Movies that actually scared you

[projecteightysix]

What movies have actually scared you?

I've seen buttloads of "horror" movies, including the exorcist which is supposed to be "the scariest movie of all time". But the only one that really creeped me out and still does is The Ring.

What movies have scared you?

[Marq]

All of these, at some point either scared or unnerved me:
Favourite Horror Movies

And of those, 5 ones that were especially scary (which I credit to mostly mood and atmosphere rather than gore or "stingers"), would probably be:

- Mulholland Dr. (2001, dir. David Lynch)
- The Shining (1980, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, dir. Tobe Hooper)
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968, dir. Roman Polanski)
- The Blair Witch Project (1999, dir. Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick)

[B.Christ]

Dont know if this topic is already out there but i will let the mods take care of that. On to your question, when i was the wee age of 7 i watched Aliens, and it freaked the shit outta me. I stayed awake for a full night afraid i was going to get eatin'. And thanks to this here incident since than i dont think i have been that afraid. I know when i went and saw Signs in the theatres it got a few jumps outta me.

[incubus0]

The Ring does freak me out too.

The Shining, but more because I watched it alone at night at age 9.

In High School the original Nightmare on Elm Street, and the Friday the 13th films got me going, but only when I watched them alone at night.

As an adult not many do, besides The Ring. I enjoy watching The Evil Dead and Nightmare and allot of other ones, but it takes one that I can see myself going through, and I have to be alone in the dark to be at all effected, but it's great when I am.

[sukr_4_dbldips]

Originally Posted by incubus0

As an adult not many do, besides The Ring. I enjoy watching The Evil Dead and Nightmare and allot of other ones, but it takes one that I can see myself going through, and I have to be alone in the dark to be at all effected, but it's great when I am.

Yet another thing that sucks about getting old.

I was thoroughly creeped out by Alien and Jaws back in the day. It was years before I could go swimming or stick my face in a big gooey alien egg.

More recently, The Blair Witch Project did (back when everyone loved it, before the big backlash against it for some reason). The Ring also was a keeper, and The Sixth Sense, while not really scaring me, was creepy.

I also hate to admit this, but Child's Play gave me nightmares back in the day. I think it was the scene where Chucky is under the bed with the scalpal and cuts the achiles tendon. That just got to me somehow.

[Riedenschneider]

I can't swim in the open sea thanks to Mr. Spielberg, and 44 years later my mother still showers with the bathroom door locked.

[comedian]

When Alien came out on home video back in the early 80's, I remember being pretty freaked out, along with my parents, after the chest burster scene.

Generally though I can't think of too many movies that really have scared me.

Communion comes to mind I guess, if only because the whole alien abduction angle kind of freaks me out.

Exorcist was close, though not really there. I don't think scared would be the right description.

Amityeville Horror kind of freaked me out when I was younger.

So a few movies I suppose.

[Scottish Punk]

none

A lot of that has to do with not watching very many movies when I was a kid. I haven't see any movies as an adult that freaked me out. The closest movie which sorta freaked me out was Saving Private Ryan. It didn't scare me as much as it just made my jaw drop and shaking my head the rest the day. I saw the ring and thought it was very lame. Blair Witch was pretty cool, but not scary. Some of the classics are good (exorcist, poltergeist, shining, etc.), but I think of them as good movies and not scary movies.

[SeanL]

Blair Witch Project really creeped me out.

[Buffalo Bill]

Echoing Ried Jaws in a dark theater scared the shit out of me. I remember in several places the entire theater jumping out of their seatsm particularly when the tooth dropped out & scared Hooper it had the same effect on everyone watching. Also The Omen & The Exorcist did a pretty good job on me. Nothing lately though.

[projecteightysix]

I guess the reason the Ring really got me freaked is because how i saw it, it was in a pretty big theater 400 or so seats, and i was all by myself... so yeah.... i was freakin out.

Stuff doesnt bother me other than like messed up images black and white images, like the tape and stuff. I dunno...

[Monrozombi]

being a lover of horror movies, it usually takes a lot to creep me out when leaving the theater....Exorcist of course, the music where they show Regan's stomach where she is writing "Help Me" from the inside....Blair Witch did it to me too, being a boyscout that brought up memories of being in camp, also it didn't help that the girl i was dating at the time lived out in boonies and I had to drive home alone that night....Signs gave me a few good chills, and the Ring is that last movie to get a rise out of me

[clrb15]

Blair Witch Project, The Ring really scared me A LOT! Movies that creeped me out was One Hour Photo, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and The Shining.

[ceeece]

The Exorcist
"The Crate" from Creepshow
Amityville Horror
American Werewolf in London as much as it was funny, the beginning sequence is ultra scary to me and the subway scene...duuude.

That's all I can think of now. I am sure there are others.

[theta]

"Audition"
"The Thing"
"The Haunting" (original)
"Jacob's Ladder"

Also, because I know people like those characters all too well, "Grease" has always creeped the shit out of me. ESPECIALLY that "Scooby Doo Wop" or whatever it's called, Christ that song is unnerving!

