-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
- Status
Conor_Fool
Banned
The Shining, some deep rooted shit in that movie going back to my childhood. That flick fucked my world up. I spent my entire childhood absolutely horrified of the dark, imagining the two sisters standing in front of me when I would turn on the light.
Ghoulies (the ones in the toilet) really fucked me up as a kid. It was so hard growing up with a brother who was 5yrs older than me. :/
My Dad didn't seem to care either. I'm pretty sure he was letting me watch full-on horror at like 7-8yrs old. I love a good scare now. I rate a horror film by how uncomfortable the first couple of nights are to sleep afterwards. Possessions/demons/ghosts and to some extent alien stuff are the best. The old witch from Insidious.. goddamn. Bone chilling.
My Dad didn't seem to care either. I'm pretty sure he was letting me watch full-on horror at like 7-8yrs old. I love a good scare now. I rate a horror film by how uncomfortable the first couple of nights are to sleep afterwards. Possessions/demons/ghosts and to some extent alien stuff are the best. The old witch from Insidious.. goddamn. Bone chilling.
The Ring got me.
Recently the scene in The Conjuring where the kid/s stare at what's behind their bedroom door in the dark was pretty well done.
Opening of Lost Highway stuck with me.
Oh and fucking Jaws. As a kid had a permenant fear of swimming out to far in the ocean or a lake.
Recently the scene in The Conjuring where the kid/s stare at what's behind their bedroom door in the dark was pretty well done.
Opening of Lost Highway stuck with me.
Oh and fucking Jaws. As a kid had a permenant fear of swimming out to far in the ocean or a lake.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
For sheer fear factor - Blair Witch Project
For sheer gut punch depression - Martyrs
For sheer gut punch depression - Martyrs
googleplex
Member
The TV movie Salem's Lot fucked me up as a kid. I so shook that I elected to pee the bed then get up and go to the toilet.
I'm on the same train as these fine folks.
Although Exorcist III gets a lot of flak, I've always liked it for a certain scene (if you've seen it, you'll know it).
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
I don't think it is, but it's one of the only movies where the violence made me feel uncomfortable.
Carnby
Member
I've been thinking about renting this on Amazon Instant Video. I hear great things. But I'm apprehensive because I don't like monster movies. They just don't do anything for me. Is this movie better than an average monster movie?
Link to scene?
Never change, NeoGAF.
Horror's probably one of my least favorite genres, don't watch a lot of it, but Psycho was very well done. I'm bound to watch The Babadook since GAF loves to mention it
I can't think of a horror film that really haunted me after I finished watching it. Lots of dramas and documentaries have though.
The Orphanage was pretty fucking freaky though and I guess Martyrs left me feeling a little jarred and shitty for a while.
I should probably check out The Babadook.
The Orphanage was pretty fucking freaky though and I guess Martyrs left me feeling a little jarred and shitty for a while.
I should probably check out The Babadook.
The Exorcist to this day remains one of the scariest films I've ever seen, most modern Horror flicks don't even come close(maybe with the exception of some Japanese shit).
As for Babadook, it's a well casted and filmed little horror movie, but it got a bit disappointing halfway through once I realized
As for Babadook, it's a well casted and filmed little horror movie, but it got a bit disappointing halfway through once I realized
the monster is just a figment of their imagination. The kid is basically suffering from some kind of mental ilness and therefore difficult to handle for his overburdened mother who gradually starts latching onto these delusional thoughts through a downward spiral of resentment and disdain toward her son fueled by a combination of grief, guilt, stress and sleep deprivation.
maximum360
Member
Insidious didn't do anything for me. Try Sinister. Generally creepy movie.
it got damn good reviews from what i've seen.
Violence Jack
Member
Jesus Camp
But as a kid, Hellraiser 1 and 2 along with Vamp (Grace Jones as a vampire was a source of nightmares for years) had me shook for a long time.
But as a kid, Hellraiser 1 and 2 along with Vamp (Grace Jones as a vampire was a source of nightmares for years) had me shook for a long time.
Messofanego
Banned
The Babadook recently. Not so much the monster but the personal connection to loss.
Antichrist
Martyrs
[Rec]
Antichrist
Martyrs
[Rec]
-MD-
Member
OP said horror movie though, not comedy.
HalfwayOrb
Member
Jaws when I was like 6-7 years old. Fucked me up cuz I'm now terrified of deep water.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
When I was young Jaws pretty much prevented me from sleeping.
Risible
Member
30 Days of Night. Not really the whole movie, just specifically the scene where
Josh Hartnett's character has to decapitate that guy after getting bitten by a vampire and his hand getting shredded off in a meat grinder. Very disturbing and realistic looking, looks like a decapitation video from a terrorist group. Also the screaming as his vocal chords are snapped will haunt me forever.
I was likin it ... then the dinosaur roar sound bites completely ruined it for me towards the end.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I noticed that too.. Fucking terrible choice of sound.
Carnby
Member
Did you mean The Devil's Rejects? That movie might be my all time favorite horror movie.
It really took me completely out of any suspense I had.
Gormless Noodle
Member
Yeah, I think those are the actual sound bites for the Dragon Zord on the Power Rangers http://youtu.be/ug6IdPRYoIM?t=24s
You can't really go lower budget than that. It made me laugh pretty hard.
Carnby
Member
I'm never going to watch this movie now. Thank you for the warning. I'm serious.
Oh shit, you're right! It's the sequel to House of 1000 Corpses. I thought both were great, but the end of The Devil's Rejects really fucked me up.
PaperFlame
Member
Babadook isn't scary, just creepy and depressing.
maximum360
Member
Lol. Yep, Insidious was pure weaksauce.
GraceflAnger
Member
I had high hopes for The Babadook and it did nothing for me. The 1st and 2nd Paranormal Activity messed me up a bit when they came out. The one that really fucked me up was Signs. I literally slept with all the lights on in my house for a week straight as a kid. In the bedroom I slept in as a kid, my bed was positioned looking right out of a window that looked like the one in Signs when he saw the Alien on the barn. That was straight terror fuel for me at night. Aliens and ghosts are the peak of terror for me.
Gormless Noodle
Member
Well if you were expecting a monster movie, you'd be extremely disappointed anyways. It's more of a slightly creepy thriller that tries to tell a story beneath the actual story. I won't say it's bad or anything (outside of the 1954 Godzilla roar noise
) but I definitely don't classify it as a horror movie, personally at least.
psychotron
Member
This fucker. I'm a huge horror fan and have tattoos of Jason, Freddy, Pinhead and Michael.....but this guy still scares me shitless. Julian Beck, terminally ill, takes on the role of a vengeful spirit.
Okay, it's time to watch The Babadook.
The Shining always left me unsettled. The way it's shot, the (not sure best way to say it so please don't think I'm being critical) off/unusual acting at times, the general uneasy atmosphere, and that before we get to the explainable creepy stuff which it always just lingers on that bit longer than you think to make you want to look away. Messes my brain up far more than all the blood and gore in an Eli Roth film.
The Shining always left me unsettled. The way it's shot, the (not sure best way to say it so please don't think I'm being critical) off/unusual acting at times, the general uneasy atmosphere, and that before we get to the explainable creepy stuff which it always just lingers on that bit longer than you think to make you want to look away. Messes my brain up far more than all the blood and gore in an Eli Roth film.
Souldriver
Member
Blair witch does it for me. The realistic found footage angle, coupled with the "there's something there in the woods making noise but I can't see wtf it is" makes me shit my pants. Suggestion is scarier than the best monster design.
- Status