What's/are the scariest movie(s) that you watched?
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Topic: What's/are the scariest movie(s) that you watched?
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Subject: What's/are the scariest movie(s) that you watched?
Date Posted: August 12 2020 at 18:43
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As for me, Batman (1989) was the movie that scared me most, as I was very small and it was the first movie that I watched in a movie theatre. And it was a gothic-like building, which added to the creepy atmosphere. When I was at university, I went to see a UK horror movie, and it was the last day of the film in that theatre. I was the only person inside the cinema throughout the film, and there was a guy coming in and out from behind a curtain, once he swept a part of the floor, then later he just entered and stared at me and went back behind the curtain. It was a spooky experience, if not directly related to the movie, haha. But I was an adult, so it was, I can say, a fun type of a thrilling experience. One of my memories not directly related to the movies was, I was alone at home and I was quite a small child. I was watching a horror movie, as usual. It was night time. Suddenly there came a noise like someone threw a stone to one of our windows. I was scared, because no person can enter that part of the exterior of our house in normal cases. I was like "oh, okay" and then another sound, and then another. I thought some psycho somehow entered inside and was trying to scare me. I nerved myself, and turned on the lights and opened the curtains. There was nothing and no one to be seen. I stopped watching the movie and just waited in anxiety but also with a wild courage to encounter whoever (or whatever) was doing that. There came the same sound, and I ran to the window and opened the curtain immediately, only to see that it is a giant grasshopper. Hahah. I was relieved beyond measure. Other than those, the Italian movie il Nido del Nagro gave me some serious creeps, and did a "FATALITY" with its ending. I guess I'm not giving any spoilers here, it was just NOT one of the kinds of horror movie endings that I was used to. I'm surprised that it is a very little known movie. I watched it in the early 90s, I guess, via VHS cassette (rental).  Nightmare City (Incubo sulla città contaminata) This movie also scared me when I was little. Again with a twisted ending for me, haha. It triggered my imagination, and my imagined stuff became even scarier than the movie. "What would I do if such a thing happened in real life?". Haha, believe me I gave this lots of thoughts, most of which are devious. One other was a part from Necronomicon (1993), it was the part of the movie that Brian Yuzna directed. I was sleepy and it made me wide awake like thousands of insomniacs, hahah. Probably the "moment" that I was scared most was not because the movie was scary, but I was thinking that I was watching a romantic film. While I was zapping, I saw a movie in one of the local TV channels of my city. There was a couple, drinking wine at a table. They got up and walked towards a swimming pool. But there was no hint that it was a horror film. Then, the lady pushed her lover into the pool, and it was still not suspicious. It seemed like they were just flirting. Then, the guy didn't come to the surface. It might have hinted something for some other people, but still I thought that it was just a joke made by the man. Then there appeared some bubbles and the lady became anxious a little. She was shouting into the pool like, "oh darling, this is not funny,". Then the camera zoomed into the pool and the water was cloudy. Just as I was beginning to wonder if something unexpected would happen, there jumped a horrid creature out of the pool and snatched the woman and dragged her into the pool. I must have been as white as a marble out of fear, hahah. I'm pretty sure that if I had known it was a horror movie, I'd not have been scared at all. Also, it was 8 pm. or something, so again I wasn't expecting to see anything scary at that time. But it was a local broadcast, so they were not that careful about what they showed to the folks, and didn't have to be in legal terms, given that the government couldn't have dealt with every TV channel in Turkey; they could only handle the situation for the nationwide broadcasts. From another "local" TV broadcast, I was again zapping and came across a scene where a boy was telling his mom that there's a creature inside the wardrobe. His mommy was telling him that there are nothing as "creatures", and she came in front of the wardrobe and opened it. I was ready for a horror movie, or at least, I was neutral and was not thinking that it was not a horror movie like the previous event I mentioned; but the creature that is inside the wardrobe was REALLY scary. A perfect make-up, yellow teeth etc. and a really scary grin. Imagine the yellow teeth guy from The Shawshank Redemption, and multiply it by ten. I have no idea what these movies are, but I heartily thank(!) to the people that decided to put these movies on their channels, hahah. I was gladly not too small while watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If I had watched it before, the results could have been disastrous, hahah. Pennywise creature was also pretty scary, gladly I saw a scene from the IT mini-series while there were lots of relatives in the house. If I had been alone then, I might have been scared as hell. Lastly, The Return of the Living Dead was also pretty scary for me. I was again very small while watching it, and it was aired at 4 or 5 am or something. After many hours of delay (was said to be aired at 10 pm, haha). Me and my brother... We were horror enthusiasts and really waited till that hour for the movie. I can claim that we might be the only people who waited for that movie till that time, as there was a very good chance that it might have been cancelled, we just "believed" that we were gonna see it, and gladly it happened. The funny thing was that, I had a very important exam that day (private teaching institution, but it was an important exam anyways) and I had to attend it without sleep, hahah. I'm talking about primary school years here. Do you have scary movies to tell and/or stories to share? |
