Howie_Feltersnatch: And how believable the neck bite scene is.

That's because it WAS REAL!

:)

George C. Scott

Biggaboat,
I remember Chiller Theater. When I was a kid, a TV movie called Invaders from Mars scared me more than anything I've seen since then.

MyrnaMinkoff: Rosemary's Baby

Eeeeep! Another scurry one...

Das Boot
Saw it the night i started submarine school....

fusillade762

Alien - saw it in the theatre at age 10 (my first R movie) after months of begging and reading the novelization, comics and all kinds of magazines. I knew the story and I still had to leave the theatre during the part where Brett's looking for the cat. Sooooo tense. Best. Scary movie. Evar.

I'll bet you had the same issue of Heavy Metal that I had. I think it was one of the first three issues, if not THE first - around '76/'77 I think. They did a feature on this upcoming film that was shrouded in secrecy called 'Alien' and Moebius (One of the Heavy Metal regular contributors) had designed the space suits that they wore off the ship.

I remember those days.

Alien rules!

renko: That's because it WAS REAL!

OH NOEEEEZZZ!!! :O

biggaboat: Anybody remember the creepy six-fingered hand of "Chiiiiiii-llleerrrrrrrrrr..."?

Yup, I loved that thing!

Pet Semetary
Phantasm
Hellraiser (Pinhead!!!)
Cabin Fever
Poltergeist
Helloween 1

Shaun of the Dead (OK, not scary. It's still a great zombie movie though).

There was one movie, I can't remember the name to it though. It had to do with a ventriloquist doll and other dolls coming to life. Freaked my shiate out when I was a kid. Anyone know the name of it? It had that one guy in it...you know, from that other horror movie.

There was a movie that scared me senseless as a kid, I think it was "Don't be afraid of the Dark" or something. Little creatures crawling out of the fireplace while people slept. Prolly wouldn't have scared me as much if we didn't have a fireplace.
Saw is the best psycho thriller around today, well done together on a small budget. Another nod for Hellraiser also....

Oh, and fans of the original "Night of the Living Dead" may want to read Roger Ebert's account of watching it in a theater full of ten-year-olds, who expected a cheesy saturday afternoon C-movie.

"I felt real terror in that neighborhood theater last Saturday afternoon. I saw kids who had no resources they could draw upon to protect themselves from the dread and fear they felt."

stupid kids.

Something that messes with my head rather than pure gore...

Anything with zombies...

Why? Was in Cambodia, the hotel had some DVDs one could borrow. Decided to check this out...spent the remainder of the night worrying that perhaps the KR weren't quite as gone as the tour books said they were.

Scariest movie ever - fark your goblins and ghosts. Reality is worse.

My friend and I dropped some acid and went to go see Pink Floyd: The Wall on a Friday night special screening. We got there and it was sold out. Guess what movie just premiered that night that we got the last two tickets for? The Sixth Sense. Ohhhhhhhh yeah. Woahhhhhh buddy. Heh. I'm afraid to watch it again sometimes for fear that I'll have a scary flashback.

Signs got my heart thumpin pretty hard too.

Whatthefark: Anyone know the name of it?

The Puppetmaster?

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I have one that has them all beat!

http://www.terrortrap.com/television/dontbeafraidofthedark/

Made for TV.

Scary as Hell!

Beats out all others...

You will fear your own basement.

Movies that scared me:
1. Tommyknockers. I was maybe 5 when I saw it. Couldn't sleep for weeks.
2. Blair Witch Project. Saw it when I was about 12, then went home to a dark and empty house, where a tree proceeded to scrape against my window in a witch-like fashion.
3. The Ring. I screamed in the theatre when they find the dead girl in the closet and when the girl popped out of the TV and then teleported forward.
4. Signs. I screamed in the theatre when the hand grabs the little boy and when you see the alien leg in the corn. I live in central Illinois (you know, corn), so the movie also scared me for weeks afterward.
5. Joy Ride. I'm still scared of truckers.
6. POLTERGEIST. Scared the HELL out of me. I had to have seen it when I was 6 or younger. I've never been able to watch it again. So, so, so traumatized.

Movies I love:
House on Haunted Hill (Original w/ Vincent Price)
Jaws
Tremors
Silence of the Lambs
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the Original)
Other great movies I'm forgetting....

Alot of people keep saying the excorcist. Now don't jump down my throat but I personally didn't get scared from that. and it probably has to do with the fact that I'm not Catholic.

The House of the Long Shadows, I was like 6 when I saw it and haven't seen it since... bothered me for years. Even though it has a happy "we all faked it because you're a writer who needs inspiration" ending.

Also, The Miracle Mile, for nuclear panic goodness. That one was just to likely.

