overrated-friday the 13th.
as a true F13 fan not only do i like the movies but i also criticise them aswell. any friday movie from pt6 onwards was just a knock off and tie into the other movies, making jason voorhees from a fearfull psychopath to an almost comical figure.freddy vs jason although being a highly entertaining horror movie does not stay true to some major key facts trough out F13.(and nightmare on elm st. saga, since when was freddy stopped by forgetting about him he was stopped due to children being removed from springwood!)

underrated-21 days later.
a great brittish horror movie based on the zombie theme ut firmly reinvents it with a strong cult classic feel. this movie did not get the attention it deserved due to it being released around the date of the resident evil movie(i love resident evil, but out of the two zombie flicks, 21DL is the better) instead of the common bitting and stratching infection being spread 21DL changes it so that aslong as any infected DNA enters your body, even enterd from the eyes(a drip of blood falls and infects the pupil and spreads around the iris) and as a result of this the slow walking zombies have been replaced with extremly agile dead. a must see for any cult,resi evil,zombie fans out there.

hmmm overrated.... I'll say Child's play" I like the movies but come on, chucky is a doll, and one you can stab and kill at that, not too hard to do, just step on him or burn him a lot... good for a laugh, not for a scare

underated: poltergiest: ok ok this is a pg or pg-13 rated movie I know, and speilberg did it, so its not gonna be scary right? Wrong, its well done, creepy, plus you figured "if this happened to me, I would just friggin move!" which they do in the end, sort of.... and it doesn't even have blood or gore in it, something I love, but that big white thing that came out of the closet scared me a bit (though I would want one as a pet :p)

Overated - Nightmare on Elm Street, these film are just not scary. They should have given Freddy a scarier look, he should have a charactistic dead look on him, he just looks burned. The only thing that scares me about the movie is that, if it was real, it would be scary.

Underated - Well, I don't really think this underated, but Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a true story, and if you were there when it this event occured, you would have been scared too.

Overrated: Friday 13th, it became lame just after the second. Part of the suspence of the second was that we never saw his face, yet we always do and he's always a lot different. He just slashes, WoW. He's the reason why teen horror movies are what they are now. Fuck you Friday 13 three.
Underrated: Sessions 9
(2001)
Who would of thought that between TV gigs, redhead David Caruso would star in a low-key, but quite impressive psychological horror thriller. And Sessions 9 is indeed all that and more. We follow an asbestos removal crew into an abandoned insane asylum that may or may not be haunted. The movie has a claustrophobic feel to it as much of it takes place in near darkness between the walls and ceiling as the crew chokes and wheezes while asbestos partials fall around them. So no matter what happens next, the viewers are always consumed with uneasiness by the poison in the air. Then when bodies start turning up....
From: G4 and I copied and pasted 'cause I agree.

Underrated-Halloween franchise, unlike the other slashers Myers isn't all about slicing and dicing to make a movie, the storyline is the best IMO out of all the slasher types and it's creepy if you ask me.Friday the 13th is good in it's own right, but not on the same level as Halloween and is virtually the same concept with more blood.Great storyline for originality.

Overrated:-Friday the 13th franchise, it's entertaining but to me nothing more then a mere ripoff of Halloween, very similar concept with only more blood, storyline is not the best.Jason did give everyone a reason to be afraid of goalies I suppose though lol.Not the best storyline.

Underrated:-Child's Play, this movie really isn't the scariest of all time but it's in the top 50 with the above two.At that time, Chucky was a bit frightening this little doll with a knife walks and runs around killing people, laughing diabolically with this nasty, scary looking face of an evil doll come to life.A bit creepy if you ask me, although they reveal that it's charles lee ray's soul trapped in the doll, still a freaky concept if you ask me.And by far the best out of the chucky franchise.Interesting storyline.

Underrated:-The Exorcist, now I know to all you atheists out there and none christians you might laugh at this movie but what I believe in and what many people believe in general despite religion, exorcisms do happen in real life.Granted movies are ALWAYS a tad bit exaggerated especially horror movies but still most people lie about this movie not creeping them out, it still to this day freaks me out.Much scarier then poltergeist, slashers or anything else if you ask me.Scary concept and it was based on true events, even though that happened to a little boy not girl like in the movie.Freaky.Great storyline.

