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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.

Phototoxin wrote:
To me most horror movie protagonists act so stupidly that to me its a comedy. Like how women almost ALWAYS run up the stairs.

More common in slasher films than true horrors tbh.

'78 Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
'82 The Thing
Alien
Jaws

Guess is was that certain age, 9-13 for all but The Thing.

Nocturn wrote:

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

Event Horizon hands down awesomeness.

I saw Requiem for a Dream while high as balls once.

...yeah...

Yea did that once don't need to do that again.

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......

Anyone see Cherynobl Diaries? Terrible movie.

-Wolf Guard 252

KingCracker wrote:

Nocturn wrote:

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

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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The scene in "Empire Strikes Back" where Han Solo gets frozen in Cloud City... Dis-Tur-Bing.

nomsheep wrote:

KingCracker wrote:

Nocturn wrote:

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.

This ought to be a sig.

-Wolf Guard 252

KingCracker wrote:

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

Theres a whole series of films by the same guy....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_Pig_(film_series)

Thanks for that......now my morbid curiosity has taken over, and I now know what Im going to be watching later

sorry KC.....

Although, it doesnt look anywhere NEAR as bad as the Serbian horrible-ness.

Not that you will catch me watching any of them....

"A Serbian Film" isn't really an horror movie, neither is it the least bit scary.

Of course I would fail utterly to categorize it as any type of movie genre other than "mind blowingly disturbing"!

Agreed.

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....

Guinea pig films aren't really horror, but body horror, more in the vein of Jason, or even *saw*.

Recently, I saw REC and REC2, and they scared the crap out of me. I know how cheesy the found footage gimmick can be, but these flicks do it well.

If its on NetFlix, Ill check those out as well.

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

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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Edit: Now I know what I'm doing this weekend!

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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Edit: Now I know what I'm doing this weekend!

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!

Yea IT was a scary fething movie when I was a kid. Pennywise definitely didnt help people like clowns more

KingCracker wrote:Yea IT was a scary fething movie when I was a kid. Pennywise definitely didnt help people like clowns more

Although surprisingly, Pennywise still isn't Tim Curry's most scary movie character!! 4 words, 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' XD