The Exorcist. It's the only horror movie I've ever heard of that scared people so much that they had to run out of the theater and vomit. However, Blair Witch project is a close second. Most horror movies, though are little more than unintentional comedies.
I watched The Thing and The Exorcist a few months back-seeing them as an adult, now with what is considered "cheesy" special effects, they didn't scare me at all. Now, Se7en, with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman scares the hell out of me-because I could see a criminally psychotic person committing the crimes in the movie-there is nothing supernatural at all, it's simply one man believing he's doing God's will by punishing humanity. Truly frightening. It's made it onto the top ten horror list of all time, but I feel it deserves a spot over all others except maybe the Exorcist, purely for nostalgic value-not up to date creep factor.
The Thing does have some very creepy moments, the part that still freaks me out is when they burn the Bennings imitation. The noises it makes still send chills up my spine.
I'm not a fan of non-sci fi horror to be honest. Can't be doing with ghosts or daemons, it's very overdone and yawntastic imho.
I'd say my favourite horror movie has to be ALIEN, hands down. It still makes me jump, the scene where Ripley is running through the corridors while hearing Lambert's death screams still freaks my out.
It uses some very clever tactics that break several of the established horror film tropes, the use of sound is especially horrible.
I watched it at 4am in an old house in the middle of a storm, after a few beers. The lounge was upstairs and the attic hatch was rattling from the wind, at least I think it was the wind... It was quite a time before anyone else had heard of it so I had no idea what to expect.
Although recently, Insidious scared the absoloute bejeebers out of me. Especially since I thought the boy dancing to Tiptoe Through The Tulips was a doll which I absoloutley hate, as well as when the psychic draws the demon that appears to be in a pitch black area of the house, damn just something about knowing it is there but you can not see it.
Never seen it. Would you recommend it? Or is it just gore porn kindda gak?
Been a while since I've seen it but it's a realistic take on nuclear war made in the early 80s. All about despair and hopelessness and dying of radiation poisoning.
The sort of film that made me glad I lived right near a prime target.
For me, at Seven years old, watching a heavily edited version of The Exorcist scared me a ton. Then a few years later, Alien did it to me again. They both still give me an atavistic fear reaction 30some years later. As an adult, probably Blair Witch.
I also remember The Day After. Jason Robards, John Lithgow... The next day at school all six classes had to discuss it. My 8th grade science teacher went all weepy...
Coolyo294 wrote:The Ultramarines movie. The sheer, concentrated awfulness in that movie is the most horrifying thing on this planet.
That made me laugh. The exorcist has some surprisingly scary scenes when I saw it on the big screen 10 years ago (even though I'd seen it on tv several times) but overall wasn't that scary outside of the pea soup vomit and especially the crab walk down the stairs. This may sound stupid but the scariest movie I ever saw was Event Horizon simply because I really didn't have any idea that it was a horror movie instead of the usual mindless scifi romp. I went with two buddies in college and we all walked quietly outside of the theatre afterwards; I finally said something to the effect of "wow.. that was scary..." and the macho fascade dropped instantly from the other two and they agreed.
warboss wrote: This may sound stupid but the scariest movie I ever saw was Event Horizon simply because I really didn't have any idea that it was a horror movie instead of the usual mindless scifi romp. I went with two buddies in college and we all walked quietly outside of the theatre afterwards; I finally said something to the effect of "wow.. that was scary..." and the macho fascade dropped instantly from the other two and they agreed.
This is not stupid at all, Event Horizon is a very good horror movie. For me it's close to "what Hellraiser in space should have looked like" .
The Thing is on my top list, along with Dawn of the Dead (both the original and the remake - which are terrifying in their own different ways).
As well as the Exorcist, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is pretty awesome, and I don't think I'll ever forget the last act in Audition, goddamn that was excruciating. A Nightmare on Elm Street was probably the first film to scare the crap out of me as a youngster, so that deserves a mention, even though watching it more recently it didn't have anywhere near the same impact.
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Jaws.
warboss wrote:That made me laugh. The exorcist has some surprisingly scary scenes when I saw it on the big screen 10 years ago (even though I'd seen it on tv several times) but overall wasn't that scary outside of the pea soup vomit and especially the crab walk down the stairs.
The Exorcist, while famous for the pea soup more than anything else, isn't trading in surprise scares like most horror movies. It's more of a horror that builds slowly, as the characters are shown to be so alone, and so helpless in the face of the evil they face. And then there's the end, where the priest's faith leaves him, and the devil claims his true prize.
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Hyenajoe wrote:This is not stupid at all, Event Horizon is a very good horror movie. For me it's close to "what Hellraiser in space should have looked like" .
I've heard it was originally written as a Hellraiser movie, before being bumped up in status and budget to an original work slated for a full theatrical release (unlike the Hellraiser movie that were made with small budgets, and aimed for limited release in theatres, with an expectation that their cult following would provide decent video sales).
Not now because its become a cultural icon. When it came out it was a big deal. Also, how many movie song bits do you instantly recognize like that.
Others I don't think have been mentioned
The Shining
Exorcist III (thats the one that got me actually)
Silence of the Lambs
Poltergeist
Halloween
From Hell
Wait Until Dark (Its best as a live play though)
Psycho (again a classic that has to be viewed at the time it came out)
House of Wax (Vincent Price)
Sixth Sense
Carrie
The Omen
I'll second The Shining and Audition, and The Thing is very high on my list. The paranoia in The Thing is awesome. The Ring/Ringu might not be the scariest film ever, but it's certainly creepy and wonderfully plotted. There's such a great sinking feeling when the kid says "Why did you do that?!? You weren't supposed to help her!" You know immediately that he's right and all you can think is "oh feth."
Some people like dumping on The Blair Witch Project. And sure, on a TV at home years after the fact, it's not very scary. But if you had seen it on opening night in a packed theater after the mockumentaries and viral marketing had half the audience thinking it was REAL...well, it was a different experience. Heck, I knew it was fake, but the audience carried me along on that one. Half the kids today probably don't even know about the whole hoax aspect of that film.
Event Horizon was a great setup ruined by a cheesy ending, as I've said before. After the "umm...what?" moment, I was no longer invested in the movie. Paranormal Activity, similar thing. Insidious was interesting in that it fixed the specific issue with PA, but still fell prey to the "characters-acting-not-how-real-people-would" phenomenon at its end.
I simply don't get the appeal of Saw and its genre.
House of 1000 Corpses, only watched it because my ex loves it, evil ...
or Poltergeist 3 (i think, the one in the hotel - mirrors still occasionally creep me out because of this film, especially when i was IN a freaking hotel when i saw it *shudder*).
@gorgon: Saw is a great film (the first one ONLY) because it was clever, and potentially real, not because it was scary...
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
Wow, thats fairly impressive KC....and yes, not exactly the...er best films in the world (), but creepy as hell (i am not a horror fan, i just end up watching them...silly me )
While The Thing (1983) is easily my favourite horror film (with Let The Right One In a close second) I find neither of them are particularly scary.
However that scene in Signs where the blurry home video shows an alien walking past the window at a kids birthday party always creeps me out something fierce.
Actually I lied, the scene in The Thing when Cooper is giving CPR. That makes me feel sick to this day.
The Shining and the original Nightmare on Elm Street are the scariest I think I have seen. The Nightmare on Elm Street I watched when I was fairly young so that's the main reason. Horrors seem to lose their potency as you get older and start to realise that the monster isn't in your wardrobe or under your bed.
Chowderhead wrote:The Exorcist still holds up very well.
My wife is utterly terrified by it (she is catholic) while I'm not bothered by it at all (I'm atheist), I think that religion probably has quite a lot of do with how scary people find this film.