Underrated:-Rosemary's Baby:-this movie after seeing it(even though it was a while back) is just weird, creepy and a little scary.The concept is just freaky.Good storyline.

Overrated:IT:-You know the first time I saw this movie I was like ok...weird and creepy, which I still admit is but scary?A clown with teeth?I've seen worse and the little girl in the Exorcist looks a million times scarier if you saw either of the two at night alone in a house lol.Shit, chucky is even scarier then that silly clown LMAO.I think the parts such as blood in the bathroom when it's not there, balloons with blood were creepier parts then the dumb clown.I just never saw the hype over the "scary" clown in IT.Good storyline though.

Underrated:-The Omen:-either movie new or old are good, and both not only freaky but scary in certain ways.Every where this kid goes someone dies, the part that makes it freaky is the fact that although his eyes don't disappear, glow red like some other villians.He does use some power to a degree and in a freaky matter I might add.Interesting and creepy storyline.

Overrated:-Leatherface franchise;I just don't see the scare factor with this guy and never did or will.Crappy storyline and again another ripoff of Mr.Myers with a different and worse storyline.


Nightmare on Elm Street franchise:-I feel 50/50 about this one, in some movies it's scarier then others and in the others it's almost funny.A good franchise overall, I'd say it's up there with Halloween.Bettter then Friday the 13th, leatherface for sure.Good storyline.

I'll have some more to come but I'm a fan of originality, not the slasher with gallons of blood and a shitty or mediocre storyline.

I'll have some more later.

now dude i see where your coming from but your point is killed by the fact that halloween resurection exists.

Over Rated:Jason X. Ok, we have everyone's favorite Crystal Lake serial killer in space. Hmmm, anyone else see something wrong with that idea? I think it got too much hype on TV & the commercials ruin the movie by showing what Jason looks like after reanimation.

Under Rated: Freddy Vs. Jason. I don't care what anyone says about this movie I liked it. I will agree on one point that everyone else who's seen it will all say, Kelly Rowland (Destiny's Child) killed (no pun intended) any chance of this movie being a bigger success than it was. I like Freddy Kruegger's one line when Kelly is reading a magazine article on plastic surgery, & he pops out from the magazine with the oh so funny line, "Got your nose!"

If there are any cheesy horror fans out there, I recommend visiting Horror Movies That Suck. Why you might say? Personally the guy who reviews the movies is fucking hilarious. His review for Freddy Vs. Jason is hysterical in my mind. BTW, I'm in no way involved in the making of Horror Movies That Suck nor do I gain anything from mentioning the site, nor do I want anything.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre came before Halloween.

im not quite sure on this halloween was 1978 im not sure when TCM came i think it was 1977-79 im not quite sure.

Chainsaw Massacre came out in 1973.

That, and it was also TRUE to a certain extent rather than Halloween, so how could it be ripping it off?

well halloween is based upon the same story as is psycho and TCM they all go for the ed gien story but have just changed the plot.

Overrated- Scream- Good concept, bad execution. I really hate the "dawson's creek in a horror movie" atmosphere. Wes Craven did a better job of bringing horror into the "real world" with New Nightmare.

Overrated- H20- I see people constantly claim this to be the best halloween sequel because it's "more like the original". But the atmosphere is more like Scream rather than the original Halloween. And Halloween is just not the same without Dr. Loomis (RIP Donald Pleasence). IMO the best Halloween sequel was the fourth one.

Underrated- NOES 3- The best NOES sequel. It wasn't real scary, but it was very entertaining, and gave a cool backstory on Freddy. The series should have ended here until New Nightmare.

To me Session 9 felt like it was writen by Steven King, which made me like most of the movie. It was totally psychological and delved into the inner workings of the characters, which most movies don't do these days. There were a few parts that didn't feel as if they worked, but overall it's a very good movie.



Overrated?! Who do you know thinks this movie is anything substantial enough to rave about? You might need to sit that person down and give them a much needed talk. lol



Freddy doing kung fu on Jason, biet for only a couple seconds, was golden.

