Scariest Movies Ever

[Y2UAsk]

Since it was mentioned in another thread and sounds like fun, let's list what we consider the scariest movies ever. Here's mine, basically in order.

1. The Haunting
2. The Ring
3. The Vanishing
4. Phantasm
5. Halloween
6. Night of the Living Dead
7. Psycho
8. Alien
9. Evil Dead*
10. The Frozen Dead**

*I think Evil Dead II is a better film but the original is where the real innovation happened.

**This one is more camp than horror but when I was 8, it scared me so badly that the only way I could sleep for a week was to pass out from exhaustion.

Steve

[series]

"The Village" is missing from your list... what is up with that?

[maelic001]

What about "Showgirls"? :D

[TrimChris]

What about "Showgirls"? :D

Lol. Good one. Isn't that a line in Scary Movie or something?

My fave is The Shining. Also like The Seventh Sign.

[Kit Darkholm]

Cool Thread! Here's my list of films I wouldn't even think of watching alone in the dark:

1. "The Haunting" (the 1963 version, not the special effects-laden remake)
2. "Black Christmas" (the scene where only the killer's eye is shown still gives me nightmares)
3. "Hush..Hush..Sweet Charlotte" (headless and handless walking corpses tend to creep me out a bit)
4. "House on Haunted Hill" (the Vincent Price version unnerves me more than the recent remake, but the new version does have some good moments)
5. "The Legend of Hell House" (very atmospheric. I'm kind of surprised that this has not been remade recently, given that the graphic nature of Richard Matheson's book could be dwelled upon in this day and age.)
6. "My Bloody Valentine" (a cut above...sorry, couldn't resist...the usual generic 1980's teen slasher film.)
7. "The Devil's Triangle" (based on Richard Winer's book and narrated by Vincent Price, the film's low-budget look and some genuinely creepy watercolor paintings gives this documentary a very eerie sensibility)
8. "Night Gallery - The Pilot Episode" (the first and last stories of this three-vignette film are still scary 35 years later. Just make sure before you wish yourself into a painting that it's the right painting!)
9. "Salem's Lot" (original televsion miniseries starring David Soul and Lance Kerwin. Crates that move by themselves, dead brothers scratching at the window and an abandoned house on a hill? Yep, Stephen King is at it again.)
10. "13 Ghosts" (the original by William Castle is a bit hokey, yeah, but some of it still gets under my skin)

Naturally this list is not set in stone. I've yet to see some of the films mentioned in other lists such as "The Ring" or "The Village." I also seem to remember another "lunatic-at-a-summer-camp" film called "The Burning" some years back and how the 'uncensored' version was supposed to have been nothing short of terrifying. Did anyone see that one and would like to comment on it?

[Kit Darkholm]

Lol. Good one. Isn't that a line in Scary Movie or something?


Actually, I think that was in "Scream 2" :)

[holywolfman]

As I stated from another thread/post:
(These are some horror movies I have enjoyed)

1) The Eye
2) The Ring
3) Army of Darkness (funny more than scary-lol)
4) Event Horizon (now that was freaky)
5) Alien saga (Especially 2- I give those Marines an "A"- for effort)
6) Exorcist (original version)
7) Poltergeist (C'mon....nobody liked this one?)
8) The Entity (That scared me for days!)
9) What Lies Beneath
10) Sixth Sense

....to name "a few"!- :eek:

[Mike Selinker]

I would say that the only movies that genuinely scared me were these four:

1. Un Chien Andalou (maybe the most disturbing movie I've ever seen)
2. Alien (I remember having my hands in front of my eyes as a 12 year old)
3. Psycho (I now have it memorized, and it still freaks me out)
4. Pitch Black (when you're alone in a dark room, it's very intimidating)

That isn't the limit of what makes a great horror movie, though. I think Army of Darkness, Nosferatu, Aliens, and The Sixth Sense are all great horror films for different reasons, even though they didn't scare me.

Mike

[holywolfman]

(Right-on!)- :D

[holywolfman]

I would say that the only movies that genuinely scared me were these four:

1. Un Chien Andalou (maybe the most disturbing movie I've ever seen)....


Mike


Hey Mike....is this the 1929 B&W version? Does the title mean: "Land Without Bread"...?

