Ravenous! I ❤ that movie! It's perfect! Dramatic, captivating, hilarious, visually beautiful, great musical score, great performances. I think I'm gonna go look it up and see where it's streaming...
That one cave scene in Bone Tomahawk is the most disturbing minute I’ve ever witnessed on film - if you’ve seen it you know exactly what I’m talking about. It really affected me when I saw it for the first time and has stuck w me to this day.
10. "The Pale Door" (2020) 9. "Ghosts of the Ozarks" (2021) 8. "Organ Trail" (2023) I've seen this "I'm gonna get my horse back no matter who has it!" movie. 7. "Dead Birds" (2004) 6. "The Wind" (2018) 5. "The Burrowers" (2008) 4. "Westworld" (1973) 3. "Ravenous" (1999) 2. "Brimstone" (2016) I think I've seen this movie, but the jangled timeline is something else. 1. "Bone Tomahawk" (2015)
Hey, thank you for the time it took to put this list up. I'll get halfway through watching these shows and then it strikes me, "Wait, what was the name of that one I liked a few back?"😊
@@Otokichi786 the ones I've seen on this list are Ravenous, Brimstone, and Bone Tomahawk. All of them were great. Ravenous and Bone Tomahawk were maybe a couple notches better than Brimstone imo. But all three are worth a watch.
I would make a case for Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter . On its surface it comes across as a traditional revenge western.But it subtlety has a supernatural undertone with Eastwood's character being a spirit of revenge returned to punish those who lead to his demise.Sort of like The Crow but in the old west .
@@keithb4077 agree with you on BT. It's only fame to glory is that ONE scene. The rest is forgettable except for the bit of dialog Mathew Fox says in regards to smart men and marriage.
Definitely some horror elements in that one. The scene with Aaron Eckhart boiled alive in the animal skin has always stuck with me. Dark and grounded in reality. Brutal. Good call.
That was the 1st DVD I ever owned. I lent it to someone and they returned the case, but ironically, the disc was Missing. Now it's missing from this list :)
The Missing walks the line between being a thriller and a horror film. I tend to see it as a thriller, but the Aaron Eckhart death reveal is about as horrific a scene put to film.
What I absolutly LOVE in Bone Tomahawk is the almost not existing soundtrack/music. The movie just leaves you alone and doesn't tell you how to feel. Makes the ambush where the one of the guys (not sure who) gets shot with an arrow so damn surprising
I was trying to pinpoint why I liked that movie so much, and that may very well be why. I didn’t feel like I was watching a movie, but it felt like I was reading a very vivid book. The absence of a soundtrack really left my imagination to run wild. I really felt like I was standing right there in the Wild West and anything could happen at any second
Ravenous is a fantastic film. I've seen it a few times and it just gets better with each watch. The acting is superb. Bone Tomahawk is my second favorite, it's just so raw and brutal! Great list, have subscribed
John Carpenters Vampires had a Western vibe. The music score and setting along with James Woods as Jack Crow has gunslinger approach to killing vampires
The correct answer is no, their isn’t a better horror western than Bone Tomahawk, it’s probably one of my favourite movies period!, thank you for this list!, for more non movie horror/western stuff check out S. Craig Zahlers novels (he wrote and directed Bone Tomahawk) and the “splatter western” book series 🤠
Bone Tomahawk finally made me understand why God would allow terrible things to happen to good people. It's because it's entertaining. "Go ahead you little idiots, you can do whatever you want!"
It's not a "western" western but it IS a great show. There are so many great lines in it and the 3 leads from Aliens are great. "Well I'll be. Shitkicker heaven" "You don't want the beer? No honey, the drinks on me"
Good list but I think Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter deserves a mention. Not sure if you would call it a horror but the revenge aspect combined with the question of was he the devil or vengeful spirit is pretty damn good. One of my faves for sure
Jim Jarmusch's 1995 movie 'Dead Man' is a good runner up for horror western, or at least effed up western. I'd also add Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens as a runner up. It could have easily become a silly action movie, but maintained suspense and tension throughout.
"Dead Man" is definitely a good watch, especially for fans of the director's other films. However, I would consider it more akin to a contemplative, dark comedy-of-errors rather than a horror.
