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Hi Dakka. What's the most terrifying horror movie that you have ever seen? Me, you ask? I can't list a top number 1. So, what is it for you?

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Idiocracy.

Because it's true.

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.

The Ultramarines movie. The sheer, concentrated awfulness in that movie is the most horrifying thing on this planet.

The day after

Still gives me nightmares

The Sound of Music. I still have nightmares. The hills, they are alive, with...music!

Slarg232 wrote:Idiocracy.

Because it's true.

Because it's true.

ShumaGorath wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:Idiocracy.

Because it's true.

Because it's true.

second.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:The day after

Still gives me nightmares

Amen. That movie was fethed up.

as a kid the thing gave me some good nightmares, but rewatching it now it just looks cheesy.

There is no more terrifying movie then


the sheer horror of it still gives me chills. I saw this in the theater and it was the creepiest thing ever. A real lord of the flies moment.

For me The Exorcist and The Thing (1983). I refuse to rewatch either one.

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.

Aliens and ghosts and stuff don't really freak me out, I would second Se7en. Its the stuff that people do that is actually plausible, but horrific.

hotel, saw etc don't count because thats just a straight up gorefest/about traps etc.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:The day after

Still gives me nightmares

My curiosity has been piqued.

Googling now.

Ju-on.

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.





The American remake is gak.

Yeah The Thing will always be the best.

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.

Edit: God damn, listening to tip toe through the tulips now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90JCY0Eh1s4

Anyone seen Hostel? Fethed up....

LoneLictor wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:The day after

Still gives me nightmares

Amen. That movie was fethed up.

Never seen it. Would you recommend it? Or is it just gore porn kindda gak?

The Brave Little Toaster. Blankie especially freaked me out.

KingCracker wrote:

LoneLictor wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:The day after

Still gives me nightmares

Amen. That movie was fethed up.

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.

I've heard good things about the movie [rec], but I can't find a subtitled version online and I refuse to watch dubbed foreign films...

I'm not a real horror movie buff but "The Thing" was pretty good.

The Exorcist still holds up very well.

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...

Poltergeist was pretty horrific.

Watched it when I was in 7th or 8th grade, it was freaky.

Now, its not bad, but then it was terrifying.

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).

^Jaws is not scary.

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