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[| Praxis |]

Mirrors was a totally forgettable movie, but if you've seen it there's one scene you're bound to remember:

Not technically a monster, but oh JESUS GOD!

Is that Amy Smart? If she appeared in my bathroom mirror I would release my own ectoplasm.

 

[The Cowboy]

Is that Amy Smart? If she appeared in my bathroom mirror I would release my own ectoplasm.

If you like Amy Smart (it is her), don't watch the scene (or at least just watch it until she gets in the bath - then turn it off).

 

[| Praxis |]

I'm intrigued... I could always watch the pole dancing scene from Crank 2 to flush my memory.

 

[AlimNassor]

The movie itself was extremely lame, but this is the only scene that made me literally jump in years:

What? Grave Encounters was awesome. The sequel was shit.

 

[Ray Wonder]

This red guy from insidious. AKA Darth Maul.

 

[eso76]

(sorry)

 

[| Praxis |]

This red guy from insidious. AKA Darth Maul.

It looks like a member of Mudvayne lol

 

[Shining]

Awesome posts in this thread. No Night Flier tho, or did i miss that?

 

[OriginX]

I actually really enjoy Alf now, but when I was young(5-6years old), he scared the shit out of me. I remember having a recurring nightmare where I was in the basement and he was chasing me up the stairs and I couldn't scream or run. Just move really slow and not make a sound. By far the strangest fear I think I ever had.

 

[| Praxis |]

Awesome posts in this thread. No Night Flier tho, or did i miss that?

I know that's his collar, but it just looks like two big ears. Makes him kind a cute.

 

[OriginX]

What? Grave Encounters was awesome. The sequel was shit.

The first one was tolerable. The 2nd one completely was absolutely atrocious. It seemed like the Lance Preston guy(no idea actors actual name) was just craving screen time in it. I still don't understand how he was lobotomized in the first one and had so much emotion and energy in the 2nd.

 

[Ray Wonder]

It looks like a member of Mudvayne lol

I Lol'd

 

[ishibear]

Oh man, remind me to stay away from that movie Mama... it looks horrifying.

No one's gonna post picks of Orphan? It wasn't very scary to me but I've seen people terrified by the girl when

Spoiler

she removed her makeup

.

I'll post pics from movies I've seen when I'm off my phone. I'm thinking about a movie everyone's skipped so far. :3

 

[yogloo]

The only thing that creeps me out as an adult

The creatures from the descent.

 

[| Praxis |]

Oh man, remind me to stay away from that movie Mama... it looks horrifying.

No one's gonna post picks of Orphan? It wasn't very scary to me but I've seen people terrified by the girl when

Spoiler

she removed her makeup

.

I'll post pics from movies I've seen when I'm off my phone. I'm thinking about a movie everyone's skipped so far. :3

Is it Mac and Me? Please be Mac and Me.

 

[DodgerSan]

The thing is probably my no.1

Here's another one:

Mystery-man from Lost Highway

Mystery Man: We've met before, haven't we?
Fred: I don't think so. Where was it you think we met?
Mystery Man: At your house. Don't you remember?
Fred: No. No, I don't. Are you sure?
Mystery Man: Of course. As a matter of fact, I'm there right now.
Fred: What do you mean? You're where right now?
Mystery Man: At your house.
Fred: [pause] That's fucking crazy, man.
Mystery Man: Call Me. Dial your number. Go ahead.
[Fred dials the number and the Mystery Man answers]
Mystery Man: [over the phone] I told you I was here.
Fred: [alarmed] How'd you do that?
Mystery Man: Ask me.
Fred: [angrily into the phone] How did you get inside my house?
Mystery Man: You invited me. It is not my custom to go where I am not wanted.
Fred: [into the phone] Who are you?
[Both Mystery Men laugh]
Mystery Man: [over the phone] Give me back my phone.
[Fred gives the phone back]
Mystery Man: It's been a pleasure talking to you.

Fantastic scene from a great but severely trippy movie

 

[jsnepo]

Mama. Old ladies freak me out.

This wins the thread for me. Too fucking freaky.

 

[toastyToast]

The kennel scene from The Thing. The whole time I was thinking, "Man, that's a beautiful dog." and then this

 

[SteveWD40]

My reaction for this whole thread:

 

[Draft]

Creepshow crate monster is a great pull. The final zombie in REC also scared teh shit out of me but I think that was mostly due to REC being a great movie and that ending being tense as all get out.

 

[Deleted member 57681]

How come no one posted the tortured girl from Martyrs? Am I the only one terrified by that part of the movie? That movie is so close to some real freaking things that happen in real life...

I mean, Martyrs is one of my favourite movies, but this thread isn't really about gore or messed up victims.

I guess even that .gif of that terrible Poughkeepadingdong Tapes movie hasn't been posted yet* because it would really be stretching the whole "movie monsters" thing in the title.

 

[Chabbles]

My vote has to go to Mary Shaw from Dead Silence.

That looks abit like this,

These vampires are cool,

 

[Arkos]

Oh man, remind me to stay away from that movie Mama... it looks horrifying

Ehh first half is nice and creepy but second half nosedives into absurdity, not really scary. Maybe the original short is better.

 

[Chabbles]

Exorcism of emily rose, Creepiest possession moive iv ever seen. Some great scenes in there.

 

[Mike M]

Ehh first half is nice and creepy but second half nosedives into absurdity, not really scary. Maybe the original short is better.

The original short is less than three minutes and is little more than the "Mama come running super fast" jump.

Exorcism of emily rose, Creepiest possession moive iv ever seen. Some great scenes in there.

It had some good stuff (my god, the scene where her boyfriend wakes up and she's just laying there on the floor tied into a pretzel while staring at him? So god damned tense), but ultimately disappointed. I liked the early stuff where they would go back and forth between what happened and then have the prosecutor offer a rational explanation, but the movie quickly abandoned the conceit and decided that no, it really was all supernatural.

 

[SayItWithMe]

Havent seen this posted but when I was a kid this guy scared me pretty good! The Goblin in Legend.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

the fetish doll from trilogy of terror was pretty scary

 

[zomaha]

the thing, easily. i first watched it with my dad when i was about 10 and i somehow managed to get through the dog assimilation/norris and his head scenes, but when palmer changes...i couldn't handle it

 

[Truant]

Mary Shaw was creepy as fuck.

Too bad Dead Silence had the most ridiculous twist ending ever. Me and my friends actually had to pause the whole film because we were laughing for ten straight minutes.

 

[MWCShay]

As mentioned already in the thread.. the old woman ghost from Insidious really stuck with me and created a few sleepless nights.

Then you watch Insidious 2 and find out

Spoiler

that is actually a man dressed up as a woman

 

[Nev]

What? Grave Encounters was awesome. The sequel was shit.

It actually is terrible and stupid, 4/10 for me. I guess you haven't seen Rec.

By the way there is a surprisingly high amount of cheesy puppet/halloween mask creatures from 80-90 movies, are you guys serious? These are anything but scary, I actually find them funny and likeable as they remind me of the great late 80, early 90s, but scary? Come on... The scariest thing I've seen so far in this thread is that Mama, shit movie or not. Also the thing from Rec was incredibly disturbing the first time you saw t.

 

[afternoon delight]

Recently, I've been really fucking creeped out by the spiders from Darabont's The Mist adaptation.

1. Gigantic
2. Look mean and hiss, evil as sin
3. They wrap their victims and then harvest them for incubation.
4. They shoot webbing that's acidic like Giger's alien.

A taste of not even their shining moment (which would be the pharmacy scene, look it up)

 

[Mike M]

Grave Encounters was pretty "meh." I was really irrationally cheesed off at the "Death Awaits" graffiti that appeared on the door after they tried to get out and couldn't.

A lot of the movie's scares were so random and disjointed, like there was no consistency to the application of internal rules or something. Like they just brainstormed things they thought might be scary and just threw everything in there at once with no thought on how to keep it thematically consistent.

 

[Red Mage]

I cannot remember the show/film, but it was on TV during the 80's. Basically, a kid's grandma warns him that this creature will try to get him during Halloween. He stays in, but the rest of the family leaves. Fast-foward to the end: family comes home and kid gets ready for bed. Dad comes in to tell the kid goodnight, but when the kid hugs his dad, he stabs his hands on the creature's back.

Yeah, it's kind of cliche, but as a kid, the idea that when you called for your parents in the middle of the night, that something could get close to you by appearing as them was TERRIFYING.

 

[thenexus6]

The Time Machine

 

[AkuMifune]

Always freaked me out as a kid. Not so much nowadays but still.

Zelda pet semetary

There she is. That messed me up when I was younger.

The only other thing that comes close is maybe the end of REC.

 

[dennett316]

It actually is terrible and stupid, 4/10 for me. I guess you haven't seen Rec.

