Scariest movies ever?
 

So I have a slow work week coming up and will be bored, so I'm looking for recommendations on what movies scared you all the most so I can download them and not be so bored. Thanks :)

some good ones:

The woman in Black

the Original HAUNTING

The Changling

RINGU

The Sentinal

some good ones:

The woman in Black

the Original HAUNTING

The Changling

RINGU

The Sentinal

Honestly, I think most people can agree on the scariest movies out there are The Exorcist (1973), The Shining (1980), and Psycho(1960).

The Evil Dead (1981) frightened me a lot when I was younger.

I didn't think any of those were scary. But I don't find much stuff scary unless it's something involving nature, or something that could be scientifically possible, like 28 Days Later.

honestly, except for the shining, id have to agree with Posher. the exorcist was laughable, and Psycho, as good as it may be, is honestly far too dated to be scary.

I saw THE WOMAN IN BLACK live in London in a little theater off Covent Garden...WAY scarier than anything I've ever seen in a movie. Genuinely spine-tingling. I loved 'Don't Look Now,' great 70's British flick. It's a slow burn, but with a great payoff.

I think Alien and The Thing are some of the scariest. The Descent is way up there too.

I have to agree with both of you on this one... Exorcist never scared me, though I have to admit that Psycho scared me when I was younger...


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When I was younger, Carnival of Souls also scared the HELL out of me... Though it doesn't necessarily hold up over time...

Movies that scared the HELL out of me in recent years:

• Blair Witch Project
• Alien
• Aliens
• Halloween
• The Descent
• Ils (Them)
• Inside
• Crazy Eights

Only movie to scare the hell out of me would be,Pumpkinhead.

The Exorcist has a bigger impact when watched on the big screen with all the creepy as fuck surround sound. I didn't think it was scary till I saw it in the theatre when the released the new version.

[REC] had a few jump outta your seat moments (the ending is classic horror cinema) and The Grudge was creepy too.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I'll be sure to check a lot of these out :)

The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre

I didn't find the first TCM to be scary at all. It was more exploitative than anything else, but I didn't find it scary.

That's a good point with the Exorcist... I think part of my problem is that I saw it and had HUGE expectations hearing about HOW HORRIFYING it was...

[REC] I've heard is pretty goddamn amazing, though I still need to see it...

And I second Elvis with The Grudge (personally I thought that the remake was better than the original)... Forgot to mention that it scared the HELL out of me when I saw it for the first time... Truth be told, I was living by myself and it kept me up all night. :o

Another foreign film with a few good scares is Shutter (the original)... It's a derivative Asian ghost story, but a really really GOOD derivation. Definitely worth a watch.

In the remake of The Grudge my favorite scene was with Ted Raimi and the jaw. I was just amazed at the work behind that. I was never realy scared in that film but it gave off some great jump tactics in the theatre that I was working at.

I like [REC] and I may be wierd on this but I loved Session 9 it's not Japanese or even foriegn in any way, but I thought it was well done and it creep me out a bit.

Yep - Session 9. Definitely creepy. Quite possibly my favorite indie horror flick.

I just saw Session 9 a few weeks ago. I loved it. Fantastic movie :)

As for The Exorcist, it was hard to find it scary after reading the book first. The book was much better than the movie, which is typically how it goes.

Man, I still haven't watched Session 9! I've been reading it's good on here for about 3 years and still haven't picked it up... what a fuckin' slacker!

My mom read the book back in the day and said it was way scarier than the movie, but she also said that in the seventies it was one of the scariest movies anybody has ever seen and people left the theatres crying. I've seen it and like it alot but I don't think it is that scary. It's just a great movie.

should be at the top of your list !

I'll grab it next time I go to the store :D

I think I was always put of by it because of most of that NYPD dude's attempts to be a movie star backfired.

Session 9 is very tense and suspenseful. I don't know if it SCARED me, but I was definitely wide-eyed and very aware. You know the state. Sort of nail-bitting.

