This is a very hard question because there are many horror movies that I love. I will have to go with Carpenter's The Thing and here are my reasons. This movie still holds up today and he didn't rely on any computer-generated effects and I admire that, makes it very creepy. The cast may have been one of the best assembled, the writing, the music, the actual story, in my mind all are perfect. The ending is sublime, perfect horror movie. Thank you for a chance to win a new classic.

An American Werewolf in London has to be my favorite. I was 8 when it came out and I was already a horror fan at that age. The special effects are what blew me away. Never before had a werewolf transformation been done so well! Seeing the hair sprout, the bones snap and reform around a hairy killing machine! The scene at the Circus still gives me chills. It started my obsession with werewolf movies. Remember to stay on the path…

Freaks. Not only does it contain a cast of real life ‘freaks,’ but it’s the only film I can put on for friends of any attention span or fright level and they sit through the entire thing mesmerized.

For 1932, it was completely ahead of it’s time and I always have a reaction every time I see the man with no arms or legs crawling through the mud with a knife in his mouth. My mind reels in circles thinking, what is he planning to do with it?

I'm going with Alien, because it's one most people might not think of as a “horror” film, but the first has all the qualities of a horror, more so than scifi, to be honest. it was the frist horror film i ever saw, as well as the first R rated film I got to see.

The chestburster scene alone made me hide under blankets every time if came on screen. It was about a week, before i was able to build up the courage to see the extremely graphic for an 8 year old.

I'm going to have to choose a newer, and I feel, highly underappreciated movie: Frank Darabont's The Mist.

The movie provides amazing visual effects of the monsters that are collosal and terrfically horrifying, a constant sense of dread and usease is present througout the movie, and terrfic gore is shown.

But, the fantastic characters and acting bring the “true” horror into focus. While the monsters and essentially “the mist” should be the antagonist, the characters (in classic zombie movie fashion) become their own worst enemies when they begin turning on each other. It's delightfully tense and engrossing watching the survivors hole up in a grocery store and split up into groups fending for their own survial as they to make sense of the monster invasion, while fighting amongst one another that has one truly wicked and satifying payoff against a certain “preaching” character.

Also, the movie has probably one of the most satisfying (although depressing) endings I've seen in a horror movie. Easily a classic despite it's short time released.

My favorite is Cronenberg's “The Fly”. Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum have great chemistry as 2 intelligent, funny people who are so right for each other. For a moment you feel like you're watching a romantic drama done right. Then the damn fly enters the picture. And you're left watching the tragedy play out. When horrific things start happening to characters you care for, it's all the more horrific. Too many horror movies don't give a damn about the characters. But in “The Fly” equal amounts of effort were put into the characters and the makeup/gore. The movie is damn near perfect.

My favorite horror film would have to be Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake! Until I saw the 2004 DOTD, horror films just always seemed to disappoint me because I was hardly ever scared. After watching DOTD I realized horror films didn’t have to be scary to be good, they could just be freaking awesome. I hadn’t seen too many zombie flicks before I saw the 2004 DOTD but after watching it, I could not get enough zombies! The 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead sparked my love of zombie movies for which I am forever grateful. Thanks Zack Snyder

What Lies Beneath would have to be my favorite – I tried to take my time and think of something with a little more edge but ultimately came back to this because it was my instant response when first considering the question and I think that means something. This movie gives me chills, makes me jump, and gets me involved. I can watch it multiple times and still get spooked by the scene where Michelle Pheiffer’s eyes change color and you get that first feel for where the movie is heading. Writing this makes me want to go watch it right now

I love scary movies and have been amped for Trick ‘R Treat for what seems like forever now haha – If the movie is half as good as it’s trailer it is sure to be amazing! Thanks for the sweet contest!

Favorite horror film? Has to be Evil Dead 2. My dad snagged a VHS copy for me when I was a wee 12 years old, made me hide it from my mom, and we watched it for the first time at 1 AM one night with the lights off.

Sam Raimi delivers a perfect combination of horror and hilarity — something I really hope Trick 'R Treat will achieve, as films like Saw and … well, just about every other horror film in the past decade, excluding Raimi's own Drag Me to Hell … have been sorely lacking.

Bruce Campbell is a comedy god, and how can you not love a horror movie that has Doug Beswick stop-motion animation? All I have to say is “workshed.”

Oh, and “groovy.”

I like the the 80's movie Night of the Demons. Even though its corny there's something about it that makes me want to watch it

After much deliberation, Hostel probably tops my list. I chose this one based strictly on the sheer horrors of it, not a fright aspect, which is really how I like my horror. This movie shows the sadistic, twisted nature of man and becomes even more disturbing on the realization that the premise is “based in reality”. I totally buy into it. Snuff films exist and women being abducted around the world and sold into the underground sex trade exist. I don’t think it’s much of a leap to consider it very plausible for such a club to exist. So, combining Hostel, Taken and stories of freaky Austrian men it leaves an impression. Am I freaked out when my daughter says she wants to backpack through Europe the summer after graduating? H-E-Double Hockey Stick Yes I AM, and it’s because of this stupid freakin’ movie!

My favorite horror movie is easily Pumpkinhead. Not only does the film star the greatness that is Lance Henrikson, but it has a great story/script behind it, an AWESOME monster (doesn't even look like a person in a suit), spooky as heck witch, great soundtrack, beautiful direction, and a bit of sadness as well.

It's a great tale of one man's search for vengeance, and ultimate reassesment of that choice. A definite winner, and extremely underrated.

Fave horror movie is a tough one for me! Let's go Evil Dead – it is such a fun movie and layed the ground work for a new style of movie.

I’m going to go with Event Horizon. Yes, yes, its sci fi, but its really a haunted house story set in space. I love the set pieces and how they invoked creepy, claustrophobic areas, wayward ghosts, and one of the downright terrifying visions of hell I’ve ever seen. Most horror movies can give me the chills and a few jumpy moments, but EH was the only movie where I refused to close my eyes to sleep not just the night after, but the whole following day too.