what is the scariest horror film?

lumberjim · 11-01-2008, 12:23 AM

are there enough to do a field of 64? or should we just argue randomly?

Salem's Lot

American Werewolf in London

The Evil Dead

Undertoad · 11-01-2008, 12:35 AM

I hate horror films but

Cape Fear
Silence of the Lambs

TheMercenary · 11-01-2008, 12:39 AM

Dracula, Bram Stoker, Directed by Fancis Ford Coppola - artsy scary.

jinx · 11-01-2008, 12:54 AM

Alien

lumberjim · 11-01-2008, 01:30 AM

I put this in the wrong thread:

Quote:

I've never seen:

Psycho

The texas Chainsaw Massacre

saw

The exorcist

DanaC · 11-01-2008, 05:10 AM

The Changeling - from the early 80s. Scared the shit out me
oh and :

Audrey Rose.....left me with a fear of getting caught in a fire.

Cicero · 11-01-2008, 11:52 AM

The Shining still scares me.

Pico and ME · 11-01-2008, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Alien

Agreed.

This was a fantasy based on a reality that I could believe in. Vampires, ghosts or zombies dont scare me.

DanaC · 11-01-2008, 05:22 PM

Not a film, but...

Dead Set, which I have already mentioned in the Halloween 2008 thread.

Shown initially as a five parter across five nights culminating in last night's Halloween finale. It's being shown tonight as a feature length showing.

Imagine Day of the Dead, or 28 Days Later, but this is set in and around the Big Brother show. As the world ends, the contestants are in the only safe place, unaware of the carnage outside. The virus is brought to the set, as evction night gets into full swing. Crowds of screaming fans, reunions of ex-BB starlets, and all the iconic Big Brother touches so familiar to the world. One of the isolated survivors outside the BB house, a lowly runner on the show. Played by Ray Winstone's daughter, and what an actor that girl is.

The show is darkly humourous, biting satire on BB and 'celeb' culture, written by one of our most insightful cultural and media commentators but played absolutely straight.

The zombies are brilliantly done. Some of the death scenes are amazing. And tense...

Oh. My. God.

I watch a lot of horror flicks. I don't often find them scary or unbearably tense. I have seen many zombie type films, and mostly I find them a good giggle and that's about it. I spent this show literally on the edge of my seat, or deliberately not looking at the screen and talking to pilau to break the tension in the room.

I don't ever need to see another zombie film again. I've now seen it done as well as it is possible to do :P

Sundae · 11-02-2008, 11:36 AM

Thanks for suggesting this, I watched it this afternoon on cath-up. It was great! I loved seeing the former Big Brother contestants for a start ("It's only Brian") and Davina all zombied up.

I had no idea Andy Nyman was an actor. I mean I knew he had a bit part in The League of Gentlemen, but I though that was because he's been friends with Jeremy since he was 15 - I only knew him as working with Derren Brown. Wonderful.

Kevin Eldon I recognised from Spaced first, then fought my way to remembering he was in Funland. After that, Black Books and Spaced clicked into place. I checked him online to be sure and damnit if he hasn't been in loads of things including Jam and Green Wing.

It wasn't the scariest thing I've seen, but it was well worth watching and I'm glad I did.

bluecuracao · 11-02-2008, 03:11 PM

The Exorcist and The Shining--I can't watch these movies while I'm alone. Night of the Living Dead is up there, too.

Cloud · 11-02-2008, 04:19 PM

Carrie.

Cicero · 11-02-2008, 04:21 PM

Yea. I agree with blue, Night of the Living Dead still scares me too. No matter how much I watch it. Some Zombie flicks freak me out, some don't. Like 28 days Later, because nothing scares me more than a zombie that moves quickly!

Sundae · 11-02-2008, 04:38 PM

The films that scared me the most, other people find laughable.
The House on Haunted Hill (remake) and Event Horizon. Both were gory and both, for no real reason I can fathom, utterly suspended my disbelief.

I think claustrophia has something to do with it - the feeling that there is something in here with us and we can't get out. I've always been more scared of the spaces inside than outside.

In HoHH it was specifically the gibbering movement of the ghosts, which fed straight back into a nightmare I'd had where something made the same movement out of the corner of a hotel room. I woke screaming from that after all. I was sat on my evil ex's sofa, wrapped in his big heavy dressing gown with the hood up. It didn't help - he had surround sound (a really good one) and at one point I had to get him to walk me to the bathroom because I was too scared to go alone.

In EH, which I saw at the cinema, it was the pleasure in blood-letting that the crew pieced together. I have an atavistic fear of "mobs" and mob rule. Anything that keys into this frightens me on a visceral level.

