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McCoy Carp
24 Dec 18 14:10
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Got to admit I'm a bit of a wuss, & horror movies not really my thing, but on reading a list of the top 50 horror movies of all time, was surprised to see Salems Lot not included. When Mr Barlow appears outside the cell I nearly jumped out of my seat. Also, the original Alien ratchets the tension right up. Number 1 on the list was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which I've never seen.

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By:
twizzle22
When: 24 Dec 18 14:16
Exorcist...watched it in 1973 when it first came out...still haunts me to this day.
By:
McCoy Carp
When: 24 Dec 18 14:19
Yeah, never fancied that - think I'll give it a miss Sad
By:
Reynard
When: 24 Dec 18 14:46
twizzle - Nail on the Head ! Scared
By:
Reynard
When: 24 Dec 18 14:48
Incidentally , McCoy , why ask the question if you haven't seen the very benchmark of that specific genre ? Confused
By:
acey deucy
When: 24 Dec 18 14:51
Yeah The Exorcist for me to,i had to sleep with the light on for at least a week after watching that Movie....And I am not kidding.ScaredScaredScared
By:
Reynard
When: 24 Dec 18 14:53
I'm getting the impression that the question should have read :-
What is the scariest horror movie of all time , after The Exorcist ?
By:
conditor
When: 24 Dec 18 14:54
The Exorcist ,NAP....... directors cut version, still spooks me 45years on
By:
Reynard
When: 24 Dec 18 14:55
Maybe the question should have read :-
What is the second scariest horror movie of all time , after The Exorcist ?
By:
lovegod
When: 24 Dec 18 15:03
Seen most of the Saw series, not sure if they're scary or just gruesome in the way people are killed.
By:
doridoru
When: 24 Dec 18 15:12
JAWS million times better film than The Exorcist, the re-release at cinemas I saw, the crowd was in hysterics at the mother sucks etc, I was expecting to be blown away with terror and was just a meh!
By:
mega88
When: 24 Dec 18 15:14
Hellraisers were good, yea exorcist probably no 1, all had their moments, exorcist had stuff happen during and after filming which made it more creepy whether that was true is another story.
By:
Reynard
When: 24 Dec 18 15:18
mega88 - Urban myth or factual events ? MischiefMischief
By:
Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 15:36
A good litmus test for myself to gauge how scary a film is,i watch it on my own and late at night.
The film's that I can remember being most afraid when I watched them were The
Exorcist, Exorcist 3, The Shining and Blair Witch Project.
Also,the British film The Legend of Hell House was really scary when I watched
it as a boy.
The last really scary film I saw was a romanian film called Them,a film that was as scary
as any I've ever seen.
By:
conditor
When: 24 Dec 18 15:41
Thiers a really scary one on tomorrow night ..... Mrs Browns Boys....to watch that $hite on Christmas Day makes you a zombie ........ and that is scary
By:
Reynard
When: 24 Dec 18 15:43
I think age is a big factor when judging the 'scare factor' of a film . I'm sure that The Evil Dead would seem pretty tame if I sat down and watched it now as opposed to when I first saw it in my early teens Scared
By:
Baphornet
When: 24 Dec 18 16:12
Nosferatu - 1922
By:
Pokermonster
When: 24 Dec 18 16:38
I would class Alien as being more in the science fiction genre rather than horror, but either way it is a fantastic movie. Event Horizon, another film crossing over into both styles, might be considered scarier perhaps?
By:
Makybe_Diva
When: 24 Dec 18 19:46
The Others Scared
By:
mega88
When: 24 Dec 18 19:53

Dec 24, 2018 -- 3:18PM, Reynard wrote:


mega88 - Urban myth or factual events ?


It happened, few deaths I believe, maybe coincidence, that film is just wrong,

By:
Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 20:00
Makybe_Diva,

Happy Christmas,lovely.
Hope you have a really
lovely day.

All hail to the Diva!
By:
Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 20:00
Makybe_Diva,

Happy Christmas,lovely.
Hope you have a really
lovely day.

All hail to the Diva!
By:
Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 20:01
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Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 20:03
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By:
BonnieDday
When: 24 Dec 18 21:09
The Fog, original version with Jamie Lee Curtis. Best watched in company.
By:
McCoy Carp
When: 24 Dec 18 21:18
Why put yourself through it? I suppose it's like eating a hot chilli? Like someone said gory and horror. And someone else said Alien and Event Horizon - don't fancy the latter Sad
By:
Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 21:31
I forgot about The Fog,Bonnie.It's nearly always on the telly around this time.
I t s a fun film.I like the great John Housemans story around the campfire at start of the film
I also can't believe that I or anyone else hasn't mentioned
Psycho...Watching that as a child
was a scary unforgettable experience.
By:
paulypaul
When: 24 Dec 18 21:48
A nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween

An odd one but on Netflix there is a film called 'would you rather'....Had to close my eyes a few times..
By:
Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 22:01
How could I forget Halloween?
By:
Culvin
When: 24 Dec 18 22:06
I've just remembered a film called Dead of Night.The scene in the prison cell with Michael Redgrave and his dummy was very scary,indeed
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By:
RLKingPunter
When: 24 Dec 18 22:15
Wolf Creek had its moments but agree The Exorcist was the benchmark. For sheer realistic blood and guts but not really a horror movie Kajaki takes some beating - soldiers getting blown up in a landmined valley in Aftganistan.
By:
Get me a drink
When: 24 Dec 18 22:59
Sinister is quite scary, as is The Conjuring. Jeepers Creepers I enjoyed as well, but the scariest has to be The Exorcist I wouldn't watch it for years due to it's reputation alone.

I made the mistake of watching The Birds when I was young, that scared me for days or weeks afterwards.

I'm not one for those gory type of horror films though, like blood everywhere and that, that's not so much scary as sickening.
By:
lovegod
When: 25 Dec 18 07:49
The Fog gets a mention above and rightly so. Another scary John Carpenter film was The Thing.
By:
twonky
When: 25 Dec 18 08:57
Another vote for The Exorcist, Regan spider walking down the stairs still brings out the goosebumps.

Ringu the original Japanese version also deserves a mention.

Rosemary's Baby and The Haunting just for sheer tension.
By:
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When: 25 Dec 18 08:59
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By:
lybertyne
When: 25 Dec 18 10:26
No scary films.  They're all pretend.  You get some films where, say, the scene is quiet and then the attacker or whoever jumps out, but that's a cheap shot and not scary.  Creep up to someone and shout boo! and they'll jump.  Doesn't make you a genius at horror.
By:
Manoleeds
When: 25 Dec 18 11:02
Funny Games -either the original or the remake must be up there.
By:
Culvin
When: 25 Dec 18 16:10
Make my hay,jack Nicolson was at times a terrible ham in The Shining but despite that, The Shining remains the scariest film I've ever seen.
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