What movie scared you the most?

[Riverwind (imported)]

Alfred Hitchcock once said that it was better for the audience to imagine the horror than to actually see it on the screen. He said our imaginations were scarier than what could be put on the screen.

I know just what you mean, I felt that way before I saw a picture of MacWolf, which was scary but then I saw a picture of MacWolf and I have had nightmares ever sense.

River

[bobover3 (imported)]

Just thinking about Pinhead in Hellraiser. In NY's Metropolitan Museum there's a large exhibit of African tribal art. One large wood statue is of a life size man with hundreds of nails sticking out of every part of his body. The sign explains that the statue was to absorb evil spirits. They passed through the nails into the statue, sparing the human beings who might otherwise have been possessed. The statue is chilling to see. I'd forgotten the movie, but even now the nailed man exudes an aura of fear. Some imagery may be universal.

Here's a link to pictures of African nail fetishes - http://www.randafricanart.com/Kongo_nai ... mples.html

[erikboy (imported)]

I am not sure if any movie can scare me anymore. Only if the details of flesh and blood and suffering are too precise I can feel disgust. And question arise what for that is neccessary.

Long time ago when I saw scary movies first time, they really scared me. One of them was 'Poltergeist' which nowadays makes me just grin, as I see how silly it really is. Always when things get supernatural, it isn't scary anymore. But in the essence everything that is unexplainable makes us, humans afraid.

But one move I wish to highlight, which wasn't a scary movie at all, is 'Stalingrad'. It is abnormal war movie. It starts in very happy tunes. It ends at the point when last of the movie heroes dies in the middle of nowhere without fame. Very sad end.

I must mention, that it is very graphic too. It does not turn a camera away when someone gets bullet into his head or lung, showing the whole process, scared faces around, people going mad, people making mistakes. Just ordinary people. Usually you can see only enemies die in a clean and bloodless way just dropping on the ground. There you could see death in full colors. Time never get stopped, it rushes ahead when friends die. You see how the war really looks like. Now that is scary and very realistic.

Nothing is holy in the war. Being a hero is mostly mere luck. Such wars must never be repeated. Unfortunately people tend to forget war experience over times.

There are few clips on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZMHZBAUbqM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzZmAvYl ... re=related

the end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rE6usMz ... re=related

trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Wbe8ZKCxk

Well, I thought a little about horrors. No movies can be as horrible as real life footages.

Warning!!!

do not click on the following link if you can't watch slow beheading! It is highly disturbing and traumatizing, it made me close to vomit. Later it was difficult to get out of my head.

http://www.bestgore.com/beheading/chech ... en-rebels/

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

When I was 8 years old, I saw War of the Worlds at the drivein. It scared me

The only movie since to scare me was the first "Alien" movie.

[Riverwind (imported)]

They all scare me, I don't watch them. The last one that had me climbing the walls I watched with my kids, Jurassic Park, Patt thought is was very funny that I jumped, he was 8 at the time. He has never forgotten and reminds me every once in a while.

I have never watched it again, or any of the ones that followed.

I am more inclined to watch a Musical, Action, Comedy or Romance.

River

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

River

Here's the perfect movie for you. It's both funny and a wee bit scary - Killer Klowns from Outer Space

[Riverwind (imported)]

I think I will pass, that too.

River

[Cainanite (imported)]

The movie that scared the [expletive] out of me, didn't scare me when I first watched it. It was one that crept into me slowly over time, and since that first viewing, I have had repeated nightmares about.

I'm talking about Ridley Scott's masterpiece BLADE RUNNER.

It is such a truthful commentary on human nature it gets under your skin, and just stays there. What it says about how we treat each other and how we justify the most atrocious wrongs, really affected me.

There are no BOOGA BOOGA moments where the filmmaker tries to shock you with a cheap effect. It just grows and grows and grows in your mind. There are no monsters, no mysticism, no angels or demons.

Unfortunately people who watch Blade Runner don't see it as a horror movie. They paint it with the Science Fiction brush, and discount it.

Try watching it back to back with THE EXORCIST, and you'll see what I mean. BLADE RUNNER actually tells a clearer tale about the nature of evil than the exorcist. The themes of sacrifice, and coming to terms with a flawed God or creator.

Blade Runner doesn't seem like a horror movie, but it is.

If you want me to choose a more traditional Horror genera movie, then I'd go with either George A Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD or it's very well done re-make by the same name.

[Dave (imported)]

to tell the truth, THE EXORCIST still is tough to watch. I get creepy thoughts just thinking back to the story. It does have a way of holding he viewer and getting deep under your skin. creepy, creepy, creepy...

This is the first movie, not 2 or 3. They sucked and I make snide remarks when they are on.

[Paolo]

Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never". I caught a clip of it not too long ago, purely by accident.

I was aghast...