Don't know if I would call it a "horror" movie but if you haven't seen The Strangers. Scared the living shit out of my girlfriend. Especially b/c we live out in the country so there's just open spaces/trees/corn fields.
If it's just for you, not real sure. Just watched Insidious 2 on Netflix not long ago and it was fucking dumb. I would stay away.
Seen "The Strangers.." I live out in the country to, but my problem is that the movie is unoriginal. It's been done at least 4 times in recent memory, so when I watched it I was like "well, why'd they make this movie?" But considering it is an independent film and well done at that, then I give them props.
A better independent film, that is far more gritty and far more interesting is "Eden Lake." If you thought "The Strangers" was hardcore, watch the infinitely better "Eden Lake..."
Holy fucking shit!
"I Saw the Devil" was mentioned earlier... Yes, I've seen it.. I wanted to take a minute to explain why I dislike these kinds of films. Often, in Asian movies, they go way over the top.. "I Saw the Devil" is just way over the top; to the point of being ridiculous. I love foreign films, but often times, since there is a language barrier they get a pass for having some very obviously bad aspects. "I Saw the Devil" is definitely one of these movies... as was "Grandmaster" which I saw recently (how fucking boring was this movie?).
"Insidious 2" was ass... and this is coming from someone who absolutely loved the first Insidious. I consider the first film a masterpiece in horror, up there with the best of the best in the genre. The second movie was just such an abomination. If you liked Insidious though, I'd recommend "The Conjuring," "Oculus," and "Sinister." Sinister was decent enough; although the foreshadowing of the end was done too early and the way the plot unfolds is unfortunately a bit too deus ex machina for me (the cell phone...
why did he not answer his phone???).
