Pick one, and only one: Scariest movie

[3jack]

I remember being totally freaked out by the Blair Witch project when it first came out because I thought it REALLY was found footage. But for me, it's got to be The Exorcist purely because it's supposedly based off a true story and in theory it could happen.

Personally it's the fear of the unknown that scares me, I'd rather things were left to the imagination than being on screen.

 

[BornKilr]

Cant believe no one has mentioned the original "Shining" yet. Maybe not THE scariest, but for a mostly bloodless movie, it did a tremendous job of building some great suspense with some good scares too. Not to mention the location itself.

 

[Jack T Chance]

*sarcastic answer*

In My Not So Humble Opinion, the scariest movie ever made is Jeepers Creepers... because it scares me that someone actually thought it was a good idea to FILM that piece of crap! :rolleyes

*Real answer*

As for movies I've seen that actually scared me... maybe it was just because I was watching it at 2 o'clock in the morning, but the 1990s alien abduction film Fire in the Sky scared the bejeesus out of me! :eek

 

[cayman shen]

Fire in the Sky was a GREAT movie!

 

[Werstrooper]

There was another movie, wish I knew what it was, but it had arms coming out of the walls trying to get the main character.... and that also scared me badly. I wish someone could ID that movie, but that is all I remeber about it... just the walls kinda melting and arms coming out of it.

Sounds like the dream sequence from the begining of Day of the Dead

Is that it?

 

[JPolacchi]

High Tension...that movie was F&^$!*^!'N SCARY.

 

[Mr_Creepy]

You will probably laugh, but when I was young, Damnation Alley scared me unbelievably badly. Those roaches....

The funny thing is, I am not scared of roaches at all, but as a kid, that whole movie terrified me.

There was another movie, wish I knew what it was, but it had arms coming out of the walls trying to get the main character.... and that also scared me badly. I wish someone could ID that movie, but that is all I remeber about it... just the walls kinda melting and arms coming out of it.

Polanski's REPULSION?

 

[WarPig]

Cant believe no one has mentioned the original "Shining" yet. Maybe not THE scariest, but for a mostly bloodless movie, it did a tremendous job of building some great suspense with some good scares too. Not to mention the location itself.

No offense meant, but Kubrick's "Shining" is one of the *worst* book adaptations ever made. Stephen King himself hated that stinker! The novel is a classic (too bad we're not talking *books* that scared the bejesus out of you!). The film made a mockery of it.

Much better and closer to the novel was the TV mini-series with Steven Weber and Rebecca De Mornay.

Again, no offense meant - just mentioning that most people that read the novel hated the Kubrick version.

 

[ralphee]

Exorcist, why, maybe its the true sense of good versus evil, in its most raw form.
I see something new each time a watch it, and i rate it as still one of the greatest pieces of cinema history, ever made. It may have a dark nature but i love the scenes with Karras and Kinderman, blood and gore dont do it for me, mess with my head, thats what i ask of a Horror flick.

Lee

 

[Carson Dyle]

...most people that read the novel hated the Kubrick version.

Change "most" to "some" and you'd be right.

I happen to like both the novel and the feature film. The TV movie... not so much.

 

[SVTStingRay]

showgirls......absolutely frightening.....

real answer. have to give another vote for the shinning. that movie creeped me out as a little kid.

 

[Jannix Quinn]

Weird, Jaws scares me not at all.

 

[handler]

Cant believe no one has mentioned the original "Shining" yet. Maybe not THE scariest, but for a mostly bloodless movie, it did a tremendous job of building some great suspense with some good scares too. Not to mention the location itself.

What do you mean mostly bloodless? That movie had blood pouring down the hallway. It probably had more blood in it than most bloody movies put together.

 

[cayman shen]

Several people have mentioned what creeped them out as kids, but...so what? Hell, Dr. Who scared me as a kid!

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

The Exorcist.

 

[Clutch]

Several people have mentioned what creeped them out as kids, but...so what? Hell, Dr. Who scared me as a kid!

Wuss...

 

[Mola Rob]

Change "most" to "some" and you'd be right.

I happen to like both the novel and the feature film. The TV movie... not so much.

I agree. The TV movie was not good. The feature film, even though it's not a great adaptation, is a great horror movie.

 

[Miker]

If you're going with movies from the influential portion of childhood, then I gotta go with "nightmare on Elm Street". By today's standards I realize this is comical, but picture a group of 13 year olds huddled around a VCR at 10:00 at night watching this back then. Not to mention our neighborhood featured an Elm St. I have never been as scared as I was seeing that film.

 

[BornKilr]

No offense meant, but Kubrick's "Shining" is one of the *worst* book adaptations ever made. Stephen King himself hated that stinker! The novel is a classic (too bad we're not talking *books* that scared the bejesus out of you!). The film made a mockery of it.

Much better and closer to the novel was the TV mini-series with Steven Weber and Rebecca De Mornay.

Again, no offense meant - just mentioning that most people that read the novel hated the Kubrick version.

No offense taken. I saw the movie first as a kid and thought it was really creepy. Years later I read the book and, yeh, it was a lot different. It explained the power of the hotel better and Jack didn't start off half ****** (like Nicholson). But it also had the living topiary, which I thought was ridiculous. But most book to movie translations don't stay true to the story.

What do you mean mostly bloodless? That movie had blood pouring down the hallway. It probably had more blood in it than most bloody movies put together.

Maybe I should have said near gore-less. Other than the quick shots of the girls and Scatman getting axed, that was it. But the atmosphere and tension more than made up for it.

 

[johnsheep]

Rosmarys Baby still scares me, I saw it when I was too young.