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The Shining. By far. One of the few movies I can think of that scares me now every bit as much as it did the first time I saw it. To the point I typically refer to it as my favorite movie that I can't watch.
Most horror movies don't really scare me. Not in any lasting way. I startle easily, so even a ty horror movie will make me jump every time it wants to. And occasionally I'll see something that has enough to inspire a nightmare or two. But even in those cases, the genre seldom succeeds in really getting under my skin. And when it's a film that goes hard towards the gore or torture porn side of the spectrum, I tend to just get bored. Or angry/annoyed. But still not scared.
I'm much more bothered by atmosphere. Or by that pervasive feeling that something is just off. For that reason, Lynch's movies always share the schiesse out of me even when they're not strictly horror. He's a master at unsettling. But in general, I will always be more genuinely scared by a static shot that lasts just a little too long or a character smiling just a little too widely and at the wrong moment than I will be by someone getting their head lopped off.
One of the single scariest things I can think of is from a TV show, rather than a movie, and I know it exists on youtube but I'm not going to embed a clip because I literally can't watch it without losing my . But early in the second season of Twin Peaks, there's a fairly insipid scene of James, Maddie, and Donna singing an awkward song followed by a bit of dialog and then a shot of an empty room. All of a sudden, Bob appears in profile at the far end of the room (might even technically be in a different room, like a dining room adjacent to the living room in which the camera/viewer is placed), turns toward the camera, starts walking forward, and never stops. Not until he's climbed over the back of the couch into the viewer's space and his face fills the whole screen. He moves slowly, so it's not as if you're startled by sudden movement. It just is relentless. I've watched Twin Peaks several times, and I've never made it through that scene without physically backing up from the TV.
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Also, Session 9 was pretty spooky at times. Something about the architecture of those Kirkbride buildings and what happened in those places...
any of yall actually watch v/h/s out of curiosity yet? that movie was just so bizarre it left me feeling filthy as after watching it..first movie that's ever bothered me before. not really scared, just disturbed. some random freaky in that movie. the trailer doesn't even do that any justice.
I almost downloaded that.
I went to check what the folks at IMDB had to say about the movie and the major consesus of the movie is that you should stay away from it.
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Can anyone explain why the Exorcist is scary?
I realise it may have been back in the late 70s but now it is just a joke I thought, was not scared for a moment
Not sure what you mean, it got ok reviews and it's like 80% on rotten tomatoes.
I see.
I guess its how the app shows you the reviews then.
I have the iPhone app for imdb and all I saw was 1-star ratings all over and how the movie is just terrible and de able.
Its got 6.1/10 on imdb
No doubt. I'm not a fan of scary movies, I can watch them but I'm not one who enjoys the rush of getting scared. Never really liked the horror genre but have seen a good amount. A lot are simply cheesey and ing re ed.
I don't find the really gory movies that focus on getting those who are squeamish very scary at all.
Going by movies that actually scared me at first viewing:
The Exorcist is the only movie I still can't watch on my own, but I admit it has silly moments in the movie.
Halloween (the original version)
Misery scared the out of me because of Kathy Bates.
I still like the other classics like The Shining, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Pet Sematary, etc. They just didn't scare me that much.
I was a kid and I lived in an old creaky house that made noise at night...and I was scared of the dark...and I had a window with a huge pecan tree that cast a shadow into my room. Pretty easy choice for me.
I don't hate on anyone for their preference because fear is an intensely personal thing. People have different fears and phobias and because of that each person will be affected by different movies in different ways.
yeah I probably see why now, I woulda been scared too in that situation.
I shouldn't have watched it during the day.
Yeah I grew up with horror movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, etc. I still prefer watching old school horror than newer movies. Although I actually enjoyed the Saw, Hostel movies.....
Trilogy of Terror actually scared me too but just because of the end of the third story. Karen Black can be so creepy looking. Someone mentioned Burnt Offerings in this thread. She was in that too and was creepy in that one.
I was always freaked out by the story in The Twilight Zone movie where the guy sees the creature on the plane wing. Even today I don't think I'd want to sit on the wing of plane at night.
Dude, I love horror movies. Pretty much watch one every night on Netflix streaming before I go to bed (my girlfriend gets kind of pissed, but I let her choose her movies too
I in particular enjoy the realistic movies about real people (not "real people", but real in the sense that it isn't far fetched) like Silence of the Lambs. I really do enjoy supernatural movies (Blair Witch - things like that), but I guess I would say some of the most unsettling movies are ones like 28 days later - waking up and being the only person there type things I think make me think the most.
The one thing I hate though (meaning I think it's annoying) is the "creepy kid" genre. I would just drop kick the first creepy ass kid that ain't acting right.
But in general, love horror films even if they kind of suck.
Check some foreign horror films out, they are good too
how did you see vhs already?
to this day, Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) unsettles the out of me. I think it's the combination of the gore, the atmosphere, that creepy ing music. Some of the imagery in that movie bothers me, the way it mixed reality with a dreamlike trance.
perhaps it's because when i was a little kid, some head down the street showed me that opening scene where Tina gets gutted. i ended up watching it many times afterwards to overcome that initial fear, but it always scared me more than other movies. i'm surprised more people weren't really unsettled by it. Another aspect is when I was a kid, i used to walk around the neighborhood by myself, and in the movie he waits in alleys, around streets. The fact he is a child rapist/murderer back to kill kids is pretty sick, even by today's standards.
even when I take late night jogs, I still occasionally think about that nig.
Exorcist is number 2, but spiritual stuff like that bothers me.
Halloween, The Thing, Shining are scary but such well made films, I watch them a lot just to appreciate the filmmakers at their peak.
and props to who posted the Salem Lot clip of that kid's friend, that scared me back in the day.
online tbh
Is posting links to a place where you can DL movies ilegal here?
I have a place for that. Great . All DVD-Blue Ray quality.
Yoooooou can PM a .
I don't even download them I just stream them, I don't think that's illegal. Used to be that it was illegal to share but not download, not sure if that's still the case. If they ever tried to with me over it I'd just tell them to off and deny it lol. Must have been my dog getting on the computer tbh.
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