Was this a classic movie for the times?- :eek:

[Mike Selinker]

Hey Mike....is this the 1929 B&W version? Does the title mean: "Land Without Bread"...?

Was this a classic movie for the times?- :eek:

Um, yes it was from 1929, and no, it doesn't mean "Land without Bread." It means "The Andalusian Dog." But it might as well mean "Land without Bread," because it's just about the freakiest scenes anyone has ever put on film. A four-star classic, and definitely not for everyone.

Mike

[Zephyr]

When I first read your Un Chien Andalou suggestion, Mike, I thought you were talking about Umberto D (which had a real dog in it)... which is scary in its depiction of abandonment and loneliness, but not in a Horror way :)

I think I saw Un Chien Andalou... but I sorta like surreal stuff :)

Alien is GREAT.

Carpenter's The Thing, as I said in another topic, was and is the freakiest for me because it flips all the paranoia switches. I first saw it when I was a kid. I think the blood test scene scarred me permanently :)

Another movie that derailed me was Seven. If you looked at it as a crime drama, it was rather mundane, but the way it was shot made it borderline supernatural horror.

One of the night of the living dead spinoffs scared me, but I think the grinning skull fear I had as a kid has waned a bit. Night of the Living Dead, the original, wasn't necessrily scary for me, but it was a great movie. I'm talking the black and white one, although arguments might be made for the next two.

Heck yeah, poltergeist was scary :) That tree... the clown doll... hehehe!

I can't take anything Sam Neil has done seriously... But it's a long story why :)

(Y2Uask, do you still answer your email?)

I hope the Vanishing you're referring to is the original one, and not the remake...

2001 was creepy too, I'd argue.

-Z

[elbowmaster]

i know, now that we are older children....

but when i 1st saw this movie as a younger child it freaked me out so bad !!

i never looked at silly putty the same again!!

good thread peoples!! really looking forward to this game, BTW, is it out???

-cheers

-elbowmaster

[Kit Darkholm]

According to WotC, retailers can have it on their shelves tomorrow (September 10).

Now on the subject of when retailers WILL have it on their shelves, that would depend on their distributors. :rolleyes:

[elbowmaster]

good times!! i will be stopping by my fav game store just to check!! what a fantastic gift for my lady friend, whos birthday just happens to be...halloween!!!


-cheers

-elbowmaster

[Y2UAsk]

I didn't include "The Village" because, while I thought it was a cool movie, it didn't scare me.

I seriously considered including "Poltergeist" but one of my criterion for a truly scary movie is one that lingers with you after you leave the theater. Poltergeist was scary while I was watching it but once I left the theater, the fright was gone.

All movies are the originals -- certainly for "The Vanishing" and "The Haunting," because the remakes were utter trash while the originals gave me the creeps for days.

I love Carpenter's "The Thing," it's one of my favorite movies, but it didn't make my top 10 scariest, again because it's more of an in-the-moment roller coaster ride. Hella freaky while you're watching but it didn't give me nightmares.

Another that didn't make my list (I'm a little embarrassed to admit) was "An American Werewolf in London" (the 1981 version with the Dr. Pepper guy). I can't explain why but this film scared the bejeezus out of me the first time I saw it. I literally couldn't watch the whole thing, I was so freaked out -- had to leave the theater. And since I'd walked to the theater, the walk back home, in the dark, past empty lots and wooded parks, was a real trial. Werewolf movies have always had a peculiar grip on my psyche (I almost included "Dog Soldiers" and the original "The Wolf Man," too). I've since watched American Werewolf many times -- it does nothing for me anymore, and I can't explain why it freaked me out so badly that one time. Maybe it's because I was physically exhausted when I saw it and I was expecting a more relaxing, straightforward comedy. Anyway, I didn't include it, despite the way it scared me, because it's not really a scary movie. It just reacted frighteningly in my brain that one night. The movies on my list are those that make my skin crawl each and every time I see them.

