The Dawn of the Dead remake has one of my favourite scenes.

The aerial shot in the title sequence where a van coming out of a side street crashes into a car and then careens into the gas station causing an explosion-all set to 'When The Man Comes Around' by Johnny Cash-Apocalyptic!

The 'Paranormal Activity' Trilogy set a new benchmark for 'scary'.

Good choices. Especially the first one!

The opening 15 or so minutes of Dawn is fantastic.

Naw, not really. I might have to check those two out soon

I haven't seen Hard Candy yet. I hear about it all the time and I just never have made the time to watch it. The first Final Destination is good and was close to making my top five (it's in my top 10). And yes, I am talking about horror films that have come out since 2000 (Thank you Torgo).

Now, someone mentioned Paranormal Activity. In all honesty, I watched the first one, and it just didn't do anything for me. Trying to freak me out for an hour and a half without much of a premise will do that. Just my thoughts. I know the films make tons of money which is why we will see a few more of them.

Shaun Of The Dead is a true classic. I guess I consider it more of a comedy which is why I didn't put it on my list. I watch this movie all the time and always laugh.

The opening of Dawn of the Dead is pure gold.

I thought the Gathering with Christina Ricci was pretty good

I think Shaun's horror is as strong as it's comedy. If we were talking about horror spoofs like those Scary Movies, that would be a different story.

Oh I'm not dismissing the horror aspect from Shaun of the Dead. In my mind, I just view it more of a comedy (much like Zombieland). I won't argue listing Shaun in a horror catagory though. Just stating how I catagorized it.

That's cool.

I'll check them out over the weekend. Thanks for the list.

Noted and stored.

Paranormal Activity did to me what The Blair Witch Project did to people in the 90s, confuse and try very hard to be scary while hyping up a piece of crappy "real" story based off of reactions to edited scenes. Thank god my friends took me so I didn't have to pay for that chit.

Torgo's list pretty sums up a lot in my own list, especially my recent favorite, Absentia. I'll try to post something new that wasn't published in this thread before.

28 Days Later (2002)

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors (including Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson) are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain. Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) directs.

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

Malkovich and Dafoe. Period.

Wolf Creek (2005)

A sun-baked adventure in Australia's outback becomes a grisly ordeal for two British tourists (Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi) and their Aussie pal (Nathan Phillips) when they cross paths with a genial bushman (John Jarratt) … who turns out to be a sadistic serial killer. Directed by Greg McLean (in his feature film bow), this disturbingly realistic splatterfest is loosely based on real events.

Session 9 (2001)

A chilling haunted house type story that is highly underrated. Included in my top ten favorites list.

Desperate for cash, asbestos remover Gordon (Peter Mullan) claims he can clean up an abandoned psychiatric hospital in a week. But by the time Gordon discovers the truth about the asylum's gruesome past, the place may cast its curse on his entire crew. The former site of untold human misery, the decaying mental ward now works its dark magic on each member of Gordon's team. David Caruso co-stars in director Brad Anderson's psychological thriller.

The Crazies (2010)

About the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply.

The Devil's Rock (2011)

When I first saw this title listed in IMDb, it was highly underrated. Good, solid film and acting. If you haven't seen it yet, watch it.

Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.

The Echo (2004)

I'm a sucker for ghost films and this was something I really liked. A remake from the Philippine original, Sigaw.

Marvin savors his independence in a newly acquired unit of an old apartment building. He is frequently visited by his girlfriend Pinky. Except for the occasional noise from an apartment unit down the hallway, the place is almost perfect for Marvin. At the end of the hallway is where Anna lives with her young daughter Lara, and Bert, her jealous husband. Bert is a cop, and he has always suspected Anna of two-timing him. His frequent jealous outbursts would always lead to beatings that could be heard throughout the whole floor. Marvin would usually be awakened at night by the sound of screaming and beating from Anna's unit. Marvin complains to the building caretaker, a drunk, who would just tell him to ignore the disturbance from the apartment down the hall. Anna and her daughter would usually ask for help from Jude, who lives in an apartment unit in the middle of the hallway. Jude's apartment becomes a temporary refuge for the little girl Lara

Dark Water (2002) Honogurai mizu no soko kara (original title)

Thrill-master Hideo Nakata takes another chilling novel by Koji Suzuki and adapts it for the screen. This time, Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) is fighting for the custody of her daughter, but more menacing problems have begun to plague her in her dreary apartment. An inexplicable odd pattern appears on her ceiling, and when she has recurrent visions of a strange girl and of a red bag she used to own when she was a child, Yoshimi fears for her sanity.

Noroi: The Curse (2005)

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."