[oREC] is the most recent film to frighten me. I was actually physically afraid through one scene. It's a must-watch, definitely.

The ending of The Blair Witch always makes me turn the lights on and look around the room, too. Just something about it, and my intense fear for always thinking "someone's behind me right now, watch me, hiding, waiting... just watching. Just there because they can be."

The Exorcist
Evil Dead
Dawn of the dead (remake)
The Thing
Leviathan

scared
 

no movies scare me , i dont scare easy,

you know, a lot of people said this, but i have a strong feeling it wont make a lick of dfference. The movie as a whole didnt have a single scene that I could have thought of as potentially scary.

session 9 did have one extremely eerie scene, when that guy was alone in the building trying to find the coins.

Growing up in the 60's , a bunch of us kids used to thrive on going to the movies on a Saturday afternoon to watch scary movies like "The Tingler" "The Blob" and "The Fly" The girls would freak out and us guys would take advantage of that, putting our arms around the nearest screaming, gum chewing babe. Score every time!

Try that today and you'll end up a registered sex offender! :D

-Exorcist

There are alot of other films that are creepy,but nothing freaks me out like the Exorcist.

how is 28 days later scientifically possible?

The Shing,The Exorcist, Session9......I guess thats it... I dont know.Movies dont really scare me,but those are some creepy ones.And as someone mention the original Haunting was pretty damn creepy as well.

Because, everybody knows you can make a biological weapon that turns people into zombie like creatures filled with rage but there's no way some psycho could grab a chainsaw and start chopping people up. I agree, the only things scary are nature and science. When Cobra Commander used science to create his weather device I was scared shitless!

Oops. Forgot about the sarcasm brigade. I'll post a more thorough, technical reply when i'm feeling more concerned.

Don't you... forget about me...

I'll give you a list of top scariest movies from different sites and tv channels based on user surveys.


Channel 4 - Top Scariest Movie
http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfea..._100-91_1.html

Top 3 Results:
3. Jaws
2. The Exorcist
1. The Shining

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Franks Reel Reviews - Top Scariest Movie
http://www.franksreelreviews.com/sho...ranthorror.htm

Top 3 Results:
3. Se7en
2. The Silence of the Lambs
1. The Shining

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Best of Scary - Top Scariest Movie
http://www.bestofscary.com/scary-mov...ry-movies.html

Top 3 Results:
3. The Shining
2. Alien
1. Psycho

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RetroCrus - Top Scariest Movie
http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/scary/

Top 3 Results:
3. The Shining
2. Carrie
1. Mulholland Drive

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EW TV - Top Scariest Movie
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,726267,00.html

Top 3 Results:
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2. The Exorcist
1. The Shining

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Bravo - Top Scariest Movie
http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scari...ts/index.shtml

Top 3 Results:
3. The Exorcist
2. Alien
1. Jaws

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Other single scary movie notes:

(BBC News)
The Shining named the 'perfect' scary movie
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...lm/3537938.stm

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(Reuters News)
Survey names The Exorcist the scariest movie of all time, followed by Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...37006320071031

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(Blog Catalog)
Questionaire : The Scariest Movie Ever Besides The Exorcist, The Shining and Psycho:
http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/e...or-the-shining


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As far as Greatest (not scariest) horror movie, the title easily goes to The Exorcist because it won more oscars then any other Horror film.

Nontheless, my favorite horror movie is and always will be The Evil Dead.

What do you think?

I won't. And i'm sending the ice cream mafia tonight.

Mulholland Drive? Really?
yeah, there are a couple parts that were straight up terrifying, but the film wasnt meant to be all that scary.

Sorry, I just rechecked it, it looks like the list is Top Scariest Movie Moments, not movies overall.

oh posher.... lighten up will ya ;)

which is understandable. A few scenes in Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and Lost Highway practically made me shit myself, David Lynch should would make a absolutely terrifying horror movie.

thanks.....now I have that Simple Minds song playing in my head


over and over :mad: