# I'm Looking for Scary/Terrifying Movies That Aren't Drenched in Blood **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925 "2006-04-17T00:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/81 "2006-04-18T16:45:13Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ll second In the Mouth of Madness. And Burnt Offerings scared the youknowwhat out of me years ago. I don’t know if it still would, but it’s possible. I believe it would, **vivalostwages** , if only _because_ it scared the piss out of you when you saw it the first time. It’s possible that the reason I’m such a big fan is that it made quite an impression on me when I was young. When I watch it today, it takes me back to the terrified kid hunkered down in my seat. I’ve watched many, many horror movies since then and there are few things that hit me like that final scene. Oy. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/82 "2006-04-27T02:07:52Z")
I’m not sure if the OP would balk at it because it is fairly bloody (bloodier than I expected, anyway) but the new movie **Silent Hil** is pretty scary, even by my standards. There are rumors that it ends how it does to set up for sequels, and I’d watch them despite the gore. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/83 "2006-04-27T02:36:47Z")
I have to 100% second the recommendation for _The Thing_ . It’s a great movie all around, and some of the scenes still creep me out. I tend to not get scared by a lot of the modern horror movies, including the new influx of J-Horror in the US, but on my first viewing of The Thing a couple years ago I was astonished that such an old movie could give me the creeps. There’s just such a sense of isolation, it’s great. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/84 "2006-04-27T04:58:22Z")
I’m not a big fan of the horror genre, but one I remember from my youth is “Terror Train.” Maybe that’s because it featured the magician David Copperfield, who I had a big crush on at the time. 🙂 Another one the scared the cr@p out of me was the original 'Candyman." ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/85 "2006-04-27T06:58:51Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > **Audition** (in Japanese) … neek neek neek … :eek: It’s not exactly gory, but that one does contain a notably unpleasant torture scene! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/86 "2006-04-27T07:36:24Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Haven’t seen it, and I never will (the fact it was writen and directed by a convicted child molester, who molested an actor in the movie will keep me away thanks), but I also laughed at the description: “Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.” Can there be anything more trite, tired, and stupid? > > Let’s see: > > Halloween… check. > Alone teenagers… check. > Big, scary house… check. > Escaped mental patients… check. > Murders… check. > Clowns… check. > > Sounds more horrible, than horror. I was unaware of these facts and perhaps it should be invalid, truly. But experientially your stereotypes and assumptions are a bit unfounded. Obviously you haven’t seen it. It was primeval. Very frightening but not hackish. It really was freakish. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/87 "2006-04-27T12:01:38Z")
I just want to point that I’m mining this thread like a mofo. My movie queue is quite busy right now, thank you very much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/88 "2006-04-27T18:23:08Z")
It seems that my favorite horror movies are the ones that either nobody’s heard of or everyone thinks are utter crap. So, without further ado… Fallen. If you’ve ever watched Groundhog Day, “I’ve Got You Babe” is stuck in your head as a song to make you take a hammer to the nearest radio. For Fallen, “Time Is On My Side” makes me get edgy. The Devil’s Advocate. Because I have a real love of demon movies, apparently. And a soft spot for Al Pacino. Keanu is actually fairly believable as a smarmy, slightly sleazy, not too smart Southern defense lawyer. Se7en. There is gore, but for the most part it’s implied, and the creepiest parts of the movie aren’t really gory at all. My Shakespeare professor called it “a modern Passion Play.” Ghost Ship. From a purely eye-candy stance it has Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Marguiles, and Karl Urban. Also some actress I really don’t know playing Francesca, the extra-hot Italian lounge singer lady. If you dislike gore, however, do NOT watch the first… 5 minutes or so. Ninety percent of the gore is in that bit, and I was fetal in my chair cringing away from it. But I LOVE haunted ship movies. That said… Event Horizon. Freaked me out so badly when I first watched it that I wanted to leave the theater. The only reason I stayed was that my best friend at the time was mocking me for being disturbed. I don’t remember its gore level; something on the level of Aliens, IIRC. I loved In the Mouth of Madness and House on Haunted Hill, too. My favorite monster movie was… oh, I can’t recall the name. Something like War Dogs. It’s Scottish or Welsh, I can’t remember which of those either, about genetically engineered werewolves wreaking havoc. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/89 "2006-04-27T18:46:43Z")
