# Scary movie recommendation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406 "2014-11-03T01:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/1 "2014-11-03T01:02:21Z")
Looking for streaming, preferably free. I don’t watch scary movies often but get the itch every now and then. Sorry I don’t have much to give you as far as what works, but the only two films that I recall having the desired effect recently are: [Absentia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absentia_(film)), the first half of Insidious, Years ago, the American version of The Ring also creeped me right out. The first Scream, too, though I’m not really looking for a slasher right now. Creepy ghosts n’ stuff. Anything you’ve seen recently that made you reluctant to go to sleep? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/2 "2014-11-03T01:14:36Z")
Just last night I watched Event Horizon. Most “scary movies” are scary because there’s a lot startle-the-audience moments and gore. That’s it. I thought Event Horizon was actually scary, in a true psychological thriller sense. Have no idea if it’s streaming, I picked it up at the library so it was free for me. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/3 "2014-11-03T01:19:47Z")
YouTube has a number of horror movies on it which are in the public domain. I personally like Dementia 13 which was Francis Ford Coppola’s first major film. And there many Korean horror (K-Horror) films on there as well. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/4 "2014-11-03T01:27:17Z")
I thought The Descent was pretty nerve-wracking before the monsters even showed up. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/5 "2014-11-03T01:41:09Z")
The Descent, especially if you’re claustrophobic. Mothman Prophecies, maybe not scary but is creepy and puts you in a weird “everything that I know about reality is wrong and I’m being watched” mood. Especially good if music and soundfx creeps you you out. The Thing (1982), for paranoia. Jacob’s Ladder Session 9 [Rec] is probably the best found footage horror movie, although that may not be saying much. The '80s version of The Blob is more B-movie shlock than outright scary, but the way the monster kills is nightmarish. Then again, I saw it as a kid, so YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/6 "2014-11-03T02:06:35Z")
One classic horror movie on YouTube is [Suspiria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVJbfLcFnxQ). Not exactly a classic, but I found [City of the Dead](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053719/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_211) to be very creepy. ---
**Author:** ![wombattver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@wombattver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wombattver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/7 "2014-11-03T13:54:03Z")
I like “The Others” with Nicole Kidman. I like creepy and spooky, but not gory. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/8 "2014-11-03T18:38:12Z")
I recently watched _The Babadook_ (from Australia), but I still haven’t decided if I liked it or not. It had some genuinely terrifying moments, but in the main it was more said than it was scary. And it completely stopped making sense about ten minutes before the end. If you’ve been menaced by a paranormal entity bent on destroying you (or at the least, driving you to madness), once you gain control over it you don’t imprison it and care for it. You exorcise it (or whatever). ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/9 "2014-11-03T19:36:14Z")
Do you have access to Netflix streaming? Lots of great stuff there. There is even a Facebook page dedicated to “Netflix Horror” discussion. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/10 "2014-11-03T20:04:41Z")
The TV show _Twin Peaks_ creeped the hell out of me. I was checking all my closets for killer Bob [not a spoiler] and triple checking the door and window locks before I could go to bed every night right after watching the show. The French film _Diabolique_ is pretty edge-of-seat, but you have to be able to deal with subtitles on TV. Big plus is that Simone Signoret is in it. The original _Alien_ is scary, but you’ve probably already seen that. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-movie-recommendation/703406/11 "2014-11-04T20:11:50Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Session 9 > > [Rec] is probably the best found footage horror movie, although that may not be saying much. These were both great. [Rec] had to sequels. the first was great, the second was awful. It was done as an american film in [Quarantine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082868/) . I highly recommend it. Also on Netflix, [Grave Encounters](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703199/?ref_=nv_sr_1) and [Grave Encounters 2](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2231554/?ref_=nv_sr_3) Both take a little while to get going, so be patient. The premise is a hoaky, fake ‘paranormal investigators’ TV show that go into an abandoned hospital that turns out to actually be haunted. VERY scary.