Scariest Movie You’ve Ever Seen?
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The first Nightmare on Elm St. I watched it in 12th grade and then had to walk home 2 miles at midnight.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is up there for me.
There was a time when I was a kid when my step nephew was staying over. My parents went out and we watched one of the Friday the 13th movies on USA, so obviously it was edited. We sat there all night laughing at how silly it was. Then my parents came home and my Dad just looked at me and said "you're gonna have nightmares!" and gave me a look similar to this
I had nightmares all night and couldn't sleep. My little step nephew slept just fine. Woke up and laughed at me when he found out I had nightmares.
I had nightmares all night and couldn't sleep. My little step nephew slept just fine. Woke up and laughed at me when he found out I had nightmares.
I clearly remember getting scared by Gremlins at the drive-in. I was seven.
Bergman's Shame (1968) and Laugier's Martyrs (2008) aren't scary, but they both left me feeling pretty uneasy.
Bergman's Shame (1968) and Laugier's Martyrs (2008) aren't scary, but they both left me feeling pretty uneasy.
I don't count being scared as a kid. Jurassic Park is one of my favorite movies of all time. I had to close my eyes in the theater when Nedry got eaten by the spitter. Now not so much. I'm pretty sure that scene in Gremlins when the teacher gets attacked by the Gremlin scared the hell out of me too. And good lord the face huggers in Aliens, wtf was my mom thinking letting me watch that when I was so young?!
or this! Imagine watching the Wizard of Oz and having your mom go "Look theres a sequel!" and THATS what you get
The Exorcist was huge when it came out. I just remember adults being really freaked out about it, particularly my friends parents who were devout Catholics. I finally watched it when video stores became a thing and it was great several years later compared to the other horror movies.
The best I’ve seen in recent years is the Black Mirror episode Metalhead. It’s well made and the concept is crazy scary to me.
Scariest movie moment for me, by a huge margin, was a scene from a movie I can’t remember the name of. Years ago I fell asleep on the couch and left the tv on HBO. I woke up in the middle of the night to see a scene from a late 80s or early 90s devil movie where he used tv broadcasts to contact people. I woke up exactly when one of those broadcasts was playing and it took me quite a while to figure out what was really happening. There was a couple of minutes pure terror there.
The best I’ve seen in recent years is the Black Mirror episode Metalhead. It’s well made and the concept is crazy scary to me.
Scariest movie moment for me, by a huge margin, was a scene from a movie I can’t remember the name of. Years ago I fell asleep on the couch and left the tv on HBO. I woke up in the middle of the night to see a scene from a late 80s or early 90s devil movie where he used tv broadcasts to contact people. I woke up exactly when one of those broadcasts was playing and it took me quite a while to figure out what was really happening. There was a couple of minutes pure terror there.
IT scared the crap out of me as a kid. I couldn't walk past sewers for awhile after that one.
I agree, and it was a TV movie. Pennywise - Yeesh.
Thats a great movie. I have relatives that saw it in the theater back when it first came out. They said the whole theater SHRIEKED
There is this Australian horror movie called Patrick in the late 70s. About a patient in a coma that has telepathic powers and falls for a nurse. My cousins had HBO and it tramatized me as a kid.
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there was an episode of "Tales from the Crypt" with Morton Downey Jr where he does his show from a haunted house. That scared the crap out me when I was a kid, and I found it online fairly recently and it brought back the bad dreams. Aspects of it were very silly (It is Tales from the Crypt) but it did a good job of freaking you out.
Took a Date to the movies......Saw Final Destination 2...
Talk about ruining my chances.
Talk about ruining my chances.
Salem’s Lot was a great movie. i always liked david soul and james mason was one of my favorite actors. can’t believe that movie is nearly 45 years old now. for intense chilling scenes the first time i saw Jaws in a theater with the usual loud volume ranks pretty high on the shock meter.
My brother won't sleep with his closet door closed because of "The Lost Boys"
Been scared many times by horror movies. Can't remember the last time I watched one. There have been a bunch of them the last 20 years I never even turned on. Why give your brain nightmare fuel? Hell the commercials almost give it to you anyway.
That movie is freakin slow burn but once it ratchets up the freak show in that final act it’s pretty disturbing. Tons of atmosphere and little odd asf scenes that you’ll miss by blinking too long but if you happen to see that stuff it definitely adds to the dread.
The only movie to ever legit strike me with fear for days or even weeks on end was JAWS, but hereditary definitely will stick with ya a bit too. The original Jacobs Ladder is pretty scary as well.
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Peak A24 horror movies like Hereditary are works of high art.
If you guys wanna see a dang good movie that's listed as horror but really isn't scary, then rent "nefarious" on prime. It's probably the best film Ive seen this year and the acting by sean flannery is oscar worthy.
back on topic, "the ring" totally creeped me out back in the day.
back on topic, "the ring" totally creeped me out back in the day.
Hereditary is more disturbing than scary but it's a good one. The director's next film was Midsomer, which is messed up. A group of 20 somethings go to a Midsomer festival in Europe and things get crazy.
2nd place; Live action movie CATS. Its scary in that some people thought it was a good idea.
Ari Aster is a messed-up guy. THe short films he did are pretty disturbing too. His most recent movie was Beau Is Afraid that released this year but I haven't seen it yet.
Just watched Soft & Quiet. Not really scary, more in the disturbing vein of horror, but that is a pretty f*cked up movie.
The Martyrs movie that got remade some years back was bonkers. It was hard to finish and “the Poughkeepsie tapes” made me feel shi**y for viewing. Another doozy is “irreversible”.
If you wanna watch a cool horror gore flick you gotta check out “Mandy” wit Nick f’n Cage. My man puts in work for that but don’t watch it if you can’t stomach violence or trippy imagery
If you wanna watch a cool horror gore flick you gotta check out “Mandy” wit Nick f’n Cage. My man puts in work for that but don’t watch it if you can’t stomach violence or trippy imagery
I'm from Long Island and Amityville was in our league. People from the town though it was bs. But the movie scared the crap out of me.