I'm not that bothered by horror films in general, they rarely actually scare me and those that do are usually psychological horror. The one that really sticks in my mind is Audition.
The Shining and the original Nightmare on Elm Street are the scariest I think I have seen. The Nightmare on Elm Street I watched when I was fairly young so that's the main reason. Horrors seem to lose their potency as you get older and start to realise that the monster isn't in your wardrobe or under your bed.
Actually another one is IT.
Nightmare was excllent as well, and has been mentioned. It opened up a new gnre of films.
IT is a whole different level. The book is one of my absolute favorites. I haven't read it in decades but it might be time to do so. The TV movie was decent in many ways.
Frazzled wrote:IT is a whole different level. The book is one of my absolute favorites. I haven't read it in decades but it might be time to do so. The TV movie was decent in many ways.
Yep, the book is great. The bit with the fridge always creeps me out, the whole character of Patrick Hocksetter creeps me out actually.
The only horror movie that ever genuinely scared me when I was young was Halloween. The parts that scared me the most weren't really the parts where he was stabbing people, per se, but the parts where, like, lightning would flash and you'd see him standing off in the distance from out of a window. Those sorts of parts.
I watched Halloween 6 when I was around 20 or so, and found it still had it. I was substantially less scared being an adult but it definitely had me jumpy for a day or two.
I loved the Friday the 13th movies when I was a kid, but never found them scary. Similarly, The Thing is one of my absolutely all time favorite movies (tied for best with Aliens, probably) but I didn't find it scary.
Diverging into TV for a second here; I was terrified of Sleestaks when I was a kid - the lizard-people on Land of the Lost. I would always ask my older brother, "hey, you wanna watch Land of the Lost?" and if he said yes, we'd put it on and I'd stand behind the couch and hide behind it when they came on the screen (so my mother tells me).
Since posting it we started talking about books, looks like? I'll add on here Pet Sematary. Man; I've never read anything before or yet that so expertly applied tension and apprehension smoothly as the book started coming to a climax. I don't remember ever being scared of reading a book but that one was unnerving, certainly. Moreso because I was around 11 or 12 when I read it.
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
Wow, thats fairly impressive KC....and yes, not exactly the...er best films in the world (), but creepy as hell (i am not a horror fan, i just end up watching them...silly me )
Im on the fence with Rob Zombie as a director. It seems like he can do well on one project, and then totally ruins it the second time around. I kindda liked 1000corpses now that Im thinking about it. But Devils Rejects was definitely the gak box. I liked his remake of Halloween, but the sequel was just as awful as rejects was, maybe even more because I like Halloween movies. I dunno....hes good and then sucks, guess it depends on the month or something
Has it not been mentioned, or did I just miss it? Texas Chainsaw Massacre freaks me out every time. The original one that is, I've not seen any others.
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
Wow, thats fairly impressive KC....and yes, not exactly the...er best films in the world (), but creepy as hell (i am not a horror fan, i just end up watching them...silly me )
Im on the fence with Rob Zombie as a director. It seems like he can do well on one project, and then totally ruins it the second time around. I kindda liked 1000corpses now that Im thinking about it. But Devils Rejects was definitely the gak box. I liked his remake of Halloween, but the sequel was just as awful as rejects was, maybe even more because I like Halloween movies.
Hmmm, completely didnt realise it was him that directed the new Halloween films...they are being shown soon, might check them out (see? why am i saying this?!....i dont LIKE horror films...)
It would seem that way. My mate who loves 1000 corpses hates Devils rejects, so you may well be right. i didnt watch the second one, was still prangin out about this guy:
I dunno....hes good and then sucks, guess it depends on the month or something
The 1970's "Don't be afraid of the dark". As a horror jaded child of the 80's ( with Halloween as a bench mark) my friends and I all agreed. Don't be afraid of the dark was the king of creepy movie.
Ouze wrote:The only horror movie that ever genuinely scared me when I was young was Halloween. The parts that scared me the most weren't really the parts where he was stabbing people, per se, but the parts where, like, lightning would flash and you'd see him standing off in the distance from out of a window. Those sorts of parts.
I watched Halloween 6 when I was around 20 or so, and found it still had it. I was substantially less scared being an adult but it definitely had me jumpy for a day or two.
I loved the Friday the 13th movies when I was a kid, but never found them scary. Similarly, The Thing is one of my absolutely all time favorite movies (tied for best with Aliens, probably) but I didn't find it scary.
Diverging into TV for a second here; I was terrified of Sleestaks when I was a kid - the lizard-people on Land of the Lost. I would always ask my older brother, "hey, you wanna watch Land of the Lost?" and if he said yes, we'd put it on and I'd stand behind the couch and hide behind it when they came on the screen (so my mother tells me).
Since posting it we started talking about books, looks like? I'll add on here Pet Sematary. Man; I've never read anything before or yet that so expertly applied tension and apprehension smoothly as the book started coming to a climax. I don't remember ever being scared of reading a book but that one was unnerving, certainly. Moreso because I was around 11 or 12 when I read it.
Interesting fun fact regarding the Sleestaks. Bill Lambieer, retired basketball player, former coach, and all around DB played a sleestak in several episodes of LotL. He was out in CA on summer break and his friends dad (IIRC) was a director or whatnot, and he was asked to help out.
For those who like the day after, you should check out the English version called Threads, which deals with the results of a nuclear attack on Sheffield. Not really scary as such, more 'uncomfortable' really, but still creeped me out for days afterwards.
I've kinda gone off the whole horror wagon these days, but I still do like The Thing (1983) - the bit that I hate the most is where they're doing the blood test, and get their thumbs cut with a scalpel, probably because i've done it so many times myself!!
Medium of Death wrote:While JAWS may not be that scary, I'd wager that it is responsible for more life changes than any other horror film...
Not swimming in the sea, anyone?
Indeed. Count me in that crowd. I've told the wife when they invent an underwater chainsaw I'll feel comfrtable scuba diving with her, until then no no no.
Again, there's kind of a context thing at work with Jaws. The idea of a killer shark seems like a yawner now, but that movie scared the bejeezus outta people the summer it was released. And note that it was a summer release (indeed the first big summer blockbuster). Imagine seeing that while you were on vacation at the shore...are you quick to get in the water the next day?
Medium of Death wrote:While JAWS may not be that scary, I'd wager that it is responsible for more life changes than any other horror film...
Not swimming in the sea, anyone?
Indeed. Count me in that crowd. I've told the wife when they invent an underwater chainsaw I'll feel comfrtable scuba diving with her, until then no no no.
Open Water has a slightly similar effect.
Open water for me isn't scary when I am above surface. You couldn't pay me enough to put on some goggles and look into the pitch black depths below, damn nothing could creep me out more, to stare into the abyss and knowing something is down there, but you can't see it whilst it could see you.
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
I must respectfulydisagree with you my bearded buddy,both House of 1,000 corpses and The Devils Rejects are fantastic homages to the 70's Grindhouse/ explotation films, which is exactly what Zombie meant for them to be.
I also wouldn't even catagorize "Rejects" as " Horror", as it's much more of an Anti-Hero/Shoot 'em up/Action flick ( with a sprinkling of psychological horror thrown in), reminded me much more of " Switchblade sisters" ( albeit with a crazed clown) then it did of any real "Horror" flick.
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
I must respectfulydisagree with you my bearded buddy,both House of 1,000 corpses and The Devils Rejects are fantastic homages to the 70's Grindhouse/ explotation films, which is exactly what Zombie meant for them to be. I also wouldn't even catagorize "Rejects" as " Horror", as it's much more of an Anti-Hero/Shoot 'em up/Action flick ( with a sprinkling of psychological horror thrown in), reminded me much more of " Switchblade sisters" ( albeit with a crazed clown) then it did of any real "Horror" flick.
