Resident Evil and Pitch Black top my list. The Exorcist is blah, but I scared my family years ago watching it because I got so absorbed in the movie. Halloween was funny; funnier when my date kept hopping from one side of me to the other because he was scared. And Cujo put me to sleep.
It's why I like the Silent Hill games so much. 
I really would like to see a scary movie though, so I'm in search of one that is chilling and atmospheric that I can actually appreciate. Any help would rock!
Still always, Not-Dude.
The original.
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Verily, Ozimander doth proclaim:
Night of the Living DeadThe original.
Agreed. Very best at three in the morning.
I was jumping every time a branch scratched the windows after that.
Though, I don't think there are any movies that actually, really scare me.
The Exorcist still creeps me out.
The Shining is creepy too...
mmm
ET is FUCKING CRAZY. Scares the hell out of me NOW. And ALWAYS has. ALWAYS.
Something about that little alien covered in a white sheet screaming, and pretending to be a doll... CREEPIEST shot of them all...
*shivers* ugh.
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Sentow, Maybe got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Anything which builds leaves the scary bits up to your imagination. Blair Witch was great at that, and the last shot is BRRRRRR.
*makes fun of you*
The Ring is the same way. Freaky shit.
I also liked Puppet Master III, it actually had an interesting story to it.
No clue how some of you can call Pitch Black a scary movie though. =/
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Tarquinn had this to say about Captain Planet:
Event Horizon was the last movie that gave me some comfortable fear shivers. Awesome movie.No clue how some of you can call Pitch Black a scary movie though. =/
Event Horizon just flat out creeps you out. Loved it. Wouldn't call it scary exactly, but it was DEFINITELY creepy and shiver worthy...
Pitch Black was dull IMHO, I don't think I ever bothered to finish sitting through the whole thing cause I kept getting bored. 
The Others -it's just good and scares me a whole lot. Plus, I'm a huge fan of Nicole Kidman.
The Haunting -I know it's somewhat cheesy, but the little ghost children scare me to pieces. A friend of mine told me that you just have to be in the mood to be scared for this movie though.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre -really, really, really disturbing!
How did that song go again?
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Mr. Parcelan said:
I watched Nightmare on Elm's Street once. The little kids singing the song scared me.How did that song go again?
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Three, four, better lock the door.
Five, six, grab a crucifix.
Seven, eight, gonna stay up late
Nine, ten, never sleep again"
Off by heart, so may have slipped a word somewhere, gonna could be better for instance.
Freddy was always such an awesome bad guy
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So quoth Vorago:
Three, four...
FOR THE HORDE!
*beats Vorago over the head with a wooden cudgel*
I went easy on you, but really, you should have seen that one coming.
quote:You're right that a lot of the fear factor is built up by sound (particularly low-pitch low-volume sound that gets slowly louder and faster to build tension; see Jaws for reference). Lighting also contributes quite a bit. People also tend to be more nervous when cold, and as I recall, you don't get cold either. If you're reading the subtitles, that will detract even more, because it's hard to notice subtle lighting nuances when you're busy reading.
When they turned on the Infinite Improbability Drive, Hireko stammered,
I propose to you a harder challenge... a scary movie for the hearing impaired.
A scary movie for the hearing impaired would need to be more immersive. First off, you'd need it to occupy the peripheral vision, because you won't get that "It's right behind you!" sensation from those back speakers. This probably means wrap-around screens. For best results, connect the room lighting to the movie, so it can be mostly dark, with flashes to draw your attention at appropriate times. This would also help with storm immersion. (I'm pretty sure they do all this for theme park holographic rides.) A lot of details would need to be kept in shadow, so that you just barely notice they're there.
Second, the room would need to be chilled, starting out comfortably warm, and growing slowly colder over the course of the movie. This effect works best with snowstorm or mountain-setting movies. The reverse effect (making the room uncomfortably hot) works better for action movies. Ever notice that horror movies like to snow people in, while action movies burn them out? How about when people breathe out a single, visible billow of chilled breath just as the camera zooms in for the kill.
Though vibration can replicate or enhance the effectiveness of sound, it has to be set up precisely.
Of course, all the usual techniques of horror films need to come into play. I'm not an expert on horror films, so I'll leave these details to someone who knows what they're doing.
eh.. im a horror movie buff 
i used to have at least 100 horror movies on VHS when i was in high school.. not to mention the books and crap to go along with them
And by freaked me out, I mean I'm jumping at shadows and can't go to sleep for a while. IT actually kept me up for a week once. Everytime I'd get into bed, I'd start to see things in the shadows, and I'd get up to pace around the room. Don't think I got more than like 2-3 hours of sleep that week. Katrinity fucked around with this message on 08-02-2004 at 09:43 AM.
That movie scared the crap out of me. Mortious fucked around with this message on 08-02-2004 at 10:10 AM.
It's not something people hear about.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Mortious wrote:
Katrinity and the Unbreakable Chastity Belt.That movie scared the crap out of me.
Its just waiting for the right..key. 
Men in Tights! Tight tights!
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Hireko impressed everyone with:
I propose to you a harder challenge... a scary movie for the hearing impaired.
That might explain why I don't scare too easily. Resident Evil was scary for it's visual suspensefulness.
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Nobody really understood why Ozimander wrote:
Night of the Living DeadThe original.
Haven't seen it yet.
I also haven't seen Event Horizon.
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We were all impressed when sepia wrote:
The Others -it's just good and scares me a whole lot. Plus, I'm a huge fan of Nicole Kidman.
This was as boring, if not more so, than Signs. I figured out the "twist" from the beginning as the servants were walking away from the house.
What other scary movies are there?
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Katrinity had this to say:
Its just waiting for the right..key.Men in Tights! Tight tights!
"Oh yes.. oh yes.. oh.. *click* ... it won't turn. Call for a locksmith!"
I love that movie.
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Vorago stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Three, four, better lock the door.
Five, six, grab a crucifix.
Seven, eight, gonna stay up late
Nine, ten, never sleep again"Off by heart, so may have slipped a word somewhere, gonna could be better for instance.
Freddy was always such an awesome bad guy
That's always reminded me of the "Gentlemen Song" from Buffy
"Can't even shout, can't even cry
The Gentlemen are coming by
Looking through windows, knocking on doors
they need to take seven and they might take yours
Can't call to mom, can't say a word
You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard."
Of course the whole thing behind it is that the "gentlemen" take away an entire towns worth of voices and then proceed to cut out seven hearts from the silent inhabitants. Now that I think about it they're the only things that wig me constantly..most scary things don't. Sure it isn't from a movie, but CREEPY!
But really...LOOK at that...can ya blame me?
Still always, Not-Dude.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Everyone wondered WTF when sepia wrote:
Oh! I just remembered: The Omen movies are really spooky.
Space Ghost: Look, Zorak. I just watched all 4 Omen movies, including the crappy 3rd one where he was president.
Zorak (chewing on goat): .....AAAAH GYYYYNAAAA SSAAALLK URRRNEJ ANEEEEEHROK AAAAH JUF.
Space Ghost: ...What's that mean?
Kyle: Uh, it means 'up your ass.'
Jack: Dude...
Space Ghost: Hahaha...that old wives' tale. Kyle...asses don't exist. Everyone knows that.
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