[GraceofGod]

"The Shining" was my favorite for many years. The character played by Jack Nicholson seemed like a genuine psycho. One of the most terrifying scenes though is when Danny was riding his big-wheel through the halls of the empty Hotel and runs right into a vision of the two murdered little girls. The music was perfect and the voice of the little girls too, saying, "Come play with us Danny, come play with us.. forever.. and ever.. and ever."

When I rented that many years ago I had a new Sony VCR with the frame by frame feature, and was playing with the feature going frame by frame around that very scene that was spooking me out, and unless I had a defective tape, there was just one frame of those little girls before he actually see's them in the film that is not visible to the naked eye when you're watching the film in normal speed. Maybe that's why it spooked me out a little more than it would have.

[Spyder]

I'm with you but would put The Shining second on my list with Silence of the Lambs #1. I know it's not really supposed to be horror per se, but both my husband and I were glad we went to a matinee and exited the theater in full daylight.