You mentioned The Weather Man. I love this movie and find it incredibly underrated. Such a brilliant, offbeat, and relatable dramedy. Nic Cage is my favorite actor. My favorite movies of his are: Adaptation., Leaving Las Vegas, Lord Of War, The Rock, and The Weather Man. He always chooses interesting projects. I love how he switches between offbeat art fare and mainstream epics.
Anyways, horror is one of my favorite genres as well, along with slice-of-life drama and political thriller. My least favorite kind of movie is gross-out comedy. Humor involving feces, urine, or vomit... pass!
I was disappointed by Exorcist: The Beginning. I thought it was too all-over-the-map. For the first hour, it's a slow-moving theological thriller, then, all of a sudden, it's a gorefest. I thought its 'sister movie,' Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist, was better.
I'm glad you enjoyed it though.