Scariest movie?

[Arkana]

OK, I just got my star a couple of days ago, and I haven't played with the poll function yet. So this is what I'm starting out with: a scariest movie poll! Yes, that's right, of all the things I could have done, I chose horror flicks.

Which one of these did you find the scariest?

EDIT: These are based on the rankings of that Bravo special "100 Scariest Movie Moments." Also, switched "Deliverance" for "Carrie."

EDIT 2: Remembered that "The Shining" instead of "Child's Play" was in the top 8.

[morgan2]

1. the movie of Bush reading my pet goat

[7th_Sephiroth]

26. communion was scarier

:P

[Fountain79]

2. 28 Days Later

Possibly one of the scariest movies I had seen in a while. I literally was very nervous going to my car alone after the movie.

[SerpentX]

3. The Shining

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Yep.

[boneygrey]

5. Gotta be

The Exorcist.:scared:

[webjamn]

6. Nightmare on Elm Street

should be on that list. Scared the crap out of me when I was in high school.

[aeolian]

7. Manos, The Hands of Fate. (n/t)

[SerpentX]

10. Hard to be scared when the 'bots are cracking you up.

[MrSandman]

8. Other: Bedtime for Bonzo...nt

[mcscajun]

9. "Psycho" -- the original. Accept no Substitutes.

It kept me spooked about being alone at home in the shower for Years and Years afterward.

[DS1]

11. If Alien had the same kind of creepy sound effects as Exorcist

I think it would've killed people in the theatres.

[bigwillq]

12. Candyman

Was the scariest movie I ever seen. It kept me up at night, one of the few movies that has ever done that to me.:scared:

[gyopsy]

13. Rosemary's Baby

Pretty damn scary when it first came out.

[boneygrey]

14. Good choice

I picked the Exorcist, but that was a scary movie.

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Tht'd be my second choice

Amazing movie.

[boneygrey]

15. Ghost Story

was pretty spooky.

[JimmyJazz]

16. Wait Until Dark scared me to death!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY!!

Scariest.Movie.Evah...

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[JimmyJazz]

20. they showed it to our school when I was in the 8th grade! D'oh

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. REALLY! That seems a bit intense for 8th graders, IMHO!

I mean, my husband and I were adults in our 20's when we saw it in the theater, and we literally jumped out of our seats during the famous "leap" scene...How did you handle the film?

:hi:

[El Fuego]

18. "The Ring" scared me like nothing else.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. The Ring was surprisingly good

My only complaint would be the lameness of the weird video compared to the one in Ringu. It was just too polished, with the use of CG and whatnot.

Damn shame The Ring Two is apparently quite shitty.

[El Fuego]

25. I watched Ringu too.

Ringu was scarier in a way because it lacked that self-conscious polished Hollywood quality. Watching it was like watching a documentary of something that had really happened.

Interesting tidbit: Ringu was based on a best-selling novel in Japan by the Japanese equivalent of Stephen King.

I am waiting to watch Ring Two on DVD because I heard it SUCKS!

[hippiechick]

21. Audrey Rose

Scared - and freaked - the snot out of me.

[Sean Reynolds]

22. Where's Halloween?!?!?!?!

It's probably the greatest slasher movie ever made. BTW, "100 Scariest Movie Moments." puts Halloween at 14.

[Arkana]

27. Yeah--I'm working with the Top 8, minus "Alien"

because I know how "The Ring" scared the shit out of so many people.

[Sean Reynolds]

32. The Ring was lame.

[LeftyMom]

24. Jaws

I saw that movie when I was a kid and for years afterward I'd have nightmares where I was in the ocean and some massive shark was coming up from underneath to get me and I could never get to safety in time. I also learned to love showers because baths weren't as safe.

Sharks could come get me anywhere, swimming pools, the bathtub, at the river or the lake, because they didn't know Sacramento is so far inland. Just when I was getting over my fear, a humpback whale got itself a hundred miles inland. If a fifty foot whale could do that, a shark could get here, I thought.



Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum

[YellowRubberDuckie]

29. The Exorcist...

And all those serial killer movies like Seven and Kiss the Girls because they really happen.
Duckie

[bridgit]

30. the grudge...

:scared:

[ghostsofgiants]

31. A shining example of what is wrong with horror films these days

Style over substance. Sure it has a somewhat creepy feel to it, but it has no plot whatsoever (at least none that I could figure out when I shut it off halfway through).

Good horror films are a combination of atmosphere and plot. If either is lacking, then the movie more often than not will suck.

[bridgit]

34. ouch, we seem to disagree...

:shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

37. Haha, I'm used to that.

People tend to disagree with me a lot.

[bridgit]

38. don't go see 'sin city' if you're down on style...

by your template it'll suck a hole in your popcorn tub...

[Zorro]

33. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The original.

Its memory will haunt you for decades.

[flamingyouth]

35. The Vanishing

The original one.

[ghostsofgiants]

36. Spoorloos! How could I forget that?!?!

One of the best, most unnerving endings I've ever seen.

[onager]

39. A real oldie...

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.

Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.

Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

Yes, I vote for The Haunting. The original from 1963 directed by Robert Wise, NOT that over-the-top piece of crap by Jan de Bont a couple of years ago.

In fact, if you want a great example of why modern movies suck so bad, watch the two of them back-to-back. Wise went for nuance and got it. The whole movie fills you with a creepy feeling that, any second, you're going to feel a chilly finger on your face.

I recently saw the original...on a rainy night here in L.A., for the perfect mood. And that damn thing STILL scared me! I'm a complete skeptic and non-believer when it comes to the supernatural (including religion).

The re-make? Pffft! It's about as scary as a 5-yr-old in a Halloween costume.

[BuyingThyme]

40. JFK

[ContraBass Black]

41. The Siege

It can indeed happen here.

[warrens]

42. The Hills Have Eyes

Family stranded in a deserted motel in the desert. Clan of freakish cannibals. You will be looking out your windows for a week. But it won't do you any good.