I am a longtime horror fan who's searching for a good horror movies to watch. A movie like The Exorcist that actually made me feel scared. Something that's inherently scary, and not because of jump scares. I have watched many popular horror movies and movie series like the Anabelle, The Insidious (my favourite), The Conjuring (another favourite), The Babadook and more. I am looking for movies set in 90s, 70s or earlier, that is not talked about much.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

The original slasher Black Christmas (1974) holds up well; unsettling, bleak, and scary imo

Rec, it's a pov Spanish language horror from 2008 but set in a building that could easily be a setting for 70s-90s. Kinda like Blair witch in a haunted house. Some jumps but the suspense is built for the bigger scares.

Candyman (1992) it's not exactly unknown but I think it's recognition falls behind other 90s horror movie& series. Philip glass soundtrack, multiple conflicting myths & legends, scares that are suspenseful and gory and unexpected.

There are a couple alternate soundtracks to Nosferatu (1922) that make it more scary and less dated

Edit: for more thriller less bloody I'd go with Hitchcock & the movies he helped inspire like Brick, Blue Velvet, Dark Passage, Basic Instinct

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    There are a couple alternate soundtracks to Nosferatu (1922) that make it more scary and less dated

    I’m intrigued, any particular recommendations?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    If you like gothic rock there's a version with a type o negative soundtrack, they didn't make a new score but took songs from their first few studio albums that fits really well

    Probably my favorite is the Rob Wright string quartet, new score and songs really fitting to a creepy vibe

    There's a bunch more listed here https://musicbrainz.org/series/a3b6359b-20be-4b46-8781-f74c9a85e3ff

    Faust (1926) is another old silent b&w movie with multiple alternate soundtracks

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