Child's Play gave me nightmares for many years as a child. Nothing has really affected me on that same level as an adult.
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What’s the scariest movie you have seen?
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As a kid The Thing and Event Horizon got me pretty good, as an adult not much phases me at this point. However, IT and Ju-On (only the Japanese very) are both pretty good imo. I didn't mind The Conjuring 2 and Insidious too, they were both pretty good, but rely mainly on jump scares.
The Exorcist was the worst as a kid, Salem's Lot too (if anyone is old enough to remember that)
As an adult, i'd say Blair Witch Project and the first Paranormal Activity, both made me have sleep paralysis for weeks afterwards, also had to sleep with the lights on
As an adult, i'd say Blair Witch Project and the first Paranormal Activity, both made me have sleep paralysis for weeks afterwards, also had to sleep with the lights on
Yes! It's a movie that just keeps ramping up until it drops you into that ending sequence which is absolutely nightmare inducing.
Saw Blair Witch in my early 30s. Something about that final scene gave me intense nightmares for a week.
Scared the living shit out of me when I first saw it when I was younger. The fact that it's driven by the atmosphere and music rather than gore just made it that much scarier. None of the sequels ever came close to topping it and it's by far my favorite horror movie.
The Shining.
That movie freaks me the fuck out til this day. It's so unnerving and so fucking creepy that even thinking about it freaks me out. I legit yelped "oh HELL no" in Ready Player One during that entire Shining sequence.
That movie freaks me the fuck out til this day. It's so unnerving and so fucking creepy that even thinking about it freaks me out. I legit yelped "oh HELL no" in Ready Player One during that entire Shining sequence.
Sixth sense got me as a kid. Just the idea of ghosts that only you can see and terrorize you all the time
Probably The Ring, but that was back before I was desensitized to horror movies.
More recently, the Suspiria remake did a number on me — strictly by the intense presentation of the body horror, which I've never been a big fan of. I rewatched that movie a couple times because the cinematography and performances are great, and now I can properly enjoy it without getting too put off by the intense bits.
I don't like jump scares or graphic gore in horror movies. They're widely abused to startle and gross out the audience. It's lazy filmmaking for hacks.
Scare me with disturbing ideas and a creepy atmosphere. Earn those jump scares, and don't pointlessly indulge in graphic mutilation.
More recently, the Suspiria remake did a number on me — strictly by the intense presentation of the body horror, which I've never been a big fan of. I rewatched that movie a couple times because the cinematography and performances are great, and now I can properly enjoy it without getting too put off by the intense bits.
I don't like jump scares or graphic gore in horror movies. They're widely abused to startle and gross out the audience. It's lazy filmmaking for hacks.
Scare me with disturbing ideas and a creepy atmosphere. Earn those jump scares, and don't pointlessly indulge in graphic mutilation.
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as a child the exorcist and the amityville horror scared the hell out of me. As an adult the babadook scared me from the sound design alone.
Scared the living shit out of me when I first saw it when I was younger. The fact that it's driven by the atmosphere and music rather than gore just made it that much scarier. None of the sequels ever came close to topping it and it's by far my favorite horror movie.
I can't unsee the face on the hand made by the knuckles
I have a friend who was a horror critic and got the dvds for paranormal activity before it got bought for theaters. It felt very very real when it was spread through dvds. Freaked me the fuck out. First time I had nightmares was probably when I saw the ring in middle school though
Hellraiser and Audition both got me really good when I first saw them, Audition's more of a lingering fear and unease than anything though
Fantastic movie, incredibly lame poster lolSaw this movie in a nearly empty theater, shit was scary as fuck to me with my claustrophobia. Part 2 is pretty bad though...
sameeeeee couldn't get through it when I was 13 or 14. Then I finally watched it a few years ago and thought it was just a strange and messed up movie that I did not enjoy.
The top woman has freakishly long legs.Should I have posted this one? ;)
But yes, this movie got me better than anything else I can think of.
oh shit i thought you said "Scariest moment" and was gonna recount a couple kids chasing me with a knife when i was little lol
uh, i guess Room gave me really bad anxiety recently!
uh, i guess Room gave me really bad anxiety recently!
As a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's, I watched quite a few horror movies and some of them scared the shit out of me, but the ones that REALLY scared me to death and made me not want to turn the lights off are:
Phantasm
The Exorcist
Halloween
Friday the 13th Part II and III
The Boogeyman
Terror Train
and probably the one that freaked me out the most....The Fog
No horror movie from this generation comes close to those classics IMO.
The only horror films made in the last 20 years that really got to me were The Conjuring 1 and 2, Sinister, and Paranormal Activity. Keep in mind there's a difference between a good horror film, and a horror film that's truly scary and frightening. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
Phantasm
The Exorcist
Halloween
Friday the 13th Part II and III
The Boogeyman
Terror Train
and probably the one that freaked me out the most....The Fog
No horror movie from this generation comes close to those classics IMO.
The only horror films made in the last 20 years that really got to me were The Conjuring 1 and 2, Sinister, and Paranormal Activity. Keep in mind there's a difference between a good horror film, and a horror film that's truly scary and frightening. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
There's a scene where you are seeing from Chucky's POV when he's like under the couch and I think he like knifes someone's leg (kind of like what happens in Pet Sematery), and that gave me a lot of nightmares. I did have a Chucky doll when I was a kid though haha, I think I wanted to overcome my fear.
Also another shoutout for Lake Mungo, don't read anything about it, just watch it.
i watched the original IT tv movie way too young and that freaked me out.
lost highway still gets me, as does the diner scene in mulholland drive.
lost highway still gets me, as does the diner scene in mulholland drive.
In my teens I walked into an indie cinema to watch Blair Witch Project before anybody was really talking about it. It absolutely terrified me. Even just the tiniest illusion that something like that could be real can shake you up.
I'm with you. Inland Empire was even more unsettling, but there were some utterly terrifying themes and imagery in Mullholland that I couldn't get out of my head.
That scene where Thomasin talks with you-know-who is a damn classic. I need to rewatch this film.
The Thing because watching that shit as a kid really isn't healthy. Imagine being young and impressionable, seeing that movie and eat some spaghetti afterwards. Makes no sense now but back then, damn...
The Thing (1982) absolutely fucked me up as a kid.
I also recently saw Midsommar, and while not really "scary" per se, it was one of the most emotionally disturbing, tension-filled films I've ever seen.
I also recently saw Midsommar, and while not really "scary" per se, it was one of the most emotionally disturbing, tension-filled films I've ever seen.
I don't actually think any movie is really scary.
Silent Hill has the best atmosphere tho.
It's probably The Descent, and I haven't even seen it, because I have a fear of small-tiny places you have to crawl through with no visible end... Just thinking about that shit is making me physically uncomfortable.
Silent Hill has the best atmosphere tho.
It's probably The Descent, and I haven't even seen it, because I have a fear of small-tiny places you have to crawl through with no visible end... Just thinking about that shit is making me physically uncomfortable.
I've been watching horror movies since I was a kid, I was introduced by my Mom and I loved them. I would watch them all and never got scared because I think I realized it was all make believe.
The first movie that truly scared me was Final Destination. I had survived two potentially fatal incidents as a kid and the concept of death stalking you freaked me out to no end. It took me months to get over it.
The first movie that truly scared me was Final Destination. I had survived two potentially fatal incidents as a kid and the concept of death stalking you freaked me out to no end. It took me months to get over it.
Saw this movie in a nearly empty theater, shit was scary as fuck to me with my claustrophobia. Part 2 is pretty bad though...
This was my first Japanese horror Movie and the stair and bed scene will haunt me forever...
