And yes, you have to pick. For me, it's Psycho.

Halloween. Aside from his constant resurrections, crazy people killing is real!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Halloween. Aside from his constant resurrections, crazy people killing is real!

Halloween is almost real which is 1 reason its so scary, because it like a serial killer

The 1st 2 are the only ones I watch, the 1st one almost the whole movie is him stalking which is crazy scary, mystery always adds to the fear, shadows etc

He really didnt start killing until near the end of the movie

the scene were he comes in the room with the sheet over him is freaky

I love 1970 early-mid 1980s horror movie

Freddie (Nightmare on Elm st) was scary the first 2-3 because he rarely talked

all the others after that he became a comic, even how he killed people was funny and he talked too much

I know its SciFi but Alien is a horror movie too

I dont like Gore movies though, in Halloween 1 & 2 I dont think u ever saw blood

OldFriends4Sale said:

scriptgirl said:

And yes, you have to pick.

What do you mean I have to pick?
Did the org suddenly become some kind of communist state?
I didn't sign up for this!
I like both flicks,

I'm not gonna pick!
I have rights!

The original 1978 "Halloween". I remember reading (back then) that people were running out of the theaters because that movie was so scary.

I agree with OldFriends. The way the movie is shot makes you see thru the eyes of Micheal Myers. Also it's what you see and what you don't see in "Halloween" that makes it even scarier.

That scene where he is standing at the door with the sheet scared the hell out of me as a kid.

I think "Halloween" was one of the first flicks that I ever saw where you actually saw the killer eye his victims during the day. And I think the ending is brilliant. When they show shots of the house the viewer is left thinking; "This is going to continue?????!!??"

The other great thing is that this movie took place in the suburbs. Not the city, not in the woods but "anytown USA". I think that made it more realistic and creepy.

Classic flick.

SPYZFAN1 said:

The original 1978 "Halloween". I remember reading (back then) that people were running out of the theaters because that movie was so scary.

I agree with OldFriends. The way the movie is shot makes you see thru the eyes of Micheal Myers. Also it's what you see and what you don't see in "Halloween" that makes it even scarier.

That scene where he is standing at the door with the sheet scared the hell out of me as a kid.

I think "Halloween" was one of the first flicks that I ever saw where you actually saw the killer eye his victims during the day. And I think the ending is brilliant. When they show shots of the house the viewer is left thinking; "This is going to continue?????!!??"

The other great thing is that this movie took place in the suburbs. Not the city, not in the woods but "anytown USA". I think that made it more realistic and creepy.

Classic flick.

lol its funny, I saw a documentary on the making of the movie, and when the guys originally previewed it they didn't have any music, and they said it wasn't scary, but when they came back with the sounds and music it freaked them out

How do you make 'Mr Sandman' a song of terror lol

Something about that 1970's innocence makes the terror bigger

Yeah that daytime stalking was extremely unexpected, like the scene where she got home and from her bedroom window saw him standing in their backyard among the drying sheets

she sees him outside her classroom window watching her, sees him on the street

This movie set you up 2 be terrorized

I remember back then 1 of the scariest scenes was

when she thought it was over and then in the background

we see him sit up and turn toward her.

Jamie Lee did terror good.

I agree, I think the 'suburban' element was perfect. This was supposed to be in Illlinois

All that innocence running around was perfect for "the Night He Came Home"

"Death has come to your town..."

and the 2nd one picked right up where the 1st left off, they must have shot both back 2 back, but they are both 1978 & 1981 releases,

Psycho is more of a psychological thriller...it engrosses you and scares you from within.

Halloween is more of an emotional thriller. It scares you in a primal way.

Both are just as good, in their own form.

I haven't seen either one in a LONG time, so I'll have to rent them and watch 'em again before I can answer.

PurpleJedi said:

Psycho is more of a psychological thriller...it engrosses you and scares you from within.

Halloween is more of an emotional thriller. It scares you in a primal way.

Both are just as good, in their own form.

I haven't seen either one in a LONG time, so I'll have to rent them and watch 'em again before I can answer.

Get Halloween 1 & 2 but don't watch alone

OldFriends4Sale said:

PurpleJedi said:

Psycho is more of a psychological thriller...it engrosses you and scares you from within.

