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It all depends on what impression the movie has left on the thought processes when we were kids. Goes the same for the kids today who would watch an intensely horrific (or gorific) movie and claim that it was the scariest they ever saw.

For e.g., a kid today would watch something like Ju On or The Ring (jap versions of course) and the impression it would leave on him is that he never saw a more scarier movie.

Same goes for us adults who watched some intense atmospheric horror movie when we ourselves were kids, and they left an impression upon our minds. Then comes the comparison part when the unconscious mind keeps comparing other horror movies viewed, as we grow on, and we feel that they dont surpass the one which impressed us in our pre-teen years.

Another angle to that point is...how many of us have seen the original Evil Dead recently? or the Exorcist? Have you noticed that the makeup and effects look dated? And the gore doesnt look as scary as it did 20 years back when we all first watched it...But still, since it left its impression upon our minds, we still like watching it. But admit it, you dont feel that scared anymore...

A kid growing up in the 50s would be really scared of something like The Blob, growing up in the 60s would mean something like Night of the Living Dead, 70s would mean Alien or Shining or Exorcist et al, 80s would include The Thing or the Evil Dead movies...its different for different generations who grew up watching movies which had a scary effect on them when their brains were still in the developing stage.

Its all in the psyche, IMO. There can never be any movie which would be so scary that it would leave people shitless. For the simple reason that its just a movie, nothing less, nothing more. And because, we grow out of the scares of the teen years when real life's everyday hassles hit us.


(Btw, on a more lighter note, have you watched Shyamalan's The Village? If not, then go watch it. A more scarier movie than that was never made!!:eek: )