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 12 2020 at 20:10
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Texas Chainsaw, the original, is creepy through the entire movie. The scene with grandpa and the sledgehammer is unsettling. The redo is not as creepy. Hellraiser is awesome and has a plot that is unique. House of 1000 Corpses has bits of comedy...the scene were patients are in Dr. Evil's waiting room. Evil Dead and Dead Alive are both great at mixing scare and comedy. And the one I've heard about but don't have the balls to buy (can't find it on PPV) A Serbian Film. On my to do list. Can't leave out Psycho. Others...Silence of the Lambs, Saw, Get Out, A Nightmare on Elm Street. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 12 2020 at 20:20
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I was pretty scared by one of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies too. I was very small and it was really a scary experience. I cannot remember which one was that, I remember a scene that Freddy turns into many spiders and a girl was stepping on them etc. Actually the only movie that disturbed my mental state in my 30s was Martyrs, a French movie. I cannot categorize it as "horror", but it was really disturbing and impactful. Hellraiser series is great, especially the first 2 movies. But I see them more as fantasy than horror. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 12 2020 at 20:28
| Also Candyman... I cannot express my feelings about it while watching. Like watching a horror and a drama film at the same time. I was really enthralled and shaken and also scared. I can't forget its musics. Also, I couldn't dare to say "Candyman" thrice in front of a mirror. Honestly, I'm not sure. I might have done that, but not without shivers down my spine, hahah. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 12 2020 at 20:39
| Oh and... Michael Myers... I cannot say that Halloween series had a huge impact on me... But I can easily say that Michael Myers was horror incarnate for me. Like Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a match... Mike Myers has always been that Kobe for me in the movies. One man team (film). |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 03:04
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At about 12 years old, The Evil Dead scared the living sh*t out of me. And it still gives me chills, but really great fun. Salem’s Lot is amazing. The original It (Stephen King) is super scary, and I love Deathship (with George Kennedy R.I.P.). The Ring, The Grudge, Final Destination, all of them are exciting. Love Horror movies. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 03:08
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Anything that revolves around porcelain dolls, Seed of Chucky -------------  
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 03:41
| The only movie that's ever given me nightmares (mainly because I was really too young to watch it) was "Quatermass and the Pit". |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 04:10
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The most traumatised I've ever been by a film was watching the Battle of Britain at the cinema when I was six. There's a scene where one of the Luftwaffe bomber crew gets his eyes shot out that completely terrified me, so much so that for many years I was unable to watch the scene whenever the film got one of its regular outings on TV. I can just about cope with it now! ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 04:44
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Jason and the Argonauts, I was about 8 years old and saw this in the theater in the early 60s. Honest I couldn't sleep for a week. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 13:27
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One final scary memory... V sci-fi series was exciting and sometimes creepy for me when I was a small child. I cannot forget a moment when I was extremely frightened and appalled. The lady called Diana was in human shape and rubbing her eyes in a room. Then the door was suddenly knocked, as far as I remember and she withdrew her hands from over her eyes and the image of a human with reptilian eyes flashed and that was really too much for me. That is also because I was used to seeing Diana as a beautiful woman or an alien creature. The mix of them was unexpected and shocking. I always find human-like creatures more horrifying. I just find creatures like Cthulhu as "dangerous" and all. They never cause real affrightment for me. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 13:39
