Scary Movies

**snapdragen** · 10-31-2008, 09:16 AM

The only part of the Exorcist that scared me was the scenes where Regan was going through all the diagnostic testing.

I don't do "slasher" films, blood and gore do not a good movie make.

The film that scared me the most was Seven. The first time I saw it I was horrified. (For those who have not seen it, it is about a serial killer, each victim reflects one of the 7 deadly sins) I haven't been able to watch it a second time.

**Flur** · 10-31-2008, 09:23 AM

The Changeling (1980) with George C. Scott does it for me. It scared me when I was a kid and can still scare me now.

I also thought "I am Legend" was terrifying, but I was scared for the dog, not Will Smith or myself.

I'm also a big fan of anything Stephen King or Hitchcock.

**redrhodie** · 10-31-2008, 11:36 AM

I love all of Polanski's horror films, like "Repulsion" and "The Tenant". "Rosemary's Baby" is my all time favorite scary movie.

**JaneE** · 10-31-2008, 05:41 PM

"The Haunting" (1963 version) is one of the scariest movies you'll ever see that has no gore, no violence...and is in black and white. Still gives me the creeps and I've seen it many times (and will be watching it again this weekend).

"The Haunting" (1999 version) is one of the dumbest and most unintentionally funny movies you'll ever see. None of the charm and suspense of the original, imo.

"Psycho" is also a good, no-blood, REALLY scary movie (I'm talking the 1960 original...NOT the 1998 remake).

**Eden** · 10-31-2008, 05:48 PM

One of my favorite scary movies is the original Japanese version of The Ring. They hardly show you anything, but it is super creepy through what they aren't showing. I haven't seen the American remake - I suppose I should, it was filmed right here in downtown Seattle.

**Kimmyt** · 10-31-2008, 07:16 PM

Japanese horror flicks are some sort of creepy. Audition remains one of the freakiest movies I have ever seen. I don't like horror movies, and I would hazard a guess that my eyes were actually open for only about 1/4 of the actual movie.

**crazycanuck** · 10-31-2008, 08:43 PM

The original Psycho was just plan odd & never expected the ending!! I love anything by Hitchcock!!! Vertigo, North By Northwest etc etc. Well, anything with Jimmy Stewart in it is ok with me

I can't bear to watch horror films....

**Kalidurga** · 11-01-2008, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by JaneE

"The Haunting" (1963 version) is one of the scariest movies you'll ever see that has no gore, no violence...and is in black and white. Still gives me the creeps and I've seen it many times (and will be watching it again this weekend).

"The Haunting" (1999 version) is one of the dumbest and most unintentionally funny movies you'll ever see. None of the charm and suspense of the original, imo.

See my reference above to Shirley Jackson's novel, The Haunting of Hill House, upon which both "The Haunting" movies are based. The '99 version is just as you described-- laughable. But even the '63 version, as effective as it is, is nowhere near as frightening as the novel. Jackson doesn't explain things anywhere near as neatly as the film, and really leaves you wondering what the h e l l is going on. If you get the chance to read it, do so.

**Aggie_Ama** · 11-01-2008, 06:52 AM

I find slasher movies boring. The movies that really creep me out are suspense with violence. "Derailed", "What Lies Beneath" and "Unfaithful". Those movies totally creep me out. I have not been able to see any of them more than once.

I saw Blair Witch opening weekend before the secrets really came out. It scared the wits out of me.

**Zen** · 11-01-2008, 05:48 PM

When I saw Carrie in the movie theater,I screamed when the hand came up out from the grave.

While probably not actually being termed a horror film, The Bad Seed has always stayed with me.

**Blueberry** · 11-01-2008, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

The film that scared me the most was Seven. The first time I saw it I was horrified. (For those who have not seen it, it is about a serial killer, each victim reflects one of the 7 deadly sins) I haven't been able to watch it a second time.

Oh Snap - I'm so with you there! DH and I watched it once at a friend's house. He wants to re-watch it. I've refused.

He's trying to get me to watch the Shining with him. It's not going well...

CA

**snapdragen** · 11-01-2008, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by CA_in_NC

Oh Snap - I'm so with you there! DH and I watched it once at a friend's house. He wants to re-watch it. I've refused.

He's trying to get me to watch the Shining with him. It's not going well...

CA

The Shining is good! I can watch it. Scary, but did not horrify me like Seven.

**ClockworkOrange** · 11-02-2008, 01:54 AM

When I was younger in the 70's I would go with my boyfriend and watch horror films with Vincent Price in them but they were not too bad.

Several years later I had the misfortune to watch 'Chain Saw Massacre'

.................OMG, it was awful, I could not watch all of it. Certain images stayed in my head for a long while.

Nowadays I never ever watch any scary films, even TV drama's that involve murder scenes with blood everywhere, cannot watch those.

Nah, sooner watch childrens films at the cinema with my Grandson.

Clock

**Meaux** · 11-02-2008, 07:01 AM

DH and I have a list of movies we watch around Halloween. I was only able to watch I Am Legend once, but I think a lot of that has to do with the dog. The Village still scares the bejesus out of me in certain spots and of course The Exorcist. Any movie where someone is speaking a language that they shouldn't and in a voice that is not their own, I can't handle it.

I saw The Blair Witch Project on a bootleg that someone we know got from someone who knew someone who knew someone from the Sundance Fest or something like that. The movie was so scary then, before all the hype.

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