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MemberOvomorphApr-15-2012 1:27 AMThe 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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alteredstate.
MemberOvomorphApr-15-2012 4:19 PM@cryo.....That film your talking about is a hammer house of horror tv series where a guy runs down another identical person in a yellow raincoat who happens to be a psychopath but a dead ringer for the guy he eventually kills and steals his identity.
ITS CALLED THE TWO FACES OF EVIL.
do you remember the house that dripped blood.?
Cryo
MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 12:13 AMthanks altered state. I just rewatched at you tube. This is exactly what I'm talking about child memories, I was 6 at the time and I remember it scared me so much that I didn't finish the episode. Now believe me or not the character that scared me now were the nurses from the hospital
Anyway is still entertaining and the show was great, actually I think it is a great idea for a full length movie.
Salem's lot is another example, they have made 2 sequels or remakes but none matches the 70's version ( ur was it 80's already )
shardy
MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 1:05 AM@refugee: i saw when Scott said he studied The Exorcist for its tone
and stark fear factor, he said this on the ALIEN Deluxe Laser Disc Set
and now that you mention it,
Charlize Theron (asVickers) pretty much channels Linda Blair's
deadpan demeanor when she tells the astronaut of his fate
great observation. Yikeys...!
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MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 1:07 AM@Dallas! Dallas! Holy hell, you got it! Pretty intense on the revisit, right? Read still holds up, and the flick is amazing!
@AlienAge - Best gig of all time! Love the slow burn of Julie Harris going to pieces in this. If there could be a Criterion restoration of this on blu-ray, from the WB DVD issued awhile back, it would be worth gold!
Still wish Ray Milland's "Lost Weekend" would get the same chance, a horror movie of a different kind, dealing with alcoholism. Real life horror does the gig between where we are now throwing great movies back and forth.
Super psyched now, off to the media to have a moment with what I forgot about. Thanks!
Famished
MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 2:10 AMMy taste will always lean back to The Shining, and, of course, The Exorcist, which is one of the few films I have trouble with because of the way it manages to put doubt into the brain. It can happen to a sweet little girl, so what hope can anyone have? Very unsettling.
Occasionally something will come by and truly shock me, or raise a moment of the truly horrific. Recent films that really got to me on that gut wrenched level of horror, were [i]Eden Lake[/i] and [i]High Tension[/i]. With regard to Eden Lake, the scare comes from that social gulf of understanding that creases through every class society, how that exists and gets handed down through generations. It's a very unsettling film in that regard. High Tension is really owed a lot to amazing photography and sound design. There are terrifying sequences in HT, and every bit of it is worth the ending which, I dunno, it is what it is.
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MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 2:31 PMNot sure why post didn't go through, but man...
AlienAge nailed it with "The Haunting". Julie Harris is beyond creepy in that flick, shot in black and white, and the sound fx in that alone are enough to keep you on your toes. There is an amazing scene in a stairwell that will definitely rock your world. Sadly, no blu-ray from Warner yet, but the DVD reissue from awhile back is a solid transfer with cool extras. Seriously, if you haven't seen it, AlienAge there nailed it.
Dallas!Dallas!, that is king you mentioned "Ghost Story". Peter Strauss is one sick brother, and that mention of that sequence brought up great memories of sleepless nights as a kid.
Also for consideration are "An American Werewolf In London", simply for the attack scene and Rick Baker work on the transformation. Moments of "Event Horizon" and even "Ninth Gate" (Christopher Lee, anyone?) have a sinister touch to them simply for atmosphere.
Psyched to see some solid responses on this!
star_beast
MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 2:39 PMYea, Jason8, Jacob's ladder flipped me out the first time I saw it. And the ending! Only second to the ending in inception. J.L. very underrated movie
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MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 7:00 PM@Cyro - I want to say it was Rutger Hauer in "The Hitcher". Might be off base, but it was along the theme you posted.
craigamore
MemberOvomorphApr-16-2012 7:20 PMWhile they're not the most well made or truly quality films...two of my most unsettled film going experiences were "Paranormal Activity 3" and "The Fourth Kind".......
Now I say that due to the nature of the experience, NOT the actual quality of the films......The nature of an evil, unseen yet clearly present and malevolent force as displayed in both films, be it of supernatural or extraterrestrial origin, is disturbing to me on a level I can't even begin to relate to you all.....
Particularly the sounds played back on that tape recorder in "The Fourth Kind" juxtaposed with the imagery of the 'found footage' and so-called testimony of the victim is just terrifying to me....
Overall, the idea of these characters, as relatable to my experience, being totally powerless and at the mercy of what confronts them bothers me at a fundamental level....
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