Conan's Favorite Horror Movies | Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

[@Hailtothegun]

Conan listed four of my favorite horror movies as his. Always knew he had good taste.

[@realdevbro447]

He didn't list mine, he has bad taste 😉

[@Hailtothegun]

@@realdevbro447 Obviously, that's how opinions work.

[@kieransoregaard-utt8]

Maybe you listed four of his favorite movies as yours….

[@CoryFalde175]

Which four?

[@Shrimppizza]

YES. I was fangirling like crazy when he mentioned "The Witch", "Midsommar" and "Hereditary". But when he mentioned "The Omen"? God. I lost it. It's almost like my favorite horror movies list without "The Shining". Gotta love Conan.

[@Diegesis]

The Conan horror minute was fantastic and he has killer taste in movies. I'm so stoked about that.

[@Psilocybin77]

You should have Maple and Arianna react to some of Conan's greatest content Chad.

[@joeyisabsb1]

The ring is my favorite horror movie, not because its the scariest but because of how well done the mystery of it was.

[@formeitsalwayslikethis]

Bruh I love the feeling that movie gives, it has that cold af sensation to it and the intro is so damn good

[@jlobiafra]

I hope you are talking about the original Japanese version which was way better than the American remake

[@Psykel]

You need to read the book it’s based on, Ring. Also its two sequels, Spiral and Loop. Great sci-fi horror and quite different from the films. Agreed though, the original Ring movie is quite awesome! Kairo (english title Pulse) is the greatest Japanese horror movie for me though, you need to check it out if you haven’t! Avoid the american remake though, which totally missed the point.

[@rolanddeschain6089]

I don't know if you mean the Japanese original or the American remake, but the remake did it for me back then. I didn't know the original. Verbinski's The Ring is still a great horror film, but many films today have copied the tone and visual aesthetics. At the time, it was a nightmare experience that I had never seen before. I was really scared on the way home from the cinema. As a young person in the inner city at night, you normally should look a lot more for real threats :D

[@cezarmartins3489]

Totally agree, Conan. "Hereditary" is one HELL of a ride.

[@Shrimppizza]

That movie gave me the creeps the first night after watching it because of the road scene. One of my biggest shocks in cinema history.

[@thesprawl2361]

The bit that shat me up most was just the final ten minutes or something Everything has been leading up to it and it has some of the most vivid horror imagery ever. The attic scene with the barbed wire or whatever it is...then the treehouse.

[@danarseptiyanto4066]

@@Shrimppizza The dinner scene is even more unsettling for me, its just wayy too close to home

[@achillessteals4535]

The ending is BS. The tone and pace changes up like it shouldn't even be possible, and then the explanation.... easily the worst ending to a movie ever

[@aegisraven1284]

@@Shrimppizza you never saw a Serbian film...or martyrs lmfao

[@SPRVLN27]

A24 makes great movies, including great horror movies. Hereditary, Midsommar, X, The Witch, Lamb are some of my favorite horror movies.

[@benmartinus5320]

I watched lamb in an empty movie theater. Made it 10x more disturbing.

[@Leo-sd3jt]

@@benmartinus5320 I didn't really see Lamb as a horror movie but more of a family tale with fantasy and horror elements. But, hey, at least now we know Lambchop's origin story

[@benmartinus5320]

@@Leo-sd3jt I agree, it just had that heavy uncanny valley feeling throughout the movie. Which I was creeped out by but enjoyed. I'd like to see little lampchops future journey with her dad.

[@sharpshoota8274]

@@benmartinus5320 I agree, my only nit pick is that I think it would’ve been better a way short. Like an 11 minute movie. A lot do it felt like a chore to watch but I still enjoyed it.

[@cleverusername9369]

The Lighthouse, anyone? That's my favorite A24 movie besides the VVitch.

[@jake_lare]

Yes, Conan. Toni Collette gave the performance of a lifetime in Hereditary.