I watched both films again afterwards, determined to break their hold on me. I did, although it took about 3 times with HoHH.

I am a scaredy cat.

Bruce 9012 · 11-03-2008, 12:04 AM

Evil Dead ..campy
The thing 1982...?
exorsist WOW
poltergiest good
dawn of the dead classic

11-01-2008, 12:23 AM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	what is the scariest horror film? are there enough to do a field of 64? or should we just argue randomly? Salem's Lot American Werewolf in London The Evil Dead __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-01-2008, 12:39 AM	#3
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Dracula, Bram Stoker, Directed by Fancis Ford Coppola - artsy scary. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-01-2008, 12:54 AM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Alien __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

11-01-2008, 11:52 AM	#7
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	The Shining still scares me. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-02-2008, 04:19 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Carrie. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-01-2008, 12:35 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I hate horror films but Cape Fear Silence of the Lambs

11-01-2008, 05:10 AM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	The Changeling - from the early 80s. Scared the shit out me oh and : Audrey Rose.....left me with a fear of getting caught in a fire.

11-01-2008, 05:22 PM	#9
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Not a film, but... Dead Set, which I have already mentioned in the Halloween 2008 thread. Shown initially as a five parter across five nights culminating in last night's Halloween finale. It's being shown tonight as a feature length showing. Imagine Day of the Dead, or 28 Days Later, but this is set in and around the Big Brother show. As the world ends, the contestants are in the only safe place, unaware of the carnage outside. The virus is brought to the set, as evction night gets into full swing. Crowds of screaming fans, reunions of ex-BB starlets, and all the iconic Big Brother touches so familiar to the world. One of the isolated survivors outside the BB house, a lowly runner on the show. Played by Ray Winstone's daughter, and what an actor that girl is. The show is darkly humourous, biting satire on BB and 'celeb' culture, written by one of our most insightful cultural and media commentators but played absolutely straight. The zombies are brilliantly done. Some of the death scenes are amazing. And tense... Oh. My. God. I watch a lot of horror flicks. I don't often find them scary or unbearably tense. I have seen many zombie type films, and mostly I find them a good giggle and that's about it. I spent this show literally on the edge of my seat, or deliberately not looking at the screen and talking to pilau to break the tension in the room. I don't ever need to see another zombie film again. I've now seen it done as well as it is possible to do :P

11-02-2008, 11:36 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Thanks for suggesting this, I watched it this afternoon on cath-up. It was great! I loved seeing the former Big Brother contestants for a start ("It's only Brian") and Davina all zombied up. I had no idea Andy Nyman was an actor. I mean I knew he had a bit part in The League of Gentlemen, but I though that was because he's been friends with Jeremy since he was 15 - I only knew him as working with Derren Brown. Wonderful. Kevin Eldon I recognised from Spaced first, then fought my way to remembering he was in Funland. After that, Black Books and Spaced clicked into place. I checked him online to be sure and damnit if he hasn't been in loads of things including Jam and Green Wing. It wasn't the scariest thing I've seen, but it was well worth watching and I'm glad I did.

11-02-2008, 03:11 PM	#11
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	The Exorcist and The Shining--I can't watch these movies while I'm alone. Night of the Living Dead is up there, too.

11-02-2008, 04:21 PM	#13
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Yea. I agree with blue, Night of the Living Dead still scares me too. No matter how much I watch it. Some Zombie flicks freak me out, some don't. Like 28 days Later, because nothing scares me more than a zombie that moves quickly! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-02-2008, 04:38 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The films that scared me the most, other people find laughable. The House on Haunted Hill (remake) and Event Horizon. Both were gory and both, for no real reason I can fathom, utterly suspended my disbelief. I think claustrophia has something to do with it - the feeling that there is something in here with us and we can't get out. I've always been more scared of the spaces inside than outside. In HoHH it was specifically the gibbering movement of the ghosts, which fed straight back into a nightmare I'd had where something made the same movement out of the corner of a hotel room. I woke screaming from that after all. I was sat on my evil ex's sofa, wrapped in his big heavy dressing gown with the hood up. It didn't help - he had surround sound (a really good one) and at one point I had to get him to walk me to the bathroom because I was too scared to go alone. In EH, which I saw at the cinema, it was the pleasure in blood-letting that the crew pieced together. I have an atavistic fear of "mobs" and mob rule. Anything that keys into this frightens me on a visceral level. I watched both films again afterwards, determined to break their hold on me. I did, although it took about 3 times with HoHH. I am a scaredy cat.

11-03-2008, 12:04 AM	#15
Bruce 9012 Living in the blast crater Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dayton, Oh Posts: 123	Evil Dead ..campy The thing 1982...? exorsist WOW poltergiest good dawn of the dead classic

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