Let's share some well known and less well known good horror or dark (by Dark I mean a genre which isn't exactly horror but isn't really action or thriller either, such as 'Constantine') movies for others to discover! Only one rule; no movies made before 2000.

I nominate the Final Destination movies, simply great!

Sherlock Holmes (2009), starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.

This movie also gets steampunk points.

-- Nephele

Lesser known, huh?...

Hostel (2009) - Eli Roth at his best
Hard Candy (2005) - With a VERY young Ellen Page
Haute Tension (2003) - Awesome and French
The Descent (2005) - DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE CLAUSTROPHOBIC!!! You were warned...
Rec (2007) - NOT the shitty US remake. I hate the remake.

~spidey

Of all the movies flying about in my head The Wolfman is about all I can think of, but that's not lesser known. I'll have to think about this.

Everything Guillermo del Toro has done since 2000.
Simples.

I agree with Nephele Sherlock Holmes (2009) is excellent.

For a lesser-known movie, I recommend The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010).

It's a French film and I saw it with English subtitles. Not what I'd call real "horror," but more sort of humorously macabre, with a rampaging pterodactyl, hatpin through the skull, mummies, etc.

And this one especially gets steampunk points, too.

-- Nephele

I didn't like Sherlock Holmes too much because it isn't true to the novels.

It's a shame that you couldn't enjoy the movie because of those expectations.

I thought the original script, superb acting, and brilliant soundtrack made for a ripping good movie.

-- Nephele
Who has read all of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, enjoyed them, and also enjoys many things inspired by those stories.

The Road. The most morbid and depressing movie ever made, based on an equally morbid and depressing book.

Hmm...wondering if I should nominate the Twilight movies since they put me in a dark mood...

Okay My List (I looked on Wiki, by the way, to help jog my memory):


Thir13en Ghosts

Steven King's Rose Red

Darkness Falls

Mortuary

The Omen

Silent Hill

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I Am Legend

Paranormal Activity

Identity

What is listed is mainly horror, but if dark counts for fantasy as well then I'd have to add some more movies, like Hellboy and Underworld.

And is it safe to say the Resident Evil films as well? Sure they were action/horror, but I still think they count as a dark action, even though just like Silent Hill they were based off a video game.



That's all I can think of that hasn't been mentioned yet. Plus most of the dark or horror films I like other than Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Underworld came out before the turn of the current millennium (I still get a kick that I'm able to say that I like stuff that came out before the turn of the century and turn of the millennium )

This year's new indie horror film, Absentia is getting a lot of notice. I haven't yet seen it, but I'm planning to next week.

-- Nephele

-"The Wolf Man"

-"Fright Night"

-"The Ring" (both versions)

-"Paranormal Activity" (ONLY the first one)

-"Pulse" (American version)

-"The Eye" (Asian version)

-"Shutter" (Asian version)

-"Van Helsing"

-"Blade 2"

-"Secret Window"

-"Dreamcatcher"

-"Hellboy" (again, only the first one)

-"Corpse Bride"

"The Mothman Prophecies" is one of my very favorites.