Do you like horror/scary movies? What's your favorite?

[seaglass]

I haven't been a big horror movie fan (though I like horror books) because I do not like the gory stuff for the most part. I do like to get scared though :-)

I recently watched "The Descent" very gory but scary as hell. Did anyone see it? I think it's odd that American audiences got a completely different ending.

My all time favorite scary movie = "The Birds"

[flvegan]

1. Most recently, I loved "The Devil's Rejects"

One of my favorites. "28 Days Later" is another.

[stuntcat]

5. I'm here to second 28 Days Later

yep

[seaglass]

8. Is that about Zombies? I think I saw the beginning of that one. n/t

[stuntcat]

12. yes zombies but

different zombies, they don't follow the same zombie rules as the Romero type so some people think they don't count. I love the running dead though, no matter what!

[seaglass]

16. Haha, I'm not up on Zombie lore - so some argue they are

not really Zombies because they run rather than stagger?:rofl:

[DS1]

17. They have a blood virus call "Rage" which was an Army experiment

which got out the labs. It takes about 5 seconds to convert if you're infected, and you just run around at top speed killing everything not infected.

[seaglass]

27. The way you describe it sounds hilarious, though I'm sure the movie

is not :-)

[libnnc]

11. 28 Days is the most disturbing movie I've seen in a while

It really messed with me. :scared:

[Taverner]

24. Devils Rejects was amazing. "Beyond Good and Evil - The Movie"

[nytemare]

2. "Silence of the Lambs"

I like to be on the edge of my seat, and I like plot twists. "Misery" was another good one. For some reason, I have enjoyed the "Final Destination" movies as well, even though you know pretty much everyone is going to die, the when and how are at play.

[seaglass]

7. Yep, I liked the Final Destination movies too. For some reason

the tanning bed deaths freaked me out the most - probably because my daughter tans and I kept imagining her in their place.:scared:

[NightWatcher]

3. the original Night of the Living Dead in black and white

[begin_within]

39. That's a great film and you can watch it free online now.

The copyright has lapsed for some reason, so it's in the public domain now. One of the greatest thriller/horror films. And I don't even like or watch horror films, yet I still like this one.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2956447426428748010

[Blue_In_AK]

56. That movie scared me to death the first time I saw it.

It's a classic.

[bigwillq]

4. Love them.

I have so many faves. Can't pick just one!

[noel711]

6. "THe Haunting" the Original from the Shirley JAckson novel...

the old black and white one, with Julie Harris, and Claire Bloom...

subtle, fabulous, within that scary old victorian mansion...

Not the remake with Catharine Zeta JOnes.. that was terrible.

[stuntcat]

9. Dawn of the Dead

both the old version and the new version. Zombie purists insist the 1st one is better (you know how tedious people can be) but the 2004 remake was the one I saw first and I love it, both of them! It is not the spooky kind of scary though, more the gory/action kind. The Night of the Living Dead (1968 I think) is great too! It is more creepy and suspenseful.
And get Rosemary's Baby!
And maybe two from the 1920's- Nosferatu and The Golem.

ok I stop! :bounce: :bounce:

[seaglass]

14. When I was pregnant the first time I was so afraid my kid

was going to be either Rosemary's Baby, Damien or The Bad Seed - I actually had dreams about it :-(

[stuntcat]

21. if you'd seen the 2004 Dawn of the Dead..

tehe, the pregnant woman dies as her boyfriend delivers her ZOMBIE baby :headbang:

[BarenakedLady]

10. I love them

The cheesier the better.

I haven't seen a good one that I really truly enjoyed since Shawn of the Dead.

[DarkTirade]

13. Showgirls.

Terrifying movie.

I keed, I keed, I've never actually seen it. Just bits and pieces when they show it on TV. And one can't help but laugh at the horrific editing and rotoscoping they do to try and remove the sex, violence and nudity. :P

[edbermac]

15. Psycho

Scary as hell. Plus Janet Leigh was one hot babe.

[begin_within]

40. Not only the best horror film, the best American-made film, period.

There are so many things going on in "Psycho" all at the same time that it stands up to repeated viewings without losing anything. Brilliant script, acting, camera work, editing, background music, all of it coalesces perfectly into one unforgettable depiction of the sleazy, perverted underside of "polite," placid American society. My pick for the best film to come out of Hollywood, period. (Although only #8 or 9 on my list of all time greatest films worldwide).