Mike -- haven't seen The Andalusian Dog. I'll have to track that down.

Steve

[StarvingWriter82]

I'm pleased to see Phantasm on someones list... that movie was extremely creepy and very well done. The sequels kind of jumped on the "wacky gore thriller" bandwagon, but they're still worthwhile (especially Oblivion) and the first one will have you hooked, so you'll add them.

The Village/Sixth Sense/Signs won't make my list, because while I think they are all awesome movies, they are all focused primarily on something not horror. (The Village in particular is like this, and probably explains why so many people didn't like it - they went in looking for horror and didn't find it.)

My Top Ten (order subject to change):

1. The Ring - I have to put this here because it's the only movie in the last five years or more to actually creep me out and make me nervous.

2. Fire in the Sky - This movie isn't even a horror, but it is supposedly based on the true story of an alien abduction. Due to having Time Life Books show an advertisement on TV for their "supernatural encyclopedia series", which featured sketches of the big eyed, tight lipped aliens we're so familiar with, along with voice overs recounting abduction stories, I spent most of my childhood with a deep rooted fear of "real" aliens. I don't think I ever finished this movie.

3. The Thing - Yes, I jumped when the corpse's chest caved in.

4. Phantasm - This movie is one of the best at portraying the inevitability of evil, and has enough new innovations and good enough acting that it's just creepy.

5. Children of the Corn - gets on my list for being interesting and intriguing, not for being scary.

6. Alien - is there really a more quintesential suspense/horror film?

7. The Legend of Hell House - I always knew my dad and I were going to do watch a movie together when he walked into the room and said "Don't tell your mother, but..." I saw this movie when I was about ten, and it was quite unnerving.

8. The Shining (original version with Jack Nicholson) - the ambiance in this movie is unbelievable... there aren't very many truly scary parts, but as Danny pedals along the hall on his bike or Mrs. Torrence flips through her husband's work, there's a lot of "what's about to happen?" suspense.

9. The Langoliers - another great movie that captures the "It's coming!" feel, it just had an overall uneasiness to it that makes it worth mentioning.

10. Cacoon - Another movie that probably isn't really that scary, but as the first (and only) time I saw it was as a young child, it feels creepy to me.

[Y2UAsk]

6. Alien - is there really a more quintesential suspense/horror film?

Part of what made Alien so incredible the first time you saw it, if you saw its original release, was that the studio gave out no information beforehand. No one was allowed on the set during filming and there were no press screenings at all, just that creepy trailer with the egg and the tag line, "In space, no one can hear you scream." You walked into that theater without a clue as to what you were about to experience. It blew my mind. Not to mention that, coming on the heels of Star Wars, it introduced a whole new SF paradigm.

Steve

[Y2UAsk]

As a side note -- I'd give the award for "best horror movie tag line of all time" to an otherwise forgetable '70s movie, "It's Alive."

"There's only one thing wrong with the Johnson's new baby ... IT's ALIVE!"

Steve

[StarvingWriter82]

Unfortunately I missed the original theatrical release, as I was pretty young at the time. Still, I knew nothing about the movie going into it, and I am a big fan of horror films where the villian seems invincible... you know it's there, but you know there's no way to stop it. Horror films that are just a normal guy slashing people up or where you know how to deal with the evil at hand but there just happens to be a whole lot of them, don't typically appeal to me.

That's what I loved about the original Alien: A perfectly formed killing machine that bleeds acid and uses your body for its gestation period, while you're in the middle of space with no back up of any kind (and the alien has nowhere to go either!)... man, that's just rough.

[Kit Darkholm]

The first time I saw the trailer of "Alien" was at a drive-in that was showing "Carrie." I really didn't know what to think of "Alien". In retrospect the trailer perfectly carried the atmosphere of claustrophobia and terror (helped along by the ominous 'alarm' soundtrack) but the film had no big-name stars. When the film was finally released the local newspaper film critic gave it four stars out of four -- something he never did before. The newspaper also devoted the entire front page of the entertainment section to it. When I read that people in other cities were camping out for tickets purely on word-of-mouth it finally dawned on me that this was much more than your standard "B" science fiction movie.

