Dan Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 This is why i think the original Texas Chainsaw holds up. Very little gore or effects (i don't think there is any actual bloodletting in the film), just some really bad situations and your imagination running wild... If you think about it... all the best ones had very little gore or effects. It's a trivia question about how much blood you see in Halloween or Psycho. Because there is none, but you're sure there's blood... you remember seeing it. That's' how good those movies are. They put the images in your head, they don't have to show them to you. The Shining is up there as one on the scariest ever. As an adult that thing can still scare you late at night. Another rare one... I Saw What You Did (1965). For kids that used to like to sit home on Fridays and prank call, that movie pretty much ended that. I haven't seen it in years, so maybe it doesn't hold up. No mention of Friday the 13th? I figured someone would have by page 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrojanitor Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I saw it on tv - getting tired of watching Dern's non-stop open-mouth gape, I switched channels. It was a real "eye roller" - and that's being kind. Jurassic Park is pretty damn dull, but Jurassic Park 2 is pretty fun in a kind of dumb campy way. If only for Jeff Goldblum inexplicable having a black gymnast daughter. And, although it's going to make me sound like one of those contrary a-holes, I actually feel it's Spielberg's best shot movie. But then I also feel Spielberg should be shot shot....so do what you will with that opinion. A really great semi-lost classic horror film is Carnival of Souls from 1962. A little creaky in places, but in it you see where the modern zombie film got all of its ideas. Literally, every single idea. It's like primordial Night of the Living Dead. Also has a killer score. All done on a pipe organ...spooky as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ajzepp Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 This is easy...two films that scared the SHEEAAT out of me when I was a kid...Salem's Lot and Poltergeist. Granted, if I were to see them for the first time as an adult, the impact wouldn't have been quite the same. But I still remember EXACTLY where I was when i saw both of those films, and those were easily the two times I was creeped out the most. I can still picture that damn bald, pointy-eared, sharp-toothed vampire BASTARD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Ryan's Lapband Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 the original Night of the Living Dead is still the only movie ever to freak me the f out. Just the claustrophobic feeling and the sparce information delivered so matter-of-factly. I still eye the windows suspiciously after that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I loved Jurassic Park. But I wouldn't call it anything close to a "horror" film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I loved Jurassic Park. But I wouldn't call it anything close to a "horror" film. I dunno...I had nightmares soon after seeing that movie of cows, yes cows, trying to get me in my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 If you think about it... all the best ones had very little gore or effects. It's a trivia question about how much blood you see in Halloween or Psycho. Because there is none, but you're sure there's blood... you remember seeing it. That's' how good those movies are. They put the images in your head, they don't have to show them to you. The Shining is up there as one on the scariest ever. As an adult that thing can still scare you late at night. Another rare one... I Saw What You Did (1965). For kids that used to like to sit home on Fridays and prank call, that movie pretty much ended that. I haven't seen it in years, so maybe it doesn't hold up. No mention of Friday the 13th? I figured someone would have by page 3. Pretty sure Psycho had blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Pretty sure Psycho had blood. Yeah, running down the shower drain. But it's still not a scene that you'd call gory by today's (or even yesterday's) standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBSS151 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 A little older than most here - but 2 horrors of my youth Invasion from Mars (1953) - scared the S&*T out of a young-in - catch it if you can - copied many times but still an original The original "Thing" - James Arness was the monster - still plays well today although the remake wasn't bad Modern Era - Sigourney Weaver and her tank top in the first "Alien" - still a thriller in the old tradition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Horror sucks ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Horror sucks ... More often than not, I have to agree. It's consistently the genre that disappoints me the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 More often than not, I have to agree. It's consistently the genre that disappoints me the most. That's why most of my horror I read. Hollywood has a way of !@#$ing thing up. But I will say that my wife has been buying Hammer Film DVDs. Now that's just good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Horror sucks ... Find that out the hard way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Find that out the hard way? The only way to learn. The only way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Horror sucks ... "Is that Jane Fonda?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 JAWS release date 6/20/75. Happy anniversary. damn, i'm an old fart, how did this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 damn, i'm an old fart, how did this happen? You didn't die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 You didn't die. True dat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movinon Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 This is easy...two films that scared the SHEEAAT out of me when I was a kid...Salem's Lot and Poltergeist. Granted, if I were to see them for the first time as an adult, the impact wouldn't have been quite the same. But I still remember EXACTLY where I was when i saw both of those films, and those were easily the two times I was creeped out the most. I can still picture that damn bald, pointy-eared, sharp-toothed vampire BASTARD! Salem's Lot.....that vampire floating in the air, tapping on the window is classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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