What horror movies must you have in your collection?

Name some horror movies that are must haves in any horror collection.

I would say the Dead Trilogy,
Texas Chainsaw Massacre(original not piece of crap remake),
&
Henry: Portrait of a serial killer

this has been done to death but since im bored..:

nightmare on elm street
halloween
dawn of the dead
night of the living dead
hellraiser
exorcist
the shining
TCM

The Shining

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Trilogy of the Dead

Evil Dead series

Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer.

Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Dead Alive
Halloween
Friday the 13th Part 4
Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser 1 + 2
Re-Animator
Alien
JAWS
Scream
The Shining
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

..that about does it. "Henry", pretty predictable, good performance from Mike Rooker, but cheesy production doesn't lend itself well to considering multiple viewings, IMO.

To me, the following are a must in any horror collection, others have been mentioned above.

Carrie
The Omen
Cat People, and Curse of the Cat People for a interesting follow on
The Fog
Don't Look Now
Psycho(psychological thriller mostly, or as some call it a psychological horror)
The Haunting(original Robert Wise directed)
The Birds(another must from Hitchcock with horror elements)

My list:

Day of the Dead #1 movie everyone should own

the rest in no order
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Shaun of the Dead
Dead Alive
Friday the 13th: Final Chapter part4 (im not copying you cine)
The Thing
Texas Chainsaw massacre orignal
Halloween

Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Hellraiser
The Shining
Halloween
The Evil Dead
Alien
Jaws

if you swapped Halloween with Evil Dead 2 on Evils list, i'd agree most with that one. or Cines, hes pretty on the money too.

I'm sensing a pattern here from all of us horror nuts, but who am I to not put in my two cents? Here goes:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Evil Dead Trilogy
Living Dead Trilogy
The Shining
The Changeling
Halloween
Freaks (1932)
Re-Animator
Hellraiser
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Most of these movies are essential to any TRUE horror fans collection, so most of us will all list the same movies over and over. I, myself, listed The Changeling because it was the first movie to genuinely scare me as a young adult, and Freaks, in my opinion, is a masterpiece of the macabre. However by todays standards it is not exactly "horror", but is still banned in some parts of the world for reasons I cannot even fathom.

Night Mare on Elm Street
House of 1000 Corpse
Devils Rejects (when it comes out on DVD)
Se7en
The Shining
Shaun of the Dead (😂 )
Dawn of the Dead

all the hellriaser movies all teh cucky movies and probly the orignal fly movie i got t he remakes there pritty good gotta see what the orignall 2 are like

-Halloween
-Friday the 13th
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)

Oo definitely Freaks.

Black Christmas
Eyes Without A Face
Diabolique

Jaws

The Shining

The Silence Of The Lambs

cant believe no-ones mentioned the following
last house on the left-groundbreaking violence at the time and probly cravens finest
cannibal holocaust/ferox-every self respecting horror fan should have either one of these in their collection
at least one lucio fulci film preferably the beyond,city of the living dead or zombie flesheaters

and a couple of obscurities are always nice so i reccomend either of the following
i drink your blood or frightmare

LHOTH is incredibly dated, IMO. It's pretty flawed, granted it's his first film, but I don't think it's neccessary to own, much less watch over and over. As for it being Craven's best, that's more of an insult, lol. Especially when you'd consider puting it over "Scream" or "NOES".

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I KNOW AND STILL KNOW WHAT U DID LAST SUMMER
I AM NOT A BIG FAN

What horror movies must you have in your collection?

Originally posted by chuckytiffany

I KNOW AND STILL KNOW WHAT U DID LAST SUMMER

Originally posted by chuckytiffany

I AM NOT A BIG FAN

...sometimes, I wish I didn't have any self control. Any takers...?

I don't believe its any of your business what is in my DVD collection. SO what if I have a only horror movies that are full of gory? So what if I find dead people more intresting then living ones? Now you think I'm completely insane but I say you are the ones in need of a psych exam. Now if you would excuse me the monster under my bed needs a glass of water.

The topic started asked for must have horror films in a collection, not what is exactly in your full horror collection(that's another topic going).

Recommendations of horror films etc.