This is actually a very good selection as it includes some art house efforts. Loving both westerns and horror, this is an intoxicating mix for me. It is a pity that many of the films in this hybrid genre, do not have the budget to do the ideas justice. I remember watching 'Bone Tomahawk' when it debuted at the London Film Festival some years back. I don't think anybody in the audience was expecting the viewing experience they got. There are a couple of scary anthology films that may belong here, 'Grim Prairie Tales' 1990 and 'Into the Badlands' 1991. Watched both on VHS back in the day and can recommend them to fans.
Bone Tomahawk is the most effectively horrifying movie I've ever seen. The realism of the scenes -- especially the cave scenes -- is chilling. There are probalby no words to adequately describe it. A brilliant piece of filmmaking.
Bone Tomahawk was an awesome movie. It kept the viewer glued to the screen, frightening, sickening despairing and hopeful. I'm so glad it ended the way it did 4 stars
A few years ago I was on Amazon Prime looking for a scary movie..I was then surprised to see a western mixed in with all the horror movies in the playlist. I clicked on it to see why with a good dose of why not thrown in. By the end I then knew why. That movie was Bone Tomahawk
Excellent list! Thank you! 😊 I would concur with your ranking of “Bone Tomahawk” as #1. It is not just a great horror western, it is one of the most genuinely disturbing films that I have ever seen. It ranks with Miike’s 1999 “The Audition” in that regard. This list got me to subscribe to your channel. 😊
Bone Tomahawk is unforgettable. I haven't mustered up the courage to rewatch it yet because I dread that one specific scene so very much. Everbody who saw the movie probably knows what I'm talking about.
great list. i've seen about half of these and can attest that bone tomahawk, ravenous, dead birds and the burrowers are as great as advertised. i think high plains drifter definitely qualifies. also a spaghetti western called and god said to cain is rich is gothic horror atmosphere that feels a like a mario bava film.
Wish I could unsee Bone Tomahawk. Yes, that scene late in the film is THAT disturbing. Funny story: one Thanksgiving the family was arguing over what movie to rent and watch together. Somehow we chose Bone Tomahawk, and wasn’t that a surprising choice??!
Thumbs up for putting Brimstone so high. For me, it's by far, the best film of this bunch. I'd even go as far as saying it's my favorite movie from 2010s.
Ravenous ist just so eerie, tense, surprising, terrifying, funny and unpredictable. The acting is top notch, the music absolutely bonkers. And it is also a very deep and meaningful film about the greed and primal fears of men. There is not a thing I would change. Would rank it in my top 5 ever.
It's easy to see this list was made Bone Tomahawk in mind. One of my favorite movies. We all know that one scene but there's so much more to the film. Matthew Fox was incredible in it🔥
Cool video, my friend. Thank you for some new recommendations. I completely missed a few of those films you mentioned. So they’re on my list now and will be checked out at my earliest convenience
I don’t know if you even considered it, but The Proposition should be on this list as well in my opinion. Also Bone Tomahawk is my favorite movie of all time and we need more movies like it.
@@PeculiarNotions yea the one scary scene in Westworld is when the gunfighter shoots the friend of the main guy. The main guy says “oh my god.” And the gunfighter smiles. It’s more science fiction based than horror.
@@jessediaz1293 I don't have a problem at all with a science-fiction-western-horror story. It's just a little odd to me that Westworld is on here but High Plains Drifter isn't. Then again, it's not my list. I'm just here chatting with like-minded folks.
Django the Bastard is great. I think it is way better than it's copycat High Plains Drifter. I don't quite consider either one of them horror westerns though since in both of them you have a character that might be a ghost, but you never know for sure.
Bone Tomahawk was one of the few movies that actually rattled me when I saw it. It left me haunted at the end. My wife fell asleep halfway through and when she woke up was like, "What did I miss?" Me: "Oh, uh ... nothing."
A great summary. I highly rate Brimstone as it's extremist behaviours could have been experienced in the old west, aside from the trivia that there is a darker sub-plot for The Reverend (think Sleepy Hollow). Also a long time fan of Dakota Fanning but truly think her younger counterpart Emilia Jones stole the show. Also the movie that introduced Guy Pearce and Carice van Houten, now married!
Perhaps more psycho-thriller, but I kind of like "Diablo" with Scott Eastwood. Most describe his character as post war PTSD, but I like to think of the movie as kind of like a split-personality horror western myself. I enjoyed it, at any rate and think Scott has potential to go far in the future. It's definitely worth once view in my book.
