What Movie REALLY scared you? - Page 2

Lady Marion Magdalena · 11-04-2005, 02:01 PM

The first Tremors, I was only about 6 or 7 when I first saw it and the giant, mutated, man-eating earthworms freaked me out. For several years afterwards I felt uneasy when not standing on rock or cement and had nightmares about being chased by those things. Ick.

Strangely enough I didn't sevelop of fear of normal earthworms. Funny how fear works...

Godzilla used to cause occaisional nightmares too, and those were worse because I always preferred the movies in which Godzilla was the protective monster, so when he was evil in the nightmares there was always a sense of confusion and betrayal.

Insidious Rex · 11-04-2005, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Spock

I appreciate your advice; it would never seem to be that type of movie from the review.
BTW, I only go or see movies, to be entertained and have since that time years ago, never gone to be scared, intimidated nor horrified. It's nicer that way.

I think its basically a temperament thing. I really enjoy any kind of rush. And the sudden spike of adrenaline you get from a good scary movie is fun to me. Losing yourself to your primal emotions is fun. The whole idea is to not be in control. The movie is the vehicle toward that. Thats probably also why I like roller coasters and such so much.

I really like to push myself to maximize the psychological impact of something frightening. This is why Ill actually watch a movie like The Ring or They at 2 in the morning in the basement with all the lights off alone in my house. Because it adds to the terror! And I want to see how far I can push myself. Its a thrill. Not for everybody though. I once watched the Blair Witch Project alone at night with a rain storm going on outside only to have the power go out on me for hours.... eeesh... Nothing left to do but think about whats out there in the dark making those strange scratching sounds...

ofthewind · 11-04-2005, 03:28 PM

hmm, all the movies mentioned so far are pretty scary but nobody mentioned The Exorcist.. now THAT was a scary movie.. after watching it i was scared of going to sleep for a month... the idea of a child being possessed by a demon is horrifying!!

brownjenkins · 11-04-2005, 03:54 PM

the changeling with george c. scott is another scary older horror movie... well-done too

ringbearer · 11-06-2005, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ofthewind

hmm, all the movies mentioned so far are pretty scary but nobody mentioned The Exorcist.. now THAT was a scary movie.. after watching it i was scared of going to sleep for a month... the idea of a child being possessed by a demon is horrifying!!

We used to go to the drive in...(old term for younger mooters), and laugh our butts off at the "Excorcist"!

ringbearer · 11-06-2005, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Spock

I only go or see movies, to be entertained and have since that time years ago, never gone to be scared, intimidated nor horrified. It's nicer that way.

To me, being scared by a movie is being entertained!!!

trolls' bane · 11-06-2005, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by tolkienfan

Well, I don't watch too many scary movies, but I just watched The Shining and that was pretty scary (the book was scarier though) When I was younger Jumanji scared me a lot.

Yes, the Shining definitely, or what I saw of it (I don't remember it, at any rate, except being scared), and The Others. And when I was like four, Jurassic Park.

Jabberwock · 11-07-2005, 12:08 AM

This will sound absolutely stupid but Mr Mom scared the pants off me. I must explain. When I was about 10 I went to a birthday party and we watched Mr Mom and then later we watched some bloody, deranged zombie/cannibal movie we weren't suppose to watch and somehow during the night my overactive imagination meshed the two movies such that I had nightmares about a maneating vacuum cleaner for months after that. I'm over it now and I can even vacuum the floor without any ill effects.

Bombadillo · 11-07-2005, 01:57 AM

LOL!

The Shining was alright. Overall it didn't scare me so much, but that was probably because I had already seen all the famously scary scenes from it ("Here's Johnny!" and the blood splashing down the hall). But yeah, I still don't think any other movie has creeped me out with just one part: when the man in the kitchen says "Ya want some ice cream, Sport?" It wasn't even that weird, it just... blew my mind. I don't know how to explain it. I wanted to yell. I was thoroughly freaked out. Then the rest of the movie was mediocre.

*shudder* I've got the jeeblies.

ofthewind · 11-07-2005, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ringbearer

We used to go to the drive in...(old term for younger mooters), and laugh our butts off at the "Excorcist"!

really??? i still can't watch that movie alone even though i think i've seen it half a dozen times at least.. you've got guts!

ofthewind · 11-15-2005, 01:44 PM

has anybody seen "The Frighteners?" it wasn't really scary but at the time i saw it, it left a very profound effect upon me... anyone over here shares my feelings??

Spock · 11-15-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ofthewind

has anybody seen "The Frighteners?" it wasn't really scary but at the time i saw it, it left a very profound effect upon me... anyone over here shares my feelings??

Isn't that the one with Michael J. Fox? It's a comedy for pete's sake.

ofthewind · 11-15-2005, 01:53 PM

like i said Spock, IT WASN'T REALLY SCARY but it still scared me... please excuse the rambling.. i don't think i'm making myself clear!!

Spock · 11-15-2005, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ofthewind

like i said Spock, IT WASN'T REALLY SCARY but it still scared me... please excuse the rambling.. i don't think i'm making myself clear!!

OK, but saying it affected you in a profound way means it affected you NOT by laughing...and that's not usually a word used to describe how comedy interacts with people.

mutters to himself, signs off line and goes looking for the Valerian Root

ofthewind · 11-15-2005, 02:05 PM

ok.. now this's getting silly.. i was 12 years old when i watched the movie, alone... it scared the living lights out of me at the time, but now when i look back i'm like "THIS scared me??" just sharing the feeling i had when i watched the flick for the first time!