Really, it was too cheesy, but it was fun to watch. Jason bending that guy in half in the bed was hillarious. My friend spilled all the popcorn while laughing when he saw that. It was really all about the kills and lame dialogue. Though, the 'Match Up' between Jason and Freddy could have been done a whole lot better, imo. Just seemed like a Saturday morning cartoon more than a horror flick.


I'm conflicted when it comes to Holloween in terms of which being the best. I agree, the fourth was good, but Carpenter set the bar with the first one. And You have to admit that Rick Rosenthal made one of the best horror sequels in movie history. I didn't like staying at hospitals late at night for a long time after seeing Holloween 2. Though, he missed like a blind man trying to hit a moving target with H:Resurrection.


Ghostdragon

I'm referring to the newer ones TCM and also the new Jasons, they seem too much like Halloween films IMO.Perhaps that's just me but that's the vibe I'm getting, although every jason movie seemed too similar to Halloween if you ask me.

Out of all of them, John Carpenter was really well known for Halloween I believe even more so then TCM or Friday the 13th's success in 78.The first two halloween movies were classic.

To the dude that said Halloween:Resurrection kills the halloween theory, not really if you ask me.I know that wasn't the best Halloween lol, as a halloween fan I'll openly admit that but the whole franchise?I don't know man.

Look at Jason X lol, that movie was just....nvm

BTW, I forgot Freddy vs. Jason.This movie was by no means scary if you ask me personally, I think it was more of a "fan" movie match up that got everyones seats hot, rather then the actual storyline or movie itself.Know what I mean?

Now you guys want an interesting match up, how about Freddy vs. Jason VS. AVP lol.

I enjoyed them both watching them, but I think I like AVP a little more.The ending of both is the deciding factor if you were to ask me.

I know AVP isn't really a horror movie, but sci-fi horror a little bit.

Now for some classics

Living dead series, and zombie movies.

hehe

Nothing beats the classic movie called Night of The Living Dead that no doubt inspired all of the Romano movies DOTD, LDTD, etc, etc.In terms of zombie movies, NOTLD is the best if you ask me.No need for gallons of blood, just a scary, creepy factor with a basic storyline.

I think NOTLD series are good, the others after it are overrated IMO.

BTW, not the newer remakes of NOTLD, some of those were not that great.

How about the Body Snatchers, the old one was good underrated.The newer one was okish.

I heard that Halloween 9 is coming out I believe next year sometime, lets hope Rob Zombie doesn't mess it up.I'm a bit concerned.

To me, The more "horror" flicks comes out. The sillier they are.

Or


It is me being completely numb to them.





Both the modern horror movies is less about the story(a good horror movie needs a good story to increase the scare factory) and more about the body count(it is alright but they are over doing it).



The Game, Half-Life is creepy when I first played due to its atomsphere and intense gameplay also a good storyline.


Half-Life 2 is creepy in a diffrent way in it is more of a sad atomsphere.


I do enjoy the We don't go to Raveholm.



To me, If the Directors can develop the atomsphere for the horror movies in the sense that creeps the audience out. Sadness can help.

1984(the movie) has a sadness to it.

Yea I'll go with that. Either theyre really stupid or theyre just another remake. I'm surprised someone hasn't touched on that yet. Is it just me or are remakes the hot thing now (the hills have eyes, texas chainsaw massacre, the omen, the wicker man, etc.). People are starting to run out of good ideas. But on the topic, my favorite has been and always will be the halloween series. Theyre the scariest and the most believable (even though tcm was based on real events...but im not countin that) out of all the slasher films.

i dont think it is but it semms like the saw trilogy is underrated...who likes Saw or thinks its underratted?

As a follow-up to my recommendation, I'll note that Exorcist III is on AMC tonight. If you're stuck home tonight - say, by the depressingly unending rains that've hit New England - there're worse ways to spend your time.

The bad news, though: a) it's on at 1:00 a.m., and b) it's been given a running time of only one hour and fifteen minutes, which means it's been cut to Hades. Still, if you're inclined, try it out.