Which country has brought us the best horror?

Youve got british movies with the gothic hammer horror, alot of ghost stories, they tend to be more dramatic and have a good storyline and avoid gore.

Whereas some Italian films are similar in dramatic tone ,again some ghost stories, but with a lot more gore, then you have your influential zombie and cannibal movies and giallos.

Americas main contribution seems to be the the Slasher flick.

Now you have australia making some good movies

As well as a few coming out of germany and france.

I think Britiain, America, Australia and Italy have been the most succesfully productive.

Sh@t i forgot about Japan!!!!!😮

Best British Horror Films :

Shaun of the Dead
The Wicker Man
Darklands
Hellraiser
Alfred Hitchcock Films
Hammer Horror
Dont Look Now
The Devils
The Haunting
My Little Eye
Creep
The Last Horror Movie
Peeping Tom
The Omen
10 Rillington Place

Best American :
Halloween
TCM
ANOES
Friday the 13th
Romeros dead
Evil Dead

Sh@t got to get back to work .....ill add more later

Best Japanese:
Ju-On (The Grudge)
Ringu
Dark Water
The Eye
Audition
Evil Dead Trap
Rampo

Best Australian :
Braindead
Undead
Cut
Bad Taste
Razorback

More American :
The Shining
The Exorcist
Scream
New Nightmare
The Burning

Italian :
Cannibal Holocaust
Tenebrae
Profondo Rosso
The Beyond
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Susperia
The Devils Backbone

Belgium/France :
Man Bites Dog
Haute Tension

PS theres only so many british films because i stuck a list of these in another thread, no bias 🙂

i think america have made the best, followed by italy, britain and japan

Deano, What films do you like best and why?

Id have to say America first then Japan then Britain then Italy.

Because of TCM/The Shining/The Exorcist/Halloween and Ringu/Ju-on/Dark water/Audition and The WickerMan/Shaun of the Dead/Hellraiser/Psycho/Dog Soldiers and Cannibal Holocaust.

america beacuse of

tcm
nightmare on elm street
romeros dead trilogy
the exorcist
halloween
evil dead
the thing
the shining

plus all the other little american gems such as ''they live'', return of the living dead, pet sematary, friday the 13th, re-animater

british films:

shaun of the dead
my little eye
dog soldiers
28 days later
alien
the omen
hellraiser
hellraiser 2
hammer horror films - dracula, frankenstein etc
the wicker man
hitchcock films

italian

zombie flesh eaters
let sleeping corpses lie
tenebre
suspiria
bay of blood
cannibal apocalypse
deep red
demons
house by the cemetary
cannibal holocaust

japanese

battle royal
audition
ringu
ju-on
the eye
dark water
uzumaki

so each country has strong movies...its unfair to pick i suppose but if i really had to say...then american wins..followed by britainand italy tied..then japan

No doubt is Italy. Great horror directors Deodato, Fulci, Argento, Lenzi, D'Amato, Bava, Margheriti, and Pasolini. Gotta give major props to the Italians.

all great!

America, hands down.

I say the good old USA.

The first two Hellraisers are British? I learned something new today.

gotta go with who started it, and perfected it....American.

United States of America

America..........only because of the volume that has been put out.

wtf @ The Ugly not being on your list of best Australian......it owned.

"wtf @ The Ugly not being on your list of best Australian......it owned."

Damn,I was trying to remember the name of that film , cos theres only 6 australian horrors ive seen and thats one.

The Ugly is a New Zealand film.

But if you're in to Aussie horror check out WOLF CREEK!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Wolfie

The first two Hellraisers are British? I learned something new today.

I know clive barker directed one. He is up there with Stephen king in writing. He leaves much to be desired as a director though.

im not being offensive or anything.. but i dont think america makes the best horror movies.. they are pretty good though.. id have to go with asia.. probably japan or korea..

Rage, I think you will find Germany started the genre moving, not America.

But it was America who got the modern horror genre moving thanks to German Expressionism.

when it comes to all out gore i`d have to say you cant beat italy
but america is definitley the best how can u go past last house on the left
tcm,the hills have eyes and the evil dead

U.S.A. But I've also enjoyed a number of movies from the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, and I'm sure other countries.