Personally mine would be Paranormal Activity. I know a lot of people thought it was stupid, but I thought it was done excellently, and it really requires you to use your imagination. And trust me, I don't get scared easily. I've seen some of the most disturbing horror movies known to man and walked away unaffected. Look up the Guinea Pig series or the August Underground series if you don't believe me. Anyway, what are your scariest?
It's really hard for me to pinpoint the scariest one. I can tell you that the one that affected me the most was the Blair Witch Project. It haunted my youth. Funny thing is, I never actually watched the movie from start to finish back then. It was just some imagery, my imagination, and the stories from my sister and her friend that forced me to wait up until my mom got home at night before I could sleep.
Everyone get ready to flame me, but probably The Blair Witch Project. I know, but I am completely terrified of the woods and that is all that movie is about. There is probably a phobia name for it, and if there is I have it.
" Everyone get ready to flame me, but probably The Blair Witch Project. I know, but I am completely terrified of the woods and that is all that movie is about. There is probably a phobia name for it, and if there is I have it. "
If nothing else I think the movie does an excellent job of making you uncomfortable because of the characters' terror.
" Everyone get ready to flame me, but probably The Blair Witch Project. I know, but I am completely terrified of the woods and that is all that movie is about. There is probably a phobia name for it, and if there is I have it. "
That was a great movie. It didn't help that I was at a camp site in the middle of the woods when I first saw it =/ I love movies filmed with a handheld camera perspective.
The Descent fucked with my mind the most. It wasn't extremely scary though. Other than that... I can't think of many movies that really got into my head.
When i was kid 'The Sixth Sense' was probably the scariest movie i'd ever seen. But if i watched it again now i doubt seriously that it would have the same impact. These days i tend to tell people that i feel the scariest movie ever made is actually '2001 a Space Odyssey'. Not because it had monsters in it, or cheap shocks, or scary make-up or anything, but because the atmosphere created by the music and images, and the slow build-up of events, is one of such intense discomfort and surrealness that nothing else even comes close. Just the music is fucking terrifying. Plus the space baby totally freaks me out every time i see it.
I guess The Blair Witch Project is the movie I've been most scared of both times I've seen it. As well as REC! REC isn't just scary, it's creepy and nasty as hell! The night vision scene, damn it, at times I couldnt even stand to watch. Had a pillow in front of me face at certaint points even. And I usually watch horror movies and I'm used to that kind of thrill!
I haven't seen that many horror movies so it's hard to say. Most of the ones I can think of were just scary to me as a little kid; even though I never watched it back then, Scream used to terrify me. My brother always chased me while wearing that mask. :( I love that movie now though. I didn't see the whole movie, but that scene in the beginning of Stephen King's "It" had me paranoid about storm drains for a while.
But the answer would probably be Signs. Not the best movie ever made, but something about it just scared the hell out of me. It just felt kind of realistic, like that's how it would be if aliens really did come here; locked up in a basement, waiting. Preferably with a shotgun, which the movie unfortunately did not have.
" Everyone get ready to flame me, but probably The Blair Witch Project. I know, but I am completely terrified of the woods and that is all that movie is about. There is probably a phobia name for it, and if there is I have it. "
That was a great movie. It didn't help that I was at a camp site in the middle of the woods when I first saw it =/ I love movies filmed with a handheld camera perspective. "
I couldn't do that. I'm too scared just to go camping almost. Thinking about being in a tent and hearing things outside of the tent and not being able to see it freaks me out
" Everyone get ready to flame me, but probably The Blair Witch Project. I know, but I am completely terrified of the woods and that is all that movie is about. There is probably a phobia name for it, and if there is I have it. "
yeah i was pretty young when i saw that, it scared the shit out of me.
Pretty much any scary films or even thriller I've seen when I was a kid. A lot of scary movies now feel so stupid and dull, if not funny most of the time, especially the ones related to ghosts.
Cheesy zombies and films about monsters could still scares me though. Heck I probably still feel scared playing Resident evil now.
Totally agree! The original made for TV series DVD release though, when I was a kid an my Mum put that shit on the TV it scared the crap out of me. I knew the TV would be occupied for a good 6 hours straight!
