Who doesn't like lists? Noone, I assume. As a horror movie buff, and with Kai's okay, I will make a list of the 20 scariest movies around before Halloween. With this thread, you guys can nominate movies you feel should be on the list. You can give reasons why and nominate 100, or just have me choose some I can go either way. I just wanted you guys to be able to have your say. To start off, I'll give my personal favorite horror movies.


Not the Sandra Bullok movie, but the asian horror movie that is overlooked compared to its brothers Ringu and Ju-On. Pretty much guys sees accident reporting in newspapers that have yet to happened after his daughter dies. Soon he looks into others like him and if he can stop the tragedies.
Includes: A woman with her face ripped off.
More on the movie here


The scariest chick flick ever. A new millenium movie that is actually good. Pretty much some adventerous girls get trapped in a cavern and meet some of the freakiest things ever.
More on the movie here


Classic Romero zombies in the second of the Living Dead movies. Sparked a remake, a video game, a low-budgeted-but-still-gory-sequel, and a spot next to Godfather II.
More on the movie here


One of the most influential movies ever, Evil Dead brought gore, cabin in the woods, low-budget, and the career of its director and star.
More on the movie here

I suggest The Ring. It was creepy enough watching Alma, um I mean scary little girl crawl out of the tv. Then I had to go rent the DVD and click on the bit that said "don't click here"; which plays the footage that's on the actual videotape. And you can't stop it either
Anyway, I also nominate The Exorcist for obvious reasons, and the Blair Witch Project. Now I know people might think "OMG like the Blair Witch Project is like totally not scary at all pffft". This is where I say that "scary" does not have to go hand in hand with "gory". Imagine you were in their position. I'd be shitting bricks to be perfectly honest.
And I can't think of any more right now.

I'm not into movies really, including horror ones.. I watch maximum like 3-5 a year.

but, out of the ones I've seen I enjoyed all three Evil Dead a lot (albeit I'd classify them as comedies xD), 'It' was okay, Jeepers Creepers was also fun.

28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead, they are quite scary but I don't really watch that much horror movies.

I watched Romero's Dawn when I learned that RE was based on Romero's movie.

28 Days Later was truly a brilliant work by Boyle, the master of small budget high-quality movies, he even won an Academy Award making such movies.

But my favorite movies of all time and genre are Godfather and Godfather 2. Marlon Brando's performance was a classic in both movies.

I'd have to say the first Halloween movie. When I first saw it, it scared me shitless...

Most movies today suck. The old classics is where it's at!

Any classics in particular Chelsk? I would tend to agree, modern movies tend to go for shock value in the form of gore, rather than genuine chills.

quote Paper Fox

Any classics in particular Chelsk? I would tend to agree, modern movies tend to go for shock value in the form of gore, rather than genuine chills.

Bingo. Think you summed that up but then it goes either that way or they go for trying to be scary but fall flat. Personally, I think a few I'd say are good...maybe not scariest but good.


Night Of The Living Dead The best zombie movie IMO. [Never saw the 3d remake but honestly from what I hear, I don't think I would want to.]
Dawn of the dead (though already mentioned), the remake OR the original. I think both hold good ideas, original more for scare, lonliness, etc.. While the remake is more of a zombie film in my opinion. I remember watching the original (while liking it not saying I didn't) after the remake (which may be semi-biased) and thinking for about 30 minutes they saw one zombie in the mall. Kinda made me wonder how the hell the remake was really a 'remake.' But both are great, no doubt. All of Romero's work holds some good aspects and some funny aspects. (dumb people aspects I should say)
28 Days Later Weeks was good but it wasn't as much of the good aspects. 28 Days Later held more aspects of human against human too, not just the 'zombie' factor. Which could be scary if thought about it. A line (probably butchered though) from the movie sums up some of it. "I've seen what I saw before the infection, men killing men."
SAW Saw has gore elements but being the sick *bleep*s in the world today, not too far fetched to see some psychopathic killer doing funky ass shit like this. Its not so much the scare that you'd expect but if you really thought about it, who says shit like that couldn't happen? And to think what you'd do under such situations.

quote Paper Fox

I suggest The Ring. It was creepy enough watching Alma, um I mean scary little girl crawl out of the tv. Then I had to go rent the DVD and click on the bit that said "don't click here"; which plays the footage that's on the actual videotape. And you can't stop it either
Anyway, I also nominate The Exorcist for obvious reasons, and the Blair Witch Project. Now I know people might think "OMG like the Blair Witch Project is like totally not scary at all pffft". This is where I say that "scary" does not have to go hand in hand with "gory". Imagine you were in their position. I'd be shitting bricks to be perfectly honest.
And I can't think of any more right now.

Samara, you mean. Though Alma from Fear does remind me of Samara. hahaha

Though on the note of blair witch project, I'd give the idea good but being how they pulled it off. I can't excuse the camera work, it was terrible. Even IF they meant to do it that way, it looks horrid. IMHO. The overall movie isn't that great either. The idea of their own legend, etc.. was great but they fell short at doing it. If they would've presented it better, I'd be all on board of nominating it as well. And quite frankly in any situation in gore movies or not I'd be shitting bricks in most situations if not worse. Doesn't mean the overall movie is scary, would just be scary to us if it happened for real. (cheesy or not)



Also I'd consider Evil Dead comedy more than horror. I liked the ones I saw but I was laughing, not being scared.



