Scariest movie you've ever seen?

af_thefragile

For me its probably this spanish film Darkness which was about these demons that come out when its dark and do bad things. Now I have to admit I'm phobic of the dark (I need to have the lights on when I'm alone in the house), so the movie just added to it...

I don't really find slasher or psycho movies scary though. I like reading up on serial killers and like gore and torture doesn't really scare me. Its more of the spooky, occulty, deamony stuff that keeps me up at night!

So what is yours?

Links234

Martyrs.

Ush1

Not so much scary but I thought Session 9 was a bit mental.

mauzo

THe orphanage. (I think that's it)
Really creepy Spanish movie, the end had me shaking and crying at the same time.

I watched a movie called someone is watching, in America years ago. I was on my own in the house and I was only 15....so scary!

SEPT 23 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyRqR56aCKc

smash

So the only stuff that scares you, is the stuff which could never possibly happen?

chin_grin

Links234 wrote: »

Martyrs.

That was more disturbing than scary (great movie though...especially the end bit...y'know....eugh!).

My two would be Grave Encounters (terribly cliché'd but there are a few good scares in it) and The Tunnel Movie.

Bipolar Joe

Anything with Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Anniston or Owen Wilson.

MisterEpicurus

'The Queen', 2006 film...wouldn't recommend it after 1am, scare the sh1t out of ya...

HUNK

"A Serbian Film". Not exactly scary, but just twisted. Really, really twisted.

Inb4 The Grifter.

flutterflye

Honestly, I have yet to watch a scary movie.
There's been a fair few that are disturbing, but none that have actually scared me.
The slasher/gore movies don't scare me - can't understand how they could scare anyone.
And the movies about demons or strange creatures etc... well they're just not realistic enough to be scary.
The best ones are the psychological thrillers I think.
I'd love to find an actual scary movie though.

willmunny1990

Eraserhead.

Mr Benevolent

Threads.

Whatsisname

Forgive me for being a wuss, but Paranormal Activity 3 in the cinema scared the ****e outta me! especially when your one jumped outta the closet with the mask on.....what a bitch..

B0jangles

Lake Mungo - seriously unsettling Australian film.

D1stant

Marty Whelan's sex tape

stimpson

2 girls 1 cup

Schism

[Rec]

I was fine the whole way through but the ending scared the **** out of me.

oranbhoy67

the Shining

Hank Scorpio

Can't really seperate these, [Rec], ILS (them), Eden Lake - probably more just can't think of any atm

WindSock

flutterflye wrote: »

Honestly, I have yet to watch a scary movie

it's not even that scary.

Irish Guitarist

When I was a child I used to be afraid of those horror films where nothing happens for ages and then suddenly there's a loud noise or something jumps out of the darkness. After a while they lost their edge though. It's the same nonsense the whole time - nothing happens for twenty minutes, then a cat jumps out and scares you. Just when you've calmed down and start thinking "it was just a cat" Freddy Krueger or Jason or whoever appears and rips someones heart out.

I can't remember the last time I was scared by one of these films. I think it might have been the Amityville Horror, but I think the roof of the house scared me more than anything.

I saw Paranormal Activity a couple of years ago and it was similar to eighties horror films in that it tried to be scary by first being boring. Nothing happened for ages then a frying pan would fall down. How terrifying.

yermanoffthetv

The ledgend of Hell House (1973) was pretty scary though it got average reviews. Its a purists film no CGI or much special effects of any sort really but creates a fairly unerving and sinister atmosphere and definately creepy if you watch it on your own at night. Its worth a look if your willing to overlook its low budget and old scool style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPqJcjS3Qaw

SEPT 23 1989

Nil by Mouth

woof im a dog

i saw event horizon when i was small that freaked the shíte out of me

Ishmael

I watched "The woman in black" recently and i found it quite scary and i would consider myself hard to scare for the most part. It was definitely the scariest film i have seen in a long while.

mauzo

Ishmael wrote: »

I watched "The woman in black" recently and i found it quite scary and i would consider myself hard to scare for the most part. It was definitely the scariest film i have seen in a long while.

Think I'll watch that later....was avoiding it because harry potters in it ..

Schism

Poor old Daniel Radcliffe...

ryaner777

Anti-Christ is the only film to disturb me enough to be scary.

It was scary in the sense the people can actually do some crazy things when their brains starts to go and they suffer from mental illnesses.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870984/

not to be watched on a first date !

frag420

Event Horizon

A Requiem for a Dream

[Rec]

Logical Fallacy

The English Patient.

