What are your top 10 scary movie?
1. The Shining
2. The Exorcist
3. Jaws
4. The Ring
5. Event Horizon
6. Alien
7. Blair Witch Project
8. Changling
9. Halloween
10. John Carpenter's The Thing
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1. Armageddon. It's so scary I can't watch it.
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Oh, I can't pick just 10...
Scary Showdowns:
1. Dinocroc vs Supergator
2. Mega Python vs Gateroid
Horrific Hybrids:
3. Mansquito
4. Sharktopus
5. Dinoshark
Angst-Inducing Uber-Animals:
6. Mega Snake
7. Mega Piranha
Diabolic (and Superlative) Disasters:
8. Super Eruption
9. Megafault
10. Magma: Volcanic Disaster
11. NYC: Tornado Terror
12. Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
Chilling Colon-Emphasized Animal Attacks:
13. Bats: Human Harvest
14. Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep
15. Anacondas: Trail of Blood
16. Locusts: The 8th Plague
Dishonorable Mentions:
17. Man with the Screaming Brain
18. Carny
I'd like to thank Syfy Channel for creating all these cinematic scream-fests... and not because the movies themselves were frightening.
The Ring. Holy poop, the Ring!
This may have to do with the fact that I was in college at the time, working as a security guard over the summer, and watched it on shift from like 2am-4am.
My stupid friends who were also on Campus Security knew this in advance and purchased a garden gnome from AC Moore and a long black wig and old sun dress from Salvation Army. They then dressed the gnome in the dress and wig, snuck out of their dorm sometime after 1am, and set it on the edge of the corn field behind the 80 year old creepy athletic complex that was on the far edge of college property.
One of the scariest patrols of my life.
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The Exorcist III.
By the time this popcorn moment has occured. The tensions are pretty high making it very effective.
Also it; much like Raimi's Evil Dead I & II for its day showcases a lot of cinematography techniques that become commonplace for the next decade +.
Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Carpenter's remake of The Thing
Legend of Hell House
Imprint
The Keep- granted the graphic novel series is better.
I'm not a fan of scary movies but here would be my shortlist:
1. Audition - Hands down has some of the creepiest scenes ever filmed
2. The Shining
3. The Exorcist
4. Alien
5. Aliens - scary in a different way
Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Wow! I always felt the same way about this movie. It seemed so real and/or possible. It totally messed with your head. I haven't seen it in nearly 20 years. I will have to watch it again and see if it holds up.
Exorcism of Emily Rose
Exorcist the Beginning
The Entity
Jaws
Alien
Blood Tide
Curse of the Demon
Salems Lot
Blood Moon
Night of the Living Dead
Oh, I can't pick just 10...
Scary Showdowns:
1. Dinocroc vs Supergator
2. Mega Python vs Gateroidand other Sci-Fi channel films
To be fair, all NBC/Universal did was realize that they could get a slice of advertising revenue before these movies went straight to video/ straight to streaming as they were going to do otherwise.
I also remember being terrified after watching What Lies Beneath.
And as a kid, I had nightmares for weeks after watching The Neverending Story - from the part near the end where Gmork lurks in the shadows and nearly kills Atreyu. /shudder
To be fair, all NBC/Universal did was realize that they could get a slice of advertising revenue before these movies went straight to video/ straight to streaming as they were going to do otherwise.Oh, I can't pick just 10...
Scary Showdowns:
1. Dinocroc vs Supergator
2. Mega Python vs Gateroidand other Sci-Fi channel films
Maybe. I don't work at Syfy or NBC so I don't know their business model. However, I do know that all of the movies I listed are on the SyFy Channel site under their 'Original Movies' section. I believe in personal responsibility and accountability. If the SyFy channel puts their name on it - they own it as far as I'm concerned.
Having said that, I like the SyFy channel a lot. I think they put on some great and enjoyable programs. Given how good some of their series are, it makes the crappy stuff really stand out. And there is no bigger exception in my mind to their quality programming than the 'Original Movies'. They range from 'Meh' to 'Who Managed to Sell this POS Script?'
Sorry for the tangent. You may continue with the thread.
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I really have never been truly scared by many movies but creeped out by a few.They are all kind of the same theme.
Rosemary's Baby
The Wicker Man
The Exorcist
The Exorcist II
The Exorcist III
Exorcist: The Beginning
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (same movie as above just recut differently)
The Ninth Gate
The Omen (original)
The Amityville Horror(original)
Donnie Darko
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Also in no particular order:
Prince of Darkness
The Thing (Carpenter's version of course)
The Ring
The Grudge
Night of the Living Dead
The Hills Have Eyes
Nightmare on Elm Street (the original version)
In the Mouth of Madness
Splinter (the only decent movie Syfy has ever made)
Nosferatu
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
13 Ghosts
Wolfen
The Ruins
Hellraiser
Alien
Aliens
Nightmare on Elm Street(1st original one)
Hellraiser
Pumpkinhead(original)
The Fly(Jeff Goldblum)
RawHeadRex
Poltergeist I & II
Terminator(first one)
The Exorcist
Wishmaster
From Dusk Till Dawn(1st one)
The Sound of Music
Peter Pan
It's a Wonderfull Life
Mary Poppins
Bambi
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Forrest Gump
Miracle on 34th Street
The Wizard of Oz
Titanic
....all scare the hell out of me
Now for some good family viewing -
The Exorcist
The Omen (1976)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Changeling
The Exorcist III (everything but the last 10 min)*
The Legend of Hell House
Jaws
The Wicker Man (original)
Halloween (JC version)
The Shining
Honorable Mention -
Psycho
Twilight Zone/Night Gallery TV shows - Selected Episodes (Not a movie,
I know)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Zombie (Lucio Fulchi)
Night Of the Demon (1957)
and too many others to mention here...