Since Halloween is coming up, and there's all this talk about scary movies, I was wondering. What's the scariest movie you've ever seen and why? For me, it would be Phantasm. It scared the s*** out of me when I was little. The undertaker freaked me out, especially at the end when he was in the mirror and said, "Boy!"
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
The scariest movie to me is a movie I have never had the nerve to ever even watch...so I don't know if it actually would be the scariest...but the previews alone gave me nightmares as a kid....and that is : Salem's Lot.
Posted by raggedyman (Member # 4065) on :
no such thing as the 'scariest film I've ever seen' Horror films get me all... excited and I'm always trying to work out the pattern of the scares and how a particular special effect was done. however, the most 'disturbing' film I've ever seen is IRREVERSIBLE.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
IRREVERSIBLE, huh? I dont know wthat one. Might have to check it out. Going by childhood scares that still freak me out today I must say THE OTHER (Old 70s film about good twin, bad twin). ALSO THE CHANGELING (George C Scott moves into house with eerie child ghost) THE EXORCIST scared me as a kid...but now that I've seen it a few times I'm used to it. Still...her face when she's possesed...even still photos..disturb me! TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE used to really bother me when I was a teen but I watched it a few months ago and it's really a pretty over-rated movie. A whole lotta nothin happens through the first half and the senseless slaughter is in the second half. FRAILTY (Father of two young sons kills because "God tells him to") was probably the most recent movie to give me the "Ick factor".
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
The original "Halloween" in the theaters in October 25th 1978. My friend Steve and I snuck in underage by pretending we were going to watch another movie. The movie was awesome and scaried the cripes out of us. The best part was when all the kids at school the next day wanted to hear about our adventures. That might have been the beginnings of my coolness. Actually, I never thought about it, but stuff like that can make a difference when you're a kid. BOO!
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
One more...for "right after you watch it walking home alone in the snow in the dark" : THE SHINING. My friend and I watched it on TV at a house she was babysitting at. We said "That wasnt so scary" and then proceeded to have to walk down a long country road. In the dark. In the snow. Truly terrifying.
Posted by Mane1980 (Member # 4240) on :
Nightmare on Elm Street (the first part)
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
The Excorcist just disturbs me. I can't watch it. House of 1000 Corpses disturbs me too. What's The Other about? I've heard of it but never seen it.
Posted by Spooka Lupa (Member # 2700) on :
Evil Dead I suppose, but it doesn't scare me really now because I've seen it a million times.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre was pretty scary.
George of the Jungle?
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
14 years old.
Pet Semetary in the movie theater. Nothing scarier.
WE are DEVO
Posted by piratemoviefan12 (Member # 2715) on :
H E L L R A I S E R
Crying is a waste of good suffering...
Posted by Mane1980 (Member # 4240) on :
I've been trying to get the courage to see The Exorsist but can't get any.
Another one is IT. Watch that one and no more clowns!
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
No more clowns and no more ventriliquist dummys anyway! (Dolls that look too "real" are spooky too. Remember that doll in CURTAINS? Ay caramba, or that clown doll in POLTERGUIEST? Yowza!)
Tryed to watch IT on TV recently and my six year old put the kabosh on that. (To a point where it got funny...becasue she thought Pennywise might be in the basement. Which is ridiculous: Pennywise is NOT in the basement. Freddy and the zombie from EVIL DEAD are!)
THE OTHER is about a good twin and a bad twin who have the power to play "The Game": meaning they can have out of body experiences and see things through the eyes of others. Of course, the bad twin does a lot of sinister things and the good twin usually gets blamed for them. You really should check it out: I know they play it on TV sometimes (Cable)...and also that the vhs and DVD are on eBay sometimes. Totally spooky and creepy.
Posted by Stitch (Member # 2895) on :
IT and Poltergeist have continued to frighten me through adulthood because I suffer from Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns.
To me, all clowns are evil, mass murdering psychopaths. And Ronald McDonald is their leader.
I'm not brave enough to watch "Killer Klowns from Outer Space".
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
Micahel Meyers was dressed as a clown as a child too, in the 1st Halloween, then in part 4 the little girl is dressed like a clown, and I hate that part of the movie...where she is running around the school and Micahel Meyers is trying to get her...there is something about that one where he's trying to kill a child...that is probably the most disturbing...when children are murdered.
Has anyone ever seen Bloody Birthday??? The children are the killers in it...and that is also very scary.
Posted by 80's Chick (Member # 2405) on :
I think the 80's movie that scared me when i was little was Poltergeist , the bit when the clown and the tree come alive! and the little girl in the TV, that was frecky a$$ stuff!
The film that really scared me was The Ring the US verson. it was just the girl comeing out of the TV it gave me the shivers. there just something about people going into and out of TV that frecks me out.
