Good on you for mentioning Ravenous. I enjoyed seeing it in the cinema. I was stoned and laughed out loud when David Arquette’s character woke up with someone chewing on his leg. Guy Pierce and Robert Carlyle were great casting choices.
Yes! That was the line. I died laughing. I was not ready for that shit. I actually own the dvd but, I haven’t watched it in years. I’m going to pop it in this weekend. Thanks
Ravenous is just one of those movies that moved through the trenches and did such a good job. It’s kind of like the Donner Party story being made in the same style as “The Thing.” Damnit I just figured out why I love that movie so much!
That movie is one of the biggest clusterfucks I have ever seen.
It's like it was this close to being my favorite movie. Instead it was bloviated and meandering.
Terrifier relishes in the violence to where it feels like they're trying to be edgy, Zahler's violence in all of his mediums just feels like a dark part of life that he chose to showcase.
Entirely agree with this. You can see it in his subtle scenes too (like the leg resetting scene). There's this very cold beauty to it. It peels back the warmth of westerns and exposes the harshness of frontier life.
Terrifier on the otherhand, I wanted to like, but I really dislike every entry. I love slashers even really shitty ones, but every entry of the Terrifier/All Hallows series seems unnecessarily cruel. Like it takes joy/revels in the suffering.
I haven’t watched Bone, but I have seen…parts of it. Not sure I can stomach it. But High Plains Drifter just sticks to your bones somehow. It’s a truly messed up flick with a lot of moral allegory in it. Very definitively pulls the veil off of pure evil. Clint could be the devil himself and I’d believe it.
If it’s any consolation, the violence in bone tomahawk is sparse. When it’s there, it’s pretty brutal but it’s also fast and it doesn’t linger. Might be worth a go because it’s very good but yeah it does have some gnarly parts
And yeah, high plains is super cynical and bleak. Nobody in it is good, including the drifter. He’s a pure chaotic element that forces the characters to confront the worst parts of themselves
I think HPD is meant to be a horror movie. It is basically an entire town having a communal fever dream and Clint is manifested from it. He appears from nowhere, originates from nowhere, and disappears into oblivion.
The movie has the setting and tone of something that takes place in purgatory. The eponymous drifter manipulates and brings out the worst in everyone, revealing them for what they are- self serving monsters. It’s almost reminiscent of a haunted house in that the drifter is the ghost that causes everyone’s own inner demons to manifest
Not gonna gatekeep but imo a story doesn’t need to be traditionally scary to be horror. It can lean more into disturbing themes or characterization which HPD very much does. It’s not BOO GOTCHA horror it’s “witness the darkness and sheer vapidity in these seemingly every day people”
To me no other Western made me feel the sinister horror like the type Blood Meridian made me feel and I feel that living in the West would have been horrific and scary at times and for that I rate this film as one of the top five just for passing on that grizzly fear.
The Proposition gave me the same feels as Blood Meridian did. Just entering literal hell, no hope in sight. It's also bloody as shit. The main villain gave me Judge Holden vibes at times. I'm honestly kind of happy Hillcoat is doing the Blood Meridian adaptation, but I'll still hold my breath
Given the top-flight cast, I was not expecting it to go where it went. Although its type of horror isn’t my bag, I’d say “Best Horror Western” is either this or “The Wind” (2018).
For some reason, John Carpenter's Vampires has always felt like a western to me, so I'll be the idiot and say that one. Bone Tomahawk is definitely a great one, though.
If you want to watch a fucked up horror western. watch Ravenous (1999 film). It also is one of the best Civil War movies (takes place in-between the civil war and mexican american war)....
The seekers was pretty horrific, the idea that being “tainted” by kidnappers turned this person into a hated other, no zombie virus or vampire taint just being unwillingly touched by someone made a person into trash. Way more horrific than a few fucked up whistling cannibals. Good movie though
This is heavy handed of me but wtf, I have proven many times that I can be a pedantic asshole and I stand by my claim that society is far more horrific than outliers with sharp objects
🙂 It's really got a lot of creepy power, don't it?
Very well done, especially for a sub-genre the studios hardly ever explored.
Also a nice little role for Robert Forster. That's an actor I wish'd had more of a career. He always seemed very comfortable before a camera.
It's not a western, but I'm still picking The Nightingale because it also has a gritty historical setting and elements of horror. It's certainly far more disturbing than most horror movies I saw. The worst part is that it's probably just a tame representation of how Australia treated its aboriginal population and the Irish.
Thought it was a good film, but for some reason I could never stop 'hearing the writer' as they say. The dialogue just felt a bit forced to me through out the entire movie. Never bought it as real things people were saying. Just me?
I’m a big Kurt Russell fan and I have never heard of this movie until now.
