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war_child

Hey folks just wanted to get some opinions from people regarding DECENT scary movies, now they dont have to be blood and guts and limbs flying as for the most part there quite rubbish.

Im looking for a good jumpy on your seat flick with some decent round the corner scares. Best ive seen recently was Insidious. If anyone out there loves scary flicks and knows of somepretty decent ones please let me know , cheers fright fans

Riesen_Meal

war_child wrote: »

Hey folks just wanted to get some opinions from people regarding DECENT scary movies, now they dont have to be blood and guts and limbs flying as for the most part there quite rubbish.

Im looking for a good jumpy on your seat flick with some decent round the corner scares. Best ive seen recently was Insidious. If anyone out there loves scary flicks and knows of somepretty decent ones please let me know , cheers fright fans

Not a huge horror fan but I watched The Woman in Black with the Harry Potter dude in it a while back, was pleasantly surprised, and a wee bit freaked going to bed...

guerito

The original Grudge (haven't seen the American remake) made me sh*t myself first time I saw it

Crooked Jack

Mother of God The Woman In Black was the most bland, generic predictable horror I've seen in a long long time. If you want something to really put the creeps up you REC is excellent as is it's english language remake, Quarantine.
I normally dont have much time for remakes but this one is practically scene for scene the same just with american actors and isnt far behind the original.
Also highly enjoyable but perhaps not as outright scary are 28 days later, 28 weeks later, Dawn of the Dead (remake and original) and 30 Days of Night.

Riesen_Meal

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Mother of God The Woman In Black was the most bland, generic predictable horror I've seen in a long long time. If you want something to really put the creeps up you REC is excellent as is it's english language remake, Quarantine.
I normally dont have much time for remakes but this one is practically scene for scene the same just with american actors and isnt far behind the original.
Also highly enjoyable but perhaps not as outright scary are 28 days later, 28 weeks later, Dawn of the Dead (remake and original) and 30 Days of Night.

We can agree to disagree, as I thought Rec 1 and 2 were both a pile of ****e, and I've had the misfortune to watch both twice!

Must see if Quarantine does any better...

Crooked Jack

Fieldog wrote: »

We can agree to disagree, as I thought Rec 1 and 2 were both a pile of ****e, and I've had the misfortune to watch both twice!

Must see if Quarantine does any better...

Probably not mo chara, it's basically the exact same film but in English

Skerries

well the ones I like that are more sinister than your run of the mill horror are

Inside
Martyrs
Switchblade Romance
The Grudge (Ju-On)
The Ring
Insidious you've mentioned
Event Horizon
The Exorcist 1 and 3 only
REC 1 and 2 Spanish version
Suspiria

Cantona's Collars

Thread here, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74680845

Skerries

I've thread there, now what?

fitz0

In the same vein, can anyone give me a few recommendations that are scary without relying on jump scares? I'm looking for a film that just builds up a terrifying atmosphere that stays with you.

F-Stop

If you liked Insidious then The Possession of David O'Reilly is a good bet.

Could also try:
The Descent
Case 39
And if you haven't seen it, The Thing (1982)

F-Stop

fitz0 wrote: »

In the same vein, can anyone give me a few recommendations that are scary without relying on jump scares? I'm looking for a film that just builds up a terrifying atmosphere that stays with you.

The Strangers is great for building a terrifying atmosphere. IMO it doesn't deliver ultimately, and it does have a few jumps/scares and some gore.

It's quite similar to Vacancy in some ways, though I think Vacancy is more successful in the end. Both build up a pretty prolonged tense atmosphere quite well.

In a completely different vain Don't be Afraid of The Dark, and the Orphanage (Spanish) might do you and are more along the lines of The Woman In Black.

spacecoyote

fitz0 wrote: »

In the same vein, can anyone give me a few recommendations that are scary without relying on jump scares? I'm looking for a film that just builds up a terrifying atmosphere that stays with you.

One word...Audition

DazMarz

As mentioned already, 28 Days Later is a brilliant, modern-take on the zombie flick. The 'zombies' are not the living dead, but rather nice, normal people turned into mindless, rage-fuelled killing machines that can be seen as synonymous with wasps or the Xenomorphs from Alien, but at an even more primitive and scary level. They exist only to f*ck things up. But even wasps and Xenomorphs have a society, per sé, and have a hierarchy and develop an equilibrium of sorts with their surrounding environment and adapt to it, but the Infected (the 'zombies' from the film) do not. They are purely mindless and just exist to kill and be killed. As one character from the film states: "They will never grow crops. They will never improve. They are futureless". Add these awful killing machines into a film with some piano-wire tension and some genuinely heart-stopping moments and you've got a very decent horror film.

Eden Lake is another great horror from Britain. Michael Fassbender is in it, playing the man of the couple who's weekend in the countryside turns into uncontrollable horror as they are beset on all sides by a quite new horror movie villain: evil, homicidal, brutal and nonchalant teenagers. Playing on modern society's fear and apprehension of the so-called teenage 'Hoodie' subculture, this film shows a group of kids tearing apart the woods in this tense psychological horror. There are some genuinely terrifying moments and it is just about believable too.

Ils (aka "Them") is a French horror film, set in post-Communist Romania. Again, a couple in an isolated manor in the woods of Romania are terrorised by an unseen antagonist throughout the film. It is genuinely creepy and there are some real jumpy moments. Allegedly based upon a true story.

