<p>It’s almost Halloween, and I want a GOOD, scary, suspenseful movie.</p>
<p>NOT gory. (no “Saw” movies. No “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
NOT bloody. NOT sadistic.</p>
<p>Creepy, suspenseful, spooky - those are all good. In particular, I liked “The Ring,” “The Gift” (Cate Blanchett as a psychic), the original “Halloween,” “Orphanato” (Spanish horror movie), even “The Grudge.” </p>
<p>Any suggestions? I have an empty Netflix queue and I want to be scared!</p>
<p>What Lies Beneath.</p>
<p>I didn’t think it was that scary, What Lies Beneath.</p>
<p>The scariest one I have seen is The Ring. I couldn’t sleep with a TV in my room for a few days. I watched it with my brother and his wife. Both my brother and I were freaked out of our mind. It didn’t bother my SIL at all.</p>
<p>I’ll recommend “Mothman Prophacies”–based on a true story.
There was a good thread on same subject last week entitled “scary”–I’ll give it a bump.</p>
<p>Don’t Look Now. Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. A classic from the 70’s, and the scariest film I’ve ever seen.</p>
<p>Thanks, all, for the suggestions, and thanks for the thread bump, Ely. I did scan through that list but the movies weren’t creepy enough!</p>
<p>I like the Mothman movie, too, but that Ring movie REALLY creeped me out. There’s something about that girl crawling out of the TV. </p>
<p>Heck, there’s something about crawling, period - any of those movies where there’s a person crawling on the floor or ceiling (did anyone see “The Messenger”?) really scares me.</p>
<p>I like the old Hitchcock movies, too, and I did like “What Lies Beneath.”</p>
<p>Booklady, I’ve always felt that way about Don’t Look Now, as has my husband. My D, on the other hand, laughs at us about it; I think we over-pitched it to her when she was younger.</p>
<p>How about Wait Until Dark?</p>
<p>I think The Sixth Sense is a masterpiece of creepy suspense, but only if you haven’t seen it before. Too obvious?</p>
<p>Mantori, I liked “Sixth Sense” too,… but it doesn’t hold up well if you watch it over and over!</p>
<p>“Wait until Dark” - also good. And now that I think about it, I also watched (and liked) “Shiver” (another Spanish film with crawling people), “The Omen” (original, not remake), “The Haunting” (original, not remake), “The Exorcist”, “Blair Witch,” and “The Others.”</p>
<p>I think there is a generational issue here–younger viewers have more trouble suspending disbelief if the effects aren’t realistic enough. My D, for example, didn’t really think Psycho (the original) was very scary at all.</p>
<p>“The Dead Zone” with Christopher Walken</p>
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<p>agree. One of the most chilling scenes ever filmed, with the telephone signals. And another jolting moment later that made you jump out of your seat in the theatre</p>
<p>I’ve seen it more recently and think that its probably too slow paced for today’s younger audiences. No special effects.</p>
<p>Agreed about Don’t Look Now. Still the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. If you’re planning a trip to Venice in the near future, though, this may be one you want to skip. ;)</p>
<p>Dressed to Kill and Sleeping with the Enemy are two more good ones.</p>
<p>Zodiac with Jake Gyllenhaal really did it for me. The scene in the basement of the possible suspect had my hair standing on end.</p>
<p>“Stir of Echoes” with Kevin Bacon is another scary one.</p>
<p>“The Others” – I love that one. </p>
<p>“Wait until Dark” – I remember watching that in my teens with a boy I had a crush on. I think I left nail marks on his arm! That’s the only movie that made me scream.</p>
<p>Cape Fear.</p>
<p>“The Shining” with Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. I was freaked out just by the shot of the car on its way up the mountain road. Brilliantly directed by Stanley Kubrick.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen Brian DePalma’s suspense films in a while (Blowout, Dressed to Kill, Body Double), so I don’t know how well they’ve aged. When they were released 20-some years ago, I thought they were terrific.</p>
<p>“Wait until Dark” - single scariest moment ever, in any film I’ve ever seen, including the shower scene in Psycho and the “Mrs. Bates?” moment, too.</p>
<p>“Orphan” is very creepy. Not on DVD yet but rental.</p>
<p>The original “Alien”.</p>
<p>“Misery,” the other good Stephen King horror adaptation.</p>