Oooo. This is a good thread, even if I am jumping into it a bit late...
Movies that actually
SCARED the hell out of me me (and stuck with me afterwards; sometimes keeping me up at night)...
Crazy Eights came out of this year's After Dark's film fest 8 Films To Die For... It was absolutely incredible. A combination of Session 9 (using the backdrop of an old abandoned hospital/house) and The Grudge (being a ghost story with Japanese-influenced direction). I honestly recommend it. It left me clutching my boyfriend's hand in the theater.
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Re: Audition. I REALLY liked Audition, but I found it more "horrifying" than, say, "hauntingly scary." It was delightfully grotesque, gross, cringe-worthy... But I wouldn't say that it
scared me per say...
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Re: Lynch. I love him. But he doesn't scare me. Makes me uncomfortable, yes, but doesn't scare me... I would LOVE to see him do an all-out horror movie, though. I believe he would be quite successful at it.
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Also, I feel as though I am somehow doing my childhood (and my beloved father who LOVED showing me these movies) injustice if I omit the following:
All three of those movies absolutely terrified me when I was younger and definitely stuck with me, kept me up at night. They don't necessarily pass the test of time with scariness per say, but I really have to give them a nostalgic nod.