DU movie suggestions: Scare the crap out of me!

[iconoclastic cat]

I'm out of good movie titles! Help! I'm in the mood for a really creepy film. Keep in mind that I'm a huge Lovecraft fan, too. Any suggestions?

BTW: I rented "Alone in the Dark" and "Suspect Zero" last night. How do movies that bad even get made? I want to write to the director and ask for my money back.

[glaeken777]

1. Alone in the Dark

Would this be the 1982 film with Jack Palance and Martin Landau? If so, good choice!

Creepy... Lovecraftian... hm.... try THE RUNESTONE. Relatively obscure film with a decent cast and a neat Norse demi-god/monster.

[warrens]

2. The Hills Have Eyes

An abandoned desert motel, a broken down car, an innocent family, a tribe of deformed cannibals. What's not to like?

[James T. Kirk]

3. "Prince of Darkness" & "The Exorcist"

[James T. Kirk]

4. "Blair Witch" if you haven't seen it.

[jmm]

9. I never understood what the big thing was about that movie

At the beginning of the film when they are grocery shopping and Heather is zooming in and out at the marshmallows I knew it was overrated. The only reason I still watched it was because I was so pissed off at myself for wasting money on the ticket that I felt entitled to watch them all die gory deaths. In case anyone still wants to see it I won't give away any details by saying if I finally got my money's worth.

[mopinko]

43. me neither

they were finding those things in the woods, and it just looked lika an art installation to me. wow, artists loose in the woods. i wanted to meet them.

[ihaveaquestion]

10. BW didn't scare me. Thought it was just annoying.

Try "The Ring" or "Audition" or "The Grudge". All Japanese (or originally Japanese) and pretty much guaranteed to creep you out.

"28 Days Later" is a good zombie flick and "From Hell" does Jeckyl and Hyde very well.

"Night of the Living Dead" is probably one of the best classic horror movies ever made.

Have a scary night!

[sasquatch]

15. Prince of Darkness is one of the best of all time

[MercutioATC]

21. The re-released director's cut Exorcist.

SOOO much scarier!

[BOSSHOG]

5. The Original Friday the 13th

Watch it to the very end if you want the crap scared out of you.

[barackmyworld]

6. Cube

Man, that was FREAKY. Not that gory compared to other scary movies, but just freaky characters.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. "Prince of Darkness."

That one creeped me out very badly. There's also a really old, but very disturbing, movie with Robert Mitchum, "Night of the Hunter." Scared the poo out of me years ago, watching it on late night TV.

[gardenista]

29. Yes, the suspense in Night of the Hunter is really tense!

And there's very little actual violence, it's all implied, and soooooo scary.

[malmapus]

42. "Prince of Darkness" - scared the crapolla outta me

Event Horizon too, last movie to really scare me good (I wasn't prepared for horror flik :P )

[LastKnight]

8. cant go wrong with the original ammityville horror...

the new one reminded me too much of the grudge.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. The Shining and Rosemary's Baby are always a good bet...

Jacob's Ladder
Lost Highway
Spoorloos (The Vanishing)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Videodrome
The Eye
28 Days Later

Those are some of my faves anyway.

[bridgit]

12. dark angel: the acsent ~

http://www.ojohaven.com/featherstone/DarkAngel

it's in: trilogy if terror, or horror...i forget, but it's creepy = all 3 are :scared:

[Eastside Blue]

13. The Grudge & The Ring ...

Also ...

Jeepers Creepers
Night Flier (actually an HBO movie, but out on DVD)
Mothman Prophecies (probably more creepy than scary)

BTW, your cat has great taste in beer!

[bridgit]

14. grudge, 1st ring & jeepers creepers...

all 3 = :scared: jeepers creepers2 is fully developed & messed up creepy :scared: :scared:

[SidDithers]

16. Goin' old school...

Poltergeist and The Shining did it for me back in the day.

Sid

[MidwestMomma]

17. People Under the Stairs

Have you seen that?

Haven't seen it in years but seem to remember that was a good one.

I hate to recommend movies though because sometimes I like to watch REALLY REALLY BAD movies that are so bad they're good and then I can't remember if the movie I'm recommending is a really good GOOD movie are a really good BAD movie.

Enjoy...

[gardenista]

30. Not to be confused with "Hider in the House", with Gary Busey

My husband and I constantly accuse the "Hider" in our house of eating all the cookies or leaving messes in the sink, stealing the flashlight, etc.

This movie was so bad!

[bunkerbuster1]

18. I'm assuming you've seen the original "Night of the Living Dead"

but if not, well, you owe it to yourself to watch it.

Genuinely creepy, in a grainy, documentary fashion.

"I ought to FEED you to those things!"

[Merrick]

19. The Japanese version of The Grudge, Funny Games

The Grudge is very frightening, although the end is a little weak. Haven't seen the Sarah Michelle Gellar US version, but I can't imagine its not much worse.

Funny Games is a German flick and there's nothing funny about the games these two guys play with the family they take hostage - that is, unless you're as sadistic as the guy who wrote it.

[solinvictus]

20. Some suggestions:

"In the Mouth of Madness"
"Hell House"
"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer". This movie is disturbingly realistic and believable.
"Event Horizon" It's OK, at least.
"Psycho", the Hitchcock version.

