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[Triggerhappytel]

Lights Out.

I thought the film was mediocre but it was a great premise, and the original short film on YouTube was excellent.

 

[Rhaknar]

Darth Maul?

You joke but it's a big reason why I couldn't get into Insidious. I literally said "the fucking demon looks like Darth Maul" and it ruined the movie for me. Or I ruined the movie for myself I guess.

 

[Palantir]

Spoiler

Abominable

Spoiler

Black Lullaby

 

[overcast]

God the whole scene in the apartment in the top floor is horrifying. I was drenched in sweat watching it.

Yup. That legit horrified me while watching although it didn't stick.


Don't Look Now's ending stuck with me real bad. It's like the movie is so perfect at building that uneasiness to a shockingly quick crescendo.

 

[iPaul93]

The Wailing

This.It was an amazing scene.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Only scary part in a vastly overrated and excessively boring film about people you love to hate. Also invented the worst horror film genre: Found Footage.

It didn't invent found footage horror (merely popularised it), and there are some good ones if you make your way through the chaff: REC, Paranormal Activity, parts of VHS 1 & 2.

What should we be seeing?

They start seeing ghosts all over the house and this little boy keeps running around and dancing in the background, as I recall.

 

[Feral Gingy]

REC

One of the most unsettling scenes I've seen. The whole attic section is stuff of nightmares.

 

[Zolo]

lmao. I'm sorry, but this one almost looks like the guy himself was trying to go for some kind of kiss.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

What should we be seeing?

From Insidious 2

Ghost boy dancing, tv I saw it on was so dark you could only make out some slight movement for a good while.
It really added to the scene imo.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

[rec]

It is an obvious jump scare, you know it's coming, and why is that kid in the attic anyway? but it fills me with dread every time i rewatch it because it causes them to lose their light and be stuck in the dark with the naked monster lady.

Rec is so fucking good.

 

[Airola]

Mulholland Drive

I love Mulholland Drive, but for me the bum does nothing. The scene is amazingly well done and it really is terrifying right up until the bum appears. I was waiting for something far more horrifying to appear, but then it was just someone in a costume and tons of make-up.

But other than that it's an a amazingly memorable scene. The build up is so great.

 

[fanboi]

I love Mulholland Drive, but for me the bum does nothing. The scene is amazingly well done and it really is terrifying right up until the bum appears. I was waiting for something far more horrifying to appear, but then it was just someone in a costume and tons of make-up.

But other than that it's an a amazingly memorable scene. The build up is so great.

Is there a good explanation to that scene? Why are there a build up? Who are they afraid of?

 

[eXistor]

I've been meaning to watch Xtro simply based on this gif:

Do it, it's a legit great film.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

REC

One of the most unsettling scenes I've seen. The whole attic section is stuff of nightmares.

It's been quite a few years since I saw REC, but I don't remember this specific part at all. I thought she avoided the possessed woman up until the very end when she gets dragged out of frame and the film ends?

 

[Muppet of a Man]

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[Jill Sandwich]

It's been quite a few years since I saw REC, but I don't remember this specific part at all. I thought she avoided the possessed woman up until the very end when she gets dragged out of frame and the film ends?

Yeah this is from one of the sequels, can't remember if it's 2 or 4.

 

[SuperEpicMan]

this whole scene always scared me when I was young in Salom's Lot original

Ahh so that is what this is making fun of.

 

[Kain]

It's been quite a few years since I saw REC, but I don't remember this specific part at all. I thought she avoided the possessed woman up until the very end when she gets dragged out of frame and the film ends?

Because that's from the second one and it's a huge spoiler btw

 

[DieNgamers]

Meh been looking for a horror movie to sell me on the genre lately. Love horror games like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Dead Space, but the movies never did anything for me. Especially recently, I can just hear the "SUDDEN LOUD MUSIC/SOUND TO QUE JUMP SCARE!" in most of these instead of letting it freak you out naturally.

Anyone got a recommendation?