[C Roberts]

Dracula 2000 I was scared they'd start putting that much product placement in every movie. I had to keep telling myself "Its just this movie. Its just this movie." to keep from screaming.

[larphillips]

The Exorcist - when I saw it uncut for the first time, I really couldn't believe my eyes. I actually still can't watch this one by myself.

Amityville Horror - Those red fucking eyes outside of the window. The damn scene still creeps me out to this fucking day.

Jaws - Like Ried and others, this film has forever fucked up my enjoyment of swimming in the ocean (or any outdoor body of water for that matter.)

[jmoney]

The original Hellraiser was the firts horror movie that ever really freaked me out when I was a kid.

Alien was a little slow in the pacing department for me the first time I saw it (twelve I think), so I think it used to bore me more than scare me. Now I think its just about the scariest movie ever.

[cardaway]

Serpent and the Rainbow.

Most movies scared me when I was a kid, but lately not even the Ring or Signs scared me.

We are talking about more than just making you jump right? Being scared after you turn off the movie...

[reapersaurus]

The Ring is the only movie to scare me / creep me out as an adult.

Many movie have STARTLED me, but it doesn't take film skill to have something lunge from off-screen to get that affect.

The ring is so creepy, my wife won't let me play the DVD in our house, on our TV.
And she professed multiple times that the movie wasn't scary, and she always says no movie scares her.

She finally admitted how creepy it is.

[manigrasso]

Originally Posted by C Roberts

Dracula 2000 I was scared they'd start putting that much product placement in every movie. I had to keep telling myself "Its just this movie. Its just this movie." to keep from screaming.

But...but Mary Van Helsing worked at Virgin Megastores. And Dracula likes Virgins! So she had one of those Virgin t-shirts on-a lot! That...that's funny! I...I mean...isn't it?

[limacharliewhiskey]

Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candy...

[Shoegaze99]

Poltergeist.

Seriously. For some reason that movie and the scenario it lays out just freaks the hell out of me. The ghostly images, the guy picking his face off, the corpse-filled pool. I know that movie ruined clowns for a lot of people (like my wife), but for me it’s the whole notion of poltergeists. At night, when everyone else is asleep, if that movie comes to mind I can’t sleep.

Amityville Horror, too, freaks me out for many of the same reasons. A house out of control, forces beyond comprehension. My imagination is too vivid, and I can fully let myself see terrible things in the shadows after movies like that. I can feel the house watching.

The Omen always kind of freaked me out, though not in a keep-me-up-at-night way. That dark religious stuff is just terrifying to mull over too much.

Jump and scare you Boo! movies don’t tend to get me as much as the slow burners. I think I recall Jacob's Ladder scaring me, but I haven't seen it in ages and barely remember it.

Oh, and Street Fighter scared the living shit out of me. How could they have made such a film? A chilling thought.

The only movie that ever scared me was the yet to be released on DVD Fire in the Sky (1993). Although I was 11 when I saw it... and I have heard rumors that Paramount is prepping it for release!

[Oscar Antonio M]

I haven't really seen a movie that has left me scared after I watched it, but there have been some that truly freaked me out while I was watching them, like:

The Shining
The Exorcist
Lost Highway
Signs

[Lex M]

THE SHINING

Still my personal favorite movie, 23 years after I saw it for the first time at the age of 8. The music, the production design of the Overlook, and especially Kubrick's composition combine to create one of the few horror films where every sinister image is seared into your memory long after the film ends. I've never really understood why almost no other director regularly emulates Kubrick's style -- the precise geography, the perfectly centered compositions, the icy static shots -- that makes even a relatively genteel epic like 2001 look evil and otherworldly. The shot of the twins in the hallway in THE SHINING is scarier on its own than the entire FRIDAY THE 13TH ouevre; there's just something askew about the composition that gets under your skin. Indeed, the film pretty much takes place in OVER-LIT environments, as opposed to the standard creepy-stuff-in-the-dark, just-out-of-frame technique most horror directors favor. Amazing, again, for such a classic film with such a vaulted reputation, that no one else really shoots horror like Kubrick did.

[boddah]

Alien is the only one I can think of that still carries those feelings with it, mostly because it reminds of being a scared seven year old kid watching it one night with my brother. That's probably why it remains one of my favorite films.

I always fall for the "jump" scenes, because I love watching movies and always get pulled in, but it's rare that I'm kept awake at night thinking about it.

["The Dude"]

Nothing scares me now,but when I was a kid,around 7 or 8,it was An American Werewolf in London and Salem's Lot. My parents went to the drive-in to see Werewolf and I guess they thought I could handle it.The first time I saw Salem's Lot was a little tougher because when I went to bed, my dad went outside and scratched at my window.That a**hole! I was only 7 or 8 when that happened.

[larphillips]

Originally Posted by The Dude

my dad went outside and scratched at my window.That a**hole! I was only 7 or 8 when that happened.

Damn that is funny!!!

I mean... cruel. Yeah, that is really, really cruel.

[John Yaya]

The one movie that still gives me the creeps is Halloween...

to this day I hate walking into my garage which is pitch black and you have to take a couple of steps to turn the light on....just an unnerving feeling that a hand or that white mask will pop out from the dark.