Scariest Movie Ever? [Archive] - Butch Femme Planet

Linus

10-31-2012, 01:39 PM

So what do you consider to be scariest movie ever?

I work from home and often have the TV on in the background (so it sounds busy). As it would happen, the last couple of days have been "scary" movie marathons, particularly of Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Hallowe'en. All of these are rather campy, cheesy horror movies.

Scariest movie for me has always been The Exorcist (spinning head and all).

Goriest movie (from those I've seen) has been the Saw series.

I make a distinction between gory and scary since one grosses me out while the other keeps me up for days!

So what's your scary/gory movie fav?

Soft*Silver

10-31-2012, 01:44 PM

I hate the Saw movies because of all the gore. Really disturbing!

Scariest movie? I forget the name..it was about a true story..the man had developed a cult in Canada and tortured the women, even cutting off limbs...

ruby_woo

10-31-2012, 01:54 PM

Gore doesn't scare me, just kinda grosses me out or bores me.

The only movie that's ever really scared the crap out of me is The Ring. I left the tv off for days after that one.

Gráinne

10-31-2012, 02:21 PM

I don't like gore for gore's sake. Boring and cheesy.

My scariest movies:

Jaws
Alien
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original form)
Frankenstein (the original, believe it or not)
In fact, most of the Universal "monster" movies

chakra

10-31-2012, 03:01 PM

Gore doesn't scare me, just kinda grosses me out or bores me.

The only movie that's ever really scared the crap out of me is The Ring. I left the tv off for days after that one.

Me too... I saw The Ring on mushrooms, would NEVER RECOMMEND that. Nope. Never.

Medusa

10-31-2012, 03:08 PM

Julien

10-31-2012, 03:10 PM

My favorite scary movies are:

The Exorcist
Alien
Ring
The Thing (from another world) b/w
Psycho (original)

Rockinonahigh

10-31-2012, 03:11 PM

War of the worlds,the original by Orson Wells,not the other ones made in its likeness...just not the same.

ruby_woo

10-31-2012, 03:22 PM

Me too... I saw The Ring on mushrooms, would NEVER RECOMMEND that. Nope. Never.

Holy crap lol. I can't imagine.

At the time, I lived in an old three story walk-up in San Francisco. One of my roommates who'd lived there awhile said him and people who'd lived there before thought they ghosts at the top of the stairs (of course, they also stayed up late and did lots of drugs, so who knows). When I came home from seeing The Ring, all the lights in the house were turned off, the light switch at the bottom of the stairs wasn't working, and I had walk up three flights of old supposedly haunted stairs in the dark by myself. NO THANKS.

I don't think that helped my Ring experience.

tonaderspeisung

10-31-2012, 05:48 PM

i don't scare easily
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the ring (american version), ju-on and a tale of two sisters left me feeling a little uneasy

scariest - i have to give it to the exorcist - i don't want to be anywhere near a weegee ( i don't even want to spell the word) board e.v.e.r.

and exorcist 3 - that creepy old lady - yikes

Ginger

10-31-2012, 06:12 PM

The Stepfather, because the scariest person is someone you thought was safe, in your own home.Tyi0NEcEkjs

Medusa

10-31-2012, 06:17 PM

EEK! The Exorcist is on right now!!! I am SO going to watch it!

And I'm making Jack watch it in the process, which is NOT making her happy!

The_Lady_Snow

10-31-2012, 06:22 PM

HALLOWEEN

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DapperButch

10-31-2012, 06:22 PM

The Exorcist. Without question. I can't watch any movies that include exorcisms. tantalizing thinks I'm a wimp!

Linus, I agree with you when it comes to gore, too - Saw series!

BrutalDaddy

10-31-2012, 06:24 PM

These Hills Have Eyes.

The first one. I've watched the second and third one and managed to make it all the way through both. Can not watch first one all the way through. Just can't do it.

Scared Shitless Of First One,
Brute.

princessbelle

10-31-2012, 06:24 PM

Oh these scary movies ya'll are listing are eekssssssssssssssss!!!!

I would have to say the Exorcist was the scariest of all time, in my book.

But, my first scary movie was Halloween I. Me and my Bff went together and we were honestly, in the floor, in front of our chairs peeping over the shoulders of the people in front of us. We were maybe 16? Somewhere in there.