Not really readily available since its original release, I suggest Exit Humanity - a zombie western. Some of the acting is a bit...off...but the direction is great and combines the broad vistas of wilderness you find in Ravenous with the kind of scrub-brush homestead living of something like Unforgiven. Bonus points for extensive narration by Brian Cox and fantastic cameo appearances by Stephen McHattie and Bill Mosely. Unfortunately, I feel like the film came in the midst of The Walking Dead-era of zombie media that really emphasized the 'human survivors are more dangerous than zombies' philosophy (see 28 Days Later, any of Romero's zombie films) so I think a lot of critics found the overall plot somewhat trite. Still, a fantastic horror western!
2 of my favorite Western Horror movies Are Ginger snaps 3 the beginning. And Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter. And yes they're both as cheesy as they sound. You can't beat the classics vampires and werewolves especially for Halloween. The fight scene in the middle of a stampede is worth watching Abraham Lincoln the vampire slayer. I got the movie for a dollar.
I always wanted to see a classic monster movie set in the old west where one of the heroes is the Frankenstein monster. If you want a good horror/ action movie check out the 2004 Frankenstein with Parker Posey and Michael Madsen. That was inspired my idea of an old west Frankenstein
Bone Tomahawk was the movie that I could only look at two times the scene in the cave when they turn that man upside down and do their thing on it that was the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen on film horror at its finest and I grew up watching Bella Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and Boris Karloff! Kurt Russell with his Escape From movies, Big Trouble in Little China not to mention The Thing… but then I remember seeing him in the Disney movie Follow Me Boys! …we live in a strange world…
I've seen The Burrowers, Westworld, Ravenous and Bone Tomahawk and they were all good. Bone Tomahawk is a little slow but the last part of the movie is good. Going to check out the rest.
Yeah I have to admit. Bone Tomahawk is hands down the best weatern horror movie. Ravenous is a close second. But I’m a horror level. Everything from the part where they enter the caves is pure nightmare fuel.
Tremors is a western for sure, right? Ghosts of Mars is an underrated sci-fi western set on mars. Fun movie... expect nothing and you will be pleasently suprised. Ice Cube and a (young) Jason Statham make this Carpenter movie a diamond in the rough.
You’re missing a few classics in my opinion: Cut Throats Nine, Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent 1972 Four of the Apocalypse, Luchio Fulchi 1975 Django Kill…If You Live Shoot, Giulio Questi 1967
Ravenous was a pretty surprising movie. A friend kinda forced me to watch it, because I DID hear that it bombed. But im always uo fir a good movie, and he swore by it, and by the end of the film, I was a fan.
I feel like some honorable mentions might go to a couple of older westerns that many may not have seen. The Beguiled with Clint Eastwood may or may not qualify as horror, but it definitely has some disturbing aspects. Another movie that owes much more to classic horror movies is Curse of the Undead for 1959. If you have a thing for Bella Legosi, you'll definitely find something interesting in it.
High Plains Drifter was a supernatural horror western. It isn't until you watch it a few times when you realize he's actually the dead marshall come back for vengeance on the outlaws and the crooked towns people all while setting a few things right before he disappears into the desert. Both that and Pale Rider were Eastwood's supernatural westerns. In Pale Rider he was sent by god to punish the wicked and save the humble
Near Dark is an awesome vampire neo-western. Bill Paxton’s character Severen is basically the modern 1980s equivalent of some of the more unhinged and sadistic outlaw villains you see in classic westerns too. He even slits someone’s throat with the spurs on his cowboy boots at one point. Speaking of neo-westerns, No Country For Old Men is amazing. It isn’t a horror film, but it has its fair share of nightmare fuel and bleak darkness. Especially with Javier Bardem’s character.
Bone Tomahawk was F'cking brutal. It was like infusing the innate violence or a Cormack McCarthy Western and 2000's torture porn movies like Hostel. Though i liked it a lot more than those 2000's films.
Exit Humanity is a very good zombie western; Blood Moon (2014) does a pretty good job as a werewolf western--probably the best blend of those genres we will get unless Guillermo del Toro ever makes his.
Completed unrelated, but I'm excitedly looking forward to a copy of The Naked Spur to arrive. Watched it years ago with my father. Lovely seeing Robert Ryan play somewhat against cast, and Jimmy Stewart's character having an ambiguity.
One of my favorite westerns. When I watched I thought it was gonna be 5/10 but it was amazing! I also recommend The Bravados with Gregory Peck, also low expectations...but what a movie
@@nemanjag9895 Yes! I think I remember watching The Bravados. A very young Joan Collins stars along side Peck, if my memory serves. Unfortunately, Turner Classic Movies was removed as a channel in this neck of the woods - miss it dearly for all the great classics that it showed, including many great, great Westerns.
