Your Scarriest Movie or TV episode (1 Viewer)

[OzDigger]

I watched a Dr Who episode a few days ago called 'Blink' and thought that it was pretty scary for Dr Who. Even when I was a kid I was never scared of any Dr Who monsters but this episode had an original theme and some good lighting etc that got my attention. Full marks to the people that did it as most so called horror movies etc are just more of the same old thing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000252/#comment

 

[Rob]

Couldn't agree more Oz.Not only a superb episode but easily the scariest since Dr Who returned after all those years.Fantastic stuff.

Rob

 

[OzDigger]

That was the second or maybe the third time I have seen that episode and it still sucked me in Dr Who has come a long way from when I was a kid, and I could never understand how anyone back in the old Dr Who days would have to hide behind a sofa.

Most horror movies just make me laugh as sometimes I can't wait for some of the idiot victims to get killed.

I watched 'Dog Soldiers' again the other night, that is a top movie with some great lines. I forgot about the part where the dog starts chewing on the guys guts, and it made me laugh because no one seemed all that worried about him. There is a top bit near the end where 'Spoon' I think it is starts punching into the Werewolf boxing style, great stuff.

 

[Combat]

A great Sci-fi horror movie was "The Thing" - both the 50's original and especially the John Carpenter remake in the 80's.

"Phantasm" was another great 80's classic - Angus Scrimm as the "tall man" scared the hell out of me. I met him a few years ago and he is a very nice guy.

"Evil Dead II" - a classic with some great laughs.

 

[Rob]

I loved Halloween,frightening and the first of all those slasher films that followed.The music still gives me the creeps!.

Rob

 

[OzDigger]

A great Sci-fi horror movie was "The Thing" - both the 50's original and especially the John Carpenter remake in the 80's.

"Phantasm" was another great 80's classic - Angus Scrimm as the "tall man" scared the hell out of me. I met him a few years ago and he is a very nice guy.

"Evil Dead II" - a classic with some great laughs.

Carpenter's 'The Thing' is a great movie. Have you seen 'Shaun of the Dead', now that's a funny movie, nearly as funny as 'Death at a Funeral' imo.

 

[Combat]

Carpenter's 'The Thing' is a great movie. Have you seen 'Shaun of the Dead', now that's a funny movie, nearly as funny as 'Death at a Funeral' imo.

Yes, "Shaun of the Dead" is hilarious. I also liked "Bubba Ho-tep" an overlooked horror/comedy that pits an aging Elvis against a mummy in a Texas nursing home. I recommend six to ten beers to fully appreciate that one.

"Dawn of the Dead" is another good horror flick that comes to mind. Even the sequel was not bad.

And those British "Hammer" movies were good for a scare (and nice looking women). Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are hard to top.

 

[Rob]

Yes, "Shaun of the Dead" is hilarious. I also liked "Bubba Ho-tep" an overlooked horror/comedy that pits an aging Elvis against a mummy in a Texas nursing home. I recommend six to ten beers to fully appreciate that one.

"Dawn of the Dead" is another good horror flick that comes to mind. Even the sequel was not bad.

And those British "Hammer" movies were good for a scare (and nice looking women). Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are hard to top.

Love the Hammer Horrors,have most of these on dvd and they are still very enjoyable.When i was a kid they always used to show a Horror double bill on the BBC on a friday night.In one of the Mummy films you can actually see a shot of the Mummy without the wrapping on his head as he throws furniture about,wonderful stuff!

Rob

 

[gk5717]

Combat, totally agree with you on "The Thing", the first one done in the 50,s.
I remember to this day the night I watched it as a young boy I had nightmares about it.
In one of the beginning scenes when they formed a circle on the lake to get the outline of flying saucer, scarey!
Gary

 

[Louis Badolato]

Carpenter's 'The Thing' is a great movie. Have you seen 'Shaun of the Dead', now that's a funny movie, nearly as funny as 'Death at a Funeral' imo.

I love "Shaun of the Dead", as well as "Hot Fuzz", a hysterical movie spoofing cop buddy movies made by the same bunch. They are among the best comedies I have seen in recent years.

 

[sceic2]

As a very young man, about 3 or 4, my scarriest movie experience involved a Disney movie. Fantasia was so frightening that I hid on the floor behind the theater seat in front of me, but had to peek up at it every once and a while just to see what was happening and scare myself somemore.

The most disturbing movie was Texas Chain Saw Massacre, they issued "barf bags" with your ticket when it first came out in theaters. Never saw anything like it.

Then, I laughed my butt off when I saw Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, it was really gorie, but extremely laughable. It's been on Cimemax lately as Flesh for Frankenstein.

 

[theBaron]

It's a tough question, I'm having trouble remembering a scene that was truly scary, as opposed to just plain gory. I don't think the two necessarily equate. Also, having seen some movies over and over again has desensitized me to the suspense, to the scare, of some scenes (but not to the gore).

