is one of the best TV characters of all time. 

Agreed!

He is fantastic, as are 90% of the characters in that series.

Go watch Treme and Generation Kill also, both are made by the same crew that did The Wire. I know nonentity keeps mentioning it but he has good reason :) 

Tried to get into it, but it didn't work for me. Enjoyed Gen. Kill immensily though. 

It was 'cos gen kill wasn't about black people right? Damn racist! 

Me? 

good call :) 

off the top of my head I'd say Antichrist (possibly the best horror movie since The Shining), Let The Right One In (swedish vampire thing, subtitles), Altered (best take on the "gray aliens" ever filmed), The Descent (for some reason the heroine's memory of her son's birthday party is the creepiest shit), I thought the original Hostel was decent if you read into it the "shock therapy" capitalism of post-Soviet eastern Europe, I'm sure I'm forgetting many, but actually good (disturbing in an artisticaly defensible way) horror movies (as opposed to "torture porn sequel 15") are hard to find.

looking for reccomendations, if anyone has any. 

The Ring that was pretty good, the tv scene was so fucked up, the idea of shit that just does not make sense, is awesome. 

I also found "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" and "The Fourth Kind" very creepy. 

I'll totally check those out
been reading this also, seen most of them
http://blog.moviefone.com/2007/10/31/best-horror-movies/ 

if they're going to include recent-ish films on that list (and stuff with fucked up gender implications like Let the Right One in) where the fuck is Antichrist? too controversial? This is horror! Honestly that is one of the most beautifully fucked up films of all time. 

Horror films that I've liked to varying degrees from the last 5-10 yrs :

High Tension
A Tale of Two Sisters
Martyrs (first half, not convinced on second yet)
[REC]
Session 9
Wolf Creek

Films with horror elements that I've liked to varying degrees from the last 5-10 yrs:

The Devil's Backbone
Pan's Labyrinth
Thirst
The Chaser
Perfume - Story of a Murderer

Havent seen Antichrist yet. But otherwise you've already got the main ones (dont agree with Hostel though). Triangle was missing though :) 

you're basically the resident film buff here so that many reccomendations is awesome.

I don't know whether I'd call triangle (or timecrimes for that matter) horror... other than that one AMAZING frame (and the idea) I'm not sure I'd call it horror.

Pan's Labryinth was awesome, though I'm not sure I'd call it horror either, except the feast scene. Perfume is awesome - the book is awesome, and the movie is a decent version of it - it's a very psychopathic view of life (pain and pleasure are all push-buttons for survival - a disturbing and ultimately true view of existence)

Session 9 is fucking sweet. I remember one critic calling it "a cross between The Shining and The Blair Witch Project."

So everything you listed I either love, or haven't seen. Now I have a list of things to see, thanks. Especially appropriate on Halloween when the evil spirits of aborted fetuses return to fuck with the living and so forth (or etc). 

yeah that's why Pan is in the 'films with horror elements section'. Triangle would go there too :)

Just some comments on some of the others :

High Tension - pretty much the ultimate slasher flick till you hit the ending.

Martyrs - very strong first half, the second half has had very mixed reactions from people I know. I personally dont like it, others think it made the movie.

[REC] - nifty take on the zombie movie. And it reminded me I forgot to throw 28 weeks later on the list.

Wolf Creek - very effective slasher flick.

Devil's Backbone - similar to Pan's, imagery is not so fantastical though, but equally surreal.

Thirst - more of a black comedy, but interesting take on the vampire film.

The Chaser - one of the best thrillers in years. 

Paranormal Activity also creeped me the hell out, its great if you like the "handheld camera" movies. Even if you don't, I'm pretty sure you will like this! 

looking around on that site you linked tronyn, seems someone is remaking hellraiser? 

Thought I'd share something: http://i50.tinypic.com/2lm3290.jpg 

no way! 

Machete
Was super great fun! Some bits were just too silly, other a bit too gory but I thoroughly enjoyed it like few other movies recently. Everything fits. Nice soundtrack.

Pervaddendum: was that really Jessica alba nude? seemed like a not-very-double to me. 

that doesnt really make sense at all. At least I hope it is japanese.

and Angel Heart remake? The movie is only about 20 years old FFS. 

85% of those are going to suck.
The Thing should never be remade - it's pretty much perfect for what it is.
Angel Heart... I'm sure that'll be messed up somehow - I bet they make Rourke the devil this time...

Also Footloose - if they don't get a kenny loggins soundtrack, that movie is gonna blow. 

Oh fuck, no :( 

No she wasn't really naked, it was CG. She was actually wearing underwear, but they just did a cg pass over her. They gave her a cg tummy tuck too. =/ I know when I found out I felt betrayed. 

is already a remake:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World

I once read that Anthony Perkins ("Psycho") played the part of the monster, but Wikipedia doesn't mention it. 

The movie is only about 20 years old FFS.

There's a Nikita series remake on right now, when the original series only ended in 2001.

Also, it's terrible.