Entertainment Weekly's 20 Scariest Movies of All Time
 

This is from a one-hour special on AMC last night (hosted by Bruce Campbell). I think the list is pretty solid ... how about you folks?

The list (in no particular order):

1. The Evil Dead
2. Jaws
3. Carrie
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
5. Night of the Living Dead (original)
6. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
7. Se7en
8. The Shining
9. Rosemary's Baby
10. The Hitcher
11. The Thing
12. Poltergeist
13. Silence of the Lambs
14. The Omen
15. A Nightmare on Elm Street
16. Lost Highway
17. An American Werewolf in London
18. Halloween
19. The Exoricist
20. Psycho (original)

You can read the list in-depth at this site:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/comment...7_1_0_,00.html

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthre...threadid=11099


tsk, tsk, tsk stingy ! and it's on the same page too. fo' shame ! :p :D


anywhoo... i can't see good stuff like that since french tv sucks ass. lol

The exorcist is #19!? I will never understand that....

Henry: Portait of a Serial killer isnt even scary, let alone scarier than the exorcist....


BTW, never watch the director's cut of the Exorcist with the director's commentary playing.... William Fredikin is about as interesting as wet toast. i swear, (no exaggeration either) he used the words "Juxtapose" or "Juxtaposition" in excess of 15 times during the first hour alone.....


Edit:
I re-read it. im an idiot.....

No caffiene and no beer make Vod something something......

I'd switch Jaws and Lost Highway with 28 Days Later and Friday the 13th.

I'll give in and concur with this summation for examples of modern horror movies, however I am going to add classics like, Nosferatu, Phantom of the Opera, (silent version with Chaney Sr.), Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, (both Directed by James Whale) Dracula, (1931) The Wolfman, ( Chaney Jr.), Invasion of the Body Snatchers, (original). These films had huge impacts, "scare factor" on their audiences when they were released, bigger impacts then modern reviewers and most movie buffs give them credit for. I agree that by today's standards these movies seem benign and somewhat campy, but taken in the context of their time period there omission from the list is wrong, (IMHO). In one of my film classes we researched reviews and accounts of incidents revolving around a couple of these films, and they scared the pants off many of their viewer's, with several accounts of faintings, and people leaving the theatre. Today if someone leaves the theatre, it's due to the movie being so bad they feel cheated or mislead, (The Village as a Horror film). I will agree going back 40> years on the list is a long time, but "all time", I disagree.

ok jaws is not scarey its more suspense then a horror aka scarey film

the only scarey thing his the music infact if halloween, jaws, friday the 13th and NOES did not have there music they would not be as scarey IMO

I was just going to say that but you cought yourself!!! :eek:

Watch Jaws, Then go hang out in the OCEAN!! I think you will have a change of heart!! LOL

watch jaws in the ocean

i do that at the beach a lot after watching it i wanted to go in the water even more lol