[@jvondd]

I'm with you, man. A lot of horror movies from the past 8-10 years have been pretty great, and Hereditary is now one of my absolute favorite horror films. The themes that are explored in those movies are definitely in a lot of older horror movies, but this current generation of directors and writers have found ways to remove a lot of the cheese and make them easier to take seriously.

[@genghiscan2918]

If you like elevated horror, check out classic episodes of the twilight zone.

[@jvondd]

@@genghiscan2918 Oh, I have! And I love 'em.

[@ericoliver1603]

@@genghiscan2918 the twilight zone is one of my comfort shows

[@59thsurvivorofvhs]

Recycled Ideas of the future, ya'll in denial about "new" and "good" used in the same sentence and need to go back in order to go forward. HITCHCOCK anyone? Man, like Psychological horror is a new thing. Jacob's LADDER.......... Before 2003 range was about the end of all film, horror or not. Dealing with the types that pay for some new quality netflix disney pararmount google amazon walmart + series and call it good to feel better about a $300 month streaming bill where you literally pay for something that can not be owned. Go Bitcoin, backed by digital reality.

[@DrHDoofenshmirtzphd]

I mean I'm not really scared by any horror movies so taking them seriously or not doesn't matter to me so much as if they are entertaining. Slashers are good in a different way from a super serious movie.

[@Stop_The_Car]

I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT.

[@FrancoisDressler]

Masterpiece.

[@louispacetime1576]

100% agree

[@BL00DYME55]

We agree with you, there's no need to yell.

[@ericthatsme]

Hey-we’re simpatico!

[@kelsokeeley]

Ari Aster and Robert Eggers are the future of unsettling, atmospheric, brain dragging horror. They know how to plant those deep seeds of imagery that are hard to forget.

[@Yourleftismyright88]

Hereditary still freaks me out when I watch it, the sense of dread you get from what happens NOT with that scene of the sister but the reaction of how it affects the family got me.

[@hellion7514]

💯

[@jonathanmurphy712]

I can't wait for Ari Asters new movie with Joaquin Phoenix. Hereditary is one of my favorite horror movies of all time. I also recommend checking out his short movies. Super disturbing. Like the Johnsons movie

[@vincenzobarry8050]

Don’t forget about Mike Flannigan

[@mostlyknowasmka9729]

@@jonathanmurphy712 does he have other shorts aside from Johnson's??

[@timflint25]

Conan has always been my favorite simply for because I enjoy comedians hanging out on his show almost more than I enjoy watching entire standup specials. It's icing on the cake to know that he also has such an excellent taste in horror movies!

[@niceteal]

Awesome lineup. Conan has a true appreciation for modern horror.

[@MichaelLKW-Fahrer]

Conan podcast doesn't need any guests. These three alone are just pure magic.

[@ASJC27]

If you like horror movies with an “off” atmosphere, you’ve got to see the best horror movie ever - the original wicker man from the 70s. Absolutely amazing, not just for a horror movie, but for a movie period.

[@AlCasu1888]

Yup. Easliy the scariest for me. The remake is probably one of the funniest horrors I've seen. Hilarious Nick cage performance

[@egglady]

Good call, that’s a great film. And a huge inspiration to these modern films that get all the credit.

[@crushcity3034]

I always really enjoyed Don't Look Now (1973) it always scared the crap out of me

[@carolinah4348]

Absolutely horrifying film!

[@Jesusaross]

I honestly thought that movie was extremely lackluster.

[@Shrimppizza]

I was fangirling like crazy when he mentioned "The Witch", "Midsommar" and "Hereditary". But when he mentioned "The Omen"? God. I lost it. It's almost like my favorite horror movies list. I would have added "The Shining" though. Gotta love Conan.

[@lindsaycrites2789]

So agree with that list

[@hanshandkante5055]

I agree with Midsommar, The Witch and Omen but Hereditary was total crap and i will never get the hype about this movie. The only thing worth mentioning inthis movie was Tony Colettes performance but the story was a bad joke, the movie was BORING as watching paint dry, it was very flimsy written, full of unbelievable plot holes and extremely cheap horror effects. I HATED that movie.

