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. Butcher, The

  41. Butterfly Kisses

  42. Cabin by the Lake

  43. Call of Cthulhu, The

  44. Captive, The

  45. Carnival of Souls

  46. Cat Sick Blues

  47. Chained

  48. Christmas Bloody Christmas

  49. Church, The

  50. Cleansing Hour, The

  51. Cold Fish

  52. Cold Ground

  53. Comeback, The

  54. Crimes of Passion

  55. Crowhaven Farm

  56. Cry of the Banshee

  57. Cthulhu

  58. Cthulhu Mansion

  59. Cut

  60. Cute

  61. Dark, The

  62. Dark Heritage

  63. Dark Place, A

  64. Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The

  65. Dave Made a Maze

  66. Dead, The

  67. Dead Inside, The

  68. Deadly Spawn, The

  69. Death Bell

  70. Death Ship

  71. Deep House, The

  72. Demonia

  73. Demon Seed

  74. Demons of the Mind

  75. Devil’s Rain, The

  76. Devonsville Terror, The

  77. Doc of the Dead

  78. Doghouse

  79. Domestics, The

  80. Dream Home

  81. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

  82. Eat

  83. Eat Locals

  84. Effects

  85. Eli

  86. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman

  87. Ernest Scared Stupid

  88. Etoile

  89. Evil Dead Trap

  90. Evil Geniuses

  91. Extraordinary Tales

  92. Exorcism of God, The

  93. Eyes of Fire

  94. Final Stab

  95. Flesh and Blood: The Heritage of Hammer Horror

  96. Food of the Gods, The

  97. Footprints on the Moon

  98. Forbidden

  99. Frankenstein: The True Story

  100. Fresh

  101. Fright

  102. From Within

  103. Full Eclipse

  104. Gallowwalkers

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

  106. Ghost Shark

  107. Ghost Story

  108. Ghost Watch

  109. Ghostkeeper

  110. Grave Encounters 2

  111. Green Knight, The

  112. Grimm Love

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

  114. Horror (2003)

  115. Horror at 37,000 Feet, The

  116. Horror Express

  117. Horror Story (2013)

  118. House (aka Hausu)

  119. House at the End of Time, The

  120. House of 9

  121. House of Clocks

  122. House of Dark Shadows

  123. House of Darkness

  124. House of the Long Shadows

  125. House on Willow Street

  126. Howard’s Mill

  127. I Am Thinking of Ending Things

  128. Images

  129. Innocent Blood

  130. Interview, The

  131. Invasion (2005)

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

  133. Jessica Rabid

  134. Kidnapped (aka Sequestrados)

  135. Killer Coach

  136. Killer Movie

  137. Kristy

  138. La Haine

  139. La Piel Que Habito

  140. Last Sentinel, The

  141. Last Shark, The

  142. Late Night with the Devil

  143. Late Phases

  144. Leaving D.C.

  145. Legacy, The

  146. Legend of Hell House, The

  147. Legend of the Werewolf, The

  148. Let My Puppets Come

  149. Let Us Prey

  150. Level 16

  151. Lillith

  152. Lodgers, The

  153. Love Me Deadly

  154. Lucker the Necrophagous

  155. Lux Aeterna

  156. Machine Girl, The

  157. Madhouse

  158. Manhattan Baby

  159. Mark of the Devil

  160. Mausoleum

  161. Meet the Feebles

  162. Memento Mori

  163. Memories

  164. Memories of a Murderer

  165. Messiah of Evil

  166. Mikey

  167. Mindhunters

  168. Mine Games

  169. Monster, The

  170. Monster Club, The

  171. Monsters of Man

  172. Murder of Mary Phagan, The

  173. Mutant Girls Squad

  174. Naked Blood

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

  176. Necro Files, The

  177. Nefarious

  178. New Order (aka Nuevo Orden)

  179. Next of Kin

  180. Nightbeasts

  181. Night Killer

  182. Night of the Seagulls

  183. Night Shots

  184. Nightcomers, The

  185. Nightmare Sisters

  186. Night of Dark Shadows

  187. Nine Miles Down

  188. Noah

  189. Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight

  190. Nosferatu (1979)

  191. One Cut of the Dead

  192. Outpost

  193. Outpost: Black Sun

  194. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

  195. Oxford Murders, The

  196. Paganini Horror, The

  197. Parents

  198. Penda’s Fen

  199. Phantom of the Paradise

  200. Phase IV

  201. Piper, The

  202. Pod People (aka Extra Terrestrial Visitors)

  203. Pool, The

  204. Power, The (2021 UK)

  205. Premonition

  206. Premutos

  207. Project Metal Beast

  208. Psycho Ape!

  209. Psycho Gothic Lolita

  210. Razor Blade Smile

  211. Redeemer: Son of Satan, The

  212. Red Room (1999)

  213. Repo! The Genetic Opera

  214. Riget (aka The Kingdom)

  215. Ripper: Letter From Hell

  216. Ripper: Letter From Within

  217. River of Fundament

  218. RoboGeisha

  219. Robot Ninja

  220. Rose Red

  221. Sabor a Sangre

  222. Saint

  223. Saint Sinner

  224. Salome

  225. Savageland

  226. Save the Green Planet!

  227. See No Evil (1971)

  228. Sentinel, The (1977)

  229. Sharkenstein

  230. Sheitan

  231. Shrieking, The

  232. Shrine, The

  233. Shunned House, The

  234. Skull

  235. Slashers (2001)

  236. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera

  237. SuperhosSomething in the Dirt

  238. Spectres

  239. Spell

  240. Spirit Animal

  241. Split Second

  242. Spree

  243. Sputnik

  244. Stalked by my Doctor

  245. Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

  246. Stone Tape, The

  247. Stonehearst Asylum

  248. Storm Warning

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

  250. Strange Darling

  251. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, The

  252. Stung

  253. Suckling, The

  254. Superhost

  255. Symptoms

  256. Synchronic

  257. Terrified

  258. Terror at Red Wolf Inn

  259. Terror at Blood Fart Lake

  260. Tesis

  261. Thin Blue Line, The

  262. Things

  263. Time Lapse

  264. Time Trap

  265. Tombs of the Blind Dead

  266. Tortured, The

  267. Tunnel, The

  268. Twice Dead

  269. Unborn, The (1991)

  270. Unmasked Part 25

  271. Unnamable, The

  272. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

  273. Vertiges (aka High Lane)

  274. Vicious Fun

  275. Video Violence

  276. Vivarium

  277. Werewolves Within

  278. Whisperer in Darkness, The

  279. Whispering Corridors

  280. Wicked City

  281. Wilderness

  282. Willy’s Wonderland

  283. Wind, The

  284. Wind Chill

  285. Wishing Stairs

  286. Witch, Part 1: The Subversion, The

  287. Wither

  288. Wolf of Snow Hollow, The

  289. Woodchipper Massacre

  290. X Species, The

  291. YellowBrickRoad

  292. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

  293. Zombie Bloodbath 2

  294. Zombie High

  295. 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