/H/S Beyond

  363. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  364. Vertige (aka High Lane)

  365. VHD Bloodlust

  366. Vicious Fun

  367. Video Violence

  368. Vineyard, The

  369. Vivarium

  370. Werewolves Within

  371. What We Become

  372. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  373. Whispering Corridors

  374. Whistle

  375. Wicked City

  376. Wilderness

  377. Willy’s Wonderland

  378. Wind, The

  379. Wind Chill

  380. Wishing Stairs

  381. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  382. Wither

  383. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  384. Woodchipper Massacre

  385. Wormtown

  386. X Species, The

  387. YellowBrickRoad

  388. Yeti, The

  389. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  390. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  391. Zombie for Sale

  392. Zombie High

  393. 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