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post #1 of 58
2/19/10 at 7:21am
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1) Texas Chainsaw Massacre - nothing can beat this
2) The Evil Dead Trilogy - can't get around these
3) Drag Me To Hell - OMG! Some scary s**t going on here
4) Hellraiser - the first two are the best; true horror
5) Dawn Of The Dead (Re-make) - best zombie flick
6) SAW 1 - very original when it first came out
7) JU-ON - original Jap. 'The Grudge'
8) Child's Play - nostalgic reasons, a true classic
9) The Descent - claustrofobic creme de la creme
X) Event Horizon - well, I for one love it

And some honorable mentions
Stephen King's IT; Final Destination;
28 Days Later; Tremors; Texas Re-make
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post #2 of 58
2/19/10 at 7:31am
Don't think I can do 10, but I remember a double feature at the drive-in: Exorcist had top billing, and that was pretty scary, but “It’s Alive” had me pulling a hood over my eyes. I should look it up. It's probably laughable now.
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post #3 of 58
2/19/10 at 7:53am
Same as Quarry, I'm not a big enough fan of the genre (I usually avoid it) to have ten, but there are a few good ones:

The Fog - recent remake. There are some great shots in there, and some pointed social observation.
The Descent - yeah, that was a good one.
Jaws - of course
Alien - ditto
Poltergeist - another obvious choice - deserves its fame.
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post #4 of 58
2/19/10 at 7:53am
I'm generally not a big fan of the horror genre, but given that, I really enjoyed the original Japanese Ring. The only horror film to actually scare me, really - generally the genre either bores me, makes me laugh, or grosses me out.
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post #5 of 58
2/19/10 at 8:12am
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Jaws - of course
Alien - ditto
Poltergeist - another obvious choice - deserves its fame.

Good choises, should have been in my honorable mentons.
Especially Poltergeist III is good, the one with the mirrors.
I've been having an ambivalent relationship with mirrors
ever since this flick..!

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I'm generally not a big fan of the horror genre, but given that, I really enjoyed the original Japanese Ring. The only horror film to actually scare me, really - generally the genre either bores me, makes me laugh, or grosses me out.

The Jap. Ring is fierce.
All Japanese horror flicks, right down to the very last,
are far better than any American remake.
The Jap. movies are so depressing, so gray, so diferent!

... BTW, they are supose to gross you out!
Even though a horror movie makes one laugh,
they can still be good.
God I love horror!
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post #6 of 58
2/19/10 at 8:54am
The Amityville Horror (original version - my No.1 scarefest)
Poltergeist
The Beyond (Lucio Fulci classic)
Carrie
Blair Witch Project (for its innovation at the time)
The Exorcist (original)
The Shining (original)
28 Days Later
Wrong Turn (this was a grizzly spatterfilm that made me sick!)
Salem's Lot (original)
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post #7 of 58
2/19/10 at 8:58am
The Shining
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post #8 of 58
2/19/10 at 9:16am
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Wrong Turn (this was a grizzly spatterfilm that made me sick!)


lol, is that a good thing?!

Speaking of which, anyone seen the first of the Tarantino Grindhouse films, Planet Terror? There are some pretty oozy, grisly scenes, but they're so cheesy it's funny!
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post #9 of 58
2/19/10 at 9:27am
Well, its good as in it was one of the best of the spatter genre.
But it was godawful to watch. I left the cinema feeling nauseous and shaken! lol!
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post #10 of 58
2/19/10 at 9:55am
Salem's Lot- the original from 1970s - scarred me for life- I still don't sleep with open windows !
The Exorcist- my sister and I rented that movie once again , long after ( many many years ! ) we first saw it and we stopped watching the movie 20 minutes into it for fear of being psychologically damaged all over again !
Djinn- I am with you re. The Descent- really good horror. Excellent movie.
The original Amityville Horror ( 1970s ) - another to add to why Mysticknot is psychologically scarred !
The Fog ( original with Jamie Lee Curtis ) - love this movie
Evil Dead-( 1980s ) - see above re. damage !
SAW- sick movie really- hope they don't get to see this one in prisons .
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post #11 of 58
2/19/10 at 10:43am
Let The Right One In<-just saw this one, amazing film. Make sure you watch this one before the remake comes out.
The Exorcist<-Scariest movie of all time IMO
[REC]<-POV-style flick set in an quarantined apartment. Scary!
The Descent
28 Days Later
Black Christmas (Original)
Aliens
A L'interieur<-French brutality!
The Exorcist III<-Really spooky, don't let the name fool you. Directed by WPB himself.
The Mist
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post #12 of 58
2/19/10 at 10:47am
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Many mentioned above hit the target. I would add:

