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What do you think of Horror movies? What is your favorite one. When it comes to certain films that can be troublesome I really like thrillers.
 
I would recommend these horror/thriller movies:

Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Hannibal Rising
When the Bough Breaks
Crawl
47 Meters Down
Get Out
Se7en
The Purge
The Purge Anarchy
The Purge Election Year
The First Purge
Joker
 
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I love Silence of the Lambs, but I thought the sequel, Hannibal was terrible. Red Dragon was great though.

OP-Horror movies are great, but remember that they are “just movies.” A good scare is fine, just don’t take it too far.
 
I don’t care for horror movies. I do like The Walking Dead series. I don’t really look at it from the horror perspective. I like the survival aspects.
 
–Sixth Sense.
–Steven King’s Storm of the Century.

–And one must add the godfathers Psycho and Night of the Living Dead.
 
Yeah I own Psycho but haven’t watched it yet haha
 
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Freshwater.

The acting was horrible, but the story and conclusion were so unique I have to give it credit.
 
If they aren’t gory and more psychological, I can handle them. Otherwise they aren’t my favorite genre.
 
I had a good friend from Egypt and indeed, I ordered him some of the classic ('30s) mummy films. I didn’t care for those more modern ones too much. And while I was at it, I went ahead and got the same set of about 4 or 5 movies for myself.

Not really into horror; but some is okay.
 
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I’d recommend The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2 about Ed and Lorraine Warren, a couple of paranormal investigators with some fascinating cases. There’s an upcoming third movie.
 
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I watch a lot of them but there’s not many that I would watch more than once. Amityville horror remake, the woman in black, the conjuring series, 13 ghosts are the only ones I’ve really rewatched multiple times.
 
The current crop of horror movies is awfully graphic. My husband and I did love the Midnight, Texas, TV series, but sadly, apparently not too many other people liked it because it only lasted two seasons.

I watch Svengoolie faithfully! He shows the old horror movies–so good! In many families, everyone, even the kidlets, look forward to watching the show.

I’ve posted a link to Svengoolie at the end of my post–he’s been around in the Chicago area for over 40 years, and before him, I believe his dad was Svengoolie (hence the current series is "Son of Svengoolie). The character is beloved in the area, making all kinds of appearances at festivals and fund-raisers. I would love to have him come to my city for a “Haunted Ice Rink” ice show! So cool!

 
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I’m really surprised, on a Catholic forum, to see not only very few warnings against horror movies, but recommendations for some quite inappropriate movies.
 
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I’m really surprised, on a Catholic forum, to see not only very few warnings against horror movies, but recommendations for some quite inappropriate movies.
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Which movies are inappropriate and for whom? I think everyone recommending movies is doing so with the caveat that they’re not for kids. Kinda goes without saying.
 
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What do you think of Horror movies?
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I love them but have seen very few good ones. Top on my list would be George C Scott’s The Changeling followed by the Frank Langella Dracula, both from the late 70’s. I’ve seen many others up to and including a number of very recent films but am almost always left disappointed. The special effects no longer impress me, the story lines are too dependent on them, and are left weak as a result.
 
Catholic adults shouldn’t feel free just to watch any movies if they’re inappropriate. I would have thought the OP would have gotten more warnings to recommend custody of the senses.
 
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Catholic adults shouldn’t feel free just to watch any movies if they’re inappropriate.
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What constitutes “inappropriate”? A well formed, mature adult should easily be able to see a movie with disturbing imagery and remember it’s just a movie.
 
Have you noticed that iin horror movies it is always not only a Catholic priest who is called in but One who uses traditional Latin formulae for exorcisms etc? It’s as if secular audiences regard it as the real deal.
 
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