[@Shrimppizza]

@@hanshandkante5055 I think Ari Aster was able to pull it off just right. In my opinion, the music, the suspense and how the tension is built throughout the movie is nothing but excellent. If I had to compare both movies, I would say I find Midsommar a little bit more hard to watch. But I agree with some opinions regarding the difficulty of creating the "suspense effect" during daylight. Excellent movie, though.

[@hanshandkante5055]

@@Shrimppizza Okay, i want to understand that. You seriously say that "Hereditary" is "excellent"? What made it excellent? The plotholes? JUst a few examples: - The mother forces a sixteen year old to take his ten year old AUTISTIC and extremely ALLERGIC sister to a party for teenagers - because what could possibly go wrong, right? - The girl is ten year old and knows that she is allergic to nuts but she eats a cake without asking for nuts anyway because... reasons! - The brother forgets her medication at home but instead of calling his parents OR an ambulance he put her into the car an drives because ... reasons! - The click sound that the little sister makes implies that "Pamei" has taken over her body and later in the movie it is implied that this was all an evil plot to get rid of her because she was too weak and to put Pamei into her brother. Well this makes absolutely no sense at all. Theses Pamei cultists would have know that the little girl is sick before because the cult leader was literally the grandmother of that little girl, also how could they know a)That her mother would force her to go on that party with her brother? b)THat there would be a nut cake? c) That the little girl would eat it? d) That her brother would drive her instead of calling his parents or an ambulance? e) That the girl would put her head out of the window? f) That in this exact moment an animal would craoss the road so that her brother had to avoid to hit it? g)That a lightning mast would rip her head off? Isn't this a little overcomplicated just to get rid of a little allergic girl? Also: Why is the brother driving home and acting like nothing happened after his little sister lost his head? Why is the little girl at the beginning of the movie behaving just like a little lonesome girl with no friends when Pamei is already controlling her? Why is the mother speaking with the little girls voice in that Seance? Why is the mother burning when she tries to burn that book the first time but when she tries it a second time her HUSBAND is burning? Why is the father making the mother responsible for everything especially for the psychological trauma of the son after the son KILLED accidentally his own sister? Who would NOT be traumatized by this? Why is the dead grandmother alive again at the end of the movie? Why is the mother flying under the ceiling? Why is the mother cutting off her own head? Cheap shock effects without any context or meaning can't save a nonsensical story. I have seen B-Movie teeny slashers who were better written and better directed then this total mess that is "Hereditary". Imho Herditary is a very polished trash movie.

[@Shrimppizza]

@@hanshandkante5055 I said excellent taking into account its flaws. Because no movie is perfect. Even Midsommar. I have been on the Internet for more than a decade and I have never seen someone writing that many supossed errors in a movie like you did. You gotta chill.

[@weeniehutjunior]

"he just bought a scythe at the Scythe Store." HAHAHA

[@cinemasnitch3959]

i remember the day the first episode of the podcast dropped. Not surprised to see the wild growth. Conanite for life.

[@brandonmelling771]

It's funny because Gourley actually has a horror movie podcast

[@ddmplynx]

That I enjoy even more than this show (shhh)

[@cardwarriorfilms]

@@ddmplynx oooo what’s the name?

[@crushcity3034]

Tell me more!

[@cooltoad7828]

What's it called?

[@brandonmelling771]

@@cooltoad7828 With Gourley and Rust

[@frisco21]

On one of his earlier shows, I recall Conan mentioning that one of his favorite horror movies is John Carpenter's The Thing.

[@THECAR99]

Ari aster is such a talented filmmaker. The fact he has two back to back hits and these movies take ages to edit. When you see midsommar the sequences look thoroughly edited like people spend a long time on each frames.

