What Are the Scariest Movies You've Ever Watched?

[Oerg]

So what are the scariest movies you have ever watched?

For me, I just watched the exorcist recently in the dead of the night and it scared the crap outta me. I wasn't able to get to sleep for the rest of the night.

It has got to be the scariest movie i ever watched.

i have watched other horror movies like the shining and the ring and they weren't really scary to me.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

When Psycho came out I was 10 years old. My father took me to see it, what on Earth was he thinking? When Martin Balsam gets to the top of the stairs and Anthony Perkins slashes away at him with that knife I was as frightened as I can ever remember. When I watched the film again as an adult I finally realized that all you see is the knife waving in the air.

 

[humanino]

Definitely :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg

 

[Danger]

I've never seen a scary movie. My buddy and I were threatened with expulsion from the theatre while watching 'The Exorcist' because we couldn't stop laughing.
That 19-year-old woman that I was hanging with 5 years ago dragged me into see 'Signs'. Within 15 minutes, I knew exactly how it would end. When something happened, she'd scream and clutch my arm. I'd just look at her in amazement and say "What? You didn't see that coming?"
When I was about 10 or so, I had a bad dream after an episode of "The Outer Limits", but that's the closest that I've gotten to being scared.

 

[radou]

Exorcist? You just made me laugh.

The scariest movie I ever (and I really mean it - ever) watched is Eraserhead by David Lynch. The whole movie is like a bizarre and intimidating nightmare.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

When I was about 10 or so, I had a bad dream after an episode of "The Outer Limits", but that's the closest that I've gotten to being scared.

Which one?

I don't recall ever really being scared by a movie... But as far as movies that captured one's imagination, The Exorcist was right up there; esp when it first came out. Jaws also had some good shock value. I remember about coming out of my seat a few times.

Really, I think the scariest movies are the ones that are true or based in truth. As a kid, there was nothing more terrifying than the thought of being a POW in Vietnam. If anything ever really scared me, it was probably a war movie.

 

[humanino]

the scariest movies are the ones that are true or based in truth.

I almost wanted to quote such a movie, and realized this is not "Politics & World Affairs". Until somebody films a PF gathering, I'll have to agree with you.

 

[Monique]

I was slightly traumatized by the movie "It", toilet bowls and laundry lines scared me for years (I was young). I'm easy scared by thriller/horror movies, unless it is something like "Saw". I think it was in Ringu (The Ring) that the main character was washing her face in the shower when the 'Monster' comes into the shower and touches her face. It took a long time before I could wash my face in the shower without being scared of opening my eyes, expecting that a monster would be there.

I don't want to watch "The Exorcist", I'm sure it would scare the life out of me.

 

[misgfool]

I don't want to watch "The Exorcist", I'm sure it would scare the life out of me.

But isn't it great to have such strong feelings/nightmares? What's really scary is when one doesn't feel anything anymore.

 

[Monique]

But isn't it great to have such strong feelings/nightmares? What's really scary is when one doesn't feel anything anymore.

Yeah, I always get emotionally involved (Bolt made me tear up). But when a midnight bathroom visit means that I am running in fear for being grabbed by a ghost, that's not really fun. I don't even believe in ghosts.

 

[moe darklight]

"The Secret."

 

[Danger]

Which one?

I can't remember; that was, after all, over 40 years ago. All that stuck in my head was something about a glowing green oval. My bad dream involved being attacked by a Kleenex box, because of the oval opening in the top.

 

[f95toli]

I still remember how scared I was when I watched Alien II for the first time, I guess I was 11-12 years old.
Alien I and II are still the only movies that I can think of that are really "scary" (as opposed to just making you jump a bit); HR Giger's monsters SHOULD be ridiculous but somehow they are not (at least as long as they stay in the shadows as in the first two movies).

 

[gravenewworld]

The Thing.


One of the most overlooked horror movies. Some really disturbing horror gore. Some of the special fx at the end might be cheesy because it is a fairly old film. I hope they make a well made remake of that film with updated special fx.

