Scariest movie you've ever seen?

neil_hosey

the human centipede

rossie1977

Schism wrote: »

[Rec]

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

rec is a really good movie

acidskiffle

The Mothman Prophecies tormented my mind when I was a lad.
Also IT haunted me as a kid but seen it recently and had a good laugh at it.

Elmer Blooker

Eden Lake

humanji

Moved to films from After Hours.

ibarelycare

I don't get scared by movies very easily and I'm always looking for ones that will really scare the shit out of me!

Princess Peach wrote: »

The Descent gave me the willies!

Yep, I think The Descent is the movie that's scared me the most. It's pretty terrifying.

Not really a "horror" movie, but Stephen King's The Mist has one the best and most disturbing endings to a movie I've ever seen.

Watched Martyrs recently. Creeped me out a little bit but not as bad as I'd hoped. Also watched The Poughkeepsie Tapes which is scary enough but a bit stupid.

Ormus

I'd love to watch Alien and Aliens again for the first time. Edge of the seat, heart thumping, feeling of dread. Life doesn't get much better than that eh?

The Shining too, eerie.

paddy kerins

FatherLen wrote: »

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.

He only produced The Orphanage and Don't Be Afraid of The Dark

stealinhorses

Event Horizon turned well scary at some point, it was weird.

All the Saw movies are pretty scary, as are all Asian "The Grudge" type horrors.

Paranormal Activity type movies aren't scary, unless screamers are supposed to be scary.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is still the scariest ever, followed by anything to do with things that could happen in real life.

ziedth

When I first saw the shining as a young fella I was terrified but it really doesn't stand up well these days. Same for the likes of Candyman and poltergeist.

Beat I can think of so far is event horizon. Very spooky in parts and it's the right amount of gory.

kevohmsford

The Blair Witch Project. I watched this years ago on my own and could not sleep that night.

Mr.Triffid

Stephen Kings 'The Mist' and 'End of the line' scared the sh*t out of me,
thoroughly recommend these two films back to back.

thebostoncrab

I adore horror films. But there are few that come close to scarying me...then I watched [REC] and I was tense the whole way through with the ending scarying the absolute **** out of me. I didn't realise how scared I was until I went to get off the couch and my fiancée pointed out that the couch and my t shirt where dripping with sweat. Haven't had a film do that to me before or since, so if it's scares you want it is essential viewing

TerrorFirmer

The first two are passable, but Paranormal Activity 3 was a genuinely creepy movie - by far the best and scariest of the three of them.

The Ring and The Grudge are pretty scary movies - I find the US versions are far scarier than the originals, watched them as well and while decent, didn't find them remotely as unsettling.

Rec and Rec 2 are great ones, as is Event Horizon. Insidious is a recent one that goes downhill pretty fast, but the first hour or so are wonderfully creepy.

I don't normally like Exorcism movies but The Last Exorcism from a year or two ago was quite good.

Drag me to Hell is a good tongue in cheek frightfest.

af_thefragile

I can say I've watched a lot of scary movies and most don't do much to me apart from the occasional "Booo!" scare.

I actually found movies like the Descent and Paranormal Activity (only watch the 2nd one) more funny than scary. I was laughing most of my way through the Descent cheering the girls to kick the crap out of those monsters. In Paranormal Activity 2 nothing much happened to actually scare me. It had a couple of "Boo!!" scares but that was about it.

Event Horizon was a genuinely creepy movie. The scene of the "otherworld" where everyone is getting tortured scared the absolute **** out of me and still gives me creeps...

The Ring (both first and 2nd) were properly scary at times but overall it wasn't that creepy.

Texas Chainsaw Massacare, Grudge, Hostel and such slasher films I don't really find scary. Like it has a few WTF?! moments which creep you and a few "Booo!!" scares but nothing that keeps you up at nights.

I found the Blair Witch Project really dark. Didn't scare me much but the movie had an incredibly dark atmosphere. And then there was the ending scene which I'll put as one of the scariest scenes in a movie I've ever seen. That was the only bit in the movie that genuinely creeped the **** out of me and I'll say it made up for the rest of the movie which was fairly uneventful.

Exorcist had some creepy moments but now I kinda find it funny... Maybe cuz I've watched too many parodies of it! Although I found Exorcist: The Beginning properly scary.