By the way there is a surprisingly high amount of cheesy puppet/halloween mask creatures from 80-90 movies, are you guys serious? These are anything but scary, I actually find them funny and likeable as they remind me of the great late 80, early 90s, but scary? Come on... The scariest thing I've seen so far in this thread is that Mama, shit movie or not. Also the thing from Rec was incredibly disturbing the first time you saw t.

Different strokes for different folks...especially if you see those types of movies when you're younger, the fear can just stay with you. My Aunt is still absolutely terrified of The Exorcist, to the point where she can't even stand to see the face of the actress even without make up, and she saw it 30+ years ago.

A benign toy suddenly becoming evil and trying to get you can be scary shit...and that's if the face of the doll isn't already creepy enough on it's own.

 

[ishibear]

Is it Mac and Me? Please be Mac and Me.

Nope. :/

But has anyone posted these guys yet?

They're not really monsters but they were creepy as hell.

This scene just... freaked me out...

Movie is :

Spoiler

The Strangers

 

[Kinyou]

Yeah. I was screaming the same thing during that scene, "there is no way that's a real person!!" I guess the guy suffers from some sort of bone decease. He did the mocap for Mama and I think physically played the role in the short film of the same name (which I thought was a creepier version than the hollywood release).
http://youtu.be/WRqS6pBC42w.

Something standing far away and suddenly coming closer at an unnatural speed. ugh, that's really freaking me out.

 

[afternoon delight]

Dario Argento's work on Masters of Horror really made my skin crawl in his creature feature Jenifer.

I will refrain from spoiling its appearance.

 

[Switch Back 9]

Insidious fucking sucked, I still can't believe people enjoyed, or found frightening, such a laughably bad and goofy film. That whole latter half is like a Tenacious D music video.

These fuckers though....movie ruined me for YEARS.

Spoiler

Fire in the Sky

just...ugh. That whole scene still scares me on some primal level. Ghosts and shit do nothing, you can always just leave the haunted house. Aliens though? Those bastards can track you ANYWHERE! There is nowhere to hide if they want to find you.

 

[Cartman86]

This red guy from insidious. AKA Darth Maul.

Couldn't take him seriously when I watched the film. Just couldn't help but think of James Gunn dressed as Darth Maul.

 

[DoubleTap]

Statues coming to life freak me out.

Cigar store indian from Creepshow 2

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Only in the 1983 version, though. The 2011 prequel changed it from a cunning, paranoia-inducing cosmic horror to a dumb bloodthirsty brute.

Or seeing the brute force approach as leading to failure it decided to change its tactics for the 2nd group of people.

What? Grave Encounters was awesome. The sequel was shit.

I thought the opposite was true.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

dp

 

[Ourobolus]

I may have to watch Mama. Not many things scare me in movies, but those tense "holy shit it's just standing there, it's just standing there...OHMIGOD IT'S COMING RIGHT AT ME" scenes freak me out like nothing else.

I actually had a dream after watching The Blair Witch Project (shit movie, BTW), where I was one of the characters and ended up going into the house and opening the basement door and there was essentially some creepy silhouette standing at the bottom of the stairs looking up at me. Then it charged. I woke up in a sweat.

 

[| Praxis |]

I really like Blair Witch. In my opinion, scarier than all these other films where you get to see the creature.

 

[Switch Back 9]

I really like Blair Witch. In my opinion, scarier than all these other films where you get to see the creature.

Agreed. That movie is still, IMO, the scariest movie ever made. Perfectly done and the ending was fantastic.

 

[afternoon delight]

Or seeing the brute force approach as leading to failure it decided to change its tactics for the 2nd group of people.

You know, this is some second level meta shit I never even considered. Instead of being disappointed that they ruined the creature by making it stupid and predictable and boring, I could make the movie better by imagining the creature itself was weak instead of the writing.

Even with that caveat though the prequel wouldn't be worth watching.

 

[Ourobolus]

I really like Blair Witch. In my opinion, scarier than all these other films where you get to see the creature.

Agreed. That movie is still, IMO, the scariest movie ever made. Perfectly done and the ending was fantastic.

The problem I had was that it was all buildup and no payoff. Just a bunch of kids running around, freaked out in the woods. Noises happen here and there, and then all of a sudden the movie ends in the basement of a building.

(Yes, I'm aware what actually happened in the basement, but it still doesn't counter the fact that there was literally no climax to the movie)