Recommended Horror Films for Offshore(or anyone)

Offshore wanted some recommendations for horror flicks from me, since it was once my favorite genre-they've lost their way, and for the most part, they really suck anyomre, other than an occasional moment of brightness. Here are some to start with-most are 1980's vintage, which I thought was the last great moment of horror in cinema, a feware recent. If any more pop into my head, I'll post them.
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I would assume you've seen both HALLOWEEN and the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET a thousand times on TV, cut of course. Those two and a few of their sequels are ok-notably HALLOWEEN 2 and NIGHTMARE 2 and 3. Pretty much all else sucketh, except-Wes Craven's THE NEW NIGHTMARE was a strange vision of Fred Krueger trying to bridge the gap from the movie world to the real world, and though weird in spots, they played it completely straight, which makes it more unsettling than most of the series after the first two.

THE FOG-John Carpenter's atmospheric masterpiece was muddled a bit, but with the cast he had, you couldn't really dislike it. AVOID THE REMAKE at all costs!! Just plain stupid.

FROM BEYOND-Played deadly serious by the folks who brought you RE-ANIMATOR, this Lovecraftian type tale gave new blood to the genre.

As did Clive Barker's HELLRAISER franchise-the first two are excellent, three and four are decent, everything else is low-budget direct-to-video drivel not worth watching.

CHRISTINE and THE THING (John Carpenter's remake)were Carp's zenith and everything since has been mediocre to absolute trash. A left-open ending killed the thing in theatres,(although a series of comic novels continued the story where it left off) and some complained about CHRISTINE moving too slowly, but I thought that was what made it good, particulary the transformation of the car owner's personality. Great acting, effects, direction,photography, and acting in both.

CHILD'S PLAY slowly turns into parody, but up until the scene where the doll 'outs' himself , I thought it was creepy as hell. All sequels suck.

HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE-Tom Hanks in his first bit part acting stupid. A killer is stalking women who are about to be married.

C.H.U.D. (the tagline at the time said "You don't want to know what it means", but I'll tell you anyway-Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers) The sequel blows.

SCARED TO DEATH-great low-budget entry. Starring the Syngenor (synthetic genetic organism)