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Three movies that I remember really scaring me as a kid were The Day of the Animals, Grizzly, and The Swarm. We used to camp a lot when I was a kind so the idea of animals rising up and attacking humans scared the bejesus out of me. The original Friday the 13th scared me for the same reason since it took place at a camp. I saw this movie when I was 12 or 13 years old and we went camping shortly afterwards. I was sleeping in my tent one night when I heard the sound of a raccoon gnawing on a bone outside of my tent. Needless to say, not knowing what it was, I was screaming for my parents that Jason was outside of my tent.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 13:44
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First time i watched Riders of the Lost Arc it scared me quite alot, and that is not a horror movie. But it contains some real scary moments both at the start in the cave and also in the end in the other cave when the Nazis melted. -------------
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 14:50
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I was probably about 8 or nine and my friends mum told us that there was a good movie on that night - The Birds. I wasn't keen, but not to appear wimpy I gave it a go. I watched it alone that night and when it got to the part where they find the dead guy next to his bed with his eyes pecked out I just freaked. Unfortunately I didn't get to see the end of the film until years later, but that particular moment is burnt in my brain forever. Some others that freaked me out when I was a kid were Dracula Prince of Darkness and The True Story of Frankenstein (the one with James Mason and Michael Sarrazin in) Nowadays, no horror film scares me. I watched the latest Halloween movie recently and it was awful and I laughed throughout at how bad it was. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 15:42
| ^If you watched Get Out you may change your mind about horror movies nowadays. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 16:21
The scariest movie I ever saw as a kid was Doctor Who & the Daleks. I never slept downstairs again after watching that.  The scariest horror movies I've seen as an adult are John Carpenter's movies, not because of the films themselves, but because of the creepy music.  |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 16:27
Gots 'ta love the classic Pulp cinema. This scene as Talos slowly looks down at the two sailors, his bronze neck creaking as he turns, is one of the most effective of the Harryhausen era. Chilling. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
dwill123 wrote:Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 16:38
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2018's Hereditary, despite having a rather simple story, was a sublimely executed, deeply unsettling experience that matches no other horror film I've seen. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 16:42
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 17:11
| The movie that scared me the most when I was younger was burnt offerings. The chauffer with the sunglasses creeped the hell out of me. One of the most underrated horror movies of all time imo. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 17:53
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When I was about 8 or 9 years old I saw some "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" movie on TV while
my parents were at the opera. When Jekyll changed into Hyde
inadvertently for the first time it scared the bejesus out of me.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 20:09
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Hi, Having been into "gothic literature" going back to its start with Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe ... and I did a "lecture" (on it) for my Literature class at the Junior College ... I was not exactly scared by films, because a lot of the images from the books were way stronger than any film could do, or EVER did. For an example, there are passages in Mathew Gregory Lewis THE MONK that are absolutely horrific, but trying to put that on stage, or film, is not likely to get you a lot of fans sitting in and paying for it. Also when you read things like Lord Polidori's work (he was a doctor ... remember that) ... his stories and work is laced with blood, guts and gore and then some! And of course, at this same time, a woman stood up to the men, and wrote a great story, that is still better than any film has EVER been able to do! Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN ... kinda looked at all the elements around her .. poetic and otherwise ... in their Missolonghi nights for stories and drinking fun ... when even Lord Byron made fun of it by saying that writing in the bathtub was heavenly! However, of all the films that EVER got me stunned enough (not scared!), there are a few experiences that are hard to ignore, although they do not belong in the "gothic" or "horror" area at all ... and here goes a small list. DON'T LOOK NOW - 1973 - Film with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie that has a very strange and upsetting end, that is harder to stomach when you factor in all the images that show a future and a past ... sometimes almost in the same image! A great film, but very tough otherwise. I STAND ALONE - 1998 - Film by Gaspar Noe, and a film that was shown at the Film Festival here, and over half the audience had left before it was over ... why? ... a variety of things ... the film is almost all of it inside the man's mind, and it runs riot non-stop. But the one thing that is harder to deal with is a sort of Godard bit ... a gunshot separates the parts of it, and the timing is often not expected ... it's like it is random ... and it shocks you some at times, just when you get comfy with the idea/story of the film. And its visualization is brutal to say the least, but it creates a film that is really hard to determine if it