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. Lost Voyage

  162. Love Me Deadly

  163. Lucker the Necrophagous

  164. Lux Aeterna

  165. Machine Girl, The

  166. Madhouse

  167. Malum

  168. Manhattan Baby

  169. Mark of the Devil

  170. Mausoleum

  171. Meet the Feebles

  172. Memento Mori

  173. Memories

  174. Memories of a Murderer

  175. Messiah of Evil

  176. Midnight Hour, The

  177. Mikey

  178. Mindhunters

  179. Mine Games

  180. Mister Frost

  181. Monster, The

  182. Monster Club, The

  183. Monsters of Man

  184. Mortuary Collection, The

  185. Mr. Sandman

  186. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  187. Mutant Girls Squad

  188. My Demon Lover

  189. Naked Blood

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

  191. Necro Files, The

  192. Nefarious

  193. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  194. Next of Kin

  195. Nightbeasts

  196. Night Eats the World, The

  197. Night Killer

  198. Night of the Seagulls

  199. Night Shots

  200. Nightcomers, The

  201. Nightmare Sisters

  202. Night of Dark Shadows

  203. Nine Miles Down

  204. Noah

  205. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  206. Nomads

  207. Nosferatu (1979)

  208. One Cut of the Dead

  209. Outpost

  210. Outpost: Black Sun

  211. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  212. Oxford Murders, The

  213. Paganini Horror, The

  214. Parents

  215. Penda’s Fen

  216. Phantom of the Paradise

  217. Phase IV

  218. Piper, The

  219. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  220. Pool, The

  221. Power, The (2021 UK)

  222. Premonition

  223. Premutos

  224. Project Metal Beast

  225. Psycho Ape!

  226. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  227. Ragdoll

  228. Razor Blade Smile

  229. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  230. Red Room (1999)

  231. Red Rooms (2023)

  232. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  233. Rift, The (aka Endless Descent)

  234. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  235. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  236. Ripper: Letter From Within

  237. River of Fundament

  238. RoboGeisha

  239. Robot Ninja

  240. Rose Red

  241. Sabor a Sangre

  242. Saint

  243. Saint Sinner

  244. Salome

  245. Savageland

  246. Save the Green Planet!

  247. See No Evil (1971)

  248. Sentinel, The (1977)

  249. Sharkenstein

  250. Shed, The

  251. Sheitan

  252. Shrieking, The

  253. Shrine, The

  254. Shunned House, The

  255. Skull

  256. Slashers (2001)

  257. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  258. Something in the Dirt

  259. Southbound

  260. Spectre (1977)

  261. Spectres (2012)

  262. Spell

  263. Spirit Animal

  264. Split Second

  265. Spree

  266. Sputnik

  267. Stalked by my Doctor

  268. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  269. Stone Tape, The

  270. Stonehearst Asylum

  271. Storm Warning

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

  273. Strange Darling

  274. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  275. Stung

  276. Suckling, The

  277. Superhost

  278. Symptoms

  279. Synchronic

  280. Terrified

  281. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  282. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  283. Tesis

  284. Thin Blue Line, The

  285. Things

  286. Time Lapse

  287. Time Trap

  288. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  289. Tortured, The

  290. Tunnel, The

  291. Twice Dead

  292. Unborn, The (1991)

  293. Under Wraps (2021)

  294. Unmasked Part 25

  295. Unnamable, The

  296. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  297. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  298. V/H/S Beyond

  299. Vicious Fun

  300. Video Violence

  301. Vivarium

  302. Werewolves Within

  303. What We Become

  304. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  305. Whispering Corridors

  306. Wicked City

  307. Wilderness

  308. Willy’s Wonderland

  309. Wind, The

  310. Wind Chill

  311. Wishing Stairs

  312. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  313. Wither

  314. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  315. Woodchipper Massacre

  316. X Species, The

  317. YellowBrickRoad

  318. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  319. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  320. Zombie for Sale

  321. Zombie High

  322. 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