Truely Scarriest Horror Movies Ever?

[Darthjaye]

Haven't read any stuff he's done since 2000. The books from Koontz I've enjoyed the most were: Cold Fire, Whispers, Bad Place, Watchers, Phantoms, Lightning, Servants of the Twilight, and Shattered just to name a few. I was entertained by all in book form. I'm working on Intensity right now. I did see the mini series for Intensity and it was ok. Probably the best Koontz novel translation to date was Whispers. Servants of the Twilight was a pretty good direct to cable movie IMHO back in the early 90's.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Dungeons and Dragons. I ran out of the theatre screaming in horror!

 

[Caliber]

... The story and final monster were cheesy as hell, but the way the doc was portrayed with his shifty movement of fast, then slow, then shaking was creepy to me....

God its great to know I'm not the only one! What was with that guy? I've never been freaked out by anything like that since ... the way he just walked across the room was just ... WRONG!

 

[TDRandall]

Nobody's said Amityville Horror? I've not seen either the original nor the remake, but my wife has "fond" memories of the original and wants to see the remake when it becomes available on DVD.

Poltergeist III did me in. IIRC, as a whole it was pretty bad, but the whole idea of what you see in the mirror not matching what is actually in front of it (or something actually living in the "bizarro pseudo-alternate universe behind the mirror") freaks me out.

 

[Darthjaye]

God its great to know I'm not the only one! What was with that guy? I've never been freaked out by anything like that since ... the way he just walked across the room was just ... WRONG!

Yeah, the guy that played him was on Star Trek DS9 and Enterprise a lot. He also does a LOT of B horror movies. Good ones, but B movies nonetheless. Jeffrey Combs is his name. Did a great little flick called Reanimator too.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Yeah, the guy that played him was on Star Trek DS9 and Enterprise a lot. He also does a LOT of B horror movies. Good ones, but B movies nonetheless. Jeffrey Combs is his name. Did a great little flcik called Reanimator too.

Thank you! I remember wondering who the heck played the doc when I first watched the movie, but forgot to look it up on IMDB shortly afterward. Now I know. Just another wrinkle in the brain made by trivia! (I could always remember the crap that didn't make a difference in my overall quality of life, but set a textbook in front of me that I'm not interested in, but need for my degree...my eyes glaze over...)

Kane

 

[DonTadow]

Nobody's said Amityville Horror? I've not seen either the original nor the remake, but my wife has "fond" memories of the original and wants to see the remake when it becomes available on DVD.

Poltergeist III did me in. IIRC, as a whole it was pretty bad, but the whole idea of what you see in the mirror not matching what is actually in front of it (or something actually living in the "bizarro pseudo-alternate universe behind the mirror") freaks me out.

My younger brother still has nightmares about Poltergeist two until this day he says. Mostly because he wore braces most of his younger life and he had mean older brothers who'd makes eerie scratching noises and place clown dolls in his room and bed at night.

AhHH Fond memories.

 

[devilbat]

The Watcher in the Woods. Scared the crap out of me when my 4th grade teacher showed it to us in class.

Hilarious.....I'll never forget Bette Davis in that movie. Scared the heck out of me when I was eight.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

I love horror movies but I can't say that I find them scary.

 

[Harmon]

There has only ever been one scene in one movie that has ever scared me. It was in The Prince of Darkness, the dream that was sent back from the future. Got a shivers and goose bumps from that- ya, it scared me. It was the only movie that has ever scared me.

Fell asleep during Psycho. Bored of Exorcist. Could not see the point of The Shining. Jaws was entertaining, because of the drunk scene. House on Haunted Hill was a yawn at best. Blair Witch- wasn’t that a comedy? Seven annoyed me- I would not call that horror- more of… drama. Alien was suspenseful and I liked that- I saw it in a darkened house, rainstorm with wind howling outside.

No other movie has ever scared me. True movies have startled me- a jump out in front. Never been grossed out by a movie- though I will not deny that some aren’t gross in the amount of blood, gore and such, but its just shock factor they seek and I don’t fall for that.