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[Evil Alpaca]

Evil: I just watched Shawshank two days ago (dare I say tape) excellent film, enjoyable for the third time

The scene where the old librarian hangs himself is probably one of the single saddest moments in moviedom for me.

But I hear they're making "Desperation" into a movie, and I liked that book. Hopin' the movie is as entertaining.

 

[CharleyH]

Aye, dios mio - Gary Oldman's prince.

swooning, Perdita

Dare I say? Yes, yes I will Gary Oldman sans Keanu HOT in Dracula, has not lost his hair, Jason has . . . which is cool, which is cool It's all good.

HM, news of inaugeration? Talk not attractive Loved the republican mosh pit though ROFL

could not resist

 

[CharleyH]

The scene where the old librarian hangs himself is probably one of the single saddest moments in moviedom for me.

But I hear they're making "Desperation" into a movie, and I liked that book. Hopin' the movie is as entertaining.

lol - Well, I have an excuse period . . . never heard of Desperation Really, ever!

 

[Awful Arthur]

For realistic horror it's hard to beat Fahrenheit 911. I haven't slept well since it came out.

Aside from that, Psycho and Jaws were hard to beat. Each caused huge number of the public to be afraid of fairly mundane activities for long periods of time.


AA

 

[cloudy]

For realistic horror it's hard to beat Fahrenheit 911. I haven't slept well since it came out.

Aside from that, Psycho and Jaws were hard to beat. Each caused huge number of the public to be afraid of fairly mundane activities for long periods of time.


AA

I forget exactly what year Jaws came out, but at the time I was a teenager in Santa Barbara and had practically grown up in the sea.

The races out to the bouys and back ceased for a damn long time after that movie. It still creeps me out.

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

Psycho didn't scare me, in fact I laughed through parts of it. Yes it's a classic and thank God it's in our movie history, but it didn't strike me as particularly amazingly creepy.

The Ring was not a horror movie for me. It was more mind manipulation, jigsaw puzzle type of movie, and those I enjoy. I like sitting and watching, trying to figure out what's going on before the characters do.

Feardotcom was a terrible movie, a rip off of The Ring.

House of 1000 Corpses was truly terrible and seemed like a weird, twisted copycat of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

TCM (whichever version you like) bored me to death and had me yawning. I scare easily, but this movie just made me fall asleep. The only part in the new TCM that truly made me nauseated was when Leatherface turns around, looks at Jessica Biel while wearing the (literal) face of her dead boyfriend.

Valentine sucked.

The Halloween series was pretty good, every single one of them. Some were better than others.

It (Stephen King) rocked and still does. I still have nightmares about clowns and balloons with blood in them.

Scream was scary when I was eleven.

Jason was a rip off of Halloween and sucked balls.

Freddy scared the crap out of me. The prospect of getting lost in a dream like that is still scary.

Leprechaun was funny...I only saw it because a friend of my parents was in it

The Exorcist was a masterpiece.

Nosferatu was brilliant and still creeps me out to this day.

The Village should never have been made.

"They" was a piece of shit. I remember they actually SHOWED the ending of the movie in the previews.

Dawn of the Dead (the original) was pretty damn scary, as well as the original Night of the Living Dead.

 

[CharleyH]

For realistic horror it's hard to beat Fahrenheit 911. I haven't slept well since it came out.

Aside from that, Psycho and Jaws were hard to beat. Each caused huge number of the public to be afraid of fairly mundane activities for long periods of time.


AA

Good to see you, but still scared about the view of a Republican mosh pit. I can't talk about it.

 

[CharleyH]

I forget exactly what year Jaws came out, but at the time I was a teenager in Santa Barbara and had practically grown up in the sea.

The races out to the bouys and back ceased for a damn long time after that movie. It still creeps me out.

1977 or 1978 I think. Better than the news right now

 

[cloudy]

1977 or 1978 I think. Better than the news right now

True, but if it was '77, I was sixteen, and sharks were about the extent of my worries.

Well, that and whether I would get caught by my parents in my latest escapade.

 

[matriarch]

1977 or 1978 I think. Better than the news right now

Either late 75 or early 76, cos I was well pregnant with my firstborn, and that was Feb 76.

One moment of sudden shock, (decapitated head appearing through a hole in a boat?), the whole theatre gasped in shock and jumped. I damn nearly gave birth in the damn cinema.

 

[CharleyH]

Either late 75 or early 76, cos I was well pregnant with my firstborn, and that was Feb 76.

One moment of sudden shock, (decapitated head appearing through a hole in a boat?), the whole theatre gasped in shock and jumped. I damn nearly gave birth in the damn cinema.

That - in itself - is frightening Damn, its only 5am, what are you doing up? More frightening

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

I never saw Jaws.

 

[Stup Dity]

Has anyone seen the original b/w version of "The Haunting" based on the book, "The Haunting of Hill House?"

There are some moments of sheer why-am-I-putting-myself-through-this terror, where nothing more is happening than an unexplained banging noise in the hallway outside a closed door...and a slowly turning doorknob.

I ain't 'fraid a no ghost.


Stup Dity

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

Candyman scared the bejesus outta me!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

"What's your favorite scary movie?"

