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Dawn of the Dead (the remake is one of the best movies ever made)

I have to agree with you Grim. So many remakes fall so short of the originals. Dawn managed to retain the feeling a group of people you could care about, get involved with and go along with on the roller coaster of a movie. A difficult task but it matched the original on all fronts. I still find the baby scenes very hard to watch.

How about going japanese and certainly not the remake. The Grudge is very high on the scary list. The final shots when the wife is pulling herself down the stairs is a real chiller moment.

The likes of Evil Dead II and III I can't count as scary, lets face it these movies are playing for laughs. However Evil Dead has to be up in the top 5. This movie was produced at a time when the video nasty was rife but it has still managed a long term viewing lifespan unlike some films of the time eg driller killer and I spit on you grave.

I do remember The Burning and Friday the 13th producing a shiver.

For a film to be truly scary it has to disturbing consistently throughout. To many so called horror films these days are nothing but teen adventure stories with special effects.

also look at some of the japanese stuff for real scares eg The ring or grudge.

If you want to go British (sorry i`m biased) watch The descent or the Creep.

My issue one i think says it all a great cover that started it all.

Wish i had`nt highlight some of the sections though would be worth more now :)