Spence’s Otherworldly Recommendations

Are you new to the horror and otherworldly genres? There’s always a place to start! Here are some of Spence’s essential viewing recommendations in each sub-genre of horror (will be updated often!). Enjoy!

The Beginnings

  • Nosferatu 
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 
  • Haxan

Body Horror 

  • Eraserhead 
  • American Mary 

Classic Monsters 

  • Dracula (1931)
  • Frankenstein
  • The Invisible Man
  • The Bride of Frankenstein 
  • The Wolf Man
  • Creature From The Black Lagoon

Crime Horror

  • Seven
  • Copycat

Dark Fantasy

  • Viy
  • Nightbreed

Deep Sea 

  • Jaws

Dinosaurs 

  • Jurassic Park 

Extra-Terrestrial 

  • Alien 
  • Aliens 
  • Alien 3
  • Fire In The Sky 

Family Friendly 

  • The Nightmare Before Christmas 
  • Gremlins 
  • Gremlins: The New Batch 
  • Ghostbusters 
  • Beetlejuice 
  • Hocus Pocus 
  • The Addams Family 
  • Addams Family Values 
  • The Witches (1990)

Folk Horror

  • The Wicker Man 
  • The Witch

Found Footage 

  • The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Haunted Houses 

  • The Old Dark House 
  • House on Haunted Hill (1959)
  • We Are Still Here 
  • Crimson Peak 

Horror Comedies 

  • Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 
  • Death Becomes Her 
  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
  • Army of Darkness 
  • Basket Case 
  • Frankenhooker 
  • Scary Movie
  • Idle Hands
  • Shaun of the Dead 
  • Cabin in the Woods 
  • Chopping Mall 
  • Re-Animator 
  • Bride of Re-Animator 
  • Arachnophobia 
  • Jennifer’s Body 

Possession 

  • The Exorcist 

Psychological Horror 

  • Rosemary’s Baby 
  • The Good Son
  • Silence of The Lambs 
  • Hannibal 
  • Misery 
  • It: The Mini Series (1990)
  • It: Chapter One 
  • It: Chapter Two 
  • Get Out 
  • The Stepfather (1987)
  • The Crush 

Science Fiction – General 

  • They Live 
  • The Blob (1958)
  • Phantasm 
  • The Invisible Man (1933)
  • The Invisible Man (2020)
  • A Quiet Place 
  • Tremors 
  • Event Horizon 
  • Flatliners (1990)
  • Ghost in the Machine 

Slashers 

  • Halloween (1978)
  • Friday the 13th 
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors 
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre  
  • Mortuary (1983)
  • Black Christmas 
  • Mother’s Day 
  • Candyman 
  • Leprechaun 
  • Child’s Play (original)
  • Child’s Play 2
  • Child’s Play 3 
  • American Psycho 
  • Psycho 
  • Fade To Black 
  • Scream 
  • Scream 2
  • Scream 3
  • Scream 4
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer 
  • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
  •  Urban Legend
  • House of 1000 Corpses
  • The Devil’s Rejects
  • 3 From Hell
  • House of the Devil 
  • Fear Street: 1994

Supernatural 

  • The Shining 
  • Poltergeist 
  • Poltergeist II 
  • The Fog (1980)
  • Children of the Corn 
  • The Sixth Sense 
  • Sleepy Hollow 
  • Hellraiser
  • Carrie (1976)
  • The Grudge (2004)
  • The Craft 
  • The Devil’s Advocate 
  • What Lies Beneath
  • Final Destination 
  • Final Destination 2 
  • Final Destination 3 
  • The Final Destination
  • The Others  
  • The Conjuring 
  • The Conjuring 2
  • The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 
  • The Nun 
  • Annabelle 
  • Annabelle: Creation 
  • Annabelle Comes Home 
  • Malignant 

Vampires 

  • Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
  • Interview With A Vampire 
  • The Lost Boys 
  • Daughters of Darkness 
  • A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night 

Werewolves 

  • An American Werewolf in London 
  • The Howling 
  • Sleepwalkers 
  • Wolf
  • Bad Moon 

Zombies 

  • Night of The Living Dead 
  • The Evil Dead (the original)
  • 28 Days Later