Chris_Heilong

the Grudge and the Japanese Ring and Ring 2 because when I saw them nobody had even heard of it. I remember hearing it was about a killer videotape and I was like "those wacky Japanese, this is going to be trashy" how wrong I was, shame they made the American ones. The creepy photos and the sound design where fantastic.

af_thefragile

Pulse was another movie that scared me... I know it got pretty bad reviews but I found the movie really dark and creepy...

FlashD

Ringu really had me, its a fantastic horror, I don't think the american version managed to capture the same horror.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre isn't really scary but very unsettling.

Optimalprimerib

Funglegunk wrote: »

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.

I had a phobia about these movies when i was younger without even seeing them and up until this weekend I have never watched alien. Finally built up the courage and I have to say, he knew how to build the tension. You knew who was going to be attacked due to them being isolated, but instead of it happening straight away, you could be following the person for what seemed like 10 minutes before the attack.

It's amazing how well this worked, and how much all of this technique was lost in the sequels. (aliens doesn't count as it was completely different) but alien 3 added music, that destroyed the atmosphere and also the attacks happened in a crowded room quite suddenly which might make you jump or in my case, wake up.

So in conclusion, I am giving alien my scariest movie mantle just because it scared the ehit out of me even though I wouldn't watch it.

Madame K

JustAThought wrote: »

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?

Last Halloween the husband and I decided to watch a load of horror flicks. The majority were Japanese and included Audition. Japanese horror is disturbing enough as is but I lost sleep after watching Audition.

bullvine

Event Horizon

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sh1tstirrer

ibarelycare wrote: »

I don't get scared by movies very easily and I'm always looking for ones that will really scare the shit out of me!

If you are constipated you could easily get a film that will bore the sh1t out of you, plenty of those around or if that didn't work try senokot tablets

jpfahy

Whatever happened to baby Jane, old but scary

Morag

The People Under the Stairs

CountryJoe

Ringu, Pulse, and the original Halloween for me.

Luap

Dagon, creepy as ****.

Awful_Bliss

[Rec], Nightmare On Elm Street (original of course), The Omen (1978), The Descent and The Shining.

briany

When I was 8 - Evil Dead 2. At that time, I didn't pick up on any of the comedic subtlety. All I could think was that everything about that film was creepy and scary as hell. The intro was scary with the story of the book, flipping through it, occasionally pausing on the visages of the possessed. The voices of the possessed were scary with that discordant twin tracking they had. The claustrophobia of the cabin was scary. Everything about the look and tone of that film scared me at that time but now of course I find it very entertaining but it will always be a creepy-arse film to me as well.

Now - Well there's a whole host of them but scary, I think, is a series of moments rather than any one film. The most successful single film for me would be P.A. followed by B.W.P. and (in spite of it being quite low budget) Alien Abduction :The McPherson Tape/Incident in Lake County. Those all got to me.

Galwayguy35

The Shining was pretty weird I thought.
Wolf Creek was kind of unnerving as well., especially the scene in the shed where the body of a previous victim is hanging.

Galwayguy35

Eden Lake was another one that was a bit unsettling.

El Diablo Blanco

Despite going downhill in its second half, I think the initial build-up of Insidious was extremely well-done. Great score, very suspenseful, unrelentingly tense, and the image of

the man outside the nursery window on the first floor

was genuinely creepy.

Duff

briany wrote: »

When I was 8 - Evil Dead 2. At that time, I didn't pick up on any of the comedic subtlety. All I could think was that everything about that film was creepy and scary as hell. The intro was scary with the story of the book, flipping through it, occasionally pausing on the visages of the possessed. The voices of the possessed were scary with that discordant twin tracking they had. The claustrophobia of the cabin was scary. Everything about the look and tone of that film scared me at that time but now of course I find it very entertaining but it will always be a creepy-arse film to me as well.

Now - Well there's a whole host of them but scary, I think, is a series of moments rather than any one film. The most successful single film for me would be P.A. followed by B.W.P. and (in spite of it being quite low budget) Alien Abduction :The McPherson Tape/Incident in Lake County. Those all got to me.

That got me as well.

coll123

Dead Silence

Is actually a really bad horror movie with laugh out loud moments but ventriloquist dummys/dolls always freak me out - I love horror films but this was too weird

Okthanks

Excuse me but I've just joined the boards community and am trying to find my way around it.

