Scariest movie ever? What is it

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yukichigai

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Originally posted by: TwiceOver
In the Mouth of Madness.
That was a really good one. Not scary exactly, but very good at whatever it was. It's based off a Stephen King story, if you didn't know.
 

K1052

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Originally posted by: ohtwell
Event Horizon is the scariest movie IMO.


: ) Amanda

Yep. Saw that in an almost completely empty theatre with the volume turned up to about 9.
 

Electric Amish

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Originally posted by: VanillaH
come to think of it, its funny i am yet to see a single scary movie. i seen all of above mentioned except for even horizon, and it sounds like nothing but scary according to my roomate's impression on it . now i want some real scary stuff folks. any suggestions?


I agree.
 

My dad sat me down on the couch when I was six years old and made me watch Stephen King's "IT." No child should EVER have to go through that.
 

samgau

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Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Originally posted by: ohtwell
Event Horizon is the scariest movie IMO.


: ) Amanda

Not a bad choice, but mine is Arachnophobia.

14 years later, this movie STILL haunts me.

The first time I saw that movie.... man I got scared... but then I got a condition... see my previous post...

but then after that when I watched it, it didn't scare me anymore....
 

Electric Amish

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Originally posted by: jumpr
My dad sat me down on the couch when I was six years old and made me watch Stephen King's "IT." No child should EVER have to go through that.

I agree.

Forcing anybody to watch that crap-assed movie should be a crime.
 

psiu

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Watching both Alien and The Thing at a young age....especially since we had hardwood floors (going down the hall to the bathroom at night reminded me of the end of the Thing, where the giant monster is pushing up the boards...) and air heating....(the Ventilation system).

Have been traumatized ever since.

Oh and the Ring gets a partial vote since a friend of mine bought the DVD, put it in....I left after about 30 seconds...I HATE suspense.
 

yukichigai

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Anyone ever see Silver Bullet?
A long time ago, yeah. Oddly enough I didn't think it was that scary, and I was a kid. Maybe it was because I thought it was sponsored by Coors....
 

lokiju

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My older brother would take me with him when I was young to watch all the Nightmare on Elm Street's, those used to scare the sh!t outta me.

But no movie scares me anymore. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New) was pretty f'ed up though.
 

z0mb13

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Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Anyone ever see Silver Bullet?
A long time ago, yeah. Oddly enough I didn't think it was that scary, and I was a kid. Maybe it was because I thought it was sponsored by Coors....

is this the werewolf thing?
 

lokiju

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Originally posted by: TwiceOver
In the Mouth of Madness. Yes Event Horizon is a close second for me. Both are Sam Neil movies.

I don't think I've ever seen In the Mouth of Madness, I'll have to check it out.
 

Fingolfin269

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Originally posted by: z0mb13
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Anyone ever see Silver Bullet?
A long time ago, yeah. Oddly enough I didn't think it was that scary, and I was a kid. Maybe it was because I thought it was sponsored by Coors....

is this the werewolf thing?

Yah Stephen King.. werewolves.. lots of blood = scary to me when I was younger. It doesn't really do it for me anymore.

Ginger Snaps is a good new school werewolf movie if you haven't seen that one.
 

cronos

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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
The only movie I have ever seen that was even remotely scary was Candyman.

i agree, i think that's a scary one too. it's a good, scary movie.

but i would vote for this little B-movie slasher from the 80s. i don't know if anybody here ever watched it. but this is my favourite scary movie of all time, with all its lameness.

The House on Sorority Row

for some reason watching this movie gave me the absolute creeps. the last time i watched it was 10 years ago, but that's what i remember.
 

Kadarin

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When I was a kid I remember watching "The Blob". You never knew when that thing was going to get you..

Of course, now it's just hokey, but when you're a kid it's different.
 

MaxDepth

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Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: TwiceOver
In the Mouth of Madness.
That was a really good one. Not scary exactly, but very good at whatever it was. It's based off a Stephen King story, if you didn't know.

I thought it was a rip of all the H.P. Lovecraft stories.

Seriously, the first Alien movie gave me a few nightmares.
 

DWW

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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: jumpr
My dad sat me down on the couch when I was six years old and made me watch Stephen King's "IT." No child should EVER have to go through that.

I agree.

Forcing anybody to watch that crap-assed movie should be a crime.

Come to think of it, IT was probably the only movie that ever scared me.

I wonder why someone can't make an incredibly scary story that is just scary with the story itself and then use the effects and illusions of film to make it even more creepy. I've yet to find a movie that can scare damn near anyone.

Edit: come to think about it, the old man in Poltergeist II (through the screen door, LET ME IN dude) was creepy in and of himself. The movie though, wasn't scary in general besides him.
 

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Event Horizon for me. I couldn't wait for that movie to end because I was so damn scared.
 
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The Ring is pretty scarry, thou it lost some of it's scare factor when some sh!t pulled the fire alarm during the middle of the movie so it stopped. Kinda takes the suspension of disbelief out that way.

There is a trailor for a Japanese movie from the people that made Ringu(the original Ring) it it looks creepy as hell.
 

ABitTooSpicy

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Originally posted by: ohtwell
Event Horizon is the scariest movie IMO.


: ) Amanda

That is the only movie where I was scared when I watched it, I guess being in a dark house alone at night with the lights off didnt help anything.
 

yukichigai

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Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: TwiceOver
In the Mouth of Madness.
That was a really good one. Not scary exactly, but very good at whatever it was. It's based off a Stephen King story, if you didn't know.

I thought it was a rip of all the H.P. Lovecraft stories.
Writer's name in the story: Sutter Cane - S.C. Remarkably close to Stephen King - S.K.

I can't remember the title of the original short story (it may have been In the Mouth of Madness) but I think it was sort of a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft. Just with a distinctly Stephen King style of horror.

The best exemplification of H.P. Lovecraft-esque horror in modern media has to be Eternal Darkness for the GameCube, by the way. Really nails the feel.