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Scariest movie of all time?

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rayzor Grand Master

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My top 13 (in no particular order)

Freaks

The Witch

The Ring

Blair Witch

Rosemary's Baby

Cube

The Exorcist

The Shining

Paranormal Activity

The Last Exorcism

The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Conjuring (really any of them)

Amityville 2 (for some reason that one hit me more than the first one...but I was 14 and alone in the house for the weekend and it was after midnight)

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On 10/11/2023 at 12:06 AM, rayzor said:

My top 13 (in no particular order)

Freaks

The Witch

The Ring

Blair Witch

Rosemary's Baby

Cube

The Exorcist

The Shining

Paranormal Activity

The Last Exorcism

The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Conjuring (really any of them)

Amityville 2 (for some reason that one hit me more than the first one...but I was 14 and alone in the house for the weekend and it was after midnight)

i think of all of those there, 'The Witch' and 'Cube' kind of stuck with me for longer than the others.

fwiw, i always thought slasher movies were just comedy. could never take them seriously.

and torture movies like saw and centipede...i just can't/could never get into and i have no desire to.

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1 hour ago, rayzor said:

i think of all of those there, 'The Witch' and 'Cube' kind of stuck with me for longer than the others.

fwiw, i always thought slasher movies were just comedy. could never take them seriously.

and torture movies like saw and centipede...i just can't/could never get into and i have no desire to.

The original Saw is a fantastic movie.

The sequels? Not so much.

As far as slashers, the original Halloween is a cut above. Honestly, even the original Friday the 13th, while not great, has a good ending twist (i.e. Mommy).

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My best of all time?

Obviously, The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby have to be up there, but it's worth noting that both are somewhat a product of their time and maybe not quite as effective outside of that cultural context.

Among more recent movies, Sinister and Oculus are standouts. I'd add Malignant and Smile to that list too, along with Barbarian though it has some aspects of it that I really don't want to see again...or think about.

Impact wise, Jaws scared thousands of adults (and at least one ten year-old boy who's idiot brother took him to see it) away from venturing too far out into the ocean. That's pretty powerful.

Alien gets classified as science fiction when what it really was is a haunted house movie set in space.

Saw is an amazingly complex thriller.

The Conjuring and Conjuring 2 are both extremely effective movies. The remainder of their universe isn't quite as good, although I did like Conjuring 3.

The Ring and The Grudge were both phenomenal. I remember hearing a group of teenage girls whimpering about how scary The Ring was in the lobby afterward, and my date for The Grudge was shaking as it came to the end.

The original Halloween and The Thing are both masterpieces by one of my favorite filmmakers (John Carpenter) and I'd add Prince of Darkness is highly underrated.

Speaking of underrated, Session 9, Identity, Frailty and The First Power are movies I put in that category.

Personal favorite of all time is probably The Thing, but that designation changes from time to time 😄

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Probably Blair Witch for the stuff from the actual horror genre

For a movie that actually disturbed me though Id have to go with Kalifornia.  Its got somewhat mixed reviews but Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis do some damned solid work and it took me a day or two to shake Pitt's character.

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