Scariest movie, anything where a musician is making the transition to film. Mick Jagger in Ned Kelly for starters

RossPaws

I've never found one that genuinely disturbed me, but "The Loved Ones" was pretty horrific at times. I enjoyed that one, it had me hiding behind my hands at one point, which is rare for me.

TerrorFirmer

Maloney_o9 wrote: »

Dagon, creepy as ****.

That was actually a good one. Bit under the radar but worth a look.

beans

Noroi (The Curse) is as scary a film as any I've seen.

Going to sniff out 'Alien Abduction :The McPherson Tape/Incident in Lake County' as it's the only thing on this thread I've not seen - thanks!

shadowcomplex

Pet Sematary is scary

e_e

JustAThought wrote: »

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?

The film I was gonna mention. People just think it's a torture fest at the end but it's far more psychologically creepy than that. Underrated film.

sydthebeat

The entity, disturbing cos its based on a true story

the purple tin

"Don't Look Now" really creeps me out. The two old weird sisters and the ending especially.

Goldstein

liberate...tutemae......ex inferis



still gives me the $hits to this day - one of the only films I can say that about which is why I admire Event Horizon so much.

The ability to provoke fear in people is an amazing thing whether it be in the written word or on screen. That's why I love rollercoasters and that's why I watch horrors. Not for the gore but for those geniously malevolent little moments you get in a scene every 100 films or so that come through the screen and send a shiver up your spine.

To the karma Gods - I am not saying I want some asian chick coming through my screen, just so we're clear.

thebullkf

When a stranger calls.



watched one night whilst babysitting...... when the cops ring back.

We've traced the call... it's coming from inside the house

I literally shat meself...

_LilyRose_

ibarelycare wrote: »

Not really a "horror" movie, but Stephen King's The Mist has one the best and most disturbing endings to a movie I've ever seen.

The definition of the opposite to a "feel-good" film!

Reg'stoy

Freaks scared the life out of me as a young fella. I remember watching it for the first time late one saturday night on channel4 (I think). No CGI, these are real people and the ending, well, the true epitome of sleeping with the lights on after watching it.

crazygeryy

Awful_Bliss wrote: »

[Rec], Nightmare On Elm Street (original of course), The Omen (1978), The Descent and The Shining.

the descent was the only movie ever to make me scream like a girl (when the thing popped up in the handycam viewer).and ive watched a lot of horror movies.its was brilliantly scary.

the exorcist and a nightmare on elm street are my all time favourites.

briany

crazygeryy wrote: »

the descent was the only movie ever to make me scream like a girl (when the thing popped up in the handycam viewer).and ive watched a lot of horror movies.its was brilliantly scary.

the exorcist and a nightmare on elm street are my all time favourites.

I enjoyed the descent but I'm starting to wonder if I missed something with it because I didn't find the

the subterranean antagonists particularly scary. I had gotten the feeling that something like them would pop up so maybe I was just prepared

, I think the reason why I had gotten that feeling was because I had previously watched the film

'Creep'

and it has a similar enough premise with the

murderous underground dweller of mysterious origin (actually that film got me, especially the bit where she's down in the sewer and she turns on the light in that side room and Craig's face is just an inch from her's. I initially thought it was some dead bloke hanging there.

RDM_83 again

^^^^^^^^^

Wow i was literally just thinking of that scene as I was reading through the thread, I remember it was on TV at some point when I was in school and the next day we all knew exactly the scene when someone mentioned it.(the second exorcist is terrible if i remember rightly)

I found the Shining great and creepy but not really that scary apart from

the scene with the woman in the bath

On more general note about horrors in Stephens Kings book Danse Macabre he talks about how the thought of whats behind the door is always scarier than whats revealed (oh its only a 10 foot monster rather than a 100 foot monster etc). Giving this scene as an example of avoiding this problem

seraphimvc

FLY.

when the dude is eating/licking his food......

kryogen

I would agree in the sense that I didn't find the original Exorcist scary in the slightest, but the story in itself made me quite sad,

the sacrifice the priest makes to save the little girls soul got to me for some reason.

Absolute hero

Spolered in case someone in the world has not seen the film