[@patrickmunger3053]

What did Beethoven say right before he wrote any new Opus? "I'm gonna make this hard as f&%$ to play." RIP Norm

[@DavidAlvarado-js3qq]

Bet he's in heaven helping feed baby dolphins. You know, "serving a youthful porpoise." --Norm

[@0hMyGandhi]

Those are all incredible films. I remember watching The Blair Witch Project as a kid when it first came out on VHS. We had just moved into a new home, and had a bunch of windows without drapes/blinds, and it all faced a massive, deep woods in Connecticut. I couldn't sleep for literal weeks. And also - you know a movie is scary when you don't even feel comfortable typing the _name_ of it. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was another one of those movies that felt so deliberate in it's depiction of extreme violence. Like Tobe Hooper (the director) was like, "yup, and he gets hit, and falls to the ground, and starts convulsing wildly, and then gets again until dead." Very matter of fact. Recently (relatively speaking) His House terrified me in that it played with the audience's pre-concieved notion of how "scary" scenes should flow, and using the moments where you'd think a lull was coming to totally subvert your timing. The Descent is another favorite of mine, and I'll say this -- I do _not_ get scared easily. But that movie, when I saw it in theaters was absolutely so riveting and horrifying that I literally stuck my hands in the cupholders to stop shaking. There were a group of people next to me that remarked when walking out of the theater that they'd "forgotten to drink their ICEEs". That's perhaps one of the greatest compliments I think a horror movie can recieve is when the audience is just in a state of shock for 100 minutes straight.

[@famguyfan1059]

Really surprised they didn't mention The Shining. Gets that "something isn't quite right" vibe down perfectly

[@FrancoisDressler]

Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist are the only horror films I'd call perfect. The Shining is great too.

[@brandonkashinsky9222]

Those are in my top 5 horror films

[@mikiim5739]

Neither is scary. Overhyped

[@sanjithechef]

Conan basically named my favourites as of late. Midsommar, The Witch, both amazing.

[@brandon.lewis.]

Blair Witch was incredible and the marketing may be the best of all-time.

[@paolovallejo8022]

The Witch, Hereditary, Midsommar 100% agree with Conan here, specially Midsommar

[@SaintMartins]

When i was a kid in the 1970's Horror films related to the Devil scared me (The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, The Omen) but then i got bored when too many were made. Then i got into Slasher films (Halloween, Friday The 13th) until a million more were made. Now i'm like Conan, i like Tru-Crime films like Seven, Zodiac.

[@BlackBarney]

That was weird how she lifted the cup to her lips. As unsettling as Midsommar.

[@SavageIntent]

Conan has good taste! Growing up in the 2000's I always thought I didnt like horror at all, considering it was all Saw and human Centipede. But then I discovered old horror like the Wicker Man and The Devil Rides Out and The Thing, which I love, and now I also love Hereditary, Midsommar and The Witch

[@THECAR99]

God you can't mention Human centipede here that's just twisted.

[@kevinc8955]

Torture porn almost ruined horror. Easily the worst era of horror in movie history.

[@SavageIntent]

@@kevinc8955 aye for sure. I was speaking to my ex-flatmate and he is big into Korean and Japanese horror. He was saying in the 90's and 2000's horror in the West was bad, while the Asian horror was in a golden age. And now in the West we are starting to rediscover how to make good horror again and I fully agree. Hereditary was scary enough without jumpscares and shock factor. Well it did have some shock factor but with emotional context I would say.

[@THECAR99]

@@SavageIntent funny you'd mention Japanese and korean movies here's an interview of the director of hereditary talking about his inspirations. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXzEqGdnqNiajZY

[@humanafterallTF2]

The thing is a scifi horror milestone. I am unable to watch most horror, i dislike extreme gore and i don't find it appealing. But the thing i absolutely like, paradoxaly

[@CannibalWHORE22]

Conan was already awesome. He names his movies and just keeps that going.

[@Christopher-ms5ke]

The Witch and Midsommar are brilliant!

[@XSwordStoneX]

Love Conan's taste in horror films. Those are my favorties as well.

