Since it is The Season, I'll do a thread of horror movies for y'all, one per day. I wouldn't be so presumptuous to say these are recommendations for you - I don't know who's reading this. Instead, these are recommendations for you if you were me. But maybe you'll like them also!

First on the list: Dead and Buried (1981). A movie about a small coastal town where visitors turn up dead but not necessarily buried. This small film has some real dread and unique ambiance, sets, and clever ideas. Plus it inspired an Alien Sex Fiend song:

Demon Wind (1990). Dirt stupid/fun grossout movie where a guy is called back to his destroyed ancestral home that turns out to be a portal to a demonic past. Brings some friends to get murdered, and when they run out, brings more. Tons of effects and ideas outstripping ability.

Hardware (1990). This is exactly my kind of thing. Silly hat enthusiast Richard Stanley directed this horror/sci-fi combo of rear window, terminator, brazil, and mad max. Practical effects abound as an art project turns deadly killer robot. Also iggy pop is in it.

Wishmaster (1997). Amazingly goofy combo of practical and CG effects make this a real fun watch, at least at lower fidelity. This movie, about a djinn who grants wishes in the worst way possible, is full of "ideas," and there's some big visual payoff every few minutes.

Death Spa (1989). Like a goofy slasher flick got mashed up with a high concept art film. There's some absolutely boss cinematography spliced between the gym-themed spandex slaughters. The opening sequence will sell you. tw for transphobia, but you could almost take it as not?

That takes me up through today - hard to find good images of some of these! More tomorrow and throughout the month, unless I forget!!!!!!

I really hope some of you horror-likers watch dead and buried - it's hard to get good images of it without either wrecking the experience or terrifying the timeline

The Psychic (1977). My favorite from Lucio Fulci, with music by
@FabioFrizzi, about a woman who is convinced she's seen a murder that will take place. A much more psychological work than most of the Fulci catalog, almost giallo-like, with a great tension throughout.

Body Bags (1993). Made for TV movie with segments by john carpenter and tobe hooper. It's 100% goofy horror with grossouts (and occasional meanness) over scares, and it's honestly only okay, but you can see they had fun making it. Lots of talent too - Debbie Harry is in it!

Blood Drinkers (1964). The first color horror film from the Philippines, where about half of it is tinted B&W, sometimes changing tint mid-scene. It rules. Basic story, but amazing vibes throughout. eddie fernandez is a great lead, like the PI answer to Joe Shishido. Love it.

Blood Drinkers gets two posts because it was pretty revolutionary - they only had a bit of proper color stock, which is why they did the tinting, which really did amazing things to the pacing and mood. Also it has Eva Montes who I have an unabashed crush on in this movie.

This is now an eva montes appreciation thread (lol). I do want to mention Eddie Romero, one of the first Filipino director to break out in the US in the 60s, though often US releases added/extended cheesy scenes for "shock value." He really put Filipino cinema on the world stage.

The Night Eats The World (2018). Sadboy found object noise musician goes to his ex's place to pick up his tapes, wakes up to zombie apocalypse. Neat premise where protagonist is trapped in an apartment building and uses what's in there to survive while unraveling from loneliness.

Lords of the Deep (1968). The absolute worst of the underwater Abyss/Leviathan also-rans. It's hilariously bad with a lot of funny stupid moments. Monsters made of foam, Priscilla Barnes looking high AF, not a lick of tension, all the twists are stupid. a good watch with friends.

I don't know if it's obvious, but I'm trying to highlight lesser-known/discussed movies because who cares if I like Nightmare on Elm Street (I do, and the 2nd one), it's more interesting to discover something new. This next one's gonna be the exception because we've all heard of:

House (1977). Ôbayashi's kinetic visual masterpiece with just unbeatable imagery and sound design and premise. The way it treats violence and gore is so offhand, and such a means to an end that it presents itself as an artistic choice rather than a shocker. Anyway it rules

Phase IV (1974). Microphotography of real life ants with triangles and stuff glued to them. I hope it didn't hurt the ants, but it sure looks cool. The story is fine, but the visuals are top notch. Style abounds in this experimental-ish film from Saul Bass.

No One Lives (2012). A gang of punks kidnap a woman who, unbeknownst to them, was already kidnapped by a serial killer, who then comes to kill all of them. A better one from Ryuhei Kitamura. You know what's gonna happen but you're always like "THEY WON'T" and then they do.

Grapes of Death (1978). French film where pesticides in the grape fields make the resulting wine turn people into zombies. Since they're french, our two unaffected protagonists must have a conversation about why they don't drink wine. Extremely visually striking.