@TorgoGrooves89: You make a good point about 2001. I guess the one that made me freak out the most was John Carpenter's The Thing, but 2001 gets under your skin in other ways. It's one of the few movies that addresses the unknown pretty directly by not holding the viewer's hand while showing them interesting, creepy sights.
When I was younger, the part from the Mummy with the scarabs that crawled into the skin scared me more than anything. Recent movies that scared that shit out of me include Audition (Japanese movie), Let the Right One In, Trick R Treat and The Collector (just for the amount of gore)
" @TorgoGrooves89: You make a good point about 2001. I guess the one that made me freak out the most was John Carpenter's The Thing, but 2001 gets under your skin in other ways. It's one of the few movies that addresses the unknown pretty directly by not holding the viewer's hand while showing them interesting, creepy sights."
Thanks.
John Carpernter's The Thing is an awesome film. It's one of my absolute favourite horror movies. Never seen the original though, probably should get round to it one day. I remember the PS2 game being pretty good as well, or at least i think it was.
" Rec was baddass, specially in Spanish, don't know what the fuck is going on, Subtitles are for pussies.And I agree with Buzz_Clik on Jacob's Ladder "
Haha, no subtitles? Now that I think about it, that is pretty badass..
Anyway I agree, Rec was pretty fucking scary, especialy that. . .
I didn't like the Silent Hill movie (Though it was better than I thought it would be) but I thought pyramid head was damn scary, and it was brutal when he ripped that girl in half.
The ring, when I was 12. I was home from school, and it scarred me in the middle of broad daylight. It literally scarred me and I mean that, I didn't sleep for 2 weeks. I know, I sound soft, but it affected my psyche so terribly. Signs also gave me the willies big time that same year. Hated closets/televisions thanks to the ring and I hated windows/fields/woods thanks to Signs. They definitely shaped my creativity and the way I think though so I'm glad they put me through so much hell.
(I noticed when I type scarred it seems as if I'm miss-spelling scared, I'm not haha)
The Grave Dancers, probably. Though I'm not sure some of the effects will hold up today (despite being released within the last five years) the various ghosts in it scared the shit out of me.
" The Descent fucked with my mind the most. It wasn't extremely scary though. Other than that... I can't think of many movies that really got into my head. "
The Descent is the best straight-up horror film I've seen in years. I absolutely loved it. Another one that scared the crap out of me (for different reasons...you know why if you've seen the film) is Shutter Island. Holy hell, the way that film messes with your head and the huge payoff at the end, it's awesome.
The scariest movie I have even seen would have to be the home movie that was recorded last month at a party....with my girlfriends family and her drunk mom tries to seduce me...all I could think about is that movie with dustin hoffman and that older woman and he says "Are you seducing me Mrs. so and so"....(I can't remember the older ladies name)....but anyways, thats all I could think about, but it was the complete opposite of that. The attraction list stops at age 41 for me, anything older just isn't that appealing.
Cant think of too many right now...which is fucking killing me cause I went through a Japanese horror phase, where I found some real gems. I always appreciated Eastern horror, it strikes a particular chord in people thats very different from Western horror. There are fewer boundaries I believe (things like children dying, sexual violence, and other perverse themes,) and people are generally desensitized to gory violence so that kinda thing alone wont get them riled up.
"Rule #1" is a pretty good one, I think it's from Taiwan. Glad to see Blair Witch mentioned though, say what you like but that last scene was creepy with them facing the walls.
Mine is probably a Spanish movie called REC. An American remake was made like a year ago under the name of Quarantine, though the original is much better. The mood and realistic setting gives a claustrophobic feeling and the ending made it hard for me to sleep.
" I don't have much of a horror threshold, for me it's 1. Quarantine 2. The Hills have Eyes 3. Hostel "
Quarantine? Really? [REC] is where it's at, duder. "
Yeah, like I said I'm kind of sensitive to horror films (like some people are sensitive to spices) so it doesn't take much to keep me from sleeping for several days. I've never seen [Rec].
Edit: Okay I've read the plot synopsis on imdb, it kind of sounds exactly like Quarantine (or Quarantine exactly like it).
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