Scariest Movies Of All Time?

[AndyC]

That guy in the bear suit from The Shining scares the crap out of me, seriously.. That guy is the scariest thing ever.

Actually, it's a dog suit. That was a WTF moment for me since I first saw the movie in the 80s. I just read the book earlier this year, and I finally understand what that was about. The book left me with a few related questions, but the presence of a man in a dog suit was explained. He had a bit more of a function in King's story.

[Jack Slater]

Can't pick one, sorry.

The Exorcist - Okay, this is going to sound really silly but for some of the film I watched this with the Audio Commentary on. As well as the usual stuff like lights on and making sure the doors are looked. Ask why, I was scared out of my wits.

The Shining - Needs No Comment.

John Carpenter's The Thing - Jump out of your seat terrifying. Rob Bottin's effects are brilliant. The film plays like Agatha Christie's Ten little Indians. All Male Cast. Middle of nowhere. Relentless.

Silence of the Lambs - I always find it funny when people tell me this isn't a horror film. s**t it has two serial killers that's more then most any other horror film out there.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Quite honestly this one had me from the start. There's moments within this film where I literally felt trapped within my body unable to move, Speak, look away or even blink.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Just the right amount of Disturbing horror and scares. Goes a bit bat s**t insane at the end but hell can't say I didn't enjoy it.

Alien - I wish they made more films like this. Subtle lingering images of an indescribable creature. Mystery. Shocks. A Great assembly cast. A character for everyone to relate too.

Session 9 - This one's not going to make too many top ten lists. It's quite the little golden nugget. I took a chance on it. So should you.

Pet Semetary - I never expected it to go as far as it did and let me tell you it did. shocking.

The Fly - You know the needle scene in Pulp Fiction (Needles freak me out). Well, I felt like that for almost entire film. it was excruciating to watch but in a weird therapeutic way. My Horror film version of a marathon. I can unofficially tell people i've been through a few marathons.

Frenzy - Shocker for me. As at the time, I had seen almost everything Hitchcock had made. So when I came across this bad boy. I was expecting Hitchcocks usually suspense greatness. What I got was a twisted, dark, dirty, depraved tension filled horror film. There's humor in it, if you can imagine that. it's mostly dry and once the s**t hits the fan Hitch all but puts it away well except for a potato shack and rigamortis.

Black Sabbath - Stylistically Bava is one of the greats IMO and certainly he's made his share of scary films yet this one got to me the most. Each story, three of them to be exact had something gut wrenching in them. The Wurdalak storyline went the mythical route. The Drop of Water was spin-tingling supernatural and Il Telefono was based on a more grounded reality. the circumstance of which most of us have been through, creepy prank calls.

In the Mouth of Madness - People always use the argument that Carpenter is washed up and has been for some time but not to long ago he made this twisted film. If anyone wants to argue nothing ever good came out of of Memoirs of an Invisible (which I liked) you need not look any further then Sam Neil teaming up with Carpenter for the first time. Which then lead to In the Mouth of Madness.

[66Crush]

"Salems Lot." When the kid see's his dead friend at the window and let's him in, and he's floating, that was creepy.

[bob]

The Omen (the original)
Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
The Ring

[SaintMort]

My vote is EVENT HORIZON!!!  That movie ruined me!  I used to watch scary movies like nuthin' and I was all like "Man! Scary movies ain't scary!!", but not anymore thanks to this one.  I can't even look at Sam Neil anymore without getting scared.

YOU SEE! YOU SEE!

That movie terrified me and my cousins. I actually wrote a blog about the 10 movies that ruined everyday activities for me... but I won't plug that since it's in the shameless plugs thread.

The big ones for me were though:
House of Wax = first movie that actually scared me as a little kid
Jaws = Ruined horror movies for me. It completely ruined movies for me.
Alligator = One of my favorite movies, but the scene where a kid gets eaten in the swimming pool was too much for 8 year old me to handle.
The Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is always my pick for the scariest movie/greatest horror film ever made, it's one of the most disturbing, unsettling and creepy horror films ever.

[voltron]

Maniac (1980)
Carnival Of Souls
Black Christmas (original)
Who Can Kill A Child?
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Deep Red
The House With Laughing Windows