Favorite horror movie ever...

[debbierlus]

Mine is the Shining.

[Capn Sunshine]

1. Son of Frankenstein

first time I remember being creeped out scared . If you haven't seen it, it's a must-see.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Psycho.

[nuxvomica]

3. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

I taped it on reel-to-reel once just so I could listen to its extreme creepiness over and over. This was before those VHS machines that seem to be all the rage nowadays. :D

[debbierlus]

16. Maybe it will come out on 8 track

:)

[nuxvomica]

28. I'll keep an eye out for it

Thanks for the tip. ;)

[AllenVanAllen]

4. Night of the Living Dead 1968

The second would be the 78' Dawn of the Dead. Although it's more of a black comedy than a full-on horror movie.

[debbierlus]

15. My family was discussing that movie the other day...

And, my daughter was making FUN of me for thinking it was scary.

I thought it was really frightening.

My husband agreed with her.

Guess I am a wimp because I think it is one of the most disturbing and scary, ever.

[PassingFair]

5. The Changeling

The 1980 ghost story, NOT the recent Angelina Jolie flick.




I can't see an old-fashioned wheelchair without experiencing
a loosening of my intestines....

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. John Carpenter's The Thing. Shining is close to that - great movie!

[flvegan]

7. The Devil's Rejects or 28 Days Later.

[quakerboy]

8. Veggie Tales

Floating, gravity defying vegetables are a true horror. They were the first movies since "Fivel Goes West" to give me nightmares. And no, I am not joking. Traditional horror movies just cause me to poke science based holes and be irritated.

[tigereye]

11. ha!

:rofl:

[quakerboy]

32. nightmares. Not funny

I refuse to watch those ever again.

[liberaltrucker]

9. An American Werewolf in London

Technically, it's probably a comedy but what the hey.

Purely horror? The Exorcist, hands down.

[Moondog]

14. An excellent darkhorse candidate.

Stay on the roads. Beware the moors.

[BlueJazz]

26. Yeah..American Werewolf was awesome!

[debbierlus]

34. I don't think I ever watched that all the way through....

I should do that this Halloween season.

[GirlAfire]

10. I Haven't Seen...

...a lot of horror movies, so I'm just bumming all of your favorites for my own To-Watch list. :D

Have any of you seen Martyrs? There's a pretty... well, it's not that it's so "scary"; it's just ... just watch it! It's DEFINITELY not for the faint of heart.

[tigereye]

12. hmm, probably The Mummy (old one)

and then Young Frankenstein.



Creepiest? Psycho or anything else by Hitchcock.

[Skittles]

13. The Haunting (1963)

http://horrorexpress.com/images/07%20-%20hill%20house,%20aka%20ettington%20park-683.jpg

[nuxvomica]

18. IIRC, the scariest part was the sound

A fine example of minimalist horror. Another was "Night of the Demon" which had some special effects tacked onto the end of it by the studio but otherwise, like Haunting, got its chills from atmosphere and acting.

[Skittles]

19. I absolutely agree

the use of sound in the haunting is chilling....I'll have to check out Night of the Demon :D

[kentauros]

24. Yeah, a perfect example of how to scare with sound.

That and the part in Bladerunner where Decker gets his fingers broken. You don't need to see that part, the sound is enough :o

That loud banging sound got to me the most, like a giant ghost!

However, they also managed to scare with some visuals, too, like the door on which the "ghost" pushes, making it expand over its whole surface. And that "face" in the plaster pattern on the wall. Pairing that with the mumbling and you don't need things spelled out for an active imagination...

I've never seen "Night of the Demon". Guess I better go look it up :)

[RidinMyDonkey]

17. Halloween

The first and original.

I watched this movie as a kid and I was scared of just about everything for a long time! It was fun to be scared by movies back then.

[debbierlus]

20. That is a classic!

[future_of_the_party]

31. I woke up with this movie on television when I was 4 y/o in the middle of the night alone

its been #1 for me since.

[vi5]

21. Texas Chainsaw Massacre.....

Even though it's much less bloody and gory than people think, the gritty, grimy feel of it and my natural fear of backwoods, inbred, rednecks makes it horrifying.

I love horror movies though, so I have too many favorites to mention including most of the ones already discussed in this thread.

I'm just waiting for the regularly scheduled brow wiper to chime in with either "Farenheit 9/11" or some self important tirade about how there is so much real horror in the world around us how can we watch those types of movies.

Happens every year at this time when these types of threads become more seasonal.

[debbierlus]

33. I saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre a year ago for the first time

I agree, the creepiest part is the fact that it is a scenario that is believable.

I was terrified to watch it from what I heard, but since it was so played up, I didn't find it unbearable. I did find it creepy and very disturbing.

[Va Lefty]

22. Fright Night

Loved Roddy McDowell

[nytemare]

23. The Exorcist and Poltergeist.

Classic.

[vi5]

25. I hadn't seen Poltergeist in easily 15 + years....

...the ghost stuff still held up and was freaky. However, the face tearing scene which I remember as being horrifying at age 9 or 10 or however old I was when it came out, was laughably bad now.

[8 track mind]

37. i'll second that n/t

[elshiva]

27. The first Exorcist movie.

[BlooInBloo]

29. 1/2 the time I think The Shining, the other 1/2 of the time I think The Exorcist.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

30. Ghost Of Frankenstein

It was arguably the last "great" Frankenstein film as Universal resorted to "monster team-ups" after that (beginning with the next film, "Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman").

The camera work in "Ghost" is amazing...so many odd angles, with my favorite shot being from behind the monster's head when he's on the roof helping the little girl get her ball, looking down at the villagers.

I love the majority of the Universal black & white horror films, but "Ghost of Frankenstein" is a personal favorite because it is so odd and unique.

:toast:

[debbierlus]

35. Oh, & Rosemary's Baby....

That was brilliant.

[cemaphonic]

42. with all the Polanski drama going on right now, I hate to bring it up

but Repulsion is pretty damn great too.

[armyowalgreens]

36. The Descent

Scared the fucking shit out of me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5I1q4KhKNU

[Lindsey]

38. The Hittcher N/T

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

39. Is Alien a horror movie?

eom

[lost-in-nj]

40. House on Haunted Hill

the original with Vincent Price



http://analogmedium.com/blog/2007/02/House+on+Haunted+Hill+1958+1.jpg

lost

[One_Life_To_Give]

41. Rocky