The Bravados (1958) is so mean-spirited one of the Three Stooges ("Curly Joe") commits off screen murder then knifes a sheriff in the back. Also one of my favorite westerns.
Ravenous is a masterpiece. Not only a great horror/western but in my opinion top 20 greatest horror movies of all time
Ravenous! I ❤ that movie! It's perfect! Dramatic, captivating, hilarious, visually beautiful, great musical score, great performances. I think I'm gonna go look it up and see where it's streaming...
I love that film! It’s haunting.
I came here to post this XD Ravenous is straight-up flawless in delivering what it promises. The fight at the climax is nail-bitingly intense.
@TheMightyPika I just looked I said top 20 didn't give it enough credit, top 5 for sure.
Absolutely agree.
That one cave scene in Bone Tomahawk is the most disturbing minute I’ve ever witnessed on film - if you’ve seen it you know exactly what I’m talking about. It really affected me when I saw it for the first time and has stuck w me to this day.
Nobody forgets that scene
I totally agree with you!
That sick scene is the first thing that came to mind when _Bone Tomahawk_ was mentioned in this video.
Yep
Bone Tomahawk is in my collection, but I have yet to watch it. I guess I'm in for a surprise or two, huh.
10. "The Pale Door" (2020)
9. "Ghosts of the Ozarks" (2021)
8. "Organ Trail" (2023) I've seen this "I'm gonna get my horse back no matter who has it!" movie.
7. "Dead Birds" (2004)
6. "The Wind" (2018)
5. "The Burrowers" (2008)
4. "Westworld" (1973)
3. "Ravenous" (1999)
2. "Brimstone" (2016) I think I've seen this movie, but the jangled timeline is something else.
1. "Bone Tomahawk" (2015)
Hey, thank you for the time it took to put this list up. I'll get halfway through watching these shows and then it strikes me, "Wait, what was the name of that one I liked a few back?"😊
@@sharonpopolow6874 I do it to see if there's something worth seeing, or if I've seen it before.;)
@@Otokichi786 the ones I've seen on this list are Ravenous, Brimstone, and Bone Tomahawk. All of them were great. Ravenous and Bone Tomahawk were maybe a couple notches better than Brimstone imo. But all three are worth a watch.
Appreciate all the work
Revelation Trail is another one. It’s a zombie western, really wordy and poetic, maybe not for everyone.
I would make a case for Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter . On its surface it comes across as a traditional revenge western.But it subtlety has a supernatural undertone with Eastwood's character being a spirit of revenge returned to punish those who lead to his demise.Sort of like The Crow but in the old west .
Ravenous was always a critically underrated gem. I absolutely love the theme music for the movie since it gets stuck in your head!
Damon Albarn from blur and gorrilaz wrote the music.
For fans of Bone Tomahawk that may not know, the writer/director also wrote a Western novel called A Congregation of Jackals that is VERY good.
Thanks. I'm gonna look that up.
Zahler also has a great Goodreads profile, reviewing and rating tons and tons of new and obscure(-ish) pulp.
@@Zuckerbrot78 Oh I'll definitely have to check that out, thanks, good shout!
Is that the one with the scorpions? Awesome read. I also recommend it.
Wraiths of the Broken Land is great, too.
Of course Bone Tomahawk like everyone else agrees, but for me Ravenous is def number two, being a great movie on its own right.
Both Burrowers and Dead Birds are far better films, westerns, and horrors than BT. I'd give them each about a B+, whereas BT is a flaccid C-
@@keithb4077 ur comment is controversial enough to make me curious. nothing better on my towatch list so i'll check them out :) thanks
@@keithb4077 agree with you on BT. It's only fame to glory is that ONE scene. The rest is forgettable except for the bit of dialog Mathew Fox says in regards to smart men and marriage.
Bone tomahawk is white man propaganda
@@raycar9827 oh god
The Missing with Cate Blanchett has some supernatural elements. I don't know if you really can call it horror, but it is awesome. I recommend it.
Definitely some horror elements in that one. The scene with Aaron Eckhart boiled alive in the animal skin has always stuck with me. Dark and grounded in reality. Brutal. Good call.
Very Good , Horror Western. Good Call.