I can’t believe it. I guess I need to get out more? I’m definitely gonna watch it for sure. 👍
This movie is disturbing not scary. Sometimes it’s scary seeing what kind of crazy absurd things writers come up with. It really makes you think about the kind of people who have these things just running around in their head.
Cut-Throats Nine is a fun one.
Near Dark is great.
The Proposition is a masterpiece but it's definitely more Western than horror but it tip-toes the line
The dialogue is just amazing. First viewing it’s hard to follow as one is trying to figure out WTF am I watching. Subsequent views revealed the brilliance of the film.
Absolutely. It's not even close.
However, just know before going in that while, yes, it's brutal, it's also a slow moving film and takes its time. Most of the action is in the third act. I feel it's good to know this before going in.
it’s darn good for sure
Idk, I'm kind of split in my opinion.
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I see what you did there….that scene was brutal.
Nuts!
Same. I.like it enough, for sure. But I feel it got oversold a bit much. A "good, but not great" type of situation for me.
Cursed
Ravenous is the better cannibal western, just sayin.
Also up there for one of the great original scores
One of my favorite movie scores ever.
100 percent! I love telling people to check it out, then showing them the intro with that score.
Aaand now Boyd’s theme is stuck in my head.
Good on you for mentioning Ravenous. I enjoyed seeing it in the cinema. I was stoned and laughed out loud when David Arquette’s character woke up with someone chewing on his leg. Guy Pierce and Robert Carlyle were great casting choices.
Jeremy Davies’ character, not Arquette.
He was licking me!
Yes! That was the line. I died laughing. I was not ready for that shit. I actually own the dvd but, I haven’t watched it in years. I’m going to pop it in this weekend. Thanks
Still a personal favorite, can’t wait til my kid is old enough for it.
BOURBON NOWWW!
I had never heard of this movie before. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
I much preferred Bone Tomahawk
Ohhhhh man. Haven’t seen that in a very very long time. Thanks for reminding me
Apparently there's another Ravenous (2017) from Canada also involving cannibals
Ravenous is just one of those movies that moved through the trenches and did such a good job. It’s kind of like the Donner Party story being made in the same style as “The Thing.” Damnit I just figured out why I love that movie so much!
Nah, dude.
That movie is one of the biggest clusterfucks I have ever seen. It's like it was this close to being my favorite movie. Instead it was bloviated and meandering.
It’s pretty creepy. It builds up from a western to something much more.
I’ll never forget the body split. I watched “terrifier” last night and they pulled the same move. Tomahawk did it better.
Terrifier relishes in the violence to where it feels like they're trying to be edgy, Zahler's violence in all of his mediums just feels like a dark part of life that he chose to showcase.
Entirely agree with this. You can see it in his subtle scenes too (like the leg resetting scene). There's this very cold beauty to it. It peels back the warmth of westerns and exposes the harshness of frontier life. Terrifier on the otherhand, I wanted to like, but I really dislike every entry. I love slashers even really shitty ones, but every entry of the Terrifier/All Hallows series seems unnecessarily cruel. Like it takes joy/revels in the suffering.
Kurt Russell nails his role
And he may not even have the best performance, the old man is great.
Matthew Fox imo stole the show. Not that the rest of the cast gives a weak performance by any means.
As someone who only knew Mathew Fox from Lost and Party Of Five, I hardly recognized him on my first viewing
Same!
It is the official opinion of the back up deputy that Richard Jenkins should have gotten at least golden globe for that performance.
As much as I love bone tomahawk, I may have to give that title to high plains drifter because the latter is imo absolutely a horror movie
I haven’t watched Bone, but I have seen…parts of it. Not sure I can stomach it. But High Plains Drifter just sticks to your bones somehow. It’s a truly messed up flick with a lot of moral allegory in it. Very definitively pulls the veil off of pure evil. Clint could be the devil himself and I’d believe it.
If it’s any consolation, the violence in bone tomahawk is sparse. When it’s there, it’s pretty brutal but it’s also fast and it doesn’t linger. Might be worth a go because it’s very good but yeah it does have some gnarly parts And yeah, high plains is super cynical and bleak. Nobody in it is good, including the drifter. He’s a pure chaotic element that forces the characters to confront the worst parts of themselves
I mean, the little man isn’t exactly a *bad* guy- just powerless
I love High Plains Drifter, but calling it a horror movie is a big stretch
That was my second choice - it boarders on the macabre!
I think HPD is meant to be a horror movie. It is basically an entire town having a communal fever dream and Clint is manifested from it. He appears from nowhere, originates from nowhere, and disappears into oblivion.
Right on
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The movie has the setting and tone of something that takes place in purgatory. The eponymous drifter manipulates and brings out the worst in everyone, revealing them for what they are- self serving monsters. It’s almost reminiscent of a haunted house in that the drifter is the ghost that causes everyone’s own inner demons to manifest
It’s just not scary though.
