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. A Warning to the Curious

  3. Aenigma

  4. After Midnight

  5. All Is Lost

  6. Almost Human

  7. Alter

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

  9. Amityville Vibrator

  10. Aniara

  11. ARQ

  12. Asphyx, The

  13. Atrocious

  14. Attack of the Beast Creatures

  15. Atticus Institute, The

  16. Audrey Rose

  17. Backcountry

  18. Bad Batch, The

  19. Bad Moon

  20. Banshee Chapter

  21. Barbarian

  22. Barge People, The

  23. Beast Must Die, The

  24. Big Bad Wolf

  25. Black Cat, The (1989)

  26. Black Mountain Side

  27. Blackwell Ghost, The

  28. Blink Twice

  29. Bliss (2019)

  30. Blood Glacier

  31. Blood Red Sky

  32. Blood Sucking Freaks

  33. Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp

  34. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell

  35. Blue Sunshine

  36. Bone Sickness

  37. Bones and All

  38. Boys of County Hell, The

  39. Bullet Head

  40. Burnt Offerings

  41. Butcher, The

  42. Butterfly Kisses

  43. Cabin by the Lake

  44. Call of Cthulhu, The

  45. Captive, The

  46. Carnival of Souls

  47. Cat Sick Blues

  48. Chained

  49. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  50. Church, The

  51. Cleansing Hour, The

  52. Cold Fish

  53. Cold Ground

  54. Comeback, The

  55. Crimes of Passion

  56. Crowhaven Farm

  57. Cry of the Banshee

  58. Cthulhu

  59. Cthulhu Mansion

  60. Cut

  61. Cute

  62. Dark, The

  63. Dark Heritage

  64. Dark Place, A

  65. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  66. Dave Made a Maze

  67. Dead, The

  68. Dead Inside, The

  69. Deadly Spawn, The

  70. Death Bell

  71. Death Ship

  72. Deep House, The

  73. Deer Camp ‘86

  74. Demonia

  75. Demon Seed

  76. Demons of the Mind

  77. Devil’s Rain, The

  78. Devonsville Terror, The

  79. Doc of the Dead

  80. Doghouse

  81. Domestics, The

  82. Dream Home

  83. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  84. Eat

  85. Eat Locals

  86. Effects

  87. Eli

  88. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  89. Ernest Scared Stupid

  90. Etoile

  91. Evil Dead Trap

  92. Evil Geniuses

  93. Extraordinary Tales

  94. Exorcism of God, The

  95. Eyes of Fire

  96. Final Stab

  97. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  98. Food of the Gods, The

  99. Footprints on the Moon

  100. Forbidden

  101. Forgotten One, The

  102. Frankenstein: The True Story

  103. Fresh

  104. Fright

  105. From Within

  106. Full Eclipse

  107. Gallowwalkers

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

  109. Ghost Shark

  110. Ghost Stories (2017)

  111. Ghost Story

  112. Ghost Town (1988)

  113. Ghostkeeper

  114. Ghostwatch

  115. Grave Encounters 2

  116. Green Knight, The

  117. Grimm Love

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

  119. Horror (2003)

  120. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  121. Horror Express

  122. Horror Story (2013)

  123. House (aka Hausu)

  124. House at the End of Time, The

  125. House of 9

  126. House of Clocks

  127. House of Dark Shadows

  128. House of Darkness

  129. House of the Long Shadows

  130. House on Willow Street

  131. Howard’s Mill

  132. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  133. Images

  134. Innocent Blood

  135. Interview, The

  136. Invasion (2005)

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

  138. Jessica Rabid

  139. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  140. Killer Coach

  141. Killer Movie

  142. Killer Party

  143. Kristy

  144. La Haine

  145. La Piel Que Habito

  146. Last Sentinel, The

  147. Last Shark, The

  148. Late Night with the Devil

  149. Late Phases

  150. Leaving D.C.

  151. Legacy, The

  152. Legend of Hell House, The

  153. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  154. Let My Puppets Come