Ahhh FITZZ, was wondering when you would make an appearance
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
I must respectfulydisagree with you my bearded buddy,both House of 1,000 corpses and The Devils Rejects are fantastic homages to the 70's Grindhouse/ explotation films, which is exactly what Zombie meant for them to be.
I also wouldn't even catagorize "Rejects" as " Horror", as it's much more of an Anti-Hero/Shoot 'em up/Action flick ( with a sprinkling of psychological horror thrown in), reminded me much more of " Switchblade sisters" ( albeit with a crazed clown) then it did of any real "Horror" flick.
Ahhh FITZZ, was wondering when you would make an appearance
your avatar still reminds me of 1000 corpses...
As so it should Rev.
I've been reading over this particular thread since it was posted and honestly trying to determine which ( if any) horror fims I would truely consider "terrifying".
The Exorcist would most likely be my number one choice...though clearly not in any " OHMYGOSHTHATSCAREDME!!" way, it's the building tension and the premise that, for me, make the film truely disturbing.
JAWS ( one of my all time favorite films btw) works on a "Horror/Monster movie" level for the first half of the film, the later half ( though great) is more of an action/ buddies on a boat movie as far as I'm concerned.
KingCracker wrote:My wife has an autographed copy of 1000 corpses by Rob and Sherri. Kindda neat, but other then that, I think that and the sequel are total gak boxes
I must respectfulydisagree with you my bearded buddy,both House of 1,000 corpses and The Devils Rejects are fantastic homages to the 70's Grindhouse/ explotation films, which is exactly what Zombie meant for them to be.
I also wouldn't even catagorize "Rejects" as " Horror", as it's much more of an Anti-Hero/Shoot 'em up/Action flick ( with a sprinkling of psychological horror thrown in), reminded me much more of " Switchblade sisters" ( albeit with a crazed clown) then it did of any real "Horror" flick.
Ahhh FITZZ, was wondering when you would make an appearance
your avatar still reminds me of 1000 corpses...
As so it should Rev.
I've been reading over this particular thread since it was posted and honestly trying to determine which ( if any) horror fims I would truely consider "terrifying".
The Exorcist would most likely be my number one choice...though clearly not in any " OHMYGOSHTHATSCAREDME!!" way, it's the building tension and the premise that, for me, make the film truely disturbing.
JAWS ( one of my all time favorite films btw) works on a "Horror/Monster movie" level for the first half of the film, the later half ( though great) is more of an action/ buddies on a boat movie as far as I'm concerned.
it os one of those immortal images...if you know what it is, theres no way you will forget it. If you dont...its just a happy clown....honest
Chowderhead wrote:I just saw Justin Beiber: Never Say Never with the gal for date night.
House of 1,000 Corpses is trash I agree. However its sequel, the Devil's Rejects, is a great, unique, and fresh horror movie and I recommend everyone to see it.
htj wrote:Has it not been mentioned, or did I just miss it? Texas Chainsaw Massacre freaks me out every time. The original one that is, I've not seen any others.
Im a fan of TCM movies. The original is by far my fave, such a good movie. You just felt like that woman just couldnt get away from the family no matter how hard she tried
htj wrote:Has it not been mentioned, or did I just miss it? Texas Chainsaw Massacre freaks me out every time. The original one that is, I've not seen any others.
Im a fan of TCM movies. The original is by far my fave, such a good movie. You just felt like that woman just couldnt get away from the family no matter how hard she tried
The reboot was pretty good too. As a jaded adult it didn't scare me, but the movie was well done. R Lee Ermy as a cannibal... sweet...
Scarey eh?
I gotta go with Alien as my pick for the scariest. But as has been said none of the films mentioned here are quite as scarey the second time around. I liked The Fog (1979) when I first saw it but after watching it again before the remake came out I was not as impressed.
Also surprised no-one mentioned Wolf Creek, come to think of it.
House of 1,000 Corpses is one of those movies that I walked out of having no idea how I was supposed to have enjoyed it. The victims were all unlikeable people, and the whole thing was so silly that clearly we weren't supposed to thinking 'we could be those people' like in, say, Deliverance. So straight scares were out of the way. Then perhaps we were supposed to be fixated on these purely evil people, fascinated and repulsed at the same time, like how you watch Hannibal or similar movies... but these were pathetic, ignorant hillbillies that absolutely no-one would want to be even slightly like, and the only reason they had any success was through the absolute incompetence of their victims and a heavy dose of plot contrivance.
It was full of some effective imagery, like the clown face ie FRITZZ, and some of the body mutilation... so much so that I'm not willing to call it a bad movie, as much as call it a bunch of stuff that would have been pretty cool, if they were put in a movie that made some kind of sense.
Norn King wrote:^Jaws is not scary.
Given lots and lots of people around the world will talk about how scared they were by that movie, your claim above is objectively false.
Now, you might say 'I didn't put it on my list because I didn't find it scary' and that'd be fine, but to say it isn't scary is to confuse your personal reaction with everyone else's.
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Corpsesarefun wrote:However that scene in Signs where the blurry home video shows an alien walking past the window at a kids birthday party always creeps me out something fierce.
That scene wins the award for 'most scary, engrossing scene in a film I otherwise completely hated'
I think Signs is a terrible alien invasion movie but it's a great monster/spooky film. The less you think of the logistics of this invasion and the more you focus on the creepy things running around the farm the easier it is to appreciate.
As for the list I have to say I can't think of one :/ though I must echo the abundance of The Thing love in this thread, that's a great movie. I think I've seen so many horror movies that I'm immune to them now.
Also slightly off topic, anyone know any good horror movies that are on instant watch on Netflix? I need to stream some screams on my screen!...sorry about that.
Corpsesarefun wrote:However that scene in Signs where the blurry home video shows an alien walking past the window at a kids birthday party always creeps me out something fierce.
That scene wins the award for 'most scary, engrossing scene in a film I otherwise completely hated'
Yeah that sums it up pretty nicely for me. It started very mediocrely then built up to being quite creepy (that scene more so than any other) and finally threw it all out the window with the ending.
Water? SERIOUSLY? That's almost as bad as the whole "the Earth's natural bacteria killed them" shtick from War of the Worlds.
I think Signs is a terrible alien invasion movie but it's a great monster/spooky film. The less you think of the logistics of this invasion and the more you focus on the creepy things running around the farm the easier it is to appreciate.
Yeah, except that still gets ruined by that stupid ending. No matter how scary those things might have been when they were lurking in the dark, that's all ruined when one of them just stands there for about minute looking stupid with a glass of water about a metre away, doing nothing about it.
I think the film works best as a kind of Jackass parody, where a bunch of aliens dared each other to go down to the planet full of all that deadly water, stark naked, and run around to prove how brave/crazy they were to each other. That alien at the end was obviously the Steve-O character.
Corpsesarefun wrote:Tommyknockers was made into a movie?
Again that book was really eerie but I didn't find it too scary.
A TV miniseries... nowhere near as good as the book but not terrible. No tentacle crotch folks at least.
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asimo77 wrote:Oh man that scene is Signs...
I think Signs is a terrible alien invasion movie but it's a great monster/spooky film. The less you think of the logistics of this invasion and the more you focus on the creepy things running around the farm the easier it is to appreciate.
Yeah, except that still gets ruined by that stupid ending. No matter how scary those things might have been when they were lurking in the dark, that's all ruined when one of them just stands there for about minute looking stupid with a glass of water about a metre away, doing nothing about it.