is good, or just bad. The "innovations" in the ideas as the film is shown is downright original and impossible to ignore, but the conventionality that we seem to be attached to? Gets assaulted right off the bat! ... and yeah ... that is good ... we're so Hollywoody-sized that it is pathetic, and we do not even realize the lack of attention to details that would make the film better and closer to literature than it does something stupid like a shot/crossshot (worst literary significance, because the point of view changes!) and/or a kiss (the proverbial peeper ... on various sides of the two kissers! Far worse for me are films that are way out there ... that create images in your mind that are simply way out of town ... and downright strong ... I remember watching AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD and that last 20 minutes is amazing and the filming is done beautifully, making sure that you see the arrows coming from all sides of the boat ... and the work that Klaus Kinsky puts in during those minutes are insane and amazing ... as a theater/film addict, seeing that is total magic ... as an image, it is downright horrific, and you know the end is around the corner ... but likely because of Klaus Kinsky's improvisation, it ended up being longer and scarier ... There are a couple of other films, but all in all, being a person that is into "perception" and specially aware of the surroundings (it's hard for folks to scare me!), makes for films a bit of a fake image ... and the only thing left is the idea ... of it all ... for example, seeing ROMAN POLANSKI'S TESS, and specially the rape scene ... is scary, because the handheld camera is the rapist! You don't always pay attention to the literary point of view in a lot of films and the cinematography, and how it affects you ... but something like this is downright scary and all I can think of is a lion finally getting his prey and start eating from it. An image that is not comforting for us at all ... but we know that it is "life", and it is something that we often dismiss! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 13 2020 at 20:29
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I'd have to say easily....The Exorcist did it for me, it still gives me chills and nightmares. I saw Jaws at the movies I was 10 or 11, I went to the bathroom like 5x. Texas Chainsaw (original version) was simply disturbing, not sure I was scared but man.....I would say the last movie that probably scared me was Alien, the surprising nature of the Alien Xenomorph was intense. -------------   
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 14 2020 at 05:52
I have and I haven't. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 14 2020 at 07:28
I loved that version of Frankenstein. Scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 14 2020 at 13:10
The bit that tipped me over the edge was the demise of 'Jane Seymour'; that kept me awake for many a night. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 14 2020 at 13:28
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^ That was a creepy one. My favorite Frankenstein, after the original, is the one with DeNiro and Branagh. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 14 2020 at 13:58
Yea,that scene was particularly disturbing. Frankenstein "Why!?" - The Creature " Beautiful , Victor, Beautiful"
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 05:23
fantastic choice. There is some top grade scary stuff in the film. I love the scene in the abandoned house where the policeman describes why no one lives there anymore. There is a classic 'jumpy' moment when the carcass of the dead alien creature seems to be alive for one moment when it moves. I would also mention The Quatermass Experiment made about ten years earlier that was a massive influence of films like Alien and now the recently released Russian film Sputnik which appears to have lifted the plot in it's entirety. The man behind the Quatermass films Nigel Kneale was such a great writer of the horror genre.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 05:28
| One that never gets a mention is Mothman Prophecies . That really creeped me out big time. Some great actors Laura Linney and Will Patton. Richard Gere is well cast in the lead and for me this is probably his best film. |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 05:31
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Just thought of another. The first Friday the Thirteenth, notably the very final scene when she is being called over by the police and everything is calm and drifting in the water and, well you know what. On the way back from the cinema my friends and I were daring each to walk down a very dark enclosed alley on their own. I nearly s**t myself - and yeah I ran, expecting J to come out and grab me. A similar ending in the sequel too. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 05:36
| The Curse of Frankenstein ( the first Hammer film studio release in the 1950's ) was also very effective scary film. Over a period of time the Hammer films became somewhat salacious sadly (and have been lampooned to death it seems) but the very early ones were excellent scary films. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 05:41
| The other one I have to mention is Jaws. That was so tense it was nearly unbearable. The severed head dropping out the bottom of the boat ... classic! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 05:43
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Ok one more .. An American Werewolf In London easily John Landis' finest moment. The London Underground scene especially ... run!!
