What is the scariest movie you have ever seen?

[Quokka]

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Quokka, aren't you in JAWS country down there? I don't know if you would ever catch me swimming, alone, in the dark, in JAWS country humming that tune. It freaks me out thinking about it. Personal opinion, but I think your tempting fate.

Old Nick, I love the remakes on movies, with the technology we have it makes them more realistic and more frightening.

Alia

Yeah, Great Whites (or White Pointers) do pass through where I live in Western Australia and although there have been a very few attacks its nowhere near as dangerous as further south. I guess thats a trait of Horror, the fear of the unknown. I'm heading back to oz in a few weeks and the one trip we wont get to do is an african safari, the safari would have been nice but what i really wanted to do is a cage dive with white sharks off the coast. I definately have a healthy respect of sharks but wouldn't say I fear them in general, Ive even seen a few decent sized sharks 2meters or so whilst diving, thats not to say you wouldnt see me walking on water if I ever actually saw a White Pointer out there.

By the way my wife thinks its hilarious that Im somewhat comfortable with things like sharks, spiders and snakes and absolutly love heights, yet I cringe at the thought of slugs and snails. We all have our fears.

 

[Alia]

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I agree with your wife, Quokka, it is hilarious! Get some salt! lol

 

[Alia]

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Alright, Grudge wasn't scary, just stupid!

 

[Sibeling]

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Poltergeist was pretty scary.

 

[polymorphikos]

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The Shining, the original Village of the Damned, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the Birds. Although one of the most disturbing bits of horror ever is 'The Lottery', story.

 

[rune]

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Has anyone seen the new Exorcist movie yet and what did you think of it?

 

[Niolani]

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Horror has to be my favorite film genre. When I 1st watched Aliens, I was pretty terrified. I saw Basketcase when I was 16 and it freaked the heck out of me, I have a thing about red eyes and for months afterwards I would have to search my room before going to bed for fear Belial was waiting for me in there. The scariest film for me was IT, I saw the shorts for it when I was 7 and I was petrified. I have ocd and a lot of my rituals from then on involved drains and anything that led to sewers. I can't stand clowns ( except Ronald McDonald) either.
This will seem silly but there is a kids show on ABC called Grisly Tales for Gruesome Kids and even at the age of 21 some of the tales frighten me, though I am not a easily scared person really.

 

[Spook]

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The Thing and Christopher Lamberts wig in Mortal Kombat... perhaps indeed one and the same.

 

[Wolfeborn]

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oh for a scary film, I dont think i have been scared by a film since i was about 13 or 14, I watched sooo many horror films back then i think i have become desensitised (spelling anyone lol).


I realy do find it hard to get scared by films, some films can make me jump, but not really scared, a few films have freaked me out like IT and saw was very clever, but I would really like to feel that feeling of fear whilst watching a film again.

I have seen a heck of a lot of horror films spanning from hammer, chesy teeny jobs like freddy and jason and such, japanese, ring etc. white noise psychological horrors all sorts, cant seem to find a scary film these days .

blood and gore are a waste of time, they are only put in for shock value and not really to scare anyone, I would say the only reason for excesive violence in films such as zombie flesh eaters and texas chain saw massacre is in the hope that they will be banned and as such everyone will rush out to see them.

ok think thats long enough.

 

[Foxbat]

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Just been watching Conspiracy - about the 1942 Wannsee conference when 15 Nazi officials discussed the Final Solution. Utterly chilling and just goes to show that there's nothing quite as scary as a human being.

 

[lazygun]

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Remember "Quatermass and the Pit" in particular,and not fondly.

And on the purely human scale,"When the Wind Blows".Chilled me to the bone.

 

[Foxbat]

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And on the purely human scale,"When the Wind Blows".Chilled me to the bone.

Ah yes. I'd forgotten about that. Truly terrifying. There was also a drama-documentary from the sixties (I think it might have been called Wargames). Similar story, similar terror.

 

[ast]

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When I was younger (about 12 I think), I was watching the black and white tv in the dark in the bedroom on the sneak, I caught the beginning of Children Of The Corn, and was so scared I turned it off and had a very restless sleep for two nights.

 

[Jason_Taverner]

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I hadn't been able to find a scary movie for years and years then I watch The Decent a recent British horror and it scared the poo out of me I was sweating all the way through and jumping like a 12yr old it was great. Not to give anything away but its nearly all under ground and the closeness of it really made the film then the beaties came and I went up the wall awesome film I thought I would never be scared again thanks to that film I can now knock knees again and jump at sounds in the dark great stuff. Its by the director who made dog soilders which was a good laugh but more importantly he's from the North East

 

[jenna]

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ahhh the Ring, what a fun movie. not. that freaking movie literally traumatised me, in the cinema i was bawling my eyes out but i was frozen to my seat in fright so i couldn't leave. i went with my sister who had already seen it, and at the start she told me to cover my eyes when they found the first dead girl and i did, but at the end when they show the dead guy AND girl she forgot to tell me and i saw it and i screamed which in retrospect is pretty hilarious, but at the time it wasn't really funny! even though it was lunchtime when we got out i was still scared to death, and when i got home i was jumping at everything. THEN when it got dark, the real fun started, i was basically sitting in my apartment on my own all night with all the lights on, because i was too scared to close my eyes. i slept the next day when the sun came up! after that, for about two weeks i had to sleep either with the light on or during the day, and after that i still had to sleep with a little night light, and this is dumb but when i was showering i couldn't shower facing the wall, i had to face the door in case Samara came in to kill me! even now, i sometimes get a bit freaked out if i'm overtired...
yeah, so when i say i was traumatised, i wasn't kidding! oh yeah, and when i saw Scary Movie 3 and they did the send up of it, when she came out of the tv i got scared and had to leave the cinema!!!
that's the only scary movie that's gotten to me in adulthood. i thought the Exorcist was funny, i didn't understand what was so scary about it. my theory is that it's a religious thing. anyway, since the Ring i've not really wanted to watch any scary movies... funny that! i did watch the Grudge, which wasn't that great, except for the bit where the little boy comes up under the sheet, that was creepy!

 

[weaveworld]

The Scariest Movie Ever!

Just for fun, what is the scariest movie ever for you! It doesn't have to be all about the good old blood and gore but also the suspense, etc. More than choice is welcome

Mines are:

1. The Grudge
2. The Ring
3. Poltergeist 2
4. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (for suspense)
5. Titanic (only kidding)

There's more but I can't think of them

Stay Cheery

 

[Foxbat]

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For me, it has to be Ring (Japanese original). Scared the beejezus out of me.

But taking a slightly tangential approach, the film I'd nominate is Conspiracy(The 1942 Nazi conference on the Final Solution). Although not a scary movie as such, I find the simple fact that human beings can sit eating delicate and delicious morsels of food whilst discussing the best way of murdering six million people incredibly frightening.

 

[Allanon]

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anything involving boobah! that is the sort of thing i can imagine students watching while off their faces! thats scary!! lol

 

[Rosemary]

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The old movies with Vincent Price or Oliver Reed in them!

 

[weaveworld]

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anything involving boobah! that is the sort of thing i can imagine students watching while off their faces! thats scary!! lol

Yeah boobah really freaks me out!