Rock N' Rollin' Man Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 It - Movie adaptation of Stephen King's novel by the same name. One of the scariest/creepiest movies I saw as a kid. First half only though the rest where the kids are now adult is pretty much crap. Two classics: Alien - Especially the John Hurt explosion scene. Halloween - Have seen it countless times by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 (edited) For some reason I can't embed this video. There is a cool movie trailer on youtube for the movie but the embeddng has been disabled. Any way the original 1958 THE BLOB. Edited October 9, 2010 by ledzepfvr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvermedalist Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Not a Halloween movie but I liked the old ones like Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Abonimable Snow Monster. Modern times, Ghost Story was good. The original Halloween was good. How often is a sequel as good as the original. The Godfather part II is one of the only ones I can think of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Jaws; scared me to death and because of the suspense, is probably my personal scariest movie ever. I still think of it when I am swimming in the ocean. (The Shining, Amityville Horror and The Exorcist are tied for second). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) Jaws; scared me to death and because of the suspense, is probably my personal scariest movie ever. I still think of it when I am swimming in the ocean. (The Shining, Amityville Horror and The Exorcist are tied for second). I wasn't a kid, but the Amityville Horror cured me of seeing anymore scary movies. Ever. Edited October 10, 2010 by ledzepfvr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmc1973 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 The Omen. And never saw The Exorcist until adulthood, was probably 27 when I saw it and it still scared the sh*t out of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte Watched it on TV at a friends place and set a world record for the 1/4 mile on my way home ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) The original Creepshow. Especially, the story called "The Crate". No doubt that is the scariest and most gruesome thing I've seen in a movie. The scariest part is right at the beginning of Part 8. Here you go and judge for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbDNX8Yini4&feature=PlayList&p=EDDC5AF46DCB5FDC&index=0&playnext=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGl_I52UciA&p=EDDC5AF46DCB5FDC&playnext=1&index=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxIY_rsnOnM&p=EDDC5AF46DCB5FDC&playnext=1&index=2 Edited October 10, 2010 by SuperDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 The Changeling (1980) This is still a favourite of mine today. Loads of great, creepy scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 By blackglove at 2010-10-10 By blackglove at 2010-10-10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 A Clockwork Orange is definitely a scary one. Very eerie and creepy at times. Great version of "Singing In The Rain". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Here's the final part of "The Crate" from Creepshow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuIfuQnM7U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I don't do horror movies. Most of them are ridiculously stupid and fake and aren't anywhere near as "scary" as they purport to be. I prefer psychological thrillers to gore, as the former requires you to think and become absorbed in the plot, whereas the latter is just in-your-face blood and random half-naked women screaming while running through the frame. As such, I didn't watch a whole lot of "scary" movies as a kid and I still don't to this day. Give me something like Hitchcock's Vertigo or Rear Window -- now THAT'S how you do "scary". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I don't do horror movies. Most of them are ridiculously stupid and fake and aren't anywhere near as "scary" as they purport to be. I prefer psychological thrillers to gore, as the former requires you to think and become absorbed in the plot, whereas the latter is just in-your-face blood and random half-naked women screaming while running through the frame. As such, I didn't watch a whole lot of "scary" movies as a kid and I still don't to this day. Give me something like Hitchcock's Vertigo or Rear Window -- now THAT'S how you do "scary". Very true. There was no one better at this than Hitchcock. A true master of his craft. Vertigo, The Birds, Rear Window and Strangers On A Train are my favorites of his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsteps of Dawn Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I don't do horror movies. Most of them are ridiculously stupid and fake and aren't anywhere near as "scary" as they purport to be. I prefer psychological thrillers to gore, as the former requires you to think and become absorbed in the plot, whereas the latter is just in-your-face blood and random half-naked women screaming while running through the frame. As such, I didn't watch a whole lot of "scary" movies as a kid and I still don't to this day. Give me something like Hitchcock's Vertigo or Rear Window -- now THAT'S how you do "scary". I've had a similar experience. When I was a kid I didn't watch very many scary movies because I was a major