Psycho
The Entity
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)
The Thing (original AND the remake)
Fallen (Denzel Washington)
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post #13 of 58
2/19/10 at 10:51am
The scariest film I've ever seen was The Exorcist and the Blair Witch Project. Anyone remember this movie called The Evil with Richard Crenna? I think it was from the late 70's. I love the original Texas Chainsaw. That's all I can come up with for now.


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post #14 of 58
2/19/10 at 10:51am
It's interesting to find so many people listing the Exorcist in their scary top-ten. I wonder if it has to do with ones religious background. Not believing that demons posses people, the scare isn't there for me, so I mostly just saw a little girl going through a goth phase.
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post #15 of 58
2/19/10 at 10:52am
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Salem's Lot- the original from 1970s - scarred me for life- I still don't sleep with open windows !
The Exorcist- my sister and I rented that movie once again , long after ( many many years ! ) we first saw it and we stopped watching the movie 20 minutes into it for fear of being psychologically damaged all over again !
Djinn- I am with you re. The Descent- really good horror. Excellent movie.
The original Amityville Horror ( 1970s ) - another to add to why Mysticknot is psychologically scarred !
The Fog ( original with Jamie Lee Curtis ) - love this movie
Evil Dead-( 1980s ) - see above re. damage !
SAW- sick movie really- hope they don't get to see this one in prisons .

I found the evil dead to be hilarious LOL


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post #16 of 58
2/19/10 at 10:56am
When I was younger, Swamp Thing and The Creature From The Black Lagoon scared me to death, but I was only about 7. I also didn't like ghost when the bad boys went to hell. The imps scared me. Silver bullet scared me when I was younger too. Lol. But The Exorcist is #1. You can't pay me to watch that alone or with anyone today!!!


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post #17 of 58
2/19/10 at 11:15am
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[REC]<-POV-style flick set in an quarantined apartment. Scary!

Yeah, that is a good one.
I haven't seen the American remake yet,
but I can't imagine it to be better than
the original Spanish.

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The Thing (original AND the remake

How could I forget this gem?!
The remake, that is, I haven't
seen the original..!

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Originally Posted by Galamb_Borong View Post

It's interesting to find so many people listing the Exorcist in their scary top-ten. I wonder if it has to do with ones religious background. Not believing that demons posses people, the scare isn't there for me, so I mostly just saw a little girl going through a goth phase.

I bet you're right.
I don't find it scary either.

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I found the evil dead to be hilarious LOL

They are surpose to be hilarious,
but still, they are splatter classics!
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post #18 of 58
2/19/10 at 11:42am
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1) Texas Chainsaw Massacre - nothing can beat this
2) The Evil Dead Trilogy - can't get around these
3) Drag Me To Hell - OMG! Some scary s**t going on here
4) Hellraiser - the first two are the best; true horror
5) Dawn Of The Dead (Re-make) - best zombie flick
6) SAW 1 - very original when it first came out
7) JU-ON - original Jap. 'The Grudge'
8) Child's Play - nostalgic reasons, a true classic
9) The Descent - claustrofobic creme de la creme
X) Event Horizon - well, I for one love it

And some honorable mentions
Stephen King's IT; Final Destination;
28 Days Later; Tremors; Texas Re-make

Drag Me To Hell wasn't scary to me. I like Saw 2 out of the series. IT still scares me. Event Horizion was a really good movie. I Need to find/get that on Blu-Ray. I Love Child's Play when Andy's mom finds out that he talks and the couple in the elevator, "Ugly Doll..." LOL
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post #19 of 58
2/19/10 at 12:09pm
I thought of another one I like: Stir Of Echoes. Again, it didn't scare me per se, but it was enjoyable, suspenseful, and kept me going "What's next?" for most of the film.
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post #20 of 58
2/19/10 at 12:43pm
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Event Horizion was a really good movie.

