Not just “gore” or “slasher films”, those movies that just really scare the crap out of you! The “mind fucks”; the ones that make you all scared and afraid to go outside alone.

I can think of a few that actually fit this category (in no particular order).

The Shining
Stanley Kubrick, director
Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall and Scatman Crothers, actors.
1980

The Exorcist
William Friedkin, dirctor
Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, actors
1973

Jaws
Steven Spielberg, director
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, actors
1975

Phantasm
Don Coscarelli, director
A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornberry, actors
1979


These are just a few that I remember right off the bat. Again, not because of gore or massive blood – but, because they truly scared me! Of course, I saw a lot of these when I was younger. I’ve watched a good portion of them again within the last year or so, and still found them to be scary.

Your thoughts? If you wish to participate, try and keep the same format I’ve begun. I’m really interested in your thoughts!

Shining best horror film. EVER.

June7 said:

This one stands out on my list.

Google "Beer Enema" yall. That's by far the worst!


Nightmares for weeks. NSFW though.

The Japanese Ring movies creep me the fuck out, which I appreciate immensely cos I like to experience extreme emotions. Also the Japanese One Missed Call, same. American so called horror movies just make me go most of the time even though I like the american remakes of Ring 1 and 2 as well. Oh, and (of course by now) the Japanese The Grudge, but Grudge 2 was just milking imo.

The first "Halloween". When Michael Myers went down for the first time, I couldn't help shout at the screen, "He's not dead! He's not dead!"

"The Blair Witch Project". I saw it in the middle of the day, and then went to play golf. I was on the 13 tee box when I realized what all the handprints were in that room. I had to back off the tee box and shake it off. And then I made a bogie, LOL.

And "Jaws". Man, I cannot describe the feeling the first time I went waterskiing after seeing that movie. Getting in the water was the freakiest thing ever.

An American Werewolf in London.

Even at my age now I still can't watch it.

NWF said:

c´mon, that one is almost a comedy...

Amityville Horror. Saw it when it first came out when I was much younger. Couldn't watch it again for a long time. Just recently watched again after ???years. It still creeps me the hell out but I'm not as scared of it anymore.

the The Exorcist when i was 10

Helter Skelter about 10

The Hitcher (the orginal) when i was 16 or so

are the only 3 that freaked me out

Spookymuffin said:

i like the bad made for tv version too.

evenstar3 said:

Oh god. Trust you to like that.

Spookymuffin said:

the book's better than both!

The Shining scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. My mother should have been charged with child abuse for taking us to see it!

I remember the Silence of the Lambs freaked out the whole audience when the lights went out and the guy was looking at her with the night vision goggles.

evenstar3 said:

It's okay - I kinda agree.

Spookymuffin said:

what's your favorite king novel?

evenstar3 said:

I've only read that. Steven lost credibility with me after I saw a family guy sketch where it parodied his thought processes for making up stories. Now I can't take him seriously.

Spookymuffin said:

omg! you're hopeless.

Happiness.



And I couldn't make it through Perfume very recently.

I was really scared when the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre came out.

The Exorcist and The Omen equally.

Phantasm runs a close second.

statuesqque said:

I laughed my ass of at that one. Seriously, I have no ass left.

evenstar3 said:

I like the sound of 1403.

live4lust said:

I was little when I first saw it (actually my brother made me watch it) that flying ball with the spike in it AND somebody in the family came up with the rule that all horror/scary movies had to be watched in the dark... I mean all the lights in the house were off... crazy ass people I lived with.

evenstar3 said:

The Stand

Ringu (original japanese version of the Ring)

babooshleeky said:

i NEED to read that. i know it's excellent & it's one of the few i haven't.

evenstar3 said:

Then you need to ASAP....the miniseries on tv was good too...but the book is way better...

garganta said:

Even at that I still found it pretty disturbing.