Having already seen the above catching Prince of Darkness on television didn't stand up but it's pretty damn scary.

I thought blair witch project was lame all the way through it. I kept laughing at how stupid they were, and found it impossible to care what happens to a bunch of hippies. I hated them all (though I would have hit the chick).

And then at the end I was scared off my ass.

hehe. good flick. Wouldn't bother seeing it again though.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Not because its the scariest, but because ChopTop is like the BEST character in any film, ever.

I'm going to cast my vote the way of The Shining as well

hmm...

- The Shining
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- Army of Darkness
- Night of the Comet
- Attack of the Giant Gila Monster
- Poltergeist
- Ghostbusters
- Nightmare on Elm Street
- Friday the 13th
- The Puppet Master
- Demonic Toys
- Psycho
- Duel
- Maximum Overdrive
- Dawn of the Dead

Pumpkinhead.
The Fog (the old one, not the damn remake).
In the Mouth of Madness.
The Monster Squad!!!
Jacob's Ladder.
Event Horizon.
Phantasm.
Phantasm 2 (for the Quad-Shotgun).
And a shiatload others that have probably already been mentioned.

Except Rabid Grannies, not because it's scary, but because it's so god damn bad it's great.

Pretty much any of the old movies detailing serial killers

Citizen X
M

etc

LlamaMama:

Anything with Vincent Price is good.

Check out the Dr. Phibes movies!

Return of the Living Dead.

"Send more cops"

biggaboat

Jacob's Ladder needs a nod.

I'll third that. That movie was farkED UP.

jetblack:

I love me some Vincent Price. I've seen and loved a huge chunk of his work, but House on Haunted Hill was always my favorite.

Hey biggaboat, check out this Chiller Theater site. Scroll all the way to the bottom and you can see the six-fingered opening sequence.

/Hope you have a chair handy...

Ooh! Oooh! That one where I farked your mom!!!

Actually, the film that scared me the most was called Retribution, which I don't think has been seen by anyone since 1988. The acid had kicked in about 20 minutes from the end & I jumped straight backwards into a seat 3 rows behind me when the final climax hit.

Released that same year was one called The Lurkers, which sucked much ass but had some imagery that still haunts me to this day.

When I was about 8 I saw the original (50's) Blob. Big mistake, slept with the hallway light on for a week. Viewed these days it's laughable, but when you're 8 and haven't seen any horror movies before....

When I was 16 I saw Alien in a theatre. Ugh. Scared the crap out of me.

While it wasn't a horror film per se, I found "Eraserhead" quite disturbing. I also found the real scenes (as opposed to realistic) in the "Faces of Death" and "Traces of Death" movies pretty horrifying.
As far as real horrow flicks, "Deliverance" is all too realistic, "Carrie" (the original) set the pace for the teen slasher movies of the 70's, 80's, 90's and beyond and "Hellraiser" was very graphic and gory. The only way to watch a horror movie (of course)is stoned to the gills.

tie between Night of the Living Dead & Dawn of the Dead
/been watching horror movies since I can remember, my pa raised me that stuff
//ma watched/read whatever in the other room
///sis cowered in fear in her crib
////pa is now a member of the unliving dead; RIP

Excorcist.
The Thing (with Carpenter and Little Billy Bo-dine)

SharkInfested: why the fark did I open this thread? I am dogsitting by myself in an enormous four-story, 150 year old house...

OMG the call is coming from inside the house GET OUTTA THERE!!

Bones3D_mac

Hey, you mentioned 'Duel'.

That's pretty good, actually. Good call.

There was another movie a year or so later called 'The Car' that was kind of scary but was probably more funny than scary (Like Death Race 2000).

If you can find a trailer for 'The Car', I think it will be one of the most amusing things you've seen in awhile.

Catholicgauze: Something that messes with my head rather than pure gore...

I'm going to go out on a limb Catholicgauze and recommend "The Attic Expiditions"

Was Kujo scary?

In no particular order............

The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Session 9
The Ring
The Grudge
Halloween 1
Nightmare on Elm Street 1
Dog Soldiers
American Werewolf in London
The Thing
Aliens
Jason X: Friday 13th Part 10 (funny, not scary)

Graffiti Bridge

Howie_Feltersnatch: They only time I've been shiat-my-pants frightened by any film was when that farking girl crawled out of the TV in "The Ring" and teleported really fast toward the guy. I don't really have a favorite scary movie, but the most disturbing movie I've ever seen was "Audition".

Audition lagged a little at the end, but if your spine didn't jump about three feet straight up when that plastic bag moved you are cold and dead inside.

First movie to scare the crap out of me was "Creature From the Black Lagoon". Now, not much scares me but occult movies, I.E. The Omen, give me the willies.