I am a horror movie junkie, so it takes A LOT for a movie to scare me. The scariest movie I've seen was Splinter. That movie creeped me out to the core with the monster's neck snapping movements and bone breaking disfigurements.
Silent Hill. It is really scaried. I decided to stop seeing any horror movie, after i watch this movie.
I was babysitting my little brothers one day and to past the time I decided to take/treat them to a flick at the cinema. They went and saw Pokemon: The Movie. Now there was no way in hell I was gonna be seen in a theatre with that playing. I was still at that age where image was everything, so the only other thing on at that time was The Blair Witch Project. Now imagine sitting in an empty cinema by yourself, pitch black with some serious audio gear set up around you. The ambience that it created, I mean every little noise, every little creak slowly but surely started to freak me out. Now I don't normally get bothered by films but this one took the cake...
I would not say "scared" so much as "creeped me out" was "Silence of the Lambs." I can detact myself from most horror movies. But a monster like Hannibal Lector could very much be living down the street. A truly terrifying prospect.
Flowers in the Attic. I saw this movie as a kid and nothing has come close to touching it yet for scaring me on a long term basis. Other movies might make me jump, but that one was the only movie to do more than keep me up for a night.
Scary can be put in 2 ways for me. Cowering in fear and never being able to sleep: Nightmare on Elm Street (the 1st one) The most disturbing: The Hills Have Eyes
Movies and games no longer scare me like they used to...I've become desensitized. Here's the proof: One night, I had a "waking nightmare" (I used to get those a lot) and I "awoke" - if you could call it that, with the notion that there was a small creature or puppet in my room, trying to kill me. The covers had been flung off, and I immediately looked to my left to see a lump moving around beneath them! Instead of getting scared...I attacked it immediately; trying to kill whatever was under there...I wanted to see what was beneath the blanket, so I started to unwrap it...I discovered that it was my poor cat and immediately snapped out of it. I'm very glad I ended up not hurting my cat, (Althought she was afraid of me the whole next day) I don't want to think about what would have happened had I decided to keep up on my attack and not unwrap kitty. Now, that is just one of the many episodes I had. And that is why I don't find any movie or game scary anymore. The episodes have since ceased.
I could call myself as "horror junkie". On the other hand, to me the term "junkie" is more like "I don't care as long as it's horror movie" and I'm not quite like that. I do watch lots of horror movies but I'm quite selective of which movies I'm going to watch. For example, I don't watch many western horror movies anymore. Why? Because those tend to be more about blood and and flying body parts, not about the horror itself. Now, instead of western movies, I'm usually sticking into Asian films. In many cases, when there are western versions available, the Asian versions (which usually are the original versions) are much better. Good example is The Grudge (or Ju-on). The western version just copies the original movies, throws in few American characters, mixed with combinations of Japan mythology and western mythology. The result? Bad movie which just dishonours the original movie. Now, to the actual question of the thread: It's actually quite hard to say which movie was the most scariest so I'm going to mention few of those here. Ghost Game i'm not talking about the crappy western movie released in 2004. Instead I'm talking about the Thailand movie released in 2006 in few Asian countries and 2008 in Finland. Not sure if it has been released anywhere else. What made this movie especially scary was the idea that, unlike in many other movies especially western ones, the ghosts and spirits can and will show up to and even torment single person while nobody else in the same room can see it. In many western movies the spirit appears only when the target is alone. In Ghost Game the spirits may even physically harm the target while the others just think that the person went insane... Ju-on Ju-on (original version of The Grudge) is kinda of classic in horror movie genre. Just plain creepy, especially the later movies. Wishing Stairs Don't remember the original name but one of the most disturbing movies I have seen. The Exorcist One of the best western horror movies. Just plain scary. Back then the movies were actually about something else than blood and corpses.... So... yeah. I could have listed even more movies, but I think those four give a good idea of what I consider scary....
The Blair Witch Project scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. The thought of being lost in the woods and not being able to get out no matter what u do is spooky.
The movie in my head when Fable becomes president, and runs out of wine. It's an awful, awful experience.
Agree on this one, Takako Fuji who played the Star of this series "Kayako" have trained in contortionist. Which explain the creepy effect *shivers* Yeogogoedam 3: Yeowoogyeda As for recent horror movies, honestly they are not my cup of tea. Too much goriness blood splattering scenes all over the film, as if the producer & director can not make chilling effect without utilizing blood.
Hey, thanks for the info! I didn't know it has prequels, are those worth of watching (in case I liked the "Wishing Stairs")? This is quite true. For example, "Martyrs" was very good and even a bit scary up to the moment when it turned out to torture and splatter movie. It was pretty decent in the end, just not that scary as the beginning was hinting. I think that this "blood & gore" thing is a problem mostly in western movie industry. This is why I'm mostly watching Asian ones since, while still being good, those splatter movies just aren't satisfying my horror taste. Fortunately there are some "gems" among western horror movies as well. For example, Paranormal Activity -movies are quite good, at least the films 1-3, haven't seen the fourth one yet. But the first three movies actually were scary and there was basically no "blood & gore".[/quote]
@Kipi : Yeogogoedam series mostly centralize on school environment. I watched until part 4. Shock factor is ok but not as terrifying as Ju-on. There's another Japanese horror movie you may like "One missed call" aka Chakusin Ari, good shock factor also
Thanks, I think I should try to find the other movies of the series then. I'm familiar with that movie, both western and Japanese version. Good movie, especially the Japanese version, though Ju-on is better.
I'm not quite a fan of Korean products (movies, TV series etc ) But if you want some more "twisted" plot you can try these Korean horrors : 1. Acacia 2. A Tale of Two Sisters ( Janghwa) - Hollywood remake isThe Uninvited (2009) 3. Cello As for Japanese horrors : 1. Tomie series (Slightly gory though) Tomie (1999) Tomie: Another Face (1999) Tomie: Replay (2000) Tomie: Re-birth (2001) Tomie: The Final Chapter - Forbidden Fruit (2002) Tomie: Beginning (2005) Tomie: Revenge (2005) Tomie vs Tomie (2007) Tomie Unlimited (2011) 2. Kakashi (not to be intepreted as Kakashi Hatake from Naruto ) - starring the lovely Kou Shibasaki 3. Several TV series (Yep, there are some short TV horror series aired i.eHonto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi.) For Hongkong ones....hmmm... "Troublesome Night" series have some shock and comedy factors.