The Witch, The Wailing, Lake Mungo (someone mentioned it in another thread...It's a melancholic fake documentary but it really worked on me and was mega creepy), the original REC.

 

[Chuckie]

Salon's Lot

Salom's Lot

 

[DieNgamers]

All three are worth your time time.

 

[Yager]

this whole scene always scared me when I was young in Salom's Lot original

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[quote="WiseguyMVP, post: 248798828"]Salon's Lot

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[ASilentProtagonist]

[REC]

[REC] was excellent.
So immersive until the end.

 

[Dehnus]

Insidious.

Why is Darth Maul making silly faces? Oh you silly Zabrak you, stop playing tricks on all those poor Jedi, they already fear you far too much.

Ontopic:

Phantasm

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[Sevenfold]

Jesus. I watched that on an old VHS I rented from a video store in Tasmania when I lived there and it's stuck with me ever since. It's one of the most unpleasant, upsetting films I've ever seen.

Heh it was in with a load of horror movies I borrowed off a mate's brother with behind sun written in marker on the side of the tape. The most unfortunately comedic in it's hammyness American dub aside, it seared itself in my mind. Properly upsetting due to the subject matter and grotesque in its effects (I know the cat has been debunked but the rats still look like murder to me). The pressure chamber is the worst bit imo.

Edit:The cat hasn't been debunked. Ok. That's gross.

Edit2:
This is a really good article on the film.
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/12/20/the-awful-truth-of-men-behind-the-sun

Men Behind the Sun came out in 1988 well after the boom of exploitation cinema had come and gone. T. F. Mou set out to create a film depicting Japanese war crimes during World War II. He focuses the story on Unit 731 and the grotesque experiments that were performed on Chinese captives by General Shiro Ishii. Among these experiments are letting fleas infected with bubonic plague feast on prisoners, freezing a woman’s arms and then thawing them only to have both of her arms entirely de-gloved, and putting a man in a pressure chamber causing him to release his bowels and intestines. All of these experiments are shown in full throughout the film, there are no cutaways, no fades to black; you just sit and watch it all unfold. What made this film worse than previous exploitation films is that it used footage from an actual autopsy of a young boy who had recently died.

Yeah pretty fucked up.

 

[DemonNite]

lol i missed it

 

[Egida]

[REC] Co-director Paco Plaza released a few weeks ago Veronica, which holds some similarities witch [REC] and it's based on one of the most famous and well documented paranormal cases in Spain.

I was looking for some .gifs from The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh, which has plenty of creepy scenes, but couldn't find any, so here's a picture.

The plot: A man have to spend a night in his recently deceased mother's house, full of antiques and religious imagery.

 

[SomTervo]

OMG this. Signs is the scariest movie I've ever seen.

Lol

 

[SomTervo]

Men behind the sun. Frostbite experiment.

Spoiler

The really bad stuff from this movie isn't giffed it would seem.

That's not the really bad stuff? Yeesh.

For Organ Quarter we looked up a lot of stuff like this, no idea how we missed this film.

hmm... just realized that music and sound effect probably contribute a huge part of the scare factor. these gif didn't look like they're as scary as the poster said. maybe next time I tried playing horror game (I'm weak at them) I should play them without sound or just at low volume. I have a bunch of them that I never finish because I just couldn't do it

Yeah it makes it way easier. Sound design is massive for horror.

Spoiler

Dead Alive aka Braindead (1992)

One of my all time favourites.

Creepshow (1982)

Haha. Man.

 

[J-Roderton]

[REC] Co-director Paco Plaza released a few weeks ago Veronica, which holds some similarities witch [REC] and it's based on one of the most famous and well documented paranormal cases in Spain.

I was looking for some .gifs from The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh, which has plenty of creepy scenes, but couldn't find any, so here's a picture.


The plot: A man have to spend a night in his recently deceased mother's house, full of antiques and religious imagery.

I remember watching this not too long ago. It did have some very creepy moments.