I think the film works best as a kind of Jackass parody, where a bunch of aliens dared each other to go down to the planet full of all that deadly water, stark naked, and run around to prove how brave/crazy they were to each other. That alien at the end was obviously the Steve-O character.
Odin, signs pissed me off. I am an alien. I can fly through the universe with ne'er a care in the... universe. I am going to visit a planet with seas of acid, where acid rains from the sky. Condensates out of the very air. I am going to visit this planet, naked. Profit.
htj wrote:Has it not been mentioned, or did I just miss it? Texas Chainsaw Massacre freaks me out every time. The original one that is, I've not seen any others.
Im a fan of TCM movies. The original is by far my fave, such a good movie. You just felt like that woman just couldnt get away from the family no matter how hard she tried
The reboot was pretty good too. As a jaded adult it didn't scare me, but the movie was well done. R Lee Ermy as a cannibal... sweet...
Agreed, I thought not just for a remake, but a "Scary" movie on its own, it was really well made. I loved how gritty and dark it was. Sadly the sequel to the remake, was just ass
Corpsesarefun wrote:Tommyknockers was made into a movie?
Again that book was really eerie but I didn't find it too scary.
Yea they did, I havnt seen it in a few years, so my memory of how good it was is pretty foggy. Should probably netflix it now that your making me think about it
Horror movies don't scare me generally (Horror games are a completely different story. Haven't even touched Amnesia since I played it the first time.)
I generally like Sci-fi horror. My favorites are all of the Aliens movies, and Pandorum. Pandorum was a seriously awesome movie. They did every possible thing they could with their low budget and came out with a movie that is better than some films that cost 5 times as much.
Also I freaking love the game Dead Space, but it took me forever to get through it. Dead Space 2 is fun as well, though not really scary.
Jaws keeps popping up, thought I'd share something on the matter: captain Quinn was a real guy-my grandfather was friends with him. Not the actor, the real captain. Two days after Jaws came out, he went sharking and caught the smallest great white in a school of them-it was two feet larger than Jaws. The smallest. So...they do get that big. I found Deep Blue Sea to be scarier, really. And I saw jaws first.
timetowaste85 wrote:Jaws keeps popping up, thought I'd share something on the matter: captain Quinn was a real guy-my grandfather was friends with him. Not the actor, the real captain. Two days after Jaws came out, he went sharking and caught the smallest great white in a school of them-it was two feet larger than Jaws. The smallest. So...they do get that big. I found Deep Blue Sea to be scarier, really. And I saw jaws first.
Ratius wrote:Deep blue sea the film > Jaws?
Uhm, to each their own boss
What can I say-as a 13 yr old at the time, the Jaws shark looked fake and not at all frightening. The Deep Blue Sea sharks looked real, had intelligence (science we could PROBABLY replicate these days) and they could have torn Jaws apart. The movie was also plenty hilarious in places-it was an all around awesome movie. I also read the novel of Jaws before I watched the movie-that helped ruin it for me-the book was more terrifying and had a lot more going on in it.
And thanks for posting the guy's name-I didn't know it (if my grandfather ever told me, I forgot). My grandfather also lives in Long Island (East Hampton, about 45 minutes from Montauk, depending on traffic) and they've had coffee together quite a few times. The knowledge I got from this was the best part to come out of Jaws, I think
timetowaste85 wrote:Jaws keeps popping up, thought I'd share something on the matter: captain Quinn was a real guy-my grandfather was friends with him. Not the actor, the real captain. Two days after Jaws came out, he went sharking and caught the smallest great white in a school of them-it was two feet larger than Jaws. The smallest. So...they do get that big.
There's a grain of truth in there, but not really. The shark in Jaws was meant to be about 25 feet, and while great whites have been spotted about that large none have ever been caught - the largest ever captured was 18 feet long. Average great whites are about 15 feet long, so the idea of a school of them in which the smallest is 27 feet, and that it was captured is, at best, wildly exagerrated.
And you can thank my nephew for all the information above, as he is completing his Year 4 project on great whites on the table behind me as we speak, and is now a fountain of knowledge on all things shark.
I found Deep Blue Sea to be scarier, really. And I saw jaws first.
GalacticDefender wrote:Horror movies don't scare me generally (Horror games are a completely different story. Haven't even touched Amnesia since I played it the first time.)
I generally like Sci-fi horror. My favorites are all of the Aliens movies, and Pandorum. Pandorum was a seriously awesome movie. They did every possible thing they could with their low budget and came out with a movie that is better than some films that cost 5 times as much.
Also I freaking love the game Dead Space, but it took me forever to get through it. Dead Space 2 is fun as well, though not really scary.
Yea, Pandorum was a surprise to say the least. I watched it only because I was bored one night, and feth me, that was a good movie! I also agree that most horror movies arnt scary at all. Not like "Oh damn, I cant sleep with the lights out" scary anyways. But the really good ones, do kindda mess with you for a few days.
Then theres the Ju-on. That movie tortured my subconscious for a solid month. I couldnt enter rooms with out the lights on first, and when jumping into bed, I kid you not, Id looked under the covers to make sure that bitch wasnt under there
GalacticDefender wrote:
I generally like Sci-fi horror. My favorites are all of the Aliens movies, and Pandorum. Pandorum was a seriously awesome movie. They did every possible thing they could with their low budget and came out with a movie that is better than some films that cost 5 times as much.
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Pandorum was good, with a great twist. On the sci fi horror scene Event Horizon is also pretty cool as is Virus.
The scariest, and most disturbing parts, in Event Horizon are the images of the hell they get sucked into. Slowed down some are pretty icky and I wouldn't like to go there for holiday.
Ratius wrote:Why does Montauk NY, ring a bell in terms of other films?
I know its from somewhere but cant place it =/
I live not that far from Montauk NY, and as far as I know no movie is shot/set there. Are you thinking of Amityville, NY, home of the Amityville horror? (Which isn't that far from my house btw)
GalacticDefender wrote:
I generally like Sci-fi horror. My favorites are all of the Aliens movies, and Pandorum. Pandorum was a seriously awesome movie. They did every possible thing they could with their low budget and came out with a movie that is better than some films that cost 5 times as much.
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Pandorum was good, with a great twist. On the sci fi horror scene Event Horizon is also pretty cool as is Virus.
The scariest, and most disturbing parts, in Event Horizon are the images of the hell they get sucked into. Slowed down some are pretty icky and I wouldn't like to go there for holiday.
KingCracker wrote:Agreed on all three. Very much so
i have yet to find anyone else who enjoyed Pandorum...
I thought it was a GREAT film, thank you for renewing my faith in Dakka's film know-how.
Not been scared by horror films since I was 16. I mean, those guys are all actors.
When I was a kid I was frightened really easy though. Jurassic Park gave me troubles sleeping for years...
Kilometre 31 (spanish movie) , the end is just so dark, i love it. Plus i like that kind of low guts and blood horror, makes it seem more real and thus more horrifying.
Psychological, even the scenes that scare me most in non-psychological horror films do so for more complicated reasons.
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For example when Cooper is preforming CPR (an act of selflessness to save someone's life) and it turns out to be a trap, that perversion of selfless life saving sends chills down my spine
I definitely experienced some creeping dread from both The Exorist, The Omen and Rosemary's Baby, probably connected to religious upbringing. Watching that little girl stab her vigina with crucifix, yelling, "F* Jesus"; the little boy turning to face the audience at the funeral of Gregory Peck's character; Rosemary looking down lovingly at the beast while some perfectly respectable lady is cheering, "Hail Satan," all these have made me glad not to be alone.
I'm surprise nobody has mentioned Donnie Darko, and that rabbit, those weird visuals of the kid stabbing his reflection in the mirror. I watched that alone, wasn't too bother, but after putting on The Infinite Melancholy, I couldn't shake the feeling tha somebody was behind me.
