Intensity, a TV movie based on a book by Dean Koontz, by the same name. Scariest because it is about a cop who is a serial killer. Very scary because it is not monsters or sci fi. It could be real. Just chilling.
The Peanut Butter Solution had the ghosts of burned alive homeless people, childhood baldness, toxic potions, extreme hair growth, social isolation, kidnapping, child slave labor, etc.
The Exorcist. I saw it when it was released (I was 14, big mistake not to heed that "R" rating), ran to the lobby at that middle scene, and have never been able to watch it all the way thru since
Brooklyn Girl, I think a lot of the "unsolved" serial killer murders and abductions are done by cops who can get rid of evidence or have friends on the force that can so they get away with it
As a kid: 5,000 fingers of Dr. T. Particularly the Dungeon Elevator Operator. It was a Dr. Seuss musical for heaven's sake but it was like a scary dream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqy4xcXgtxM
I found Jacob’s Ladder really disturbing. I love horror films, but they rarely get to me. Jacob’s Ladder wasn’t a horror film as such, it was more psychological thriller, but it still haunts me to this day. O/T I think that this was one of Macauley Culkins first uncredited appearances on film too
Also again, not a standard horror film but 8mm was creepy and unsettling (and not just because it stars Nic Cage!) The subject of snuff films and the underground market for films featuring illegal kinks was disturbing. I want to watch it again because it takes on a whole new significance knowing what we know now about Nic Cage (I wonder if this role sparked his interest in this area or if he already had an interest and was drawn to this film for that reason?) Plus the director was Joel Schumacher (Lost Boys etc) something else I didn’t realise when watching it previously. There have been rumours about Schumacher’s predilections for a long time, it’s also worth noting that Schumacher directed A Time to Kill - there was a blind on here about the child actors in that film being sexually abused by the production crew.
The Serpent and the Rainbow. Went to see it in the theater with my friend and when we got out it was dark and pouring rain and it was the scariest drive two teenaged girls ever went on.
@MSAB09 glad I'm not the only one that SATR freaked out!
@GreenTea - I was also thinking of that one-I too was about 11 and watched it even though the schools and everyone were warning not to let kids watch it. I am still messed up about nuclear war till this day
My oldest brother saw the Exorcist as a teenager and couldn't sleep in his own room for a month
My middle brother went with his friend to see Warewolf in London when they were teens thinking it was a comedy. They had to leave the theater about 15 minutes into the movie.
Funny Games (the original by Haneke), a true masterpiece which I´d never dare to recommend (or watch again for that matter). Really, REALLY intense stuff.
Set in Louisville, where I live, idiots open drums with zombies inside, after mass zombies and brain eating, one of the 'good guys' dial a number that goes to a Col. He then sends off a nuke that takes out Louisville.
Growing up in the 80s, nothing scared me more than nuclear war.
Some of these movies I saw on drugs, which I'm sure amplified my terror, but:
Exorcist The Ring Blair Witch Project Event Horizon 2nd or 3rd "Paranormal Activity" (tho #1 was scary too), the one with the camera left on the fan that pivots back and forth.
Letting go of a loved one is hard, but sometimes it is the only way to survive a rock climbing catastrophe
ReplyDeleteThe Peanut Butter Solution, the f*cked up movies they used to make for children
ReplyDeleteIdiocracy. It's supposed to be a comedy but it's more like a glimpse into our not-so-distant future.
ReplyDeletesigns... i’m such a scaredy cat and i’ve been terrified of aliens since like, birth.
ReplyDeleteIntensity, a TV movie based on a book by Dean Koontz, by the same name.
ReplyDeleteScariest because it is about a cop who is a serial killer.
Very scary because it is not monsters or sci fi. It could be real.
Just chilling.
It's a toss up between The Exorcist and Jaws.
ReplyDeletewho framed roger rabbit when i was like 11
ReplyDeleteThe Peanut Butter Solution had the ghosts of burned alive homeless people, childhood baldness, toxic potions, extreme hair growth, social isolation, kidnapping, child slave labor, etc.
ReplyDeleteRudolf. Snow monster almost ate our hero.
ReplyDeleteThe Exorcist. I saw it when it was released (I was 14, big mistake not to heed that "R" rating), ran to the lobby at that middle scene, and have never been able to watch it all the way thru since
ReplyDeleteI have to be the one to throw out Human Centipede cuz I think I watched it almost 10 years ago & am still traumatized by it haha
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger, my gran took me to see a special showing of "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein." I did NOT like it, it scared me witless.
ReplyDeleteTrilogy of Terror
ReplyDeleteKaren Black
Brooklyn Girl, I think a lot of the "unsolved" serial killer murders and abductions are done by cops who can get rid of evidence or have friends on the force that can so they get away with it
ReplyDelete+1 B626
ReplyDeleteAlso Sophies Choice
The Omen. Never watched another scary movie after that.
ReplyDeleteWhen A Stanher Calls
ReplyDeleteThe Original. Never friggin babysat in my life because of it
Exorcist
ReplyDeleteGlitter
ReplyDeleteHaha
DeleteAt the time it was The serpent and the rainbow. It scared the shit outta me when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteits a tie between The Ring and Audition
ReplyDeleteoh also, The Brave Little Toaster is fucked up
ReplyDeleteand Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with that creepy lollipop child molestor kidnapper wut dafuq
ReplyDelete+1 on The Omen, the original, with Gregory Peckory.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the original Last House on the Left. The BJ scene is more than scary!