Anyway, it made a lasting impression on me. Scary is fun. Gore movies however, gross. Won't watch them. Saw movies ...forget it.

Remember the music??? And the very young Jamie Lee Curtis?

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*Anya*

10-31-2012, 06:50 PM

The original B&W Night of the Living Dead still scares me.

I can watch Dawn of the Dead and other Zombie movies in color but they do not scare me like the orginal does.

LadyRieinAL

10-31-2012, 06:55 PM

could not watch the exorcist
the hills have eyes
The Rite
Silence of the lambs

Duchess

10-31-2012, 07:00 PM

princessbelle

10-31-2012, 07:07 PM

I love horror flicks. I never thought anyone could make a movie that would scare me to death until I rented 'The Unholy'. That movie was spiritually disturbing. I felt as if I was inviting something dark into my home. I couldn't finish it. Gives me chills just thinking about it.:nailbitin::scared::runforhills:

You know i've wondered about that very thing. I used to date a "ghost hunter" so to speak. She used to say if you "ghost hunt" or watch something really scary that it puts that energy in the universe and negative things and beings have entry way into your home and life.

She was really serious about it that we need to be careful.

I think i believe that.

Ginger

10-31-2012, 07:14 PM

Maybe Open Water, too. Terrifying, but also, a love story, IMO. Sadness and terror, at once.

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BrutalDaddy

10-31-2012, 07:19 PM

You know i've wondered about that very thing. I used to date a "ghost hunter" so to speak. She used to say if you "ghost hunt" or watch something really scary that it puts that energy in the universe and negative things and beings have entry way into your home and life.

She was really serious about it that we need to be careful.

I think i believe that.

I believe that is possible. That energy can be invited in. Especially with an ouiji board. I will never ever EVER touch one of those. Set myself on fire first. Seriously.

Never,
Brute.

Metro

10-31-2012, 07:21 PM

The Omen (1976) ranks high on my list ('specially the soundtrack).

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Gemme

10-31-2012, 07:24 PM

I don't know if it's the scariest movie ever for me, since different movies have affected me stronger at different points in my life, but this is one fucked up movie. I didn't go near storm drains or even sinks without great hesitation for a loooong time after this came out.

Oh, and Jaws. Didn't go near water of any kind, even pools, for a long time too.

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puddin'

10-31-2012, 07:31 PM

psycho (1960)
deliverance (1972)
the exorcist (1973)
the shining (1980)
orphan (2009)

Duchess

11-01-2012, 02:25 AM

[QUOTE=Gemme;689183]I don't know if it's the scariest movie ever for me, since different movies have affected me stronger at different points in my life, but this is one fucked up movie. I didn't go near storm drains or even sinks without great hesitation for a loooong time after this came out.

Oh, and Jaws. Didn't go near water of any kind, even pools, for a long time too.

It's that damn CLOWN!!!!

cinnamongrrl

11-01-2012, 03:28 AM

Regarding IT...the book was FAR scarier... I remember looking over the top of the book as I was reading....praying Pennywise wasn't at the foot of my bed....shiver.....

As far as movies go...for myself it's the original Friday the 13th. I still have some residual fears from it. My dad was not really thinking and let me watch it 2 weeks before I went to camp for the first time.....

Let's just say....as much as I LOVE the water....I did NOT participate in the water stuff..... :|

Gemme

11-01-2012, 04:57 AM

It's that damn CLOWN!!!!

Yup. Although I'm not afraid or hateful of clowns, that was one jacked up dude.

:blink:

Cinnamon, most books are better by far, whether scary or not. I remember reading The Tommyknockers and being so involved in it that I missed a couple of meals and didn't even know it. They made a tv show from it, but I couldn't watch more than a few minutes because they just weren't able to recreate the world that Stephen King did. It just wasn't good enough.

tantalizingfemme

11-01-2012, 05:47 AM

Audrey Rose.... Scared the bejeezus out of me, yet I would watch it every time it came on.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075704/

And the original "Don't be afraid of the dark"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069992/

Ginger

11-01-2012, 07:20 AM

could not watch the exorcist
the hills have eyes
The Rite
Silence of the lambs

Oh yeah, Silence of the Lambs!!! It came out so long ago and yet still today, when I see a big man with a little fluffy dog, I keep walking and don't slow down to pet it, as much as I love to stop and pet other types of dogs and talk to their owners. Silly of me, but can't help it.

blackboot

11-01-2012, 09:28 AM

Definitely, "The Exorcist" scared the raised-Roman-Catholic-hell out of me. I slept with the light on for a month. "The Entity," made in the 80's did the same. I won't watch scary movies anymore. Life is scary enough.

