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What, in your opinion, is the scariest film ever made?

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tomselleck69:
i love suspiria, but i've got trouble actually finding it scary instead of goofy (this applies to all giallo.)

Film has never really SCARED me, but I guess the most frightening/intriguing concept I've ever seen in a film was Shinya Tsukamoto's Haze.

wm_star:
The Exorcist.  My husband, the horror-lover, says so, and I've never been able to watch it all the way through because I get so freaked out, so I guess it's pretty damn scary.  For evidence, we present the following:


* "Dami, why you leave me?"
* Spider-crawl
* "Fuck me, Jesus!"
Honorable metions:  I agree whole-heartedly with the original The Haunting; Psycho's pretty creepy; The Boston Strangler; The Sadist; the first 30 minutes of the original Dracula.  Can you tell we love the schlock and cult movies?  :)

Dimmukane:
Night of the Living Dead, because zombies fucking rule.

Emaline:
Excuse me for bitching again, but the Exorcist was rather boring. The first time I tried watching it, I fell asleep. The second time I tried watching it, I got so bored, I gave up and went to watch something else.

(Warning: Post gets really long from here, and may contain spoilers. I've bolded what I thought was important, to help you skip through what you don't want to read.)

I really do like horror though. Mostly Japanese, and Korean stuff. Has anyone seen Tale of Two Sisters, 3 Extremes, or Audition? Audition is one of my favorite films. The first time I watched it, it freaked me out. The second time, I was more creeped out. I think this was due to the scene where she is torturing the main character guy. I'm super afraid of needles, so that scene made my skin crawl.


* The last time I watched Tale of Two Sisters, I had nightmares. This could have been because I was drinking a lot that night, though. But the scenes where there are ghosts in the girls rooms creeps me out. I also like this movie a lot because it's one of those films where you have to piece together everything to fully understand what is going on. I like that a lot in any genre of film.
* 3 Extremes is actually a collection of 3 short films by 3 different directors, from three different countries. The three films are (in order)Dumplings, Cut, and Box. I could do without Cut. It's a nice intermission between two good films, but it isn't something I exactly look forward to when watching this movie. Cut is drawn out, and just not the interesting. Dumplings, however, is on of my favorite short films to this day. It has even been made into a feature length film, and released to British theaters, but I don't think it ever made it to American theater. Box is good because of it's surprise ending. It also features a Japanese David Bowie.
* The Eye is another good Asian horror film. It's a Chinese film directed by The Pang Brothers. It's about a girl who gets a cornea transplant and is then able to see ghosts. As corny(no pun intended) as the plot may sound, the movie is actually rather good.

A few American horror films that should be mentioned are May, The Omen, Rosemary's Baby, and The Sentinel.

* The slogan for May was "If you can't find a friend, make one." The film is about a girl who cannot find any friends, and goes insane due to loneliness. She collects body parts and builds herself a friend. I believe she uses her own eye, as well.
* The Omen is a classic. I'm talking about the 1976 version. If you haven't seen it, go rent/buy it now.
* Rosemary's Baby is another classic, though unappreciated. Directed by Roman Polanski, this films stars a very very very cute Mia Farrow. John Cassavetes plays Mia's/Rosemary's husband, Guy, who is an aspiring actor. In order to get ahead in his career, Guy makes a deal with Satan, allowing him to impregnate his Rosemary.
* The Sentinel is a film that has stuck with e for a long time. This film was released in 1977, and I maybe saw it when I was 7-8. I haven't watched this movie in quite a few years(the last time being when I was 10, maybe, which was almost 9 years ago), but I can almost remember ever word, and still even have nightmares containing parts of this film. It's based on a novel by Jeffery Konvitz by the same name(I think). This movie appered as #46 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Films list. I remember one scene that shows a room with all of this extremely obese ladies, sitting around nude. This is the scene that shows up in my nightmares the most. Not that I have anything against large ladies, or think they are scary. It's just that that sceen has stuck in my mind so well. One of the lines in the movie is "Black and white cat, black and white cake," which is said by an older lady, during a birthday party for a black and white cat. This is probably my favorite line in the whole movie. Whenever I see a black and white cat, I always think this.

Now if you wanna go cheesy(though these don't really qualify for scariest movie ever made, they do continue with the discussion of horror), I recommend Jeepers Creppers(both 1 and 2), Near Death 2, Night Of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, and Evil Dead.