Last, Hostle: a stupid movie, but I'm not at all comfortable with the dismemberment of human bodies. I think that's one reason I hate the haemonculi in 40k.
I remember being like 10 and couldn't take a shower without keeping a watchful eye on the door, or going to bed without the lights on and door closed mostly due to Jason and Mike and Sir Freddy. I also remember Rawhead Rex scared the piss out of me same with PumpkinHead.
I also was fond of the two underwater horror movies Leviathan and Deep Star Six. Not so scary but still cool when your younger.
Now that I'm 33 nothing scares me like that. I think the last time I jumped at a movie was The Ring, I was really high and had the surround sound cranked and that first loud scare I might have let some doodoo slip out, more then likely formo the loud stereo. Not saying it was an epic movie, I was just trying to remember the last actual jump out my seat moment.
As for newer horror, not sure if you would put the movie Martyrs or Audition in the horror genre ( if hostel is, and the imo garbage Saw movies are then I guess they are ) those two movies were really good. It was one of those types of movies but with some Zazz that hostel and saw were lacking.
Its hard to find good horror now days. Netflixs makes me cringe when i look at the horror section, and I hate getting burned at the theater (looking at you Thing remake) so it can be tuff to find new movies. I always watch these threads and hope to find some gem that I might have missed.
Edit - I wanted to add that when i was about 18 I watched the movie Clive Barkers Lord of Illusion on a couple of hits of acid, that movie will always have a place in my in my mind as being fethed up, even now if i hear that weird noise that is in that movie my skin crawls....in a good way. ( Don't do drugs) (( Dont do drugs and watch Lord Of illusion lol))
See my sig... Hellraiser... when it came out, it was tweeeeeky man.
But, my favorite Horror film?
EVIL DEAD 2!
Possibly the best sequel of ALL TIME.
Seriously... if you haven't seen it... GO GET IT! (you can skip the first movie as part 2 rehashes it in the first 2 minutes... that's all you need).
Ash is the utilmate hero!
Then the third movie... is okay.. more funny than scary (ARMY OF DARKNESS).
I usually hate gore-pr0n, and I like psychological horror movies much better.
Although one of my most hated scenes in any horror movie was the scene in one of the Saw movies where the girl gets thrown in the pit of dirty needles.
Working in medicine and having gone through the fun that is a dirty needle stick that scene was fethed up.
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I am going to watch the most horrifying horror movie of them all "Blubberella"!
Those who chose The Day After should look at Threads. Made around the same time it is more down to earth and far bleaker, there is also an intermittently narrative in a cold methodical tone that describes the effects of nuclear war locally and globally.
The whole film here:
While not intended as cinema or horror, Threads has good foreshadowing and a callous eye that fits the sitting.
For regular horror you cant really beat The Thing, its with the stakes being so high.
As far as "The Day After", was there not a cartoon version that was similar? Dealing with a married couple when nuclear war starts?
When The Wind Blows, based on a graphic novel of the same name by Raymond Briggs. It is a satirical cover of the futility of civil protection.
Yeah, I remember watching it when I was pretty young. I didn't think it was a scary movie, but I remember it being weird. Will have to try to find it and watch it now.
Its not intended to be scary, more ominous. It only involves an elderly couple and what they perceive, which isnt very much. As they do not understand nuclear war they are introduced to its horror subvertly, slowly dying in ignorance.
The main point of the film, other than an anti-nuclear message is to point out the total indifference towards the general population and the lack of provision for any form of survival. Threads hits this one home also, the priority is to maximise control, not survival.
The Exorcist got me back in the day. I will probably regret saying this....but the recent Paranormal Activities kinda got me too. I guess it was the fear of the unknown.
GalacticDefender wrote:
I generally like Sci-fi horror. My favorites are all of the Aliens movies, and Pandorum. Pandorum was a seriously awesome movie. They did every possible thing they could with their low budget and came out with a movie that is better than some films that cost 5 times as much.
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Pandorum was good, with a great twist. On the sci fi horror scene Event Horizon is also pretty cool as is Virus.
The scariest, and most disturbing parts, in Event Horizon are the images of the hell they get sucked into. Slowed down some are pretty icky and I wouldn't like to go there for holiday.
KingCracker wrote:Agreed on all three. Very much so
i have yet to find anyone else who enjoyed Pandorum...
I thought it was a GREAT film, thank you for renewing my faith in Dakka's film know-how.
I do what I can,
Well I just watched The woman in Black. It was a decent movie and startled me a few times. Granted I had the surround sound cranked up nice and ear popping high, and the lights were off. My main complaint though, is its one of those that rely on loud scary sudden sounds to scare, rather then actually be scary. But overall, I say its worth a looksee anyways
GalacticDefender wrote:
I generally like Sci-fi horror. My favorites are all of the Aliens movies, and Pandorum. Pandorum was a seriously awesome movie. They did every possible thing they could with their low budget and came out with a movie that is better than some films that cost 5 times as much.
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Pandorum was good, with a great twist. On the sci fi horror scene Event Horizon is also pretty cool as is Virus.
The scariest, and most disturbing parts, in Event Horizon are the images of the hell they get sucked into. Slowed down some are pretty icky and I wouldn't like to go there for holiday.
KingCracker wrote:Agreed on all three. Very much so
i have yet to find anyone else who enjoyed Pandorum...
I thought it was a GREAT film, thank you for renewing my faith in Dakka's film know-how.
I do what I can,
Well I just watched The woman in Black. It was a decent movie and startled me a few times. Granted I had the surround sound cranked up nice and ear popping high, and the lights were off. My main complaint though, is its one of those that rely on loud scary sudden sounds to scare, rather then actually be scary. But overall, I say its worth a looksee anyways
I find a lot of horrors to be a bit cheesy and not very scary.
I always judge films on their 'horror' factor to be the ones that make it most difficult to get to sleep if you think about them and the two films that do that for me are Alien and Event Horizon.
Also, if you ever want to trip out, when you are falling asleep, start thinking about how the universe carries on for ever - trust me, it starts to get very weird when you are tired.
I'm really not a horror buff like many here.. but some "non-horror" type movies have gotten to me in the past.
For instance, The Mist... while overall a crap movie, that ending sequence was hard for me.. just thinking what i'd do when faced with that situation, especially how it all turned out.
Then Harry Brown... it's hard to put my finger on what made this movie so unsettling for me, but it did.. Michael Caine was absoutely fething brilliant in this movie.
And of course, like others have said, Se7en is a pretty good "scary" movie, not for startling Horror genre tricks, but for its plausibility in real life.
Lou Diamond Phillips for sure. The guy has been in good movies, and uber cheesy ones, but somehow they are always at least watchable. I dunno how he does it.
Ensis Ferrae wrote:I'm really not a horror buff like many here.. but some "non-horror" type movies have gotten to me in the past.
For instance, The Mist... while overall a crap movie, that ending sequence was hard for me.. just thinking what i'd do when faced with that situation, especially how it all turned out.
Then Harry Brown... it's hard to put my finger on what made this movie so unsettling for me, but it did.. Michael Caine was absoutely fething brilliant in this movie.
And of course, like others have said, Se7en is a pretty good "scary" movie, not for startling Horror genre tricks, but for its plausibility in real life.
