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Scariest movie that you've seen?

posted 12 years ago by SamAndJoon
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Ok, I liked this movie. It had some pretty creepy parts despite some bad acting/writing... but it got me to wondering, what do other people consider the scariest movie they've ever seen? I really want something SCARY..that'll keep you up at night... so tired of watching semi-scary movies that you forget as soon as the lights are out. Just looking for some good, recently made horror movies..like in the past 10-15 years... because I've seen a lot of old stuff and that stuff is great. Any recommendations?

Personally I dig Rosemary's Baby...The Exorcist... Halloween.....Texas Chainsaw Massacre... the stuff that has scared me the most unfortunately hasn't been straight horror movies (the T-1000 in Terminator 2, Predator, Alien, Martyrs...) so I'm kinda wondering where all the good, recent horror is at?

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[–] sixxdog 12 years ago

The Brood
Don't Look Now
Suspiria
Session 9
Alien
Without Warning
The Mist
Paranormal Activity
Halloween II
The Ring
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Poltergeist
Scanners

A scary movie must perfect the art of atmosphere and ambience, but sadly enough 90% of all horror movies fail at it. Then again, a horror flick doesn't have to scare me to be good, and a good scare does not nessesarily make a good one.

[–] enicholson 8 years ago

The Brood scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. It's one of the most underrated horror movies of them all. Cronenberg is a madman.

[–] romainsimoni-1 12 years ago

The Eye (original korean one, not the american remake crap).

The Descent.

Seriously, I'm trying to think about more movies but I can't find those that scared me as much as these two did, recently.

[–] lovinreginald 12 years ago

1. martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) Just my opinion.
2. Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
3. Mothman Prophecies (2002)

[–] RaceHorseLegondAlydar 12 years ago

No movie has ever scared me, it kinda sucks.

[–] hatr 12 years ago

Scariest movie I've ever seen...certainly not this one.

[–] WeAintFoundShin 12 years ago

Four of the scarier movies released in the past 10 years for me are: The Ring, The Descent, High Tension, and A Serbian Film. I've also read that The Woman and Antichrist are unsettling.

Good luck, I'm looking for a good scare myself. I'm hoping V/H/S or Sinister can deliver to some degree. : ]

To answer the thread title, the scariest film I've ever seen, and will be the scariest for all time, is The Exorcist. No other film has or will resonate with as many people as this one.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead also shook me up bad. Rosemary's Baby, Psycho, and The Shining are other masterpieces of Horror.

[–] DeusExKatrina 12 years ago

If you haven't seen Atrocious yet skip Sinister/VHS and watch that first. Way scarier iyam.

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[–] zyggums 12 years ago

the shining or texas chainsaw massacre but its hard to rate it because scary movies you saw as a child are more scary because you are a child and not an adult.

[–] mcfcdean 12 years ago

The Exorcist

[–] smil3 12 years ago

I would not say the movie itself is "extra scary" but there is a scene in Pulse (Kairo) which I think had the biggest fright - impact on me..

[–] enicholson 8 years ago

Might have to agree with you on this one. What a unique film -- never seen anything like it.

[–] Malice_Unarmed 12 years ago

I haven't been scared by a movie since I was like 10 years old (Mom let me watch all the classic horror movies starting at age 5 so I've been desensitized). One of my very favorites however is Event Horizon, also love Hellraiser, it's hard to find good horror movies.

[–] kobrakai-1 12 years ago

Thought I'd add that I recently watched Home Movie and while the movie as a whole is fairly average, the final frames are absolute nightmare fuel.

A more complete list of stuff that's scared me, old and new-
Kill List
The Descent
Insidious
Event Horizon
The Ring (remake)
Alien
In the Mouth of Madness
The Fog (original)
Halloween (original)
Jacob's Ladder
Suspiria
The Exorcist III
[REC]

I'm forgetting a bunch I'm sure, but ah well. Hopefully Sinister is another good one- planning on seeing it soon.

Recently viewed films:
The Tall Man (7/10)
Martyr(s) (4/10)
Resident Evil: Retribution (3/10)

[–] tdigle 12 years ago

I second those who said Lake Mungo. One not mentioned here but that is often mentioned elsewhere is Noroi: The Curse. As far as I know, it has yet to get any sort of any English-language release, so you'll have to obtain it through other means.

Like some other posters have said, a scary film to me isn't one replete with cheap scare tactics but one that creeps me out and fills me with a sense of overwhelming dread throughout its duration. Lake Mungo and Noroi are the only two films that I've seen in the past five or so years that have had this effect on me (if I wasn't distracted by a feeling of nostalgia for the 80s, I would have had similar feelings about The House of the Devil).

[–] jetairliner 12 years ago

Agree with the last post. Noroi is the movie I can't see again alone any more. Only the thought of it send shivers down my spine. The mood, the dreaded atmosphere, the johncarpenter-esque score and the scenes in the forest at sunset/night make it all worthwhile.
[Rec] touches all the right chords when it comes to creepy, chills, terror and fright. The last ten minutes are an exercise in the stylistics of sheer horror.
There are some other Asian movies that have this capacity to frighten to the max, although not very familiar to the audiences. The last segment in See prang, The Last Flight (the one with the stewardess), stands as testimony to how one should come up with a very simple story, but a masterful execution of it.

V/H/S, on the other hand, while having potential, wastes it on so many overused horror tropes. The only segment which is truly terrifying is the last one, 10/31/98, even though it resembles too much to a YouTube video prank.

[–] t-keuren 12 years ago

If you like Martyrs check out Haute Tension(High Tension) and Frontiers, should be right up your ally