Posted by Mane1980 (Member # 4240) on :
Poltergeist is another one! I forget that one!
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
I remember seeing Bloody Birthday years and years ago. I remember a little girl killing her daddy.
Posted by Smayt Gateford. (Member # 1500) on :
THE SHINING totally creeps me out 'cos of the twins. Its not really a frightening film,but creepy...definately!!
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
If Ronald McDonald is the scariest clown of all then dont watch MAC AND ME. It will scare the bejesus out of you!
Posted by Smayt Gateford. (Member # 1500) on :
Oh my god....I have the bejesus in me.Should i be worried about this? Posted by mr getz (Member # 4338) on :
the us version of the ring freaked me right out
Posted by mr getz (Member # 4338) on :
anyone think the preacher kane from poltergeist 2 is creepy?
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I just flicked the TV on this morning and TCM is playing THE OTHER. Since its almost Halloween you guys who wanna see that one should check the listings. Im sure they'll play it a few times.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
Just thought of another spooky one: ALICE, SWEET, ALICE
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
quote:Originally posted by mamamiasweetpeaches: No more clowns and no more ventriliquist dummys anyway! (Dolls that look too "real" are spooky too. Remember that doll in CURTAINS? Ay caramba, or that clown doll in POLTERGUIEST? Yowza!)
What about MAGIC! That little guy scaried the cripes out of me as a kid.
Posted by MotleyRulz (Member # 3598) on :
Last House on the Left totally scared the s**t outta me.....
Posted by Duckie Dale Winton (Member # 3419) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr getz: anyone think the preacher kane from poltergeist 2 is creepy?
Oh God - yeah!
And the most frightening thing about him, is that I have a feeling they didn't use any make-up......he just LOOKS like that!! Posted by Saint_in_London (Member # 2575) on :
We used to watch one here in the UK called the (70s though, id guess) Booggie Man!! I think it was about this man who committed a murder and someone his evil spirt was caught in the mirror, until oneday it was broken again............he carried a HUGE knife that was so big he could actualy stab two people at once!! I think it was banned here in the the end as it seemed to disappear about 86? Also found the Evil Dead, Elm St very scarey and a film thats reviewed on this site called Day of the Dead!
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I saw that BOOGIE MAN movie. Ahahaha. It had asequel but I didnt see that one.
Posted by Trash4130 (Member # 3386) on :
i definitely had nightmares of Freddy when i was younger. it might not of been 80s but high in the sky scared the **** out of me aswell. i'll never forget the poltigiest either! i was scared of a lot of films when i was younger hah
Posted by Illnero (Member # 4286) on :
"I
Spit
On
Your
Grave"
Please don't get mad at me if you decide this. You've been warned.
And to the bravest of brave souls who may claim to have cast-iron stomachs, I dare you to watch a triple bill of "Irreversible," "Last House on the Left," and "I Spit On Your Grave." Double dog dare you!
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I think you're gonna need a bigger boat! Posted by Mane1980 (Member # 4240) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley:
I think you're gonna need a bigger boat!
Posted by MrBluenoser (Member # 4370) on :
I would have to say the scariest movie I ever saw was House by the Cemetary. I remember my sister and I sitting on the edge of the couch through most of the movie when I saw it years ago. I rented it again last Halloween and it just wasn't the same as when I was an early teen. It's the one that always comes to mind when I think of scary movies.
Posted by J4E (Member # 4371) on :
Nightmare on Elm Street really scared me but I must admit.... movies like the Exorcist and Amityville Horror and the Omen creep me out the most.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
The Shining was very terrifying back then for me, the old lady in the tub, and the music just made it so jittery. The Beast Within was pretty creepy too.
Posted by Mane1980 (Member # 4240) on :
Another one is Suspiria a 1977 movie from Dario Argento. Scared the hell out of me. Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
Yeah. The first time I tryed to watch SUSPIRIA I was in the house alone at night and had to turn it off.
I love that one though and have since watched it about six times.
Posted by mr getz (Member # 4338) on :
did anyone see the movie ed gein on tv the other night? that was kinda creepy as it actually happend
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I missed it but I did see HENRY PORTAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, another scary true story.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
henry portrait of a serial killer totally ruined my whole week. brilliant movie, but god, so messed up. not scary so much as relentlessly depressing and abysmal.
i'm gonna have to go with "the changeling," "exorcist III," "legend of hell house," "psycho."
ed gein was pretty good.
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
For those who like Ghost stories, there's the little heard of, little seen, 'Woman In Black'. It'll scare the pants off ya!:
![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Actually, I never thought about it, but stuff like that can make a difference when you're a kid. BOO!
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