That was the 1st DVD I ever owned. I lent it to someone and they returned the case, but ironically, the disc was Missing. Now it's missing from this list :)
The Missing walks the line between being a thriller and a horror film. I tend to see it as a thriller, but the Aaron Eckhart death reveal is about as horrific a scene put to film.
What I absolutly LOVE in Bone Tomahawk is the almost not existing soundtrack/music.
The movie just leaves you alone and doesn't tell you how to feel.
Makes the ambush where the one of the guys (not sure who) gets shot with an arrow so damn surprising
I was trying to pinpoint why I liked that movie so much, and that may very well be why. I didn’t feel like I was watching a movie, but it felt like I was reading a very vivid book. The absence of a soundtrack really left my imagination to run wild. I really felt like I was standing right there in the Wild West and anything could happen at any second
Ravenous is a fantastic film. I've seen it a few times and it just gets better with each watch. The acting is superb. Bone Tomahawk is my second favorite, it's just so raw and brutal! Great list, have subscribed
John Carpenters Vampires had a Western vibe. The music score and setting along with James Woods as Jack Crow has gunslinger approach to killing vampires
Yes, I agree with you that one has become my favorite vampire movie.
But it was sooo lame
The correct answer is no, their isn’t a better horror western than Bone Tomahawk, it’s probably one of my favourite movies period!, thank you for this list!, for more non movie horror/western stuff check out S. Craig Zahlers novels (he wrote and directed Bone Tomahawk) and the “splatter western” book series 🤠
Bone Tomahawk finally made me understand why God would allow terrible things to happen to good people. It's because it's entertaining. "Go ahead you little idiots, you can do whatever you want!"
A purist might complain, but my favorite horror western is Near Dark.
Yes. It's not a period western but it has western in its DNA. Bill Paxton and Lance Hendrickson gave a hell of a performance
It's not a "western" western but it IS a great show. There are so many great lines in it and the 3 leads from Aliens are great. "Well I'll be. Shitkicker heaven" "You don't want the beer? No honey, the drinks on me"
Good list but I think Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter deserves a mention. Not sure if you would call it a horror but the revenge aspect combined with the question of was he the devil or vengeful spirit is pretty damn good. One of my faves for sure
100% - solid ghost story.
The soundtrack to Ravenous is absolutely bonkers.
Fucking love that soundtrack!
The Nightingale takes place in Tasmania 1825 but certainly has some horror elements in it and a western frontier feel to it.
Yes, excellent film - more in tune with Organ Trail's horror vibe rather than supernatural.
I couldn’t finish that movie. I’ll take another run it it someday tho. 😑
@@rstock07 that scene that sets everything up was the one that made you turn it off I bet.
Jim Jarmusch's 1995 movie 'Dead Man' is a good runner up for horror western, or at least effed up western. I'd also add Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens as a runner up. It could have easily become a silly action movie, but maintained suspense and tension throughout.
"Dead Man" is definitely a good watch, especially for fans of the director's other films.
However, I would consider it more akin to a contemplative, dark comedy-of-errors rather than a horror.
Bone Tomahawk is a great and brutal movie. First time I watched it I was blown away. It’s so hardcore and real it’s like “Good Lord!”
I just saw Bone Tomahawk for the first time last week. Enjoyed it a lot.
Always thought Katherine Bigelow's Near Dark was a modern Western, an amazing film that re interpreted the vampire genre
Movie kicks ass. I didn't know she directed it.
It is SOOOOOOOO much better than "Lost Boys."
Yeah, I always believed that it would have been perfect for that setting. Good call👍🏿
Yes, a great film with the wonderful Bill Paxton..
would agree !
Bone tomahawk is by far one of the most underrated horror westerns ! Great movie!!
This is actually a very good selection as it includes some art house efforts. Loving both westerns and horror, this is an intoxicating mix for me. It is a pity that many of the films in this hybrid genre, do not have the budget to do the ideas justice. I remember watching 'Bone Tomahawk' when it debuted at the London Film Festival some years back. I don't think anybody in the audience was expecting the viewing experience they got. There are a couple of scary anthology films that may belong here, 'Grim Prairie Tales' 1990 and 'Into the Badlands' 1991. Watched both on VHS back in the day and can recommend them to fans.
Came to comment about Grime Prairie tales.
Easily beats most on the list.
Bone Tomahawk is the most effectively horrifying movie I've ever seen. The realism of the scenes -- especially the cave scenes -- is chilling.
