What are some good SCARY movies?

[XemaSab]

:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

1. here are some i like

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418778/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178868/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370082/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/

there are many more i really like but this is a start.

[XemaSab]

2. I saw "The Ring"

and I count that as one of the scarier films that I have seen. :scared:

[AlCzervik]

3. i bought the original "Ringu" and while not as graphic as the american version

i like it better, Session 9 btw is really good, it's probably the only thing i've seen David Caruso in that i recommend.

[XemaSab]

4. Cool

I am looking to expand my understanding of scary films. :)

[AlCzervik]

5. i am hooked on asian horror films, some of them just scare me shit-less.

"Kansen" is titled "Infection" over here and i happened to watch at about 2:00am when i was having a bout of insomnia---huge mistake.

[Generic Brad]

6. The first two hours of "The Stand"

That holds up all by itself and is truly terrifying (at least to me).

Skip the last six hours of the mini-series, though. You will regret following it through to the end.

[Orrex]

7. How long before some buffoon suggests "Jesus Camp" or the like?

For creepy imagery, Bergman's Hour of the Wolf is excellent. Hell, it's pretty damned excellent by any measure, but it's pretty damned creepy besides.

I find Jacob's Ladder pretty creepy, too, probably because it makes extensive use of that high-speed head-shuddering stuff that just plain freaks me out.

[AlCzervik]

8. i forgot one

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189998/

Shadow of the vampire.

[evlbstrd]

9. Hitchcock.

The Birds.

[XemaSab]

13. Saw it yesterday.

I was slightly underwhelmed. :P

[BreweryYardRat]

10. The Descent scared the shit out of me.

I didn't sleep for (I think) 12 hours afterward, and then I left the lights on. I've still had the occasional nightmare, more than a year later.

An imagination that's slightly less vivid when it comes to scaring me would be nice.

[AlCzervik]

11. another good one.

i watched that through my fingers.

[BlueJazz]

12. Pitch Black

[RebelOne]

26. Definitely. That's one of my favorites.

And, of course, Vin Diesel is worth watching.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear Xema!

"Wait Until Dark"....this is an old, but very good one!

Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn...

:scared:

[XemaSab]

21. That *is* a good film

:)

[tigereye]

15. Seven

incredibly creepy.



Does Psycho still scare people? I couldn't sleep the night I first saw that.


Signs was also quite scary in a good way.

[XemaSab]

17. I was having a discussion with my mom

and I bourght up "The Ring" and "Seven" as two films I have seen that just get going inside your head...

Every time it's dreary and raining... every time I see a red tree... every time I see a picture and wonder if it's hanging the right way up... every time I see a reference to a well... every time I am driving trhough Bakersfield... :scared:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Prince of Darkness.

Cheesy but terrifying. :scared:

[yourout]

The first Alien movie freaked me out.

[Robeson]

18. I'm partial to the Roger Corman gothic horror movies of Edgar Allen Poe...

...tales, with one of my favorite actors, Vincent Price. Great late night popcorn movies...:popcorn:

[Tektonik]

19. The Descent

By far my favorite scary movie in a long while.

[flvegan]

20. "The Devil's Rejects" is awesome.

[badgerpup]

22. Two good ones...

Dance of the Damned (vampire) and In The Company Of Wolves (a lot of vignettes...mostly werewolves).

Not slasher scary, but like Hitchcock. They will haunt you.
DAMNNED good movies, IMHO...:scared::applause:

[Ivan Sputnik]

23. "The Omen"

"Silence of the Lambs"

[Digit]

24. Silence of The Lambs scared me.....

I can't usually watch scary movies. I need someone next to me to dig my claws into and all my friends KNOW I do this and therefore will not watch any with me.

[yourout]

25. The Exorcist

[RebelOne]

27. The original "The Thing" from the 1950s.

That movie will have you on the edge of your seat.

[edbermac]

28. The Birds

[NewJeffCT]

29. Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko

I'm surprised I'm the first to say them

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

30. The Tenant

:scared:

[kentauros]

31. Here are my favorites :)

Nosferatu (Silent)
Nosferatu (Werner Herzog remake)
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
The Haunting (1963) - what they did with sound alone... :scared:
Dr. John Markway: "It was an evil house from the beginning - a house that was born bad."

IMDB Top 50 horror

[raccoon]

32. "Shock Waves."

It's a grade B movie but totally creeped me out.

Also, "Blair Witch Project."

[formerrepuke]

33. "Diabolique" (the original 1955 version)....n/t

[vi5]

34. The Descent....

It's got everything. Claustrophobic settings. Darkness. Scary Creatures. Betraying Friends. Tragic accidents. Really good, and really effective.

I'm amazed this thread got to be as long as it did without anyone lecturing you on "Why would you want to watch scary movies when there's so much horror in real life. Waaaaaa. Waaaaaaa."

Although there was one runner up with the Farenheit 911 and Sicko response which runs a close second to the other kind of response.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

35. Jacques Tourneur's films from the 1950s had a lot of creepy atmosphere

He was working with a very low budget and few special effects, but was an effective director in creeping out his audience with suggested horror, lurking in the shadows. Films like:

Cat People
Night Of The Demon
I Walked With A Zombie
The Leopard Man