Paranormal Activity is one of those movies that you laugh at, and then you get home alone in your bed and every sound your house makes starts freaking you out.

Definitely Not A Cop said:

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Paranormal Activity is one of those movies that you laugh at, and then you get home alone in your bed and every sound your house makes starts freaking you out.

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Yep

Halloween is my favorite. That was the first and maybe only movie that had me genuinely scared a psycho was out there in the real world and could get me. I was jumping into bed and ripping back shower curtains for weeks after that one.

Another one of my favorite thrillers, and incredibly underrated in my opinion, is The Descent. This is one I always showed to friends in high school/college when someone suggested we watch a "scary movie".

HawthornAggie said:

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Another one of my favorite thrillers, and incredibly underrated in my opinion, is The Descent. This is one I always showed to friends in high school/college when someone suggested we watch a "scary movie".

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Claustrophobia scares the **** out of me, probably the only thing I'm afraid of, so that makes the Descent almost unwatchable for me. I did ok the first time, and really enjoyed it, but did a rewatch a couple of years ago and when the main character got stuck in the tight space early on (I think) and started to panic I turned it off. Actually started to hyperventilate and freak out. Weird feeling that I don't get in any other circumstance, but screw that.

Aside from being in Costco, being in a cave like that is what someone would put me through to truly torture me.

You ought to watch the video on the death of the guy in the Nutty Putty caving incident in Utah. I'm not really claustrophobic, but that video made me squirm. Truly tragic and horrifying.

I forgot about The Descent. It's a good one.

The Ring messed me up as an adult.

As a kid / teen, I'll go with:

The Shining
Salem's Lot
Poltergeist
Prince of Darkness
The Exorcist
Alien

Really surprised to never see Martyrs mentioned. Its on another level. If you like horror and have not watched, then you're doing your self a disservice. But for clarity, there are two version (a french original and a US remake). The US remake is total garbage and a travesty of a remake. You have to watch the Original French version that was made in 2008. The US remake (2015) - don't waste your time. Yes, it is in English subtitles but doesnt take away from the experience.

Gah I hate that movie. As much as I love horror, that one was absolutely just a guy punch of a movie and made me feel horrible for watching it. Not for the average movie watcher...

Rule Number 32 said:

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Gah I hate that movie. As much as I love horror, that one was absolutely just a guy punch of a movie and made me feel horrible for watching it. Not for the average movie watcher...

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it's definitely a polarizing film. Nice mix of psychological horror and ofcourse the gore. But it's a complete story that drives the movie rather than some cheesy storyline to shallowly carry jump scares and blood and guts. The film editing is outstanding as well. Yes, it definitely punches you in the gut and makes you feel horrible, but that achieved by the story itself. Definitely a hate or love movie, but everyone should give it a try if they like the genre.

Did a quick scan so, may have missed them mentioned:

- The Silence of the Lambs
- Seven
- 8mm

Something about "ordinary" people being pure evil just gets me

Blair Witch gets a bad rap from a lot of people but at the time it was so well done and truly scary.

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AggieArchitect04 said:

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Has a movie ever truly scare you? Like stuck with you.

What's at the top?

For me, The Strangers (first movie) was terrifying because of just how practical it was. That one was in my head for a while.

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"Because you were home" is one of the creepiest lines in horror history

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Very creepy. We have a remote property in Real County between some hills with bad reception. Felt like I could see that happening out there.

The first Saw movie was enjoyable and seemed somewhat realistic. The ending threw me. The sequels, not so much.

The Exorcist will always be my top scary movie. Aliens and American Werewolf in London scared the crap out of me (being in a deer blind alone as a kid before sunrise and at sundown and seeing shadows after watching that werewolf movie was not fun). The show that ruined horror movies for my wife and I was the documentary of A haunting in Connecticut. I never watched the movie, but the story and imagery from the documentary haunted us for months. I think we finally started watching horror movies years later (combo of young kids/not having time and still shook up from that doc series).

I can distinctly remember seeing The Thing on tv when I was too young. Not even on purpose, just happened to pass by the living room and the scene with the dogs was playing. I'm pretty sure at 4 or 5 years old I yelled something to the effect of holy ****ing **** what the **** is happening?!?!?!?! That movie imprinted on me from that moment.

Pac1698 said:

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The Exorcist will always be my top scary movie. Aliens and American Werewolf in London scared the crap out of me (being in a deer blind alone as a kid before sunrise and at sundown and seeing shadows after watching that werewolf movie was not fun). The show that ruined horror movies for my wife and I was the documentary of A haunting in Connecticut. I never watched the movie, but the story and imagery from the documentary haunted us for months. I think we finally started watching horror movies years later (combo of young kids/not having time and still shook up from that doc series).

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I've never seen the movie, but this reminded me of a SNL sgement on Weekend Update about a blogger who snarkily reviewed movies ("B**ch, Please). It was hit or miss, but one that made me laugh out loud was A Haunting in Connecticut.

"What's scary about Connecticut, losing your tennis racket at a Pottery Barn? Beeeeettttchhhh Please"


There were a bunch of so-so scary movies that had specific scenes that still get me:

Old lady crawling on the ceiling and jump scare in Exorcist 3

Slicing the achilles in Pet Semetary

"He wants you too, Malachi" from Children of the Corn

Scene where someone goes to the pool at the high school in the dark, gets up on high dive, takes off and then the lights pop on and the pool is empty -- I thought Prom Night but I'm not sure

Lake scene to end Friday the 13th

Max Power said:

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I can distinctly remember seeing The Thing on tv when I was too young. Not even on purpose, just happened to pass by the living room and the scene with the dogs was playing. I'm pretty sure at 4 or 5 years old I yelled something to the effect of holy ****ing **** what the **** is happening?!?!?!?! That movie imprinted on me from that moment.

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Followed by a trip to the bathroom to get that 4-year-old mouth washed out with soap, ala A Christmas Story?

The severed head popping out of the hole in the hull of the underwater wreck in Jaws freaked teenager MathGuy the hell out.

As already mentioned, The Changeling (1980) with George C. Scott is awesome in its slow-burn suspense that just keeps building all the way to the end.

Another great scary movie with an amazing cast (Fred Astair, John Houseman, Douglas Fairbank, and Melvyn Douglas) is Ghost Story (1981).