[xxstefanx]

As I stated from another thread/post:
(These are some horror movies I have enjoyed)

1) The Eye
2) The Ring
3) Army of Darkness (funny more than scary-lol)
4) Event Horizon (now that was freaky)
5) Alien saga (Especially 2- I give those Marines an "A"- for effort)
6) Exorcist (original version)
7) Poltergeist (C'mon....nobody liked this one?)
8) The Entity (That scared me for days!)
9) What Lies Beneath
10) Sixth Sense

....to name "a few"!- :eek:

You are my hero, holywolfman!

THE EYE - definately!!!!!!!
10 out of 10! This one has the SCARIEST SCENE EVER!!!!!!!!!
Did you see it in the original Mandarin version with english subtitles???
Btw where did you see it?

The Ring - US Remake or Japanese Original?
(you havent attended the 1998 Fantasy Filmfest in Brussels where there was "the one time only" shown special cut of Ringu (which is The Ring!)

If you love "The Eye" also check out "A Tale of Two Sisters"!

greetings
xxstefanx

[Zephyr]

I realize this isn't a film, per se, but I'm playing Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem on the Gamecube, and I have to say I love it to death. It sneaks a few things in there that screw with the way you actually percieve the game itself. Meta things. Very, very intelligent, and full of little details.

I dunno, I want to talk about some of those details, but I'm afraid I'll ruin it for people who might check it out for themselves.

For people who like the dread of Cthulhu type games, this works really well, while providing a non-Lovecraft (though Lovecraft inspired) world to work in.

-Z

[holywolfman]

You are my hero, holywolfman!

THE EYE - definately!!!!!!!
10 out of 10! This one has the SCARIEST SCENE EVER!!!!!!!!!
Did you see it in the original Mandarin version with english subtitles???
Btw where did you see it?

The Ring - US Remake or Japanese Original?
(you havent attended the 1998 Fantasy Filmfest in Brussels where there was "the one time only" shown special cut of Ringu (which is The Ring!)

If you love "The Eye" also check out "A Tale of Two Sisters"!

greetings
xxstefanx

1)...Actually I rented the Cantonese/Chinese version (with subtitles) of the "Eye"- I loved it so much....I then purchased it on Ebay!

-This one had lots of COOL special effects! I especially love the "elevator scene"- Man, I still get creeped out when I go into an elevator by myself!!!

2)I have just seen the American version of the "RING".... I wouldn't mind seeing the original though!

3) "A Tale of Two sisters"- what is this about? Evil twins? (If it is- That would REALLY scary since I myself am an identical twin)- How scary is that:

THERE ARE (2) OF US!!! (lol)- :eek:

[Kit Darkholm]

There's a game for the original Playstation called "Clock Tower" and it's one of the scariest things I've ever seen. It plays like a horror movie in which you play one of two heroines trying to discover the story behind a killer named "Scissorman" and not end up as one of his victims. The suspense in this story is relentless, right down to the creepy locations you must explore (a college building after-hours, an empty library and old castle among them) and sinister mood music that begins when Scissorman is near. Depending on what character you play, who you interact with and what items you find, there are 10 different ways the story can end. Some endings are happy but most aren't.

While the graphics may seem out of date (the game was released in 1997) this game is well worth a try.

[Der Panzinator]

Well,
I don't really care much for scary movies, since I would rather not have to be all paranoid after watching them... But, I can't help but to add some other movies to the list everyone has started. While most of the movies people have mentioned are scary, they are mostly either sci-fi or b-movie type stuff... (i.e. Aliens, Evil Dead, etc...)

Here are some others to consider:

Hellraiser
Texas Chainsaw Masacare
Night of the living dead
Tiki??? (That damn freaky movie with the Tiki doll that wouldn't die which everyone remembers from childhood but can't remember the name.)
The Exorcist
Amityville Horror
The Omen
Gargoyles (Not many people remember this one. Bunch of Gargoyles in caves somewhere in the desert with humans trying to stop them.)
Eraserhead (I barely remember this one but it involves people having their brains used to make erasers... :eek: )
Soylent Green (Its made out of people... ;) )

I'm sure there is a lot of other fogotten gems out there... :D

[Kit Darkholm]

Tiki??? (That damn freaky movie with the Tiki doll that wouldn't die which everyone remembers from childhood but can't remember the name.)

