Scariest movie you’ve ever seen

[JohnL]

I saw a movie called Quarantine. It was made in 2008 I think. The storyline is a television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.

It totally freaked me out. You should check it out. It is kind of filmed in the same manner as Blair Witch Project (kinda shakey) but well worth it.

[darklinensuit]

"Jaws" & "The Exorcist" (the original, not the re-release of 10 years ago). A few moments in "The Omen" (the original) are great because of the great cast. The latter choices are weird because I don't believe in the devil. As for sharks, I believe in them to the point that I'm sometimes sure they might burst through the drain of swimming pools that I'm in.

Honorary mention goes to "When a Stranger Calls" with Carol Kane. ("Have you checked the children?"...."Why haven't you checked the children?"...."The call is coming from inside the house!")
To this day I've seen only the first 20 minutes. The first & only time I watched was the first time I was babysitting as a kid. (Dumb move.) The kids were asleep upstairs, just like in the movie. Right when Carol Kane tries to get out of the house as the shadow descends the stairs, & she fumbles with the locks & rips open the door to see the large man there, the power in the real life house suddenly went out. So there I am, in pitch black in a strange house, a few feet from a stairway. I feel my way over to the corner & sit by the TV, cringing, ready to jump at every move, convinced that a killer is going to come down the stairs but I won't see the shadow because it's dark. Forty-five minutes of this and all of a sudden the power comes on in a flash, with the lights blindingly bright & the TV blasting in my ears. I think there's still a mark on the wall from where I flew into it.

- Jake

[jaycee]

Originally Posted by JohnL

I saw a movie called Quarantine. It was made in 2008 I think. The storyline is a television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.

It totally freaked me out. You should check it out. It is kind of filmed in the same manner as Blair Witch Project (kinda shakey) but well worth it.

I remember that, although I don't think I saw all of it... 'twas quite scary and enjoyable...
Originally a movie called "Darkness Falls" seemed pretty scary, but I've since desensitised myself and now find it pretty tame (it was one of the first horror films I watched really). Unfortunately I haven't seen any good horror films for a little while...
Another good movie (not really horror, just suspenseful) was "Ghost Ship", which I heartily recommend to anyone.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by seekerj

To this day, I still think the scariest film I've ever seen was the original "Psycho".

not sure if it's the "scariest" for me, but it's up there. anything that changes something as simple as the way women take a shower...? it's got to be a scary movie. i'm still scared to wash my face to this day-afraid someone's gonne stab me while i'm rinsing my eyes

[The Chain]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

"Jaws" & "The Exorcist" (the original, not the re-release of 10 years ago). A few moments in "The Omen" (the original) are great because of the great cast. The latter choices are weird because I don't believe in the devil. As for sharks, I believe in them to the point that I'm sometimes sure they might burst through the drain of swimming pools that I'm in.

Honorary mention goes to "When a Stranger Calls" with Carol Kane. ("Have you checked the children?"...."Why haven't you checked the children?"...."The call is coming from inside the house!")
To this day I've seen only the first 20 minutes. The first & only time I watched was the first time I was babysitting as a kid. (Dumb move.) The kids were asleep upstairs, just like in the movie. Right when Carol Kane tries to get out of the house as the shadow descends the stairs, & she fumbles with the locks & rips open the door to see the large man there, the power in the real life house suddenly went out. So there I am, in pitch black in a strange house, a few feet from a stairway. I feel my way over to the corner & sit by the TV, cringing, ready to jump at every move, convinced that a killer is going to come down the stairs but I won't see the shadow because it's dark. Forty-five minutes of this and all of a sudden the power comes on in a flash, with the lights blindingly bright & the TV blasting in my ears. I think there's still a mark on the wall from where I flew into it.

- Jake

sorry, oh to be terrified and alone, all because of a movie.. I've been there. But that's a great story. And I was terrified the first time I watched When A Stranger Calls. I actually even enjoyed the cheesy sequel, made for TV I think? I heard a crappy remake came out a few years ago

But as for my favorites, it's all about the classics. Horror really is becoming a lost art ( in the mainstream anyway) It seems most will just settle for shock value, blood 'n' guts over plot, suspense & creepy atmosphere

John Carpenter's Halloween
The Shining
Jaws

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I saw the original Halloween movie when I was 13. It scared the crap out of me. Also The Changeling (not the Angelina movie)...again when I was probably around 13.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by baboles

Oh yes! I totally forgot about The Descent! That's a good one! Also, I thought the movie The Ruins was pretty scary.

Pumpkinhead

We used to harass my friend's small son with Pumpkinhead. And The Descent is, for me, one of the best horror movies in the last 10 years or more. I haven't seen the sequel yet, but I'm hoping they don't cock it up too bad.