Thats my boy..!

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I thought of another one I like: Stir Of Echoes. Again, it didn't scare me per se, but it was enjoyable, suspenseful, and kept me going "What's next?" for most of the film.

A horror movie dosn't have to scare you
to be good..!
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post #21 of 58
2/19/10 at 1:26pm
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I found the evil dead to be hilarious LOL


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Yes, you're right , it is hilarious. I saw it again ,many years later and all I saw was fake make up and laughed but when I was a teenager ,it really did scare me.
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post #22 of 58
2/19/10 at 4:12pm
What about Rosemary's Baby? Not scary in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre way, but still a classic.
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post #23 of 58
2/20/10 at 4:34am
Rosemary's Baby was another one I loved .
Also though not a movie as such - A Haunting In Connecticut- Part 1 and Part 2 on Discovery . NOT the new movie which is totally not the same story .
If they show a re run of this true story on Discovery then it's a good one to watch .
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post #24 of 58
2/20/10 at 6:34am
Does anyone remember the series Lexx? It's Sci-Fi, but at least in the ones I watched, it veered so much towards the dark and grotesque I'd call it horror. It was fun and funny and creepy all at once. I don't know what I'd think of it now, but I loved that show when I was kid ( yes, I was a weird kid ).
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post #25 of 58
2/20/10 at 7:22am
Horror movies aren't usually my thing but I thought Texas Chainsaw Massacre (orginal), Saw III and Jaws were quite good; however I didn't really find Jaws 'scary' whereas Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Saw III scared me a lil bit. No way am I ever watching Paranormal Activity lol.
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post #26 of 58
2/20/10 at 7:59am
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This may have been the most frightening of all the horror films I ever saw:

I remember seeing The Haunting (Of Hill House), an adaption of writer Shirley Jackon's story, with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblin many years back when it was released. It had some of the scariest scenes I have ever witnessed on film. One in particular when Harris' character Nell and Bloom's character Theo are in a castle-like bedroom bed together, trying to sleep, the camera is focused on Nell's face as she hears and laments the crying of a baby in the distance. She asks for, feels and holds Theo's hand in fear and complains to Theo not to squeeze so hard. On an out loud count of three she sit's bolt upright in the bed only to find Theo is in another bed some distance away and her looking in horror at her hand that had been squeezed painfully by an invisible something else's hand.

In another scene Nell and Theo are again inside the bedroom watching as something outside the massive wooded door rhythmically and loudly bends it inward in the center as though it were made of rubber. (it was--and movie production staff members leaned and pushed on it from the outside to make the effect)



I viewed it again a couple of years ago on TV and unfortunately it had lost much of it's impact. I think it might have been that I originally saw it in a movie theater on the big screen and viewing it on a small screen just didn't have the same chilling effect.

The remake, with Liam Neeson is just awful and laughable in parts.
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post #27 of 58
2/20/10 at 8:43am
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This may have been the most frightening of all the horror films I ever saw:

I remember seeing The Haunting (Of Hill House), an adaption of writer Shirley Jackon's story, with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblin many years back when it was released. It had some of the scariest scenes I have ever witnessed on film. One in particular when Harris' character Nell and Bloom's character Theo are in a castle-like bedroom bed together, trying to sleep, the camera is focused on Nell's face as she hears and laments the crying of a baby in the distance. She asks for, feels and holds Theo's hand in fear and complains to Theo not to squeeze so hard. On an out loud count of three she sit's bolt upright in the bed only to find Theo is in another bed some distance away and her looking in horror at her hand that had been squeezed painfully by an invisible something else's hand.

In another scene Nell and Theo are again inside the bedroom watching as something outside the massive wooded door rhythmically and loudly bends it inward in the center as though it were made of rubber. (it was--and movie production staff members leaned and pushed on it from the outside to make the effect)

I viewed it again a couple of years ago on TV and unfortunately it had lost much of it's impact. I think it might have been that I originally saw it in a movie theater on the big screen and viewing it on a small screen just didn't have the same chilling effect.