Bleu

11-01-2012, 09:45 AM

For me it is Prince of Darkness. Holy hen shit, that was the first time I saw screen static used as a device for scary...and it was. :(

Novelafemme

11-01-2012, 10:06 AM

The Shining.

Just the name gives me chills.

Glenn

11-01-2012, 10:14 AM

...still can't watch the Texas Chainsaw or Bambi.

SleepyButch

11-01-2012, 10:55 AM

The movie IT scared the shyt out of me for many days. I had nightmares. It's kind of comforting to see others feel the same lol.

The Ring was another one that really got me.

I don't know if anyone has seen the movie the Descent but it was quite frightening. I don't like caves to begin with and now I'll probably never go into another!

One more is Insidious. I was surprised by this one.

MrSunshine

11-01-2012, 11:25 AM

Evil Dead

Event Horizon. For some reason I just don't like old ladies crawling on the ceiling, I almost shit my tights!

Glenn

11-01-2012, 12:56 PM

The Portrait Of Dorian Grey. EEK! That sickly sweet little wimpy dude with the phoney smile scared me the most. At least with most of the other monsters and zombies I saw the red flags first.

Duchess

11-01-2012, 01:01 PM

Evil Dead

Event Horizon. For some reason I just don't like old ladies crawling on the ceiling, I almost shit my tights!

Speaking of old ladies crawling on the ceiling. How about Legion? Not a super scary movie, but the scene with the old lady on the ceiling is classic!!

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LaneyDoll

11-01-2012, 06:10 PM

"Jeepers Creepers." I was semi-ok with it, until the last scene. This movie scares me so bad that I could not even watch the trailer I uploaded (therefore I am not even sure that it IS the right trailer-lol).

I am really a scaredy cat. Cannot wait movies like this alone, especially at night. Ironically, some scary movies are "familiar" to me though and I can actually sleep well to them. Thirteen Ghosts, Nightmare on Elm Street (the original) are a few that come to mind.

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PaPa

11-01-2012, 06:20 PM

The Shining always makes me think of him saying, "Heeere's Johnny!" LOL!

lyric

11-01-2012, 06:34 PM

One of the single most stupid things I've ever done was go alone to a deserted showing of the re-release of "The Exorcist" (2004ish?). I had never seen it before, and it was definitely not the sort of thing to see alone. I spent the entire night by myself, scared to death in my little fully lit up house in the woods, in chat at the other site with familiar faces to distract myself from visions of Linda Blair crab-walking down my hallway...

ruffryder

11-02-2012, 09:14 AM

I think "The Exorcist" is pretty damn scary but I have to say too that the first "Paranormal Activity" movie had me waking up for several nights to make sure someone wasn't creepily standing over me as I slept!

I agree with these two as scary. What about Blair Witch? These type of scary movies, the exorcism and paranormal things are more scary to me than the serial killer ones.. although there are some good ones out there. Halloween! The Saw movies are also some of the good gory ones!

Jess

11-02-2012, 02:26 PM

I'm not really into gore but I love a good thriller/ mind fuck film.

One of my still favorites is Angel Heart. I recall leaving the theatre and being absolutely sure I was going to somehow suffer for having watched the film. It also made Deniro a definite favorite actor.

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A more recent "fun but nuts to watch in big dark house alone" flick is The Strangers with Liv Tyler. I think I may have checked the door locks four times... closets.. under bed.. lmao.. exxxxhilllerating!!

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Another favorite is Silent Hill.

Fun thread!

txdoc

11-02-2012, 02:58 PM

I don't remember the name, but out was one of a trilogy of short films. There was some kind of little doll that came to life. I watched it when i was very young. The kid drops the doll and it rolls under the couch and when she reaches for it, without looking of course, it stabs her hand. Since then I've lived by the three d's...I don't do dolls!

durrrrrrrr

11-02-2012, 06:49 PM

txdoc

11-02-2012, 06:54 PM

trilogy of terror

Ding thing, ding...that's it!

easygoingfemme

11-02-2012, 08:09 PM

I love scary movies. My friends always say it must be an alter ego for me because it's so counter to everything else about me.