If you're talking about the movie I think you're talking about, it was the third segment of a film called "Trilogy of Terror". It was done in the mid-1970's and Karen Black starred in all three stories. The segment in question was called "Amelia" and introduced the world to the infamous "Zuni Fetish Doll." (pictured below)

Pleasant dreams. ;)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JXVQ.01._PE_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Der Panzinator]

AAAHHHHH!!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek:

Thats it!!!!

[xxstefanx]

@holywolfman

"A Tale of Two Sisters" is - who guessed it - about 2 sisters (sorry, no twins) but is really scary and above all BRILLANTLY NARRATED!

You can get it at www.pokerindustries.com or www.dvdasian.com.

greetings
xxstefanx

[holywolfman]

...I have to check that out! (THANKS)- ;)

[starshaman]

When I was eight or so, I saw the original "Invasion from Mars" in which the little boy's parents are turned into organic robots by being sucked underground into the Martians' caverns. This so freaked me out, making the parents (and other adult authority figures like the police chief, a doctor, etc.) enemies instead of allies, plus the truly creepy ending, that I not only had nightmares for months, weeks went by before I would walk on anything other than pavement!! No way I was going to get sucked down underground!

Another truly scary show to a nine year old was the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, again a similar theme. You go to sleep and you don't wake up yourself anymore. You've been replaced by a pod person. You can guess how that made me feel about going to bed (boy, I checked under my bed for seed pods for days afterwards!).

But I loved those old sci-fi and monster movies, like Them, and you couldn't keep me away from them. Though new movies with better special effects are more visually scary these days, I still remember those movies from the fifties as being the best and the most nightmare producing! They don't make them like that anymore!

(On the other hand, there's Gigli....)

[holywolfman]

OK- I just saw "The Grudge" (remake ver.)...I didn't like it as much as the original! Is it just me or did everyone else feel the same way? Don't get me wrong...there were scary scenes and cool effects in the remake but it just didn't do it for me! (Maybe I spoiled it by watching the Japanese version first-oh well)

Now...it's time to watch Ju-on 2 (Grudge 2)- :D

[xxstefanx]

Due to the success of the US Ring many more Remakes are spoiling the market at the moment! As it is the same like the trend of classic history themes (after gladiator: Troja, King Arthur, ...) just before, all this is just "average mass audience stuff"! Even many of the Japanese originals are kind of crappy.

If you want a real Japanese Classic, like "The Eye" or "Ringu", holywolfman, try "Audition" first!

greets
xxstefanx

P.S.: Btw have you already seen "A Tale of 2 Sisters"?

[deltabob]

I thought about seeing The Grudge, but I'm pretty sure I can wait for the DVD for it. From the prviews, it just looked like a "Buffy" movie *grin*.

[Nildo22]

I have seen The Ring on several "Scariest Movie Ever" lists. When is this movie scary!? It is a bit creepy once in a while, but there was not one moment that made me feel frightened, or that made me jump out of my seat. I saw Ringu about a year and a half before I saw the American remake and I didn't find it frightening either. It was weird, and certainly made a lot less sense to me than the version in English, but neither one was scary at all. Can someone explain what's scary out it? I will grant that it was a moody film, and stylistically well done, and at least I didn't laugh my way through it like the Blair Witch Project (which was a complete joke) but scary...let alone top 10 scariest ever...no. I have yet to see The Eye, but I'm hesitant since most people that say The Eye is scary say The Ring is as well.

I'd like to agree with xxstefanx and recommend Audition if you want to see a creepy movie. There were a couple scenes in that movie I could barely watch!

As for Un Chien Andalou, it's not really a scary movie, just a strange modern art film. And if my memory serves me, that's Salvador Dali (also co-writer of the film) as one of the priests.