I actually liked The Mist, both the book and the movie. However, the book does not have the same ending-the book was open ended, the movie had a VERY definite ending. The mother's fate is also unclear in the book. But the book and movie were both great at pointing out how badly man can/will turn on each other when faced with such shock and travesty. That said, I didn't find it scary as all, just science fiction and a far better version of Lord of the Flies (which was discussed by director and Stephen King when the movie was being made). And yes, the special effects were bad, but the story was great, and I love anything with Tom Jane in it. Guy rocks. And that end sequence, as you pointed out...one of the most fethed up endings in Hollywood, I believe. I'd be hard pressed to find a rougher ending, not including the crap of Saw where the victim takes over the job of Jigsaw. I know the story, but it's still a stupid and worthless movie. Human Centipede is far better than Saw (and that's REALLY saying something, as that movie was a colossal joke all throughout).
The most fethed up thing i ever did and also the reason im scared of gak all is because when i was younger (about 4) i watched starship troopers. scared the crap out of me. aside from that tremors 2 when i was in secondary. My over reactive mind prevented me from going onto soil for weeks. Aside from that.... well im hopeing for results when i turn 18 and can watch the good stuff. Yes i am a horror addict.
master of ordinance wrote:The most fethed up thing i ever did and also the reason im scared of gak all is because when i was younger (about 4) i watched starship troopers. scared the crap out of me. aside from that tremors 2 when i was in secondary. My over reactive mind prevented me from going onto soil for weeks. Aside from that.... well im hopeing for results when i turn 18 and can watch the good stuff. Yes i am a horror addict.
Tremors 2 and Starship troopers aren't horrors son.
Deathshead420 wrote:The Midnight Meat Train was pretty good. With the porn name i wasn't expecting much, but was surprised on how much I liked it.
Cannot watch that film.....read the short story it is based on (Clive Barker, you insane genius....) and it is scary as hell, dont wanna go near seeing it in 'Real Life'
master of ordinance wrote:The most fethed up thing i ever did and also the reason im scared of gak all is because when i was younger (about 4) i watched starship troopers. scared the crap out of me. aside from that tremors 2 when i was in secondary. My over reactive mind prevented me from going onto soil for weeks. Aside from that.... well im hopeing for results when i turn 18 and can watch the good stuff. Yes i am a horror addict.
Tremors 2 and Starship troopers aren't horrors son.
Yea, not even close. More like cheesy funny films, they arnt scary, nor meant to be scary, in any way shape or form.
My favourite horror movie is the mothman prophecies. There is no splatter, it's all psychological. Of course, when I saw it I already knew the story so the mystery they were building up to was already known to me.
master of ordinance wrote:The most fethed up thing i ever did and also the reason im scared of gak all is because when i was younger (about 4) i watched starship troopers. scared the crap out of me. aside from that tremors 2 when i was in secondary. My over reactive mind prevented me from going onto soil for weeks. Aside from that.... well im hopeing for results when i turn 18 and can watch the good stuff. Yes i am a horror addict.
Tremors 2 and Starship troopers aren't horrors son.
KingCracker wrote:
Corpsesarefun wrote:
master of ordinance wrote:The most fethed up thing i ever did and also the reason im scared of gak all is because when i was younger (about 4) i watched starship troopers. scared the crap out of me. aside from that tremors 2 when i was in secondary. My over reactive mind prevented me from going onto soil for weeks. Aside from that.... well im hopeing for results when i turn 18 and can watch the good stuff. Yes i am a horror addict.
Tremors 2 and Starship troopers aren't horrors son.
Yea, not even close. More like cheesy funny films, they arnt scary, nor meant to be scary, in any way shape or form.
Say that to the 4 year old me with an over active imagination. damn but they were some fethed up dreams i had..... well back then they were but now theyd be relatively nice actualy.
CuddlySquig wrote:My favourite horror movie is the mothman prophecies. There is no splatter, it's all psychological. Of course, when I saw it I already knew the story so the mystery they were building up to was already known to me.
That film does a surprisingly good job at setting a creepy mood, considering the material itself is silly and nonsensical. Guess that's a backhanded compliment, but it's intended to be a compliment nonetheless.
And I wouldn't call Midnight Meat Train a great horror film, but it was better than I thought it would be.
Thats how I feel about the Saw movies. The first one was fantastic, and the twist at the end was excellent. After that though, strait gore porn and nothing else.
Dunno how many here would remember this, but that move was PG, if you can believe that. Note that this was before PG-13 existed. The MPAA was gonna give it an "R" rating, but Spielberg successfully lobbied them for a PG. Which probably scarred the psyches of countless young children in the process, LOL.
Murdock129 wrote:Ooh, a hard one, obviously Poltergeist, Exorcist, Ju-On, Hellraiser, Cannibal Holocaust and Devil's Rejects all scare the gak outta me
But first and foremost, most disturbing, scary and fethed up film. The Human Centipede
Murdock129 wrote:Ooh, a hard one, obviously Poltergeist, Exorcist, Ju-On, Hellraiser, Cannibal Holocaust and Devil's Rejects all scare the gak outta me
But first and foremost, most disturbing, scary and fethed up film. The Human Centipede
Cannibal Holocaust was scary?!
I'd say the same about Devil's Rejects, unless there is a Devil's Rejects that I havent seen yet.
If they made a Metro 2033 movie and did it right, combining elements from both the book and the game, it would be some creepy, scary, awesome gak.
I just finished playing through Metro 2033, and I freaking LOVED it. About halfway through the book as well. That game did a better job at being creepy than dead space, and most movies. I remember walking through the part with the ghosts, seeing that ghost train and hearing the voices, and it sent chills down my spine.
GalacticDefender wrote:If they made a Metro 2033 movie and did it right, combining elements from both the book and the game, it would be some creepy, scary, awesome gak.
I just finished playing through Metro 2033, and I freaking LOVED it. About halfway through the book as well. That game did a better job at being creepy than dead space, and most movies. I remember walking through the part with the ghosts, seeing that ghost train and hearing the voices, and it sent chills down my spine.
Read the book. There are some English translations out there. Get them if you can
Well lucky for me its bargain bin material now And now back on topic for once this week.
Just watched Candyman out of boredom. It wasnt scary at all.....it was rather cheesy really (I couldnt stand seeing his awesome outfit and then those dinky little shoes he was wearing. I think the coat threw everything off) at least there was some incredibly random boob shots here and there So Id suggest it on a rainy boring day
I really don't watch any, I only watched the original version of The Thing because I loved the '83 version so much.
I found that the original was like they tried to make the '83 version but couldn't due to the sensibilities of the period so made something much camper and far less interesting.
Convinced the wife to watch the original Day of the Dead for her first time. She really liked it, but some of the scenes made her cringe. It was hilarious to me. So I guess in that regard, it did a better job then most movies these days
KingCracker wrote:Convinced the wife to watch the original Day of the Dead for her first time. She really liked it, but some of the scenes made her cringe. It was hilarious to me. So I guess in that regard, it did a better job then most movies these days
I totally forgot about Day of the Dead!
That was a good film, I've not watched it in ages...
KingCracker wrote:Convinced the wife to watch the original Day of the Dead for her first time. She really liked it, but some of the scenes made her cringe. It was hilarious to me. So I guess in that regard, it did a better job then most movies these days
I totally forgot about Day of the Dead!
That was a good film, I've not watched it in ages...
Shame on you Corpses, how on earth could you forget about Bub?
KingCracker wrote:Convinced the wife to watch the original Day of the Dead for her first time. She really liked it, but some of the scenes made her cringe. It was hilarious to me. So I guess in that regard, it did a better job then most movies these days
I totally forgot about Day of the Dead!
That was a good film, I've not watched it in ages...
Shame on you Corpses, how on earth could you forget about Bub?
Damnit! KC confused me, I meant Night of the Living Dead!
Damnit! KC confused me, I meant Night of the Living Dead!
I watch Dawn and Day of the Dead often.
Sure, blame the big bearded guy... Joking aside, I would consider the first three Romero films to be quite " scary", at least when one considers the premise behind them.
