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

Borat...two naked grown men fighting for the right to, um, pleasure them selves over a picture of Pamela Anderson...truly terrifying. Otherwise, in no particular order; Carpenter's "The Thing" (blood, gore, paranoia) Scott's "Alien" (blood, gore, suspense) Kubrick's "The Shining" (suspense, suspense, silence) '79 "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (I apologize to the director for not naming them...) (suspense, paranoia) Friedkin's "The Exorcist" (just plain fear of the unknown) All very scary movies on different levels.

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April 15, 2012

Definitely: [b]The Haunting[/b] (original b&w version) [url=http://alienage11.com]alienage11.com[/url]

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April 15, 2012

Alien (first R movie when I was 9),Exorcist,The Thing,Blair Witch,Halloween,Aliens,Them,Creature From the Black Lagoon(5 or 6 when I saw this),Seven,Saw and of course the one that started it all-Nosferatu. But these get over-shadowed because being a Chicago Cubs fan I am gauranteed svary shit every year!

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April 15, 2012

I remember 'Susperia' being quite a scarefest in the cinema back in the day...especially with that hellishly discordant music by 'Goblin'... And I remember how the original japanese 'Ring' (also known as 'Ringu') scared the bejeezus out of me when I watched it alone one night... There's too many unsettling 'sudden jump' movie moments to recount, but 2 of the best and unexpected were the 'hand coming out of the grave' at the end of 'Carrie'...and the 'drowned head' that emerges from the sunken boat in 'Jaws'...

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April 15, 2012

Jesus Camp

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April 15, 2012

My scariest are because I saw these when I was way too young and I had nightmares. Now I don't get scared because I have had so many bad dreams about these films. 1. Jaws ( I loved it but hated it because it scared me so bad but I always liked watching it) 2. Alien (the chestburster scene made me straight up cry when I was 5) 3. Gremlins ( I had dreams those things killed my mom and dad, it was terrible) 4. Little Shop of Horrors (when I was little I didn't realize it was a comedy, I thought a plant really could kill people)

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April 15, 2012

I'll take some flak for this, but [i]The Blair Witch Project[/i] scared the hell out of me (still does). Also, [i]Mothman Prophecies[/i] was pretty damn creepy, and I think it is underrated.

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April 15, 2012

1. The Exorcist 2. Original Psycho 3. original Halloween 4. original Texas Chainsaw Massacre 5. The Birds (due to age when I saw it) 6. Alien 7. Hostel 8. Jaws 9. Helter Skelter (TV Movie) 10. The Night Stalker (tv Movie)

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April 15, 2012

The scariest for me far and away is "Spoorloos" or the original dutch film "The Vanishing". I still have nightmares about the ending of this film.

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April 15, 2012

E.T. scared the poop outta me when I was a kid

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April 15, 2012

I'll try to be faithful to the title of the thread, some of these great films all of you guys mention are enjoyable for many reasons and they'll always be considered all time classics or "cult classics " or even "guilty pleasures". But the reality of the question here appoints to a film that even if it was made a long time ago or is a recent release, if watch it today still gets you chills on your spine and makes you want to close your eyes; or think twice of watching it alone at night. I'll give my vote to the classics : SHINING .- just for the opening titles, the music is creepy as hell. EXORCIST.- the white face appearing from nowhere when they are examining Regan. there is another film if oyu guys can help remember, about a family that picks up a guy in a yellow raincoat in a road, then they crash and somehow the husband gets confused with the stranger

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April 15, 2012

@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.?

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April 15, 2012

Salems Lot....scared me fucked me up for life...

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April 16, 2012

thanks 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 )

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April 16, 2012

@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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April 16, 2012

@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!

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April 16, 2012

My 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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April 16, 2012

Not 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!

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April 16, 2012

Yea, 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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April 16, 2012

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