Finally, I'm a bit surprised no one's mentioned the film Begotten. Probably one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. It was directed by E. Elias Merhige who is most famous for directing Shadow of the Vampire. If you haven't seen Begotten, and you want to see something creepy and disgusting (while being very abstract) you should!

[holywolfman]

"Audition"- I have to check that out!- :eek:

[Moderator Kayn]

Gargoyles (Not many people remember this one. Bunch of Gargoyles in caves somewhere in the desert with humans trying to stop them.)
... :D

I remember that one!.. I've seen it a couple times on TV. hehe
good stuff!!!:p

The Exorcist freaked me out, first time I saw it. I refused to go back to my dorm to sleep that night, my roomie was away.

And now that I think about it Stephen King's things have a way of getting to me. I remember when I read "IT" , Pennywise the Clown totally got to me. The book bothered me LOTS more than the movie did of course.


Ka'yn

[ViolentHampster]

Don't watch Trilogy of Terror, unless you need a good laugh. It's not scary at all but is funny as hell. The Zuni Fetish Doll rules!

[Y2UAsk]

I have seen The Ring on several "Scariest Movie Ever" lists. When is this movie scary!? It is a bit creepy once in a while, but there was not one moment that made me feel frightened, or that made me jump out of my seat. ... I will grant that it was a moody film, and stylistically well done, and at least I didn't laugh my way through it like the Blair Witch Project ... I have yet to see The Eye, but I'm hesitant since most people that say The Eye is scary say The Ring is as well.

Well, one man's nightmare is another man's joke, I guess. I agree that Blair Witch was not the least bit frightening -- didn't understand the mass psychosis that accompanied that film at all. And I didn't find The Eye particularly frightening. That goes for lots of the Japanese horror films that come so highly rated (like Uzumaki, for example -- very atmospheric and has an interesting Lovecraftian, cosmic-horror twist -- get it? -- but scary? Nah).

With the Ring, it was specifically that film's moodiness and creepiness that did it for me. It didn't give me nightmares or make me jump out of my seat but it sure made me feel uneasy while I was watching it. There was great suspense while you didn't know what was going on, and once you did know, it turned out you really didn't after all. And the whole situation was just creepy. I like films like that.

I watched The Exorcist again this weekend. That film didn't impress me much years ago, but the more I see it, the more I see layers of subtle horror that I wasn't aware of before. Maybe it's just that I have kids now.

I also watched a few of the Halloween sequels. What a lot of garbage to follow up such a brilliant film. Also watched Jeepers Creepers again and was reminded of how good it is, and how pale are all of its imitators. My son was completely thrown by its ending. Right up to the closing credits, he thought the good guy would somehow get away.

Steve

[holywolfman]

...Also watched Jeepers Creepers again and was reminded of how good it is, and how pale are all of its imitators. My son was completely thrown by its ending. Right up to the closing credits, he thought the good guy would somehow get away.

Steve


I was waiting too.... (lol)- oh well- sucks to be him! :D

[Crypt]

(in no real order)


- The Thing (Carpenter's version)
- Shining (Stanley Kubrick version)
- Ring (Japanese version)
- Blair Witch Project 1 (this is the scariest one. But not for everybody...this is very subjective)
- Evil Dead 2
- Romero's Trilogy (mainly 2 & 3)
- Poltergeist
- Rose Red (nice ultra classic haunting)
- Dark Water
- Amityville (it's still a nice movie)
- The Haunting (1963)
- one of the Christopher Lee's Dracula (i don't remember which one. Not the first.)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 & 2
- Return of the Living Dead.
- Lord of Illusions (Clive Barker)


Funny ones =
- House 2
- Beetlejuice
- Ghostbusters
- Brain Dead


The unspeakable one =
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (the worst movie ever made) :D

[Y2UAsk]

The unspeakable one =
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (the worst movie ever made) :D

Yuh. There's low budget and then there's just stupid. This could have been good with a decent writer, because I love those old, low-budget, sci-fi/horror films. It has some genuinely good moments. But man, does it ever fall apart. Tumbles like the walls of Jericho. Gets halfway to its destination and then sinks like the Titanic. No survivors. Ouch.

