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by Anonymous on July 16th, 2009
Foreign horror films (depending on where you live)
They push the envelope much farther than American horror films.
I have a list of about 50 films considered to be the most gruesome films to date. I haven't watched all of them yet, but they are in my Netflix que...I don't know if they're scary, just gory and hard to stomach. Some of the ones I've seen I'll truly never forget.
When The Ring first released it scared the crap out of me. I can watch it now and be fine. But I remember going home and not being able to sleep without the light on. So did my mom's 50-year-old co-worker.
But it was one of those films where the theatre made it scarier. You could watch it at home and be fine.
The Grudge gave my dad night terrors.
But I'd recommend Old Boy directed by Chan-wook Park and Audition by Takashi Miike - anything by him in fact.
by schmee2369 on October 12th, 2009
The Hills have Eyes
I love horror movies but I shut this one off...
After they raped the woman...and then shot the baby, and then killed the grandma...or whatever or however it went, the dudes with the boils on their face...I was disgusted of how they created "terror" By picking on the human heart like that.
It wasnt horror, or scary, or had you sitting on your seat...
It had me pissed off and disgusted.
by Anonymous on October 12th, 2009
Check out Japanese horror films, they crawl under your skin.
http://www.sundancechannel.com/asiaextreme/
by Route 66Truckerman on July 15th, 2009
I'll send you a home movie of my Mother-in-Law wearing her new thong!!
*that should give you nightmares for the next month or so!!!
by OttoZone on November 24th, 2009
the thing
jaws still makes me leary of going into the water
by Tallyman on November 2nd, 2009
"Inconvenient Truth"
Unfortunately, some people don't realize it's fiction!
by Corbie on November 1st, 2009
I just LOVE horror movies and i LOVE to be afraid of them but it's not easy nowa days. Every horror you watch makes you more immune to scare and for me it's not posible to be afraid of any movie anymore... Too bad :((
by Nightwatchdog on October 12th, 2009
The original Alien Movie
by Caitlin on October 12th, 2009
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The original). Scary as hell, the first time you watch it.
by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on October 12th, 2009
Alien
by Anonymous on October 12th, 2009
Eraserhead. it is literally the most ****** up movie in the world.
by - MojoThunder - on October 12th, 2009
the Exorcist from 35 years ago is still the scariest movie imho of all time
by Symbeline on October 6th, 2009
What can often truly frighten someone in a horror film is one's own imagination as it works along the movie, unless you've never seen any before, which is obviously not your case. And for that reason, I'm not gonna suggest anything-just watch a whole buncha them until you find the one.
Blood and gore is nasty, but not always "scary".
It also depends what you're more likely to get a shivery feeling from. Human nature? Malformed people? Farm yards? Ghosts? Dead shit? Creepy Japanese chicks? Consider.
Besides that, as Vunessuh said, foreign horror totally owns American horror. It's disturbing. Go with Belgian films for brain rape, go with French films for bloodbaths.
It would be a good direction to take, if you wish to broaden the fear factor.
I also will mention horror from the 70's, as that time period, to this day, still establishes the underbelly of the horror genre, for being way over the top and totally cruel, bloody and immoral.
I was born in the wrong year.
by Robertd903 on July 16th, 2009
...try watching reruns of the BUSH-GORE presidential election!!! Brrrrrrr--I STILL get chills from that fiasco!!!
by Dracool on July 16th, 2009
It's hard to find a horror flick that scares, let alone shakes me to the core, but I did happen upon
'The Orphanage', a film from Spain produced by Guillermo Del Toro (Pans Labyrinth.) Hopefully, this style of film will rub off on the torture porn infested dregs which clog up the Hollywood back lot as horror. It has a strong story, memorable characters, and well paced thrills rather than an over abundance of violence. Check it out and let me know. So what's your favorite horror flick? Always looking for suggestions.
by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on July 16th, 2009
"Titianic" or "The Muppets take Manhattan"
by mozART on July 16th, 2009
I thought Darkness Falls was pretty scary, it's about the tooth fairy...GETTING HER REVENGE. hahahaha. Also, those infected human creatures in I Am Legend creeped me out.
by Go know thyself is THE RED QUEEN on July 15th, 2009
Silent Hill really scared the crap out of me because its a real place, its a really scarry place and it made me think... It wasn't just scare to frighten... It really stuck with me and made me question things.
by creamywhip on July 15th, 2009
ju-on the grudge the japanese original its super creepy the pace of the film changes throughout building fear and tension all the way very unnerving to watch.
by mtndewman44 on July 4th, 2009
It would depend on the mood your in at the time,being a nurse you probably see a few blood and guts from time to time,so maybe it would have to be something along the lines of "A Clockwork Orange" (circa 1970's)or "Faces of Death"(many different episodes)IDK,I like 'em too:)
by C-man on July 4th, 2009
like i commented before... the directors cut version of the exorcist on VHS... please do this...
also "the ring" very creepy... not one of the real good ones but very creepy... my dads weekness is dolls. like chucky, there is a black n white move with a bunch of little doll/puppets come to life and do crazy shit, that movie was wack
by Omar Little on July 4th, 2009
I haven't been scared by a movie for years, it was called The Changeling, there was a ghost of a drowned child and the thumping in the bathtub would go throughout the entire house, when I was little it scared the shit out of me.
The best scares I've had have all come from video-games, Silent Hill is great for scares because it doesn't do all that "this has big jaggy teeth, therefore is scary" crap, it's totally psychological, you're scared of what's not there rather than what is, what you can't see, great stuff.
F.E.A.R. and Condemned offer some classic scares as well, play with headphones, low lighting, and you will be scared, I guarantee, games are scarier because you're involved, not Resident Evil though, that's good but not even slightly scary.
by Evildeadexorcist on July 4th, 2009
It really depends on your tastes. When you say shake you to your core. Do you mean something violent, psychological, emotional, or just creepy.
by Rachel on July 4th, 2009
I'm with you, I have never seen a movie that "scared" me, only a few that "creeped" me out a bit. Off the top of my head, the first I can think of is "The Thing" it's creepy and really bloody! Great movie! +4
by Beavis - the other white meat on July 4th, 2009
For me, The Exorcist
by HungryGuy on July 4th, 2009
My two favorite horror films are Cat People and American Werewolf in London.
The Others is also pretty good.
by Mister Bread on July 4th, 2009
The Strangers. For some reason it always just makes me double check my doors and windows at night. There's nothing overly creepy or spooky about it, but it does make you wonder if there might be someone out there...
by BigEvan on November 2nd, 2009
the movie about making hot dogs you will never be the same
by Scotslass on November 2nd, 2009
I watched the BBC version of a book by Susan Hill called 'The Woman in Black' on Halloween. That is a real shocker and very creepy - no gore for the gore folks though.
by Darkmoon on November 2nd, 2009
Thats easy the new peranormal active movie but if you realy wount a scare watch the old stephine king movies
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on October 12th, 2009
Apt Pupil.
Gone Baby Gone this has no pretend monsters in it, it shows the pure evil and scares the crap out of me because it's real.
by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on October 12th, 2009
Evil Dead (1982)
Exorcist (1973)
by Eager4Answers on October 12th, 2009
High Tension was a gruesome one it was a french horror flick that went straight to dvd it didn't hit the US theaters.
by Zenrean on July 18th, 2009
1.The others
2.The sixth sense
3.Blue velvet
4.Jacob's ladder
5.The changeling
6.The ring
7.The exorcist
8.The silence of the lambs
9.Alfred Hitchcock's psycho
10.The shining
11.Frailty
12.Halloween
13.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
14.The Vanishing
15.The Haunting
16.Don't Look Now
17.Tourist Trap
18.Haute Tension
19.Carrie
20.The Evil Dead
by Deacon Blue on July 16th, 2009
Hmm...well, it depends on your tastes in horror movies. If you like "Torture porn" style movies like "Saw" then I would recommend different movies than other ones like "The Dentist" which was pretty chilling for me. Try "Audition" for starters :)
by Sir Ichabod Crane on July 16th, 2009
The Book of Revelatios.
by RC loves ice cream on July 15th, 2009
Horror is not about what happens, it's about who it happens to. The more innocent and undeserving the victim the greater the horror factor. Most horror films take the trouble to introduce the soon-to-be-victim's darker sides so that when they get butchered it doesn't feel so bad. I'm reminded of the film "Hannibal", where the victims were a male colleague of Starling who was always mean to her, a pickpocket, a policeman who used the pickpocket and then got him killed, a man who was plotting to exact revenge on Hannibal etc. If, on the other hand, Hannibal had gutted a cute, innocent, doe-eyed child, that would be different.
by randomness - is now a Maestro on July 15th, 2009
Try Japanese horror movies. They tend to be quite bizarre.
by Rufus_T_Firefly on July 15th, 2009
Have you seen Event Horizon? That one usually does it for me. In The Mouth Of Madness is also good. A Haunting In Connecticut has some very creepy visuals, even though they changed the events of original story to give the movie more shock value.
by WelbyQuentin on July 4th, 2009
No one will be able to answer this for you, I'm betting -- horror movies are completely subjective. I highly doubt if even a random group of ten horror fans were in a room they'd all ten even agree on one very, very, shake you-to-the-core scary horror film.
you'll have to find that one very scary film sometime on your own -- most likely when you least expect it :)
+5
by ak_spook on November 2nd, 2009
looks like were in the same boat. ive yet to have nigtmares from a movie or even be scared watching one. i recomend a game, its a bit more personal so u feel as if what ever jumps out at u will actually harm u. try playin F.E.A.R. 2 alone with the lights out with surround sound. now should scare ya a bit
by U C ME on November 2nd, 2009
The Shining. Fucks with your head!
by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on November 2nd, 2009
I think it all depends on your own mind.
Some things are utterly TERRIFYING to me, that won't affect the next person at all. Some things really wig my friends out, and it's nothing to me.
The movie "1408" drove me out of my mind. Seclusion, the feeling of being trapped - I can't handle it. THAT was the scariest thing about John Carpenter's "The Thing": They knew no one was coming to help.
A good one for seclusion-thriller was "Event Horizon". I just love Sci-fi, anyway, but this was was killer.
by Mr. Simple on November 2nd, 2009
13 Ghost is it for me... I made the mistake of watching it by my lonesome..
by happiness on November 2nd, 2009
Midnight meat train, Hostel 1 and Hostel 2
In Nightmare on Elm Street, why does Freddy alays appear in Nancy's old house?
by KATTALNUVA on January 17th, 2012
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I really like The Shining and Hellraiser. What is your favorite Horror movie?
by Technus the Ghost Master of Technology on January 5th, 2012
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What are some good horror movies that aren't overly scary? Things like "Orphan."
by lila_35 on January 5th, 2012
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How many Friday the 13th movies? And what are all of their names.
by lila_35 on January 9th, 2012
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What idea or concept hasn't been used in the horror genre yet?
by Guillotine on January 7th, 2012
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You're reading I am a complete horror fan but am yet to see a flick that will shake me to the core... gimme ur best horror flick title, something that will never stop nagging at the back of ur mind?
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thnx, the ring creeped me out a lil, and the grudge did nothing for me, both the original and the american. But I will be sure to check out the other one. :) +6
by words o wisdom on July 16th, 2009