 

[Danger]

The Thing.

Ah, yes... James Arness in a carrot costume. A true classic.

I hope they make a well made remake of that film with updated special fx.

They did, with Kurt Russell. (Actually, it wasn't well made, but it was remade.)

 

[gravenewworld]

Ah, yes... James Arness in a carrot costume. A true classic.

That was The Thing From Another World.


"The Thing" is the John Carpenter flick I was referring to.

 

[nuby]

Lol.. Twilight zone the movie made me not want to fly.


This is the best part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oKrgS41aY&feature=related

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I can't remember; that was, after all, over 40 years ago. All that stuck in my head was something about a glowing green oval. My bad dream involved being attacked by a Kleenex box, because of the oval opening in the top.

For many years of my childhood I had this recurring nightmare in which I was attacked by a large wicker chair. Luckily it never caught me - there is nothing worse than death by wicker!

I have this vague memory of this dream resulting from a TV program, but I have no idea what program it might have been.

 

[Danger]

For many years of my childhood I had this recurring nightmare in which I was attacked by a large wicker chair.

You didn't happen to watch the original 'Wicker Man' movie (with Edward Woodward), did you? I haven't seen it since it first came out, but it was pretty freaky (and a lot better than the remake from a couple of years ago).

Gravenewworld, both the original "Thing From Another World" and the remake "The Thing" were derived from a short story called 'Who goes there?' by John W. Campbell Jr.. They're the same show.

 

[RunSwimSurf]

Nightmare on Elm Street freaked me out when I first saw that. I prefer the older horror movies such as House on Haunted Hill, the Changeling, Rosemary's Baby, Psycho, Exorcist. They just don't make them like they used to...
Although I don't get scared, I did have a recurring nightmare after watching Nicky Santoro and his brother get beat by bats and then buried alive (in "Casino").

 

[gravenewworld]

Nightmare on Elm Street freaked me out when I first saw that. I prefer the older horror movies such as House on Haunted Hill, the Changeling, Rosemary's Baby, Psycho, Exorcist. They just don't make them like they used to...
Although I don't get scared, I did have a recurring nightmare after watching Nicky Santoro and his brother get beat by bats and then buried alive (in "Casino").

Yeah that scene and the vice grip scene are burned into my memory forever.

 

[tribdog]

I remember being scared when I was little by some show where a little doll comes to life when it's necklace comes off.

 

[Evo]

The best psychological scary movie is "The Haunting", the original 1963 movie, not the ridiculous remake.

 

[offtheleft]

spice world...

horrifying i tell you...

 

[DaveC426913]

The Thing.
...
it is a fairly old film. I hope they make a well made remake of that film with updated special fx.

"The Thing" is the John Carpenter flick I was referring to.

Just how young are you?

 

[DaveC426913]

Shockwave
Alien (Aliens was great, but not scary)
The Shining

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

The only movies that have ever disturbed me were not really horror films. The protrayal of realistic violence and derangement of the sort that you hear about on the news, not just in weird movies, is generally what gets me. The only one that I can think of at the moment that really got to me is a French film called Irriversible. Before any of you think about looking it up to watch I must warn you that it is quite horrible. I have seen most of the movies mentioned in this thread and none of them really bothered me. This one did and I would probably not watch it again.

 

[DaveC426913]

I remember being scared when I was little by some show where a little doll comes to life when it's necklace comes off.

 

[NBAJam100]

Movies generally don't have much of an impact on me but I thought the first Halloween movie was pretty creepy actually. Something about Michaels mask is very eerie in the earlier movies, its just so plain and emotionless. As the series went on though they kind of beefed his mask up to make it look more detailed (which made the movies scariness drop exponentially).

So i guess the mask and the fact that Michael is a large disheveled looking man who can't be stopped kind of scared me a bit...

 

[tribdog]

THAT'S IT! Scared the hell out of me.