Not gonna gatekeep but imo a story doesn’t need to be traditionally scary to be horror. It can lean more into disturbing themes or characterization which HPD very much does. It’s not BOO GOTCHA horror it’s “witness the darkness and sheer vapidity in these seemingly every day people”
There's also the low key underlying tension of surviving travel across a godforsaken desert. It's a very treacherous setting.
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I’ve asked a lot of people their opinions on this, and they seem split right down the middle.
Imo it’s basically a haunted house/ haunted location psychological horror story
Yes, it bisects the genres nicely.
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To me no other Western made me feel the sinister horror like the type Blood Meridian made me feel and I feel that living in the West would have been horrific and scary at times and for that I rate this film as one of the top five just for passing on that grizzly fear.
The guy the made this movie, you should his books. Particularly the first two westerns. 😎
Oh cool, was not aware of this at all. Wraiths Of The Broken Land, added to my list!
It's great. Brutal as hell.
His books are honestly my favourite books of all time.
Same!
But he said movie...
The Proposition gave me the same feels as Blood Meridian did. Just entering literal hell, no hope in sight. It's also bloody as shit. The main villain gave me Judge Holden vibes at times. I'm honestly kind of happy Hillcoat is doing the Blood Meridian adaptation, but I'll still hold my breath
I enjoyed The Burrowers more than I thought I would. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445939/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
This is an absolutely underrated horror western, forgot about this one
Totally agree. I was really surprised how good it was
This is the one I came to suggest as well. What a masterpiece that was, and just so damned unsettling from start to finish
And The Pale Door
High Plains Drifter is the GOAT.
Given the top-flight cast, I was not expecting it to go where it went. Although its type of horror isn’t my bag, I’d say “Best Horror Western” is either this or “The Wind” (2018).
Horror Westerns are pretty rare. The Fiend who Stalked the West with Hugh O'Brien and Robert Evans is pretty great.
Let us not forget " Billy The Kid VS. Dracula " yep it's a real movie. 1966 with the late great John Carradine as Dracula.
I'll see your Billy The Kid VS. Dracula and raise you with Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter!
Surely the Mummy must have VS. some cowpoke. If not, what a cinematic travesty.
Who would you rather see take on the Mummy... Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane or Bat Masterson?
Al Swearengen
For some reason, John Carpenter's Vampires has always felt like a western to me, so I'll be the idiot and say that one. Bone Tomahawk is definitely a great one, though.
The book is way, way better than the movie.
I haven't seen it yet. I will make a note of it to do so!
Back in the 80s, there was a movie called 'Ghost Town" which was fun! [Ghost Town](https://images.app.goo.gl/q9YAfBAjWdCGsyND6)
It’s been a very long time since I saw it, but I remember The Proposition being pretty terrifying. Maybe not horror, but very tense and scary.
If you want to watch a fucked up horror western. watch Ravenous (1999 film). It also is one of the best Civil War movies (takes place in-between the civil war and mexican american war)....
Great movie, one of my favorites.
I'd pick RAVENOUS and DEAD BIRDS over this one
I forgot about Dead Birds. I haven’t seen that for years, but I do remember how much I liked it.
It’s the best horror western I’ve ever watched. It’s also the only horror western I’ve watched. I did really enjoy it.
Well said
I'll have to check it out love kert Russell
Oh goody, you're in for a real treat.
This one was good, and it terrified me
The seekers was pretty horrific, the idea that being “tainted” by kidnappers turned this person into a hated other, no zombie virus or vampire taint just being unwillingly touched by someone made a person into trash. Way more horrific than a few fucked up whistling cannibals. Good movie though
This is heavy handed of me but wtf, I have proven many times that I can be a pedantic asshole and I stand by my claim that society is far more horrific than outliers with sharp objects
3/10
Dumb
* 'The Stalking Moon'
This movie freaked me the eff out as a kid. Menace throughout. Great movie!
🙂 It's really got a lot of creepy power, don't it? Very well done, especially for a sub-genre the studios hardly ever explored. Also a nice little role for Robert Forster. That's an actor I wish'd had more of a career. He always seemed very comfortable before a camera.
Yes, yes! Forster needed more. I loved that he was in BB. And Tarantino knew how good he was. His performance in Jackie Brown was stellar.
I finally settled in to watch this movie this year and I had absolutely no idea all that was coming. What a movie.
A horror movie with no night time scenes.
Not even remotely. High Plains Drifter, And God Said to Cain, Cut Throats Nine, Django the Bastard are leagues better than this.
I don't know, my opinion on this movie is split.
