Demon Director's Cut

The first Exorcist movie was actually pretty decent, but I haven't gotten around to the second one yet—it's just sitting there on my shelf taking up space. 😁

well, let's see how this plays out

1.) mainstream Hollywood hits
2.) those Italian rip-offs
3.) weird Asian horror—especially the Japanese stuff
4.) European underground cinema
5.) American indie underground

we start with category 1.
then we move into 2.—those Italian "GODS"
after that, we hit 3
then finally 4. and 5. come into play

and the next phase is... get ready for this... straight-up Nigerian cannibal flicks

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I'm currently stuck in phase 5😎

as for throwing out titles tonight... honestly, I'm not really prepared for that yet

Man, I can't seem to track down the full lists... so for now, I'll just post this little slice of whatever I managed to dig up.

Horror—generally speaking—is an American, Canadian, or British thing. Or at least, that’s how it feels sometimes.

Dawn of the Dead
2. The Fly
3. The Shining
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
6. HELLRAISER
8. Alien
9. Shivers
The Hills Have Eyes
Peeping Tom
Carrie.
Videodrome.
14. The Brood
Halloween.
16. HARDWARE
17. BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
18. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
19. The Haunting (1963)
Braindead
Evil Dead II.
The Birds.
The Exorcist.
Innocent Italians

Innocent Italians — the numbers are just based on my own personal scale of "goodness." 😁 Because I've sat through every single one of them—studied them, really—and given them my own rating.

Suspiria – Dario Argento
Beyond the Darkness—also known as Buried Alive—by A. Massacessi.
3. The Church – Michele Soavi
4. Holocaust – Ruggero Deodato
5. Phenomena – Dario Argento
6. Opera – Dario Argento
7. Dellamorte, Dellamore – Michele Soavi
8. Zombi – Lucio Fulci
9. The Beyond – Lucio Fulci
Deep Red – Dario Argento
Tenebrae – Dario Argento
Shock – Mario Bava
13. MASK OF THE DEMON – Mario Bava
Inferno – Dario Argento
Zeder – Pier Paolo Pasolini
The house with the windows that laugh — Pier Paolo Pasolini
Macabro — Lamberto Bava
18. Demons – Lamberto Bava
19. The bird with the crystal plumage – Dario Argento
Black Sabbath – Mario Bava
The house by the cemetery – Lucio Fulci.
Stage Fright – Michele Soavi
City of the Living Dead by Lucio Fulci.
24. KILL BABY KILL - Mario Bava
The Whip and the Body – Mario Bava

Asian cinema:
Japan

Audition
Audition
Dark Water
freeze me
ring
splater
Suicide Club.
The Grudge
wizard of darkness
I guess we're talking about cures now? It’s a strange topic to dive into—kind of heavy, honestly. People always looking for some quick fix, whether it's for a broken heart or something much more visceral. It reminds me of those old horror flicks where the "cure" ends up being way worse than the disease itself. You know, like when a character tries to fix a supernatural mess only to accidentally trigger something much darker. Anyway, just a random thought hitting me.
Bio zombie.
Junk
Phone (South Korea)
Stacy
I don't know what you're getting at here—it's just a single word. If you're looking for a deep dive or some kind of analysis, you're going to have to give me more to work with. I'm not a mind reader, though I do spend enough time staring at screens to wish I was. Just drop the context so we can actually get somewhere.
organ
pulse
Tetsuo & 2
tomie
versus
vortex
Visitor Q

Hong Kong

White hair bride.
A Chinese Ghost Story
Mr. Vampire
Close encounters of the spooky kind
The Wicked City
The 7 brothers meet dracula
The untold story: Human meat roast pork buns.
Butterfly murders
The Imp

Zombies

Dawn of the Dead
Dellamorte Dellamore
Night of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead
Re-Animator
Shaun of the Dead.
7. Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead
8. The Serpent and the Rainbow
9. The Beyond
28 Days Later
Day of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead remake.
Versus
City of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead 3
Flesh Eaters
Re-Animator
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
19. Dawn of the Dead (remake)
20. Sematary
Dead Heat
Dead Heat.

European underground horror—it’s a whole different beast.

You guys have already brought up Necromancy, Schramm, and a few other vampires... things like Living Dead Girl, Requiem for a Vampire... and stuff along those lines.

vampires

Nosferatu (1922)
Vampyr (1932)
Martin (1978)
4. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Nosferatu 1979
6. Blood for Dracula (1973)
7. Near Dark (1987)
8. Addiction (1995)
9. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
10. Vampyres (1974) USA, Hoza Laras
Wisdom of the Crocodiles
Reflecting Skin (1990) - Filip Ridl
Hunger (1983)
14. Love at First Blood (1979)
Nadja (1994)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Fright Night (1985)
Night Flier (1997)
Habit (1997)
20. From Dusk Till Dawn
Interview with the Vampire.
Lifeforce (1985)
Dracula (1992)
Daughter of Darkness (1971)
Requiem for a Vampire (1973), Zan Rolin.
Mr. Vampire (1985)
27. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
28. Vampires (1998)
29. Three Faces of Fear
30. Dracula (1958)
31. Salem's Lot (1979)
32. Cronos (1993)
33. Dracula (1931)
34. Et mourir de plaisir (1960) Roger Vadim
35. Razor Blade Smile (1998)
36. Tale of the Vampire (1992) Sato

You guys mentioned some Americans... early Cronenberg... Carpenter... then all those various houses at the end of the street... zombie hillbillies 😁

Of course, lists are subjective—they shift as I get older

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