Best Horror Movie Of All-Time

[THUNDER HANDS]

Pick 'em, and if you care to, explain why you chose it.

[soleft]

1. Silence of the Lambs

One of the best movies period.

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. crap

I knew I was forgetting a lot of them.

:)

That is damn good, even if the second one sucked big ass.

[FlashHarry]

2. Exorcist, no question.

Still scares the shit out of me. By the way, if you're buying the DVD, don't buy "The Version You've Never Seen." That's the one where they inserted a bunch of extra footage. The original is waay better, and you can still see the footage as extras on the DVD.

By the way, I think the reason it's soooo scary is that the film's bad guy isn't an alien or a machete-wielding psycho, but The Devil, himself!

On edit: "Jaws" is one of the best films of all-time. It transcends the horror genre. In fact, I'm not even sure it it's a real 'horror' film.

[THUNDER HANDS]

4. is the extra one

the one that was released in theaters a little while ago?

I remember a scene of the girl walking down the stairs bent over backwards on her hands and feet.

[FlashHarry]

8. Yep. The famous 'crabwalk' scene.

You still get that scene in the "25th Anniversary Edition," but it's in the extras, not in the main film, which is the version that was released in theaters in the early 70s.

[CO Liberal]

7. The Only Movie I Ever Walked Out On

I had to leave midway through the exorcism.

[ArkDem]

29. The only horrow movie that ever scared me

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[tinanator]

33. they really screwed up a good thing and youre right Jaws is the best!

I was so bummed by that crapped up rereleased Exorcist. Exorcist III is also an excellent horror flick, probably better than the first. Jaws was in a world of its own when you saw it the first time you swam in more fear than any other film could possibly generate.

[rucky]

51. I went to confession after I saw it...

...and I'm Jewish!

[liberalnurse]

5. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

An insightful look at being a powerless victim.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. another one I forgot

I hate that movie, scared the crap out of me. No way I'm watching the remake.

:)

[liberalnurse]

9. I saw it at a drive-in....

One of those dusk-to-dawn events. All the movies were horror flicks. No way you got sleepy that night. "Last House on the Left" played too. I can't recal the others....

[vi5]

10. I would say Texas Chainsaw as well......

Just an ominous, scary, creepy movie.

If I were separating supernatural horror from slasher horror I would go with either the Excorcist or the Omen though.

[sasquatch]

21. Yes it is

[Tyler Durden]

11. Hellraiser II

"It is not hands that call us, it is DESIRE..." the Pinhead

Creepy music well orchestrated, pretty good special effects (it IS a film from the 80's), and REALLY nasty demons.

A hit of acid, a tub of popcorn and a beer. 2 hours and one nervous breakdown later.....

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. The Thing (Dir: John Carpenter)

Carpenter takes 50's paranoia and ratchets it up to unbelievably tense levels as the members of an Antarctic research station are slowly and completely consumed by an alien creature with the power to duplicate its victims.

Virtuouso performances from both Kurt Russel (as MacCready), Wilfred Brimley (as Blair), and Keith David (as Childs) beautifully illustrate the tension of a group of intimately familiar men who lose both trust in each other, and in themselves.

The best non-CGI effects ever put to film, by Rob Bottin, fully round out the experience of a quiet and remote alien invasion.

It also features the absolute best ending dialogue in any horror movie, ever.

Childs: Fire's got the temperature up all over camp.
MacCreedy: Where'd you go Childs.
Childs: I thought I saw Blair, I went after him but got lost.
MacCreedy: (hands Child's the bottle of scotch he's been drinking from) the way I see it if any of us have any surprises we might as well get it over with.
Childs: what do we do now? (drinks and hands the bottle back)
MacCreedy: Why don't we wait here a while, and see what happens.
Childs and MacCreedy stare at one another.

Even though both men know that within hours they will freeze to death they still cannot trust the identy of each other, or themselves. Absolutely gripping.

The Thing, scary, gory, and a study in trust. The Thing, the best horror movie ever made.

[German-Lefty]

16. Yeah, the thing was cool

[Dead_Parrot]

13. Night of the living dead...

...The original (and best). Or, for those who like chuckles, any of the "Evil dead" films....

[liberalnurse]

14. Oh Gosh, how could I forget....

The original "Night of the Living Dead". I was in high school when they made it in a town next to me...They made it in the Pittsburgh area, Evans City-Zielenople area near Mars Pa.

Bill Cardill from WIIC-TV also know as "Chilly Billy Cardilli" was in it too.

Seeing locals in the movie and such in you own backyard can be really frightening to a kid.....

[German-Lefty]

15. Night of the living dead -> resident evil Zombies

Zombies freak me out, there were those two new movies Resident Evil and then 40 days later.

Has anyone see that strang elevator movie "Down" reminds me of "Little Shop of Horrors".