There are probalby no words to adequately describe it.
A brilliant piece of filmmaking.
Bone Tomahawk was an awesome movie. It kept the viewer glued to the screen, frightening, sickening despairing and hopeful. I'm so glad it ended the way it did 4 stars
The Shadow of Chikara (1971) Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke is another atmospheric western that's worth a mention.
I had forgotten that one.
A few years ago I was on Amazon Prime looking for a scary movie..I was then surprised to see a western mixed in with all the horror movies in the playlist. I clicked on it to see why with a good dose of why not thrown in. By the end I then knew why. That movie was Bone Tomahawk
Excellent list! Thank you! 😊 I would concur with your ranking of “Bone Tomahawk” as #1. It is not just a great horror western, it is one of the most genuinely disturbing films that I have ever seen. It ranks with Miike’s 1999 “The Audition” in that regard. This list got me to subscribe to your channel. 😊
Let's make the term 'weird western' popular again.
Yessss 🖤🖤 Westworld, Ravenous, and Brimstone are some of my favorite movies probably of all time. 💀
Great video, thanks - haven't seen any of these, beyond Bone Tomahawk. Off I go then...
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bone Tomahawk is unforgettable. I haven't mustered up the courage to rewatch it yet because I dread that one specific scene so very much. Everbody who saw the movie probably knows what I'm talking about.
great list. i've seen about half of these and can attest that bone tomahawk, ravenous, dead birds and the burrowers are as great as advertised. i think high plains drifter definitely qualifies. also a spaghetti western called and god said to cain is rich is gothic horror atmosphere that feels a like a mario bava film.
Ravenous is brilliant. I love it. There’s a lot going on beneath the surface.
Wish I could unsee Bone Tomahawk. Yes, that scene late in the film is THAT disturbing. Funny story: one Thanksgiving the family was arguing over what movie to rent and watch together. Somehow we chose Bone Tomahawk, and wasn’t that a surprising choice??!
I never really considered Ravenous a western, but I guess it could be ---great movie either way
Thumbs up for putting Brimstone so high. For me, it's by far, the best film of this bunch. I'd even go as far as saying it's my favorite movie from 2010s.
Bone Tomahawk is flat out one of the most brutal movies I have ever seen. Scary too.
The Proposition is surprisingly bloody. There's one scene no one will ever forget and doesn't need explaining.
Ravenous ist just so eerie, tense, surprising, terrifying, funny and unpredictable. The acting is top notch, the music absolutely bonkers. And it is also a very deep and meaningful film about the greed and primal fears of men. There is not a thing I would change. Would rank it in my top 5 ever.
Broke back mountain is the scariest western I’ve ever seen
🤣🤣🤣
It's easy to see this list was made Bone Tomahawk in mind. One of my favorite movies. We all know that one scene but there's so much more to the film.
Matthew Fox was incredible in it🔥
He was. And I really liked Richard Jenkins.
Cool video, my friend. Thank you for some new recommendations. I completely missed a few of those films you mentioned. So they’re on my list now and will be checked out at my earliest convenience
Awesome, thank you!
I would add The White Buffalo to this list!
100%
How could they leave out Cowboys and Aliens?
It’s more of an action than horror.
I don’t know if you even considered it, but The Proposition should be on this list as well in my opinion. Also Bone Tomahawk is my favorite movie of all time and we need more movies like it.
West world and Ravenous are the best my favorites
I would also put Hot Snake (1974) and Django the Bastard (1968) on the list.
I’m surprised I didn’t see High Plains Drifter on the list.
Hot Snake was so weird but i think i liked it lol
I'm with you on High Plains Drifter, especially since Westworld is on the list.
@@PeculiarNotions yea the one scary scene in Westworld is when the gunfighter shoots the friend of the main guy.
The main guy says “oh my god.” And the gunfighter smiles.
It’s more science fiction based than horror.
@@jessediaz1293 I don't have a problem at all with a science-fiction-western-horror story. It's just a little odd to me that Westworld is on here but High Plains Drifter isn't. Then again, it's not my list. I'm just here chatting with like-minded folks.
Django the Bastard is great. I think it is way better than it's copycat High Plains Drifter. I don't quite consider either one of them horror westerns though since in both of them you have a character that might be a ghost, but you never know for sure.
TNT's "Purgatory" was a good ghost story western, though it isn't particularly a horror movie.
