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Favorite horror movie ever created?
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British Monsoon
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The Burning (1981)
It was never the greatest slasher film, but it was my first, and as such The Burning will always be a very nostalgic film for me. From the demented grounds-keeper-turned-murderer Cropsy, the creepy score, and Tom Savini's wonderful practical effects, The Burning is a fantastic 80's horror that deserves to be far more well known than it is today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPWiBV42og
Good call - Audition has such a wonderful build-up, and the last few scenes provide such a gut-punch of an ending. God, the sound of the chicken wire going through bone. *pukes*
It was never the greatest slasher film, but it was my first, and as such The Burning will always be a very nostalgic film for me. From the demented grounds-keeper-turned-murderer Cropsy, the creepy score, and Tom Savini's wonderful practical effects, The Burning is a fantastic 80's horror that deserves to be far more well known than it is today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPWiBV42og
Good call - Audition has such a wonderful build-up, and the last few scenes provide such a gut-punch of an ending. God, the sound of the chicken wire going through bone. *pukes*
Lumpy Onion
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I liked Paranormal Activity the most because it actually scared me to the core. That is what I look for most in a horror movie. And I didn't see shit either. I think I slept with the light on for a couple days.
Broder Salsa
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The texas chainsaw massacre. Just look at that mofo
The shining and Psycho are close for me. Oh and if Jacob's Ladder counts as horror, then that's up there as well.
The shining and Psycho are close for me. Oh and if Jacob's Ladder counts as horror, then that's up there as well.
Lionel Mandrake
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Technically, Jaws, even though I think of it as more of an adventure than a horror.
As for scariest movie... Toss up between The Thing, Poltergeist, and the first Paranormal Activity (I don't give a shit, the first time I saw it I had to sleep with the TV on)
Edit: Even though it didn't scare me, Evil Dead II might be my favorite pure-genre horror.
As for scariest movie... Toss up between The Thing, Poltergeist, and the first Paranormal Activity (I don't give a shit, the first time I saw it I had to sleep with the TV on)
Edit: Even though it didn't scare me, Evil Dead II might be my favorite pure-genre horror.
First post nails it with The Shining.
I think it's impossible for me to say one movie though for any of these kinds of questions. I just can't do it.
Other than The Shining, there's also John Carpenter's The Thing, George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, and if we're counting movies like Jaws...well that'd be one of em too.
Actually, if we are to include movies like Jaws, would Jurassic Park fit this category too?
I think it's impossible for me to say one movie though for any of these kinds of questions. I just can't do it.
Other than The Shining, there's also John Carpenter's The Thing, George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, and if we're counting movies like Jaws...well that'd be one of em too.
Actually, if we are to include movies like Jaws, would Jurassic Park fit this category too?
Shadowlink
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I believe Jurassic Park is, by definition, somewhat of a horror movie. I mean after all, the entire later half of the movie is the cast avoiding being eaten to death.
Other than that:
Halloween: Because damn, the stalking is more than enough to make you uncomfortable.
Paranormal Activity: The omnipresent threat of attack and uncertainty is more terrifying than anything. The fact you're afraid when nothing happens speaks volumes.
The Thing (John Carpenter remake): Again with the omnipresent threat of attack mixed with extreme isolation.
Okay I change my vote, this right here.
Femmeworth
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Good choice. That damn burlap sap.
Ya know, while I don't know if I think Blair Witch Project stands up to repeated viewings as much...I'll be damned if I don't think they were really clever when they made it. I think it's a good story, and a really creepy premise.Blair Witch Project
I just wish I knew what the hell really happened. I know, the mystery is part of the appeal, but I'm one of those people where I want to solve the mystery. I hate not knowing. We can easily assume Josh was killed, and his voice was stolen somehow because they cut off his tongue, yet you clearly hear him yelling at the end.
I know Mike was standing in the corner because there was a story earlier in the movie about how Mr Parr supposedly killed children, and made one of them stand in the corner because he didn't want them watching...so it's easy to assume Heather got killed, but by what??? I need to know!
I know Mike was standing in the corner because there was a story earlier in the movie about how Mr Parr supposedly killed children, and made one of them stand in the corner because he didn't want them watching...so it's easy to assume Heather got killed, but by what??? I need to know!
hehe, good movie.
Lumpy Onion
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In the Descent
the part where the one woman get's (or almost gets I don't recall) her head stuck in the really narrow part they were creeping through was the absolute worst.
A really good horror film.
Stairouais
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The quick shots of Pazuzu from The Exorcist are probably the most frightening single frames from any horror film.