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 06:18
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Annabelle gives me the creeps but im also very facinated by evil soruces and energies lik that if Pennywize and Cenobites, like there is a deeper lore beneeth the fabric. I am very intrgued by Clive Barkers surreal imaginaation -------------
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 06:22
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Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 06:36
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Not being a fan of horror films, I haven't actually seen a film that really scared me since I was young, when I was often frightened by stuff I saw on TV, so I suppose that put me off watching scary films. However, a friend of mine told me about a film called the Babadook that was apparently very frightening. Not bothering to watch it, I read the plot on Wikipedia. Well, it didn't exactly give me nightmares... but it did make sure I was never, ever going to actually watch the film.
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 11:10
I used to love Clive Barker books, and can strongly recommend The Books of Blood. Sadly his later books were poor but you can't go wrong with The Great and Secret Show, Imajica, The Damnation Game and Weaveworld. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 15:03
Another movie that gave me the 'Willies' as a kid (and even a little today as an adult), was Village of the Damned (1960). Not the POS remake from the 90s. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 15:21
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Not a big fan of scary movies, so I don't have many, but these have left the greatest impressions on me: The Talented Mr. Ripley Jaws Irreversible The Exorcist A Clockwork Orange Midnight Express The Blair Witch PRoject Manhunter Silence of the Lambs Alien No Country for Old Men Primal Fear Rear Window Fatal Attraction Wait Until Dark ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 16:36
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 16:38
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I feel there are warries styles of movie genres/styles which contain the element of "scare". Whick subsequently resides under the unbrella genre "horror" which includes horror movie, scary movie, splatter movie, suspensful thriller, horror movies are -Dracula - Frankenstein -the Exorcist - Halloween -Shining scary movies - Scream - Halloween - Annabelle - the Ring Suspensfull thriller -Scilence of the Lamb - Shining some movies ventures into ceveral styles combined. -------------
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 15 2020 at 20:46
Well, as the thread creator I decided to use one of my most demonic photos as my avatar. (Taken last year.) I love Clive Barker too. The Damnation Game blew my mind many years ago, it was when I met his books. Like Icarium, I liked Abarat series too. Supposedly aimed at teenagers and young adults, but I liked it anyways. Also Barker's notorious Nightbreed (1990) was a really good cheese. Cheesy but an impressive movie. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 07:27
Actually I focused on the movies that scared me profoundly, but I generally prefer imaginative and spooky horror movies and John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness is one of the best horror movies as befitting that criterion.
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 14:39
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^discovered this one just recently, quite surprised I haven't chanced to see it as a kid. A wonderful story with this recognizable Carpenter touch and probably the most Lovecraftian movie I'd seen. Speaking of the recent horrors, I tend to appreciate more atmospheric/poetic films instead of more popular mindless jumpscare antologies...sorry, they call these "horror movies" these days  Aaanyway, here's one of my favourite modern spookies |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 14:55
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...and this one is my absolute fave movie of all time for many reasons - |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 16 2020 at 17:44
I agree that ItMoM is the most -and my adding, best- Lovecraftian movie. As for the recent Lovecraft adaptations (of course ItMoM is just Lovecraftian, not an adaptation), Color Out of Space is a good one. Some grotesque elements and overall a good movie. Scary? For me, not. Dagon (2001) is a different breath (if there's such saying). I love the atmosphere and enjoyed the movie a lot. I talked about Necronomicon here. Its 2nd part directed by Brian Yuzna is excellent. As for the earliest adaptations, I like The Dunwich Horror (1970) very much. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 11:16
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the recent DC horror series on HBO of Swamp Thing, managed to create a good atmosphere of mystery, scare and suspence (with a dose of superhuman powers.) Sometimes DC made some characters that belonged more to the horror genere than superhero and Swamp Thing is among the darkest. Swamp Thing, Constantine and Etrigan the Demon are a good trio of DC horror department -------------
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 24 2020 at 12:28
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^ A shame that Swamp Thing was cancelled after 1 series. I've just finished the TV Show of The Exorcist. It's OK, but there is only so much exorcising one can do. The 2nd series did vary things up a bit, but it was cancelled sadly. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 25 2020 at 07:38
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^ its really a bummer they even introduced omnius characters like Phantom Stranger and the scene with the Blue Demon was very horror movie friendly. Their are some wispers in the dark of a possible season 2 from Fx studios, only slim rumors. -------------
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 00:40