weenie and thought they'd be too scary - imagine how disappointed I was to learn how corny most of them actually are when I started watching them later on. I don't like gory movies, though, but usually those aren't scary, just really gross. Definitely give me some Hitchcockian suspense over a gut-ripper any day. One movie that scared the bejeezus out of me at the time was a sci-fi movie called Event Horizon. I saw it when I was 11 or 12, and I haven't seen it since, so I'm not sure if it was REALLY that scary, or if it was just because I was young and impressionable (I mean, hey, at that point it'd probably only been a couple years since I thought The Brave Little Toaster was scary), but at the time, holy crap did that freak me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 (edited) Well, any thriller by Alfred Hitchcock! Yikes! My mom adores his work! She also loved "The Exorcist" Edited October 11, 2010 by Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Fills the Air Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 (edited) Well, any thriller by Alfred Hitchcock! Yikes! My mom adores his work! She also loved "The Exorcist" Yes Kiwi, Hitchcock is the master of suspense without all the gore of horror movies which I don't really care for. One 'horror' film I saw recently which is made in the style of Hitchcock with no gore or fake CGI is The Orphanage directed by Guillermo Del Toro who also directed Pan's Labyrinth. The film is in Spanish but has English subtitles. It's a very good ghost story and a lot of the suspense scences are a homage to Hitchcock. You should defintley see that one, although I warn you that it is very sad! I saw The Exorcist for the first time last year when my partner got it on DVD, and it was such an anti-climax. I found myself laughing in a lot of the scences that are meant to be frightening! I never really watched horror movies as a kid either, I just wasn't interested in them. The only film that I can think of that scared me when I was younger is Poltergeist. I was also on the edge of my seat watching Jaws for the first time. Edited October 11, 2010 by Magic Fills the Air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 The original The Blob ('58) still scares me today...more than the unwitty remake:) By blackglove at 2010-10-11 By blackglove at 2010-10-11 FIEND WITHOUT A FACE ....roo:) By blackglove at 2010-10-11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayte Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 When I was little, I was scared of that movie House. There was a part where the main character's wife (or ex-wife) crouched down beyond the kitchen table to pick up a bullet that had rolled onto the floor, and when she came back up, she was a monster! Scared the crap outta me! I've never seen the movie all the way through. I was also horrified every time I saw the ads in the video stores for Silent Night, Deadly Night: Horrible! There were horror movies I loved as a child, though! I loved An American Werewolf in London, but it will keep me away from any British moors, cuz there's werewolves out there... And maybe big cats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Well, being born in 1950 and we would always go to the Harding Theater in SF for the Sunday horror shows I would have to say that movies like: The Thing Godzilla Tarantula Day The earth Stood Still The Wolfman The Mummy Frankenstein would always scare the hell out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Well, being born in 1950 and we would always go to the Harding Theater in SF for the Sunday horror shows I would have to say that movies like: The Thing Godzilla Tarantula Day The earth Stood Still The Wolfman The Mummy Frankenstein would always scare the hell out of me. These aren't psychological thrillers like Hitchcock but, still very entertaining and mostly are very good movies which I still enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 These aren't psychological thrillers like Hitchcock but, still very entertaining and mostly are very good movies which I still enjoy. As a kid they just scare the crap out of you. I remember that Candid Camera where they filmed little kids watching scary movies and it's amazing to see their reactions. I'm sure I was the same way. The Blob was also a scary one, plus: The Fly The Tingler War Of The Worlds Creature From The Black Lagoon The Black Scorpion The Hideous Sun Demon I Was A Teenage Werewolf Them! The Screaming Skull It! The Terror From Beyond Space The Abominable Snowman I was literally horrified but couldn't stop going to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I also remember being creeped out by Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the Donald Sutherland/Jeff Goldblum version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabe Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 What blew my young fragile mind around the age of 6 or 7, were the black and white werewolf or wolfman movies. The time elapse transformation from human to animal scared the ever loving shit out of me. Heavy stuff at that age. That sure ain't the Little Joe Cartwright on the Ponderosa. Lately, not as scary, but trippy, trippy movies I happened across on HBO or Showtime fairly recent, both Stephen King. The Mist and Thinner. How King comes up with this stuff... I'd like to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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