Bone Tomahawk is a must see. I watched it not knowing what it was about and it blew me away.
High Plains Drifter?
Why would this be considered horror? You are talking about the Clint Eastwood movie, right? Suspense, maybe...
Love Ravenous and Bone Tomahawk. The latter is haunting and sickeningly great.
Love Bone Tomahawk , also think Gallow walkers with Wesley Snipes is worth a mention
Check out "deadbirds" starring the kid from ET
great films in there bone tomahwok was a huge surprise for me, totally blew me away
GREAT VIDEO!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This genre’s so slept on and doesn’t get the attention it needs or deserves.
Saw "West World" (1973) durIng its original release. Not in the least a horror western-- or even a western. Enjoyable sci-fi satire.
Bone Tomahawk was one of the few movies that actually rattled me when I saw it. It left me haunted at the end. My wife fell asleep halfway through and when she woke up was like, "What did I miss?" Me: "Oh, uh ... nothing."
Bone Tomahawk scarred me for life lol
A great summary. I highly rate Brimstone as it's extremist behaviours could have been experienced in the old west, aside from the trivia that there is a darker sub-plot for The Reverend (think Sleepy Hollow). Also a long time fan of Dakota Fanning but truly think her younger counterpart Emilia Jones stole the show. Also the movie that introduced Guy Pearce and Carice van Houten, now married!
Perhaps more psycho-thriller, but I kind of like "Diablo" with Scott Eastwood. Most describe his character as post war PTSD, but I like to think of the movie as kind of like a split-personality horror western myself. I enjoyed it, at any rate and think Scott has potential to go far in the future. It's definitely worth once view in my book.
No Western has left me more disturbed than The Ridiculous 6... 😱
Ravenous is absolutely amazing.
Great list! The top 5 are "must watch" worthy. Specifically Ravenous and Bone Tomahawk. More lists like this please. :)
I LOVE Ravenous!
You left out Billy the Kid vs. Dracula
The finest example of the genre
Not really readily available since its original release, I suggest Exit Humanity - a zombie western. Some of the acting is a bit...off...but the direction is great and combines the broad vistas of wilderness you find in Ravenous with the kind of scrub-brush homestead living of something like Unforgiven. Bonus points for extensive narration by Brian Cox and fantastic cameo appearances by Stephen McHattie and Bill Mosely. Unfortunately, I feel like the film came in the midst of The Walking Dead-era of zombie media that really emphasized the 'human survivors are more dangerous than zombies' philosophy (see 28 Days Later, any of Romero's zombie films) so I think a lot of critics found the overall plot somewhat trite. Still, a fantastic horror western!
Check out "Blackwood" which came out a year or so ago. Set in the 1870's,with low budget but it tries very hard and looks pretty good.
Bone Tomahawk - obviously for the "cave scene" but more importantly, to me, was the very authentic dialogue and outstanding acting.
2 of my favorite Western Horror movies Are Ginger snaps 3 the beginning. And Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter. And yes they're both as cheesy as they sound.
You can't beat the classics vampires and werewolves especially for Halloween.
The fight scene in the middle of a stampede is worth watching Abraham Lincoln the vampire slayer.
I got the movie for a dollar.
I always wanted to see a classic monster movie set in the old west where one of the heroes is the Frankenstein monster. If you want a good horror/ action movie check out the 2004 Frankenstein with Parker Posey and Michael Madsen. That was inspired my idea of an old west Frankenstein
Fantastic list.
Good list
Going to have to catch up on some of these
Bone Tomahawk was the movie that I could only look at two times the scene in the cave when they turn that man upside down and do their thing on it that was the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen on film horror at its finest and I grew up watching Bella Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and Boris Karloff! Kurt Russell with his Escape From movies, Big Trouble in Little China not to mention The Thing…
but then I remember seeing him in the Disney movie Follow Me Boys! …we live in a strange world…
I've seen The Burrowers, Westworld, Ravenous and Bone Tomahawk and they were all good. Bone Tomahawk is a little slow but the last part of the movie is good. Going to check out the rest.
Yeah I have to admit. Bone Tomahawk is hands down the best weatern horror movie. Ravenous is a close second. But I’m a horror level. Everything from the part where they enter the caves is pure nightmare fuel.
I loved Bone Tomahawk but it was one of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever seen.
The Bone Tomahawk-that scalping scene was terrifying!!
Yep. Spot on.
Tremors is a western for sure, right?
