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The Exorcist 1973 because it is Biblical.

I agree The Exorcist is scary stuff, but I wouldn't call it biblical. Besides, the religious side of The Exorcist is far more positive than scary, for example Father Karras' battle to regain his faith is ultimately successful, plus Chris MacNeil eventually puts her faith in the Church and therefore, God, to save her daughter.

For those who find the movie extreme and frightening, the 'biblical' side should be the part that puts their mind at rest.

Scariest horror? Try more visceral stuff like Texas Chainsaw Massacre for outright terror - as this is far more likely to happen to you than being possessed...plus ethereal/surreal fare like The Grudge, The Ring and Requiem for a Dream.

Rocky horror picture show. Again.

I am really confused by this choice familychoice. I have seen the Rocky Horror on film and on stage, and have never even slightly considered it scary. Funny, silly and at times, great fun yes, but I can't think of anything that I considered frightening...

Unless you are being sarcastic and selecting it due to either a: you are scared by Tim Curry (or any man) in fishnets and a basque or b: Anything containing so much audience participation must be terrifying! In which case, sorry for not being sharper!

I would be very interested to know...

perhaps scared would be too big a word...unnerved...perhaps. I'm certainly not aroused by such a sight and anyone who says I am is a ruddy liar.

Then specially for you familychoice...



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LMAO!!! It's hysterical when you've got a fast download and never seen it before!! It just pops up on you!

Actually, the exorcist is the scariest movie I've ever seen. I watched it when I was about ten and have been scarred for life. Not because of any religious connotations but because of Linda Blair when she had her "transformation" and sits up on the bed. At 37 I will still have a flash back dream to when her head spins around and she's flipping around the bed. Whenever talk comes up on the tube I'm flying out of the room or changing the channel so I don't have to hear that voice. I hate that movie.

Scary movie number 2 that's scarred me forever? The Candyman.

And scary movie number 3. The Pet Semetary, specifically when the baby is hiding under the bed with an exacto knife and cuts Jimmy Smits achilles tendon. I haven't been able to get into bed without that coming into mind since.

And finally, scary movie number four. Poltergeist. I hate clowns because of this movie. Otherwise it's one of my favourite movies.

Pretty much all of these I watched as a child (non-existent parent, thank you PayTV). I definitely have more enjoyment of horror movies today but am selective of what I watch because I'm so damn impressionable.

Andy, I hate your avatar. It freaks me out. I have to avert my eyes or scroll past it. Very The Ring-ish. Scary movie night on the space channel has similar scary stuff like that that I have change past.

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Moe, choice number 4 was the first movie to scare me so bad, I couldn't sleep. I also don't 'do' clowns!

Having watched it many times since that fateful day some 20 years ago (!), I have found it less scary and enjoyed it more. Great film.

freesiagirl, just be glad it is not the esteemed editor in the pic!

"See no Evil" is pretty scary

The Exorcist
Poltergeist
The Ring
The Grudge...that girl sliding down the stairs with that clicking sound.....I watched this movie late at night all by myself with all the lights out (just to get the mood right) - then I made sure to watch all the "special features" on the DVD because I knew I'd have nightmares otherwise!

That scene you described in Pet Semetary, Moe, got me too. And I can't remember what movie it was, but there was a similar scene with somebody hiding under a car. I always walk a little faster around cars at night...

I enjoyed The Ring, mainly because I could actually watch it and not the inside of my duvet. Not saying it wasn't scary, but I could understand why Samara was so vengeful. It seemed like there was something that could be done to stop the cycle. So the ending got me: I thought everything was okay now, but I guess the producers needed a sequel set up. I thought it didn't "ring" true...

The original ALIEN movie. That one still gets me.

I've never seen the first Alien movie - for some reason I've only seen Aliens (2) and Alien Resurrection (4, I think). And AVP, which was rubbish.

I have two that come to mind as pretty scary and they are 80ish horror movies. Scary but also ingenious. Ingenious because of the ways people were killed.

Happy Birthday to Me - Starring whats her name from Little House - Melissa Anderson

April Fool's Day - Watch this movie. It will blow your mind if you can find it. The movie not your mind lol

For just plain shock factor then any of the Final Destination movies. FD3 was really good too. Just rented that the other night. Ingenious too the way Death finds ways to kill these people. lol. Great movies.

The first 'Alien'. I saw that one at a movie theater with my boyfriend not long after it came out, and we went to it not really knowing what it was about. Man, I found it scary! And my boyfriend, who was making fun of me during the first half of the movie for being afraid, practically soiled his pants not long after, during a scene where the alien jumps out at one of the characters. Creepy movie.