I know many of the jaded " nothing scares me" contigency may say that " Bah, zombie movies aren't scary", but I contend that that same lot would be amongst the first to soil their delicate under garments should alctual flesh eating corpses began to stand up and start strolling around on the prowl for something tasty.
A lot of people were saying how Cloverfield was pretty scary, but the only thing that bothered me about it was the headache caused by the Micheal J Fox style of camerawork.
I've heard really terrible things about "A Serbian Film", but haven't watched it. Probably won't.
One of my good friends is obsessed with horror movies, and watched it.
Apparently it was so disturbing, that he went and showered, got drunk, smoked a few packs, and called off of work to go to church the next day(he's agnostic). And he couldn't sleep for a few days.
I know some others who have seen it, and it's hit them pretty bad as well.
Nocturn wrote:A lot of people were saying how Cloverfield was pretty scary, but the only thing that bothered me about it was the headache caused by the Micheal J Fox style of camerawork.
I've heard really terrible things about "A Serbian Film", but haven't watched it. Probably won't.
One of my good friends is obsessed with horror movies, and watched it.
Apparently it was so disturbing, that he went and showered, got drunk, smoked a few packs, and called off of work to go to church the next day(he's agnostic). And he couldn't sleep for a few days.
I know some others who have seen it, and it's hit them pretty bad as well.
Anyone on Dakka seen it?
A Serbian Film?....can't say I've heard of it ( which is strange), but given what you've said about it...I am now intrigued.
I've got to admit, 28 Days Later scared the crap out of me when I saw it first. I have an awful fear of any kind of "infection" like that, and the way it was portrayed in that film was so brutal and rapid it absolutely tapped into my fears.
FITZZ wrote: A Serbian Film?....can't say I've heard of it ( which is strange), but given what you've said about it...I am now intrigued.
It's banned in Norway, Spain, and Serbia, and the makers of it and people who run the film festivals screening it are being prosecuted because the movie apparently has intense scenes of necrophilia and pedophilia.
Spoiler:
I've been told there's a scene where the main character is raping a woman as she gives birth, and then rapes the baby after it is born.
My favorite horror movie was Alien, but the one that scared me most was The Hunger Games. I threw up after watching it because of the crappy camera work. I cried on the inside as I witnessed the crappy cast pretend to be worried. That movie shook my faith in the world of cinematography.
Dawn of the Dead (Original) is probably one of my fav horror films. The zombies look awful and all the fake blood is way too bright, but the film makes up for it through sheer awesomeness. Tis a shame that Roger died; I suppose he was too awesome to live. And also too reckless. But mostly too awesome.
FITZZ wrote: A Serbian Film?....can't say I've heard of it ( which is strange), but given what you've said about it...I am now intrigued.
It's banned in Norway, Spain, and Serbia, and the makers of it and people who run the film festivals screening it are being prosecuted because the movie apparently has intense scenes of necrophilia and pedophilia.
Spoiler:
I've been told there's a scene where the main character is raping a woman as she gives birth, and then rapes the baby after it is born.
Real or not, that's just fethed up.
....I just read the wikipedia article about that movie. Never watching it, ever. EVAR.
I wish they would do a horror film with good a good ol ghost haunting but the film was shot in first person (not video camera style). I loved those scenes in first person movies like REC were the guy was walking down a corridor but it felt more intense because you are seeing it all from their POV.
warpcrafter wrote:The Exorcist. It's the only horror movie I've ever heard of that scared people so much that they had to run out of the theater and vomit. However, Blair Witch project is a close second. Most horror movies, though are little more than unintentional comedies.
"Your mother sucks bolt guns in hell MatWard''
I like Psycho for suspense, but I don't know of any truely 'terrifying' movies. The Audition was a bit odd but not that terrifying.
Not seem the thing.
To me most horror movie protagonists act so stupidly that to me its a comedy. Like how women almost ALWAYS run up the stairs.
I only found one scene of the exorcist scary, which was were the girl crawls down the stairs backwards really fast with that horrible tune in the background. That scene sent a huge chill down my spine.
FITZZ wrote: A Serbian Film?....can't say I've heard of it ( which is strange), but given what you've said about it...I am now intrigued.
It's banned in Norway, Spain, and Serbia, and the makers of it and people who run the film festivals screening it are being prosecuted because the movie apparently has intense scenes of necrophilia and pedophilia.
Spoiler:
I've been told there's a scene where the main character is raping a woman as she gives birth, and then rapes the baby after it is born.
Real or not, that's just fethed up.
Now honestly, whats the fething point of making a movie to that extreme? I mean really,whats the point?
LoneLictor wrote:Dawn of the Dead (Original) is probably one of my fav horror films. The zombies look awful and all the fake blood is way too bright, but the film makes up for it through sheer awesomeness. Tis a shame that Roger died; I suppose he was too awesome to live. And also too reckless. But mostly too awesome.
Call me cliche but mine is hands down the original Night of the Living Dead. Just love love love that movie, I can watch it way more then I should. To me, its the very definition of a classic
kraken88 wrote:Event Horizon hands down awesomeness.
Thats pretty much agreed on. Such a cool scyfi horror movie. And that part where the dude says "You wont need eyes where we're going" still creeps me out
Can you clasify a scary movie not only from what it shows the audience but also for the though process behind the director? I believe so! and this leads me to list a movie that is only 30 minutes long and has no real sense of plot or story let alone script! the movie is called 'Flowers of Flesh and blood' please, please don't google it at work! definitely not safe!
just the way I kept thinking about it days after and then contemplating how someone would want to actually watch such a thing let alone film it as a 'movie' is beyond me! I have a pretty strong constitution but even I draw the line at this movie! truly scary for it's realistic nature and theme.
I'll get back to you on a 'normal' horror movie after I throw out the plastic drop sheets in my basement......
FITZZ wrote: A Serbian Film?....can't say I've heard of it ( which is strange), but given what you've said about it...I am now intrigued.
It's banned in Norway, Spain, and Serbia, and the makers of it and people who run the film festivals screening it are being prosecuted because the movie apparently has intense scenes of necrophilia and pedophilia.
Spoiler:
I've been told there's a scene where the main character is raping a woman as she gives birth, and then rapes the baby after it is born.
Real or not, that's just fethed up.
Now honestly, whats the fething point of making a movie to that extreme? I mean really,whats the point?
I've read the 'plot-line' behind it, it gets worse
Spoiler:
IIRC the woman is his wife, and they make him have sex with a bag which turns out to be his dead son.
Call me cliche but mine is hands down the original Night of the Living Dead. Just love love love that movie, I can watch it way more then I should. To me, its the very definition of a classic
FITZZ wrote: A Serbian Film?....can't say I've heard of it ( which is strange), but given what you've said about it...I am now intrigued.
It's banned in Norway, Spain, and Serbia, and the makers of it and people who run the film festivals screening it are being prosecuted because the movie apparently has intense scenes of necrophilia and pedophilia.
Spoiler:
I've been told there's a scene where the main character is raping a woman as she gives birth, and then rapes the baby after it is born.
Real or not, that's just fethed up.
Now honestly, whats the fething point of making a movie to that extreme? I mean really,whats the point?
I've read the 'plot-line' behind it, it gets worse
Spoiler:
IIRC the woman is his wife, and they make him have sex with a bag which turns out to be his dead son.
Call me cliche but mine is hands down the original Night of the Living Dead. Just love love love that movie, I can watch it way more then I should. To me, its the very definition of a classic
This.