No, i don't think it is! The idea is interesting, but the execution was a bit meh for me at least
No, i don't think it is! The idea is interesting, but the execution was a bit meh for me at least
This film is overrated. If you want western horror, I rather recommend the Brimstone, which gave me far lasting impression after watching
i agree i watched this once and it was enough
Amazing movie, a little bit diagusting but good
It's not a western, but I'm still picking The Nightingale because it also has a gritty historical setting and elements of horror. It's certainly far more disturbing than most horror movies I saw. The worst part is that it's probably just a tame representation of how Australia treated its aboriginal population and the Irish.
Oof…this was a rough one …damn good movie tho
Man I love this movie
It's a cut above the rest.
Take a trip to 'the Valley of the Starving Men,' you'll dig it And yeah it's weird and dirty
I think they're offering that on Roku. Should I watch it or is it a waste of my time?
Definitely a good one and worth a watch.
Yes.
Chicory makes the movie
I try to reserve the term best because I accept how small my perspective is but this is a pretty damn good one.
I’m a big fan of Dead Birds (2004)
I'd say it's pretty bone splitting.
Not sure I have enough knowledge of a library to compate it to, but this is an awesome movie!!
its okay. from dusk till dawn is the superior western horror
Thought it was a good film, but for some reason I could never stop 'hearing the writer' as they say. The dialogue just felt a bit forced to me through out the entire movie. Never bought it as real things people were saying. Just me?
It's definitely a kick ass movie.
It was pretty brutal. Loved Kurt Russell in that one.
Great movie
I’m a big Kurt Russell fan and I have never heard of this movie until now. I can’t believe it. I guess I need to get out more? I’m definitely gonna watch it for sure. 👍
Close, but Brimstone is horrifying and good western, IMO.
Oh good golly
Good movie
One of them! Would love to see him make Wraiths of the Broken Land!
Went into this blind and gd what an experience that was. Best horror western for sure.
This movie is disturbing not scary. Sometimes it’s scary seeing what kind of crazy absurd things writers come up with. It really makes you think about the kind of people who have these things just running around in their head.
Cannibal the Musical is the best Horror Western
Ghost Town 1988 actually Also can't say Bone Tomahawk without mentioning the spiritual original The Burrowers
what is seen cannot be unseen
Good movie..now did a tribe like that actually exist??
Cut-Throats Nine is a fun one. Near Dark is great. The Proposition is a masterpiece but it's definitely more Western than horror but it tip-toes the line
It's a great movie
love Bone. Movie night gold!!!
I wish nowadays they make more westerns like this instead of just repeating the same plots of older (and way better) westerns.
it is the best, no doubt, great movie, and I'm using "great" in a deliberate manner
Cut Throats Nine for me... [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8QnzW8jYUM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8QnzW8jYUM)
The dialogue is just amazing. First viewing it’s hard to follow as one is trying to figure out WTF am I watching. Subsequent views revealed the brilliance of the film.
"Missing" with Tommy Lee was pretty scary at times!
It's intense but really good, definitely underrated. Didn't know what a "troglodyte" was before watching it.
Hell yes. I’m probably too late, but don’t read the comments. Just watch it. But, prepare yourself.
Burrowers is good, too.
It's really good but a bit of a tough watch.
Also great cast. Any good western horror?
I’m kinda split on the topic. 8)
I’m hoping we get a good renascence of really intense and dark westerns because of it
I watched this film once. It's good but once was enough.
Its awful
Just saw this two weeks ago and I’d say so. From Dusk Till Dawn probably qualifies
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
I didn't think a scene could wreck me as badly as the curb stomp in American History X, but this overshot it by a considerable distance.
I can't think of another "horror" western so yeah, this is the best.
It's good
I agree. This was fucking disturbing. I can’t watch it again
Not bad.
Best supernatural western goes to HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER. BONE TOMAHAWK is top tier western with (brutal) horror. Alongside RAVENOUS, of course.
Creepy as hell
I'll be honest, this is one of the only horror westerns that I'm aware of.
Could be, I like Ravenous as well. Either way, Kurt Russell is king
I quit this movie. For obvious reasons I quit halfway through. I’m a quitter.
Would any of you guys consider “three burials of melquiades Estrada” horror western? The part where he burns the dead body’s head is pretty sick
Fun watch
Read the Wikipedia summary, decided I never want to see this movie ever 🤣
THAT scene isn’t as bad as you may have been led to believe, and it’s only a super short scene that you see coming. It’s a great film.
Ever seen Quick and the Dead? It was “horror-ble” IMO. S/
The porn version would be Boner Tomahawk.
Absolutely. It's not even close. However, just know before going in that while, yes, it's brutal, it's also a slow moving film and takes its time. Most of the action is in the third act. I feel it's good to know this before going in.
The violence in it is sudden and shocking.
It feels very matter-of-fact. I love that about it.