[CanuckAmok]

19. I know someone working on "Resident Evil II"

It's shooting right now, in Toronto. He's a huge fan of the original, and he says the sequel is going to "kick ass".

[noonwitch]

17. The Shining

The movie, not the mini-series. "Here's Johnny!"

Although "The Shinning" on "The Simpsons" was pretty good, too.

[SweetZombieJesus]

22. Seconded

And The Exorcist isn't scary at all, unless you were raised Catholic, I guess.

[Kamika]

25. agree

Its the only scary movie i actually really been scared of

[4_Legs_Good]

36. I agree too!

The Shining is one of those movies that I love, that I just can't watch anymore. Less to do with being afraid of Jack Nicholson's character than the atmosphere that Kubrick creates. It's incredible.

david

[TAH6988]

18. "In Cold Blood"

Scared the hell out of me and based on a true story.

[Interrobang]

20. Gabriella Gets Ahead

...or anything else by Leif Junker, king of the horror flicks. I also like Dario Argento's stuff, but I've never really been able to get into Lucio Fulci.

You guys are pikers when it comes to horror films...and I'm not even all that good.

[Richardo]

23. Gotta give an honorable mention to "Poltergeist"

The big demon head coming out of the closet actually made me yell out loud (in the theater). :eyes:

[arwalden]

24. Blob

[trof]

26. House of Wax

In 3-D.
Scared the bejesus out of me.

[skypilot]

27. So far

...I am the lone vote for "Carrie". Come on "Carrie" fans, back me up here.

[WoodrowFan]

28. That 9-11 movie about Shrub

Had to be said...

[iamalevi2]

30. Any Roger Corman film

Any Roger Corman film made from 1958 to 1963. I was 5 to 10 years old then and they scared the crap out of me. I have most on DVD now and my kids just get bored or laugh at them.

[kmla]

31. Angel Heart really creeped me out...

Louis Cypher? Epiphany Proudfoot?

Thinkin' about that one still gives me the creeps, years later.

:scared:

[supernova]

32. The Shining and Christine

worked for me. Christine I found more compelling than The Exorcist. Somehow a possessed car was more scary to me than a possessed little girl. :shrug:

[AlabamaDem]

34. uh, THE RING, anyone?!

That movie freaked me out SO much...

As far as classics go, Night of the Living Dead was good but it wasn't really scary to me.

[retread]

35. "Republican National Convention 2000"

No explanation needed.

[Quahog]

37. Bram Stoker's Dracula

I love Coppola's admittedly fussy direction, the special effects are glorious, the overall gothic vibe is totally unnerving. But it's the WAY-over-the-top performances by Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins that really carry the day. I watch this every Halloween, and it never fails to creep me out.

Honorary mention: Sleepy Hollow. The mood of that film is so oppressive it's hard to watch the whole thing. But Christina Ricci makes it worth the effort. :P

The oldies mentioned here are all good... Night of the Living Dead, which I first saw as a theatrical release, rattled me good at the time. So did The Omega Man (I was just a kid, but that one gave me nightmares for a week).

[bicentennial_baby]

38. 3 way tie for me

1) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2) Night of the Living Dead
3) The Shining

[TEXASYANKEE]

39. Alien

Alien (which I watched for the first time on a B&W TV) was the scariest thing I had ever seen. Honorable mention goes to The Howling and Night of the Living Dead.

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. American Werewolf in London

Not necessarily the scariest, but the funniest (and only when it means to be). Good special effects, great soundtrack, and Jenny Agutter gets her kit off ...

[WoodrowFan]

44. Diff Poll, best sex scene in a horror movie

And a great song, Moondance. After seeing that movie my wife and I used that song as the one we danced to at our wedding..

[Throckmorton]

41. The Attack of the Killer Tomatos

scared me so badly, to this day I avoid the produce section and get a thrill out of the bottled ketchup.

[ronnykmarshall]

49. Then don't, I repeat DON'T go to this site!

http://killertomatoes.com/

[NashVegas]

42. Top Gun

It would scare me to ever have to watch that again.

[bmbmd]

43. I'm going with

"House on Haunted Hill"....

[kid shelleen]

45. Truth Or Dare

No explanation necessary.

[Snow]

46. Okay, a really spooky, eerie (and very old) flick

Nosferatu. The actor playing the vampire was incredible - can't remember his name.

Also, there was an old Stephen King TV flick that scared me at the time - "It" - although the build-up was better than the denouement.

[Spirochete]

47. Psycho

is one I remember scaring me a lot. I was about 12 or 13 then.

[maveric]

48. The Wolfman with Lon Chaney Jr.

Its the one that scared me the most as a kid.

[BritishHuman]

50. Gotta be The Omen.

Now that was a hell of a scary movie. Carried "ominous" - appropriately - to extremes. Still gives me the heebie jeebies to this day.