Scariest films you have ever seen?
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Re: Scariest films you have ever seen?
Paranormal activity's the only one that's remotely scary, since it takes place in a believable setting and one I can relate to. I am not scared by anything set over 30 years ago, partly because if it was made back then it will have awful special effects, and partly because I just end up laughing at most of it.
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Re: Scariest films you have ever seen?(Original post by Philbert)
Are you talking about the Groke? I can't post pictures atm, but that sh*t gave me nightmares for weeks.
To a lesser degree, yeah, but was mostly thinking about Hattifatteners.
(Original post by Copperknickers)
Paranormal activity's the only one that's remotely scary, since it takes place in a believable setting and one I can relate to. I am not scared by anything set over 30 years ago, partly because if it was made back then it will have awful special effects, and partly because I just end up laughing at most of it.
Me and my GF at the time, who scares easily, both found Paranormal Activity funny. It's not remotely scary. It's the kinda 'horror' film that gets over hyped by the general film going public and that's about it.
And given your statement regarding special effects, your opinion is basically objectively wrong.Last edited by concubine; 08-05-2012 at 11:28. -
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I'm not trying to sound like some immune, macho-man but I've watched so many horror films/thrillers films that they rarely scare me at all now..
When I was younger I used to be scared of a bit in The Exorcist and I always used to have nightmares of Jason Voorhees, Freddie Kruegor and Mike Myers chasing me around a maze and I always had a hoover as a weapon for some reason.. -
Re: Scariest films you have ever seen?Rec was a good'un. The sequel was a let down though - got quite predictable. Have you seen the third?(Original post by MancBoy)
I would go with...
Rosemary's Baby (especially the last 15 mins)
The Shining (Jack Nicholson...enough said)
Rec (The last bit was freaky deaky!)
Misery (crazy, scary lady!)
There is more but I cant think of any. What are yours?
Insidious wasn't particularly scary as a whole, but it does have a few jumpy parts. This one still gets me once in a while.
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Re: Scariest films you have ever seen?Agreed, I laughed through pretty much the whole film APART from the spider walk down the stairs. Seriously freaky **** right there, that moment's still with me.(Original post by Dukekaki)
I was told "The Exorcist" was a scary film....... and my mother particularly said the head-spinning part was most scary, but I laughed out during that part of the movie.
Last 10 mins of REC is very intense. -
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It's probably pathetic but I still can't get through the Grudge films,despite knowing exactly whats in them.The Serbian Film freaked me out a lot.I saw http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384806/ when I was 15 and it really scared me,especially as it is based on truth and the house still exists in America.And the whole 'catch em kill em' mantra was stuck in my head for ages afterwards.Not especially great late at night when your brain seems to be unable to do anything but replay those scenes.I haven't seen the Ring but apparently it's of a similar vein to the Grudge.
Last edited by OddThings; 08-05-2012 at 13:40.