Your All Time Favorite Horror Movie? (Some Spoilers)

And I mean movies that actually scared you first time watching.

For me it was the original 1979 ALIEN. My favorite aspects of the movie were: The mystery surrounding the Alien. Man you had no fucking idea about its life cycle appearence or origin. Also i found it was super effective by showing a little bit of the Alien at a time. This kept the suspence up and made you wonder. And lastly Ash. Man what a surprise to find out what he was. He was twitchy from the beginning and you noticed he was hidding something. And not to mention the movie had a wonderful cast, great environment, and an original plot at the time. And i found it funny how they spent the whole movie fighting 1 alien where Aliens and Resurection they took on dozens of them.

In Aliens they do fight dozens but it's not anywhere near a fair fight. Pretty much half the team gets owned in the first fight and from then on, Hicks and Co. are just trying to get away. On topic though, The Thing is my favourite horror film as it's the only one that's actually made me scared.

I have never been scared by a movie. But The Thing and Alien are both great choices and would have been up the top of my list somewhere as well.

The Haunting (1963) and The Crawling Hand (1963) both scared the bejeezus out of me when I was a little kid. I used to sleep with the covers pulled around my head for fear of being strangled in my sleep and The Haunting continues to put me on edge to this day due to its creepy environment.

I don't know if it qualifies as a horror movie, perhaps more of a thriller, but I really thought Rear Window was creepy. Hitchcock is a hell of a director.

I must say, I really enjoyed 1408. I'm not the biggest fan of horror films. But I found it maybe not scary, but it screws with your mind pretty well.

The original Wicker Man is damn scary. What makes it scary is simply the believability of the setting, the occult and witchcraft.

The Shining is great.  It starts to build this uncomfortable feeling, and the setting for it is great.

Oh, and one that really scared me was Psycho.

Typical horror movies don't scare me - what really frightens me are psychological thrillers, flicks that mess with my mind. One that stands out is The Mothman Prophecies. I was so shaken up and disturbed by that film, I can't even describe it.

Chhhhhapppstick.

Damn this one is hard. Jaws is my favorite across genres, but I consider it more of a thriller than a horror movie. In terms of horror, I'd say the original Halloween. Yeah, it's a slasher movie, but it was a damn good slasher movie. The endless stream of sequels and failed re-make aside, the original is one of my favorite movies ever.

EDIT: I just read the whole qualification that it had to be one that "scared you". Halloween made me jump, sure, but any movie can do that. It sounds stupid, but I gotta say the original Child's Play film still gives me the creeps to this day. I've always had a phobia of creepy looking dolls, and that movie magnified it ten fold for me as a kid. Growing up I watched the film and it's lesser sequels and have grown to appreciate it. One of the most iconic horror scenes ever in my mind is when Katherine Hicks' character finds out Chucky's battery pack is empty, and the doll's head spins around spouting "HI I'M CHUCKY WANNA PLAY?!".

The Exorcist III. That could change soon though, I just bought The Maid and I've heard very good things about it.

" I must say, I really enjoyed 1408. I'm not the biggest fan of horror films. But I found it maybe not scary, but it screws with your mind pretty well. "

I'm going to go with The Shining and Jacob's Ladder.

" In Aliens they do fight dozens but it's not anywhere near a fair fight. Pretty much half the team gets owned in the first fight and from then on, Hicks and Co. are just trying to get away. On topic though, The Thing is my favourite horror film as it's the only one that's actually made me scared. "

Ooohhh, good thread!  Man, so many good movies listed.  MB mentioning The Mothman Prophecies and all of its amazingness definitely raised my eyebrow a little.

a french movie called "Martyrs" it's messed up!

There are movies out there like The Ring, The Grudge, and The Omen that kind of fuck with my head a little. But The Orphanage is a real gem,and easily the best horror movie in the past 15 years.

The Thing fucked me up when I watched it, so that's one of the top ones. I also have respect for the original Halloween-I think it pulled off the "mysterious, disguised psycho killer" thing the best.

I saw the original Aliens waaaay after it was released but I still thought it was great, even if I knew the entire lifecycle of the creature and what it looked like. Finally, I think that 1408 is maybe the best major horror movie to come out in the last couple of years. Because of the plot, damn near anything can happen in that movie so I was kind of on edge just waiting to see what else was gonna torment that man.

"In Aliens they do fight dozens but it's not anywhere near a fair fight. Pretty much half the team gets owned in the first fight and from then on, Hicks and Co. are just trying to get away. On topic though, The Thing is my favourite horror film as it's the only one that's actually made me scared."

"Audition "

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"Audition "

I can't believe I forgot to mention Audition. The brilliance of this movie was building up everything for those last freaky 15 minutes. Just amazing. "

Dragonball: Evolution. It was so bad it was scary.

"Definitely one of the most fucked-up reveals in cinematic history...even though it still doesn't beat the ending to The Mist for "OH FUCK" moment!!!  lol  Nonetheless, Takashi Miike knows how to make some good horror/splatter flicks.  Imprint was good as well, if not under-produced and a bit on the short and surreal side.

If you walked into the Awesome Factory, it would be lined with shelves upon shelves of the ending to The Mist.  That was a damn good horror flick also.

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Also, if you want to see the most messed up ending to a horror film, actually any film, go watch Sleepaway Camp.

Some of my favourites:

• The Thing
• Shutter (the original obviously)
• One Missed Call
• The Descent
• H6: Diary of a Serial Killer
• 28 Days Later
• Calvaire

Without a doubt, The Thing is my favourite. Evil Dead II and Jacob's Ladder are nipping at its heels, though.

Oh, and my sleeper favourite is Zombie Flesh Eaters (or Zombie, Zombi 2). Not a typical classic like the others, but there's still so much good stuff in it. The main tune is still one of my favourite movie themes, horror or otherwise. So-so story, but great effects. Zombie versus shark? Yes please.

Halloween, easily.

Even though it was a made-for-TV mini-series, The Stand scared the holy hell out of me, and I'd already read the book something like nine or ten times by that point.  I still get creeped out by every Stu Redman hospital scene.

Actual movie-wise, Night of the Living Dead isn't scare to me now, but the first time I ever watched it, it scarred me for life.  I couldn't have been older than eight or nine, and I still get goosebumps at any movie that utilizes that central idea of being stuck somewhere isolated while monsters of some sort are trying to get in.  For example, the original Assault on Precinct 13 wasn't really a horror movie, but the way those gang members just kept coming in... it spooked me a bit.

Has to be The Shining for me.

The Exorcist was the first one i got scared from,and IT was the second one i got scared of.

Friday The 13th isn't that scary for me,i just watch cause i think its excisting.

I won't lie:  Jennifer's Body is looking like it'll be a camp classic!!!

Does Eraserhead count? That is the most terrifying film I've ever seen. But I guess I didn't really like it. So the crown does to one of the first two Ailen movies or The Thing.

hostel part 1, lets just forget part 2 even existed. It was scary intense and well acted. gret story too. 

The Evil Dead

I am very surprised and very disappointed that no mentioned The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II and Cannibal Holocaust. All the horror fans here are definitely getting a Shake of the Head/Wag of the Finger.

Silent Hill