Scariest?
 

There really isnt any scary movies anymore. Directors and writers are going overboard with special effects etc. I think personally that the scariest movies are either Halloween (rob zombies remake is brillant! bring on number 2!) and Alfred Hitchcock movies. His movies may be old and outdated but they are still able to scare the shit out of people!!

Peace x

Jurassic Park (not really in the horror genre)

the first time i saw it I was in like 2nd grade and about everything scared me when i was little (which eventually turned into a love of the genre). i couldn't watch any of the night scenes, which are about 70% of the whole movie. to this day i have trouble watching that one scene where the fat guy, Denis, get's taunted and killed by that ink-spitting dinosaur. i know really lame :p but that's childhood for u...

i do really love this movie now and consider it a perfect example of really movies from the 90's that didn't need a sh!t ton of CG to make a good movie (but i am sure that has sparked a huge debate on this forum...probably everytime they ruin a good movie with it (star wars anyone?))

I have to agree about The Shining. The Twins, the Shower Lady, the Blood Elevator, the freaky costumed couple in that room, Jack Nicholson in the last act, all make for one scary film.

I also found Blair Witch disturbing by the sheer implication of it. I know many people don't like it because nothing is shown at all, but I found the characters to be realistic if unlikeable, and that ending with the incomprehensible hysterical screaming found me in a place of confusion and terror I haven't been to with any other movie.

Finally, Martyrs (2008) is the last film that left me totally wrecked. The fact that seemingly normal people are indeed capable of such monstrosities (there were a few similar cases in Europe last year), only makes the whole thing so terrifying.

Yeh feeling "wrecked" or somewhat sickened is strongest effect movies have on me these days.

The Exorcist is the queen mother of all horror films, as far as I'm concerned. Interestingly, I find the edited for TV version more frightening. Why? Because I felt like the profanity provided a sort of comedy relief. Without the hilarious "cocksucker" & "fuck me" lines, you're forced to take the movie much more seriously.

Halloween (the original, thank you very much) still makes me paranoid. I got to see it at the drive-in when it was released. I was 4 at the time, so my mother made me cover my eyes during certain scenes. LOL

The Shining is always creepy. There's just something about the whole mood of the film; the isolation aspect, the snow, the cinematography (bright red colors contrasting against bright whites; a common occurrence in Kubric films), the old woman in the bathtub, the blood pouring out of the elevators, etc.

Pumpkinhead had it's moments. Evil Dead (the first one) was certainly creepy.

I'm just glad I'm not as desensitized as so many other horror fans. I've been watching this stuff since I was a kid, but I still get creeped out. However, I've found that absolutely none of the new stuff (anything made after about 1989) scares me.

The Village.

The twist had me shaking in sheer fright.

I'm hard to please when it comes to being truly disturbed by a horror movie. I feel I need to do it myself, although I'm not sure I'll ever get close to making a movie.
Interestingly, one that creeped me out well enough was The Blair Witch project. It's because it was more "real" - so an independent movie with a more personal handheld feel might work.. it's being in the viewpoint of the character.

The part when they're in the tent and can hear Josh calling faintly in the distance.. that.... that was good.

LMAO

Oh the sarcasm.... gotta love it. :D

I'm jumping in late, but I'd highly recommend:

The Orphanage
Shutter (Thai version...2004)
The Devils Backbone (2001)

and the classics:
The Uninvited (1944)
The Haunting (1963)
The Innocents (1961)
Carnival of Souls (1962)