Suggestions for scariest movie ever?

[Mobsta]

Girlfriends son (who is older and knows not to let his younger sister watch horror movies with him) let girlfriends young daughter watch 'Darkness Falls' a horror movie in which the hero character is only safe (from an evil witch type character) when in the light. Poor girl has been sobbing the last 2 nights, and now cant sleep or go to bed without the light turned on.

Girlfriends son should be given the opportunity to watch the scariest movie we can get our hands on, alone, as he claims movies dont scare him, doesnt care about his sister, and is due to be grounded soon anyway.

I realise that whilst some movies scare the living daylights out of some folk, the same movie sometimes does little for others - With that said, what movie scared you the most?

[bonsai]

I love this idea.

Make him watch The Exorcist, alone, with the lights off at night. Might just do the trick. Depends how old he is.

[Pommygranite]

Let him watch Ireversible. I havent seen it but by all accounts will not only traumatise him it will also treat him to be nice to women and that no means no.

[becksW]

Personally I can only ever think of Event Horizon when this qustion arises. I love horror. Been reading horror books since I was 14, watched all sorts of 'horror' (most aren't up tp the genre they claim to be) films and this is truly the only one that ever freaked me out good and proper. I wish I could explain why!

[Stu R]

obtain some footage of his parents going at it hammer and tongs, and show him that.

[scorp]

Rec (the original w/ subtitles) i thought was scary.

[Monki]

Find him a homosexual gangbang video and strap him into a chair, eyelids peeled open with the sound on full.


Then tell me he isn't an emotional wreck

• EDIT* Scrub that, 2girls1cup should sort him out

Edited by Monki on Friday 12th March 10:25

[anonymous-user]

becksW said:

Personally I can only ever think of Event Horizon when this qustion arises. I love horror. Been reading horror books since I was 14, watched all sorts of 'horror' (most aren't up tp the genre they claim to be) films and this is truly the only one that ever freaked me out good and proper. I wish I could explain why!

+1 for Event Horizon

Also Drag me to Hell was quite good

Also El Oprhanata, its spanish, subtitled but quite creepy

[mrmr96]

I didn't think event horizon was that bad, nor the exorcist, nor blair witch. Probably because of the amount of hype and the fact they are quite old, meaning the quality of production isn't as high as today.

Since he's a young lad (presumably) he wouldn't find a black and white (or any old film) as scary as a modern one? I reckon your best bet might be some kind of modern but fked up Japanese based one?

(Personally I found "House on Haunted Hill" really scary when I watched it when I was younger. There's a bit in it where the mental patients can only be seen through a video camera, and while looking at one far away through the lens it suddenly goes into 'fast forward' mode and rushes the guy. That was fking horrible.)

[andyroo]

The Descent is great if you are jumpy and claustrophobic... I had the misfortune of watching it on one of Film4's summer cinema events in amongst a thousand or so other people in the middle of Somerset House and I still bricked it!

[becksW]

mrmr96 said:

I didn't think event horizon was that bad, nor the exorcist, nor blair witch. Probably because of the amount of hype and the fact they are quite old, meaning the quality of production isn't as high as today.

Since he's a young lad (presumably) he wouldn't find a black and white (or any old film) as scary as a modern one? I reckon your best bet might be some kind of modern but fked up Japanese based one?

(Personally I found "House on Haunted Hill" really scary when I watched it when I was younger. There's a bit in it where the mental patients can only be seen through a video camera, and while looking at one far away through the lens it suddenly goes into 'fast forward' mode and rushes the guy. That was fking horrible.)

House on Haunted Hill definitely has its moments. I was not impressed with Exorcist and Blair Witch's best moment was right at the very end.

[twin sparky]

Dark Water ...

[Don]

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+2 for Event Horizon. Best watched on a big screen, in the dark.

[Mr Gearchange]

+1 for the Exorcist.

I watched it for the first time when I was about 25, alone and in the dark. It scared the st out of me to be honest. I found it honestly disturbing - moreso than anything else I have seen

[andyroo]

anonymous said:

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Didn't seem that scary to me. Kind of fizzled out.

[rescynic]

Surprised no one has suggested the original "Ring" films (not the really dire American remakes the proper japanese ones)

[monthefish]

Properly Scary Films thread

[matt173407]

+1 for Rec still freaks me out!

[bonsai]

anonymous said:

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Argh, Drag me to Hell was absolutely the worst example of using shock tactics I'd ever seen. It's such a cheap device. They have to use ridiculous sound effects such as massive bangs on the sound track (that wouldn't have actually been there in the film's reality if you see what I mean) to startle the viewer. So yes, it can be scary (jumpy may be more accurate) if you're engrossed in it - it certainly made me bolt upright now and again, but not the stuff of nightmares.

Ending was funny though though.

[louiebaby]

Teeth might do the trick. Watched it with legs crossed...