Looking for Scary Movies!

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<p>Another vote for “The Others”</p>

<p>“The Exorcist” really creeped me out. </p>

<p>Won’t watch “The Ring”. Son watched it when he was an early teenager and couldn’t sleep all night. No thanks. </p>

<p>Gotta get that “Wait until Dark” movie…never saw it. Also, “Zodiac” Are either of these gross?? </p>

<p>Some of the old twilight zone epsiodes are pretty creepy. As a kid, i watched one where a phone line fell on a grave and the lady kept getting moaning, groaning calls. Ewww.</p>

<p>And how about “Trilogy of Terror” with Karen Black? Three scary stories, all starring Karen. The one with the crazy dolls was my favorite!</p>

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<p>I hadn’t thought of Zodiac as a horror. Not gory. It’s about the Zodiac Killer, and is supposed to be a very accurate portrayal.</p>

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<p>“Don’t Look Now” is a great scary movie and also has the one of the very best “romantic” scenes.</p>

<p>If you haven’t seen “Poltergeist” be prepared for a few scary moments - one in particular.</p>

<p>The original “Halloween” is pretty scary - I knew an Army Ranger, real tough guy, who left the theater before the end. </p>

<p>The 1959 “Haunting of Hill House” is a good old terror film, especially the scene with the 2 women in the twin beds.</p>

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<p>“The Night of the Hunter” 1955</p>

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<p>The Birds, Hitchcock, enough said
The Shining
The Exorcist
Psycho</p>

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<p>“Suspiria” is an older film. I saw it 30 years ago and still think about one scene. Also, “Seven” has some gore, but is very suspenseful.</p>

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<p>THE SHINING!!!</p>

<p>Shivers up my spine just thinking about it…
SOOOO many classic scenes I will never forget.</p>

<p>REDRUM, REDRUM, REDRUM!!!</p>

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<p>Lots of movies have startling scenes, but The Ring was the only movie that has really frightened me since I was a little kid.</p>

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<p>“Orphan” is out on Megavideo. Not here to do advertisement for them, but I watch most of my movies on that site. A lot of movies are on that site before come out on DVD. D2 watches all of her TV shows on surfthechannel.com. That site is free.</p>

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<p>You know, I may just have to rent “The Ring” again - I agree, coureur, it’s one of the few really frighening movies I’ve seen in a long time.</p>

<p>That’s not to say I don’t love all the other suggestions, though! Seen most of them (some how missed “Nght of the Hunter” and “Suspira”, both of which made one of Stephen King’s scariest lists.) My office mate recommended “Orphan” also (DVD comes out on October 27th)</p>

<p>Toneranger - I remember watching that “Trilogy of terror” when I was a kid. Loved it! Recently my daughter saw it and couldn’t believe how hokey it looked… although she did admit that the original “Haunting of Hill House” was better than any remake, even though the original was in black-and-white.</p>

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<p>“Nosferatu” 1922 and "Shadow of the Vampire"2000</p>

<p>The original Nosferatu is VERY creepy. Fun to watch and similarly creepy is “Shadow of the Vampire” which has a story that revolves around the 1922 production of Nosferatu. Willem Dafoe as Nosferatu and John Malkovich as FW Murnau are hilarious. But is doesn’t really work unless you have seen the 1922 Nosferatu first.</p>

<p>Just a note re: “The Haunting of Hill House”.
The 1963 movie is titles “The Haunting” (dir Robert Wise) and is based on the Shirley Jackson book “The Haunting of Hill House”. I believe that sometimes it is issued on television and DVD as the “Haunting of Hill House”. A personal favorite and not to be missed. Do not waste your time on the 2000 remake/</p>

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<p>I think the scariest movie I ever saw was" the Exorcist " .everything else pales in comparison.</p>

<p>I remember all of the chatter about " the Blair Witch Project" , which I thought was just silly and stupid ( with a lot of f-bombs )</p>

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<p>Battle Royale. It’s frightening.</p>

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<p>Anyone remember these TV movies from the 70’s?
Crowhaven Farm
and The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Sure gave me the creeps back then. For some odd reason (probably a time-waster while teachers were having meetings), we were shown Crowhaven Farm at school (6th/7th grade).
I had nightmares for weeks.<br>
I hate to be scared and I’m really sensitive to scary movies–I never go to them. I was scared by Lord of the Rings (the first of the series–I never read the books and didn’t know what was going to happen. . .) and Slumdog Millionaire (my heart was racing for hours after). Laugh if you want.
One movie that truly disturbed me was The Virgin Spring (Bergman). Don’t watch it. You’ll be sorry.</p>

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<p>The Omen
The Birds
Silence of the Lambs
The Shining
Blair Witch Project
Carrie(original)
Something Wicked this way Come</p>