More on Grapes of Death - director Jean Rollin was a porn director who wanted to do more. A studio allowed him to make what he wanted so long as he used porn budgets and porn actors e.g. Brigitte Lahaie, shown here, and the lot of them really showed everybody up, that's for sure.

The Void (2016). Moody atmospheric lovecraftian grossout creature fest with tons of practical effects. Overlooked because people consider it an 80s throwback, just because of the efx? But it's a totally unique movie with nods to silent hill and modern cult films. Heckin triangles

Gozu (2003). One of my favorite movies of all time! Takashi Miike directed this horror-leaning yakuza genre mashup to fantastic effect, firmly in the weird fiction genre. It's a visual and tonal tour de force which really needs a blu-ray release. "you ain't from nagoya are ya"

The Visitor (1979). It's not very good, but the visuals are *fantastic.* Look at this trailer! It's hard to believe a movie with this trailer could be boring but it sure is. I know many of you will have to watch it because this trailer exists, I'm sorry.

Frankenfish (2004). My favorite(!?) of the Anaconda-era "big animal" horror ripoffs. Everyone's trapped on house boats and separated by this giant franken fish thing and can't get across to each other and it's so stupid but it works!? And has a decently diverse cast who live!?

The Sender (1982). Surrealism from the director of Battlefield Earth (lol) about a man who "sends" his terrible dreams/visions into reality. Disjointed direction/editing does the movie a huge favor. Backward depiction of mental illness & poor ending, but many curious scenes/vibes

Lady Terminator (1989). Masterclass in ridiculousness by Indonesian drive-in-dominator H Tjut Djalil. An archaeology student gets possessed by a queen who keeps a snake in her vagina and Two Maverick LA Cops must take her down. CHOCK FULL of mustaches & lines you'll quote forever

Some favorite lines include: "I'm not a lady, I'm an archaeologist!" and: "fuckin' saturday night at the beach!!" as said by a man who is urinating in a ridiculous arc in front of the camera. Watch with friends, or imagine friends are with you (ha ha ;_;)

I see that my initial lady terminator tweet's image deck has been censored for usage of the word "vagina" but rest assured(??) there are no vaginas depicted in the movie. Some chopped odd dicks tho

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982). Home invasion slasher that's mostly interesting for its treatment of the antagonist - very much Just A Man whos face you can see, but a man who can be anywhere in your house at any time. Ignoring the rules of reality is what makes him a threat.

Mindwarp (1991). All kinds of content warnings for this grossout film that features Bruce Campbell where a young lady escapes a VR world to run wild in a cannibalistic post apocalypse. If you stick around for the final twist(s) you will be "treated" to an even grosser proposition

La Horde (2009). Basically The Raid/Attack The Block with zombies, but a few years before both. Pulpy and fun in the style of this "get up and then down the apartment block" genre. More action than horror, but there's plenty of guts going round.

Demons (1985). A Blade in the Dark is Lamberto Bava's best giallo, but Demons is his best horror (and a bit popular for this thread, oops). Follows his "film in a film" trend, fantastic Simonetti score, loads of wild (gross) creature effects as demons invade a Berlin theater.

The Church (1989). Michele Soavi (silver mask in Demons) is rather unsung among the 80s Italian directors. The Church is not his most popular, but it has this occult weirdness, great effects, and an attempt at something bigger. Cemetery Man is his breakout but The Church is cool.

Tiyanak (1988). Full disclosure this one's a bit long and slow, but most folks won't have seen this classic from 80's Filipino horror master Peque Gallaga (RIP May 2020). About the titular vampire baby terrorizing everybody til who? you guessed it - god steps in. That guy!

Deadly Spawn (1983). Fun, pulpy micro-budget ($25k) creature feature directed under duress by a theater guy who got roped into it by his friends. The result is an excellent amateur effort with monsters and effects that were good enough to warrant mention in Deadly Premonition.

(I was lucky enough to see this in the theater with the director who gave an interview afterward, discussing how his friends pushed him into directing this movie, as well as the queer influences that wound up working their way into the film, etc. It was great! cc @Swery65)

Nightwish (1989). Weird movie about dreams and the paranormal which winds up with a mad professor torturing everybody under a house and then there's aliens and stuff. It goes all over the place and isn't great but has A LOT of interesting effects, so it makes the list.

Dagon (2001). You wanna see some Lovecraft fish people, well, here's your Lovecraft fish people. Another wet-look Stuart Gordon movie filmed in spain with a weird dub. Could do with a bit MORE but still quite a fun one.