Pick one, and only one: Scariest movie

try and search the net for ghost watch, made in the early 90's, aired once on the BBC and got banned...it's not a movie. it was advertised as a one off live special on Halloween from the supposed most haunted house in Britain.... it was the scariest thing i have ever watched, i think mainly due to the fact it was advertised as being real.... not until the end do you find out it is all staged, but your friends and family don't need to know that :)
 
I so want to pick two. But I'll pick one.

Halloween. The original. Very few movies scare me these days. I need to check out Paranormal Activity which is mentioned a few times here. However, I think Halloween does it because it was one of those forbidden movies to see when I was young. Also, the setting, characters, and music. There is the safe, suburban, small town, in middle America. The cute and friendly babysitter. Then the boogeyman shows up. And he really is the boogeyman here. Then there is the ending and the music. If that doesn't scare you as a kid nothing will.
 
Stencil said:
So my wife was terrified of the first Paranormal Activity. I didn't find it too scary, but I really don't find anything truly scary. I will say her jumping off the couch everytime started to get to me though. I did enjoy how the movie was set up so that you knew something was coming and it built up nicely. The sequel not so much.

As I'm writing this I feel like I'm about to be blasted.

I think to find a movie that really scares a person, you need to know the person. Blood, gore, paranoia, insanity, jump out scares, trapped-ness. There's a movie for all types really.
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You pretty much echo my thoughts on the subject. I think I can be truly scared, even irrationally, but it takes a certain mix of elements to do it. Very few movies have that for me because, (a) it's only a movie and, (b) cat scares are functionally no different that the kilter getting the victim. I will say that I find some movies genuinely disturbing and creepy though. The original Texas chainsaw massacre is a good example. But mostly, monsters and boogeymen jumping out of the dark are...cat scares.
 
There were two X-Files episodes that scared me so badly that I could hardly walk by a dark window at night. But that's TV so I can't count it.
 
That would also be a good choice since it's based on a true story. It is, however, almost more of a drama than a horror flick. Although, the exorcism part is damn scary. The actress who played Emily definitely has a vocal range, lol.
 
By far the best scariest movie ever made was the 1963 "The Haunting" directed by Robert Wise. Most so called "scarey" movies use blood, gore or creatures to scare the audience....or rather repulse them. This is the only scarey movie I've ever seen where you see no blood , no gore , no creatures yet its unique way of filming makes it scarey....hard to explain without giving anything away.....watch it in the dark....you won't regret it.
 
For me, it's also 'The Exorcist' hands down. I saw that movie as a young teenager as others have pointed out, the fact that it was based on true events makes the movie that much more frightening to me. The gore and over the top violence in the slasher genre never scared me, its always the psychological films that scare me more.
 
The Changeling. Great atmosphere, lots of spine tingling moments, and all without gore or the typical Hollywood horror gimmicks.
 
If you want at least one guaranteed almost crap your pants with suspense then actually crap your pants scene that will haunt you for years.......


....Exorcist III.
 
Wow, that is a hard one. I would have to go with the Exorcist too, but Alien would have to be a close, and I mean close second. I saw Aliens when I was very young and had nightmares for months. Exorcist was the same way, but I was a bit older when I finally saw it.

thomas;)
 
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