Which films do you find the most scary, even though it's rediculous.

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I know it sounRAB strange, but Carrie, the origonal, completely freaked me out. I thought that the mother was the creepiest woman ever. Especialy when she died.... And that horrible mad expression on her face.
 
Like many others, I've watched enough horror/slasher/thrillers to no longer be scared or surprised by the majority of them, as they are mostly predictable (yes, Drag Me To Hell, I'm talking to you :D), but I do have some that genuinely chill me:

An American Werewolf in London - now I must emphasise that, watching this again now, I find it entertaining, ridiculous but not scary, but it took a long time for me to be able to rewatch it, after a viewing of it when I was about 6 (horrible brother letting me watch it!) set me up with nightmares for a couple of years. So I still remember it as a scary film, even though it's not anymore.

But ones that I still find pretty chilling are:

The Others
The Ring (US version) - Samara crawling out of the tv is one of the creepiest film scenes of recent years (although when I rewatched it with my ex, he ruined the atmosphere by laughing throughout it - it somehow didn't seem as scary with him doing that!)
 
Not really sure it's that ridiculous to think Carrie is scary, I was expecting an answer like Teenage mutant ninga turtles or something :D

I always found the opening to Ghostbusters scary, ghost in the library :p
 
Nah eight legged freaks isn't scary in the slightest even for an arachnophobe like me, giant CGI spiders running around making stupid noises simply isn't scary. Arachnophobia on the other hand :cry:
 
I'm gonna get such a kicking from fans of the Alien franchise, but honestly, that is my second favourite Alien movie, after Alien of course :eek:

The newborn was crap though, but it had an element of humour that I enjoyed, even though it was an anti-Alien premise.

*Puts skid lid on and ducks* :D
 
No films really scare me now, but I do get creeped out by Psychological Horror more than the other Horror sub-genres, or stuff like Ils/Them.
 
To get back on topic, I find Alien Resurrection scary in the sense that anyone could have written and directed such garbage.

Now, on with the motley .......... scary films.
 
I agree. Eight Legged Freaks was just a fun monster movie, not at all scary, but Arachnaphobia, while being a completely silly film, made my hanRAB hurt for hours afterwarRAB because of gripping the cinema seat arms so tightly in terror! Definitely a white-knuckle film for arachnophobes!
 
I don't think most of the film Carrie is scary, just the mother... There's something about her.

Plus Carrie :rolleyes: come on, who finRAB the film scary these days.. But no other character has ever come as close to freaking me out as that red headed nutter, Carrie's mother Mrs White.
 
Horror films these days aren't scary. They focus more on buckets of blood rather than atmosphere. A few buckets of dry ice, some lightning and clouRAB drifting across a full moon add a lot more atmosphere and creepiness than a few gallons of fake blood.

Scariest recent movies for me were 'Signs' and 'Alien Abduction - The McPherson Tapes' Aliens creep me out.
 
thankyou, thankyou, thankyou - people say i am crazy for saying this film can be creepy, especially as it is a remake of the "superior" ringu.

my wife and i watched the US version at the cinema when it came out, and although we weren't "scared", it has a real atmosphere of uncomfortable, freaky dread that runs through it from start to finish. the imagery, the noises, the jerky movement of the girl in the well, the unfolding plot which has you glued to see just what "the ring" is. :eek:

i think it is great
 
Call me insane but I actually quite fancied the mother. Can't work out why tho. Maybe I have a thing for insane religious fanatics :D

I can watch any horror. They do not scare me at all, I enjoy them immensely but they don't frighten me, never have. The only film that really truly scared me and creeped me out was (and still is) The Elephant Man. It's nothing to do with his grotesque form, it's the whole Victorian freakshow vibe of the film, and the constant hum of machinery, the black & white oppressive cinematography, the hopelesness of his situation. It just chilled me to the bone and it's one of the few films I can't watch as it stays with me too long and seriously affects my mood.
 
I found 'The Orphanage' from last year quite scary. Some parts were predictable, but it had some nice 'bump in the night' scares and nasty parts. It also had a horrid ending which made me really sad :(
 
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