* Did anyone really think that any of the Jeepers Creepers films were scary? I mean come on, the guy is a living scarecrow.
* Near Death 2(Yes, 2. Not one) looks as though someone gathered some friends one weekend and said "Hey, lets make a movie". In this film a group of ghost hunters(I think they were) spend the weekend at a bed and breakfast. They believe the family that owns the palce are all zombies/vampires/something in that vein. They fight to survive amongst the living dead, and discover the way this family survives is by eating human flesh. During the feasting scene it is very obvious that what the actors are actually consuming is in fact jello("It's alive!"). One of the best lines through out the whole movie is "I loved you, Now I have to kill you!" which is said by the "slutty blonde" of the movie, to one of the members of the family that she slept with. The whole thing is shot in sepia.
* Night Of The Living Dead(the 1968 classic), while I'm sure this film was/is great for the time it was released and the money spent on it, it is just overly cheesy when compared to today's horror films. This film holds a special place in my heart. I mean, come on, zombies! How I love them. And the tagline is "They Won't Stay Dead!" How sweet is that?
* Return Of The Living Dead is somewhat of a sequel to Night Of The Living Dead, and features at least two totally punk rock characters(Trash, and Suicide are their names, I believe). Trash and Suicide are part of a group of friends who try to fend off zombies after a (not so)freak accident occurs causing the gas which created the zombies in Night Of The Living Dead to come to life. This gas is stored in containers(which also contain dead bodies) at one of our main character's place of work, a medical supply center. I mention this because, in this center they also have these half dogs, that upon being exposed to the gas, come to life. This freaked me out to the utmost degree, because reanimated humans aren't half as freaky as reanimated animals.  Before the group of friends realize whats going on(or perhaps afterwards, and not thinking about the damage it could do), they all decide to be totally punk rock and hang out in a graveyard. This results in one of our punk rock friends(the lady one) dancing atop the car, and taking off all her clothes. I believe this is also the scene where she is killed, though I could be mistaken.
* Evil Dead, Ash/Bruce Cambell, what more can I say? This film is awesome. The whole series is awesome. I love the lines, the acting, all of it. It has even inspired its own musical! A must for any cheesy horror fan.


Oh, how I could go on. I love horror. Of my movie collection, I think I have maybe 2 non-horror ones. Sorry for the extremely long post.

KharBevNor:
Oh cheesy horror films? Lets do the list:


1: Bad Taste

This film is worth watching because you get to see Peter Jackson scream "EAT MY SPINNING STEEL SHITHEAD!" Then jump right down an aliens throat holding a chainsaw. Also, someone blows up a sheep. Also, it has one of the best theme songs in cinema history. Remember: "Dereks don't run!"
 
2: Brain Dead

Another Peter Jackson film. Classic tale of boy meets girl, boys mother turns into zombie, mother eats girls dog, boy imprisons mother and growing horde of zombies in the cellar and keeps them sedated with animal tranquillisers purchased from an insane nazi vet, boys lecherous uncle throws house party, boy accidentally injects zombies with stimulants, zombies devour guests, boy slaughters zombies with a lawnmower, boy is devoured by his massive bloated demon mother, boy literally hacks his way out of her womb and leaves her to burn, boy and girl live happily ever after.

3: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

It's about a guy (Neil Morrisey!) who buys a motorcycle. The motorcycle turns out to be a vampire. It won't run in sunlight, but when night falls it sprouts blades and spikes and roams the streets of Birmingham refuelling on the blood of hells angels, prostitutes and traffic wardens. Blood-draining tubes sprout from its front fork, it can fire off crossbow bolts, its broken head-lamp transforms into a rending broken-glass jaw, it does wheelies and grows scythe blades from its front wheel which it uses to decapitate people, and various other wonderful things. It can also climb walls. After the bike hares off at night (presumed stolen) and is found next morning with a traffic wardens leg clamped in its headlight jaws, Neil Morrisey procures the services of an eccentric catholic priest (Anthony Daniels, aka, C3PO!) who rides to his assistance on his Harley Davidson trike, armed with blessed throwing stars, garlic and stakes. This film also contains one of the best bar brawls committed to celluloid (it begins with a hells angel shooting a crossbow bolt into a pint of Strongbow).

4: The Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn

You should know this one.

5: Killer Klowns From Outers Space

It really is all in the title. Insane clowns come from outer space, wrap people up like candy floss and suck out their innards. It really is that simple folks.

Runners up:

Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town: Undertaker resurrects corpses as zombies by implanting batteries in their heads so he can use them as slave labour in his secret uranium mine. Luckily, an all-girl biker gang and some blind children with uzis team up to save the day.

Hard Rock Zombies: Undead rock band must battle Hitler and his werewolf spawn.

Surf Nazis Must Die: Perhaps not strictly a horror movie, but I don't know what the fuck else to call it. This one is best explained by its poster:



Revenant: At the climax of this film, the Bloods, who have been turned into vampires by gang-raping a vampire chick, fight Draculas vampire mafia in a vampire S&M club where people in gimp suits with IVs serve as optics bottles behind the bar. Might be funnier if it wasn't played as a comedy. Still fucking hilarious. Great opening as well.

Beware! Children at Play: Have you ever wanted to see a cannibalistic child get a pitchfork shoved through his neck? Well, I have a film for you...possibly the most pointlessly offensive thing Troma have ever released, and that says a lot.

...and countless others. Really, these are probably the best sort of horror movies.

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