# Recommend some scary movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507 "2012-03-02T01:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Modevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Modevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modevo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/41 "2012-03-27T02:31:07Z")
“It”, based on a Stephen King book. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/42 "2012-03-27T03:23:57Z")
Watch Roman Polanski’s **Rosemary’s Baby**. Then watch his movie **[The Tenant](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074811/)**. It’s a great horror film on its own, but the experience is improved if you’ve seen the first film. The final scene is the most chilling in film. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/43 "2012-03-27T17:01:02Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Watch Roman Polanski’s **Rosemary’s Baby**. > > Then watch his movie **[The Tenant](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074811/)**. It’s a great horror film on its own, but the experience is improved if you’ve seen the first film. The final scene is the most chilling in film. Can you spoil it? What’s the final scene?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/44 "2012-03-27T17:11:00Z")
It never really got the plaudits that some of John Carpenter’s other movies did, but there are parts of _Prince of Darkness_ that are creepy as fuck. It is a bit gory in other parts though. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/45 "2012-03-27T17:22:51Z")
**Descent** is about as scary as I want to get. I’ve seen a lot of horror films, but this one, with people lost in caves and creepy creatures after them is all-lights-on, use-the-pause-button-often scary as hell. **30 Days of Night** : Probably the best vampire movie ever. Truly frightening makeup, and great action, not to mention good acting. Don’t bother with the sequel, however. And what was that movie that took place in the 1800s with the soldiers at a fort and flesh eaters? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/46 "2012-03-27T17:31:55Z")
_Def by Temptation_ _Fraility_. Not much supernatural here, but it’s offbeat and not gory. _The Innocents_ the original _13 Ghosts_ ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/47 "2012-03-27T17:41:32Z")
**Blue Velvet** has some tense, scary moments- like when Jeffery misses the horn honk warning, and his various run ins with Frank. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/48 "2012-03-27T18:09:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > And what was that movie that took place in the 1800s with the soldiers at a fort and flesh eaters? I think that was\*\* Ravenous\*\*. [Ravenous (1999) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129332/) Saw **[rec] 2** last night. Even creepier than the original, with a more supernatural bent. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/49 "2012-03-27T18:21:41Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Can you spoil it? What’s the final scene?!?! The [Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tenant) gives the whole plot from start to finish. I can’t stand watching horror movies myself, but the ideas and plots in them are some of the trippiest and most interesting I’ve ever seen in fiction. I find it fascinating to read ABOUT horror movies without actually watching them. ---
**Author:** ![Gotte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gotte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotte)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/50 "2012-03-27T18:51:50Z")
> [@Scubaqueen](#): > > I recommend the original _Haunting of Hill House_. Nifty creepy moments despite its age. Avoid the remake at all costs. > > Same for _X the Unknown_, a Brit flick dating all the way from the 1950s. Some more very nice creepy moments in that one, too and also \*The Creeping Unknown \*(Quatermass Xperiment) which is of a similiar age and still gives me chills today. > > _The Woman in White_, a bit more modern, is a fun watch as well. That was just called “The Haunting” in the UK, and I remember watching it when I was about ten. I was lucky (?) in that I had parents who didn’t care how much TV I watched or how late I stayed up, and had a mother who liked horror films. I was used to Hammer films and old RKO horror films, but then I watched “The Haunting” one night, and I swear I didn;t sleep for a week. I still love it. Only trouble is, I’ve watched it too often now, and know what’s coming. But save for a few moustachioed 1960s anachronisms, it’s still a killer, esp if you’ve never seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/51 "2012-03-27T20:31:22Z")
Is there a reason no-one has mentioned [The Exoricst](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/)? Sure it’s old, but, wow, it is chillingly scary at points. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/52 "2012-03-27T20:43:30Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > I think that was\*\* Ravenous\*\*. [Ravenous (1999) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129332/) > > Saw **[rec] 2** last night. Even creepier than the original, with a more supernatural bent. That’s the one! Well acted and suitably creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/53 "2012-03-27T21:11:40Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I don’t know how I could’ve forgotten this overlooked little gem, [Triangle.](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1212111-triangle/) > > See if you can rent or stream it. It was available on Netflix last year when I saw it on a whim. Paranormal, trippy, eerie and very satisfying. The kind of movie I rewatched the next day, to see how all the strings tied together. It’s not really a “slasher” film so much as the marketing might make it appear. Just watched **Triangle** the other night (from Netflix). I agree, it’s well worth watching. I second what someone said earlier about **Dream House**. It’s terrible. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/54 "2012-03-27T22:16:18Z")
Idiocracy, because you can see evidence of it happening today all around you… Brought to you by Carl’s Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/55 "2012-05-24T19:30:07Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > My friend Sarah tells me _the Woman in Black_ is so scary she cried from fear. Saw this on pay-per-view last night. It definitely had some genuine scares in it. Some decent effects. Harry Potter doesn’t seem like that much of an actor, though. That, or the director was reining him in too much. But the GF and I were talking about the toys in the house. Were these real, turn-of-the-century toys? Or is there company that makes deliberately creepy toys for horror films? If my mother had given me toys like that when I was a child, I would have beaten them to death with a rock and buried them in the back yard. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/56 "2012-05-24T19:35:54Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > _[Session 9](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/)_ is a supremely creepy flick about the otherworldly effects on a crew of workmen renovating a vast, empty former mental asylum. Session 9 is one of the better efforts from the last several years. Even David Caruso’s presence doesn’t manage to muck it up. The atmosphere that movie creates is what many UrbExers spend a lot of time trying to find in real life and lying about on their blogs. I unequivocally recommend. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/57 "2012-05-24T22:18:59Z")
I’ll second “Poltergeist” and “Wolf Creek”. For the second one I thought someone had spoilt a big horrific “reveal” by them saying to me “watch out for the head on a stick scene”. So I did watch out for it, naturally I was expecting one thing and…well…I was so very wrong. What actually happened was far, far worse. (and I promise I haven’t spoilt it for you by using that phrase) I think I’m the first to say “Alien”. Set in space yes, featuring an Alien yes, but at heart a classic “horror” movie. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/58 "2012-05-25T19:22:12Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > If my mother had given me toys like that when I was a child, I would have beaten them to death with a rock and buried them in the back yard. Just to be clear…I would beaten\* the toys\*, not Mom and Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/59 "2012-05-27T06:32:20Z")
Most of my faves have already been mentioned… \*Alien Wolf Creek \*(Haven’t seen it, but heard about it and can’t wait!) _Blair Witch_ (the first one, not the sequel, which despite Geoff Donovan, is silly). _The Changeling Ghost Story_. Many good actors telling a great story. My addition: _The Thing_ (Carpenter’s 1982 remake). I like to put this on when friends say they don’t get scared at horror movies. They \*\*always \*\*jump at that the same scene. And if you’ve seen it, you know which one it is. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507/60 "2012-05-28T07:01:53Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Saw this on pay-per-view last night. > > It definitely had some genuine scares in it. Some decent effects. > > Harry Potter doesn’t seem like that much of an actor, though. That, or the director was reining him in too much. > > But the GF and I were talking about the toys in the house. Were these real, turn-of-the-century toys? Or is there company that makes deliberately creepy toys for horror films? If my mother had given me toys like that when I was a child, I would have beaten them to death with a rock and buried them in the back yard. Reading the trivia for this on the IMDb, it says that all the toys were original. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-scary-movies/614507.md?page=4)