[cyncooper]

My favorite horror movie of all time is The Stand by Stephen King.

The books are even better (there are two versions).

Love it.

I know this thread is about movies, but back in 1979 or '80 I was reading "The Shining" during a thunderstorm and got so scared I had to put the book down. The one and only time I ever had that reaction while reading.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

"Carrie" was a pretty good scary movie. But you could walk out and laugh when it was over.

Becky

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Gotta agree about The Stand. It's King's best book IMO, and while I liked the mini-series, the book is far better.

As for favorite horror film, it depends. For scariest, it's a tossup between The Exorcist and Alien. If it's just a little scary, Poltergeist is very good. If it's on MST3K, The Brain That Wouldn't Die was Mike Nelson's debut, and that is probably the funniest one they ever did.

[Friend of thunder]

"The Shining" during a thunderstorm and got so scared I had to put the book down.

Have you ever read Phantoms By Dean Koontz? I had a very similar experience reading it, as did a coworker I lent it to.