Ok, so my first reco is "Wristcutters; a love story" I freakin loved it. It's so original and creative. Indie film, give it a go.

Here's a link to IMDb

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477139/plotsummary

Please, for the love of all that is holy, do not ever see Eragon. Please. The books are good, movie is not.

OK this is one that is NOT popular but it genuinely freaked the beejesus out of me....it's stars non other than Anna Paquin too. Gotta love me some Lena Olin. I honesty don't know why it didn't hit the creep nerve. Maybe it is that bad. I watched it again & it freaked me still.

Darkness:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273517/

Another one that I loved was Frailty. Check it out. So damn good.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264616/

Seaking of MM - Check out The Return of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (AKA: The Next Generation). Campy creepiness. Stars Renee Zellweger. Loved it. Bizarre. Hilarious. OTT.

Does Twin Peaks count as Fantasy?

Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind - Awesome movie. I'm not a big fan of Jim Carry, but I love Kate Winslet and this movie is just awesome. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/

Ghost in the Shell -  if you like anime, this is a staple movie. If you're not into Japanese animation, it's a good start. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113568/

Identity - Suspenseful, gotta love John Cusack. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309698/

1408 - Another one from Mr. Cusack, but I'd give it a B-.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450385/

Heathers - A classic, before Winona went off to crazytown. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097493/

Donnie Darko - Who doesn't like a movie w/ a creepy bunny? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/

The Crow - If you haven't seen this, go. Rent it now. Brandon Lee is(was) a spandex wearing god of justice and hotness. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109506/

Equilibrium - Indie, original and yummy. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/ 

Yes, Twin Peaks counts =)

If you want a series that you can watch with your kids and laugh your ass off try Invader Zim. My 10 yro and I have watched Zim so much, he has some memorized. It's series that started on Nickelodeon, but it's dark and funny. Silly aliens. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235923/ 

Jeez, are we talking about any paranormal or fantasy favorites?  There are so many, but I tend to lean towards the space horror genre.   You know like Event Horizon, and the Aliens movies.

Eternal Sunshine is one of my all time favorite movies.

If you  love Ghost in the Shell did you like Spirited Away? Gorgeous.

Donnie Darko - another of my top faves.

Identity let me down. I had figure it out too early.

Didn't see 1408 yet.

Heather...why of course.

The Crow - fabulous.

Equilibriium - you know..that didn't do it for me but it is a fave of so many of my friends - I am going to watch again.

OK - Children of Men is one of the most astute movies. The multi-layered symbolism that is throughout is astounding. So is the visual camerawork. Ah - mazing.

It blew me away. I know - high praise, totally ruined it b'c I hyped it so but I just think it's a piece of real art & magic. You can feel the love that went into it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/

Jeez, are we talking about any paranormal or fantasy favorites 

I guess so. I don't always have time to read, but watching a movie is very little commitment and I can watch w/ hubby when he cries that I'm reading too much and he wants to spend time w/ me. I love getting movie reco. and thought it might be helpful thread for those on a tight schedule who don't get to read as much as they'd like, but want a fix.

Kids

Labyrinth- David Bowie,   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091369/

Dark Crystal -  Another Jim Henson Nightmare  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083791/

The Princess Bride http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/

Little Monsters   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097758/

The Never Ending Story  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088323/

Drop Dead Fred

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Okay, So I love retro 80s muppets.

Wolfy those are awesome!!! 80's shout out!

Old school Fantasy I grew up with that I adored..

• Buck Rogers (TV series)
• Beastmaster (The Movie)
• Flash Gordon
• Dragonslayer
• Buffy (TV  Series)
• Dungeons & Dragons (Cartoon)
• Conan
• Excalibur
• Terminator
• Fright Night
• Dracula (1979 version)

All the ones Steph just mentioned except Little Monsters - did not see

The Nightmare Before Christmas - PERFECT. No one will ever tarnish this movie for me, not even Disney. A lovechild of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/

Little Monsters was another one with Fred Savage.