  155. Let Us Prey

  156. Level 16

  157. Lillith

  158. Living Dolls

  159. Lodgers, The

  160. Lore (2023)

  161. Love Me Deadly

  162. Lucker the Necrophagous

  163. Lux Aeterna

  164. Machine Girl, The

  165. Madhouse

  166. Malum

  167. Manhattan Baby

  168. Mark of the Devil

  169. Mausoleum

  170. Meet the Feebles

  171. Memento Mori

  172. Memories

  173. Memories of a Murderer

  174. Messiah of Evil

  175. Midnight Hour, The

  176. Mikey

  177. Mindhunters

  178. Mine Games

  179. Mister Frost

  180. Monster, The

  181. Monster Club, The

  182. Monsters of Man

  183. Mortuary Collection, The

  184. Mr. Sandman

  185. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  186. Mutant Girls Squad

  187. My Demon Lover

  188. Naked Blood

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

  190. Necro Files, The

  191. Nefarious

  192. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  193. Next of Kin

  194. Nightbeasts

  195. Night Killer

  196. Night of the Seagulls

  197. Night Shots

  198. Nightcomers, The

  199. Nightmare Sisters

  200. Night of Dark Shadows

  201. Nine Miles Down

  202. Noah

  203. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  204. Nomads

  205. Nosferatu (1979)

  206. One Cut of the Dead

  207. Outpost

  208. Outpost: Black Sun

  209. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  210. Oxford Murders, The

  211. Paganini Horror, The

  212. Parents

  213. Penda’s Fen

  214. Phantom of the Paradise

  215. Phase IV

  216. Piper, The

  217. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  218. Pool, The

  219. Power, The (2021 UK)

  220. Premonition

  221. Premutos

  222. Project Metal Beast

  223. Psycho Ape!

  224. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  225. Ragdoll

  226. Razor Blade Smile

  227. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  228. Red Room (1999)

  229. Red Rooms (2023)

  230. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  231. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  232. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  233. Ripper: Letter From Within

  234. River of Fundament

  235. RoboGeisha

  236. Robot Ninja

  237. Rose Red

  238. Sabor a Sangre

  239. Saint

  240. Saint Sinner

  241. Salome

  242. Savageland

  243. Save the Green Planet!

  244. See No Evil (1971)

  245. Sentinel, The (1977)

  246. Sharkenstein

  247. Shed, The

  248. Sheitan

  249. Shrieking, The

  250. Shrine, The

  251. Shunned House, The

  252. Skull

  253. Slashers (2001)

  254. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  255. Something in the Dirt

  256. Southbound

  257. Spectre (1977)

  258. Spectres (2012)

  259. Spell

  260. Spirit Animal

  261. Split Second

  262. Spree

  263. Sputnik

  264. Stalked by my Doctor

  265. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  266. Stone Tape, The

  267. Stonehearst Asylum

  268. Storm Warning

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

  270. Strange Darling

  271. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  272. Stung

  273. Suckling, The

  274. Superhost

  275. Symptoms

  276. Synchronic

  277. Terrified

  278. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  279. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  280. Tesis

  281. Thin Blue Line, The

  282. Things

  283. Time Lapse

  284. Time Trap

  285. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  286. Tortured, The

  287. Tunnel, The

  288. Twice Dead

  289. Unborn, The (1991)

  290. Under Wraps (2021)

  291. Unmasked Part 25

  292. Unnamable, The

  293. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  294. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  295. V/H/S Beyond

  296. Vicious Fun

  297. Video Violence

  298. Vivarium

  299. Werewolves Within

  300. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  301. Whispering Corridors

  302. Wicked City

  303. Wilderness

  304. Willy’s Wonderland

  305. Wind, The

  306. Wind Chill

  307. Wishing Stairs

  308. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  309. Wither

  310. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  311. Woodchipper Massacre

  312. X Species, The

  313. YellowBrickRoad

  314. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  315. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  316. Zombie High

  317. 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