One Missed Call (2003) Chakushin Ari (original title)

Possessed cell phones predict their owners' untimely deaths in Takashi Miike's high-tech horror tale. One by one, Yumi's (Kou Shibasaki) friends receive chilling calls on their cell phones from themselves, placed a few days in the future. They listen in horror to their own bizarre deaths, which eventually occur. As Yumi frantically tries to solve the mystery, she uncovers a shocking link between herself and the murders.

Shutter (2004)

Tun (Ananda Everingham), a photographer, and his girlfriend, Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee), run over a young girl after a night of drinking and decide to flee the scene. The couple is haunted by the memory of their deadly choice, and soon, they notice their photos contain strange ghostly shapes. When several of Tun's friends die in mysterious circumstances, they realize that they may be haunted by more than just bad memories.

Into the Mirror (2003) Geoul sokeuro (original title)

An ex-cop now working as a security guard in a shopping mall tries to uncover the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths linked to mirrors.

The Chaser (2008)

Remains to be one of the most fascinatingly unpredictable horror movies I've ever seen.

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

Dance of the Dead (2008)

A nice, "light" zombie movie that features teens, but is not as bad as I first thought it would be.

On the night of the big High-School Prom, the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop them are the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance.

Dog Soldiers (2002)

In Neil Marshal's directorial debut, a squad of soldiers is sent out on what should have been a routine military exercise in the wilds of Scotland. But the excursion turns into a waking nightmare when Sgt. Harry Wells (Sean Pertwee) and his men discover the bloody corpses of Capt. Richard Ryan's (Liam Cunningham) battalion. As the sun goes down, the soldiers are tracked by a pack of werewolves determined to feast on their flesh.

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) Janghwa, Hongryeon (original title)

Terrified sisters try to exorcise their home of two dark forces -- their evil stepmother and a vengeful entity -- in this ghostly tale. Hospitalized after their mother's death, young Su-mi (Im Su-jeong) and Su-yeon (Mun Geun-yeong) return home to find a nasty new stepmother (Yeom Jeong-ah). The girls suffer terrifying events, but their father doesn't care, even though evil lurks around every corner. Can the girls free their home from its demons?

The Devil's Backbone (2001) El espinazo del diablo (original title)

As a metaphor for Spain's war scars, as a rumination on the true definition of what a ghost really is, and as an effortlessly entertaining story about friendship, loyalty, and guilt - this movie simply resonates with satisfying ideas.

Twelve-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is the latest arrival at Santa Lucia School, an imposing stone building that shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Carlos gradually uncovers the dark ties that bind the inhabitants of the school: hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student, who may be the only one to provide resolution.

The Orphanage (2007)

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.

The Eye (2002) Gin gwai (original title)

When a young girl, Mun (Angelica Lee), undergoes a corneal transplant to correct her blindness, she not only receives the gift of eyesight, but second sight as well: She can now see ghosts. To exorcise the demons tormenting her, Mun looks into the life of the person who donated the corneas and unearths a deep mystery that she becomes desperate to solve.

Toolbox Murders (2003)

New to Los Angeles, Nell and Steven Barrow (Angela Bettis and Brent Roam) rent an apartment in the run-down Lusman Arms building in this gruesome slasher flick from Tobe Hooper. Soon, Nell begins to notice that young women in the building are meeting violent deaths. With the help of nice-guy actor "Jazz" Rooker (Rance Howard), Nell starts investigating -- and makes some disturbing discoveries.

Hatchet (2006)

When Ben (Joel Moore), his friend Marcus (Deon Richmond) and assorted strangers embark on a creepy nighttime boat trip into the bayou, their journey takes them into the lair of Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder), a freak of nature whose deformity has turned him into a bloodthirsty killer. Only Marybeth (Tamara Feldman), one of the travelers, holds the secret that may keep them alive. Horror legend Robert Englund co-stars in this comic gore fest.

Husk (2011)

Another of my all-time favorites! I cannot recommend this movie enough. It belongs in my top ten list that includes Absentia.

A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.

Creepy Hide and Seek (2009) Hitori kakurenbo: Gekijô-ban (original title)

When her classmate Ritsuko disappears, her friend Ryoko is desperate to find her. When she discovers that Ritsuko was playing a strange game online of hide and seek, she begins to wonder if it could be related to her disappearance somehow. Ryoko then discovers that the game is more sinister than it appeared at first. It is linked to demonology and the supernatural. Will she be able to get past her fears and superstitions to discover what secrets the game of hide and seek might hold?