 

[Haunted]

Don't Look Now

This is the one I immediately thought of.

 

[BumRush]

It's awesome how important context and sound design are. So many of these gifs which are from genuinely scary scenes do absolutely nothing in this format.

 

[DukeBobby]

The first VHS movie was pretty decent, havent seen any other.

One of the shorts in VHS 2 is legitimately one of the best horror films of the last decade.

 

[karmaforgotme]

this whole scene always scared me when I was young in Salom's Lot original

that scene taught me to never open the window for floating people even if they are family.

& never sleep with your curtains open.

Also this scene (LOOK AT ME TEACHER)

Edit: Always revoke invitations if someone dies in your house.

 

[Fancy Clown]

I love Mulholland Drive, but for me the bum does nothing. The scene is amazingly well done and it really is terrifying right up until the bum appears. I was waiting for something far more horrifying to appear, but then it was just someone in a costume and tons of make-up.

But other than that it's an a amazingly memorable scene. The build up is so great.

The old people scenes scare me way more

 

[karmaforgotme]

One of the shorts in VHS 2 is legitimately one of the best horror films of the last decade.

I love VHS 2. Gareth Evans (of Raid fame) short about the cult is the one I assume you are talking about? It was jaw dropping good. I actually thought all the shorts were great but the Adam Wingard one.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Everything out of context just isn't scary to me. I find the monster designs more interesting

 

[More_Badass]

Meh been looking for a horror movie to sell me on the genre lately. Love horror games like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Dead Space, but the movies never did anything for me. Especially recently, I can just hear the "SUDDEN LOUD MUSIC/SOUND TO QUE JUMP SCARE!" in most of these instead of letting it freak you out naturally.

Anyone got a recommendation?

The Witch, The Wailing, The Strangers for modern movies. You're Next and I Saw The Devil for horror-thrillers. Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Exorcist for classic movies

 

[Egida]

Damn, I really need to watch Salem's Lot, or read the book.

I remember watching this not too long ago. It did have some very creepy moments.

Yeah, I was thinking about that scene with

Spoiler

the angel approaching. You don't get to see anything but the shadow and the sound of stone being dragged across the floor. Really unnerving.

Also that other scene when he drops the fork. Love that kind of stuff in horror movies.

 

[Monocle]

I'm struggling to see the appeal in any of the gory gifs. They're not scary, just cruel and disgusting.

 

[Silvergun-Blue]

Other people really didn't seem to like The Woman in Black (Danny Radcliffe version) but I enjoyed it as an old school haunted house style horror.

Not a horror film, but this Fellowship of the Rings scene.

 

[More_Badass]

I'm struggling to see the appeal in any of the gory gifs. They're not scary, just cruel and disgusting.

What makes body horror or other gory moments scary and disturbing is that it's perverting something we as humans understand innately. Not everyone is scared of the dark or monsters, we can't always fathom what it would be like to be hunted by vampires or trapped in a hellscape, but we all know the limits of our body and what a human body is supposed to look like.

So seeing the physical form stretched and twisted and broken and perverted is some kind of universal horror that anyone can grasp. We can extrapolate what it might feel like if our flesh sloughed off and tore apart, our teeth tumbling out, our scalp frayed, our spine and limbs twisted and contorted. You can imagine what the pain might be like, how you would react, because you know what a cut or a scrape or losing a tooth, etc feels like.

 

[DJChuy]

The Orphanage

Shutter

I can't find the one where she's coming out of the sink or something.

 

[Chozoman]

This is the one that got me as a kid:

Also:

and

 

[Übermatik]

That's a really clever idea.

 

[DemonNite]

also this one from American Werewolf forest scene creeped me out

 

[Chozoman]

also this one from American Werewolf forest scene creeped me out

These guys, too:

 

[Ydelnae]

From Noroi/The Curse.

 

[Anung]

From Noroi/The Curse.

YES! Very underrated especially whenever people brings up J-horror.

 

[Baraka Obama]

This is funny though