# What old horror movie should my friends and I watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541 "2013-12-31T04:17:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/41 "2013-12-31T19:54:36Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > I have heard that “Don’t Look Now” w/Donald Sutherland was really really good. I’ve only seen it once, just a few years ago. I remember it being very good, with the “horror” being low-key and subtle. Not a scream and spill your popcorn movie. > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > It is but it’s more thriller than horror movie. It has just about my all time favorite sex scene too. Not sure I’d call it a thriller, maybe a second viewing would refresh my impressions. Although The Sex Scene was scandalous for its time (did they or didn’t they?), not so much nowdays. Not that I’d be yawning and looking at my watch if I were to see it again. Just my opinions. I was going to recommend it had no one beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/42 "2013-12-31T19:57:28Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > “The Other” is another good one. The Other, not to be confused with The Other **s** , is awesome. It contains one of the few horror movie scenes that really disturbed me. For campy and not well known (to younger people) I have to suggest The Killer Shrews. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/43 "2013-12-31T20:46:23Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I’d always heard about _Jessica_, so was really looking forward to it. And although I appreciated it stylistically, it bored me silly. Perhaps I need to watch it again. Well…last time I watched it I was maybe eleven. That may have colored my recall and it is remotely possible I’d react that same as you if I saw it today ;). ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/44 "2013-12-31T20:49:31Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > [Blood Feast - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Feast) If you watch this movie, which is for all purposes a \*terrible \*movie, listen to the commentary track. The commentary by HG Lewis is perhaps the most interesting commentary I’ve ever listened to. And I’ve listened to a lot of commentaries. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/45 "2014-01-01T02:31:44Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > The Other, not to be confused with The Other **s** , is awesome. It contains one of the few horror movie scenes that really disturbed me. The Others is awesome too. If they don’t mind subtitles, [The Orphanage](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/reference) from 2007 is very good, as is Guillermo del Toro’s [The Devil’s Backbone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/reference). I’m assuming you’ve all seen Pan’s Labyrinth, but if not, make that your first option ahead of TDB. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Freaks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaks) is just as unsettling today as it was in 1932. “We accept her, one of us! One of us!” That bit from Freaks was referenced in The Wolf of Wall Street. My husband and I were the only ones laughing. I don’t think anyone else got it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/46 "2014-01-01T02:43:54Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > That bit from Freaks was referenced in The Wolf of Wall Street. My husband and I were the only ones laughing. I don’t think anyone else got it. Eh, I think that particular reference is one of the oldest, trite jokes out there. It stops being funny after you hear it a couple of hundred times. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/47 "2014-01-01T03:11:31Z")
Blacula unless you’ve seen it recently. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/48 "2014-01-01T04:30:07Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > The Others is awesome too. > > If they don’t mind subtitles, [The Orphanage](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/reference) from 2007 is very good, as is Guillermo del Toro’s [The Devil’s Backbone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/reference). I’m assuming you’ve all seen Pan’s Labyrinth, but if not, make that your first option ahead of TDB. > > That bit from Freaks was referenced in The Wolf of Wall Street. My husband and I were the only ones laughing. I don’t think anyone else got it. See also “Pinhead” by The Ramones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GT_2K4ddG7g?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/49 "2014-01-01T06:45:00Z")
“When a stranger calls back.” Way creepier than the original and the lame remake. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/50 "2014-01-01T07:11:46Z")
Probably too late, but: Tentacles The Reincarnation of Peter Proud Food of the Gods Prophecy [Encounter With The Unknown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmQskOcwiYA). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/51 "2014-01-01T16:23:56Z")
Happy New Year everybody! Well, I poured over this list with one of my friends and we decided upon a double feature. We’ll be watching “Burnt Offerings” and “Black Sunday.” When I mentioned that one to my friend, he flipped at the mention of it. (Apparently he saw it as young’un back in the 60s and it left a lasting impression.) Thanks **Slithy Tove** for mentioning it. And thanks to everybody for their suggestions. After looking at some of the titles, we almost decided to just go for it and have a marathon horror festival. But two’s about all we can work in. We’ll keep this thread handy for future movie parties. And please feel free to suggest more - my netflix queue is empty at the moment! ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/52 "2014-01-01T17:56:28Z")
Exorcist 3 is incredibly scary. If one isn’t familiar with it, one might dismiss it because it’s the third in a series coming after the bad Exorcist 2. But it’s damn good. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/53 "2014-01-01T21:56:29Z")
Remember [Shock Theater](http://chicagotelevision.com/sven.htm) from the 60’s? This one is my all time fave: Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi > **[Dracula (1931) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/)** > > Dracula: Directed by Tod Browning, Karl Freund. With Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye. Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps... ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/54 "2014-01-01T22:37:52Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > The Reincarnation of Peter Proud Good one. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/55 "2014-01-02T19:53:06Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Good one. Ditto. And in that slowish 70’s vein…“Magic” with Anthony Hopkins. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/56 "2014-01-02T20:45:39Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Eh, I think that particular reference is one of the oldest, trite jokes out there. It stops being funny after you hear it a couple of hundred times. But then you see the film … That isn’t even nearly the scariest part of the film, either (and I don’t mean realizing that most of the actors were playing themselves, showing what they did in the circus every day of their lives). ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/57 "2014-01-04T20:36:45Z")
Hey, **Don** , which movie did you pick? I’m dying to know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/58 "2014-01-05T22:23:09Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Hey, **Don** , which movie did you pick? I’m dying to know. 🙂 Pssstt…see post #51…! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/59 "2014-01-05T23:12:01Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Pssstt…see post #51…! Dang! How did I miss that? Thank you so much. Hope everyone liked them. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541/60 "2014-01-05T23:16:10Z")
Well, in fairness he said he would watch it. But we haven’t heard back from him since. It would be ironic if he and his friends were murdered one by one during the horror-movie fest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-horror-movie-should-my-friends-and-i-watch/677541.md?page=4)