Halloween is more of an emotional thriller. It scares you in a primal way.

Both are just as good, in their own form.

I haven't seen either one in a LONG time, so I'll have to rent them and watch 'em again before I can answer.

Get Halloween 1 & 2 but don't watch alone

Sounds like a weekend marathon in the works!

OldFriends4Sale said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

The original 1978 "Halloween". I remember reading (back then) that people were running out of the theaters because that movie was so scary.

I agree with OldFriends. The way the movie is shot makes you see thru the eyes of Micheal Myers. Also it's what you see and what you don't see in "Halloween" that makes it even scarier.

That scene where he is standing at the door with the sheet scared the hell out of me as a kid.

I think "Halloween" was one of the first flicks that I ever saw where you actually saw the killer eye his victims during the day. And I think the ending is brilliant. When they show shots of the house the viewer is left thinking; "This is going to continue?????!!??"

The other great thing is that this movie took place in the suburbs. Not the city, not in the woods but "anytown USA". I think that made it more realistic and creepy.

Classic flick.

lol its funny, I saw a documentary on the making of the movie, and when the guys originally previewed it they didn't have any music, and they said it wasn't scary, but when they came back with the sounds and music it freaked them out

How do you make 'Mr Sandman' a song of terror lol

Something about that 1970's innocence makes the terror bigger

Yeah that daytime stalking was extremely unexpected, like the scene where she got home and from her bedroom window saw him standing in their backyard among the drying sheets

she sees him outside her classroom window watching her, sees him on the street

This movie set you up 2 be terrorized

I remember back then 1 of the scariest scenes was

when she thought it was over and then in the background

we see him sit up and turn toward her.

Jamie Lee did terror good.

I agree, I think the 'suburban' element was perfect. This was supposed to be in Illlinois

All that innocence running around was perfect for "the Night He Came Home"

"Death has come to your town..."

and the 2nd one picked right up where the 1st left off, they must have shot both back 2 back, but they are both 1978 & 1981 releases,

you know, the music, all of it, is what helps to make this movie so freaky. It is probably my favorite scary movie of all time.

OldFriends4Sale said:

PurpleJedi said:

Psycho is more of a psychological thriller...it engrosses you and scares you from within.

Halloween is more of an emotional thriller. It scares you in a primal way.

Both are just as good, in their own form.

I haven't seen either one in a LONG time, so I'll have to rent them and watch 'em again before I can answer.

Get Halloween 1 & 2 but don't watch alone

The honest truth, whenever this HW1 comes on, I must watch it but I also always get up and lock every single door and window

Halloween.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

lol its funny, I saw a documentary on the making of the movie, and when the guys originally previewed it they didn't have any music, and they said it wasn't scary, but when they came back with the sounds and music it freaked them out

How do you make 'Mr Sandman' a song of terror lol

Something about that 1970's innocence makes the terror bigger

Yeah that daytime stalking was extremely unexpected, like the scene where she got home and from her bedroom window saw him standing in their backyard among the drying sheets

she sees him outside her classroom window watching her, sees him on the street

This movie set you up 2 be terrorized

I remember back then 1 of the scariest scenes was

when she thought it was over and then in the background

we see him sit up and turn toward her.

Jamie Lee did terror good.

I agree, I think the 'suburban' element was perfect. This was supposed to be in Illlinois

All that innocence running around was perfect for "the Night He Came Home"

"Death has come to your town..."

and the 2nd one picked right up where the 1st left off, they must have shot both back 2 back, but they are both 1978 & 1981 releases,

you know, the music, all of it, is what helps to make this movie so freaky. It is probably my favorite scary movie of all time.

I KNOW, those high piano keys that speed up when danger is near

and those heavy piano keys that are so erie

outside of the sister at the beginning, only 3 people actually get killed(that we see) in the 1st one, no blood or gore

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Get Halloween 1 & 2 but don't watch alone

The honest truth, whenever this HW1 comes on, I must watch it but I also always get up and lock every single door and window

lol I can't watch it at night or evening

I get chills when I've watched it in the daytime

And find a Christian hymal music channel to listen to after I watch it or watch cartoon, the good classics lol

Yes! That clip of him rising freaked me out. People in the theatres screamed at that scene.

