Reply With Quotei am big horror fan and some of the best are:
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Exorcist
Shining
Switchblade Romance (Haute Tension)
Ringu (The Ring)
Ils (Them)
Psycho
Memories of Murder (Korean)
Nosferatu (groundbreaking)
Just Before Dawn
Halloween
Don't Look Now
then for real disgusting real life horror
Snuff 102
August Underground
but those 2 should be banned from human eyes as they are horrific rather than scary
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28-10-11 10:32 AM #1Senior Member Country:
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Sorry if this subject has been aired before, but I have never spotted the thread if so.
John Landis, Director of An American Werewolf in London, was on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about the scariest films ever made. Viewers then put forward their choices.
My Wife tels me she didn't sleep properly for 6 months after seeing The Exorcist. For me, In Cold Blood was absolutely chilling and by far the most disturbing and scariest film I have ever seen, by a long way. It was shown on TV about 9 months ago, I recorded it, but couldn't bring myself to watch it again and deleted it!! Still sends a chill up my spine thinking about it.
I wonder what films other members put in this category.
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28-10-11 10:55 AM #2Member Country:
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28-10-11 11:00 AM #3Senior Member Country:
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Quint's sudden appearance at the window and the hazy ghost of Miss Jessel makes The Innocents (1961) pretty high up in the scare rating for me. The Haunting (1963 version) is not one to watch alone in a darkened room either.
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28-10-11 11:05 AM #4Senior Member Country:
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The Haunting (1963) version is up there for me as well
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28-10-11 11:24 AM #5Super Moderator Country:
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Halloween, Ringu and The Haunting are all pretty scary ..... as are Dead of Night, The Seventh Victim and Les Diaboliques.
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28-10-11 11:40 AM #6Senior Member Country:
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I saw The Exorcist when it was first released in the 70's. It scared the hell out of me & everybody else
I knew that watched it.
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28-10-11 12:03 PM #7Member Country:
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anybody watched any French horrors
haute tension
Ils
Martyrs
Frontiers
or the Dutch original, the Vanishing
very good horrors
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28-10-11 12:04 PM #8Member Country:
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some spanish horrors are good too
El orfanato
.REC
Los Sin Nombre
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28-10-11 01:06 PM #9Senior Member Country:
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Probably this wonderfully reassuring public information warning film, "Protect And Survive" about what to do in the event of nuclear fallout...
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28-10-11 01:13 PM #10Senior Member Country:
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Originally Posted by Edward G
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28-10-11 02:13 PM #11Senior Member Country:
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It's life Jim, but not as we know it!
I remember the series well, but I hadn't seen this episode - love the Leonard Cohen punchline at the end!
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28-10-11 02:33 PM #12Senior Member Country:
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Fallout room and inner refuge? Did Mr. Allen provide these in a standard spec for Barratt Homes then? Originally Posted by Edward G
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28-10-11 03:16 PM #13Senior Member Country:
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Both as a reminder of the realities of nuclear war - and as a film in itself. Simply, coldly, terrifying.
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28-10-11 03:29 PM #14Senior Member Country:
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If I could like this post more than once I would. Have never been so scared watching TV. Looked so real. Originally Posted by GRAEME
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28-10-11 03:41 PM #15Senior Member Country:
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Yes, especially when the walls start to breathe Originally Posted by sidney bliss
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28-10-11 05:34 PM #16Senior Member Country:
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Indeed. I've only seen it once and the dread still lives with me. Originally Posted by sidney bliss
I have to make a distinction between horror as entertainment (Plague of the Zombies; The Exorcist; Texas Chainsaw Massacre...) and horror as a technique in something altogether more serious, such as Threads (or W Owen's poetry, for that matter).
There is no sense in which I enjoyed the horror in Threads.
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28-10-11 05:48 PM #17Super Moderator Country:
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I've never seen this, but the thought of it terrifies me.
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) - IMDb
Nick
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28-10-11 05:52 PM #18Senior Member Country:
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It is more depressing than scary. Originally Posted by Nick Dando
It makes you want to eat your own children...
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I'm A huge Horror fan myself, I don't think much scares me though now-a-days after all the Horror films I've seen. I'm more (for want of a better word) thrilled by them. I do quite like Argento's work, Suspiria being a particular favourite.
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28-10-11 07:31 PM #20Senior Member Country:
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Ringu (The Ring). The only film ever to give me nightmares.
The American remake was a deathly pale imitation.
One of the greatest ever movie openings! Originally Posted by Paul Waines
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