I've seen every Friday the 13th and Halloween, including recent remakes. Love them. Bored now with the old ones but will watch again once I've had a couple years off. I liked the Halloween remake that came out 3 or 4 years ago where they got into the psychology of Mike Myers.

Saw, I liked the first two, then it just got a little ridiculous with the gore. Same with Hostel. Though the only time I saw Hostel I it was a bootleg copy and hard to see. Hostel II was just too gory and nothing plot worthy was happening around it after 20 minutes so I didn't finish.

Paranormal activity. I saw the first two. I liked the beginnings and ends but the middles got boring.

Silence of the Lambs. That's one that almost killed me as a teen. I can watch it now just fine, but I remember watching it in the theater and hiding under my seat afraid to tell my friends that I was afraid I was going to have a heart attack I was so scared. The same thing happened with Jacob's Ladder around that same time period.

I used to watch some movie with my BFF when we were teens about some guy who dissected live people or preserved dead people in his basement or something. No clue what that was called? It was really gross. Not sure what that phase of my life was about.

The Descent- That was freaky. Especially the first one. I felt like I couldn't breath. The whole being in the dark underground and in those small tunnels! yes, scary, very uncomfortable.

Jeepers Creepers. I loved it up until the end when he turned into that alien thing. But freaky yes and kept me singing that jeepers creepers song for weeks. I call all raggidy big trucks "beatingyou" trucks because of that movie.

Blaire Witch. Okay, when that came out it was during one of the small periods in my life when I had a television. The previews scared the hell out of me. If I was watching TV at night and a preview came on I'd have to turn on every light in the house and sleep on the couch. It made me so scared I was mad at it, and it takes a lot to get me mad. Then I went to watch the movie and almost fell asleep half way through it. Didn't do it for me. Maybe my expectations were too high.

The Strangers. That's a cool creepy suspenseful movie. A little slow but just well paced enough to keep you going.

Could not do The Hills Have eyes, not after the first 20 minutes. I don't go there. Nope.

Girl_On_Fire

11-09-2012, 05:14 PM

I've been a horror movie fan since before I should have been watching horror movies.

Halloween (1978) is my all-time favorite. There's just something about the atmosphere in that movie that gets me every time. It is SO well filmed.

The Strangers - This movie terrified me. I've seen it four times and I still get the willies because it's so realistic. You could picture this actually happening. The suspense was overwhelming.

The Descent - I actually screamed out loud watching this one a couple of Halloween's ago. Terrifying.

Blair Witch Project - I saw this when it first came out and could not sleep that night without my light, my TV, and the radio on. lol!

The Ring - The crawling thing just...no. *shudders*

Vacancy - Pretty good creep-fest with a boring ending.

Psycho - A classic. I love Hitchcock.

I love thriller, horror, suspense but I will not go near torture movies so anything like "Saw" and "Hotel", I won't touch with a 10-foot pole!

Massive

11-09-2012, 05:21 PM

I seem to like movies that not many other people have ever heard of, here two of my favourites (and I must add here, I don't scare easily after watching An American Werewolf in London at the age of 5 and having nightmares for 6 months after);

Switchblade Romance/High Tension - A french horror
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338095/

Triangle with Melissa George.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/

Silent Hill's another favourite of mine too!

QueenofSmirks

11-09-2012, 05:45 PM

I don't care if it's somewhat dated, The Excorcist still scares the crap out of me, even 30 years after the first time I saw it. I can't even watch clips of it now.

Witchboard (from the 80's) scared me and I still think it holds up.

Some movies like The Hills Have Eyes I find to be quite psychologically disturbing, but not scary. I'm uncomfortable in the same way I would be watching any rape scene, but I don't consider it "horror" or "scary."

Honestly, I'm trying to remember the last movie that actually "scared" me (as opposed to startled me- by things jumping out of closets and such), and I can't remember when! It's been THAT long! Edited to add: Final Destination actually did scare me :). Edited to add even more: Ok, now that I said I can't remember, I remember! Signs (with Mel Gibson) scared and fascinated me!

QueenofSmirks

11-09-2012, 05:55 PM

Add one more to the list: The Amityville Horror. The music alone freaks me out!

Love the other references to The Omen and Audrey Rose.

QueenofSmirks

11-09-2012, 05:57 PM

The original B&W Night of the Living Dead still scares me.