[@silverash63]

Estonian film called 'november' is similar to the witch, also a new macedonian film called 'you won't be alone ' is about a witch and is very eerie

[@aisardi]

I don't know why but I found Sona's voice at the end really funny

[@Sunprism]

"Mine are all about rabbits being killed in my back yard" "Are we talking about jokes or horror stories?" Drunk Sona is Scary Sona

[@LAFC.]

i had rabbits when i was 10 and one morning i woke up and went to my backyard and all my rabbits were ripped apart. There was blood all over the backyard and pieces of rabbit everywhere. I'm not sure what killed them but maybe a giant bird or racoon.

[@jeanlmont]

This makes people make fun of me but I'll say it anyway. Blair witch project affected me in such a way that I couldn't watch horror for 10 years. The mocking was merciless and relentless, but there was just something about that damn movie that really got to me, to an extent that I wouldn't let people talk about it if I was around.

[@p344y]

Eggers, Wan, and Aster are the future. Hereditary, Insidious, and The Witch were amazing. Mitchell needs to make another It Follows.

[@miahdpapa9304]

78 Body Snatchers, Poltergeist I and II, The Fly, The Changling, Funhouse, Serpent and the Rainbow, Thirteen Ghosts, House On Haunted Hill. Conan's picks 👍

[@lunchbox9684]

Laughed at how Conan looks absolutely defeated by Sona's terrible jokes.

[@koanikal]

The Witch, Hereditary and Midsommar are some of my favorite horror movies (the first two are in my top 10). Glad to see that Conan finds value in them. I wonder what his opinions of The Thing (1982) and The Shining are. They're both in my top 2. I've been a horror fan since I first watched Poltergeist 40 years ago, when I was 7, and yet The Witch and Hereditary are in my top 10. Horror has gone into a slump the last couple of years, but the late 2010s were a very good time for horror. And honestly, I've never found Halloween to be scary. Carpenter has managed to make other movies that are scarier (IMO) like In the Mouth of Madness, and ESPECIALLY The Thing.

[@CipherSerpico]

The first one I thought of was _Hereditary._ That Movie is far beyond “scary”. It’s legitimately one of the most terrifying, most devastating Films I’ve ever seen. That Film shook me to my core.

[@hanshandkante5055]

But why? What was so shocking about it? I really want to understand teh hype. I saw it and i think it was one of the worst written, most boring movies i have ever seen. Not only did it not work as a horror movie for me, it didn't work AT ALL for me. There were so many plotholes in this movie, the character development made absolutely no sense but all this would have been forgivable if it would have been slightly entertaining. But it was the most boring movie i have ever seen and i literally would rather wtach paint dry for two hours then watch this extremely boring crap again. There was NOTHING shocking or terifying in this movie except how LAME and BORING it was!

[@CipherSerpico]

@@hanshandkante5055 Why would a Film about depression-be entertaining? Why would a Film about trauma and grief, after the death of family members-be “entertaining”? Why would a Film about the devastation of an entire family-be entertaining? It was “boring” to watch someone traumatized from the death of their little sister? It was boring to see someone realize that their little sister had just been decapitated? It was boring to see what it would be like to have to tell your parents-that your sister was dead? It was boring to see someone grieving over the death of their mother and their child? It was boring to see someone suffer-because they could not help their mother stop suffering? You found those things “boring”? It’s “not scary” to think about those things?

[@hanshandkante5055]

@@CipherSerpico Classical STRAW MAN FALLACY here. I have no problems with depressing movies but that was NOT was this movie was all about. It was a movie about a family of cultists who worshipped an entity called Paimon and who dedicated their whole life to find a human host for him. All the family grieve and trauma stuff was not adding anything substantial to the story and was shoved into the original horror plot in a totally uninspired way - and THIS is what makes it boring. Once again, Midsommar - wich is ALSO about lost and grief - is one of my favorite horror movies ever. But in Midsommar all these metaphorical horror elements add depht to the realistic scenario and trauma and give the story a kind of meta level - it all works perfectly together. But in Hereditary the realistic parts and the more supernatural parts don't add up. Its almost like they are from two different movies and it just doesn't work for me. Also i use the term enterteining in a wider sense. Every good movie is entertaining for me even if its disturbing or depressing. Not in a way that i enjoy seeing others suffering but in a way that i can empathise with them. Thats why people watch horror movies in the first place.

