The most terrifying films we've ever experienced
Poll
No votes (0%) | |||
No votes (0%) | |||
No votes (0%) | |||
No votes (0%) | |||
1 vote (16.66%) | |||
No votes (0%) | |||
1 vote (16.66%) | |||
1 vote (16.66%) | |||
1 vote (16.66%) | |||
2 votes (33.33%) |
6 members have voted
April 6th, 2013 at 7:22:36 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 |
At least you didn't suffer the fate of one of the guys in my college dormitory. The roommate of the guy we pulled the prank on knew he had got pretty spooked from the seeing "The Exorcist", and he asked a couple of other guys (Including me) to assist him in scaring him. When he was asleep later that night, one guy got under his bed, while my job was to hold the door closed from the outside so he couldn't escape, His roommate sat at their study desk with just the small study desk light on and staring straight ahead and started moaning. Then the guy under the bed started levitating the end of his bed and was causing the end legs to bang on the floor.. We had also put a heavy layer of tape over the main light switch so he wouldn't be able to find it or turn it on. Based on his reaction, I'd say it worked pretty well. In fact we stopped sooner than we planned -- I think just 'cause we felt guilty freaking him out so bad. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
April 6th, 2013 at 8:15:10 PM permalink | |
1nickelmiracle Member since: Mar 5, 2013 Threads: 24 Posts: 623 | Exorcist has a subliminal message of a skull and if you saw it consciously, you were supposed to not be as scared as if you didn't. |
April 6th, 2013 at 8:22:03 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | The producers did get sued. A patron fainted and broke his jaw on the seat in front of him and said it was the subliminal imagery that made him faint. |
April 6th, 2013 at 8:33:51 PM permalink | |
1nickelmiracle Member since: Mar 5, 2013 Threads: 24 Posts: 623 |
Scared me quite a bit seeing that thing as it is on the page as I scrolled down quickly! |
April 9th, 2013 at 6:53:20 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I voted for 28 Days Later, which I highly recommend. Contagion seems out of place on that list, "scary" is not an adjective I would use to describe that movie. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
April 10th, 2013 at 3:06:31 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
Even as a youngster watching Friday the Thirteenth, I've never really gotten scared of movies. There were only two exceptions, and they were both pretty intense. One was from an old flick. Was it "Tales From the Crypt" or "Creepshow", the one that would run a few short movies back to back? Well, the one where a bunch of kids skipped out and went swimming at a pond, and it had one of those floating docks, and there was some blob thing in the water that ended up eating them all? I tell ya, I'm at and in ponds all the time. Snakes, leeches, snapping turtles, that don't phase me a bit. But even at 32, if I'm at a pond with one of those floating docks... let's just say I don't go to ponds with floating docks =) The other, sad as it sounds, was Blair Witch. I and my friends went to the midnight showing, got all baked in the car before hand. I camp a lot, walk in the woods at night a lot, and some of the stuff, like you said, I could very much relate to. But even that was a "fun creepy", if you know what I mean. I was having a good time for 99.9% of it, until it ended in that basement, when he turned and saw that person in the corner... Christ, I'm getting chills just typing it... and then the camera went black? Well, guess what? I took my friends home that night, drove straight to Allegany State Park where my family was camping, and got to my cabin at about 3a. Freaked out doesn't begin to tell the tale. I didn't fall asleep until well after the sun had risen. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
April 10th, 2013 at 5:41:49 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 | I suppose they do this stuff all the time now, but in the college union theater, I swear the whole audience reacted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emPABapBvmU You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
April 10th, 2013 at 7:58:34 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The original movie that uses a shock ending is always fondly remembered. These plot device are very easy to copy, but instead of scaring you, all it does is remind you of the first time you saw it. Five good ones before Carrie. Psycho (1960) Years earlier, he killed his mother -- whose skeleton sits in his cellar in a rocking chair -- and developed a split personality: that of him and his mother Carnival of Souls (1962) This is one of the first films to use the plot twist of the the woman who is the subject is dead for the whole movie, and the entire story is a post death hallucination. Diabolique (1964) A wife plots to kill her husband with his mistress, but the wife is double crossed by the mistress. He is not dead and scares his wife into a heart attack. Night of the Living Dead (1968) Ben, the last person left alive in the house, manages to survive only to be accidently shot by the good old boys destroying zombies who shoot Ben before realizing that he is a living person. The Wicker Man (1973) The main star finally discovers the secret of the pagan culture on the remote British island. The community sacrifices an outsider by burning him alive. He discovers it when he finds out he is the victim. |
November 9th, 2018 at 7:41:37 PM permalink | |
blount2000 Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 5 Posts: 30 | I know "thread necromancy" is sometimes frowned upon, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to add something to this 5+ year old thread (versus starting a new one). Did you have any movie scenes that scared you to death as a kid? And I don't mean just startled you while you were watching the movie, but really affected you long afterwards? There were two scenes that hit me hard as a kid and stuck with me for years. Both were from around 1979 or so when I was 7 or 8 years old. The first one was the dog from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Not sure why I was watching this type of movie on TV at that age, but I was definitely unprepared for this scene and it terrified me. The second one was from a much lesser-known movie called The World Beyond that came on TV during that same time period (1978). I actually didn't know the proper name of this movie until 20+ years later. I only remembered it as the movie about the Mud Man. There is a scene in this one with a detached mud hand that starts at around the 35:00 minute mark that made me unable to willingly go down into our family basement for many years. Anyway, looking at them now they don't seem so bad (and maybe even a little silly). But they totally freaked me out as a kid! Any childhood movie experiences that left you "traumatized"? |
November 9th, 2018 at 8:03:03 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
108,115,100 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 has been added to that list since I posted that statement years ago. Just listing R rated films, of course The Exorcist comes first, but the recent movie, "It" has joined the top 30.
|