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Re: Help with Horror
If you have to write about these movies, it'd be most interesting to make sure to pick out movies that actually have something to write about. Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Nosferatu, The Evil Dead, Hellraiser, Halloween, Dracula, Horror of Dracula, Dawn of the Dead '78, The Exorcist, The Beyond, Suspiria, Rabid (albeit you'd have to look up some Canadian history with this one) and Texas Chainsaw and the original Wicker Man could all be interesting choices.
Basically if you steer clear of 80s sequel stuff (I am definitely not going on record saying it's bad, but I wouldn't necessarily want to write an essay about it when if I wasn't a hardcore fan of the genre). The movies I list give a good balance between gothic, foreign, silent, gore, action, real-life inspirations and the occult. Not to mention, most importantly, powerful films.
Re: Help with Horror
Ah man,
Completely forgot about Fulci! True that, The Beyond is a wonderful little film, and definitely his finest hour.
Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980), the Blair Witch precursor, is also a must-see, as it coins the cannibal genre neatly.
Mario Bava also deserves a mention, Black Sunday (1960) is probably the one which is touted most.
Re: Help with Horror
Ah man,
Completely forgot about Fulci! True that, The Beyond is a wonderful little film, and definitely his finest hour.
Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980), the Blair Witch precursor, is also a must-see, as it coins the cannibal genre neatly.
Mario Bava also deserves a mention, Black Sunday (1960) is probably the one which is touted most.
I would be sure to tell him to make sure he could handle Cannibal Holocaust before he stepped anywhere near it. 
It's a personal favorite of mine, but that one may go a bit far for a guy who has only seen NOES movies.
Re: Help with Horror
You're doing very good so far though. That's a pretty well-rounded list. It depends how broadly you're looking to cover the genre. Maybe you'd like to stick in one specific direction? Like is you want to go with eurosleaze or slashers, or maybe even the classic Hammer or Universal flicks. Even the self-effacing '90s teen revival. Speaking of which, you might want to check out Scream just as a pop culture benchmark if nothing else. Otherwise, your list is fine so far. I dispute the inclusion of Gore Verbinski's Ring remake, but I suppose one could make the same argument for it that I would for Scream. Also look for either Hellraiser or the Karloff Frankenstein.
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Re: Help with Horror
I would go with these ten:
1.Nosferatu (the original, I don't recall the year but it is commonly regarded as the first horror film)
2.Frankenstein/Wolfman/Dracula - (counting these as one entry) not really my cup of tea but these original versions sort of paved the way for what would come later although they were much tamer by comparison to what was to come.
3.Night of the Living Dead
4.Psycho
5.The Exorcist
6.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
7.Halloween
8.The Evil Dead
9.The Shining
10.Saw
Re: Help with Horror
I'm surprised Night Of The Living Dead wasn't on more people's lists. It may not be the first zombie movie, but it certainly was the most influential and spawned a whole new sub-genre of horror movies. Dawn of The Dead, Day of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Fulci's Zombi, etc. Nearly every zombie movie out there follows the same basic pattern where a small group of survivors have to board up a house/mall/etc. and survive the night while wave after wave of zombies try to get in - which they eventually will.