[Cocoa]

22. Seven

:scared:

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Good call

Not exactly scary, but a really good film with a nice creepy atmosphere.

[BlueIris]

31. I watched Se7en again last night and it scared the crap out of me.

Again. It was like my sixth viewing, too.

[tigereye]

33. that's what I was going to say...

[barb162]

24. "The Seventh Seal" by Bergman

[RandomKoolzip]

25. "Manos: The Hands of Fate."

Trust me on this one.

[Zuni]

39. scared the shit out of me

Torgo was one of the scariest villians in cinema history. Those knees...:scared:

[HeeBGBz]

26. Wait Until Dark

Oldie, but scary goodie. Not horror. Audrey Hepburn.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

27. 28 Days Later... I always have to watch it with someone...

or I freak out.

[libodem]

28. Please see Brazil

it was made around 1984 and has Kathrine Hellman in it, you'd know her if you saw her. It's a surrealist film, that was billed as a comedy. It wasn't funny. Now, that time has moved on it will not seen so surreal...because much of the life displayed has become commonplace. you kinda have to put yourself back then...before the internet....to get the full effect....

[BlueIris]

32. May. But I warn you: You might NEVER. SLEEP. AGAIN.

Yes, it's THAT bad.

How bad?

Very bad.

So. Scary. And disturbing.

Good movie, though. Just ask Roger Ebert.

[TheMightyFavog]

34. You want creepy?

Apocalypse Now Redux.

[tigereye]

35. any Hitchcock

I like the ones where you don't see much gore, myself.

Plan Nine from Outer Space. Creepy for the wrong reasons. :silly:

We saw Them and The Day The Earth Stood Still recently. They were pretty creepy, also, and thoughtful.

( you can tell I am not a fan of gore! ;))

[BlueIris]

37. Good call. For scary but not evil-scary, try Topaz.

It's topical.

Or The Birds. That's actually entirely horrifying, but not if you figure out the "thing" with the Birds. They're more than your average Mulligan. PM me if you want to know (and you don't already, of course).

[tigereye]

40. hey Blue Iris!

:hi:

we haven't seen Topaz. Have to check that out.

[BlueIris]

48. Yeah, it's one of the lesser-known Hitchcock's.

Tragically underrated. Like Torn Curtain. Except, that's really not scary. It's just got gratuitous shirtless Paul Newman. Thanks, Alfred!

[BlueIris]

36. The American version of They isn't horrible.

And if you're the demographic Wes was going for, it may just REALLY freak you out. Otherwise, expect average-level freakiness.

[borlis]

38. The Hitcher is really good.

Rutger Hauer is in it.

[Jade Fox]

41. Don't Look Now

Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland.

[flvegan]

44. "You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Greatest Parties" is the

scariest thing I've never seen. If this doesn't scare the crap outta you, nothing will.

[iconoclastic cat]

45. Thanks, everyone.

Nice suggestions. I have added many to my order lists.

You know, there should be a Horror Fiction group in the DU groups section, don't you think?

[Ikonoklast]

46. Hey, wait a minute!

I'm just here for a beer? The kitty gets Bass ale and I get bupkuss?

[iconoclastic cat]

47. You need MrScorpio's bar!

That's where I got the last five beers.
You don't understand. I had to drink the beer. I had to drink it in order to survive. I didn't have any food, and I was all alone out here.

[BreweryYardRat]

49. If you're still taking suggestions...

Dog Soldiers. It's a Brit flick, so you might not get some of the dialogue, but it's damn good.

[dissent1977]

50. Jacob's Ladder

It is a movie that messes with your mind, and really makes you think long after the movie ends. Some people don't like it at all, but I think it is one of the greatest films of all time. It is creepy as hell, and actually has something to say at the same time. Plus Tim Robbins is in it, and he puts in a great performance.

[BlueIris]

51. Jacob's Ladder really is

what I like to call a "mind fuck film." I saw it when I was like ten, and it really messed me up for awhile. I had to watch it again as an extra-credit assignment in a class on allegory in college and it wasn't a stress-free experience then, either.

[praxiz]

52. I can't believe nobody has mentioned "The Others" yet.

Don't read anything about it, don't talk to anyone about it, just rent it, wait until dark, lock the door and watch it.

I swear to god you will piss your pants by the end of that movie.

[BlueIris]

54. Yeah, it's weird that even I didn't think of it. And I loved it.

Plus, I'll give it this: as scary on the small screen as it was in the theater. Yes, I saw it in the theater. It has the unfortunate distinction of being the last movie I watched before 9/11/01.

[NMMNG]

53. "The Evil Dead"

It was low budget but very creepy. Don't bother with the sequel, it sucked.

[enigmatic]

55. "Audition"

A film from Japan; very, very disturbing film that starts out as another seemingly "light" romantic film.

If you're able to find it, rent it. And do yourself a favor and don't read any reviews of the film; watch it clear in mind...

[Deja Q]

56. 'Timmy and the Giant Tapeworm'. It's a new Disney film, inspired by

'James and the Giant Peach', though made for adults...

[iconoclastic cat]

57. Ha!

Get back in your box, toad!