Phobia 2 aka 4Bia 2 (2009) Ha phraeng (original title)

Phobia 2 is composed of five short movie segments directed by five of the best directors of Thai horror films. A teenager who committed a crime goes to a sacred place for meditation and hiding that brings him fright and guilt about what he did. A young man gets haunted in an hospital by an old man in coma who's not too far from him. Two men along with two hitchhikers in a truck got into a big trouble after opening the back. A secondhand car dealer realizes what the previous car owners/passengers had terribly been into. An ill hardworking actress whose role is a ghost is reported dead after she was brought to the hospital.

Silk (2006) Gui si (original title)

In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading lips, Detective Tung, to join his research team that is studying the phenomenon to understand the movements of the lips of the ghost. Hashimoto is trying to disclose why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, and Tung discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy. He was sick with tumors and was killed by his own mother and buried nearby a nuclear plant. Hashimoto deduces that the rage of the boy for his mother associated to the location where the body was buried were the reason to keep the energy. When the government decides to shutdown the research, Hashimoto becomes insane and takes the spirit with him.

Seven Days (2010)

Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.

Frontiers (2007) Frontière(s) (original title)

In Paris, during the riots due to the election of a conservative candidate to the presidency of France, a group of four Muslin small-time criminal teenagers from the periphery; Alex, Tom, Farid, the pregnant Yasmine, and her brother Sami, plan to run away from Paris to Amsterdam with a bag full of robbed money. However, Sami is shot and the group split up, with Alex and Yasmine going to the emergency hospital with Sami while Tom and Farid head to the border with the money. Tom and Farid decide to stop in a bed and breakfast nearby the frontier, and are hosted by Gilberte and Klaudia that offer free room and sex to the newcomers. They call Alex and Yasmine who are fleeing from Paris to join them in the inn. But soon they discover that their hosts are sadistic cannibals of a Nazi family leaded by the deranged patriarch and former SS officer and Nazi war criminal Le Von Geisler who plans to make Yasmine the brood mare for a new Aryan master race.

Rare Exports (2010)

One of my favorite Christmas horror movies!

In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 metres deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up! This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.

Saint (2010) Sint (original title)

Another Christmas horror favorite!

A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.

Isolation (2005)

If Dirty Pretty Things were about killer embryonic cows, it would look something like this; a ridiculous premise that takes itself VERY seriously, looking incandescent with competence. Dan Reilly (John Lynch) works for a bio-genetics firm, and is experimenting on cattle on a local farm in Ireland. Orla (Essie Davis) is the town’s veterinarian, and has come to the farm to check on one of the pregnant bovines. Once the cow gives birth to its child, both Dan and Orla realize that there is something incredibly wrong with the malformed calf… because something is growing inside of it. Great special effects in this Irish ode to old sci-fi flicks, though, in this case, it is far from being campy.

Splinter (2008)

For those of you who dread the cinematic domination of CGI can sleep soundly now. There just so happens to be a horror film out there that utilizes a monster without the "assistance" of a computer and was actually filmed (gasp!) in front of camera. In the vein of influential 80's horror FX as seen in John Carpenter's The Thing and Stuart Gordon's From Beyond, Splinter's use of animatronics and in-depth make-up is highly commendable. A young couple, played by Paulo Costanzo and Jill Wagner, are en route to an Oklahoma camp ground for a romantic vacation when they are car-jacked by an ex-convict, Shea Whigham, and his delinquent confidante. As if things couldn't get any worse, they are brutally attacked by an arboric parasite that attaches itself to humans and uses their corpses as a vehicle for its barbarism.

Urban Explorer (2011)

A lot of reviews said they gave it a lower rating than they would have because the movie did not have subtitles, but the one I watched did, so don't be put off from seeing it, since it's a film horror fans wouldn't want to miss. It reminds me a bit of Wolf Creek, except for the contrast in setting, obviously.

The male protagonist of the story would irritate you to no end on the choices he makes, but you might find yourself rooting for him, all the same. One female, the one with the camera, will make you want to push her in a ravine on one scene, because their unfortunate circumstances started due to her utter stupidity. Just had to get that off my chest. Heh.

I must say, you'd think, in the beginning of the film, that the villain would be different, but as the film progresses, it will prove you wrong. He actually surprised me by his evil-ness, although the torture scenes were not as bad as what I've seen in other gore-themed movies. And I actually liked that they toned it down a notch and didn't make it out to be like another Saw or Hostel movie. I'm not much of a fan of those, though I have seen my share.

The characters will make you go bald from pulling your hair from its roots,because you're frustrated as **** with the choices they make. It won't make you stop from sitting at the edge of your seats though. You'll be able to watch this to the end, because it's the kind of movie that compels you to do so, even if you know it might not be categorized into the same level as some of the greats.

Watch it. It's worth your time, especially for a true horror fan.