I can watch Dawn of the Dead and other Zombie movies in color but they do not scare me like the orginal does.

Best zombie movie ever: 28 Days Later. Extra props/kudos for it being an independent, low budget film!

QueenofSmirks

11-09-2012, 06:06 PM

There were so many great, scary movies when I was younger:

Phantasm
The Changeling (still a great movie, with George C. Scott)
The Sentinal
Rosemary's Baby
Jaws - I was an avid swimmer, and scared of my own pool after that. LOL
The Shining- possible the only screen play of Stephen King horror novels that did it any justice
John Carpenter's The Thing - which I still love today
Cat People

I'm sure there are many more!

Gemme

11-09-2012, 08:33 PM

Honestly, I'm trying to remember the last movie that actually "scared" me (as opposed to startled me- by things jumping out of closets and such), and I can't remember when! It's been THAT long! Edited to add: Final Destination actually did scare me :). Edited to add even more: Ok, now that I said I can't remember, I remember! Signs (with Mel Gibson) scared and fascinated me!

I actually like the Final Destination series, as well as the Nightmare on Elm Street series. If the movie mixes scare with humor, I can tolerate it. If not, I can't. Now, that doesn't mean that I don't get startled by stuff, but I feel fear from these movies.

Oh! There was a movie I watched when I shouldn't have eons ago, that was about a monster baby that killed pretty much everyone. I think it was called It Lives or something.

Nope. It's Alive.

See the clip @ 5:45.

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LaneyDoll

11-09-2012, 09:08 PM

I actually like the Final Destination series, as well as the Nightmare on Elm Street series. If the movie mixes scare with humor, I can tolerate it. If not, I can't. Now, that doesn't mean that I don't get startled by stuff, but I feel fear from these movies.

Oh! There was a movie I watched when I shouldn't have eons ago, that was about a monster baby that killed pretty much everyone. I think it was called It Lives or something.

Nope. It's Alive.

My sister and I went to to see the first Final Destination. My son and I went to see the fifth. When the last scene started, as soon as he spoke to the stewardess, realization hit and I found my ultimate fave film series.

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always2late

11-09-2012, 09:27 PM

I'm a huge fan of horror movies, books, miniseries...you name it. And I've never seen a movie that actually scared me. I do have a morbid fascination with "Jaws" and "Open Water" because I have a irrational fear of sharks and these two movies are my worst nightmares come to life.

QueenofSmirks

11-09-2012, 09:40 PM

I actually like the Final Destination series, as well as the Nightmare on Elm Street series. If the movie mixes scare with humor, I can tolerate it. If not, I can't. Now, that doesn't mean that I don't get startled by stuff, but I feel fear from these movies.

Oh! There was a movie I watched when I shouldn't have eons ago, that was about a monster baby that killed pretty much everyone. I think it was called It Lives or something.

Nope. It's Alive.

See the clip @ 5:45.

Oh, I remember It's Alive very well!

Which also brought to mind: Demon Seed
Embryo
Coma (still a fav of mine!)
Saturn 3 (a sci-fi thriller)

Linus

10-07-2013, 10:50 AM

Given that Hallowe'en is just around the corner.. ;)

Not really scary but visually well done I'd recommend Nightwatch and Daywatch. These Russian films (with the wildest subtitles I've ever seen) are really well done and have a flavour that seems similar to Resident Evil with some dark humour thrown in.

For horror/scary, lately I did finally check out some of the Saw movies. Seriously, however, after the first couple the point was made. I started watching VII but couldn't finish it. We did finally check out Jaws. Now that is some good scary stuff there! It's all about the mind-mess, IMO.

princessbelle

10-07-2013, 10:58 AM

I have a love/hate relationship with scary movies. I am terrified of them but can't seem to stay away from them.

I watched the Exorcist not too long ago, again. It's been awhile and honestly i thought "oh it won't be that scary now". It wasn't too scary until...

That chick comes down them steps doing a back-bend with her eyes all bugged out. I thought i would really loose it. I even lost feeling in my arms and legs.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/roban72/1973_The_Exorcist.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/roban72/media/1973_The_Exorcist.jpg.html)

Still, to this day, scary stuff. Gotta love it though.