Steve

[Crypt]

Yuh. There's low budget and then there's just stupid. This could have been good with a decent writer, because I love those old, low-budget, sci-fi/horror films. It has some genuinely good moments. But man, does it ever fall apart. Tumbles like the walls of Jericho. Gets halfway to its destination and then sinks like the Titanic. No survivors. Ouch.

Steve


the problem with this parody is that it's too perfect = it's not only a caricature of bad movies, it's also a really boring one.

the goal was to make something worst than Plan 9 from Outer Space, and this is a great success in this way.

[elbowsanchez]

bumpaloha!!

[Meush]

the shinning is great indeed ;) what about killer clown though ;)
but no kidding i would say evil dead series :)


come to papa

[Beast1313131]

In no order:
-Psycho
-The Haunting
-CuJo
-The Birds
-Evil Dead 2
-Silence of the Lambs
-Hannibal
-Red Dragon
-The Ring
-The Exorcist
-original Texas Chainsaw massacre

[Lexxin]

10. BAMBI (The scariest scene is when Bambi's father catches on fire in the forest and later eaten by the ravenous rabbit Thumper)

9. THE WIZ (A terrifying scene early in the film when Michael Jackson "The Scarecrow" stares lewdly at a muchkin boy)

8. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR'S STONE (A bloody as hell scene in which Harry swats Ron below the belt with his wand. Ron coughs up blood into Hermione's bushy hair)

7. THE WIZARD OF OZ (A creepy scene in which the Lollypop Guild trims the Wicked Witch of the East's toenails with their teeth)

6. THE SCREAMING SKULL (The producers will pay for your burial if you die of fright while watching the movie)

5. THE TRANSFORMERS (Spike the human tries to transform while in his exo-skeleton and breaks all his bones)

3. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES (Malt beer, roasting fires , fresh meat right off the bone and Dopey)

1. THE POLAR EXPRESS (Saw this one in the theatre and vomited into my large popcorn everytime the train went down a mountain)

[Deverdon]

I didn't see this on anyone else's list...the scariest movie I have ever seen was The Changling with George C. Scott. It's the best "creepy house" movie out there. You will never look at a wheel chair or rubber ball the same way again.

[Moderator Sinister]

I liked the changeling, although I felt it was too long. I like rose red and the others for haunted mansion stories.

Also I moved this thread since its a "rec room" thread.

[Da Black Gobo]

To this date the scariest movie I have ever seen is the silent film.

Neferaotu (forgive the misspelling) the original Dracula movie.

[qmp]

If someone has mentioned these already, sorry.

Halloween, Jeeper Creepers 2 and Wrong Turn.

The best of these three would be Wrong Turn

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[Molotov Cocktail]

My favorite horror movies are (in no particular order)

1. Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter)
2. Alien
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. The Thing
5. An American Warewolf in London
6. Pet Semetary
7. Dawn of the Dead (new and old)
8. 13 Ghosts
9. Wrong Turn
10. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (This one is more of a comdey because of how low budget it was but i think it is calssified as a horror movie).

[Clausewitz]

Trilogy of terror (the one with the doll) is the only movie I remember being scared by.

The ending of Seven Cities of Gold is horrifying for very different reasons.

The original Alien computer game - on the eight bit machines - had terrific atmosphere. There were virtually no graphics, but it was frightening for similar reasons as the movie - you didn't see the Alien, so you never knew where it was while you were moving the crew around the ship. You also had to go back to get that damned cat!

[newaxis]

No one has mentioned this one yet, but I would like to submit Stephen King's "It" for consideration. While it is technically a miniseries, watching "It" as a kid will scare you senseless.

[Molotov Cocktail]

No one has mentioned this one yet, but I would like to submit Stephen King's "It" for consideration. While it is technically a miniseries, watching "It" as a kid will scare you senseless.

Good call. The book is even creepier. Very cool movie though.

I'd also add Children of the Corn to my list, (Sorry if that's already been mentioned).

[Enderson]

Exorcist, though im sure it's been mentioned before. Yeah, good job Enderson, reading about scary movies at 12:00 in a dark computer room, hmmm. :eek: