What's Your Favorite Horror Movie?

11.24.04 | JohnRobertson

[Betis70]

>>Last, but surely not least, is a documentary off of Discovery or A&E called "A Haunting in Connecticut"

Oh my, that one also scared the beejeezers out of me. Esp when they showed the mental hospital (which was very close to where I went to HS) and I realized that this could have happened near my hometown for all I know.

They re-ran it around Halloween this year. I made the mistake of watching it. Another sleepless night.

[Old Phone Man]

The Hound of the Baskervilles, if you want a great, suspenseful movie without the modern gore

[Ciexyz]

The Hitcher with Rutger Hauer really freaked me out.

You bet! I remember sitting in a car in the parking lot after the movie, waiting for my friend to come out to the car. He slapped my window as he walked by, and I jumped in my seat and screamed!

[Redcloak]

"The Sound of Music"

[Redcloak]

The "chest bursting" scene [in "Alien"] was one of the wildest I had ever seen up till that point! If you think that the people around that table were amazing actors during that scene, it's because only the crew and John Hurt knew what was going to be happening! The other actors thought that he was just going to be having a seizure.

I don't think that were expecting anything other than a dinner scene going into that take. Watch Veronica Cartwright during the scene. She looks off camera at the crew for help while Hurt is choking and flopping around.

[MAWG]

The scariest movie I EVER saw was The Way We Were. Streisand was terrifying. Gave me the Buckwheat/Willies for weeks afterwards!

[TheLion]

Wow, some great shots. Brought the movie back to life. I'm going to have to watch it again now....thanks!

[TheLion]

Ridley Scott also did "Black Rain" and "Thelma and Louise"...good films, all.

[RebelTex]

"THAT movie scared me into prayer."

LOL - yeah, it was pretty intense.

Until I saw that movie, I had always believed that there was SOME good (God given 'spark of life') in everybody, no matter how bad they may have seemed.

After that, I realized that the possibility of true evil also existed in everyone, and that only our faith and choices allowed one or the other to thrive.

I believe that I probably began to truly understand the meaning of 'free will' then, and the power of faith.

[Dallas59]

I don't know. I guess the house...the woods at night.

[cspackler]

If you haven't read "It" by King, I highly recommend it. A fabulous book, unlike the TV movie. Cujo is also a good read, the book is in large part told from the point of view of the dog.

[Tribune7]

The Blob scared me when I saw it on TV when I was about 8.

[cspackler]

The old Werewolf movies always got to me when I was young. The old Gypsy woman always creeped me out.

[Juana la Loca]

I'm not a big fan of horror movies, so I'm sure that true aficionados of the genre will think my list is lame, but FWIW:

The Silence of the Lambs
The Sixth Sense (not really horror, but it's spooky)
Nightmare on Elm Street (the first one)

[katykelly]

To me, Donnie Darko was more a mystery to be solved. Didn't scare me, but an interesting flick.

"SAUSAGES"

[DestroytheDemocrats]

"The Haunting of Hill House" which the movie was based on was even better.

Yes the book is by Shirley Jackson. The remake of the original movie was terrible. Glad someone else appreciates this oldie but goodie!

[raygun]

billy mummy, huh...

THAT's THE GUY, THAT's the GUY, HIM, HIM HIM HIM, HE, HE (pointing very emphaticly), yep.....

Yep.

Billy Mummy. (hate, hate, hate, hate)

I don't dislike Billy Mummy, but, well - kicks the dirt a little, and looks coyly away - so what? [Shane come back!!!!] I dislike the the guy a little, its not like I'd KILL him. I'm not under suspicion am I inspector?

[DestroytheDemocrats]

"The Innocents" starring Deborah Kerr, set in a mid-Victorian English countryside estate, based on Henry James' book "Turn of the Screw

I will check those out! I love novels set in the Victorian era. I even like all the Sherlock Holmes stories. Of course they are very tame by today's standards. But it 's fun to sit by the fire with Sherlock and Dr. Watson in their Baker Street flat.

[raygun]

We did that one in "Read-a-movie-Lit" class...

[A knight without armor]

(1) Rosemary's Baby - this still horrifies me because in a sick way I can see this really happening. I have this on video and still have to prepare myself to watch it like once a year, I'm compelled to. As the years pass Rosemary's Baby gets more horrible, what with our world getting so turned upside down morally.

(2) Intensity - probably a "thriller" but I still get chills. I cannot take my eyes off it.

(3) Child's Play - I have a special horror of evil talking dolls. Especially the first half of this movie creeps me out big time.

(4) The Others - I recently saw this on TV and was very surprised at how scary the end was to me. It is really something to think about. It may be a "thriller" also, but so be it.

(5) The Shining - the original with Jack Nicholson. I used to not think much of it but now even the music gives me the willies.