Favorite Scary Movie

[wisconsinfan47]

It's that time of year...In the spirit of October 31...I'm wondering about everyone's favorite horror/scary movie...

 

I gotta go with either "Halloween" or "The Shining." Carpenter and Kubrick know how to create a suspenseful atmosphere, no doubt.

[TURBO]

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[dadofandrew]

I don't do horror films, for the same reason I don't do scary rides at the fair, being scared to me is not entertaining.

 

However, I do enjoy a good thriller, and one of my favorites that most do not know about is Breakdown, with Kurt Russell, made in the late 90's.

[Hammer]

Hostel....just kidding. I would have to go with House on Haunted Hill. My wife (girlfriend at the time) and I went to see this at the Rivoli in La Crosse, which is kind of spooky anyway. Wow, freaked us out for the whole night.

[sbrylski]

Scary Movie 3

[bacon06]

Scarecrows Gone Wild

[mothershipconnection]

The Descent

[iluvlamp]

Motel Hell is awesome! Wow, I have to see that again because it brings back my youthiness. The first SAW was freaky and Psycho was always great. TCM was a great one too.

[giffted1]

The Descent

[patrickgpe]

Well I don't watch many but I am going with Halloween or Saw. I am interested to see how Rob Zombie remakes Halloween but will probably just rent it.

[BrewCrewForever]

Halloween, Saw and both Rob Zombie films; House of 1,000 Corpses and Devils Rejects.

[Fatter than Joey]

I am interested to see how Rob Zombie remakes Halloween but will probably just rent it.

 

I didn't care for it..., but it is worth a rental.

[RobertR]

I'm a big fan of Alien.

 

Others that spring to mind, The Haunting (1960s version), Nosferatu, Halloween, Psycho, Cat People (original) most classic Universal films, and a good chunk of Hammer's output.

 

Edit: Romero's Night of the Living Dead springs to mind as well.

 

Robert

[Fatter than Joey]

Alien and Halloween are great ones...

 

I liked Blair Witch -- that freaked me out. Carrie and The Exorcist scared me as well.

[Fatter than Joey]

2 other older ones I thought of that are very creepy...

 

Rosemary's Baby and The Changeling.

 

I have also gotten into a lot of the Japanese horror, which has produced some crappy American ripoffs --- but the Japanese originals can be very good.

[radman12484]

See No Evil. I loved it. I'm not kidding either.

[DSFastball55]

My favorites:

28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later

The Descent

Saw

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (I actually like the remake better than the original)

Se7en

War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise was actually pretty good too.

[BrewCityUnit]

Hostel

[Katuluu]

Black Christmas (The movie Carpenter ripped off to make Halloween)

Dawn of the Dead (original)

Nosferatu

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

The Thing (remake)

Spoorloos

Eyes Without a Face

Audition

Scanners

Frailty

Mr Sardonicus

The Descent

Evil Dead Trilogy

Cemetary Man

TCM

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Wicker Man

The Abominable Dr Phibes

Jesus Camp

 

I'm probably forgetting plenty.

[Fatter than Joey]

Wicker Man -- Make sure you watch the original

[Katuluu]

I refuse to acknowledge a sequel was ever made.

[Brian the Automator]

http://www.horrormovies.com/images/ChoppingMall.jpg

 

 

[Nader Raider Tim]

Puppet Master 3 - Whats better than 10 inch puppets killing Nazis'

 

 

 

Thank you for bringing up Motel Hell, for about 2 years I have had a tiny clip of a movie in my head and couldn't come up with the name. I was begining to doubt it's existence.

[Roscoe Chill]

scary rides at the fair

 

huh?

[DuWayne Steurer]

I'm a big fan of Alien.

 

Gotta totally agree with Robert here.

 

On a side note, I really don't care for modern horror films much at all. It doesn't seem like they try to be so much "scary" as they try to just shock you with as much blood, gristle, and gore that they can. It seems like a lot of horror movies nowadays are of the "separate the hot 20-something actors and actresses, and then dispatch them as gruesomely as possible" theme, and that just doesn't appeal to me.

 

Poltergeist was a great one, at least back in the day. The Shining was awesome (the best Stephen King adaptation, IMO), and I always enjoy the original Night of the Living Dead. Still though, I think my favorite horror has to be Alien. I think you see the creature for all of 3 minutes on screen, and sometimes it's what you can't see that scares you.