All I could do was sit there, in total terror, and imagine a world where all movies were that ****ing boring.

flutterflye

syndeyfife wrote: »

Think I'll watch that later....was avoiding it because harry potters in it ..

He's actually decent enough in it, but the role was too old for him.
Needed someone a bit older to be taken seriously I think.
And by no means a scary film!

smash

ryaner777 wrote: »

Anti-Christ is the only film to disturb me enough to be scary.

Bored me to death.

Ormus

Ishmael wrote: »

I watched "The woman in black" recently and i found it quite scary and i would consider myself hard to scare for the most part. It was definitely the scariest film i have seen in a long while.

I watched the original of that when I was about 13 on my own one night and its still the scariest film I've ever seen, I'll never forget it.

Not a chance am I gonna let Harry Potter ruin it for me.

chakotha

The Ring.

JustAThought

Audition.

Japanese film. stands to reason.

I almost crawled from the Cinema seat on my knees I was so scared.

Couldn't imagine that someone could be so evil. Was that based on a true story?

amira

syndeyfife wrote: »

Think I'll watch that later....was avoiding it because harry potters in it ..

That in itself is telling you how scary the movie is... :P
i'd be scared to watch any movies with daniel radcliffe in it..

FatherLen

syndeyfife wrote: »

THe orphanage.

awesome film. guillermo del toro(pans labyrinth) directed it. he has a few more that are worth a look. 'the devils backbone' being the most notable. stay well clear of 'don't be afraid of the dark', its terrible. but one hiccup in an otherwise flawless career. and if you haven't seen the aforementioned pans labyrinth, then go and watch it.

amira

It has to be psychological stuff for me too, exactly what some poster said, things that could never really happen to you are the ones that scare me the most..

Also think that japanese horror movies are quite scary. I dont know how they manage with their low budgets and nearly lack of special effects, but they usually succeed in creating quite scary atmospheres.. the japanese and original versions of The Ring and The Eye are quite scary. Must try Audition..

Funglegunk

I watched Alien for the first time when I was about 8 and staying over in a friend's house. I couldn't sleep the entire night because I thought there was a facehugger under the bed.

willmunny1990

I haven'd been scared by a modern horror film in years.

Slashers have never done it for me. I used to be scared of IT and Hellraiser when i was younger but apart from that i can't really think of anything else that scared me.

I find some David Lynch films unsettling, e.g Mullholland drive, Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, ive also made plans to watch Wild at heart tonight for the first time.

The original Omen still scares me as well.

af_thefragile

smash wrote: »

So the only stuff that scares you, is the stuff which could never possibly happen?

Well the chances of me being kindnapped and ruthlessly tortured by a psyco are fairly slim too.

But what if you're one night alone in the house and all the lights suddenly turn off and weird strange creepy **** starts to happen??!!

krudler

The Haunting is still pretty creepy for an old movie, the 1960s one not the godawful 1999 remake. dont find stuff like Saw scary in the slightest its just gore no scares.

Rubberlegs

Flatliners scared the sh*t out of me, as did The Others and The Sixth Sense. Never found slasher movies at all scary...

amira

af_thefragile wrote: »

Well the chances of me being kindnapped and ruthlessly tortured by a psyco are fairly slim too.

But what if you're one night alone in the house and all the lights suddenly turn off and weird strange creepy **** starts to happen??!!

then you're either having a bad dream or someone is pulling a bad prank on you...

At least kidnaping an torture are real stuff that happens everyday.. maybe not happening to you.. but sure is happening to someone right now.. wether you find that or not scary, is up to you.. altho i agree that, when in movies, the scare factor of that stuff is inexistent..

Hank Scorpio

Forgot a good one, The Fog, the original one, used to see the fog coming in under my door for weeks afterwards as a kid

chakotha

The original Salem's Lot scared the bejeesus out of me when I was a kid.

puzzle factory

ive watched a lot of horrors over the years and tbh 90% of them these days are ****e, but heres one i watched lately that really impressed me
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010271/

Ficheall

flutterflye wrote: »

He's actually decent enough in it, but the role was too old for him.
Needed someone a bit older to be taken seriously I think.
And by no means a scary film!

My heart was in my mouth for most of it, and I don't generally find "scary" films scary..

Herb Powell

"There will be blood" is the creepiest film I've seen

Princess Peach

I watch a loooot of horrors, think I'm becoming immune to them. Paranormal Activity bored the life out of me, Lady in Black wasn't great, few scares is all.

Rec was scary at the end for sure. The Descent gave me the willies! The Japanese version of the Grudge was great, and probably the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Drag me to Hell scared me at parts too!

I love horror movies and gore, but I'm not too easy to get a scare out of any more. Which I miss