I saw that docu also. It's interesting how that movie was so "low budget" when it was filmed. It was shot in the Spring of 1978 and to make it look like fall, they collected leaves and spray painted them brown.

Yeah after watching "Halloween" I have to quickly put on Comedy Central (or something funny) to get rid of that "old school horror" feel.

Like "Jaws" and "Friday The 13th", the music is juat as important. To this day, anytime I hear "Mr. Sandman" I get the creeps.

Halloween.

It was my second movie at the theater (1st was Snow White) when I was 6.

We also saw it at the Drive-in another time and when we got home my mom asked us kids (our neighbor and her daughter went with) to stay in the car.

She fuckin came out the house with a sheet with glasses over them on.

"Halloween" is definitely the scariest movie of all time because it could be real. I've never been scared of things like witches, ghosts, vampires, goblins, zombies, etc. because I know that those things aren't real. But a psycho killer who escapes from a mental hospital and goes on a killing spree could definitely happen. Also, I grew up in a suburb town five minutes away from Jackson and Whitfield, the state mental hospital, is located on the outskirts of that town which made "Halloween" even more scarier. I've had friends who lived out in the country on the outskirts of town near Whitfield and they said many times, somehow some of the patients used to get loose from those grounds and end up walking down the streets of their neighborhood wearing those white gowns. As my grandmother used to say..."Ooooo, just the thought of that gives me the willies".

"Halloween" used to scare me so much, I would be scared when I was home alone. You know how you lie to your mother some mornings and tell her you're sick so you can stay home from school? That means you're at home all day alone while everyone else is either at school or at work and as soon as she leaves, you get your ass out of bed and turn on the TV. On those days, I would think I heard noises in the house or footsteps. If the air conditioner simply kicked on, I'd jump out of my skin. Just even the little slightest unexpected noise would shoot terror through me. Hell, even as an adult the movie still gets to me sometimes. I watched it just last week and before I went to bed, I ended up checking all the closets and looking in the bathtub behind the shower curtain, etc., just anywhere where someone could be hiding in the apartment to make sure no one was there. That's a damn good scary movie to have an effect on someone like that.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

PurpleJedi said:

Psycho is more of a psychological thriller...it engrosses you and scares you from within.

Halloween is more of an emotional thriller. It scares you in a primal way.

Both are just as good, in their own form.

I haven't seen either one in a LONG time, so I'll have to rent them and watch 'em again before I can answer.

Get Halloween 1 & 2 but don't watch alone

Those two are the best, even though in "Halloween II", I kept wondering where all the other patients in the hospital were but it was still scary. I like all the "Halloween" movies except "Halloween III" but the first two are the best. As for the third one, it was horrible and I couldn't even finish watching it. There's no need to make a movie with that name if Michael Myers isn't in it.

OldFriends4Sale said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

The original 1978 "Halloween". I remember reading (back then) that people were running out of the theaters because that movie was so scary.

I agree with OldFriends. The way the movie is shot makes you see thru the eyes of Micheal Myers. Also it's what you see and what you don't see in "Halloween" that makes it even scarier.

That scene where he is standing at the door with the sheet scared the hell out of me as a kid.

I think "Halloween" was one of the first flicks that I ever saw where you actually saw the killer eye his victims during the day. And I think the ending is brilliant. When they show shots of the house the viewer is left thinking; "This is going to continue?????!!??"

The other great thing is that this movie took place in the suburbs. Not the city, not in the woods but "anytown USA". I think that made it more realistic and creepy.

Classic flick.

lol its funny, I saw a documentary on the making of the movie, and when the guys originally previewed it they didn't have any music, and they said it wasn't scary, but when they came back with the sounds and music it freaked them out

How do you make 'Mr Sandman' a song of terror lol

Something about that 1970's innocence makes the terror bigger

Yeah that daytime stalking was extremely unexpected, like the scene where she got home and from her bedroom window saw him standing in their backyard among the drying sheets

she sees him outside her classroom window watching her, sees him on the street

This movie set you up 2 be terrorized

I remember back then 1 of the scariest scenes was

when she thought it was over and then in the background

we see him sit up and turn toward her.

Jamie Lee did terror good.

