the scariest flick...
 

hi,

i'm a newbie, lifelong horror junkie.

lots of films have scared me over the years. when i was a kid i was badly scared by
-salem's lot
-invasion of the body snatchers (the one with donald sutherland)
-the shining
-carpenter's the thing
-phantasm

my favorite as a teenager was the texas chainsaw massacre, and may still be #1.

the two films that have scared me within the last five years or so are
-dark water (honogurai, the post-ring koji suzuki and hideo nakata film)
-the blair witch project

Hi
 

Nice to "meet" you, mictlan. Some fantastic choices there -- THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and John Carpenter's THE THING are my two favorite horror films of all time, and of I love PHANTASM. Likewise, the '78 version of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS was one of the first movies to scare the hell out of me when I was a kid, so it's a favorite now too. :)

Nice to see someone else who dug THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. I watched it again last night for the first time in a couple years, and it was still very effective. Damn scary movie . . . .

Dying to see DARK WATER. I hear it's great. I'm a big fan of Asian horror movies, and hopefully (if Best Buy has it) will be picking up THE EYE later on today. Can't wait . . . .


Anyway, welcome to the boards. Rock on.



James
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When I was but a small boy only two movies creeped me out.

Monkey Shines I honestly dont even remember what this movie is about, just that it scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

IT This movie gave me so many nightmares. I still have dreams about it a lot, but sadly not scary ones.

For some reason Stephen Kind's The Langolers creeped me out a bit too.

The Exorcist kinda spooks me but that's about it.

One Dark Night scared me pooless.

JL is so goddamn boring, not to mention utterly obvious. Can't for the life of me understand its cult status.

The Descent, REC, Insidious, The Exorcist, The Shining, Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, The Conjuring, parts of VHS, Saw, The Tunnel, and Inside are movies that scared me a lot when I watched them.

One Dark Night, with Meg Tilly really got me. Still does.

I forgot to say The Babadook and The Strangers, and I'd add It Follows.

Really the strangers?

Last thing: when I watched these movies, I felt so uncomfortable that I almost stopped watching them. I guess it's a little different than "scary", but they sure as hell left an impact on me.