@notthisagain YES. That movie creeps me out even as an adult.
ReplyDeleteTexas Chainsaw Massacre. It's one of my favorites now, but it did a number on me when I saw it as a kid.
ReplyDeleteBURNT OFFERINGS!!!!! That creepy-ass hearse/limo chauffeur messed me up!! Also, Karen Black.
ReplyDeleteExorcist.
ReplyDeleteProbably the one that tickled my lizard brain the most was The Exorcist, but Where The Dead Go To Die squicks me out the most due to the material.
ReplyDeleteThe Collector because it's so plausible.
ReplyDeleteMisery - Kathy Bates was terrifying. And it felt like it could happen to anyone.
ReplyDeleteDitto what sandybrook said. Wait Until Dark was another scary movie.
ReplyDeleteHelter Skelter, because it actually happened.
ReplyDeleteAs a kid: 5,000 fingers of Dr. T. Particularly the Dungeon Elevator Operator. It was a Dr. Seuss musical for heaven's sake but it was like a scary dream.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqy4xcXgtxM
Hillary's America.....
ReplyDeleteDon't Look Now - great movie with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland.
ReplyDelete+1 Tricia with the original When a Stranger Calls. That was such a scary movie.
ReplyDeleteThe Shining
ReplyDeleteWait Until Dark
ReplyDeletehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062467/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Manhunter, which was the original movie about Hannibal Lector, before the character became likable by Anthony Hopkins. VERY creepy opening scene.
ReplyDeleteThe Day After.
ReplyDeleteI was 11 and too young to process it. I cried myself to sleep for weeks after thinking a nuclear war was imminent.
session 9
ReplyDeleteWizard of Oz scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteFollowed up by Trilogy of Terror, with Karen Black
American Werewolf in London
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
ReplyDeleteAudition. The man in the bag freaked me out.
ReplyDeleteThe Skin I Live In
ReplyDeleteMy best friend begged me to watch it, ITS GREAT he said ITS AMAZING he said, ITS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE he said.
Fuck you Ira. You're lucky I only quit you for 3 weeks.
I found Jacob’s Ladder really disturbing. I love horror films, but they rarely get to me. Jacob’s Ladder wasn’t a horror film as such, it was more psychological thriller, but it still haunts me to this day. O/T I think that this was one of Macauley Culkins first uncredited appearances on film too
ReplyDeleteAlso again, not a standard horror film but 8mm was creepy and unsettling (and not just because it stars Nic Cage!) The subject of snuff films and the underground market for films featuring illegal kinks was disturbing. I want to watch it again because it takes on a whole new significance knowing what we know now about Nic Cage (I wonder if this role sparked his interest in this area or if he already had an interest and was drawn to this film for that reason?) Plus the director was Joel Schumacher (Lost Boys etc) something else I didn’t realise when watching it previously. There have been rumours about Schumacher’s predilections for a long time, it’s also worth noting that Schumacher directed A Time to Kill - there was a blind on here about the child actors in that film being sexually abused by the production crew.
The french film Martyr is also pretty messed up.
ReplyDeleteThe Serpent and the Rainbow. Went to see it in the theater with my friend and when we got out it was dark and pouring rain and it was the scariest drive two teenaged girls ever went on.
ReplyDelete@MSAB09 glad I'm not the only one that SATR freaked out!
ReplyDelete@GreenTea - I was also thinking of that one-I too was about 11 and watched it even though the schools and everyone were warning not to let kids watch it. I am still messed up about nuclear war till this day
My oldest brother saw the Exorcist as a teenager and couldn't sleep in his own room for a month
My middle brother went with his friend to see Warewolf in London when they were teens thinking it was a comedy. They had to leave the theater about 15 minutes into the movie.
The first Halloween movie. Hearing that music, gets me every time.
ReplyDeleteFunny Games (the original by Haneke), a true masterpiece which I´d never dare to recommend (or watch again for that matter). Really, REALLY intense stuff.
ReplyDeleteShowgirls
ReplyDeleteBaxter (1989 French film) A bull terrier is adopted by various families..and he is not happy about it..at all.
ReplyDeleteMovies aren't scary. Due to my limitless imagination, lots of books are though.
ReplyDeleteReturn of the Living Dead!
ReplyDeleteSet in Louisville, where I live, idiots open drums with zombies inside, after mass zombies and brain eating, one of the 'good guys' dial a number that goes to a Col. He then sends off a nuke that takes out Louisville.
Growing up in the 80s, nothing scared me more than nuclear war.
The Birds. Saw it in the theaters. Was about 7. Slept with my eyes covered for quite a while. 1963's The Haunting - I will not watch alone.
ReplyDeleteAlien, the first one. Took me 20 years to be able to see it all the way through. The sense of foreboding drove me crazy
ReplyDeleteAliens 2 I liked but also terrified me.
Hellraiser I barely made it through.
What lies beneath...
ReplyDeleteThe Exorcist and Hell House the earlier version
ReplyDeleteSome of these movies I saw on drugs, which I'm sure amplified my terror, but:
ReplyDeleteExorcist
The Ring
Blair Witch Project
Event Horizon
2nd or 3rd "Paranormal Activity" (tho #1 was scary too), the one with the camera left on the fan that pivots back and forth.
Wolf Creek
ReplyDeleteThe Strangers
I like true to life thrillers.
The Birds
ReplyDeletePsycho
Rear Window
See No Evil
Jaws
Duel
Dial M for Murder
The Haunting 1960’s!!! True scary film..
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