NO! NO! GOD IN HEAVEN NOOOOOOOOOOO!
That movie did permanent mental damage to me.
[Homer Simpson to Mel Brooks]
“I saw that movie, ‘Young Frankenstein’, SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME!”
Interview with a Vampire. It’s the scariest for me because about half way through I got the feeling the movie would never end.
OK, I’m a little confused that no one’s even mentioned Rosemary’s Baby. I’ve never actually seen it, but I thought it was supposed to be one of the scariest movies ever.
Is this a filthy lie? Can someone give me some input here?
I don’t watch many horror movies, but I guess I’d choose Rosemary’s Baby. I think part of it was I didn’t really expect it to be scary (I usually end up laughing at typical horror movies), so I was taken by surprise.
Geez. I’d call it a simulpost if I weren’t such a slow typist. Kudos to McStain.
No, kudos to you. Until this, I was afraid that you were mocking me.
"Fallen" with Denzel Washington. No special effects (hurrah!), just really good acting and a very well thought-out story. No end-of-the-world stuff, just a demon who just detroys people because that’s how it gets it’s jollies. You get to know the demon’s personality much more than in other films, and that surely adds to the scariness.
The scene where it passes from one person to the next, through the police station and down the street, just to show Mr. W. what it can do, is terrifying - all the more so because it was just done with acting skill.
I highly recommend it, but make sure you see the very, very beginning: “I’d like to tell you about the time I almost died…”**
Disagree if you want, but please, no spoilers!
Man-- several very good shocks in the movie. Very underated movie as far as fear. Damn shark kept popping up and nearly making me wet my pants.
Definitely The Vanishing. I was scared green and I think it’s fun to watch horror movies at bedtime.
Also
The Haunting
The Sixth Sense (jusy because the kid is a damn good actor)
Jacob’s Ladder
and The Other. I’m not sure of this title, but it’s a story about a boy and his evil twin.
The Amityville Horror-The way the house lights up as eyes.
Anything involving the ‘supernatural’ scares me.
The movies I was thinking about were all already listed, so I’ll just throw in my vote with:
[ul][li]Henry, portrait of a serial killer, it’s just so gritty that you don’t feel like you’re watching a movie.[/li][li]Amytiville, that movie is just plain unnerving. The music is just soooo creepy.[/li][li]Damien, great movie.[/li][li]Exorcist III[/li][li]Prince of Darkness… “This is not a dream…” :eek:[/li][li]The Serpent and the Rainbow[/li][/ul]
Carry
The Fog
Pet Semetary scared the crap out of me. The part where the woman with menengitis creeps towards the camera saying “…never sleep again, never sleep again…” If I see the movie on TV, I still have to turn it when that scene comes on.
I have been made fun of in the past for admitting that Night of the Living Dead frightened me. I think it was mostly the beginning, when the first zombie is sighted with the cut-up clothes. I had never thought about clothing needing to be cut to get them on a cadaver, so I guess that put me in the correct mind-set to be scared.
I’ll also add another vote for The Exorcist, and one for Hellraiser. I remember seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street when it was in the theaters. At the time, it was just awful, someone killing kids in their sleep, just the concept. I remember my friend sitting next to me almost hysterical, yelling out, “How can you stand to have your feet on the floor?!” I didn’t tell her it was because I couldn’t move. The looks we received from her screaming seemed to break up the terror a bit, but I still had a sleepless night(s).
I think the main difference from the first Nightmare and the sequels, was that they never really showed Freddie. His face was so shadowed, just enough to be able to recognize he was burned. In the other films, you can pretty much see him and know what to expect, turning them into more of a gore-fest. Not nearly as scary to me.
[BOLD]Halloween[/BOLD]
That creeped me out. No real Gore, but the suspense that just built and built. Man the Daylight scenes freaked me out. Michael just stalking the peopple and always partially hidden. Scary! Scary Scary!
Try listening to that music in a dark room by yourself at night…
i am a horror movie afficianado. i’ll watch just about anything that looks even slightly scary. because of this, i’m pretty jaded when it comes to horror/suspense/scary movies. you’ve really gotta work to scare me. that said, i recommend a Danish film, by Lars von Trier, called “Kingdom”. it’s about a haunted hospital. i understand that it’s being made into a tv miniseries, with stephen king scripting. i hope it’s as good as the original. it’s one of the few movies that has actually frightened me enough to make me change my behavior. at the time that we rented it, i was working in a hospital, and after watching that movie i refused to take the elevators in any hospital ever again. there is no gore, no cats jumping out of drawers and scaring people, just real honest-to-crikey fear factors. try to find it!!
That movie scared the livin’ crap out of me when I saw it all those years ago.
Well, I ordered it for my dad’s birthday, so when it arrives I’ll finally get to see it.
Phantasm.
An oldie, but wonderfully atmospheric.
If you don’t know about the Tall Man and the Silver Sphere, then go and rent this movie right now.
The Cube!
What a frightening concept.