Scariest movie you've ever seen

[sheepsnot]

My favorite scary movie is the first Halloween movie, but the most scared I have been is when I was only ten and watched Night of the Living Dead in the theater. I had to leave before it was over and almost passed out from a lack of blood in my head. I was scared for many years after that whenever it was foggy outside. In recent history, The Ring has scared me more than anything else. Most movies just startle you over and over, but that one gave me the creeps each of the three times I watched it.
:frankenstein:

 

[elfworks]

i prefer the psychological thrillers to blood and guts kinds of movies

and at this moment i am having a gigantic brain fart and cant think of any scary movies i have seen!!




xo

 

[sheepsnot]

Since this thread died an unnaturally early death, I take it most fans of Christmas are not also fans of scary movies? Too bad; you're missing out on a lot. It gets the blood pumping, which propels you right into Thanksgiving!

My scariest movie list, not exactly in order:
Night of the living dead (watched it in the theater when I was 10)
The Exorcist
The Ring
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (again, I watched it when I was very young)
Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
Willard (Again, very young. Became a temporary neat freak to avoid rats. Gave it up. Rather die from rats than from boredom.)
Halloween (1978)

 

[elfworks]

well, i am going to disagree with you there, snot. i think that all xmas fanatics have an intrinsic joie de vivre that extends to any and all reasons for fesivating. and as i said, i love scary movies and i even thought of 3 the other day then when i sat down here to officially answer, they poofed outta my head again.
i do have an excellent tale about THE EXORCIST (NOT APPROPRIATE for here will email)

on halloween i tend to go with the classics: hitchcock festival , rhps and young frankenstein!!

xo

 

[sheepsnot]

Don't know what them there french words are, but I got me a joy de gettin-the-bejeepers-scared-outa-me! And I did say "most," which means I knew that you and a few others also enjoyed it. Kinda dark though, dontcha think? ;-)

 

[elfworks]

<-------- snorting tea out my nose!!

xo

 

[sheepsnot]

Add this to the list of occasions that I'm glad you don't have a webcam.

 

[digbugsgirl]

I LOVE scary movies! I don't, however, like the really gory ones. I'm not a fan of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". I didn't want to watch "Saw" at first, but I ended up liking it because of the twist. I like "The Exorcist", "The Ring", "The Grudge" (which I actually had a nightmare after watching it!). I used to love the "Friday the 13th" and the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies, but now when I look at them, they were kind of cheesy. I have always loved "The Amityville Horror". I haven't seen the remake yet.

 

[sheepsnot]

I was in my mid-teens when I read The Amityville Horror and thought, due to the fake news clippings in it, that it was real. It was really scary until I found out otherwise.

 

[dvdelf]

I thought amytiville was one of those "based on actual events" jobbies. like Mothman prophecies & gremlins

 

[sheepsnot]

You thought the Gremlins movie was based upon actual events?

 

[ReineV]

Sixth Sense!! Bar none!! I watched that movie in broad daylight with one of my best friends present, but I was still scared poopless!

 

[dvdelf]

just joking, but come on it could happen lol

 

[sheepsnot]

I have poured water on all my wife's stuffed bears and so far none have turned evil. One gave me the bird, but that's it.

 

[digbugsgirl]

The Amityville Horror is based on "reported" events. Nothing has ever been proven. Most think the family the movie was based on just wanted publicity. People that lived in that house afterwards never reported anything out of the ordinary.

 

[sheepsnot]

It would take guts to move in there after all those stories, whether or not you fully believed them. Most stories are based upon something real. I would have to give the house a pass. Maybe even the neighborhood. Actually, I think I could sit in a room full of ghosts and not even know they were there, especially if the TV was on. 8)

 

[MarthaK]

I never liked the bloody movies. I always get sick to my stomach and faint at the sight of blood. Those are scary AND gross.

However, I LOVED Rod Serling's Night Gallery when I was a kid. All the scary, none of the gross.

And when it comes to old time radio.... I love Vincent Price's Three Skeleton Key. A scary classic!

 

[sheepsnot]

When I came home from watching Night of The Living Dead I was, of course, scared out of my skull. My little sister was still a baby and was crying in the girls' room. (We had nine kids and 2½ bedrooms.) All of the sudden she stopped and I thought the dead folks had gotten to her, so I ran downstairs. (Yes, I know what a pitiful excuse for a brother I was!) I asked my folks if I could watch TV till I calmed down and they said I could. They were watching Night Gallery. I've never trusted them since.

 

[ReineV]

I have poured water on all my wife's stuffed bears and so far none have turned evil. One gave me the bird, but that's it.

I named my dog Gizmo because he looks like Gizmo from the gremlin movies....big ears and all! I've bathed him several times and he's never turned evil...or had little evil creatures pop out of his back, but hey....there's a first time for everything. I'll keep ya posted.

 

[dvdelf]

feed him after midnight. that should do it