Master of Horror- Imprint Released 2005 Directed by Takashi Miike

Event Horizon has always been one of my favorite sci fi horror movies for a variety of non-specific reasons. That movie consistently scares and amuses me in just the right way. Your mileage may vary.

Evil Dead is brilliant and classic, though you may not be legitimately scared by it anymore.

Scream, likewise, is a brilliantly self-conscious movie that gets lost in its substandard progeny and the sub-genre of late '90s slasher films that it spawned. Scary Movie didn't have to rewrite anything they stole from Scream because Scream was itself a parody of movies like Halloween and Friday the 13th already. Again, it might not scare you, but it's worth a close watch.

Audition is an absolutely terrifying movie by Takashi Miike that I can't bring myself to watch again, because the first go around disturbed me so much. Go check it out!

I think it is funny when you are a child and see a movie, that movie could practically scare the crap out of you, but seeing the movie again when you are older it doesn’t effect you as much. I guess in that sense the memory of the movie is actually scarier than what is there on film.

I agree with the Vanishing (the Belgian (I think) version, not the Hollywood one) as being a real creepy one.

How about Rosemary's Baby and Ghost Story? they can be added to the list with the Shining and Exorcist/Omen style movies.

I don't find the Saw series, or slasher flicks to be scary at all. Just shocking. Same with the Descent - mostly an action flick along the lines of The Time Machine...

Mothman Prophecies....Indrid Cole

'wake up number 37'...

This isn't classic horror, but it creeped me out to where I cannot
watch it again.

Got to agree with some of the movies like Grudge, Ring- those have the same impact on me as Poltergeist. Phantoms has a good "what-if" to it that makes me watch it again. Event Horizon, definitely a rewatcher, but not for the thrill of getting pumped. 28 Days Later, enjoyed, the sequel doesn't exist in my opinion. Dog Soldiers I love to watch, love werewolves.

But this movie to this day I refuse to watch and have yet to finish: The Good Son.

Beat me to it, ring. I loved Mothman Prophecies! I always thought the name was Indrid Cold, I watch that to get those chills like Poltergeist.

Scary movies that change perspectives are powerful. Movies that make someone afraid of the dark and similiar. I wouldnt want to live next to a cemetary because of poltergeist.

CSFlim mentioned Jaws. I think that is an intersting area of horror becasue after seegin that there is always something in the back of my mind when I swim in the ocean becasue of that movie. Having said that I thought Open Water was scary.

Mirrors were never the same after the Prince of Darkness.

I can't find the name of it anywhere but I was forced to see this one about employees from some American company over in a foreign country... Serbia, Bosnia or Croatia... and their bus breaks down and all kinds of shit starts happening. That movie scared the beejaysus out of me. I had nightmares for weeks.

That one and 28 Days Later, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre for sheer bizarreness and good sense of creepy timing, Joshua, Silence of the Lambs, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Ichi the Killer was horrifying in its own right...

My all-time terrifying movie as a kid, I now know wasn't supposed to be a truly scary movie, but I had the hardest time watching The Princess Bride from all of my nightmares from Fright Night as a kid.

Sounds like Severance to me. That was a good one. Really good.

28 Days Later? I thought that was a sequel to Sandra Bullocks movie. ;)

Anyway, there are some good scary films listed so far. You have to see the original versions of The Eye, Ringu, and The Grudge. The American ones, haven't seen what they did to The Eye, but they just aren't as good.

One of the creepiest movies I've seen is Session 9.
The Hills Have Eyes is also scary and gory.
Pink Flamingos is scary too...but on a whole other level. :lol:

I'm more of a fan of cheesy, B-movies myself. If you want that, I highly recommend: Dr. Chopper, Andre the Butcher, and Dead and Breakfast (which is actually really good!). The first 2 are supposed to be scary, but are just incredibly bad. :lol:

Audition

Oldboy

And one of my favorites...

Freaks

Nekromantik 2. It features a man stabbing himself while sporting a huge boner. During his bout of self-piquerism... his ejaculate goes from pearly white to crimson red.

I only know this because the horror movie club I attend forces newbies to watch it.

They was a pretty interesting film. It didn't really scare the crap out of me, but it kept me interested until the end.
If they had stuck with the original cyberpunk theme, it would have been kickass. I'm a big fan of cyberpunk :thumbsup: Some of the best books I have ever read were cyberpunk :D

Ok, maybe it was just me, but Silent Hill was one of the most boring films I've ever seen. I can't believe I sat through half of it.

:orly: Sure....

I was surprised to see this thread resurrected, these are some great suggestions, thanks--I think its time to check out Takashi Miike, I've heard nothing but good stuff about his films.

I didn't see this thread the first time, but to this day the scariest movie I have ever seen is The Changeling.

It's a 1980 movie with George C Scott living in an old mansion after the death of his family.

It's not scary in a "BOO! HERE'S A SLASHER!" sense, but rather in a "oh god this is freaking me out I can't look" sense...

El Orfantato (The Orphanage)... a 2007 Spanish film, but in theaters in the US right now. It's just... awesome.

I think this every time I watch it. Yet, I watch it every time it's on a movie channel. I add stupid into the mix and laugh at myself for enduring it again. I can't explain it. :lol:

Thank God it wasn't just me. Everyone else who was watching it at the time thought it was brilliant. I remember thinking that the next time they came over, I should sit them in front of a freshly painted wall and leave them to it.

I think this falls under that same phenomenon where we will watch a movie when it is on TV with all the editing and commercials yet we own the movie...

Wouldn't make sense to put the movie in the player and watch it? Yes, yes it would. Are you going to? No, no I wont.

