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Name a horror film that genuinely scared you.

posted 3 years ago by M1sterDoct0r (4423)
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I don't get those nowadays. I genuinely wish I did. I love me some Horror films that actually do their job.

1. John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) - The first film to ever give me nightmares. The head growing spider legs scared the shit outta me as a kid. Rewatched with my little sister recently & it holds up so well. My favorite horror film of all time. Also, freaking love that the characters aren't written like idiots for the sake of plot. A lot of horror movies do that & I freaking hate it!

2- The Descent (2005) - Saw it when I was a teen. Film uses jump scares so amazingly. The 'creatures' are freaking great. And as a claustrophobic, this film was an anxious watch. Rewatched it a few months ago as an adult, not gonna lie, some of the jump scares got me real good. Still one of the best horror films of all time for me.

3. Jeepers Creepers (2001) -I don't think its that Scary, I just saw it late at night & by myself. Pretty decent horror flick though. Some very well used jump scares

[–] 102000 (6253) 3 years ago

The Ring - still gives me the creeps and I don't like watching it alone.

[–] spacecomedy (2046) 3 years ago

Whispers. You can hear them all the time, at night, even in your sleep. Even the damn horses...And those pictures - oh, good Christ, the things she'd show you.

[–] Rockman4 (1674) 3 years ago

The Thing (1982) for sure but some movies that scared me when I was young were

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Exorcist (1973)
Hellraiser (1987)

[–] Boromir (10009) 3 years ago

Three rules:

1. watch the movie at night
2. watch the movie alone
3. wait for rain or storms outside
bonus: Full moon

it's less matter the movie more the atmosphere around.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4423) 3 years ago

That definitely used to work in my teens but now, not so much.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

Noroi (2005). Underrated Japanese horror movie. Highly recommended.

[–] DoctorThirteen (13995) 3 years ago

Is that the 'found footage' one?

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

Yeah.

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 3 years ago

The Exorcist

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

the changeling 1980

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21471) 3 years ago

The original The Woman in Black from 1989 is one I’ve had nightmares about.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

That's a great one.

[–] StoneKeeper (26666) 3 years ago

I was 8 or 9 and had to sleep
with my parents that night:

Candyman

I don’t know if I’ll ever try to watch it again but I couldn’t finish it as a kid and my brother was making fun of me.