# What's the scariest movie you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 15, 1999, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763 "1999-11-15T03:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/21 "1999-11-16T09:17:00Z")
It is so rare to find another fan of _The Wickerman_! I really enjoy this film but most people I run into hate it! Glad to add one more to the list! * * * Born O.K. the first time… If you are born again, do you have two belly buttons? ---
**Author:** ![Crittermaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Crittermaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crittermaker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/22 "1999-11-16T10:36:00Z")
The original, silent version of “Nosferatu” still freaks me out every time I see it. Maybe it’s because I first saw it when I was about seven. Maybe it’s the weirdness of the silent film acting and the otherwordly look of everything (not to mention that creepy rat-toothed vampire). But it’s amazing to me how that film can still make me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/23 "1999-11-16T13:58:00Z")
While the majority of the movie seemed pretty lame, the scene in Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the girl in the freezer got my nerves jumping. * * * Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyBlades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JoeyBlades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyBlades)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/24 "1999-11-16T14:13:00Z")
I like to watch horror movies, but most of them have no lasting impact. The only exception has been “Angelheart” - for some reason I still find this movie deeply disturbing… ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/25 "1999-11-16T14:27:00Z")
I know it’s all a bunch of cheesy gore, but “A Nightmare on Elmstreet” scared the living hell out of me. I was about 11 or 12 when I saw it, and couldn’t sleep for a week. ---
**Author:** ![Keeves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@Keeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeves)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/26 "1999-11-16T14:28:00Z")
_Fail Safe_ Not a drop of blood anywhere. No scary music. (In fact, no music of any kind, IIRC.) Just an incredibly believable and frightening story. I think it is the perfect movie to watch with yer friends this coming Y2K Eve, just before the power goes out… Don’t say I didn’t warn you… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/27 "1999-11-16T14:35:00Z")
It was a tv movie,Trilogy of Terror. One of the 3 starred Karen Black,who received a small native with a chain on. If the chain fell off,it came to life. Well. It scared me,and I was in my 20’s. The final scene with the oven was great. Anyone else see this? ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/28 "1999-11-16T14:52:00Z")
The scariest TV movie I’ve ever seen is by far Stephen King’s “It”. Pennywise the clown almost made me wet my drawers. ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/29 "1999-11-16T15:51:00Z")
I’m with Tengu on this one. “Night of the Living Dead” is one of those rare movies that screens better on a TV set than it does on the big screen. Watching this movie, all by yourself, late at night, is a truely terrifying experience. I think the realistic TV news reports in it (useing parts of Penn. the same way Orson Welles used parts of NJ in “War of the Worlds”) added a sense of realism and immediacy to the film that has only recently been rediscovered by the makers of the Blair Witch Project. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/30 "1999-11-16T16:13:00Z")
The exorcist is very scarey, if you relate the fact that when it came out, many people killed themselves because they thought they had the demon (they were on acid, but we won’t worry about that). But Cujo is now the scariest! The ‘really could happen’ stories always scare me. * * * We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful–Oscar Wilde ---
**Author:** ![sly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/31 "1999-11-16T16:13:00Z")
Midnight showing of _Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein in 3-D_. I saw it twice, once straight, once stoned. Oh, the humanity! Straight, the movie was terrifying. Stoned, it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/32 "1999-11-16T16:14:00Z")
OH yeah, one movie that isn’t supposed to be scary, but is… is In the Company of Men. It’s scary to think what a human being is capable of. * * * We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful–Oscar Wilde ---
**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/33 "1999-11-16T16:37:00Z")
Scariest is an awfully slippery concept but I would go with John Carpenter’s remake of “The Thing”. Most gore is more measurable. There “Braindead”, known in the USA as “Alive Dead” is a clear winner, provided that you see the unrated director’s cut. During the lanwmower scene alone, artificial blood was pumped at the rate of 5 gallons per second and it is a very long scene. “Braindead” though is really more of a comedy. The most disturbing movie I have ever seen is the unrated director’s cut of “Castle Freak”. This is only movie that really still haunts me. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 1999, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-youve-ever-seen/4763/34 "1999-11-16T16:41:00Z")
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