I too have to say that honestly I wasn't to frightened by The Ring. In fact the end where the girl comes out of the tv to me was really just dumb.

I do remember watching Aliens a long time ago though and that truely scared me. I remember being very paranoid for a long time. Also, when you guys mentioned In the Mouth of Madness some of the imagery truely did scare the shat out of me.

Blair Witch was the scariest movie I've ever seen. I was watching it by myself at home at night. I actually had to turn the movie off until the next morning. I was like a frightened school girl!

I have no idea why it got to me like it did but it scared the piss out of me.

I was watching the shining in the middle of the day and I had to turn it off. I kinda knew what was going to happen so just seeing him on his big wheeler was scary. Oh the anticipation was horrible.

I can't think of any scary movies at the moment. Blair Witch was the opposite of scary for me. It pissed me off more than anything... I thought the characters were dumb and nothing about it scared me. Maybe it's because I grew up and lived in a secluded, wooded area?

It's not a scary movie, but Donnie Darko creeped me out the first time I saw it whenever Frank was on screen.... that's a scary costume.

The original Psycho.. and for one reason.

I was watching it one night and my dad snuck up on me where they are about the turn the chair around that the mom is sitting in and he grabbed my shoulders..

I have never jumped that high in my life from laying down on my chest. I guess it is the intensity and suspense instead of the horror / scary part.

Hah, i remember that. I saw that as a kid and it scared the crap out of me, but i saw it recently and couldn't help but laugh.

Another traumatising childhood movie was It. I had a room full of clowns, clown wallpaper and everything, and i had to sleep in my parent's room for two weeks while my room was redecorated.

I know I'm too old now but I really want to get a Frank the bunny costume and scare a bunch of little kids for halloween.

Anything relating to Zombie's.

Saw Blair Witch before it camem out to all the movie theatres. Saw the preview in San Diego. It was frickin frighting,

Exorist is creepy. Aliens.

Basicaly all the movies posted are scary. Now if we talk about gore. I have to say Ichi The Killer. That grosses me out.

But all good films.

28 days later and the exorcist there was too much wierd shit going on creeepy...

PUPPET MASTER scared the shit out of me when i was young

The Shining gets my vote too.

I didn't really find the Ring to be all that scary. Didn't strike me as a good movie at all.

We can't forget the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The first Halloween really got to me when I was younger.

The Ring, it's not that scary, you just don't know what to expect.

Scary is a subjective term imo... scary as in "oh my god i just jumped out of my seat and spilled my drink that startled (scared)me" or "dear god can you imagine if that was you, oh thats scary"

"The Ring" was a bit of both of the above

Poltergeist to me was scary for I saw it young and it haunted me for quite sometime...but movies today dont last past the exit sign outside.

I think that may be due to the fact that people already know about the cheap scare tactics. If you've never seen someone get stabbed to death in a movie then its scary but if you see it a million times over it loses it's effect. Thats probably why so many of these comments have been "It scared me when I was a kid".

i agree with 3zos...the shining is the scariest...
but i would say hands down...there isn't anything else!!!

I have to say Exorcist. It is the only movie I can think of that I found generally unsettling, there are a couple of moments watching it when you find youself thinking "um... this is pretty bad..."

I watched it at the cinema, and I never heard so many people talking in a film, which is prolly a sign they were getting spooked too!

Suspense is what really creates the horror. It's not just what you see that's scary -- it's what you're afraid that you're _about to_ see..... Hitchcock was really good at this. And your father is a sadist :-).

Scariest movie I ever saw had no blood or gore; it was the original 1963 "The Haunting" with Julie Christie. Almost made me wet my pants, and they did it all with sound effects, lighting, camera tricks -- and suspense. Highly, highly recommended.

Dr. Giggles I think is the name. It was a movie I saw on Cinemax when I was like 12 about a doctor who like to cut people up.

The Ring is probably the most scariest movie I've seen in the last 10 years. It just had all the right stuff to do me in. :)

When I was a kid, the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie scared the holy bejeesus out of me. Jason, or the Friday the 13th movies, never really scared me, but damn.... Freddy getting me in my dreams? Yeah. Scary.

when i was a kid- poltergeist- could not watch a snowy t.v. for i don't know how long- would freak out if one was left on till the stations went off the air,

now- I would have to vote for the exorcist- freaky, erie, whatever, it just sticks with you...NOTE, the demon is real, as in they have little statues of him - they are found often in mid eastern digs, and the local university in my town has one in the art and archaeology museum- finding that out freaked me out - had just seen the film for the first time and was at the museum on a whim with a friend who I had seen it with, and theres this little stone demon head in a glass case complete with label and a couple paragraph description... neat but scary. I am a natural skeptic, but no way would I put a REAL demon in my movie were I the director- not that i belive, but why take the chance....

as for blair witch- it was a great idea, great marketing, but shitty execution, fuck- by the end I was begging the damn witch to kill those moronic kids and get it over with- the fake documentary on sci fi was quite good though- have a copy and watch it more than the movie itself...

event horizon was loud, but not imho scary....

the trilogy of terror freaked me too, haven't seen it as an adult but need to- that zuni doll freaked me out something fierce...