Old School Fantasy Continued

• Space Pirates
• Krull
• Sword & the Sorcerer
• King Arthur
• Sword of the Valiant
• Dragon Slayer
• Time Bandits
• Dune
• Clash of the Titans
• The Lost Boys
• Popeye
• Army of Darkness
• Logan's Run
• Planet of the Apes
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
• Mad Max Series
• RoboCop
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Total Recall
• Time Machine
• Red Sonya
• Lady Hawke

• The Last Unicorn
• The Hobbit, LOTR, Return of the King all animated by Arthur Rashkin Jr, (same with Last Unicorn)
• Goonies
• Highlander
• The Secret Garden
• The Little Princess
• Matilda

Favorite Sci-Fi Horror

• Hellraiser
• Event Horizon
• Aliens
• Resident Evil
• The Cave
• Dead End
• The Fog
• The Ring
• Pitch Black
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Silent hill
• In the Mouth of Madness
• Identity
• Amityville Horror
• 1408
• Ghost Story
• Cube
• Pi
• Jacob's Ladder
• The Dead Zone
• Secret Window
• Strangers
• American Werewolf in London
• Pandorum
• The Others
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• Dark Water
• Dream Catcher
• The Shinning
• Alien vs. Predator
• Ghost Ship
• White Noise
• Descent
• The Sentinel (77')
• Sunshine
• The Omen
• Terminator
• Friday the 13th
• Twilight Zone
• Carrie
• Christine
• Exorcist
• The Hitcher
• The Stepford Wives
• Chucky
• Poltergeist

There are some great movies on this list (Red Sonya rules) and I'm going to add a few of my own favorite paranormal/fantasy movies and I promise, there isn't a lemon in the bunch...

• Dark City (1998) -- This is Roger Ebert's favorite movie and it's amazing. Plus it's got Rufus Sewell.
• Secret of Roan Innish (1994)
• The City of Lost Children (1995)
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
• Brazil (1985)
• The Hunger (1983)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Excalibur (1981)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• Mullholland Drive (2001)
• Lord of the Rings trilogy

The movie I am really looking forward to is Neil Jordan's Ondine starring Colin Farrell -- it will be released on June 4th here in the States and it's got a selke!

A paranormal television series that didn't find an audience but should have was HBO's Carnivale -- it's unlike anything else I've ever seen and it's visualy rich. Very, very dark paranormal modern fantasy set in the dust bowl of the Great Depression.

• Secret of Roan Innish (1994)

Oh I loved this. 

I also really liked;

• Company of Wolves
• Ginger Snaps  - go rent this - it's awesome. Dark humor & 2 girl as Weres.
• The Brotherhood of the Wolf  - is this French flic I really, really liked.

http://www.brotherhoodofthewolf.com/

And another one that kind of bombed but I really like is Constantine.

Shia LaBouf, Rachel Weiz, Kenau but Tilda Swinton as the angel Gabriel stole every scene she was in. And Gavin Rossdale as one of the Devil's minions was excellent. I really hoped he'd be in more movies after seeing him in this but alas...

Rache that movie looks really great. Like Jane True!

Constantine is a good movie and reminded me of another paranormal movie with Rachel Weisz, The Fountain (2006) with Hugh Jackman is a painfully beautiful love story and is beautiful to watch.

The Legend of 1900 (1998) starring Tim Roth is a wonderful movie that slipped under the radar of many people but it worth watching.

I am also smacking myself upside the head for failing to mention The Fall (2006) this movie took over four years to make and does not use any CGI -- what you see was really shot and the little girl who stars in the movie gives one of the best performances of a child actor ever, she's outstanding. Really, this movie is worth watching for the visuals alone but the story holds up. Like Dark City, this is another movie that Ebert has been championing and for good reason.

Last but not least, I'd also add a plug for Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland -- it's not The Fall or City of Darkness but it's a good movie all the same.

You guys have run the gambit on everything good... I am scratching my head for something original to contribute....

Another one that I loved was Frailty. Check it out. So damn good 

One of my all time favorites....  Powers Boothe is an AWESOME villain! AND even though he is the romantic comedy king, Mathew McConaughey should play more darker roles... He is very good in them..

Equilibrium- you know..that didn't do it for me but it is a fave of so many of my friends - I am going to watch again.

I watched it a few times... but mostly because I love Christian Bale (who is hot enough to blight my husband's existence from my mind for about 24 hours), but I have to say, it just did not do it for me as a story. It did have a long list of extremely hot guys in it though...

OK - Children of Men is one of the most astute movies. The multi-layered symbolism that is throughout is astounding. So is the visual camerawork. Ah - mazing.

This is up there on my all time top ten list.... Powerful story, great action, perfect actors.... It is one of the best movies ever... I keep it on my iPod....

