Favorite Scary Movie

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  1. SoccerFan8270

    SoccerFan8270 New Member

    Oct 7, 2003
    Pennsylvania
    What are some of your favorite scary movies?
     
  2. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
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    AFC Ajax
    not sure it's scary as much as creepy, but the shining rules
     
  3. TheSlipperyOne

    TheSlipperyOne Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Denver
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    Arsenal FC
    I don't have a favorite, but Near Dark is great.
     
  4. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
    1301 miles de Texas
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    Bolivia
    Freaks
    Bride of Frankenstein
    Psycho
    Peeping Tom
    Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    The House on the Hill
    Evil Dead. pt 2
    Nightmare on Elm Street. pt 5
    The Feelies
     
  5. BadAzzSnowboarder

    BadAzzSnowboarder New Member

    Jan 14, 2003
    Malibu, CA
    The Ring(US version) - Scared the hell out of me. When that crazy bltch crawled out of that t.v., I was terrified.

    The Shining

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre(the new version)
     
  6. ToddP25

    ToddP25 Member

    Apr 19, 1999
    Richmond, VA
    The Exorcist....

    it still scares the crap out of me.
     
  7. Rambler

    Rambler New Member

    May 6, 2003
    Texas Chainsaw and The Wicker Man
     
  8. ruudboy

    ruudboy New Member

    Jul 6, 2000
    Sunnyvale
    Serpant and the Rainbow.
     
  9. TBobka

    TBobka New Member

    Jul 8, 2003
    Nunya Bidniz
    Don't know if I have a favorite, but I like the Evil Dead series. I'll include Army of Darkness in that, but I think that's more along the lines of a comedy or possibly a sci-fi/action movie. Or all three, but definately not horror. Another good horror movie was the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I have yet to see the new one.
     
  10. riverplate

    riverplate Member+

    Jan 1, 2003
    Corona, Queens
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    A quick ten movie list, but a quality one:

    Nosferatu (1922 silent version, F.W. Murnau)
    The Phantom of the Opera (1925 silent version, Lon Chaney)
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932, Federic March won an Oscar)
    King Kong (1933, has to be here, period)
    The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    Werewolf of London (1935, dated but fascinating and exotic, not over-glossy like 1941's The Wolf Man)
    Dead of Night (1945 British film, best "omnibus" picture ever)
    The Thing From Another World (1951)
    Godzilla/Gojira (1954, the original Japanese version, not the Americanized one with Raymond Burr. Don't laugh at this selection unless you've been fortunate enough the have seen it.)
    The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957 Hammer Films with Peter Cushing, greatly under-rated with a brilliantly intelligent ending)

    Interestingly, all are black-and-white (except for "Phantom"s two-color technicolor masquerade scene.)

    You can have all (and I mean all) of the contemporary "horror" movies.
     
  11. DoctorJones24

    DoctorJones24 Member

    Aug 26, 1999
    OH
    I'm going to take the original question literally. Thus here are my favorite films that more or less fall under the category of "scary," even if none of them are specifically the "scariest" I've ever seen.

    Carrie
    Salem's Lot
    The Woman in White
    Something Wicked This Way Comes
    The Ring
    Psycho
    The Shining
    Sixth Sense
    Poltergeist
    The Others
    The Evil Dead
    Jaws
     
  12. riverplate

    riverplate Member+

    Jan 1, 2003
    Corona, Queens
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    I thought I'd add to my movie list some terrific television episodes:

    The Howling Man - from "The Twilight Zone"
    Pidgeons From Hell - from "Thriller"
    The Caterpillar - from "Night Gallery"
    The Glass Eye - from "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
    Corpus Earthling - from "The Outer Limits"
     
  13. riverplate

    riverplate Member+

    Jan 1, 2003
    Corona, Queens
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    I forgot one!

    Island of Lost Souls (1933, with Charles Laughton, based on H.G. Wells "Island of Dr. Moreau")
     
  14. QuakeAttack

    QuakeAttack Member+

    Apr 10, 2002
    California - Bay Area
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    Halloween (first one)
    Alien (first one)
     

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