Theres a lot some may consider scary or such but I've seen fall flat on their face. Not completely due to what it protrays but how they set it up. Most are my opinions but it does hold true to some things.

Might be because they tone some down (I hear the Grudge[What is it there? Ju on ju..something or other.] in japan or wherever is much more scary than it is here [in the usa]) but its very rare to find a good scary movie. First one in a long time I'd have to say that I saw was SAW.


I watch sci-fi(why they ever changed to syfy I'll never know) A LOT. As well as recently Chiller. I watch the original 'scary' movies and laugh my ass off. Its obviously usually aimed to be gorey, aimed to be jump scares, or so low budget they fail at making it pull off right. (which low budget doesn't mean a bad movie, I've seen many get pulled off well.)


The Ring I'll use as an example of something. The ring is really creepy but then at the end, . Not that it is a bad movie it just is, some I think go far to scare but they succeed sometimes in the 'what if' or 'is it there?'

Then you get the movies such as Quarentine(Sp?),



Alone in the dark, another example which I'll use spoilers again but I don't really consider them full spoilers really since I forget most of the movie because IMO it was forgetable.


30 days and night could've been a lot better IMO too. There was parts where it just seemed like we had to assume what happened, or assumed one person lived or died. Like they were running out of budget and had to cut things out or that they were rushed and cut ends. I'm a person that really likes back story and such. Its why I don't like Interview With The Vampire the movie after reading the book and seeing all the detail, the movie is weak in comparison, leaves too much story out of the characters and THAT builds to the story.


Now before I ramble more I'll stop here, I just like movies ^ Esspecially horror but nowadays I think they are more comedy. xD

quote Paper Fox

Blair Witch Project. Now I know people might think "OMG like the Blair Witch Project is like totally not scary at all pffft". This is where I say that "scary" does not have to go hand in hand with "gory". Imagine you were in their position. I'd be shitting bricks to be perfectly honest.

The movie Deliverence has that same effect. SQUEAL LIKE A PIG BOOOOOOOOIIIIIII!!!!

quote Paper Fox

Any classics in particular Chelsk? I would tend to agree, modern movies tend to go for shock value in the form of gore, rather than genuine chills.

Carrie
Gremlins
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Poltergeist
The Exorcist
The Omen
The Shining

Classics

quote Chelskiman

quote Paper Fox

Blair Witch Project. Now I know people might think "OMG like the Blair Witch Project is like totally not scary at all pffft". This is where I say that "scary" does not have to go hand in hand with "gory". Imagine you were in their position. I'd be shitting bricks to be perfectly honest.

The movie Deliverence has that same effect. SQUEAL LIKE A PIG BOOOOOOOOIIIIIII!!!!

quote Paper Fox

Any classics in particular Chelsk? I would tend to agree, modern movies tend to go for shock value in the form of gore, rather than genuine chills.

Carrie
Gremlins
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Poltergeist
The Exorcist
The Omen
The Shining

Classics

Gremlins is not scary in any way shape or form. lol That was funny, but I'm a HUGE fan so not going into anything bad about that movie cause I love it. xD BRIGHT LIGHT! BRIGHT LIGHT! *cowers in a backpack*


The Shining, oi I forgot about that movie! Only ever seen part of it, but some that I have that is a good one.

I've yet to actually see the first Carrie, seen part 2 and remakes but they fail epically. So not sure about that one.

Omen is good, not the remake though. Never liked Texas Chainsaw Massacre but I can see where that would be scary. Reminds me of good ol' potato sack heads from RE4. xD

I know it's not scary, as such, but it's *bleep*ing hilarious so I had to mention it.

Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is the best one. Such a great movie.

I agree about the re-make of The Omen too. The original was so full of win, but you kind of get that with most horror movies. Today's remakes are so shit, lol.

Oh yes The Shining was great. +1 vote.
And this is an older movie, but I quite liked The Fly (the one with Jeff Goldblum).

quote Chelskiman

I know it's not scary, as such, but it's *bleep*ing hilarious so I had to mention it.

Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is the best one. Such a great movie.

I agree about the re-make of The Omen too. The original was so full of win, but you kind of get that with most horror movies. Today's remakes are so shit, lol.

Only two remakes -that I know of-, haven't just epically failed. And one that failed at all it was trying but wasn't bad.

Dawn of the Dead (while changed I think its one of the best TODAY zombie movies. It has gore but doesn't really captialize on only that. As well as visually its great.)

Friday The 13th, not scary what so ever, its a slasher and it holds true to that. I have had all and seen all friday the 13th movies so the remake I did quite enjoy, its the same old thing as all friday the 13th movies but it doesn't stray too far from being Jason.


Halloween, it failed at being the original halloween (which was never too much a fan of mind you) and it failed at being really scary but overall if it hadn't been labeled halloween. It wouldn't have been so bad. BUT because it was suppose to be its own remake of such. It failed epically in being a remake. lol

No others that I can think of -at the moment anyways- have done anything but fail miserably at trying to be a remake. The Fog (I never saw the original), failed. Omen, failed. And more I could think of cause about 50% of movies coming out today ARE remakes. (Some of which I'd never KNOWN even because they were made before my time.)



[To Existence]
Its scary of more of what people would do, in another way that it wasn't really shined for. Because you see what the soldiers will do, what the main character is pushed to do, etc.. Thats why I'd never nominate the second because it fails that part IMO. It is good but the first is great.