Spock · 11-15-2005, 04:32 PM

"Sokath, his eyes uncovered"

Curubethion · 11-16-2005, 12:27 AM

Psycho had some good shocks in it...it's a classic after all! In all, no. But the shower scene and the stairs scene

Draken · 11-16-2005, 07:56 AM

I'm with "The Haunting" (1963 version) crowd. I've never seen use of light and sound and camera angles put together in such an unsettling way. Absolutely brilliant. As for the 1999 version... very Zeta Jones. Enough said.

***Khamûl*** · 11-16-2005, 04:13 PM

M. Night Shyamalan's Signs did a pretty good number on me. The scariest 'jump' part to me was the scene involving that Culkin kid and the coal chute in the basement. But by far the creepiest moment in the entire movie doesn't involve a 'jump' tactic at all -- it's the scene where they show the home video of the birthday party and the alien calmly steps across the alley, looking right at the camera. No quick camera cuts, no massive orchestra hit, just a bass drum accent. Freaked me out massively. My internal reaction was something like Joaquin Phoenix's.

Melfena · 11-29-2005, 09:48 PM

When i first saw The Wall, for some reason it REALLY scared me, i'm not so sure why anymore, but i think it had something to do with the kids falling into the meat grinder and the cartoons. Now i love the movie though. ^^

11-04-2005, 02:01 PM	#21
Lady Marion Magdalena Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In a Field of Giant Daisies. Posts: 821	The first Tremors, I was only about 6 or 7 when I first saw it and the giant, mutated, man-eating earthworms freaked me out. For several years afterwards I felt uneasy when not standing on rock or cement and had nightmares about being chased by those things. Ick. Strangely enough I didn't sevelop of fear of normal earthworms. Funny how fear works... Godzilla used to cause occaisional nightmares too, and those were worse because I always preferred the movies in which Godzilla was the protective monster, so when he was evil in the nightmares there was always a sense of confusion and betrayal. __________________ "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; Leave me my name!" - The Crucible "nolite hippopotamum vexare!"

11-04-2005, 03:28 PM	#23
ofthewind Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Middle of Nowhere... Posts: 38	otw hmm, all the movies mentioned so far are pretty scary but nobody mentioned The Exorcist.. now THAT was a scary movie.. after watching it i was scared of going to sleep for a month... the idea of a child being possessed by a demon is horrifying!! __________________ Colours of the Wind.........

11-04-2005, 03:54 PM	#24
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	the changeling with george c. scott is another scary older horror movie... well-done too __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

11-07-2005, 12:08 AM	#28
Jabberwock Enting Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canadian temporarily in USA. Posts: 55	... This will sound absolutely stupid but Mr Mom scared the pants off me. I must explain. When I was about 10 I went to a birthday party and we watched Mr Mom and then later we watched some bloody, deranged zombie/cannibal movie we weren't suppose to watch and somehow during the night my overactive imagination meshed the two movies such that I had nightmares about a maneating vacuum cleaner for months after that. I'm over it now and I can even vacuum the floor without any ill effects.

11-07-2005, 01:57 AM	#29
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	LOL! The Shining was alright. Overall it didn't scare me so much, but that was probably because I had already seen all the famously scary scenes from it ("Here's Johnny!" and the blood splashing down the hall). But yeah, I still don't think any other movie has creeped me out with just one part: when the man in the kitchen says "Ya want some ice cream, Sport?" It wasn't even that weird, it just... blew my mind. I don't know how to explain it. I wanted to yell. I was thoroughly freaked out. Then the rest of the movie was mediocre. shudder I've got the jeeblies. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

11-15-2005, 01:44 PM	#31
ofthewind Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Middle of Nowhere... Posts: 38	otw has anybody seen "The Frighteners?" it wasn't really scary but at the time i saw it, it left a very profound effect upon me... anyone over here shares my feelings?? __________________ Colours of the Wind.........

11-15-2005, 01:53 PM	#33
ofthewind Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Middle of Nowhere... Posts: 38	otw like i said Spock, IT WASN'T REALLY SCARY but it still scared me... please excuse the rambling.. i don't think i'm making myself clear!! __________________ Colours of the Wind.........

11-15-2005, 02:05 PM	#35
ofthewind Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Middle of Nowhere... Posts: 38	otw ok.. now this's getting silly.. i was 12 years old when i watched the movie, alone... it scared the living lights out of me at the time, but now when i look back i'm like "THIS scared me??" just sharing the feeling i had when i watched the flick for the first time! __________________ Colours of the Wind.........

11-15-2005, 04:32 PM	#36
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	"Sokath, his eyes uncovered" __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

11-16-2005, 12:27 AM	#37
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Psycho had some good shocks in it...it's a classic after all! In all, no. But the shower scene and the stairs scene __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

11-16-2005, 07:56 AM	#38
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	I'm with "The Haunting" (1963 version) crowd. I've never seen use of light and sound and camera angles put together in such an unsettling way. Absolutely brilliant. As for the 1999 version... very Zeta Jones. Enough said. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

11-16-2005, 04:13 PM	#39
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	M. Night Shyamalan's Signs did a pretty good number on me. The scariest 'jump' part to me was the scene involving that Culkin kid and the coal chute in the basement. But by far the creepiest moment in the entire movie doesn't involve a 'jump' tactic at all -- it's the scene where they show the home video of the birthday party and the alien calmly steps across the alley, looking right at the camera. No quick camera cuts, no massive orchestra hit, just a bass drum accent. Freaked me out massively. My internal reaction was something like Joaquin Phoenix's. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

11-29-2005, 09:48 PM	#40
Melfena Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: On the Outlaw Star Posts: 114	When i first saw The Wall, for some reason it REALLY scared me, i'm not so sure why anymore, but i think it had something to do with the kids falling into the meat grinder and the cartoons. Now i love the movie though. ^^ __________________ Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious

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