I agree on both counts! The movie is great, and captures a lot of claustrophobic atmosphere of the novel, but it has become a touch dated and lost its scare factor for a modern audience.
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post #28 of 58
2/20/10 at 1:36pm
The Innocents
The Other (not to be confused with The Others)
Santa Sangre
Psycho
Night of the Living Dead
Halloween

There's 6. I'd have a hard time rounding out the last four.
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post #29 of 58
2/20/10 at 2:00pm
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3) Drag Me To Hell - OMG! Some scary s**t going on here

Actually yes... that freaky blind gypsy b*tch scared the bejesus out of wifey and me!
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post #30 of 58
2/20/10 at 2:02pm
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This may have been the most frightening of all the horror films I ever saw:

I remember seeing The Haunting (Of Hill House), an adaption of writer Shirley Jackon's story, with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblin many years back when it was released. It had some of the scariest scenes I have ever witnessed on film. One in particular when Harris' character Nell and Bloom's character Theo are in a castle-like bedroom bed together, trying to sleep, the camera is focused on Nell's face as she hears and laments the crying of a baby in the distance. She asks for, feels and holds Theo's hand in fear and complains to Theo not to squeeze so hard. On an out loud count of three she sit's bolt upright in the bed only to find Theo is in another bed some distance away and her looking in horror at her hand that had been squeezed painfully by an invisible something else's hand.

In another scene Nell and Theo are again inside the bedroom watching as something outside the massive wooded door rhythmically and loudly bends it inward in the center as though it were made of rubber. (it was--and movie production staff members leaned and pushed on it from the outside to make the effect)



I viewed it again a couple of years ago on TV and unfortunately it had lost much of it's impact. I think it might have been that I originally saw it in a movie theater on the big screen and viewing it on a small screen just didn't have the same chilling effect.

The remake, with Liam Neeson is just awful and laughable in parts.

This rings a bell actually.

Was one of the final scenes in this film (when they were finally driven from their home) a woman unpacking boxes in the new house and she hears a disembodied voice calling her name from the other room (as if to indicate the hauntings are starting all over again)?
If so, THAT scene of that film stayed with me for years!
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post #31 of 58
2/20/10 at 7:04pm
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This rings a bell actually.

Was one of the final scenes in this film (when they were finally driven from their home) a woman unpacking boxes in the new house and she hears a disembodied voice calling her name from the other room (as if to indicate the hauntings are starting all over again)?
If so, THAT scene of that film stayed with me for years!

Not from The Haunting Dimitri. Must be from another thriller.
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post #32 of 58
2/20/10 at 10:00pm
The Shining
Wrong Turn
Nightmare on Elm Street
Dead Silence
The Excorcism of Emily Rose
Signs
Sixth Sense
Needful Things
I know what you did last summer
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post #33 of 58
2/20/10 at 10:01pm
oops......only nine.
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post #34 of 58
2/21/10 at 2:05am
I'm with kbe on this. Many horrible things can happen in life and seeing the dumb remake with Liam Neeson is one of them.

Ok Here we go, if there is any doubt, I'm referring to the 'vintage' versions:

1. The Haunting--This is the one that makes the most macho among us curl in the fetal position and cry for Mommy.

2. The Exorcist-William Peter Blatty adapted it from a true story based an a little boy, but there have been others . . .

3. The Shining--Gotta love Kubrick! Influenced by The Haunting, of course.

( OK. Those are my top three)

4. Rosemary's Baby---The Year is One! Hail Sata--Oops. One does get carried away

5. Carrie---Pity we can't quite include The Virgin Suicides in the horror genre because it's not supernatural, or can we? Hm . . . if we throw in Psycho How about Polanski's Revulsion? And that shark in Jaws is definitely borderline. Remember Hitchcock's The Birds ?

6. The Wicker Man---Pagans vs Presbyterians, Christopher Lee's favorite role.

7-10+ In the Company of Wolves, The Ninth Configuration, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Yep. Lots of supernatural stuff in that fragrance) Village of The Damned, Harry Potter esp. the latter films where He Who Must not be Named kills the good guys left and right. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)---and practically anything by Carpenter

Sweet Dreams,

Mario
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post #35 of 58
2/21/10 at 2:15am
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Not from The Haunting Dimitri. Must be from another thriller.

