I like all kinds of movies and books but horror especially, from classic movies like The Exorcist to new ones like A Quiet Place Part II and psychotronic cult ones like I Spit on Your Grave (1978). Books from Dracula to those by Stephen King. Lovecraft and Poe, obviously. I have copies of Video Watchdog, Fangoria, a few Famous Monsters of Filmland and others. I also have reference books about horror. There's some spillover with sci-fi and fantasy. Thank you to all the people here who have been answering my questions and helping a newbie "get their feet wet."
January 10, 2022 edit
I have made large edits to pages about these writers about horror: Tim Lucas, Danny Peary, Tony Timpone, Michael Gingold, and not as much to Kim Newman, but a lot to these magazines about horror: Fangoria, Psychotronic Video, The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope.
I've worked a lot on the movies Sweetheart (2019 film), The Fare, Werewolves Within (film), Bloodthirsty (2020 film), and other movies and I created A Serial Killer's Guide to Life. Also I worked on Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me, especially at Wikipedia:Teahouse
My favorites edit
I wish I knew how everyone finds to time to edit regularly. With work and family, I don't think I have had time for months. So just to let everyone know Im still here I decided to take just a few spare minutes to write down my favorite horror movies by decade
- 1920s: The Phantom of the Opera. That movie's climax in the sewers of Paris is like a huge action scene in a movie today.
- 1930s: Frankenstein. What else? It's this image and not the original book's that everyone thinks of for the most famous monster in movies, maybe in history.
- 1940s: Cat People. The director used sound and shadow to suggest horrifying things and I think this was the first big movie to do that and then influence others.
1950s: Godzilla, King of the Monsters. And not just because it introduced Godzilla who is still going strong after all these years, but Raymond Burr is so good and believable, especially when you consider he's just in inserts that "Americanized" the original movie.
1960s. This one's tough and I can't decide between Eyes Without a Face and George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Honorable mention: Rosemary's Baby
1970s: There are just too many to pick one. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The Exorcist. The Last House on the Left. John Carpenter's Halloween. The Hills Have Eyes and more. It's too much! How's a girl to decide? :)
1980s: A lot of choices here too. I'm gonna go with The Lost Boys because hot vampires.
1990s: J-horror time. Lot of good movies but Ringu was like nothing I'd seen before. I give an honorable mention to The Blair Witch Project for making that whole found footage thing popular.
2000s: I was thinking the 28 Days Later 28 Weeks Later movies, but in my gut I'm going with 30 Days of Night. Your mileage may vary.
2010s: So many. So many. I'm gonna go with A Ghost Story because it still haunts me. See what I did there? The Horror, The Horror (talk) 19:44, 21 August 2022 (UTC)