[DS1]

18. I might watch "The Mist" again tonight

I really enjoyed it the first time

[vi5]

36. I loved The Mist...

Had no idea what to expect. Great movie though. If they had marketed it like what it was, which was an old school monster movie with a lot of political subtext like they had in the 50's and 60's then it might have done better. I liked the ending too, even though I was in the minority in liking it and even though I saw it coming a mile away.

[darkstar]

19. Suspiria, The Ring (US), The Exorcist,

and Black Sunday are among my faves...this week.....

:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

20. I love them.

One of my favorites is the 2004 remake of "Dawn of the Dead". But my most favorite is "Nosferatu" from 1922.

[BeachBaby]

22. LOVE THEM.

I would have to put "Silence of the Lambs" at the top of my list - it's a good mind screw.

I'm a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock - "Psycho", "The Birds", "Rear Window", "Vertigo" to name a few.

"The Exorcist - Director's Cut" kinda freaked me out.

Loved the first "Scream" movie.

As for horror films, the "Saw" series is by far the best I've ever seen. Psychological thriller/gorefest combo. :)

[Taverner]

23. The Descent was awesome

IF You liked that - check out 28 Days Later.

You also might like Identity and also Frailty.

[seaglass]

28. Yay, someone else who has seen The Descent! What did you think of the

2 completely different endings?

I've never heard of Frailty but Identity sounds familiar, I'll have to check it out on IMDB.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. Prince of Darkness.

It's kind of cheesy but it scared the crap out of me anyhow.

[Frank Cannon]

48. Highly underrated and very disturbing

I remember that for a week after watching it, I was creeped out around mirrors.

[S n o w b a l l]

26. Love them....

Prefer the supernatural/ghost stories...like The Others, Sixth Sense, Ghost Story, The Shining...just a few.

I like the gory ones, too, except some really go over the top...like The Hills Have Eyes. Very disturbing. Hostel II was also super gory, but I ended up laughing at the end because it was so ridiculous. The kids kicking the object I won't mention at the end did it for me and all I could do was laugh.

For a funny horror flick, watch Slithers. Very entertaining.

[Ahpook]

29. Halloween still gets me:)

He did well with that movie.

[applegrove]

30. Yuck.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

31. The gore fests gross me out...

I prefer the subtle horror movies and movies about serial killers. You know, the thriller type.
Silent Hill
Kiss the Girls
Bone Collector
28 Days Later wasn't so much scary as just fucked up, which is how we also feel about The Hills Have Eyes, any Alfred Hitchcock film, and Resident Evil.
Duckie

[poiuytsister]

32. King once said that "terror is the finest emotion,

and if I can't achieve that I go for horror."

I totally agree with that and have to vote for The Haunting (original only) and an old Ray Milland ghost movie called The Uninvited. It is very atmospheric and has a real surprise ending.

[cynatnite]

33. Creature From the Black Lagoon...

Total classic and the best of all time!

[Forkboy]

44. Excellent choice.

The scene where the creature swims underneath the heroine, mirroring her moves almost like some kind of underwater ballet is very creepy.

Hope the remake doesn't totally suck ass.

[cynatnite]

53. I don't think I'm going to see the remake...

I love this one a lot and yeah, that scene is creepy and beautiful at the same time.

[stanwyck]

34. Stir of Echoes is an overlooked gem

Kevin Bacon stars with an excellent cast. Unsettling and smart. More people should see it.

[vi5]

35. Congratulations...you got to 34 responses..

without some jackass self important boob lecturing you about how "there are so many horrors in real life how can you watch that type of thing...wah...wah...wah"

Every time I've ever started a horror thread of any sort no matter how innocuous that ends up happening within 2-3 posts and I've seen it happen to other people's threads as well.

But I digress:

The Descent was awesome. I'm a big fan of 70's horror. The Omen, The Excorcist, The Brood, Rosemary's Baby, Texas Chainsaw

I also like a lot of cheesy 80's slashers although strangely enough, torture in movies really bothers me and I can't watch it.

I'm a fan of most Zombie movies. The Dawn of the Dead remake was great as were both 28 Days Later and the sequel.

And the Birds is a favorite. A true classic.

[Lindsey]

37. I'm not really a horror movie buff but "Misery" was pretty intense for me.n/t

[seaglass]

46. Whoops. That lecture wouldn't hold much weight with me.

Avoid the movie Wolf Creek - it is disgusting, there is torture in it.

