Scariest movie you've ever seen

**Cyclones_R_GR8** · 07-23-2009, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by mustangcy

I never understood why people thought 'The Ring' was scary. But I did think the original Texas Chainsaw movie scared the crap out of me. As for 'The Strangers'...I couldn't even watch the commericials without freaking out. I won't watch that movie.

I think the whole thing with The Ring was the fact that you got that image of Katie in the closet burned into your mind.

**Psyclone Brian** · 07-23-2009, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by 06Panther

The Shining. A true masterpiece.

...same here. the Amityville Horror is up there too.

**MonsterBack** · 07-23-2009, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by CyinCo

The movie's hotel is actually in the canadian rockies, I believe. The Stanley isn't remote or scary enough to have been in the movie.

The Stanley was used in the crappy mini-series remake about a decade ago. I worked on it, and the whole time I was asking myself WTF I was doing there.
But then again, I've worked on worse...

**superman_101680** · 07-23-2009, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by MonsterBack

The Stanley was used in the crappy mini-series remake about a decade ago. I worked on it, and the whole time I was asking myself WTF I was doing there.
But then again, I've worked on worse...

The rumor I heard was Stephen King actually preferred the remake over the original. More honest I guess to the book.

**WalkingCY** · 07-23-2009, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by erikbj

When I was in 1st Grade I saw the original Nightmare on Elm Street (back in the 80's). I had nightmares for years after that.

As an adult, the original Saw movie.....I had no idea what it was about and went to it in the theater. I was shocked that someone could think of something that distrubing.

Totally agree with the above. The 1st Freddy movie scared the eff out of me. I was in grade school....some of my buddies found it and popped it in......man, I was not ready for that crap- I too had nightmares for years.

Saw was very very disturbing too.

I also remember my uncle babysitting me and my older brother one time........when I was a real-real little guy.....and he put on Psycho. Well, me and my brother snuck in to catch a bit of the movie after he put us to bed......and the freaking shower scene happened. I freaked.....really scared my uncle in doing so too........and at the same time....my parents walked back in just in time to see the event unfold....

Freaking comedy now that I think back. My mom let my uncle have it. ha ha.

**MonsterBack** · 07-23-2009, 11:55 AM

I grew up on a remote farm, and there were definitely things in The Strangers that brought back some scary memories.

In Cold Blood (the book) scared the hell out of me when I was a kid, but the movie wasn't as disturbing.

I'll add Funny Games to the list. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

The original When A Stranger Calls was probably the movie that scared me the most growing up. With Amityville Horror being a close second.

**mtowncyclone** · 07-23-2009, 11:56 AM

i watched this show on tv, i cant think of the name but it dealt with these people buying a house and people living in the walls. talk about freaky, man i couldnt sleep for about 2 days

**MonsterBack** · 07-23-2009, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by superman_101680

The rumor I heard was Stephen King actually preferred the remake over the original. More honest I guess to the book.

Could be partially true, but I'm guessing it might also have something to do with the fact that HE wrote the screenplay for the remake, while Kubrick adapted the screenplay for the original.

The new one may have had potential, based on the the screenplay itself, but it was a low-budget production all the way around.

Plus, when you compare the way Kubrick makes a movie to the Mick Garris does it, there's a pretty wide gap in quality.
Not to disparage Garris' near-award-winning works like Critters 2 & Psycho IV ....

**MaxPower57** · 07-23-2009, 12:21 PM

Ernest Scared Stupid. Terrifying

**ozzie8** · 07-23-2009, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Psyclone Brian

...same here. the Amityville Horror is up there too.

Thats a scary one. If you like horror like that, watch the Changeling with George C. Scott from 1980. Scariest Ive ever seen

The Changeling (1980)

**jdoggivjc** · 07-23-2009, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by Cat4ISU

Here's a video for you clown lovers.

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**Cyclones_R_GR8** · 07-23-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by ozzie8

Thats a scary one. If you like horror like that, watch the Changeling with George C. Scott from 1980. Scariest Ive ever seen

The Changeling (1980)

The Changeling is very good. There's one scene that for the longest time made the hair on the back of my neck stand up just by thinking about it.

**jdoggivjc** · 07-23-2009, 01:24 PM

Shaun of the Dead. End thread.

Seriously, I haven't seen too many horror movies that have really unnerved me (I see through most of them like cheap Saran wrap), and I'm not going to add much to the discussion that hasn't already been addressed, but at least I did like watching The Ring, Saw (the original one only), and Final Destination (the original one only).