Les Diaboliques, a 1955 French movie. Oh man, that one scene...*shivers* Curtains blowing from the wind in the night never looked scarier.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

Scary. To me, at least, scarier than The Exorcist (the other great possession movie, and very scary itself), because it was much more accurate in its portrayal of the genuine characteristics of possession.

The Sixth Sense. Amazing film. First time I saw it I was totally scared. Brilliant. Too bad M. Night Shamayalan kind of shot his whole creative wad on it, though.

The Amityville Horror. Pretty f'ing scary.

But I have to admit-- my first thought was also The Ring! I almost jumped into my girlfriend's lap when we went to see it. Scared the crap out of me.

Exorcism of Emily Rose scares the piss out of me.

I just watched The Abandoned yesterday and that one too scares me. It isn't one of those that makes me afraid of the dark but it did give me the shakes in the dark.


Right now I am composing a list of movies that remind to be scared of the dark, the afterlife, and the unknown. I am glad that I am not resurrecting this thread too much.

Session 9. Pretty much the only movie to freak me the fuck out. It was like the hospital scene in The Exorcist III (you know what I'm talking about if you've seen it) in feature length form.

Rob Zombie's "interpretation" of Halloween.
And the oddest thing is that I think the cut version is actually better than the uncut version.

...and a note on The Decent; the first movie to ever make me scream out loud..

I've gotta suggest Ju-on as well, the japanese version of the Grudge. Apparently it is/was difficult to find in the US though.

Gonna check out Session 9 pretty soon, I'm curious :)

I found Frailty to be very scary and disturbing. I can't help but watch it every time I see it run again though. :crazy:

...spice world.
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but seriously. check out cannibal holocaust, a classic!

or suicide club.

It's been a while, but here's a new one. Rec. If you can track it down, set yourself up in a dark room and watch it. There's a Hollywood rip-off coming this October called Quarantine, but if you ask me, the trailer looks too... I don't know. It doesn't look as real as Rec.

It gave me one of the best scares I've had in a long, long time. And trust me... that's no understatement.

recently I saw Dead Birds...not a bad film, somewhat scary.

you might want to try Repulsion w/ Catherine Deneve as the lead. very effective head trip movie B&W. I'd say 8-9 out of 10.

maybe 100 (1000?) days of sodom...about Italin Nazis.

seems like there should be a new category of movie for sick-o torture type things. I can't say my reaction to that type of thing is scared as much as disgusted or just grossed out. it seems easier to to do than a real good scare that makes you look a few times before you turn out the lights for a few weeks after.

"the Mist" written by Stephen King and Directed by the same person that did Shawshank Redemption and the Green Mile was one of the best movies I have seen overall in a long time. As far as suspense it kept me on the edge the whole way. It is one of the situations that just keeps getting dreadfully worse. Another thing I liked about it was the CGI wasnt over done but complimented over excellent use of robotics like "The Thing".

If you read the book it may not be as suspensful. I had not, but was expecting some type of rip off of The Fog. It was nothing like I thought, the story is simple yet very cool. IMO

A small 10 minute sample:

We're headed into Halloween season now, so I figure this thread should get a bit of a bump. I'm putting together a list for this Halloween of decent movies. Here's what I've got so far:
28 Days Later - probably the best zombie film of my generation
Alien - classic, perfect, sublime horror
The Exorcist - not quite as scary as it was when I was a boy, but still really great
Cloverfield - I'm not sure if this is going to be a classic yet, but it was really cool
Hannibal Rising - it's more it a character piece on Lecter, but it manages to be scary
The Mist - scared the shit out of me. I didn't think movies could do that anymore
The Thing - the scariest movie to show the monster? probably
Sunshine - the first 2/3 of the film isn't horror, but the end sure is

The Mist....was scary? Seriously?

Wow.

It was like watching a Sci-Fi movie rather than horror. It wasn't bad, but it was nowhere near The Shining or The Others, for example. Even 1408 was more intense.

Speaking of scary movies, don't watch Quarantine. Waste of your life. The audience was laughing throughout the movie at the "scary" scenes.

It could have been my unbelievably low expectations, but I really, really enjoyed it. Also, the coupling of the madly religious woman, the skeptic, and the monstrous situation made for a really engaging atmosphere.

The madly religious woman made me angry. A movie that invokes genuine emotion from me is good. I just disagree with the scary part.

I agree with LoganSnake in both regards: The Mist made me angry more than anything else, which is something that not many movies have done - the suspense was there, but not really the horror aspect; and Quarantine is garbage - Look for "Rec", which is the original Spanish movie, and much scarier IMO.

She was the scary part. Seriously. While the movie monsters were interesting, it was what happened inside the store that was really the horror movie. King demonstrated a frightening truth about humanity: the moment we're faced with something we don't understand we can devolve into superstition and ignorance. All of the wonderful knowledge and wisdom we so cherish can be lost. It's a dialogue about one of the more disconcerting aspects of humanity.

BTW, I rewound and watched that lady get shot a good dozen times.

That sums it up for me exactly. I thought it was a great and suspenseful movie. Movies in general don't scare me anymore, this one did.

It's not intended to be horror, but the film "Gerry" scared me in a "this could happen so easily" way. Granted, it's a bit self-indulgent on the director's part, but it's an amazingly restrained film where almost everything is left unsaid

Brief plot summary:

Spoiler: Two friends (Matt Damon and Casey Affleck) stop at a roadside wilderness trail in the middle of nowhere Utah. They lose the path they're on and can't find their way back to the car.