Scary Movies

jibi
jibi Posts: 857
edited September 2007 in The bottom bracket
Just watched 1408 and, must admit, I was "moved" a few times, the mix of shocks and psychological atmosphere building really worked for me. Instead of just another slasher movie this one had a bit of thought put into it.

Anyone else been "scared" by a movie?
If so which one?

Not the fast shock like when the cat comes out of the locker in Alien, or the head in the boat in Jaws, they just make you jump!!

That feeling that you don't really want to watch the rest of the movie.

cheers

george

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  • UncleFred
    UncleFred Posts: 227
    I've never ever seen more than halfway through An American Werewolf in London, the only film that has truly scared me.
  • dangerousjules
    dangerousjules Posts: 243
    first time i saw silence of the lambs!
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  • girofan
    girofan Posts: 137
    :shock: :shock: Yeah, been scared by anything with Disco or LA in it!
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    The omen - the new one (never seen the old one, don't want to now!!!!!!)

    spoke to the ex chior boy in me and complelty freaked me out, i had nightmares for months afterwards (seriously at 23, i kept dreaming the devil was coming to get me!!)
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  • daviddd
    daviddd Posts: 637
    The Shining, with Jack Nicolson, was really creepy.
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  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    daviddd wrote:
    The Shining, with Jack Nicolson, was really creepy.

    dave

    I found the book worse than the film

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  • fidbod
    fidbod Posts: 317
    definitely the shining, also the original wicker man...not scary per se but felt distinctly uneasy afterwards and the first thing I did after the movie ended was deadlock the door
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    Phantasm!!! I don't know if it's the scariest film as I've only seen the first 5 mins. I've tried to watch it on at least 3 occasions and usually I jump up and turn it off.

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  • Max_Man
    Max_Man Posts: 185
    1408, great film....really like John Cusack movies.

    Last film that really scared me was another Stephen King one, IT, the one with the clown. (think it was more of a tv mini series but still).

    Still don't like clown's now..... :roll: :roll:
  • overmars
    overmars Posts: 430
    I found John Carpenter's "The Thing" scary. :shock:
    But I also found it hilariously funny!
  • L60N
    L60N Posts: 223
    I watched the Excorist with a friend one sunday afternoon, i was 23 at the time. I left his house early evening but it was dark. I drove home with the interior light on then slept with the light on. It did something very profound to my mind.

    Perhaps the age of the production helped in its eariness, im not sure but it freaked the hell outta me :oops: When the guy is dreaming about his mum and shes coming up the subway, all you can hear is his snoring, Bloody hell it freaked me out!!
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    1408 is a great film

    Took all of my courage that night to shut my bedroom door... :oops: :D :roll:
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    jibi wrote:
    Not the fast shock like when the cat comes out of the locker in Alien, or the head in the boat in Jaws, they just make you jump!!

    That feeling that you don't really want to watch the rest of the movie.

    The Shining has to be the scariest I've seen. You don't want to watch but you can't take your eyes off it.

    I had a similar feeling about Full Metal Jacket it's not scary but it's so brutal that you feel like you want to really turn it off, but at the same time have to keep watching...
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    anything shock or gore filled I love and generally find amusing... it's the headfu<k films that scare me

    the Japanese do this well Ring is a great example of that (not the crappy US remake) the bit near the end made me try and get out of my seat
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  • carlstone
    carlstone Posts: 602
    Exorsist for me. Also Hellraiser the first time round, but watched it again recently and really shouldn't have as it spoiled the memory.

    Saw Hostel 2 the other night. I just find his kind of horror film unpleasant and could see some sick individuals getting off on the torture scenes.
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    The Shining (class)
    The Ring (the original Japanese one - when she comes out the TV.......)
    An American Werewolf in London (scary, sexy and funny)
    Freaks (old black white movie about circus freaks, a twisted ending)
    Nightmare on Elm Street (crappy I know but the first one was scary)
    The Changling (ghost of crippled child, very spooky)
    Alien (suspenseful rather than scary I guess but kept me on the edge of my seat the first time)

    These are my favorites.
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  • HungryCol
    HungryCol Posts: 532
    I liked Event Horizon. Hellraiser was also a good one too. What's that one with the bees you say the name three times in a mirror... oh oh Candyman, that's it, kept of thinkig of "Candy Cane" from the one with the truck. Night (or Day, can't remember which) of the Living Dead, the classic 80's zombie flick.
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  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    Just in case anybody's wandering heres a trailer for 1408

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKqPlIFokig

    Very good film- brilliant atmosphere
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  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Oh yeah...Candyman, that was pretty scary. Did anybody say his name 3 times in the mirror after watching it?

    Funnily I never found the Exorcist scary. Everyone says it's a classic but it never did it for me.

    This 1408 looks pretty good, thanks for the link.
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  • UncleFred
    UncleFred Posts: 227
    How about the original Hitcher with Rutger Hauer? That was scary.
  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    you can watch the whole movie here

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  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    ...I found the Blair Witch Project scary and also The Ring...28 Weeks Later was scary in a gory way...
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  • Pagem
    Pagem Posts: 244
    the shining and IT for me. i'm generally ok with so called scary films but these just freak me out a little.
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  • pdm
    pdm Posts: 9
    Watched Dog Soldiers on Sunday night - all about werewolves attacking a group of soldiers on exercise in remote Scottish woodland - not that scarry in itself but my imagination was working overtime riding through the woods in the dark on my way home on Monday!!! - especially when a fox appears in the road! :oops:
  • BlackHelmet
    BlackHelmet Posts: 113
    The original Omen - but I was very young at the time. Sneaked into the local social club. Kept closing my eyes when the music said "somethings gonna happen and you may not like it...". Schindler's list was one of the most disturbing for obvious reasons...
  • robbie the roadie
    robbie the roadie Posts: 423
    I don't really like any of the 'slasher' films as it's about things jumping out at you to scare you rather than relying on good old build up of suspense. Example is the new exorcist film versus the original. One a brilliant movie creating an uneasy tension throughout, the other a cheap 'things jumping out at you' load of twaddle.

    One film that did scare me was the Butterfly Effect. I don't know why but it did. I was expecting it to be a cleverly written film (which it was ) but for some reason I wasn't expecting it to be like that.

    More votes here for the Wicker Man (original)
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  • onehipwonder
    onehipwonder Posts: 129
    A film that always sticks in my mind from when I first watched it is " The night of the hunter" with Robert Mitchum. He played a menacing villain made even more so by being shot in black and white. Likewise his performance in the original "Cape Fear"

    The original Halloween movie was also creepy but am not generally a fan of slasher movies.
  • purpleR
    purpleR Posts: 93
    Films that are filled with menace are the most frightening I reckon
    like...
    2001 a space odyssey (and it's certificate U!!!)
    rosemary's baby
    ring 1 & 2 (japanese version for me too. Ring 0 is a bit rubbish).
    the omen
    alien (I've never got past the first twenty minutes)
    the shining

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