The scariest movie of all time

[Kat]

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall

I saw The Blair Witch Projekt with a friend and she screamed twice during the film, shrug. Fictional horror films aren't, to me, scary. A documentary on rampant rape, mutilations, etc showing real images would be horrifying. Though I do not know about scary. What scares us generally is the unknown. Particularly because of the internet we know so much there's little for us to feel truly afraid of. Reality still can scare us, though. Images of people jumping from the towers as they were destroyed is fucking terrifying.

I remember seeing that on the news - was in tears.

[Kat]

Originally Posted by Angra

That must be what Sculpt calls "haha scary".

Having said that, what I yelled out at the time was "f****** hell!"

[Roiffalo]

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall

I saw The Blair Witch Projekt with a friend and she screamed twice during the film, shrug. Fictional horror films aren't, to me, scary. A documentary on rampant rape, mutilations, etc showing real images would be horrifying. Though I do not know about scary. What scares us generally is the unknown. Particularly because of the internet we know so much there's little for us to feel truly afraid of. Reality still can scare us, though. Images of people jumping from the towers as they were destroyed is fucking terrifying.

This reminded me of a list I read of a top ten most bizarre suicides (or something along those lines). One of them included a video where a political official shot himself on live TV. You can actually find it on YouTube... (It's of course graphic so click at your own risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTTZqko1q4 )

That and the movie on the JFK assassination that we HAD to watch in history class. ...Or any of the trillion WWII docs on concentration camps. It just sticks with you knowing it actually happened. That this is reality. It's traumatizing, especially to the young and very influential. It's no wonder so many of us end up with a fascination for the macabre as adults.

[Kat]

Originally Posted by Roiffalo

This reminded me of a list I read of a top ten most bizarre suicides (or something along those lines). One of them included a video where a political official shot himself on live TV. You can actually find it on YouTube... (It's of course graphic so click at your own risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTTZqko1q4 )

That and the movie on the JFK assassination that we HAD to watch in history class. ...Or any of the trillion WWII docs on concentration camps. It just sticks with you knowing it actually happened. That this is reality. It's traumatizing, especially to the young and very influential. It's no wonder so many of us end up with a fascination for the macabre as adults.

Holy s***!