Ghosts of Mars is an underrated sci-fi western set on mars. Fun movie... expect nothing and you will be pleasently suprised. Ice Cube and a (young) Jason Statham make this Carpenter movie a diamond in the rough.
Bone Tomahawk is five stars, easily. It has a little of everything. The strength of Love especially.
Brimstone is the best old western since Unforgiven. Its nearly perfect
Ravenous also has a beautiful soundtrack and music.
Bone Tomahawk is excellent!!! Rented it by accident years ago, stuck with it. Awesome thriller. Gory
Ravenous and Bone Tomahawk are absolutely amazing
Ravenous is the best film on this list. Love that film.
I’m addicted to the movie Ravenous.
Thanks for the kind words about “Organ Trail.” It was a lot of fun to write.
Ok so Horror Westerns is my new favourite genre.xx
Bone Tomahawk is a masterpiece. I actually couldn't sleep well for weeks after watching. Last time that happened...Alien.
You’re missing a few classics in my opinion:
Cut Throats Nine, Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent 1972
Four of the Apocalypse, Luchio Fulchi 1975
Django Kill…If You Live Shoot, Giulio Questi 1967
Ravenous was a pretty surprising movie. A friend kinda forced me to watch it, because I DID hear that it bombed. But im always uo fir a good movie, and he swore by it, and by the end of the film, I was a fan.
I feel like some honorable mentions might go to a couple of older westerns that many may not have seen. The Beguiled with Clint Eastwood may or may not qualify as horror, but it definitely has some disturbing aspects. Another movie that owes much more to classic horror movies is Curse of the Undead for 1959. If you have a thing for Bella Legosi, you'll definitely find something interesting in it.
i agree with the beguiled. more psychological horror but maybe the most terrifying film on the list. and beautifully made and acted.
High Plains Drifter was a supernatural horror western. It isn't until you watch it a few times when you realize he's actually the dead marshall come back for vengeance on the outlaws and the crooked towns people all while setting a few things right before he disappears into the desert. Both that and Pale Rider were Eastwood's supernatural westerns. In Pale Rider he was sent by god to punish the wicked and save the humble
Ravenous it's one of my fav movies ❤
What about High Planes Drifter? Clint Easter. This was so awesome, how can it not be mentioned here?
Some Supernatural elements. Good Call.
Near Dark is an awesome vampire neo-western. Bill Paxton’s character Severen is basically the modern 1980s equivalent of some of the more unhinged and sadistic outlaw villains you see in classic westerns too. He even slits someone’s throat with the spurs on his cowboy boots at one point.
Speaking of neo-westerns, No Country For Old Men is amazing. It isn’t a horror film, but it has its fair share of nightmare fuel and bleak darkness. Especially with Javier Bardem’s character.
I loved The Wind.
Bone Tomahawk was F'cking brutal. It was like infusing the innate violence or a Cormack McCarthy Western and 2000's torture porn movies like Hostel. Though i liked it a lot more than those 2000's films.
Bone Tomahawk, started slow; then went upside-down and nuts in the third act.
So what do you think is the best horror western of all time, or more specifically do you think there is one better than Bone Tomahawk? 🤔
Exit Humanity is a very good zombie western; Blood Moon (2014) does a pretty good job as a werewolf western--probably the best blend of those genres we will get unless Guillermo del Toro ever makes his.
Good to see the brilliant Yul Brynner get a mention, but what about Clint Eastwoods High Plains Drifter???
Certainly not a #1, but eh Burrowers was an interesting horror western worth a look, with a few familiar faces in
No Country for Old Men
RAVENOUS!!!!!!!!
Completed unrelated, but I'm excitedly looking forward to a copy of The Naked Spur to arrive. Watched it years ago with my father. Lovely seeing Robert Ryan play somewhat against cast, and Jimmy Stewart's character having an ambiguity.
One of my favorite westerns. When I watched I thought it was gonna be 5/10 but it was amazing!
I also recommend The Bravados with Gregory Peck, also low expectations...but what a movie
@@nemanjag9895 Yes! I think I remember watching The Bravados. A very young Joan Collins stars along side Peck, if my memory serves. Unfortunately, Turner Classic Movies was removed as a channel in this neck of the woods - miss it dearly for all the great classics that it showed, including many great, great Westerns.
The Bravados (1958) is so mean-spirited one of the Three Stooges ("Curly Joe") commits off screen murder then knifes a sheriff in the back. Also one of my favorite westerns.