Wait Until Dark is a great movie, but isn't is more of a "thriller"?
I'm talking about pure, unadulterated horror--The Fog. The Thing. All the Freddy and Jason movies (which I really dislike). Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I guess Alien would qualify.
The Fog was a good one. Scary, and it had Jamie Lee Curtis (who I'm not-so-secretly in love with).
Salem's Lot (1st minieries) was scary.
The Night Stalker (Darren McGavin) was good, too.
I forgot about "The Thing." I thought John Carpenter's version was an excellent thriller. My favorite scene is where they discover Wilford Brimley's spaceship under construction. "Looks like someone's been busy."
Hi John,
Here are a few of my favorites, in no particular order:
Horror of Dracula--1958 Christopher Lee
The Body Snatcher--1945 Boris Karloff
Paperhouse---1988 (Very intelligent and spooky)
Exorcist III--1990 George C. Scott (very scary!)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein--1948
Jaws--1975
The Sixth Sense--1999
Brides of Dracula--1960 Peter Cushing
Aliens--1986 what a pure adrenaline rush!
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman--1943 (OK, so it's not a great movie...however, the opening scene in the crypt is the stuff of nightmares)
Vincent Price as "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" also really scared me as a kid!
Brian