10 horror movies that are better drunk
My top 10 movies to watch with some friends and some beers.
With Spooky-month upon us, what better time to bust out some fun, shlocky horror movies? We all love the high-brow psychological horrors that make us think deep things about deep topics. The Witch by Robert Eggers is an amazing film with moody sets and fantastic tension; however, it is not a film to bust out on the movie night with your mates. Sometimes, you just want a movie you can watch while having a few beers and turning your brain off. This is my list of ten films that I believe are exactly that. I didn’t want to include movies that are made just for laughs - things like Sharknado or Birdemic - but films that are a good watch in their own right, but watching them while drunk is absolute PRIME entertainment.
Dagon (2001)
Starting this list off strong is Stuart Gordon’s Lovecraftian fish-horror, Dagon (2001). The film follows a group of friends who crash their boat and end up in this strange Spanish fishing town that worship an ancient sea god. The movie contains PS1 looking graphics, weird octopus mermaids, creepy looking fish-person hybrids and some face peeling. If fish-horror is not your vibe, Stuart Gordon’s older film Re-Animator (1985) is another excellent Lovecraftian horror pick.
How to make a monster (2001)
What can I say about this B-horror film. It follows a team of game developers that are trying to make the scariest game monster and create a killer AI that brings their monster to life. The monster takes control of a body through a VR headset and starts going on a rampage in the studio. This movie features Tyler Mane (which is a little random) and has some interesting monster design but is a very campy B-movie mess.
Detention (2011)
I have never met anyone who has seen this movie. I have made quite a few of my friends watch this, but never met someone organically who has seen it. The basic plot of the film is a slasher style killer called Cinderhella starts killing students from this highschool, and our group of main characters try to survive while stuck in detention. But this movie has way more going for it then that. It’s got time travel, killer alien vegans and very 2010 humour. If you can manage to find this film, it is worth your time just for how batshit it is.
V/H/S series
The V/H/S series is a series of anthology-found-footage films, each containing different shorts that match the overall theme of each entry. My favourite of the series is V/H/S 94 (2021) overall though V/H/S 2 (2013) has the best short out of them all with Safe Haven. Anthology series are always fun to watch with friends, and the V/H/S series is possibly the best anthology horror series you could pick.
Body Melt (1993)
This Australian body horror film is a wild ride from start to end. The film follows a town in Melbourne that is being used as a test ground for a new diet supplement that makes people melt. Full of lots of body horror and a very weird bogan family, this independent black comedy is a very good watch. If body horror is not your thing, my alternative Aussie pick for this spot would be Razorback (1984), which follows a man who tries to hunt down a wild boar who killed his wife.
Grimcutty (2022)
You know how I said in the beginning that these movies stand on their own without having the benefit of alcohol? This might be the exception. Grimcutty (2022) is a Hulu original that focuses on an internet meme monster that is forcing kids and teens to cut themselves for some internet challenge. It is loosely inspired by the viral Momo challenge from around the same time, and my lord this film is not great. We follow a teenage protagonist who tries to stop our titular monster from attacking any more people while her parents take all her electronic devices away because they think the ‘internet is bad’ or something like that. It tries to say something (I think) but it just does not land. The CG in this film is very plastic and quite hilarious. This film is probably the film that most needs a bit of alcohol to fully enjoy, so maybe leave this one for the last of the night.
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Probably one of the best werewolf designs on film, Dog Soldiers (2002) follows a team of soldiers out on a training exercise in the Scottish wilderness when they find another team slaughtered and they realise they aren’t alone. This film is just dudes being dudes with amazing creature designs and big guns trying to fight to survive.
Evil Dead 2 (1987) - though all work.
I think that everyone would agree that the Evil Dead franchise has cemented itself as a horror classic at this point, so my praising it is nothing new. Thowing on one of these, especially the second one, while hanging out with some close friends and a few drinks will always be a good time. The laughing scene and the one liners from the deadites will always be fun, and the very over the top violence just adds to the atmosphere.
Suicide Circle - Jisatsu Sākuru (2001)
If you can manage to find this gem of a Japanese film, buckle up. The movie sets the tone straight away, opening with 54 high school girls throwing themselves in front of a train. The film then follows the police as they try to figure out what is causing this huge wave of suicides throughout the country.
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
Finally, we have the hidden gem, Tammy and the T-Rex (1994). This movie feels like a romance film in which the directors somehow accidentally brought a huge T-Rex animatronic and were like ‘Well, we have to use it now’. It is gory and fun, it has Paul Walker in it, it’s a dinosaur trying to be a teenager. It’s just so good. Fun fact you can watch this entire movie in the game High on Life (2022).
Apparently early 2000s are the best time for schlocky fun horror movies.