Mulberry Street (2006)

A nice little gem of a low-budget horror movie, which has been added to my list of favorites! I can't help but appreciate all the work that went to this film, because director Jim Mickle and his enthusiast cast & crew clearly went through several harsh ordeals before they could finish their ambitious project. Mickle came to introduce his film at the Belgian Horror & Fantasy Festival and explained how they had to shoot essential footage in the middle of the crowded streets of Manhattan without any official permission to film there, and how all the actors in this film are friends or in some way related to the director, so none of them received any payments. Bearing all these in mind, plus the fact that "Mulberry Street" actually shows the courage and ambition to be a different and largely atmosphere-driven new horror film, I'd say it at least deserves the respect and appreciation of avid horror fanatics and amateur filmmakers all over the world.

New York City has a rat problem it seems. The little furry pests are crawling all over the place and you better hope they don't bite a chunk out of you because, when that happens, you start growing hair out of strange places and want to eat human flesh! "Mulberry Street" is an apocalypse movie which takes "28 Days Later" and filters it through a post 9-11 New York. It begins at a rundown tenement building on the titular street where we are introduced to several of those who live there including Clutch, a retired boxer, a bartender named Kay (living with her teenage son) and Coco who is Clutch's best friend. Meanwhile, Clutch's daughter Casey arrives in New York City after serving in the Middle East and begins making her way home. Unfortunately, there have been several reports of rats biting humans, a nasty virus spreading through the city and people suddenly turning on one another. This results in the subways being shut down and Casey is forced to make her way home on foot. Are all these events connected? You bet!

"Mulberry Street" begins slowly with the horrors kept in the background. A feeling of dread infects the first third of the movie; dark figures shamble around alleyways as the characters walk past, a man sits silently in Kay's bar sweating and acting strangely, rats scurry around nearby gutters and televisions begin reporting strange events. I actually quite liked this - it was nice to watch a horror movie where the characters were developed, allowing the audience to get to know them before the city fell into Hell. There aren't any stereotypes either which makes a nice change. The characters in this movie probably do exist somewhere in Manhattan; enabling you to care about whether they'll survive or not.

The movie was made for a very low budget and features a lot of shaky-cam, which is obviously used to hide some of the effects (although they were, in my opinion, pretty good - the rat people are appropriately gruesome and deformed) but it doesn't hurt the film. In addition, the visuals have a dark and very dirty look to them. For a movie which revolves around rats, this adds to the atmosphere and makes it appear more gritty and realistic.

I really enjoyed "Mulberry Street". The acting was great all round, the storyline was interesting. The squealing noises made by the rat people as they flood through corridors and streets was suitably disturbing. If you enjoyed "28 Days Later" or are a horror fan in general then you should certainly check out "Mulberry Street". Jim Mickel is definitely a director to watch out for in the future. If he can produce something this entertaining with such a low budget, who knows what he'll be capable of with more money?

Doghouse (2009)

A zombie horror that I may have enjoyed more than Shaun of the Dead.

Vince is handling his divorce badly. He's depressed. Gone to pieces. But his mates aren't giving up on him. Struggling with their own women troubles, they drag him off for an ultimate lads drinking weekend in the country. Arriving in the village of Moodley where the women outnumber the men 3:1, the boys find themselves holidaying in a village overrun by psychotic, homicidal Zombirds with a thirst for male flesh.

Storm Warning (2007)

The female character in this film is probably my all-time favorite female protagonist in a horror film.

On a weekend boating excursion, husband and wife, Rob and Pia become lost and end up in the most unlikely place, a thick brush filled marsh, on an island in the middle of nowhere. With their boat in disarray, darkness coming on, and a heavy thunderstorm starting up, their only solution is to look for help or seek shelter of some kind. They finally come across a decrepit house and barn with no one home. However, there are definite signs of the house being inhabited, and the enormous crop of marijuana in the barn suggests the homeowners may not welcome their presence. Even worse, there is no telephone or means of communication to the outside world. But when the deranged, redneck owners, Brett, Jimmy and their even more sadistic father Poppy return, Rob and Pia realize a fear far beyond anything they have ever known. Furious with the unwanted intrusion of the affluent, snooping intruders, the monstrously sadistic farmers imprison and torture the couple.

The Tunnel (2011)

Another of my top ten favorites! If I can only recommend 5 in my list here, this would be one of them.

An investigation into a government cover-up leads to a network of abandoned train tunnels deep beneath the heart of Sydney. As a journalist and her crew hunt for the story it quickly becomes clear the story is hunting them.

Well, that's all I can think of right now, including those already mentioned previously by others.

These are in my personal list too.