I couldn't watch The Ruins, because the book was so damn ridiculously bad, I wanted to torch it - it had such a great concept, but in the end, I ended up having to write a review entitled something like "Audrey II + Dig Dug + Clownshoes = The Ruins," wherein I offered a detailed suggestion on how Scott Smith could fix the whole thing (hint: it involved Steve Martin dressed as a dentist rocketing out of the hole in the hill on a motorcycle a la Meatloaf 's Bat Out of Hell album cover, after which he would proceed to perform root canals, sans anesthesia, on the stupid kids & surly Mexicans alike before punching them all in the face, and then ending in a musical extravaganza composed entirely of Nextel chirps and soft-shoe dance moves.)

I even 'shopped him a new book cover to match! I'm so helpful.

Originally Posted by ragrsrocalot

I am not a fan of horror flicks, so that said I havn't seen alot of scary movies, but out of the few that I have seen I would have to say " Jaws ".

Try Open Water!

Originally Posted by fringed n fab

Silent Hill. That movie came straight from Hell.

Oh man. If the movie spooked you, do not ever play the games. Playing Silent Hill 2 is one of the creepiest things I've ever experienced.

Originally Posted by jannieC

The Shining (Twin Girls- *shudder*)

King really hated the Kubrick version of his story, but I think it was way better than the more recent remake Mick Garris did. In fact, it's one of my fav horror movies. The couple of seconds where Wendy runs upstairs in the hotel only to spy the dude in the ass-less bear suit getting up close and, er, personal with the dude in the tux is just classic.

Originally Posted by JohnL

I saw a movie called Quarantine.

Good choice!

You should check out the original, which is a Spanish film called [REC] - this is one of the only times I've ever thought the remake was better than the original, even if it was only slightly. Would be curious to see what you think if you check it out for comparison's sake.

[Sleepless-Child]

Oh man. If the movie spooked you, do not ever play the games. Playing Silent Hill 2 is one of the creepiest things I've ever experienced.

RIGHT ! I think I had a panic attack. Never again. (I wasn't even able to finish it).

Scariest movie..well, I don't know, maybe Rec. And Amityville. Not the bests, though.

[gretchen]

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by gretchen

our local haunted house has a 'pinhead' guy, he looks just like him & every time we go to the haunted house, even tho i know he going to be there, he never fails to scare the *bleep* out of me~ i loved the first few 'hellraiser's'~

& 'when a stranger calls' was good for a scare when i was a teen, i had just started babysitting as did alot of my friends, it was a movie we talked about alot~ there was another one, more recent, where carol kane is it it too, as jill from the first one, but she is an adult & tries to help find the killer from the first movie, because he wasn't caught or escaped or something like that~ i think it was called 'when a stranger calls back', tho more violent, not near as scary as the first one~ the first one showed a bit of gore, but not much, all the other aspects of the movie leading up to finding the children dead are what made you crap~ then seeing the kids room bloodied after she gets the guts to check on the children~ good scary flick~

[gretchen]

^^ Pinhead is very cerebral and sadistic...his evil is not benal, but very slow and cunning, like a black mamba snake. Doug Bradley's speech cadence is just chilling; from the black pit...evil.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by Sleepless-Child

RIGHT ! I think I had a panic attack. Never again. (I wasn't even able to finish it).

Scariest movie..well, I don't know, maybe Rec. And Amityville. Not the bests, though.

I'm fine when I play them now, but my first run-through, I was like, "OH HELL NO" every 5 seconds. And it's not like there are even that many monsters or anything. It's just tense and oppressive. Love it.

****

Suspiria is a great choice. Dario Argento ftw.

Re: the awesome that is the Lead Cenobite: I have an 18 inch tall, motion activated, talking Pinhead doll. He's so awesome, it hurts. Before I moved, he hung out on my one bookcase with my Rumours cover carnival mirror, my Tango-era interview CD clock, and some other fun stuff. When I get my new place, he will naturally have another place of honor.

[SortaSavageLike]

Threads.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/

I saw this movie when I was 14 and had nightmares for days afterwards. If you ever wondered why the anti-nuclear movement in the UK was so much stronger than it was in the US, you'll know after watching Threads.

Oh yeah, and it has charred corpses, formation vomiting, firing squads, hospital steps dripping in blood, dead babies, people eating raw sheep, amputations performed with anesthetic, and the main character chews off her umbilical cord when no one's around to help her give birth. Everybody dies and the Sun doesn't shine for half the movie. Fun for the whole family!

[baboles]

Suspiria is a work of art!!! And very creepy!

[gretchen]

Originally Posted by baboles

Suspiria is a work of art!!! And very creepy!

And the music is just a hellish acid trip .