Maybe some Hitchcock pieces, because the suspense often heightens the fear in a scene. "Rear Window", for example, watching while Grace Kelly snoops in the apartment, not knowing that Raymond Burr is on his way up the stairs. Or "Psycho".

Or "The Shining", watching Jack Nicholson slowly lose his mind, and then snap. Something about that weird face of his that made it even scarier.

Good survey, prosit!
Bradley

 

[Combat]

My Top Ten horror movies:

1) The Thing (1980's version)
2) Phantasm
3) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1950's classic)
4) Halloween
5) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
6) Evil Dead II
7) Dracula (original)
8) Bedlam - Boris Karloff
9) The Body Snatcher (1945) - Karloff at his best
10) Night of the Living Dead

Honorable mention to: Motel Hell, Dawn of the Dead, Poltergeist, 28 Days Later, Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm w/Vincent Price).

 

[Rob]

I love "Shaun of the Dead", as well as "Hot Fuzz", a hysterical movie spoofing cop buddy movies made by the same bunch. They are among the best comedies I have seen in recent years.

Yep loved Hot Fuzz.

Rob

 

[Spitfrnd]

It's a tough question, I'm having trouble remembering a scene that was truly scary, as opposed to just plain gory. I don't think the two necessarily equate. ...
Maybe some Hitchcock pieces, because the suspense often heightens the fear in a scene. "Rear Window", for example, ...Or "Psycho".

Or "The Shining", ....

I agree with the suspense being scary and gore just not. I really am not a Horro movie fan but those you mention were legitimately scary to me. I would add Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which is really SciFi, and John Carpenter's "The Fog". Carpenter's movies still have too much gore for my taste but he can make them scary as well.

 

[Currahee Chris]

Oz/ Rob

How about that episode of Who??It was AMAZING!! I sat there in disbelief at the end- "Did I just watch a Doctor Who episode??" easily the best episode in decades.

I enjoyed the previous 2 part episode as well- with the little parannaha parasites that lurked in the shadows- I thought the scenes where people were chewed to bone but still "went ghost" was pretty wild.

The brilliance of Fridays episode was the simplicity of it- no major special effects- slap 8 people into a room and insert freaky creepy woman who repeats everything you say and do. Pretty brilliant. The acting was what really made that episode work.

Otherwise, I get the heeby jeebies watching The Ring, Ring 2 or What lies beneath. those movies have a lot of eerie creepy effects that just look really unnatural. The ghost at the end of What lies beneath- when she grabs Harrison Ford- pretty wild.

The Ring- could have chopped the first 10 minutes off and the end was kind of corny but everything else was rockin.

The Saw movies- 1 and 2 are pretty suspenseful as well

Oh- and the 1973 Wicker Man movie- I saw that for the first time earlier this year- it's like some acid trip gone awry with special effects technology.

 

[Louis Badolato]

For me, one of the scariest movies I've ever seen is "The Changeling" starring George C. Scott. The ghost child's ball rolling down the main staircase after Scott's character just tossed it in the Potomac is enought to raise the hair on the back of my neck, and to this day the sight of an antique wheelchair scares the bejesus out of me.

 

[OzDigger]

I watched 'Poltergeist' recently and haven't seen it since videos came in, it's still a pretty scary movie for kids (and a few adults), with spooky trees and corpses in swimming pool.

'The Frighteners' is another classic that is often overlooked. I guess I was a Peter Jackson fan before I watched the LOTR movies, but I haven't bothered to chase up his earlier cut price horror flicks.

 

[OzDigger]

Oz/ Rob

How about that episode of Who??It was AMAZING!! I sat there in disbelief at the end- "Did I just watch a Doctor Who episode??" easily the best episode in decades.

I enjoyed the previous 2 part episode as well- with the little parannaha parasites that lurked in the shadows- I thought the scenes where people were chewed to bone but still "went ghost" was pretty wild.

The brilliance of Fridays episode was the simplicity of it- no major special effects- slap 8 people into a room and insert freaky creepy woman who repeats everything you say and do. Pretty brilliant. The acting was what really made that episode work.

Otherwise, I get the heeby jeebies watching The Ring, Ring 2 or What lies beneath. those movies have a lot of eerie creepy effects that just look really unnatural. The ghost at the end of What lies beneath- when she grabs Harrison Ford- pretty wild.

The Ring- could have chopped the first 10 minutes off and the end was kind of corny but everything else was rockin.

The Saw movies- 1 and 2 are pretty suspenseful as well

Oh- and the 1973 Wicker Man movie- I saw that for the first time earlier this year- it's like some acid trip gone awry with special effects technology.

It certainly raised the fur on me, and I usually laugh at most 'horror' stories. Tt's one that sneaks up on you and gets you when you least expect it - clever stuff.

 

[jrsteel]

The scariest movie for me was "The Exorcist". The whole setting and feel of that movie is extremely creepy.