Scariest Movie of all time - 1 Only Please

Tour2ma
Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
edited February 2005 in Music & Movies
In honor of Halloween...

For me... Halloween

As if Michael wasn't enough, they added Donald Pleasance...
More later,
Tour...
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited October 2003
    I know I will get trashed for this, but in recent memory, The Ring really scared me up pretty good.
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

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  • dholmes
    dholmes Posts: 1,136
    edited October 2003
    The Exorcist
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited October 2003
    I'll shuffle the deck, and pick one out of about TEN that immediatley come to mind.....

    Day of the Dead
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2003
    Man...it's hard to beat Halloween.

    There are lots that are close...Nightmare on Elm Street...I know...it's an overdone franchise...but the original was pretty good.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited October 2003
    The Omen scared the crap outta me.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited October 2003
    Evil Dead.....That scared me so bad I could not sleep for weeks.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited October 2003
    The Shining.
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited October 2003
    *advisory - minor spoiler*


    Doc, The Ring - so maybe large animals being hacked to bits in propellors and electricutions make me queasy - but I guess I'm just too hard to scare.

    Not a huge fan of horror/gore so can't really say I have a "favorite".
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  • hamzahsh
    hamzahsh Posts: 439
    edited October 2003
    Stanley Kubrick's

    THE SHINING
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  • Loud &amp; Clear
    Loud &amp; Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited October 2003
    1) The Exorcist - I won't watch this film alone and in the dark, not gonna happen.

    The Ring scared me badly, and generally made me feel very uncomfortable throughout.

    Those first two Halloweens were horribly frightening for me, that Carpenter really knew how to bring about that feeling of dread.

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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited October 2003
    RINGU

    I see that a few of you like The Ring. Ringu is the original version from Japan. The movie is English subtitled. I haven't seen The Ring but I can tell you that Ringu is f#cking scary. The whole movie is intense and some scenes are just too damn scary. I love the climax of the film. I had goosebumps throughout the whole movie. You guys should check it out.

    Maurice
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,674
    edited October 2003
    Hitchcock - The Birds
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited November 2003
    just got back into watching scary movies again, and we just watched 13 GHOSTS. it was pretty scary made the wife jump a few times..the JACKEL was just...well SCARY
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited November 2003
    Definetely The Shining for me too (or in the Simpson's Willy voice 'The Shinnin'). Gives me the creeps just thinking about it.
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  • jkratzer
    jkratzer Posts: 148
    edited November 2003
    Definitely the Exorcist.
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited November 2003
    The Changeling - an oldie but a goodie. Nice DVD transfer too, considering the age of the film.
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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited November 2003
    my step dad went to the drive-in and saw the exorcist when it came out and while they were watching it the screen fell over, true story no joke..
    the drive-in was old and kinda run down and the wind was just strong enuff to topple it.. how freaky would that be!!!
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  • Polk-a-nizer
    Polk-a-nizer Posts: 225
    edited November 2003
    "Friday the 13th Part VII: Jason Lives" saw this when I was 9 years old; in theaters; and it scared the $h!+ outta me. "Wrong Turn" was pretty creepy too. If you could take your eyes off of Eliza Dushku's ****.;) :p:D
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited November 2003
    The original "Tales From The Crypt" back in the late 70's. I couldn't sleep for a week after seeing this in the theater.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited November 2003
    Thanks for reminding me about the Changeling kberg. I had forgotten about that one. I need to look for that DVD...I rembember that movie scared the crap out of me.
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited November 2003
    Originally posted by woodyjacobs
    Thanks for reminding me about the Changeling kberg. I had forgotten about that one. I need to look for that DVD...I rembember that movie scared the crap out of me.

    Yeah, when a kid is involved, it usually gets me.

    Anybody who hasn't seen this one yet, I HIGHLY recommend it. It's only $10 at BB if you want to buy it blind, too. And if you do, crank it up for some really decent scares.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2003
    that J-Lo - Ben Affleck movie.. oooo.. oh you said scariest.. i thougth you said worse movie ever made.. :D

    my bad.
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited November 2003
    I think there are different kinds of scary.

    Edit: sorry, I apparently chose to ignore your "1 only please" request. Not on purpose, but ignore nonetheless.

    I saw Jaws in the theater when I was in like 6th grade... gave me nightmares for WEEKS. Even as an adult, doing something like water skiing, waiting for the boat to come around to pick me up.. in a FRESHwater, inland lake.. I'm just sure I'm gonna get eaten.

    An American Werewolf in London was scary, doubly-so in my opinion because in one scene it'd have you laughing, the next ... SHOCK!

    I think the Exorcist is probably the most scary, but not "shock" scary.

    I agree with The Shining, some of the original slasher-type flicks, I thought the remake of The Thing was scary.

    I think all the Ernest movies are pretty scary, but more due to their indicativeness of our culture.
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited November 2003
    What Lies Beneath
    The Gift
    The Ring
    My kind of "Scary". None are slasher/blood gore. These freak you out and make ya jump!!!!!!
    Bottom line is nothing scares anybody now a days. And when it does the "macho" kicks in / de nile.
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  • ChrisDurano
    ChrisDurano Posts: 372
    edited November 2003
    The Thing
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  • hamzahsh
    hamzahsh Posts: 439
    edited November 2003
    "DEMON WIND"

    This movie is out of print and only available on VHS. You can still buy it used at AMAZON.com. I saw it in 1990. Very scary! way better than newer horror flicks.

    I bought it used from AMAZON.com and love it!:D
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  • jdavy
    jdavy Posts: 380
    edited November 2003
    I vote for Night of the Living Dead.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited November 2003
    amnivill house series or exersist but havent watched eater sence i was a kid lateley is ring or the haunting
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  • mlware
    mlware Posts: 29
    edited November 2003
    Beaches!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2003
    I really like Signs.. while not the scariest movie i've ever seen. I love this movie more than any other in recent memory. the Director M. Knight Shyamalan is excellent in my book.
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