BADOLBILZ Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 19 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said: The AMC channel did a ranking of scariest movies a few years back, and Jaws was the number one choice. They asked Rob Zombie why he voted for that movie, and he said, “I’ll put it this way. When it came out, I was in middle school in Ohio. My parents took me to see the movie at the local mall. Afterward, we went into a York Steakhouse inside the mall, and I needed to go to the bathroom. I was afraid to sit on the toilet, because I thought a shark was going to come out and bite my ass off.” Yeah it's JAWS. That one hit hard. I had family in Long Island and Rhode Island that lived on the water and remember going to visit there in subsequent summers after it came out and the helicopters doing shark patrol on the busy beaches to make people feel safer. People were pretty freaked out about sharks after that for quite some time. I hadn't even seen the movie but it freaked me out being out in deep water helping my cousin collect his lobster traps. My JAWS in theatre story is that I was too young to be allowed to go and many of my friends were 2-4 years older and they all got to go together to see it and I was pretty angry about that so my grandfather took me to get ice cream in one of those baseball batting helmet cups. JAWS already scared me before I watched it so EXORCIST was probably the scariest to me when I watched it the first time...........but agree with @Success that NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET was really creepy at the time. IT FOLLOWS was indeed a great one. Great concept and set in Detroit........which is a surreal and super creepy place in real life. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiamioh Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 On 4/7/2023 at 4:09 PM, Just Jack said: Requiem For A Dream, specifically the last 5-10 minutes of it. I watched it once, will never watch it again. It’s def a f’d up movie but to me it’s more of a depressing / wtf type feeling than “scary”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Event Horizon. That movie unnerved me enough I haven't wanted to watch it again since - and I saw it when it first came out in 1997. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, dpberr said: Event Horizon. That movie unnerved me enough I haven't wanted to watch it again since - and I saw it when it first came out in 1997. I was going to mention that movie. The scenes of Hell were very unnerving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zevo Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 21 hours ago, dpberr said: Event Horizon. That movie unnerved me enough I haven't wanted to watch it again since - and I saw it when it first came out in 1997. All of this and more. To this day I can’t get it out of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 The Road isn't supposed to be a horror movie but that one bothered me to the point where I won't watch it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Saw “One Flew Over of the Cuckoo’s Nest” when it came out. A great and unsettling movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 The Shining was another great horror movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 On 4/7/2023 at 2:26 PM, Bray Wyatt said: as a kid IT The tv version? To me that’s scarier than that remake movie On 4/7/2023 at 3:37 PM, ChevyVanMiller said: The AMC channel did a ranking of scariest movies a few years back, and Jaws was the number one choice. They asked Rob Zombie why he voted for that movie, and he said, “I’ll put it this way. When it came out, I was in middle school in Ohio. My parents took me to see the movie at the local mall. Afterward, we went into a York Steakhouse inside the mall, and I needed to go to the bathroom. I was afraid to sit on the toilet, because I thought a shark was going to come out and bite my ass off.” Agree. It’s jaws and I still don’t go too deep when at the ocean (and I’m old) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Hereditary is the scariest I've seen. The grandma lurking. The daughter clicking. Really horrifying stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre ranks up there for me based on creep factor of grandpa and the feeling it could be real too and of course unseen horror sometimes the best horror and we can only imagine what Leatherface did offscreen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The Sixth Sense because the idea of dead people following you is scary as hell. The Conjuring, the first one, was a good movie. Not overly scary, the right level and it was good. The last 2 sucked I thought. The Ring was good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdmoreRyno Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The Omen The Howling (scared me as a kid) Prince of Darkness (corny as hell, but parts of it FREAKED ME OUT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 11 hours ago, LeGOATski said: Hereditary is the scariest I've seen. The grandma lurking. The daughter clicking. Really horrifying stuff. I'll have to check that one out. See it listed all the time on cable. 53 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: The Sixth Sense because the idea of dead people following you is scary as hell. The Conjuring, the first one, was a good movie. Not overly scary, the right level and it was good. The last 2 sucked I thought. The Ring was good as well. Speaking of the Conjuring/Annabelle, I know the woman who owned the doll (well, before the Warrens took it). She never saw a penny from that franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The original Halloween was a blast and scary in a truly entertaining way when it fist came out. The sequels have been meh 🫤 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Doc said: I'll have to check that one out. See it listed all the time on cable. There's definitely some things in that movie that are unsettling just FYI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Doc said: Speaking of the Conjuring/Annabelle, I know the woman who owned the doll (well, before the Warrens took it). She never saw a penny from that franchise. That's awful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 The Shining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 On 4/10/2023 at 6:48 PM, Jauronimo said: The Road isn't supposed to be a horror movie but that one bothered me to the point where I won't watch it again. Funny you mention this; I found that movie to be really disturbing as well. There was the scene where they end up in the basement of a house and run into people being kept there as a living food supply--that was one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in a film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Evil Dead Rise. Completely blown away from the greatness I just saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 When A Stranger Calls (the original - I believe there was a remake) "Have you checked the children?" For a second Brian Dennehy was the scariest thing on the planet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 I don't think it is the scariest but Eraserhead had a lot of creep to it... maybe it's up there, idk.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockpile233 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/9/2023 at 9:08 PM, dpberr said: Event Horizon. That movie unnerved me enough I haven't wanted to watch it again since - and I saw it when it first came out in 1997. First thing that came to mind. My dad rented it for us thinking it was a scifi movie. I was 9 and not prepared for what I was about to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 I enjoyed the “Shining” Jack Nicholson was perfect for the part, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wnyguy Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 All horror movies pale in comparison to The Exorcist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 For me, it is/was Poltergeist. Scared the living daylights out of me as a kid. As far as slasher films. Terrifier and Terrifier 2. Insidious is great. As mentioned a lot. Hereditary is one of the best horror movies made. Maybe not so much 'scary'... but, just how everything unfolded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 The Room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 The Birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black (1975). It was made for TV movie with three short stories, all starring her. The best one was the third one where a voodoo doll attacks her. Although I was 18, I looked at the baseboards for months afterwards, expecting the voodoo doll to jump out of the darkness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 13 hours ago, Wacka said: Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black (1975). It was made for TV movie with three short stories, all starring her. The best one was the third one where a voodoo doll attacks her. Although I was 18, I looked at the baseboards for months afterwards, expecting the voodoo doll to jump out of the darkness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCockSportif Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 The original "Halloween" or "Friday the 13th" were super, super scary. Now I just kinda cringe at reality tv, you know, me not watching tv that much anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Event Horizon Hereditary The Omen (I was like 10 when I saw the original and it freaked me out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 This one looked so scary that I didn't have the stones to watch it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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