What did you think of the ending of The Descent? I don't know if I would have liked it as much if I saw it with the original UK ending.

[vi5]

52. I actually liked Wolf Creek...

Yes there was some torture but for whatever reason I was still able to enjoy it. Very scary, very creepy. The characters (including the psycho) seemed believable to me whereas in a lot of other torture type movies they do not.

I actually forget which ending was which, but I think I enjoyed both of them. Neither one really ruined the movie for me.

[seaglass]

54. I only saw one ending. ***SPOILERS **

The one when she is driving away in the truck, stops by the side of the road and turns a few minutes later to see Juno in the seat next to her. To me this could be intepreted as hallucinating Juno but getting out of the cave alive.

In the original ending, which I didn't see, after she hits her head in the cave she hallucinates that she got out but at the very end she wakes up and is still in the cave and you can hear the creatures screaming.

Maybe I would like the second version but I prefer happy endings even in horror films :-)

I thought Wolf Creek was very realistic, maybe too much so.

[Jamastiene]

38. The one that scared me most was Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, because

I was doing a lot of "3 To 5 Shows" at the local high school radio station around the time I saw that movie.

It was already getting dark earlier in the day and I was staying later than 5:00 PM a lot during that time to play more punk rock onto the radio station after hours.

When I saw the scene where Leatherface was sawing through the door to the radio station and the girl was screaming, it really freaked me out.

Speaking of Leatherface: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jacks_(actor)">RIP Robbie. Love ya always.

[raouldukelives]

41. I'll second The Uninvited

That was a good one. Hard to find though.
Also really liked The Changeling with George C. Scott and Night of the Hunter with Robert Mitchum.
For some odder fare try Don't Look Now with Donald Sutherland.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

50. Night of the Hunter scared the bejeebers out of me

and Don't Look Now is really, really creepy.

[ismnotwasm]

42. House of a Thousand Corpses

Great B movie horror style.

[Indi Guy]

43. I tend to gravitate toward real horror documentaries...

Ironically -- I hate contrived splatter flicks; but can easily tolerate holocaust footage.

I guess I'm angry and intrigued by real and systematic violence against real people.

Go figure that Abu Graibe might hold a similar fascination for citizens of the Mideast.

(I know this is supposed to be a non-political forum, but I abjectly hate the damage this admin has done to our American identity in the world.)

Please forgive me...

[Forkboy]

45. The most horrifying movie I've seen isn't a true "horror" flick.

Threads, a movie that deals with a nuclear attack and it after effects on Sheffield, England is the most harrowing movie I've ever seen, (outside of the movie Stalingrad, which is just heavy and depressing as hell). Trust me when I say it makes The Day After look like a Disney movie.

[Frank Cannon]

47. John Carpenter's "The Thing"

More recently, I thought "The Mist" was pretty good. Probably the best horror movie I've seen in years.

[Forkboy]

49. The Thing is one of the best horror movies ever made.

Both versions are great, but due to the special effects abilities (and budgets) Carpenter was able to follow the story it was based on, "Who Goes There?", far more than the original was able to. And it captures the psychological aspect far more as well. The paranoia is palpable.

I could watch either one any time, and I own Carpenter's version.

[GCP]

51. "The Ring" was good

John Carpenter's "The Thing"

[Blue_In_AK]

55. Anything with vampires.

They're just so sexy.

[UTUSN]

57. 2 scenes, with minimal emphasis, gave me chills

The Shining. Lots of flat-out scary scenes, but where the wife starts leafing through the manuscript of the "book" NICHOLSON has supposedly been typing, and all it says is "The swift brown fox..." over and over----------gave me CHILLS!1

And in one of the Hannibal movies, again forget all of the bloodcurdling scenes, but at the very end, where LECTER has escaped again, and is walking down a dusty (Carribean?) street, and his long coat billows slowly...---------GAVE ME CHILLS!1


Btw, why didn't Stephen KING like the movie version? I've tried sitting through his t.v. "faithful" version and CAN'T DO IT!1 It SUCKS!1

[Hidey]

58. Army of Darkness

Although I'm not sure it counts.

[Lil Missy]

59. "When a Stranger Calls". I wouldn't watch another scary movie for many years. *SPOILER*

"The calls are coming from inside the house!"

[Skittles]

60. The Haunting, 1963

yes INDEED

[pokerfan]

61. In Space No One Can Hear You Scream.

C'mon, it's a classic.