My favourite horror films to see with the lights on!! (24 titles)

This collection is excluding vampires as I already have covered that type in another collection.

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very eighties, and not rated too well, but is a sentimental choice as it one of the first 'horror' movies i saw, and loved!

The Monster Club (1980)
Starring: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Anthony Steel
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman...

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Carrie on DVD (1976)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Piper Laurie
Director: Brian De Palma
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Brian De Palma's commercial breakout, based on a novel by Stephen King, helped launch a whole slew of teen-based horror films, and Carrie the blood-spattered prom queen has taken her throne in the pantheon of modern American myth. High school girls played by Amy Irving (in her film debut), P.J. ..read more »

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Constantine on DVD (2005)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello, Constantine tells the story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has literally been to hell and back.

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Final Destination on DVD (2000)
Starring: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith
Director: James Wong
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When a teenager has a premonition that the plane he's about to board is going to explode, he throws a fit and gets him and his friends kicked off it. Shockingly, the plane crashes. As the group begins to die mysteriously one by one, the remaining survivors must try to figure out what is going on ..read more »

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Candyman on DVD (1992)
Starring: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Donna D'Errico
Director: Turi Meyer
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The thesis research of folklore graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) leads her into the urban underworld of Chicago's Cabrini Green housing projects. There the residents are genuinely terrified of Candyman (Tony Todd), a legendary figure with a hook for a hand. Skeptical, she summons him ..read more »

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Hellraiser on DVD (1987)
Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence
Director: Clive Barker
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Having made his reputation as one of the most prolific and gifted horror writers of his generation (prompting Stephen King to call him "the future of horror"), Clive Barker made a natural transition to movies with this audacious directorial debut from 1987. Not only did Barker serve up a chilling ..read more »

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A Nightmare On Elm Street 1 on DVD (1984)
Starring: John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakley
Director: Wes Craven
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A hellish, razor-fingered monster enters the dreams of the teenage residents of a bucolic town and systematically slaughters them in their sleep--until one courageous young woman does battle with the predatory fiend. An excellent, surprisingly surrealistic genre entry from the master, Wes Craven.

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