[@CipherSerpico]

@@hanshandkante5055 I said the movie was scary. _You said_ the movie was “boring” and “not scary”. I named a bunch of things in the movie, which I find “scary” & “not-boring”; Then, I asked you if you found those things “not scary” & “boring”. And I asked how a movie involving those things-can be entertaining. That has literally nothing to do with a “straw man fallacy”. Knowing a term, doesn’t mean you understand it. Calling something “a fallacy”-doesn’t make it a fallacy. _That’s_ a fallacy.

[@hanshandkante5055]

@@CipherSerpico Dude, you literally put something i never wrote into quotation marks - that is the EPITOME of a strawman fallacy. Making up arguments that never were my in the first place. "Not scary"? Where exactly did i say this? I said "BORING". On top you yet use ANOTHER straw man fallacy by telling me that i was wrong about the quality of the movie by calling it boring because negative emotions of film characters can according to you never be entertaining. But i was not crizising the fact that part of the plot were built around personal guilt, fear and trauma of the characters - i was critizising the fact that these parts were flimsy written, unlogical and did ad nothing to the initial "Paimon" plot line. It was sort of overloaded - as if the director was not sure wether to make a mythological supernatural horror movie or a family drama. Apart from the fact that it is utter nonsense that negative emotions of movie characters can never be entertaining because negative emotions are literally part of ANY action, war, drama or horror movie it is also a direct contradiction to your statement that the film was NOT boring. One one hand you say the movie was not boring on the other hand you argue that the parts of the plot that evolve around personal lost, guilt and trauma are not entertaining at all - Exactly what i was saying! The only difference is that you argue that it is impossible to show negative emotion of movie characters in an entertaining way and i beg to differ on that.

[@Paulafan5]

I liked the first 2 VHS films. The stories were so vastly different from each other and you weren't sure where the stories were going. Also, they fix the problem with found footage films and just cut out the 1 hour of boring stuff and cut to the third act for each story. Not all of them are winners, but there are some good ones in there.

[@Likethisjob]

Been a big fan of conan since 93. I preach all these jump scare horror movies are a one trick pony. With the exception of the vvitch, hereditary, and midsomer which are probably the best 3 in the last 15 years. To my surprise conan mentioned all 3 of my more recent favorites! I knew I liked this guy for a reason! 🤣🤘🦇👻

[@donreed]

My favorite horror movie of all time was "Conan In The Tonight Show Massacre"!

[@cooltoad7828]

Aaaahhhh...Conan + Horror movies! Two of my most favourite things! ❤️🖤Am i dreaming!?😭

[@grokeffer6226]

I'm not really into horror movies, but Psycho, The Birds, The Exorcist, Jaws and Alien were all pretty good.

[@PatrickWDunne]

Great taste

[@hanshandkante5055]

Jaws is a bad joke and one of the most idiotic movies of all times. Countless scientists have made documentaries to show people that sharks are no "evil" monsters but have an important purpose in the oceans eco system - along comes Steven Spielberg and destroys all their efforts with one stupid movie. Now all kinds of idiots kill sharks for "sport" because they think of them as "evil" because they saw that idiotic movie. On top this movie was boring as hell.

[@grokeffer6226]

@@hanshandkante5055 Jaws is widely considered to be one of the best suspense movies of all time. Nobody is going out and killing sharks because of it.

[@a.t.3192]

@@hanshandkante5055 You can say it's a pernicious or harmful story, but it's objectively excellent as a film.

[@a.t.3192]

@@hanshandkante5055 lol alright

[@pho3nix-]

Alien is still a great horror movie. Terminator as well.

