I'm a fan of more "classic" horror movies and I am really disapointed with most of what has been produced for the past 5 to 10 years. I personally believe Hostel was the biggest disapointment because it had an absolutely terrifying idea (if you have the money you can pay to do absolutely anything) but an awful execution which focused on gore rather than what was actually frightening.
It is difficult to suggest anything because the "cheese" factor in many of the older movies takes away the fear; it is the unfortunate side effect of putting gore into movies because the effects will constantly get better and what was once "gross" becomes "cheesy". Candyman and Pumpkin Head were both fairly good; The Shining, Jaws, Alien, Aliens, The Thing and (the original) The Fog are classics.