I also found 'The Blair Witch Project' very scary. Saw it in the theater and it just spooked me out too much. Perhaps because it was a setting in the woods, and I love hiking in the woods (though I must admit, it was the final scene in the movie that really gave me chills). However, I watched it again when it came out on DVD, and didn't find it scary at all. I think it was seeing it on the big screen, and having the feeling of actually being there in the woods with them, that created the intensity of it. (Oh, and I was one of those people who suffered from motion sickness while watching it; had to keep averting my eyes every so often so my stomach could settle down.)

The original version of The Grudge-Ju On

I am not a big horror movie watcher but here is a list of movies I thought were very scary:

these are in no particular order:

ALIEN (1979)
HALLOWEEN (1978)
THE BIRDS (1963)
ALIENS (1986)
JAWS (1975)
WAR of the WORLDS (1953)
QUARTERMASS and the PIT (1968)
PLANET OF THE APES (1968)

The scariest horror film ever to me is, "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," then, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"(2003 Remake), and the third one would be, "The Omen" series.

A scary movie I believe is an excellent film to watch on Halloween Night with the "whole family" is, "The Others," with Nicole Kidman. I simply love the part where Grace(Kidman) is in the kitchen with the maid, Bertha Mills, and Bertha Mills says, "You know, mum, sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead." That line gets me everytime, especially the way she says it, the look on her face, and that English accent, wow!!

There's my "two cents."

Sincerely,
Lonelypoet

Probably just because I was the right age when I saw them, but these two made an impression!

The Exorcist
Jaws

Lately I found Hard Candy to be pretty disturbing.

Understand that I am a horror film freak, and nothing really ever disturbs me, but this one actually gave me nightmares and I have trouble even watching it...
"Event Horizon" -funny that the original "Damien", Sam Neill was in this also!

"Exorcist" is right up there of course

and "The Believers" with Martin Sheen just for the spider-in-cheek scene-

Others: "Alien", "Psycho", "Magic", the original "Halloween"

WOW! I could keep going forever....

Aliens part on was most thriller movie for me so far.

The last scary movie I watched was "Saw II." I won't watch another scary movie again.

The Exorcist!!! YIKES!!!!

Has anyone seen Pumpkinhead with Lance Henriksen? That is my all time scarriest movie. It came out in 1988 so I was pretty young when I first watched it, but it still to this day gets me everytime. It's creepy. Especially that old witch in the mountains. Ahhhh!

That is a scary one, Froggy!

I have to agree the Exorcist really tore me a new one--LOL

If you like the paranormal, The Green Man with Albert Finney is excellent!

'The Omen 2: Damian' Terrified me when I was a child into racking sobs, the scene where the guy gets chopped in half in the elevator. Still cant go in them to this day
'A Nightmare on Elm Street' was the worst though, I was so pettrified of Freddy - especially because the start of the original is SO intense with the death of Tina (all up the bedroom walls) I literally sat behind the sofa with my fingers in my ears and my eyes closed. Then I dreamt about him that night LOL - it's my fave horror now though.
A movie called 'Hard Cover' - has a different name in the USA, it terrified me and my Aunty so much we had to turn it off - I've never seen anything so disturbing before or since.
'The Exorsist' - When she did that Spider-walk - I was oughta there!
'Scream' - The opening sequence didn't so much scare me, as really upset and disturb me - poor Drew. What a performance though!

Oh, and cos I'm also a horror fanatic LOL...
'Halloween' When Michaels stood out the back yard between the washing lines and Jamie Lee spots him - SO CREEPY!

The Grudge re-make - that aaaahhh sound LOL - and the awkward movements that they always create in Japanese movies (even though it was the USA version)

I think older horror movies are usually much scarier, they seem to have more power with them. I think its cos people spread the word about how scary a certain movie or character is and you discuss it as kids LOL.

I think the older movies are so much moe frightening because they rely on the actual terror and suspense factor, whereas these days the gore and violence factor seems to be the only thing directors are interested in.

When they didn't have the special effects of today, directors and producers had to use the movie-goers imagination to bring about the sense of fear. Now they've gotten lazy and show us the monster in the first or second scene.

Think about the first Alien - how long it took before we actually saw the alien, all we kept seeing to begin with were a tail or claw or teeth - then when the thing finally reared up in the second half of the movie, we were already terrified of it!

Yeah, I agree - in the original 'Nightmare' you hardly see Freddy and he's kept in the shadows the whole way through and has about three small lines - the fear of the unknown is far worse.
But even with the Original Friday the 13th (which showed a lot of gore) - it was still scary. That being said, the killer wasn't revealed until the end - so you didn't know who or what it was.