[@quietastronaut]

I fangirled when he mentioned The Blair Witch Project. I watched it for the first time in like 10 years the other week and I understand why it haunted me all this time.

[@MrFredericandre]

I fall asleep to conans podcasts. Sometimes I laugh in my sleep, to be nice.

[@LMarti13]

I love how NO ONE picked up on Gourley calling Mike Myers charming

[@cgbj2416]

Love Team Coco so much

[@blougras]

Ah man. The Witch was amazing. Completely agree. Midsommar was almost too disturbing for me.

[@modano182]

The Wailing for me is the greatest horror film of all time...and it's a modern flick too.

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

Never woulda expected Conan to have seen or enjoyed "the VVITCH" That movie is amazing. And midsommar as well

[@dab_family9405]

They should watch Bone Tomahawk. Super creepy movie that doesn't show much initially.

[@ashkash89]

Conan literally popped off with all my top horror movied

[@rhapsodyinglue8758]

Tbh I was hoping/waiting for Matt or Coco to bring up Mothman Prophesies. Talk about suspense. That one flew right under the radar.

[@PersephoneRising333]

_“. . . wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"_ 🐐

[@OttoSomething]

I would pay money for a "Conan and friends talk about movies" podcast.

[@rosebouquet7501]

the first Halloween is terrifying

[@massi6528]

Watch Japanese "Ring" (1998), Thai movie "Shutter" (2004), "The Changeling" with George C. Scott, "The Innocents" (1961), and "The Thing" with Kurt Russell, then we'll talk!

[@johnmacaspac410]

This setup is so awesome!!

[@tommyrq180]

Watch Gourley’s appearance on “Drunk History.” It’s a classic. And reminiscent of this performance.

[@dreamstever]

Great suggestion!

[@HolySpicoli]

What is Wilson Phillips favorite fruit????

[@micahclawrence]

If anyone here likes hard to describe horror, I wholeheartedly recommend the Korean film The Wailing. Go in with no preconceived notions for the best experience. Just know it has a high 90’s RT score for a reason.

[@CipherSerpico]

I just got that on Blu Ray. I haven’t watched it yet, but I’m really excited to. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.

[@cynthiadiaz6325]

The Wailing gave me nightmares for weeks. Chilling horror movie

[@DavidArriola]

Exactly what Conan says is what I find scary in movies too.

[@daveigh]

i use Conan as my playlist for putting me to sleep.

[@sleepyaccountant3193]

Oh! Nice, first time hearing these movies hahah Thanks everyone for your recommendations

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

Damn Conan has the coolest stuff. That's a resonator guitar btw, or "steel guitar".

[@wes8723]

Easily The Thing is for me the best horror movie ever .. I love the 80s horror movies .. the newer ones aren't bad, but many of them are more drama or thrillers than horror movies.. Hereditary has a very good first half, but the second half was for me personally laughable, a 40-something woman crawling around the ceiling was too funny for me and many others in the theater when we watched the movie and too much stupid horror cliches.. the ending was nice though

[@criticallol3039]

I felt slightly educated by the end of this podcast clip! I will not stand for this affront to my sensibilities! I listen to Conan and the Chill Chums for chill escapism not to be threatened by the possibility of the chance of actually, maybe learning something, irregardless of how trivial it may appear!

[@1rwjwith]

I agree with Conan regarding horror movies…the Exorcist, Hereditary…etc are the spooky ones…monsters, killers etc don’t really scare me. Mostly I don’t watch them MIDSOMMAR ..pissed me off more than scared me!

[@henokhsatrio8804]

The VVitch is the best horror movie of all time for me. Love Conan mentioned it. :)

[@moviehound864]

I love the set up of this podcast. So cool💪🏻

[@amysson5151]

Elevated horror just means psychological. Halloween 1978 was Elevated horror, as was The Changeling, The Haunting of Hill House, The House on Haunted Hill, Wait Until Dark, The Shining, The Uninvited, and so many more. It’s not a new thing.