Another one that comes to mind is the Shinning. That crazy looking Jack Nicholson is enough to send anyone over the edge.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm221/killerkylerawr/shining.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/killerkylerawr/media/shining.jpg.html)

macele

10-07-2013, 11:22 AM

jaws. i went to the theater to see. 11 or 12 maybe? i can't remember when it originally came out. when jaws jumps at the screen, i devoured that snickers bar, ... and then wondered where it went.

the exorcist has a very evil presence about it. i haven't watched in many years.

the devils advocate.

candyman.

the silence of the lambs. this one has an evil presence too.

i don't watch scary movies anymore. i'm just a big o scaredee cat. other than the silence of the lambs and devils advocate. but they're not horror movies lol. those 2 i can watch over and over.

Duchess

03-04-2014, 03:21 PM

I Spit On Your Grave:runforhills:

cinnamongrrl

12-18-2014, 08:20 PM

I was quite young when I saw it but, The Shining always scared me silly....

and the original Friday the 13th. I went to camp about 2 weeks after seeing this (thanks dad) and wouldn't go in the water because of the final scene...which...I believe...is the only time you actually see Jason I the entire movie....hmmm

That was back in the day when implied fear meant more than spoon feeding an audience....(hello Rob Zombie I mean you!)

JDeere

12-18-2014, 08:21 PM

I love horror movies but one I can NOT watch by myself is The Exorcist movies!

Venus007

12-19-2014, 04:31 AM

"The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock, it scared the bejezus out of me when I was a kid, no movie has quite had that impact since

*Anya*

12-19-2014, 07:39 AM

The movie that is still scariest to me is the original: Night of the Living Dead.

The black and white, the slow zombies, the newscasts; all of it adds to the feeling of impending doom.

I think it is George Romero's best.

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(I noticed after I wrote this post that I had mentioned the same movie a couple of years ago in this thread).

imperfect_cupcake

12-19-2014, 12:44 PM

I didn't find the American version of The Ring to be as scary as the original. The original version actually scared the living crap out of me - that girl.... Ugh. Plus it was the first time certain kinds of unnatural jerky unjointed movements were used in horror and that was an incredible impact. Plus the usual solution of "putting body to rest" didn't work. That evil little girl would not be stopped.

I don't scare easy. I love dark and disturbing thrillers and horror based on tension and physiological twisting rather than gore. Gore puts me off and I get bored. The saw movies bored the shit out of me.

So the original ring and I recall the shining gave me the willies.

I recently watched the Australian film "the Babadook" because it got %100 from the critics and it was a crowd funded first movie from a fabulously ingenious woman. It is incredibly well done and the story, along with the horror, is really well developed and well done. There is no gore, just high tension and plot twists. It's about an evil spirit that entres through a children's book and a child with emotional and anxiety issues and his single mom who is at wits end and misses her dead husband.

I was at the edge of my see with a huge smile on my face from how tense it was. Most of the critics said "genuinely terrifying story" - I wasn't scared personally but it's definitely a favourite of mine now of that genera

Jess

12-20-2014, 12:29 PM

not sure that it was so much "scary" as just deeply disturbing, was the film Jacob's Ladder. I don't know if it has been mentioned here or not, so forgive me if it has.

The descent into madness/hell is always largely frightening to me.

This scene was the first time I saw the use of freaking body movements/jerks and it has always stuck with me...

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imperfect_cupcake

12-20-2014, 01:24 PM

Yeah, I love Jacobs ladder. I deeply loved that movie but it gives me flashbacks and anxiety attacks, so can't watch it. His dissociative PTSD flashbacks and reality switching was so close and accurate to what I went through during mine, the confusion, deeply disturbing mental interruptions, violent flashes, the dissociation, the panic... In my early 20s it was just way too close to home.

But it is so well done. I loved that film. Lol I just could t watch it.
I wouldn't really call it a horror though. Physiological thriller - which is one of my favourite genres. Nordic Noir does intensely good crime/psychological thriller. "Let the right one in" "the bridge" "the killing" "troll hunter" "the girl who kicked the hornets nest" "Miss smilla's sense for snow" and a few others. If you don't mind subtitles, Nordic Noir films (not a company, it's just a term for dark, tense, nordic thrillers) are intelligent, wry and fantastic.

Jess

12-22-2014, 12:30 AM

But it is so well done. I loved that film. Lol I just could t watch it.

THIS exactly! I am a huge fan of anything that can keep me guessing...that can keep my fight or flight on full alert! LOL>.. when I can't find it, I make it... grinz...