So for me... (Mostly repeats)

• Children of Men
• Shaun of the Dead (though technically a horror movie... putting on here anyway)
• Donnie Darko - Seen it a million times and it still makes me cry... Plus pedophile Patric Swayze is creepy awesome AND it has one of my favorite lines from a movie ever, "I'll tell you what he said! He asked me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into my anus!"
• Lord of the rings trilogy
• Dune - Not the most recent scifi or even the way back David Lynch, but the long cut that David Lynch won't put his name on that aired on scifi in the late 80s early 90s.
• Hells yes on both Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer
• Beast Master - guilty pleasure - completely corny, but I watched it every single time it came on TV and loved it... Mark Singer's mug ain't much to look at, but his body makes me squirm...
• The Hobbit - I am adding this even though it did not stand the test of time very well (The animation just sucks. The artwork is good for circa 1970s but it has an extremely choppy appearance). I love the voice overs in this movie, smaug being my favorite. I met Richard Boone when I was a very small child. His son is married to a distant cousin.
• Red Sonya - Another guilty, afternoon TV Pleasure.
• Terminators I and III - II had awesome effects and was decent, but I am not a fan of James Cameron dialog and that was heavy on the James Cameron dialog.
• Eternal Sunshine - I sobbed from start to finish... That is me and my husband almost spot on. We have mellowed into each other but it is still us... And I know that if by some freak chance, I forgot all about him and met him again, I would fall in love with him again.
• Dark City - Rachel this is really one of the most amazing movies and really belongs closer to the top of this list.. Actually I love most of you picks (liked pan's labyrinth okay but love Guillermo del Toro's style and have not seen the Hunger but will definitely check it out)
• Blade Runner
• Sunshine
• Shallow Grave
• 28 Days Later
• Sleepy Hollow (So most all of Burton gets big ups from me... I love how he has sweetheart actors that he uses again and again, Johnny Depp does him justice)
• Orlando

The Brotherhood of the Wolf  - is this French flic I really, really liked.

Laura.... You know I love you... This movie was just too silly for me... Of course it has been ~10 years since I have seen it so I can't say for sure that I would feel this way now...

Funny story... I was in block buster with my husband looking for a movie to watch (one of those long drawn out couple ordeals) and this dude was looking for the movie "Brown Sugar" (Taye Diggs is HOTTTT - also in Equilibrium - and Mos Def is awesome). Well Brown Sugar was not in, so the blockbuster movie chick was trying to make a recommendation and took him straight to "Brotherhood of the Wolf" I eavesdropped on the whole thing (they were standing right next to me), and having seen both movies, I had to stop her halfway through her rant on how awesome BotW was and tell the dude, "If Brown Sugar is what you are wanting to watch, you are only going to be disappointed if you rent this". Christopher just about pissed himself... He was a combination of highly amused and embarrassed. Needless to say, dude was grateful and blockbuster chick probably spent the better part of the evening hating me intensely.

How do you go from Brown Sugar to Brotherhood of the Wolf? Not even in the same century!

Oh my God The Fall looks so good!!! I love David Fincher! How the hell did I never hear of it!???

• But that is seriously bizarre to go from BS to BOFW.  I loved Brown Sugar. Mos Def is one of my fave Rappers ever & he was brilliant! You got it. He should have taken him to rent Love Jones. That so was so good. Soundtrack awesome too.
• I liked Cabin Fever too. It didn't scare me but it was a great homage to those 70's horror flicks back in the day.
• And how can I forget Batman Returns?! Michelle Phieffer as the Catwoman stole the show - "Life's a bitch. Meow."
• Witches of Eastwick
• WOLF - clearly I am on a Michelle P. kick.
• Superman
• X-Men
• Does Fight Club count?
• Oh & I bet it's really really cheesy now but I loved (when I was a kid) Dreamscape & Enemy Mine.
• Practical Magic
• eXistenZ - Oh god this really surprised me. I ended up really loving this. David Cronenberg, Jude Law.
• Strange Days.
• I remember Altered States & Scanners freaking me out.
• The Shining of course. One of the best horror - paranormal
• Salem's Lot!
• Cheesy fun for me came in the from of Thirteen Ghosts. Better than I expected
• Scream
• I also kind of enjoyed Mothman Prophecies. Not as bad as expected.
• Carrie - Holy shit. This is legit. Creeptastic, scary. Piper Laurie was insanely scary.

OK I have question.....you had to narrow the ones that genuinely thrilled & chilled. I mean really, really freaked you out - what would they be & why?

The Ring/Ringu scared the sheeot out of me. I know it sounds kinda lame, but my son was around the same age as the little boy in the movie. I threw out any VHS tapes that I had left. Not too many movies scare me, but kids as nasties is a big fat freak out.

LMAO!! I love that you threw your VHS tapes out.

