I have been looking everywhere and have watched the top 10 of every scariest horror movie list I can find but I find myself unable to be scared by any of them. I know some of you are going to say The Exorcist, and Psycho but don't bother those were the first I tried.
The site that recommended The Exorcist as the scariest movie of all time said, and I quote: "Scene to watch with the lights on: All of it. No no no, trust us. Watch it at mid-day, with the blinds open and the lights on. And then get used to the fact that you may never, ever sleep again." -
http://movies.ign.com/articles/662/662450p5.html I got excited and thought, "alright, lets just try watching it with the lights off in the middle of the night and see how long it will take me to sleep again." well I must say I was extremely disappointed, can anyone tell me when the scary parts were supposed to be, I was worried at first that I was watching the wrong movie or maybe a shortened version but after searching I couldn't find anything other than the copy I rented. In the end I found that The Exorcist was about as scary as a walk down a rural street at night, a little creepy but nothing to write home about.
Psycho I couldn't even finish the first time through, not because it was too scary, but because the quality was bad enough to actually cause a migraine halfway through and after going back I couldn't find any scenes that would be close to giving me a chill. I understand that the quality is because Hitchcock edited the movie himself and so many people see him as being some sort of movie genius but honestly the whole movie just seemed cheap and sloppy.
The closest I got to a good scare would be from the Paranormal Activity Movies, I am a very superstitious person and they all really spoke to me on that level. Plus I loved the documentary feel of the movies.
Please, I have gotten so desperate I have even tried going to foreign films where the dialogue is in choppy "English" or near accurate subtitles. I miss that feeling you get as a kid when you thought you just saw the Boogeyman hiding under your bed and I know that getting that extreme may be impossible but anything would be nice at this point.
I am only looking for
educated opinions, observations, and recommendations I want to stress this because of so many people on the internet failing to grasp the concepts of conversational etiquette.
Oh, and feel free to critique me any of these points, with the obvious exception of the educated posts bit, I would love a good back and forth gab.