"Showgirls."

Elizabeth Berkley's acting skills haunt me to this day!!!


Any movie that has blood and gore to me isn't scary, I like the ones that fuck with your mind and don't have 8,000 sequels.

 

[Guest]

one movie that scared the shit out of me and i didnt even watch it was the fog
just seeing the ads for it on tv was enough...
living on the water and getting a ton of fog all the time...well, it made me wince for sure.

the psych films are much more scary that blood and gore, i agree with absy.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

one movie that scared the shit out of me and i didnt even watch it was the fog
just seeing the ads for it on tv was enough...
living on the water and getting a ton of fog all the time...well, it made me wince for sure.

the psych films are much more scary that blood and gore, i agree with absy.

Adrian Barbell................."SOMEONE SAVE MY SON!!!!".LOL, I still laugh at that movie, sorry.

 

[yui]

Back to issue. WHAT happened to horror? We can recount, but what made us scared, because I am not scared anymore. Is it age? Emotion? Is there no suspense?

Do you think it's the same thing that happens with violence and roller coasters? I think, perhaps, we become desensitized to fear as much as any other strong emotion. Also, finding a truly original way to shock an audience who was weaned on horror movies must be a daunting tasked!

I agree with Liar in that "Ringu" was much more frightening than the watered down "The Ring". But in either version, when the girl crawled out of the TV, I reflexively tried to climb into the lap of the person next to me. I am a very big chicken, but I personally find supernatural stuff very, very creepy.

Currently, the movie "White Noise" looks scary. Those scratchy voice recordings of the dead…iiee!

Shereads brings up a valid point, I would suggest that you don't watch it alone at night because the hands down spookiest movie I have ever seen is "The Exorcist". Even the "making of" documentary gave me the willies. I get the shivers now, just thinking about it. Oy!

As a rule, ghosts/spirits scare me more than stone cold killers, at least in the movies. To me, "The Shining" was scary because of the supernatural element and just witnessing that decent into mouth-foaming madness. http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/boese/004.gif

Luck,

Yui

Edited to change "large" to "big" because as Joe pointed out, there is a, well, a big difference.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I just saw that movie '28 Days' and it scared me. It wasn't so much the blood-thirsty zombies or whatever, but the thought of waking up and everyone being totally gone that freaked me out. I always watch those end of the world movies and then wish I hadn't.

Oh, and Carson, are you sure it isn't David Soul's wardrobe and hair that scares you about Salem's Lot?

 

[NoJo]

Funny: Ghosts, demons, possession, etc, in other words traditional gothic stuff does nothing to me. But "ringu" (I've not seen "the Ring" yet ) was good. Number one for me was (at the time) "Alien". Most stuff just makes me laugh. And not cos I'm scared, just cos it's usually a bit naff.

But what about "Blue Velvet"? That was literally like a living nightmare on places.

(p.s. yui, thanks for letting us know that you're a "large chicken". I've always wondered what the other half of face looked like).

 

[carsonshepherd]

I just saw that movie '28 Days' and it scared me. It wasn't so much the blood-thirsty zombies or whatever, but the thought of waking up and everyone being totally gone that freaked me out. I always watch those end of the world movies and then wish I hadn't.

Oh, and Carson, are you sure it isn't David Soul's wardrobe and hair that scares you about Salem's Lot?

No, and I'll never forgive you for making me watch "Night of the Comet." The zombies terrified me.

Speaking of scary, was anyone else traumatized as a child by the TV miniseries "The Day After?" I was convinced I would never live to see the age of 13. I think I didn't sleep for a year after seeing tha t shit.

 

[cloudy]

Yui - I'm with you, White Noise looks, from the trailers, to be very scary. I've listened to some of those actual recordings (SIMA posted a link to them some time back), and they made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Spooky shit.

 

[cloudy]

No, and I'll never forgive you for making me watch "Night of the Comet." The zombies terrified me.

Speaking of scary, was anyone else traumatized as a child by the TV miniseries "The Day After?" I was convinced I would never live to see the age of 13. I think I didn't sleep for a year after seeing tha t shit.

I wasn't 13, but I had nightmares for months after seeing that movie....horrible nightmares. I don't think you could pay me enough to watch it again.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I wasn't 13, but I had nightmares for months after seeing that movie....horrible nightmares. I don't think you could pay me enough to watch it again.

I think I was nine or ten? I can't remember, but I think that movie is why I'm so fucking neurotic now. Well... that and my shark-phobia....

 

[OhMissScarlett]

No, and I'll never forgive you for making me watch "Night of the Comet." The zombies terrified me.

Speaking of scary, was anyone else traumatized as a child by the TV miniseries "The Day After?" I was convinced I would never live to see the age of 13. I think I didn't sleep for a year after seeing tha t shit.

My mom wouldn't even let me watch it, but I was so freaked by the commercials that I couldn't sleep. Finally I watched 'The Day After' about four years ago when I was pregnant with my son. Huge mistake. Like I wasn't emotional enough!

I don't know why I always have to watch movies like that, it's like I can't help myself. There are a couple of others like 'The Quiet Earth' and 'The Stand'. Yikes.