Let the Right One In.. along with several titles you mentioned are among some of my fav viewed... The Killing (series) I totally loved. was so sad to see it end...

Great taste! Thank you!:rrose:

JDeere

12-22-2014, 12:48 AM

Another one that bugs me is Sinister!

deathbypoem

12-27-2014, 11:35 AM

Hmm.. This is difficult for me because I think most horror movies suck!
And, I'm not one for campy horror
or cheesy horror. If it's going to scare me,
please damn well do a good job.
With that said I have a few horror/thriller
movies that I really like. Although, they have to be realistic
and the possibility of it actually happening..
well to me that is scary enough.

High Tension
Grimm Love

Daniela

12-27-2014, 11:44 AM

If it's going to scare me,
please damn well do a good job.

lol, I'm the opposite. I scare so easily, it's embarrassing. Pretty much any movie with ghosts scares me (even though I don't believe in ghosts)!

I think the scariest movies I've ever seen are probably The Shining and Carrie, but this is prob because I never watch many scary movies. I couldn't sleep for awhile after Carrie. :hiding:

Orema

12-27-2014, 12:19 PM

lol, I'm the opposite. I scare so easily, it's embarrassing. Pretty much any movie with ghosts scares me (even though I don't believe in ghosts)!

I think the scariest movies I've ever seen are probably The Shining and Carrie, but this is prob because I never watch many scary movies. I couldn't sleep for awhile after Carrie. :hiding:

Me, too. I tried to watch American Horror Story because Angela Bassett and Jessica Lange were (are?) in it, but I was jumping as soon as it started and gave up within 5 minutes.

I can watch zombie movies. Loved Night of the Living Dead ("they're coming to get you Barbara" ... "Stop it, Johnny, stop it") but only as long as the zombies move slowly.

Cailin

12-27-2014, 02:06 PM

different levels and factors of fear

I can watch almost any scary/horror flick and be ok. I love candyman for the love story as well as hellraiser. Friday 13th, Nightmare on elm street, walking dead, etc. All good movies. But they don't scare me

now laugh if you must, but the only movies to instill fear into my heart: Leprechaun, and Arachnaphobia.

Arachnaphobia will have me perched on the couch, slapping the back of my head and swiping my arms to make sure a spider isn't crawling on me. Saw it when I was 8, and never again.

and Leprechaun.. well... that's a whole different fear.

WickedFemme

12-27-2014, 02:09 PM

Creepiest scary movies:
The Conjuring scared the crap out of me.
The Exorcist - of course.
The Ring - creepy
Silent Hill - scary

MrSunshine

12-27-2014, 02:17 PM

but only as long as the zombies move slowly.

OMG! I just laughed so hard I almost fell out of my chair!

Yes, those fast moving zombies freak me out. You have to give a mother fucker a chance to reload!

bicentennialjenn

12-27-2014, 04:31 PM

Another one that bugs me is Sinister!

yes - 100% agree. i could not get this movie out of my head for a looong time. so creepy. the music too.

MrSunshine

12-27-2014, 07:14 PM

http://www.pinstripemag.com/images/2008/10/03/strangers202d.jpg

I'm sure I've mentioned this movie before but, it is still the only movie that made me scream "oh shit" out loud. Just freaky!

JDeere

12-27-2014, 07:37 PM

yes - 100% agree. i could not get this movie out of my head for a looong time. so creepy. the music too.

Ah yes someone who agrees!!! The thing that got me was the music the most as well.

cinnamongrrl

12-28-2014, 05:51 AM

Me, too. I tried to watch American Horror Story because Angela Bassett and Jessica Lange were (are?) in it, but I was jumping as soon as it started and gave up within 5 minutes.

I can watch zombie movies. Loved Night of the Living Dead ("they're coming to get you Barbara" ... "Stop it, Johnny, stop it") but only as long as the zombies move slowly.

I loveddd American Horror Story....but the further I got into the series, the more unwilling I got to watch it when I was alone ..I don't scare easily, but some of the stuff gets in your head...and once it's in there, it's very hard to purge...but I respect the intelligence of American Horror, and the acting is amazing. I've ALWAYS loved Jessica Lange. What HASN'T she done well??

I also heard Kathy Bates was in a recent season. Love her too. I have a lot of catching up to do apparently lol. WHEN...I'm not alone...which I won't be any more :)