You're quite right kbe, my mistake.

The TV movie Im referring to was called "The Haunted". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102007/
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post #36 of 58
2/21/10 at 4:49am
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Actually yes... that freaky blind gypsy b*tch scared the bejesus out of wifey and me!

Yeah, she is nasty!
'I beg and you shame me?!'


I just saw 1408 again yesterday ... in the dark, all alone!
I had forgotten how seriously scary that is, I had to turn on the
light again.
OMG! Best ghost movie - hands down!
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post #37 of 58
2/21/10 at 5:31am
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Yeah, she is nasty!
'I beg and you shame me?!'

BRRRRR!!!


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I just saw 1408 again yesterday ... in the dark, all alone!
I had forgotten how seriously scary that is, I had to turn on the
light again.
OMG! Best ghost movie - hands down!

Ive not seen this one - have to check it out.

Its the original Amityville Horror that scared (and still scares) the biscuits out of me. That film is solely responsible for me turning my head away every time I closed my bedroom curtains well into my 20s!!

"Mommy. You scared Jodie away...
...She's out the window"
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2/21/10 at 6:05am
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Right Dimitri. The original Amityville Horror was scarey as hell.

Another pretty scarey movie that just came to mind is the 1976 film Burnt Offerings with Oliver Reed and Karen Black
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post #39 of 58
2/21/10 at 10:26am
The Haunting (orig) -- I just showed this in my cinema class and my students were impressed and scared, in spite of themselves.
The Stepfather -- I love Terry O'Quinn, and I thought this one combined dark humor and big scares very well.
The Changeling -- the ending was cheesy, but everything else works in that film.
The Fog (orig) -- another cheesy ending, but the film still got under my skin.
The Other -- scary kid
The Omen (orig) -- scary kid
The Bad Seed (orig) -- scary kid
Let the Right One In -- scary kid
The Lost Boys -- scary kid(s)
The Amityville Horror (orig) -- scary pig

Honorable mention: The Sentinel -- the book was better, but still. . . .
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post #40 of 58
2/21/10 at 10:56am
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The Amityville Horror (orig) -- scary pig



*hides under sofa*

... and then there was THIS from Poltergeist:

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post #41 of 58
2/21/10 at 3:33pm
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Rosemary's Baby was another one I loved .
Also though not a movie as such - A Haunting In Connecticut- Part 1 and Part 2 on Discovery . NOT the new movie which is totally not the same story .
If they show a re run of this true story on Discovery then it's a good one to watch .

As someone who lives in CT, I refuse to watch this movie. Not a fan of the genre at all, yet I find them oddly fascinating. I just don't really care to be scared, odd I know. I've seen some of the above mentioned, but not enough to make a list.
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post #42 of 58
2/21/10 at 7:27pm
Just reading this thread was enough to scare me!
When I was a kid my parents took me to see Star Wars 1 and 2 and I though they were incredibly scary. Even now I can't watch them with the lights off.
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post #43 of 58
2/22/10 at 1:51am
Another iconic moment that scared the sh*t out of me for years was when little Ralphie Glick appears floating outside his brother's bedroom window, scratching at the glass in Salem's Lot.

Older brother Danny Glick then goes on to be bitten and scratches at his friend Mark's window, and demands "Let me in Mark, Let me in!"
BRRR!



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post #44 of 58
2/22/10 at 2:04am
Dimitri - you have just traumatised me again ! That is the exact scene that has led to my life time of closed ,locked windows and drawn curtains at night ! SHIVERS* * gets crucifix out and shades eyes from window *

Leesee - The Changeling was a very very good movie. The spirit saying " My medal, my medal " rings in my ears still.
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post #45 of 58
2/22/10 at 4:30am
Mysticknot, it seems like you and I were spooked by many of the same films!

OK, if you'd like to put yourself through it all over again... here is the clip from youtube!
Its no less scarier now Im a 37 year old man!

Those scratching nails just give me the shudders!!!

