Properly Scary Films
Discussion
Right, enough messing around. I need some more horror films, and by horror I don't mean some 12A garbage with a bunch of B list 30 somethings pretending to be teenagers. What's needed here are real s
t your pants flicks. I nominate
Quarantine/[Rec]
The Grudge (Japanese Version)
The Changeling
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead
The Descent
Prince of Darkness
Below
Any more?
t your pants flicks. I nominateQuarantine/[Rec]
The Grudge (Japanese Version)
The Changeling
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead
The Descent
Prince of Darkness
Below
Any more?
El Orfanato - not "scary" in the Hollywood way, more chilling because it lets the viewer think instead of being really obvious. Remake on it's way sadly.
Candyman springs to mind as one that had a bit of a chill to it but it's been a while, maybe I was drunk.
I enjoyed "Audition" but it wasn't that scary I guess.
Halloween when it came out, maybe a bit desensitised to such things now.
Same as above with "The Thing" maybe - poor effects probably make it have less impact now.
Cujo was one I never managed to finish watching because my friend was too scared, need to revisit that one.
Ju-on rather than the remake.
ETA: The Blair Witch when the hype machine was in full effect and you had managed to avoid any reviews or spoilers about it.
Candyman springs to mind as one that had a bit of a chill to it but it's been a while, maybe I was drunk.
I enjoyed "Audition" but it wasn't that scary I guess.
Halloween when it came out, maybe a bit desensitised to such things now.
Same as above with "The Thing" maybe - poor effects probably make it have less impact now.
Cujo was one I never managed to finish watching because my friend was too scared, need to revisit that one.
Ju-on rather than the remake.
ETA: The Blair Witch when the hype machine was in full effect and you had managed to avoid any reviews or spoilers about it.
Edited by mcanny on Friday 14th August 22:50
Furyblade_Lee said:
I can watch ANYTHING but cannot watch Hostel by Tarentino. Just upsets me, do not know why and I have to turn it off. Have seen the whole film in bits but not all at once. That Orphan film looks the type to freak me out as well.
Hostel was a great idea but a really poor film IMO, it had the "bleghk" factor here and there and the underlying theme was good but they didn't really do it justice, too much soft porn and not enough peril.I saw a spooky B&W film called The Innocents when I was young.
I remember really being frightened by it in an almost tangible way, although I think it was the atmosphere of the film that was rather than any specific content. Four or five years ago I saw it listed in the TV listings and instantly felt the same shivery scaredness that I felt all those years ago and even worse, I remembered how scared I had felt back then. I did watch it again. It felt odd as a reasonably sensible 40something watching a film in an attempt to almost put a ghost to bed ... and not really doing it.
I remember really being frightened by it in an almost tangible way, although I think it was the atmosphere of the film that was rather than any specific content. Four or five years ago I saw it listed in the TV listings and instantly felt the same shivery scaredness that I felt all those years ago and even worse, I remembered how scared I had felt back then. I did watch it again. It felt odd as a reasonably sensible 40something watching a film in an attempt to almost put a ghost to bed ... and not really doing it.
The Descent is the scariest film I have ever endured in the cinema, I went to see it at Winersh Triangle and absolutely hated the walk to the car after the film. My cousin was a spark for that film and told me a few horror stories of the monsters being in full make up and just tapping people on the shoulder and putting on that look that the monsters did.
I find films like Hostel repulsive, there isn't much of a story line it just seems to be a crossover of voyeurism and gore.
Another film that terrorised me in my youth was the original Tobe Hooper version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A friend and I bought it on DVD about 9 or 10 years ago from Blackbushe Market when we were 13/14. Back to his house as he was the flash git with the DVD player at the time and we cracked it on. For about 3 weeks I could not go to sleep at night without having to clear my mind of thoughts of the film. They only came into my head when it was dark and yes, I was a little wimp, but that was truly horrible. Hats off to Hooper I guess, he got his reaction from me!
I find films like Hostel repulsive, there isn't much of a story line it just seems to be a crossover of voyeurism and gore.
Another film that terrorised me in my youth was the original Tobe Hooper version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A friend and I bought it on DVD about 9 or 10 years ago from Blackbushe Market when we were 13/14. Back to his house as he was the flash git with the DVD player at the time and we cracked it on. For about 3 weeks I could not go to sleep at night without having to clear my mind of thoughts of the film. They only came into my head when it was dark and yes, I was a little wimp, but that was truly horrible. Hats off to Hooper I guess, he got his reaction from me!
No one seems to have mentioned it.......
Alien.
Even today in my late 20's, if you get the conditions rights it can be a scary film.
ETA.
By conditions, i mean alone, at night, with curtains open and the volume up loud. Having the yellow strobe lights from the later moments of the film encompasing the room with every flash, while she tries to get across the ship to the escape pod, while looking round every corner to see if its there.
Even now it increases the heart beat!!!
Alien.
Even today in my late 20's, if you get the conditions rights it can be a scary film.
ETA.
By conditions, i mean alone, at night, with curtains open and the volume up loud. Having the yellow strobe lights from the later moments of the film encompasing the room with every flash, while she tries to get across the ship to the escape pod, while looking round every corner to see if its there.
Even now it increases the heart beat!!!
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