Scariest Movie of All Time

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The only movie that really scared me is the Exorcist, not sure why I bought the DVD because I never want to put myself through watching it. I read an interview from Ridley, that I cant find, and this was also his top scary movie. I did find a post from forum member Shardy however "Ridley Scott said he specifically watched, and re-watched The Exorcist numerous times when he was in the preliminary stages of setting up the ALIEN film shoot, he said something to the affect that, THAT film above all others helped him with the fear factor he desired for ALIEN" I think Ridley pays homage to the Exorcist when Vickers says "If you go down there your going to die.", the delivery of this line and even her robotic like posture and very similar to the scene in Exorcist when Regan interrupts her mothers dinner party and says "You're going to die up there." and then pisses the rug. I can't remember other other 2 films he lists in this interview, maybe they were Chainsaw Massacre, and the Shining... Anyway... WHAT ARE YOUR SCARIEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME?

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April 15, 2012

very quickly off the top of my head 1. the Shining 2. the Exorcist (used to be #1 but the devil gets a little less scary as I get older and the WTF ghosts/time warp/reincarnation/just plain mad mindf*** of the Shining gets more and more frightening.) Now, everything else is a somewhat distant second. 3. Burnt Offerings (Karen Black and Oliver Reed!) 4. The Thing (Carpenter) 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Don't Look Now 7. A Nightmare On Elm Street (the first was so damn good) 8. Targets 9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 10. Let's Scare Jessica to Death 11. Black Christmas (original) 12. The Omen 13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('79) 14. Picnic at Hanging Rock 15. Jaws 16. Halloween 17. The Brood 18. Psycho 19. The Haunting 20. The Birds 21. Alice, Sweet Alice 22. The Woman in Black (BBC version) 23. The Green Man 24. Ringu 25. Night of the Devils

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April 15, 2012

Hell House, Wolfen, Possession, The Evil Dead, the wurdulak from Black Sabbath, The Howling, Messiah of Evil!!!!, Rec., Dawn of the Dead, once I start i can't stop . . .

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April 15, 2012

There is a flick called "The Changeling" with George C. Scott that was an obscure HBO gig that is worth digging out. Think the same dude who wrote "Ghost Story", Peter Straub , was responsible. Wheelchairs and crippled kid never seemed more frightening. Then again, Mariah Carey in "Glitter" shook me more to the core. That flick is like being raped in the face.

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April 15, 2012

'The Creature From Black Lake' shook me up years ago.

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Oh jesus, how could I forget Ghost Story. Yes, definitely Ghost Story, and the Changeling both. But gawd when Craig Wasson turns Alice Krige over in the hotel room. Or the end when they finally get the old car. Had me up for nights.

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As time goes by and we watch them more and more they lose that edge and directors/writers need to keep pushing the boundaries. Theres only a few films for me (sci fi wise) that i can remember that had that jump/fear factor and they were Alien The fourth Kind Event Horizon Aliens and Pitch Black to a point

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April 15, 2012

Some great scares Listed here. I would like to suggest "Silent Hill" was very disturbing. From what I understand the second Silent Hill film is in the can but for some reason its release is being delayed.

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April 15, 2012

Another favorite is "Jacob's Ladder"

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for me it isn't a contest My Top 3 Scariest Films Of All Time [b]#3-Bambi[/b] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1bambimom.jpg[/img] [b]#2-The Exorcist TVYNS[/b] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1exorcist.jpg[/img] [b]#1-28 Weeks Later {way way way scarier than anything else I have ever, ever seen}[/b] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a128weeks.jpg[/img]

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April 15, 2012

- Exorcist - Texas , not very gory but scary..a piece of horror art - hellraiser - hills have eyes but most of all : - begotten --warning gory content-- [url=http://multi-film.blogspot.de/2012/01/begotten-1991.html]begotten[/url] Doom Metal Band electric lizard features begotten here: [url=http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3Dp4OawzSoxMM]http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3Dp4OawzSoxMM[/url]

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April 15, 2012

The charles manson story/ helter skelter because he's real. The original the crazies martin magic rabid Bug peeping tom last house on the left ...uncut necromantic the exterminator blue velvet Erazorhead 10 Rillington Place Hands of the ripper

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April 15, 2012

The 2010 Unrated Directors Cut Remake of"I spit on Your Grave" was pretty damn scary too !!! That would be #4 for me. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1spit.jpg[/img]

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April 15, 2012

Gremlins scared the buhjesus out if me as a kid and so did twilight zone .......THERE'S...........SOMETHING ON THE WING .....SOME ..THING!!!!!

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April 15, 2012

And yesterday i received in the post H. R. GIGER REVEALED documentary amazing scary and fascinating i recommend this to everyone here.

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April 15, 2012

@ jason8 oh man a gem of a film choice there jacob's ladder great film.

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April 15, 2012

Mothman Prophecies- I read the book after I saw the movie and got freaked out nightmares for months. Devil's Advocate Event Horiizon Paranormal Activity 1 Devil's Rejects Halloween 2 ( Rob Zombie) 28 weeks later

Safe? Of course he isn't safe, but he's good!

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April 15, 2012

1) The Thing 2) The Shining 3) Alien 4) The Exorcist 5) The Wicker Man 6) Halloween 7) The Mothman Prophecies 8) Jaws 9) The Wicker Man (1972) 10) The Birds

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April 15, 2012

Gotta be the Wizard Of OZ or The Sound Of Music for me i'm afraid...

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April 15, 2012

A true story... after severe migraine headaches(as a child) I awake to find that my right eye was swollen shut, my mother immediately takes me to the pediatrician who says "we need antibiotics now"... jump to hospital. I am quickly put in bed were they try desperately to insert I.V, into my wrist. As they prick me with needles I turn away to ignore the pain, then look back to see a cloth covered in blood (they apparently had trouble finding my veins) . Finally the IV is in place and next they perform a CT-scan. (cat-scan) My chin was tapped down to prevent my head from moving, the sound from the CT scan is unforgettable, and identical to Regans trauma being put through this same machine.

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April 15, 2012

Texas Chainsaw Massacre was definitely one of the films Ridley mentioned for Alien influences. A Nightmare on Elm Street(only the 1st one) Salem's Lot Alien Texas Chainsaw Massacre Exorcist