Disturbing film
Femmeworth
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I found The Exorcist to be laughable, and Paranormal Activity scares me. >_>
ThankeeSai
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OP nails it with The Shining.
I’ve seen countless horror films over the years, but nothing creeps me out quite like The Shining. The only film that I genuinely feel uncomfortable watching on my own, but if it’s ever on late at night, I have to watch it.
Another film that’s not particularly scary, but just has that creepy vibe and has one of the most unsettling and horrible endings ever is The Wicker Man (the 1973 original, not the shit remake).
Major Wicker Man ending spoilers –
I’ve seen countless horror films over the years, but nothing creeps me out quite like The Shining. The only film that I genuinely feel uncomfortable watching on my own, but if it’s ever on late at night, I have to watch it.
Another film that’s not particularly scary, but just has that creepy vibe and has one of the most unsettling and horrible endings ever is The Wicker Man (the 1973 original, not the shit remake).
Major Wicker Man ending spoilers –
As soon as he gets caught and is being led towards that giant, wicker effigy shouting “JESUS CHRIST! NOOO!”, I’m sat thinking “Someone will come. Someone will come and save him soon”. He gets put inside it, I’m still sat there, safe in the knowledge that they won’t burn Edward Woodward. Oh no. No way. Not happening.
But they do. And they all start singing some crazy sacrificial song and start swaying from side to side as Edward Woodward is burned to death. Simply horrible.
But they do. And they all start singing some crazy sacrificial song and start swaying from side to side as Edward Woodward is burned to death. Simply horrible.
Between Precinct 13, The Thing, Halloween, The Fog, Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness...this is now a pre 90's John Carpenter appreciation thread.
Seriously, if I had to pick my top 5 horror films he made all but one of them (The Shining).
Edit: oh and Afflek was the bomb in Phantoms, which is hugely underrated.
Seriously, if I had to pick my top 5 horror films he made all but one of them (The Shining).
Edit: oh and Afflek was the bomb in Phantoms, which is hugely underrated.
Razgriz-Specter
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The Shining
Insidious
Most creepy scene of all time imo.
Insidious
Most creepy scene of all time imo.
Canis lupus
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Ju-On 
ShadyMilkman
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I absolutely love anything "Found Footage", so my favorites tend to fall under those.
[Rec] is probably my favorite, followed by Paranormal Activity. Blair Witch is up there also, but mainly because I caught that in theaters amongst all the hype.
I do have a soft spot for the first few Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies because my sister used to let me watch those with her friends when I was 6-7 years old. They scared the living shit out of me, but it was still fun to try and prove to her and her friends that I was 'man' enough to watch them.
Shit, I almost forgot Trick R' Treat. It's not the scariest, but I love the atmosphere and sets of that movie. Plus, it also has that fat kid from Bad Santa in it, so there's a bonus.
[Rec] is probably my favorite, followed by Paranormal Activity. Blair Witch is up there also, but mainly because I caught that in theaters amongst all the hype.
I do have a soft spot for the first few Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies because my sister used to let me watch those with her friends when I was 6-7 years old. They scared the living shit out of me, but it was still fun to try and prove to her and her friends that I was 'man' enough to watch them.
Shit, I almost forgot Trick R' Treat. It's not the scariest, but I love the atmosphere and sets of that movie. Plus, it also has that fat kid from Bad Santa in it, so there's a bonus.
NEOPARADIGM
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I know it has its fans, but man this genre is lacking.
Guess I'd go with The Shining, though I'm not even convinced it's a horror film; more of a "Kubrick" film.
Have a soft-spot for Halloween, Halloween 2, and the original Nightmare on Elm Street.
Guess I'd go with The Shining, though I'm not even convinced it's a horror film; more of a "Kubrick" film.
Have a soft-spot for Halloween, Halloween 2, and the original Nightmare on Elm Street.
eXistor
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It's a toss-up between Gremlins 2 and Evil Dead 2. Gremlins is arguably not even horror, but there you go. As you can see the comedy/slapstick-horror movies are my faves. I also adore Bad Taste and Braindead (Dead Alive in the US).
As far as "real" horror is concerned, I'd say Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original of course) and the Shining.
Yeah, it would make my top 10 easily, I think it went downhill with the sequels (didn't they all?) but the first is still creepy as all fuck. The part where she "brings him through" always got me as a kid.
The Thing. Such a fantastic movie. Amazing special effects and monster design, wonderful performances and a bloody fantastic main theme. Truly terrifying and I love rewatching it every once in a while. Unlike the prequel which is none of those things. That's what happens when you CGI it out the ass.
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