[@unkindestcut]

I think “Elevated Horror” is just a return to the traditional horror story, the kind that filmmakers used to make before they got hung up on slashers, jump scares, and franchises.

[@bladempale1751]

The Witch, Marty’s, the Babadook and Itchi the killer. Top tier horror right there!

[@hanssolo2166]

I love this! Conan! Please do Hot Ones show! Colbert had the host on his show years ago. If he could eat spicy wings, so can you!

[@officegossip]

I agree with Conan. Atmosphere is killer but when it comes to slasher flicks, nowadays a lot of movies get it wrong. I prefer the cheese and practical effect fun of older 80s horror movies. Slasher flicks aren’t really “scary” per say, they’re enjoyed for their dumb gory fun and low brow cult appeal.

[@tinalevan1984]

Hereditary is phenomenal.

[@HerrDurkslag]

I am pleasantly surprised at Conan's picks, could not agree more. Blair Witch Project gets a bad rap in some circles but it really is a great example of horror done simply through earie atmosphere and expository setup. The Witch is fantastic and Robert Eggers has only gotten better as a filmmaker since, and Ari Aster is currently one of my absolute favourite directors working right now. There is no scarier storyteller than your own mind and some of the scariest horror is the horror that is imagined, rather than shown.

[@jw674]

Oh man it slowly turned into a Gourley and Rust episode and I loved it.

[@dbunik44]

I remember watching the Halloween movies for Jamie Lee Curtis, I've had a crush on her for years

[@pgbrayan]

YES CONAN KNOWS HIS MOVIES !!!! 🔥

[@lilyhensby]

Now we need to see the three of you WATCH those movies for the reactions! ❤

[@wolfymoon6188]

Please please release the entire video version 🥺

[@jwhittington78]

Absolutely agree. Funny because I literally watched this clip 5 minutes after watching Saint Maud. I’d put it in the middle of the A24 pack but Hereditary, Midsommar, and The Witch are modern classics.

[@LPChipi]

I came looking for Hereditary, got pleasently surprised with the VVitch as well

[@TalonsOfFire]

Very cool to learn that Conan digs The Witch, Hereditary, and Midsommar! He'd probably enjoy It Follows too.

[@tony6795]

It Follows is so good!

[@CashDayYoung]

Deliverance was the scariest movie of all time. Was the only movie that disturbed and scared me

[@JAPelicano1]

I'm with Conan. Masked killers aren't scary to me, but anything relating to the supernatural (demons, possession) TERRIFY me. Something you CANNOT see and cannot touch that can just take you at any moment. The Exorcist, Paranormal Activity (the first one), and in my opinion, the scariest movie of all time...The Conjuring.

[@AndyFelbab]

Reason #87 why Conan and I would be great friends, we have the same exact taste in horror movies.

[@thejawgz6719]

As much as I love movies like Midsommar and Hereditary, I hate the trend they started. So many horror movies today try and fail to be “elevated,” nearly always to their detriment.

[@headlight31]

LMAO THEY ARE DRUNK! More of this!

[@Sunprism]

I feel like you should add Vivarium to that list and you got a big five of "New place, somethings wrong...no it's not just ghosts, that's boring"

[@grkpektis]

I personally think realistic sci-fi horror like Black Mirror is much scarier than anything on the news. I think it comes from the fear we all have that no matter how horrible the world is it can always get so much worse in the future especially with tech

[@jeremyjohnfauvel]

This is the kind of studio set that would be perfect for JRE.

[@MrMetallidude]

First time I see this setup outdoors. Very cosy.

[@kevinw712]

what do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhinoceros? ELEPHINO! -my go-to quickie joke for decades now

[@AriSellassie]

Midsommar isn’t just a great horror movie it’s also a great movie

[@jeremyjohnfauvel]

I have no idea how people can hate on Ari Aster or Robert Eggers’ films. They’re all so meticulous and unique.

[@destroyermaker]

Apostle is another great one to add to that list. Arguably not horror but similar vibes.