Say what you wish about The Blair Witch Project, it's the only movie that ever truly chilled me to the bone. Of course, it didn't help that I watched it alone, in a dark room, after a couple bong hits.

Ju-On (the tv-movie, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330500/ , NOT Ju-On: The Grudge)

This is way waaay waaay more scarier than "The Ring", regardless if it's the japanese version or the american remake.

I still have nightmares and I'm afraid of sleeping alone now. :P

You can read about it here, and view a few pictures... I'm not going to the link myself, because the background picture gives me nightmares.

http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/juontv.htm

I would have to agree with Rodney that suspense hightens the overall scariness. "The Haunting" is a very good example of this.


As for my overall scariest movie ever....

3) The Ring: very good overall... but lacks the punch after multiple viewings

2) Blair Witch: As a young child, my sister and I would often spend entire days playing and exploring the massive forest behind our house. We even found a scary old cabin waaaay back away from everything. This movie brought back every single youthful worry, anxiety, and fear that I ever felt. Unfortunately, like the Ring, subsequent viewings don't stand up.

1) The Exorcist. Hands-down. The pacing, the characters, the mood, and the climax all are absolutely terrifing. Can be watched over and over again.... if you are sadistic.

o shit, i remeber Dr. Giggles, that one had me scared of Docs for a awhile


I read somewhere that Sarah Michelle Gellar is going to be part of the american remake of Ju-On

Ichi The Killer is definitely, hands down, one of the goriest movies I've ever seen. I've never viewed fight and torture scene quite like the ones in there. Plus, it's not just about gore, the fucking title of the film appears in a pool of semen, for fuck's sake! You have to hand it to those Japanese...

Oh, and I would very much like to have my very own Ichi The Killer costume. Then I could drop kick people right in half.

I am well-adjusted.

i would have to say the ring for the most recent film to give me a little bit of a scare and shivers but nothing else since.

the exorcist freaked me out a bit but i had heard about it all that i was sorta immune to being scared (if that is at all possible) but there is one movie that i watched recently that did freak me out and im surprised no one has mentioned it


THE OMEN

this was actually a fairly freaky movie for me. it may have been cause i was watching it in the middle of the night with no one home and the house making all sorts of weird noises....

there are a couple of others that make me jump a bit and stuff but nothing worth mentioning

I must admit that The Ring scared the SHIT out of me...especially the part at the end when the little girl crawls outta the TV. When I first saw that part in the theater, I sunk waay down into my seat I was so freaked out! A few people in the theater actually screamed quite a few times too!:eek:

Showgirls.

the ring was the scariest i saw in the last few years.

The Shining. Scatman Crothers creeped me out almost more than Shelly Duvalls horse teeth.

my vote goes to the ring... that movie literally had me wondering if i was gonna die in 7 days... It was great

The Ring scared me pretty good. Scream scared me also but I think it was because I was young and watched it by myself.

The Shining was (and still is) pretty damn scary. The other ones that scared the hell out of me the first time I saw them were John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness, the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and the first two Hellraiser movies. Also, the granpappy of ALL slasher movies, Psycho, did a fair amount of psychological damage to me when I was a kid (God rest Alfred Hitchcock's soul).

Return to Oz - Those wheelers and the lady who changes heads gave me nightmares as a kid. The whole movie very messed up.

Watching Alice Throught the Looking Glass was also kind of scary as a kid. The Jabberwocky was very menacing.

the chucky movies when i was a kid
latest:event horizon
i have the shining on my table but havent watched it yet...

The Exorcist is probably one of my favorite scary movies of all time. I went to grade school in Georgetown so I used to hang out on the steps all the time.

Blair Witch was an interesting one tho.. creepiest part for me was the end.

For me perhaps the scariest ever was the Omen. Considering that when I saw it for the 1st time I was around 10 years old. But after that I was sleeping with the lights on for days. In the same range goes aswell the Shining, both versions, but I do like more the one directed by Kubrick, Nicholson gave his ultimate best on that movie.
The 28 days later was a truly refreshing film that gave me the heebie jeebies again for a long time.
This thread gave good hints. I guess I have to get the Event Horizon and Exorcist soon. If they really are as good as you folks claim...

Yeah, poltergeist freak the shit out of me as a kid, specifically, when that guy tears his face off. I was afraid to pick at scabs after that... but i got over it.

Now on TV, Salems Lot did me in. That boy floating at the window sent me over. I was scared to sleep in my room, my parents wouldn't let me sleep with them, so I snuck in their bedroom and slept on the floor next to the bed. They said I couldn't see the 2nd part of the show, but I pursuaded them, and was promplty freaked out again.