• The Shining - top of my list... It got me young too, I was 10 my sister was 9. watching at my great grandmothers in the middle of nowhere on a black and white set... My sister started crying towards the end because she was so scared... It set the bar for good scares very very high....
• Silence of the Lambs - It had the same thriller feel that The Shining had. Huge Psychological element was intense.. first time that I ever saw a tuck back... I screamed out loud in the theater...
• Frailty - It was the first movie in a long time where I did not see the end coming. I was truly surprised... and thrilled.

but kids as nasties is a big fat freak out.

Big part of the shining that freaked me out... The two little girls in the hall...

The Shining - just a pervasive creep throughout. It has only been recently that I stopped pulling sower curtains back. The 2 little girls & when Scatman Crothers 'shined'. Fuck. Me is all I have to say.

Carrie - Um Piper Laurie as a religious nutcase looking like a satanic worshipper. The veal like shrine she used to lock Carrie in. Carrie at prom in blood with the freaky eyes. The dream at the end.

The Addiction - Abel Ferrara's vampire flick. I think b'c it was in Black & White it made it worse. It disturbed me hugely.

Frailty - I am so with your Caro. That shit surprised me to the point where I gasped.

The season Finale of Twin Peaks - Let me state that the entire series gave me the willies but when we saw Laura Palmer's murderer come back in full, it was one of the most genuinely scary moments I had ever seen on screen. I just froze. It was so so dark & perverse & the acting by Sheryl Lee as Maddie, was chilling.

The Omen (1976) - The nanny and the Bird scene.

Rosemary's Baby - Um, I just kept waiting for the other shoe to drop the entire time. The dream sequence did me in.

Burnt Offerings - Anything with Karen Black freaks me the F out.

Darkness - another once where the was a pervasive sense of unease throughout. The finale really threw me over though & Lena Olin is one scary looking bitch. The fact that her eyes are so pitch black & look perpetually watered is just wrong.

Salem's Lot - You want freaky kid? SL's got freaky kid & as cheesy at it is - it still works to unnerve me.

Last House on the Left - just the way it was filmed completely undid me. I will enevr look at 70's horror/scary the same way.

Amytville Horror - I get freaked about anything religious or ghost b'c it's potentially real. Plus the house was in CT which is the state I grew up. Way too close for comfort.

Halloween - Insane person gets loose & invests in a freaky white mask. Jamie Lee is the everyday girl. It coulda' been me, is all I felt.

Friday the 13th. - The ending surprised the hell out of me & made me scream. To this day I hate lakes.

Magic - Anthony Hopkins is a ventriloquist. His puppet owns him. For me - it was close enough to being a clown movie. I totally bugged.

Black Christmas ('76) - It was just so stylized in the way it was filmed, it's stark & scary as hell.

The Exorcist  - Still cannot watch this in it's entirety.

Poltergiest - The clown scene.

The Changeling - The red ball.

The Entity - Say what? It's True!????

Magic- I faintly remember this flick.  I think I'm going to have rent this one.  Thanks for the rec.

The Changeling-Red Ball, huh?  wow, you know some pretty obscure flicks, and they all sound pretty creepy.  I'll definitely have to check these out.

IT - This is the first movie that scared me. I hate clowns and spiders, and what's the freaking movie about? Yeah. I still will not watch it all the way through.

<<< The infamous Dr. Paul Bearer

My first glimpse of horror/paranormal was on a local show, Dr. Paul Bearer's "Creature Feature" on saturday afternoons. I started when I was around 5, and would watch my morning cartoons, then sneak and change the channel to get my creep fix. It was a cheesy show where the Dr. would host old movies usually B/W and make silly puns. Kinda like Elvira, but Dr.PB started  in the 70's. ( I watched in the 80's) I loved it.

 http://www.crazedfanboy.com/creaturefeature/index.html

IT! I can't believe that I did not think about that one! Tim Curry as the clown was so messed up. Played right into my already present fear of clowns toute de suite...

My best Stephen King movie pick is The Stand. Loved the good vs evil road trip. And it gave Molly Ringwald an adult role.

Howl's Moving Castle is my favourite fantasy movie ever.

My film tastes run towards sci/fi more than fantasy. Yet I don't enjoy reading sci/fi as much as urban fantasy.

12 Monkey's was a great futurist film. 'I'll put it through my prob-a-bility matrix' is a stock standard joke for Paul and I.

Life on Mars (UK version haven't seen US version) was a great TV series.

The rest of my list would be mainly sci/fi.

Carnivale did well in Australia.  That was a very well done story.

Rosemary's Baby is still one of my favourite books.  I think the movie wasn't too scary for me b'c I'd read the book first but the book had the hairs on my neck standing up.

One B grader that scared the life out of me as a youngster was Children of the Corn. I still won't watch re-runs just in case I'm still a fraidy cat!