Pity about both those being cancelled indeed although I guess COVID has put paid to a lot of things. If we are talking TV then The Haunting Of Hill House is well up there. I loved that as much as anything I've watched in the last couple of years. I have a feeling that has also been cancelled
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 04:11
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Horror films have never really 'scared' me even when I was very young (and probably shouldn't have been watching them!) I'm not a huge fan of the horror genre, although there have been some excellent horror films, but they don't really scare me as such. The original Japanese version of The Ring, I found very creepy, and The Exorcist was certainly unsettling. Likewise, The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity. To be honest the only film that actually 'scared' me was a British film called Threads, which was a 'docu-drama' about a nuclear attack on the UK, seen through the eyes of two families in the northern English city of Sheffield. At age 15, that left me anxious for some time afterwards. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 04:56
Yes, I agree, The Haunting Of Hill House was excellent and not what I expected when I first started watching it. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 07:34
These jumpscare movies have nothing to do with horror at all. Horror is not what jumps into your face, horror is what slowly creeps up your spine. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 26 2020 at 07:43
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^^^ I agree. I also don't find gory films 'scary' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 00:12
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There is always room for a proper 'jumpy' moment. The film Dog Soldiers has a great moment when they are round a camp fire. I defy you to see it coming. It got my twice , even after I first watched it I had forgotten what was coming!
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 28 2020 at 00:44
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Hereditary was already mentioned, but that's the first one I thought of. Not sure how much it scared me, but it did horrify me. While none of these scared me really, The Babadook, Under the Skin and The Witch are afew of othe rmodern favourites. The classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, also mentioned, is another one for this topic. Then there is Killer Klowns From Outer Space... ;) "In space no one can eat ice cream". Most of the horror films I watch I find more creepy than scary. A few of my favourite horror films are The Shining, The Omen, the Wicker Man if it counts (see avatar) and Rosemary's Baby. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 29 2020 at 03:13
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I tend to be with Stephen King re the film version of The Shining
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Posted By: Woon Deadn
Date Posted: September 06 2020 at 12:21
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Powder, it was about bullying. ------------- Favourite Band: Gentle Giant Favourite Writer: Robert Sheckley Favourite Horror Writer: Jean Ray Favourite Computer Game: Tiny Toon - Buster's Hidden Treasure (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis) |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: September 23 2020 at 19:17
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Probably The Ring. I watched it in theaters when I was 10 and made me a horror movies fan. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: October 15 2020 at 08:25
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I watched Us (2019). OMG, what an utter garbage. It literally sent craps down my spine. (I had to invent a new saying, as defining it merely as crap would be a criminal understatement.) Don't Leave Home (2018) is a very good movie. Not scary but very atmospheric. Splendid utilization of music too. On IMDB, Us got more than 200.000 votes and has an average rating of almost 7; while Don't Leave Home received barely more than 1000 votes, the average score of which is 5. Come on people! Make the world just again! |
Posted By: Woon Deadn
Date Posted: October 15 2020 at 16:54
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Fiction is fiction, but real life is always scarier. Elite Pain, the notorious Hungarian bdsm site. Extreme tortures of women. Often safewords aren't taken into account, women are severely beaten, electroshocked on the genitals, et al. Certainly, it's officially consensual. However, the problem is Hungary is a rather poor country. Lots of women are looking for money to feed their families, to buy a gift to their relatives, to buy themselves something like IPhone... Also, from what I have read on the Net, it kinda seems that not all of the participating women are well-informed on what exactly they will be filmed in... Of course, I do not mention movies like Dafu Love that nobody over here (I hope so!) including me has ever watched. But there's a bunch of troublesome yet legal movies where people are severely abused - even if by their own will. ------------- Favourite Band: Gentle Giant Favourite Writer: Robert Sheckley Favourite Horror Writer: Jean Ray Favourite Computer Game: Tiny Toon - Buster's Hidden Treasure (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis) |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: October 15 2020 at 17:02
| ^Hmm. I really cannot watch real violence and abuse videos. I'm oversensitive about such things. I realized that my sensitivity level is very high, when I had/made my flatmate watch a terrible video of a practice in the fur industry. My friend was barely affected, whereas I had been seriously traumatized. |
Posted By: triptych
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 03:55
Loved it :)
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Posted By: triptych
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 03:56
More than scary, this beautie was a masterpiece of stop-motion cinematography !!!
