The Thing - John Carpenter's 1982 remake of the Howard Hawks 1951 classic The Thing From Another World ups the anty with this intense exploration of paranoia and isolation. Edge of your seat suspense combined with killer special effects make this a true Sci-Fi/Horror classic that also boasts one the best endings in horror history.
The Shining - Stephen King has openly stated he was not happy with Kubrick's handling of his classic 1977 novel, but there is no denying that even though Kubrick's horror is more psychological in nature than supernatural, it is no less chilling. The film boasts a legendary performance by Jack Nicholson along with some truly creepy and surreal imagery.
Jack Frost - In 1998, Micheal Keaton starred in a holiday film titled Jack Frost in which he played a father killed in car accident who returns to his children in the form of a magical snowman. I don't have to have seen that movie to tell you it's a piece of shit. Two years earlier, this gem of a movie was released with the same name in which a truck carrying a serial killer to his execution collides with another truck carrying genetic material. As a result, the killer's DNA bonds with the surrounding snow and he becomes a mutant killer snowman who goes on a bloody killing spree. Highlights include a kid being decapiated with a sled and the chick from American Pie being raped by the titular snowman whose carrot nose also doubles as phallus. One of my all time favorites, this is right up there with Blood Diner when it comes to classic horror/comedy cheeze.
Dead Snow - Gory, slapstick, Nazi-Zombie mayhem. Need I say more?
Troll Hunter - An ambitious "found footage" mockumentary style horror movie in which a group of Norwegian film students follow a suspected bear poacher only to find out that his actually a secret goverment agent tasked with keeping the existence of trolls a secret and hunting any who come to close to areas populated by humans. It's subtle humor and creepy creatures make this one defintiely worth watching.