Jaws. The classic. It is a horror film in spots. And even if you don't get scared by it, it is still a classic film with some brilliant humour, acting and there are moments of nail-biting suspense and fear. Smile, you son of a bitch!!!

shoos

DazMarz wrote: »

Eden Lake is another great horror from Britain. Michael Fassbender is in it, playing the man of the couple who's weekend in the countryside turns into uncontrollable horror as they are beset on all sides by a quite new horror movie villain: evil, homicidal, brutal and nonchalant teenagers. Playing on modern society's fear and apprehension of the so-called teenage 'Hoodie' subculture, this film shows a group of kids tearing apart the woods in this tense psychological horror. There are some genuinely terrifying moments and it is just about believable too.

This.

Eden Lake is absolutely terrifying. One of those movies that has your heart pounding the whole way through it, and really stays with you afterwards. Very disturbing. Also has great acting from Fassbender and Jack O'Connell (from Skins and Harry Brown).

F-Stop

Hmmm... going to have to give Eden Lake another viewing because I thought it was crap when I saw it. Not saying it is, that was just my original feeling.

SirLemonhead

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/

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such a very, very creepy and brilliant film.

F-Stop

The Changling is good, but pretty dated now, and The Others ripped off some of the best scenes and did them better.

ger vallely

Night of the Hunter. An oldie,with a fantastic sense of forboding and a really BAD man!It really is a brilliantly atmospheric movie which had me glued to my seat. Also, for some odd reason,The Game,well I think that's what it is called. It stars Michael Douglas.It's not scary at all but really put me on edge.

SirLemonhead

F-Stop wrote: »

The Changling is good, but pretty dated now, and The Others ripped off some of the best scenes and did them better.

Really? found the Others to be awful myself..

F-Stop

SirLemonhead wrote: »

Really? found the Others to be awful myself..

That was just what I found. And I'm not disagreeing with you about the Others.

Crooked Jack

Skerries wrote: »

well the ones I like that are more sinister than your run of the mill horror are

Inside
Martyrs
Switchblade Romance
The Grudge (Ju-On)
The Ring
Insidious you've mentioned
Event Horizon
The Exorcist 1 and 3 only
REC 1 and 2 Spanish version
Suspiria

Excellent list. Completely forgot about Martyrs. havent seen anything that bonkers in ages

Discostuy

The Orphanage (Spanish: El Orfanato) gets my vote.

It was one of the first films I watched on Blu-ray and I remember thinking at the time, the use of surround sound was incredible.

The mood/atmosphere throughout the film really freaked me out. Some people I know found it boring, but its a real old school physiological thriller.

You have to try and watch it with surround sound cranked up though. You hear every little creak and whisper, its a brilliant eerie sound stage.

Theboinkmaster

IMO The Descent is brilliant.

gaelicred

Rawhead Rex it scared me because it was so bad:D

CL7

I watched A Tale of two Sisters last night. Creepy film. Well worth a watch.

I also finally watched REC after reading this thread. Have to say I was disappointed. I didn't find it scary at all. It's still a good film (one of the best shakey cam horrors around) but I guess I built it up too much in my head before watching it.

Shryke

The Last House on the Left is good.

I don't recommend Martyrs. It's gruesome but it's not thrilling or exciting, it just pushes the envelope in the most messed up way it can and I thought the ending was pretentious twaddle.

I will second Switchblade Romance. I was surprised I liked it, didn't expect much.

rgiller

The Awakening is a recent spooky horror from the UK with decent acting and a good story with enough jumps and implied creepiness to keep you happy. Highly recommended!

I also like Drag me to Hell, which is horror with a good bit of dark humour thrown in

AngryHippie

Dead mans shoes
Watched this film and had a sick feeling in my stomach for most of the movie. I normally don't get that level of ugh from any movie

Fishooks12

Jacobs Ladder, scary as **** and a brilliant film

Ormus

Fieldog wrote: »

Not a huge horror fan but I watched The Woman in Black with the Harry Potter dude in it a while back, was pleasantly surprised, and a wee bit freaked going to bed...

The original of this is far superior. Scariest film I've ever seen.

Canis Lupus

Insidious has been mentioned. Poor ending but I watched it when I was travelling and was wildcamping at the time.

The scene where there's not much happening but then the camera pans and the red face is behind your ones shoulder.... almost made me back flip out through the tent....

Joshua J

Silent Hill. Pretty freaky I thought.

+1 Dead Mans Shoes and Event Horizon.

F-Stop

So finally got around to watching Eden Lake. Absolute crap. Don't waste your time with it - not scary at all, but very tedious. Only thing worse would be Shrooms, which should never be mentioned in polite company anyway.

Snake Plisken

wouldn't have classed Eden lake as a jumpy horror film anyway.

I would recommend the original "The Haunting" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129/ black and white but fantastic jumpy scare movie.

Also check out Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot, some good scares in it as well.

What Lies beneath every second scene is jumpy ending was a bit crap.

The Mist some good scares Ending just messed with my head.

I love REC 1 now that was freaky where I couldn't really watch it towards the end. Insideous as well.

kryogen

DazMarz wrote: »

Ils (aka "Them") is a French horror film, set in post-Communist Romania. Again, a couple in an isolated manor in the woods of Romania are terrorised by an unseen antagonist throughout the film. It is genuinely creepy and there are some real jumpy moments. Allegedly based upon a true story.

Excellent film, really enjoyed it (the original) but the antagonists are hardly unseen