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Posted By: triptych
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 03:58
Perfect B-movie with lots of scary moments in it :)
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Posted By: triptych
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 04:01
Yes, The Ring is probably the scariest movie I have ever watched (and I've watched many, I assure you). Few horror movies beat Samara in her scariest moments :):)  |
Posted By: triptych
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 04:05
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Two other very scary movies for their time are: FIEND WITHOUT A FACE....    |
Posted By: triptych
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 04:08
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...........................AND ............... DEEP RED BY THE MASTER OF MODERN HORROR, DARIO ARGENTO:  |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 04:11
 Kairo (2001) aka Pulse. Disturbing movie in places. Do not watch the American remake.
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Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 11:30
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Has anyone seen this one?  Spanish, 'Tesis' (Thesis); more of a psychological terror... saw it in the 90's. I remember having thought: ".. what a badass". Being there, another I like from the 90's: 'The Blair Witch Project'.  I liked the then-new 'reality' approach of filming; the myth surrounding the movie, the woods, the suspense, the characters, the plot, and how something as simple as getting lost in a forest can frighten you so. Before that, around 1990, Anjelica Huston's 'The Witches', wherein the witches made that sort of convention ceremony where they took out their human disguises and turned boys into mice, caught me badly... I was about 10. It got me scared for days even in daylight!  I'm reading here the director had to soften it after showing it to his kid! https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2556617/the-witches-cool-behind-the-scenes-facts-about-the-anjelica-huston-movie" rel="nofollow - The Witches: 8 Cool Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Anjelica Huston Movie And before that, certainly many. Honored mention:  Don't know if these are 'the most', but the ones I remember. Anyway, not a horror fan per se. In books a bit more.. Stephen King fan. A great book, and one of the best suspense/horror sequences I've read, was the ending of 'The Eyes of the Dragon'. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 11:47
Watched it in the cinema in the early 2000s. I enjoyed it immensely, also there was utter silence in the movie theater; which seemed to reflect the shock that the watchers were experiencing. (I don't include myself, not only because I wasn't shocked, but also because I'm always silent while watching movies.) Blair stuff was just the opposite for me. The epitome of uninteresting borefest... |
Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 14:18
 Don't know if that^ was necessary.. but fair enough. Candyman sucked btw. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 14:20
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^ It was necessary!!! The novel The Eyes of the Dragon was excellent, like you said BTW.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 14:30
Oh and, I wouldn't directly oppose that. Perhaps I was taken advantage of as a kid. 
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Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 14:33
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Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 14:41
Nah nah, don't try to get away with it. There's good kid movies and bad ones, (well, to put it your way, at least I never liked it). |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 14:43
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^ But you're some years older than me!!! Sometimes even a year makes a big difference, like in the size of your penis.
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Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: January 10 2021 at 14:48
Bad loser eh, I knew it! Ha ha, didn't expect that 
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Posted By: kolida
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 01:27
| Evil Dead was pretty scary when I was a child :D Do you know any good and interesting similar movies? I have recently got a Firestick plus installed ustvgo on it with the help of the guide from https://www.firesticktricks.com/ustvgo-firestick.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.firesticktricks.com/ustvgo-firestick.html so I can now watch any movies in the world :) I just need some good recommendations here, thank you in advance! |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 13:16
Luckily I watched it when I wasn't too small. I get how scary it can be for a child. My cousin watched it when he was very small (he's older than me) and said that he had terrible nightmares because of it, for about 2 weeks. Its name was translated to Turkish as: "Şeytanın Ölüsü"; which means "The Dead Body of Satan". Haha, probably a mistake. Apparently the translator confused devil with evil. But in the end, this makes the name even scarier! Evil Dead II is more fun I think. Some obvious comedic elements are seen here and there, but it is still a horror movie. And the third: Army of Darkness is pure fun. One of my go-to examples of horror comedy. Sam Raimi is a genius! Even in the 2000s, he could come up with a masterpiece named Drag Me to Hell! |