Scariest horror movies

[Helegad]

Resident Evil doesn't either. Point and shoot!

[Claire Redfield]

The Ring scared me. Jaws, Poltergeist, Alien, and Child's Play scared me when I was little.

[bungholio]

The last time I saw a movie that scared me was Ravenous. I don't like the thought of cannibalism much, especially some nut in the 1800 era butchering and eating countless pioneers in a cave.

The Thing is also scary when you're 10. I also saw one I think was called Forbidden Planet. It was about some flesh eating alien eating people on another planet.

[JurassicUtility]

I'd agree whole-heatedly with the TC on The Shining. That has to be the most classy horror horror film ever made.
I shed a tear for Kubrick's demise.

I'd also like to give 1982's The Thing some props.
For one thing, it was a remake of a good film that didn't suck. And for another it had some damn impressive non-CGI special effects.

[Puma1]

The Thing is filled with so many impressive visuals it's crazy. The god scene, the blood test scene, the arm bitting scene.

[Dot50Cal]

The only one I can really recall that gave me nightmares was Poltergeist. I specifically recall watching that when I was really young and seeing the little girl fall into the puddle in the parking garage. As a kid, I avoided puddles in parking garages from then on

As for my favorite horror movies, mine are The Thing and The Shining. Both are excellent.

[MeganGrass]

Ah, The Shining.

The secluded atmosphere alone is creepy. Throw a developing and eventual ax-wielding psyco-maniac into the mix, you've got an instant horror classic that still stands the test of time. I ONLY like the version with Jack Nicholson, the remakes were shite IMO.

I think the Blair Witch was a terrible film.

I tend to agree, but strongly disagree. It was a psycological horror, and of course, you have to use your imagination to illusion the true horror. They could have done a much better job with some certain aspects, but I truely admired the effort they put into the characters. Seeing them evolve from happy thrill-seeking hikers to becomming the hunted (of what can only be heard, not seen) and simply becoming terrorfied almost to the point of insanity is an applaudible effort, IMO.

Here's a film I don't think anyone has mentioned and I will porbably get laughed at, but here it is: Cabin Fever

While the film is not scary in any sense, really, the fact that the characters in the film eventually turn on each other is kinda disturbing to me. Instead of seeking help (which they could have easily done by hiking), they decided to stay in the cabin... eventually, cabin fever set in and they start killing each other because of the flesh-eating disease the had been infected with. The movie is actually pretty hilarious at times aswell (Bart's character comes to mind...).

[Dot50Cal]

The multi-part remake? Yeah, I saw a bit of it on Sci-Fi a while back and it was pretty bad. The original is unbeatable imo

[Puma1]

I tend to agree, but strongly disagree. It was a psycological horror, and of course, you have to use your imagination to illusion the true horror. They could have done a much better job with some certain aspects, but I truely admired the effort they put into the characters. Seeing them evolve from happy thrill-seeking hikers to becomming the hunted (of what can only be heard, not seen) and simply becoming terrorfied almost to the point of insanity is an applaudible effort, IMO.

But not only is it not the first movie to show a drastic change from thrillseekers to being hunted, many films just do it so much better. But to each his opinion I guess.

[Project Omega]

The only part that freaked me out in the Blair Witch movie was the ending, where the people were facing the corners like the "witch" used to make her kids... There was something alittle unsettling about that for me... Spooky even..

As for my favorite scary movies? I've been starting to get into the Japanese horror movies since I like how they aren't your typical "good guys win in the end" kind of movies. Movies like the Juon (the Grudge over here), Juon 2, Ringu, etc, freak me out because in those movies the good guys don't win. It gives the illusion that they do as the end approaches, but then the story twists and you realize it's not over and then the movie ends.

I also like the good use of light and darkness to create atmosphere

[MeganGrass]

The only part that freaked me out in the Blair Witch movie was the ending, where the people were facing the corners like the "witch" used to make her kids... There was something alittle unsettling about that for me... Spooky even..

Ditto, that was some pretty creepy shit.

Oh, and it's nice to see you getting involved into the scene again, PO!

[nemesis_lover]

[QUOTE=Project Omega;27471]The only part that freaked me out in the Blair Witch movie was the ending, where the people were facing the corners like the "witch" used to make her kids... There was something alittle unsettling about that for me... Spooky even..QUOTE]

That's also a key part of the movie that comes to mind.
Reading about The Thing, as made me bother to search for my VHS copy to watch it tonight

[MeganGrass]

@Puma1 - I'm not done reading American Psyco, yet. I'm only on the "Video Store then D'Agostino's" chapter (the one right after Luis talks about "hicks" and Bateman apologizes for the Pastel pizza comments)... coincidentally, the movie was on last night, so I decided to watch it again.

I'm not quite sure why every scene is rearranged in the movie, but I found that I couldn't stop laughing my ass off, at times. You're right - the dark humor is there, I just somehow failed to see it before. Before I started reading the book, I thought the movie was simply about a nutcase that goes on a killing rampage and never gets caught. It wasn't until I started reading the book that I started to get a sense for and appreciate the black humor.

The movie is a true satire on the 1980's, again, I failed to see it before. Excellent book... if the opening chapter can't buy you into reading it, then it would be safe to say that you weren't born in or have no true knowledge of the 1980s.

PS - The things these guys say and do to "street bums" in this book is pure evil (giving them money, immediately taking it back, etc)... still, I couldn't help but to laugh at the top of my lungs when reading it. Does that make me bad?

[rewak]

Hard Candy. Dunno if you'd call it a horror film, but its tense, the only film i've ever seen where i felt like i was gonna throw up.

[Puma1]

@MarkGrass

It doesn't make you bad. Somehow the books manages to make the most horrible things funny as hell. Later on there is a scene involving the zoo, a boy, and a cookie which is deliciously evil. But I'm glad you got into the book because it's one of my favorites. I also got my hands on the killer collector edition of the film too. I'm pretty sure you read it already but how did you like the scene in the elevator with Tom Cruise?