Sorry for the hijack, but are the older or less known movies available for rental, and if so where? I just got back from Blockbuster (who I looooooathe) and of the 11 movies I had listed from this thread, the only one they had is “The Conversation”. Even then I didn’t end up renting it, because if you’d like me to pay $3.99 to rent a 30 year old movie, I’d like you to screw yourself(ya know BB, not any of _you_). So, do most of you own these goodies, are you simply remembering them from when they were new, or is there a secret source in the back of some wardrobe somewhere? ( I didn’t expect to find Seconds and The Attic, but those are the ones I’d like to see most). ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/90 "2006-04-27T20:57:09Z")
Why not pay $3.99 to rent a 30 year old movie if it’s a great movie? You pay the same price whether it was made one year ago or eighty years ago. The relevant factor should be the quality of the movie. Yes, you can see an old movie on TV, but you can also see a new movie on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/91 "2006-04-27T21:06:22Z")
[Netflix](http://www.netflix.com) has just about all of the movies mentioned in this thread. They have unlimited rental plans that start at $9.99/month, with no late fees. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/92 "2006-04-27T21:18:38Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Why not pay $3.99 to rent a 30 year old movie if it’s a great movie? You pay the same price whether it was made one year ago or eighty years ago. The relevant factor should be the quality of the movie. Yes, you can see an old movie on TV, but you can also see a new movie on TV. Not at Hollywood Video, or the independent stores that unfortunately don’t seem to exist any more. I suppose \*logically \* what you say makes sense, but somehow charging the same for that as the latest releases feels like a cheat. Does that make sense to anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/93 "2006-04-27T21:40:19Z")
In the “more creepy than scary” vein: The Collector Don’t Look Now Seance on a Wet Afternoon Bunny Lake is Missing All available via Netflix I think. Nobody does “creepy” better than the Brits! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/94 "2006-04-27T23:39:57Z")
TCM is screening\*\* Eye of the Devil\*\* at 1:15 am CST on Friday- seven hours from now. Sharon Tate has a minor role. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/95 "2006-04-27T23:40:31Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > not usually clasified as horror but **Jacobs Ladder** scary scary scary, you dont know what the hell is going on or why. I classify this film as horror: One of the most frightening movies I’ve ever seen. It does have some gore, though. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/96 "2006-04-28T01:46:07Z")
> [@haardvark](#): > > [The Changeling](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/) with George C. Scott. That’s the one I came here to recommend. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/97 "2006-04-28T01:59:14Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > I should add that **Funny Games** is an intensely disturbing film. It frequently gets mentioned whenever theres’s a “What’s the scariest/most disturbing film you’ve ever seen?” thread. > > Oh yeah, one other thing: it’s in German. I have to second Sublight’s recommendation of Funny Games. Still, [“the most disturbing piece of work I’ve ever seen”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=116204) ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/98 "2006-04-28T02:23:44Z")
> [@Little Plastic Ninja](#): > > Event Horizon. Freaked me out so badly when I first watched it that I wanted to leave the theater. The only reason I stayed was that my best friend at the time was mocking me for being disturbed. I don’t remember its gore level; something on the level of Aliens, IIRC. Uh…Event Horizon was super duper gory. Realistic type gore that was very well done if you like that stuff. Dismembered corpses. Limbs all over the place. One scene involving a discompessed airlock which was uber-gory and about 200 gallons of blood. There apparently was a deleted scene involving an orgy in Hell, involving uh…instruments of torture. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/99 "2006-04-28T02:42:37Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#): > > That’s the one I came here to recommend. I picked up a copy of this movie on this thread’s recommendation and just finished it roughly 5 minutes ago. Very, very good movie. Good call. Was a little jarring seeing Baltar playing a sheriff, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925/100 "2006-04-28T05:17:48Z")
I second “Strange Days” for very high on the creepy fascination meter. It was a strangely engrossing film - much better than its underexposure would lead you to believe. “Event Horizon” was pretty creepy, too - I do recall lots of blood and gore, though. My husband recommends “Se7en,” too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-scary-terrifying-movies-that-arent-drenched-in-blood/352925.md?page=6)