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Your not helping me not want to murder the person that came up with it
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nerdfest09 wrote:Can you clasify a scary movie not only from what it shows the audience but also for the though process behind the director? I believe so! and this leads me to list a movie that is only 30 minutes long and has no real sense of plot or story let alone script! the movie is called 'Flowers of Flesh and blood' please, please don't google it at work! definitely not safe!
just the way I kept thinking about it days after and then contemplating how someone would want to actually watch such a thing let alone film it as a 'movie' is beyond me! I have a pretty strong constitution but even I draw the line at this movie! truly scary for it's realistic nature and theme.
I'll get back to you on a 'normal' horror movie after I throw out the plastic drop sheets in my basement......
Oh dear god, now Im going to have to track this down
The most horrifying thing I've seen recently is the buildup to the 2012 Presidential Elections, demonstrating a level of ignorance among the common American voter unseen since primary education became manditory.
Vulcan wrote:The most horrifying thing I've seen recently is the buildup to the 2012 Presidential Elections, demonstrating a level of ignorance among the common American voter unseen since primary education became manditory.
nerdfest09 wrote:Can you clasify a scary movie not only from what it shows the audience but also for the though process behind the director? I believe so! and this leads me to list a movie that is only 30 minutes long and has no real sense of plot or story let alone script! the movie is called 'Flowers of Flesh and blood' please, please don't google it at work! definitely not safe!
just the way I kept thinking about it days after and then contemplating how someone would want to actually watch such a thing let alone film it as a 'movie' is beyond me! I have a pretty strong constitution but even I draw the line at this movie! truly scary for it's realistic nature and theme.
I'll get back to you on a 'normal' horror movie after I throw out the plastic drop sheets in my basement......
Oh dear god, now Im going to have to track this down
Stupid concept, stupid film. Great quote on Wikipedia from a film critic in regards to the director:
EDIT:Spolier tags becasue it mentions stuff that happens in the film which really are NSFW....
Spoiler:
Wikipedia wrote:Calum Waddell of Total Sci-Fi in his very negative review takes issue with the film makers statements that their movie says something about the politics of Serbia by exclaiming "if you want to learn about Serbia, chances are, you won't be watching a movie whose main claim to fame is that a man rapes a newborn baby" before concluding that "Srdjan Spasojevic will go to his grave being known as the guy who filmed a grown man having sex with a baby. And that's something that – despite all of the money, attention and champagne parties at Cannes – I would never want on my conscience. Good luck to him in regaining some humanity."
Good old 'Guinea Pig 2' and 'A serbian Film', I have watched both and are both pretty messy. Guinea Pig is more notorious because Charlie Sheen saw it and thought it was a real snuff movie and contacted the FBI, haha.
Although ASF CLAIMS it is a relection of Serbian society, I think most of it is grim for the sake of being grim. Metaphorise 'New-Born Porn' (yeah, its a scene in the film and is EXACTLY how it sounds) but I think it was an attempt at most grim film scene ever.
Saying all that, I am a big fan of extreme movies like that, the one that got to me the most is 'August Underground Mordum'.
Not a typical horror movie, more a romance/snuff film. Number 2 in the AU trilogy and probably the most disturbing and difficult to watch.
They are not really films I pull out of my DVD collection all to much XD
Testify wrote:Any suggestions? Something without a load of CGI rubbish. Modern movies seem to have forgotten how to scare people.
Off the top of my head Alien Wulfen Exorcist (and Exorcist III for me) Omen, Omen III Race the Devil Jaws Halloween The Thing Rosemary's Baby The Rear Window Vertigo Who Goes There? Wait Until Dark (play originally) An American Werewolf in London Nightmare on Elm Street Serpent and the Rainbow Night of the Living Dead Dawn of the Dead Killer Klowns from Outer Space Taxi Driver
While not strictly horror: Deliverance Midnight Express Cassandra Crossing Andromeda Strain Boys from Brazil
Honorable mention: Howard the Duck
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I've decided to watch The Excercist (again) with the remnants of a bottle of red, on my own in the dark. Whatever happens, happens.
I should really check out some of the old school zombie films. The remakes were decent enough.
Frazzled wrote:To the closed thread on pre 2000 movies:
Testify wrote:Any suggestions? Something without a load of CGI rubbish. Modern movies seem to have forgotten how to scare people.
Off the top of my head
Alien
Wulfen
Exorcist (and Exorcist III for me)
Omen, Omen III
Race the Devil
Jaws
Halloween
The Thing
Rosemary's Baby
The Rear Window
Vertigo
Who Goes There?
Wait Until Dark (play originally)
An American Werewolf in London
Nightmare on Elm Street
Serpent and the Rainbow
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Taxi Driver
While not strictly horror:
Deliverance
Midnight Express
Cassandra Crossing
Andromeda Strain
Boys from Brazil
Honorable mention:
Howard the Duck
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Good list but I would definately add 'IT' too it, scared the bejeebuz out of me as a kid!
Haha, Howard the Duck, just it's own kinda of freaky!
SO I watched a couple of the guinea pig movies that I could find not infested with virus's. Anywho, I dont see what the big deal is with them. The first one bored me to tears.....and the second one was actually pretty well done as far as gore porn goes. The point of it was pretty basic, I like to chop up women. *shrugs* But Ill admit that the effects were still pretty damn good even 27 years later. I TRIED to watch the doctor woman one, or whatever the hell it was called.....I lasted about 15 minutes and it was just too fething stupid for me. So....I watched em anyways
I saw a movie that was called "The Mist" I think. Some scientists open a gate to another dimension and these horrible, insect like, carnivorous creatures pour through and terrorize the small town around the lab. As a father... it had the most horrific ending I've ever seen, bar none.
I won't say it was a good movie... but gods, what an ending.
Gitsplitta wrote:I saw a movie that was called "The Mist" I think. Some scientists open a gate to another dimension and these horrible, insect like, carnivorous creatures pour through and terrorize the small town around the lab. As a father... it had the most horrific ending I've ever seen, bar none.
I won't say it was a good movie... but gods, what an ending.
God I hated that movie. I hate 'horror' movies that try to make up for a bad story by a shock ending. Case in point : The Descent.
Gitsplitta wrote:I saw a movie that was called "The Mist" I think. Some scientists open a gate to another dimension and these horrible, insect like, carnivorous creatures pour through and terrorize the small town around the lab. As a father... it had the most horrific ending I've ever seen, bar none.
I won't say it was a good movie... but gods, what an ending.
The book was better, like you said the film did have a great ending though.
Antichrist is the only film I've ever seen that made me feel sick, and I'm a fan of the most disgusting, violent, gory films that are about.
Something about it just really disturbed me, the tone, the soundtrack, just one uncomfortable scene after another, leading up to an insanely intense climax.
Anyone else seen it?
Maybe the fact I watched it in a tiny independent cinema in Aberdeen helped witht he atmosphere, no noisy kids, just film fans.
I loved that movie. However, since watching it I've come to two conclusions. First, Humans didn't evolve from monkeys. We were once much smarter, more spiritually empowered people who are slowly devolving into monkeys. Secondly, it's not gonna take 500 years. Not even 50.
Gitsplitta wrote:I saw a movie that was called "The Mist" I think. Some scientists open a gate to another dimension and these horrible, insect like, carnivorous creatures pour through and terrorize the small town around the lab. As a father... it had the most horrific ending I've ever seen, bar none.
I won't say it was a good movie... but gods, what an ending.
The book was better, like you said the film did have a great ending though.
I actually liked the movie, even though I agree the book was better. It was a good retelling of Lord of the Flies, in which humanity is likely to turn on itself given a life-threatening situation.
All Quiet On The Western Front was quite horrifying to me. (despite being a horror movie.) The Thing has to be my favorite though because, well, I actually found it scary. Most horror movies now just seem predictable. The Thing first time through was not predictable.
So, what is it for you?
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