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2/22/10 at 5:16am
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Dimitri - you have just traumatised me again ! That is the exact scene that has led to my life time of closed ,locked windows and drawn curtains at night ! SHIVERS* * gets crucifix out and shades eyes from window *

Leesee - .

mysticknot, remember Roman Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers? A crucifix doesn't work on Jewish vampires (or for that matter those of the Shinto, Buddhist or Rosecrucian persuasion)!
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post #47 of 58
2/22/10 at 10:31am
When it comes to horror movies, there are only two that I can think of which really scared the hell out of me:

The Exorcism of Emily Rose and..
Paranormal Activity
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post #48 of 58
2/23/10 at 3:06am
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Mysticknot, it seems like you and I were spooked by many of the same films!

OK, if you'd like to put yourself through it all over again... here is the clip from youtube!
Its no less scarier now Im a 37 year old man!

Those scratching nails just give me the shudders!!!


Dimitri !! I'm scared to death as it is ! *LOL* Yes, seems we were both spooked by the same movies. ( Same age group ! ) I just don't think they make them like that any more. The music used to chill me too. Excuse me...gotta go close my windows now !

kbe- will bear that in mind re. the crucifix - maybe the garlic garlands on my windows will do the trick for non christian vampires ?? !

I also love Blade 1,2 and Blade Trinity - love the movies and love the soundtrack for Trinity. I am Daywalker ! *LOL*
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2/23/10 at 3:39am
I was just a kid when my aunt drug me along to the drive in to see one called, "What's the matter with Helen" (1971). I think I was finally able to sleep about a week later and rabbits ain't ever been the same for me since. A few years later she talked me into seeing an Italian import called, I think, "Deep Red" (1975). Not nearly as bad as Helen but it has to be one of the great, great grandfathers of splatter film. After those two in my formative years not too many other films have even come close although "Carnival of Lost Souls" (1962) in a local art house was hard to stop thinking about. Oh, and then there's my all time favorite horror film - the original version of "On the beach" (1959) based on the Nevil Shute book. End of the world as it would in all likelihood happen and as bleak and searing as they come.
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2/23/10 at 6:56am
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Horror movies?
What do you dream?
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2/24/10 at 9:41am
There's been several good made-for-tv movies from the 70's and 80's. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is currently being remade and produced by Guillermo del Toro, starring Katie Holmes (since the original was about these pint-sized demons, I can only assume Tom Cruise will make at least a cameo). Here's the original trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TpWSNT5QhE

There's also Dark Night of the Scarecrow, one of my favorites with a great cast (Charles Durning, Larry Drake, etc.). Here's a clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3woj9NRPw

And of course, one of my all time favorite titles, Let's Scare Jessica to Death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4eZD3GiL0

Which is not to be outdone by... The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_HYQ3V-lpA
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post #52 of 58
2/24/10 at 5:55pm
In no order..

The Shining
Pet Semetary
The Others
The Exorcist
Salem's Lot
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post #53 of 58
2/27/10 at 2:01pm
Don't Look Now
Ringu (the original japanese)
Dark Water (the original japanese)
Suspiria
A Tale of Two Sisters (Korean)
Evil Dead
Braindead
The Others
The Changeling
Rosemary's Baby
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post #54 of 58
3/1/10 at 8:35am
I can't name 10, but some of the creepiest are not today's slasher movies. You know the drill: a bunch of teenagers end up in a wood, have car trouble, cell phones not working - and there's that psycho chasing them with - take your pick - weapon.

Anyway, I choose:
Psycho
Repulsion
Rosemary's Baby
Don't Look Now
The Changeling
The Others

...and "Orphan" wasn't too bad. I honestly didn't see *that* coming - did you?
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post #55 of 58
3/1/10 at 10:08am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Madame du Barry View Post

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Off topic;

OMG! You have the coolest nick ever, your Grace!
Royal Mistresses - maîtresse-en-titre -
to His Majesty King Louis the 15th of France!
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post #56 of 58
3/1/10 at 10:23am
Je vous merci, cher duc!
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post #57 of 58
3/1/10 at 10:57am
Not an expert in the genre, but if framed widely:

Shaun of the Dead
Psycho
The Shining
Don't Look Now
Dead Alive
Rosemary's Baby
Nosferatu
Jaws
Dawn of the Dead
Alien
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post #58 of 58
3/3/10 at 11:01am
The Ring
The Ring
The Ring
The Ring
................. I mean the American version with Naomi Watts.

Regards,
Pawel
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