Truely Scarriest Horror Movies Ever?

[ConnorSB]

Alien

The first time I saw this, I was maybe twelve. And no one had told me about the alien life cycle. So when they are all in the infirmary and IT POPS OUT OF HIS CHEST... oh god it took me minutes to stop screaming.

 

[Rackhir]

Alien

The first time I saw this, I was maybe twelve. And no one had told me about the alien life cycle. So when they are all in the infirmary and IT POPS OUT OF HIS CHEST... oh god it took me minutes to stop screaming.

Originally this was also supposed to be a surprise to most of the actors as well. They hadn't been told what was going to be happening in that scene, but they couldn't get the alien through the tshirt on the first try.

 

[KaosDevice]

I gotta go with the rest of those that mentioned Event Horizon, for some reason the footage they got from the first voyage really disturbed me. Probably because it was so incomplete and quickly flashed by.

One of the (many) suck things about getting older is that movies really just don't scare me any more. They may get to me emotionally one way or another (Jacob's Ladder springs instantly to mind. That movie always gets to me), but scared? Eh, the Japanese version of The Ring left me feeling unnerved. That's the last one in a long time.

 

[Nebulous]

For me, scary movies have to be divided into movies i saw as a kid and then movies as adult.

KID: Exorcist, Aliens, The Shining, Ammityville Horror

ADULT: Blair Witch Project (I don't know why, it just freaked the pee out of me)

Part of the The Ring were deliciously scary too, although i wouldn't say it was overall horrifying.

It's hard to make a quality horror film that really gets under your skin. Doesn't happen too often, that's why lists like these often have a lot of the same entries. The REALLY good scary flicks are few and far between. The rest is just blood-splattered teen schlock.

 

[Nebulous]

I'll add Irreversible and I Stand Alone (both are not "horror" films in the typical sense, but they could very likely scare you in a much more impactful way than many of the films discussed here.

Oh, lord. I can't say that I liked Irreversible at all. Really really really didn't like that film. I Stand Alone was SO SAD, but technically, in my opinion, a really good movie and way better than Irreversible. There's some directors out there that can really mess with your head.