Scariest horror movies

[MeganGrass]

I really didn't have a very strong opinion of it, as surprising as that is, even to myself. I kinda laughed when Bateman insulted him a little by forgetting the title of his current block-buster (intentional?), but the main laugh of the scenario to me was when Bateman's nose starts to bleed from substance abuse (again... ).

[aris13]

The Thing and Halloween - both directed by John Carpenter

[Stars1356]

Yes the Thing and probably Aliens.

[Twist]

Darkness Falls scared the hell out of me. I had the volume up LOUD and was alone in the house with most of the bedroom doors open and all of the lights out, and when the scene of the kid running into the bathroom after seeing the Tooth Fairy took place, and she lets out that high-pitched agonising scream, I damn near shit my pants.

[Mr. Spencer]

The vast majority of films directed by David Cronenberg. The best kind of horror is body horror.

[Biocore]

The Thing.

hands down best horror film and concept of all time.

Aliens wasn't the least bit scary, it turned a franche from horror genre to action genre, much like how Biohazard 4 transformed Resident Evil into an action genre. Unlike Resident Evil 4 though, Aliens was awesome. I've watched Aliens more times than any other film in history. I can litterally sit down, watch it, then rewatch it.

[Mr. Spencer]

The Thing.

hands down best horror film and concept of all time.

Aliens wasn't the least bit scary, it turned a franche from horror genre to action genre, much like how Biohazard 4 transformed Resident Evil into an action genre. Unlike Resident Evil 4 though, Aliens was awesome. I've watched Aliens more times than any other film in history. I can litterally sit down, watch it, then rewatch it.

God, I love The Thing. Every horror fan, and in a sense every Biohazard fan, needs to watch that film. Part of me is convinced that the "thing" itself was an inspiration for the Birkin mutation in RE2. What's great about it is that back then you didn't really have CGI or any of that nonsense, you didn't have actors looking at a green screen and talking to something that they have to imagine being there. No, what you see there actually existed, it was there in all of its hideous glory. Same goes with Aliens, the Queen was all done via animatronics, and it looks superb, much better than the CGI-crazed latter films we're witnessing today.

Unbeatable.

[Guest]

The scary movie wich I love is El Orfanato (The Orphanage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqqcBkpmsSA), from the director of The Pan's Labyrinth (also a great movie, but not a horror movie), Guillermo del Toro.

[Twist]

God, I love The Thing. Every horror fan, and in a sense every Biohazard fan, needs to watch that film. Part of me is convinced that the "thing" itself was an inspiration for the Birkin mutation in RE2. What's great about it is that back then you didn't really have CGI or any of that nonsense, you didn't have actors looking at a green screen and talking to something that they have to imagine being there. No, what you see there actually existed, it was there in all of its hideous glory. Same goes with Aliens, the Queen was all done via animatronics, and it looks superb, much better than the CGI-crazed latter films we're witnessing today.

Unbeatable.

Exactly!


CGI can go kill itself, animatronics and special FX always looked better, IMO.

And speaking of Resident Evil and The Thing, I bet Nosferatu used inspiration from The Thing because:

1: He's in the Antartic.

And 2: He has those nasty things coming out of his back.

[Gideon Quinn]

Tale of Two Sisters is a very creepy film. Obviously i adore Aliens and The Thing, but neither truly disturbed me in the same way TOTS did. Also, it's not a horror movie, but Memories of Murder - That also left me sleepless for days. Very very sinister film.

Has anyone seen "The Strangers"? It's only just been released here in the UK, but i heard it came out in May over in the States. The trailer looked pretty creepy.

[Twist]

^ Whats so creepy about Tale of Two Sisters, Gideon?

I havn't seen it, but with it not being horror, I can't see why it's disturbed you so much...

[Gideon Quinn]

Oh, it is very much a horror film, but not in the conventional sense. It's very psychological and plays upon some really sinister concepts... I want to emphasise, but i'm not sure how i can without utterly spoiling the film.

Edit - Sorry, i guess my wording was a bit muddled up. I was saying that Memories of Murder isn't a horror film, but still very disturbing since it's about South Korea's first ever serial killer in the 1980s and based upon the true story of it.

[Twist]

Oh, it is very much a horror film, but not in the conventional sense. It's very psychological and plays upon some really sinister concepts... I want to emphasise, but i'm not sure how i can without utterly spoiling the film.

Edit - Sorry, i guess my wording was a bit muddled up. I was saying that Memories of Murder isn't a horror film, but still very disturbing since it's about South Korea's first ever serial killer in the 1980s and based upon the true story of it.

I'm probably never going to see the movie anyway, so spoilers are good. : D