I agree, I think the 'suburban' element was perfect. This was supposed to be in Illlinois

All that innocence running around was perfect for "the Night He Came Home"

"Death has come to your town..."

and the 2nd one picked right up where the 1st left off, they must have shot both back 2 back, but they are both 1978 & 1981 releases,

The music definitely made it scarier, especially the loud sound the music would make out of the blue when someone would walk up to Jamie Lee Curtis and tap her on the shoulder or if she bumped into them. I'd find myself jumping when that loud sound occurred as if someone had shot a firecracker unexpectedly.

My favorite is the long synth line that sounds like the ending of Prince's "Automatic" when Michael Myers is smashing the closet door trying to get to Jamie Lee Curtis who is waiting for him with a coat hanger. The first time I heard similar sounding synths to "Halloween" was on Prince's "Controversy" album and the first time I heard that album back in 1981, I immediately thought about "Halloween" and it would kinda give me chills when I heard it. Not to mention, every album cover of Prince's at the time, he had that stare on the cover almost like someone evil.

Here's Nick Castle, the actor that played Michael Myers. Look at those crazy looking eyes. He even looks scary without the mask.

Halloween. Although Psycho has the scariest scene (the bathroom scene).

johnart said:

Halloween.

It was my second movie at the theater (1st was Snow White) when I was 6.

We also saw it at the Drive-in another time and when we got home my mom asked us kids (our neighbor and her daughter went with) to stay in the car.

She fuckin came out the house with a sheet with glasses over them on.

... this is a hard one

People will dislike me for this answer & it may seem silly, many here know i am a big huge 6'5 bull dyke

So physical fear is one that always gets me, i'm a really strong guy & the fear of someone being stronger then me is prolly my greatest fear. So in that regards i would say Halloween...

Cause Michael is powerful & can easily break down doors, closets & cars with ease.. Norman Bates is a great character.. but that ole wuss couldn't beat up a 10 year old

Gunsnhalen said:

... this is a hard one

People will dislike me for this answer & it may seem silly, many here know i am a big huge 6'5 bull dyke

So physical fear is one that always gets me, i'm a really strong guy & the fear of someone being stronger then me is prolly my greatest fear. So in that regards i would say Halloween...

Cause Michael is powerful & can easily break down doors, closets & cars with ease.. Norman Bates is a great character.. but that ole wuss couldn't beat up a 10 year old

I'm 6'5 too but I'm a big ole teddy bear.

Norman Bates definately had queen written all over him but I'm not so sure about Michael Myers either. When he had the ghost sheet and glasses on and that girl thought he was her boyfriend, a straight serial killer would have fucked that bitch before he killed her.

Halloween. hands down.

I repeating myself but I don't care.

Halloween was released in Oct. 1978 and 1979. The reason why Carpenter film received another chance at the theaters was in part Roger Ebert's and Gene Siskel's lavished praise of the picture. My mother and I saw this over in Calumet IL at the River Oaks Theaters. The place sat at least a 150 yet there was only 6 people at the show that night. Use and 4 dudes.... those brothas were screaming harder than either my mother or I.

Did anyone see the Rob Zombie version of "Halloween" a few years ago?

I thought it was a great movie and storyline if it just wasn't intended to be "Halloween". I loved the idea of going back and seeing Michael Myers' childhood and how he evolved into a serial killer but I didn't like that it didn't stay true to the original. Michael Myers began his killing spree in 1978 but yet the childhood Michael Myers wore a KISS T-Shirt. A childhood Michael Myers would have grown up in the 1960s and KISS didn't come out until the 1970s. Then there was his mother that was a stripper and his father that was an unemployed redneck asshole. The Myers family lived in a middle class neighborhood and the mother and father in the remake belonged in a trailer park because they could never afford a two story house in a middle class neighborhood. I did enjoy the storyline though and found it very interesting but I just didn't like that it was not true to the original "Halloween". And when it got to the part where Michael Myers was grown and going on his killing spree, I got bored with it because it was no longer new storyline and entered "remake" territory that was altered.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

johnart said:

Halloween.

It was my second movie at the theater (1st was Snow White) when I was 6.

We also saw it at the Drive-in another time and when we got home my mom asked us kids (our neighbor and her daughter went with) to stay in the car.

She fuckin came out the house with a sheet with glasses over them on.

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