I want recommendations, please -- I'm not that well versed in the genre. Give me your top 5 or just your recommendations.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (people who dont think this is a horror movie weren't paying attention)
2. Tale of Two Sisters
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. The Thing
5. The Ring

Honorable mention: Identity

A top 5 is a bit difficult for me, but here's some choices I greatly enjoy:

1. Near Dark
2. Martin
3. Re-Animator
4. Manhunter
5. Suspiria

Near Dark is so excellent.

I want to check out the rest of your list. Thank you.

the ring fucked me up something fierce and i'm pretty much done with horror movies as a result. parts of that movie are just burned into my brain and the stuff that bothered me wasn't even scary, like the part in the actual ring video where the woman is brushing her hair and turns around. that just creeped me out. it was kind of like when i watched willy wonka as a kid and in the boat ride scene with the centipede crawling across the guy's face. i don't know, anyway, carry on.

Audition
Ringu
Saw
Nightmare on Elmstreet
Hellraiser