What's The Scariest Movie You've Ever Seen? — Page 5

The original Carnival of Souls and House of Wax were awesome, the remakes sucked. Im one of the only people who loved The House on Haunted Hill remake.

Splice is good, so is Ginger Snaps, i love the Scream movies though they are more thrillers. Let the Right One In was great and i love Carrie. The original Salems Lot was awesome (creepy window scene)and IT scared the hell out of me. Storm of the Century by King i found wonderful and Elm Street will always be a fave (even the campy sequels are fun)

Slasher films like Halloween are great (not the god awful remake), i really liked Cherry Falls as well.

However one of the scariest things ive ever seen that still gets me today is the scene with Bob in the corner of the room in the greatest TV Series ever Twin Peaks.

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I went to Blockbuster today to rent a few of the movies listed here (sadly they didn't have most of the ones on my list) but something happened that hadn't happened to me in years. There was a new guy working at the store and when I asked him if they had something started talking to me about movies. We stood in the action section (because that's where horror is mixed in now, don't even get me started) and he told me about a few that he had seen and how they reminded him of early Sam Raimi and differences in horror now and that released twenty years ago and blah blah blah and we had the most amazing conversation. The kicker was about an hour later I found out he was 21.

Now, having worked in a videostore for 10 years starting at 15 years old, I have to tell you that's the one thing I miss the most. The personal one on one with customers. Learning about movies, bitching about them, what you like, what you don't like etc for hours on end. That's all dying now with Netflix and there's no way to ever get that back. I can't say I'm out of the blame completely since I stream movies constantly but I found myself having a renewed love for the store today. I know in 5 years they won't exist but I think I'm going to hold on to them for as long as I possibly can and rent as much as I can until the last one goes.

Jordan, now you've just confirmed that I always figured that you are the real-life Randy from Scream saying you worked in a video store.

I agree it's a real shame that finding a good movie loses the person-to-person element.

Back to horror, I cannot believe I forgot it, but a really underrated one was Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (available on Netflix Instant). It's notorious for the negative reaction in its initial release that really soured Powell's career. It came out the same year as Psycho and there are similarities as it involves both murderous men all wrong in the head each with parent issues. There are no real twists in Peeping Tom but it definitely went there in making a statement about making the viewers to be voyeurs, a metaphor for the movie-making process. Still a pretty disturbing movie.

Weren't the performances great Jordy?

I don't know if you watched the deleted scenes, but they are basically 20 minutes of the Keri Russel plot. Interesting to think how the movie would have changed if they left her story more intact.

Biggest question: What was deal with her mascara? Was it suppsed to be that sloppy?

Best line/most cringeworthy moment: "I...I can't bite all the way through."
OMG.

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Well, the pathology of the...eatee(?) was absolutely twisted. The thing is, there are so many people who have various psychological issues which stem from similar circumstances. The way he channeled his desire is not only deeply perverse, but disturbingly touching.

And what I applaud about the way that the eater was charaterized was that while what he did was monstrous, he was never portrayed as a monster. ***Spolier (if anyone is actually going to see this)***
The scene where Oliver hooked up with the guy (literally, lol) who ultimately was only interested in it as a sexual fetish was incredibly nuanced and well played. And what he did with that guy in the end showed so much about what the act meant to Oliver. It wasn't about cannibalism at all really.

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Updated On: 12/12/10 at 10:27 AM

Larry Clark's "Kids" (1995) and Scorcese's remake of "Cape Fear" seriously disturbed me.

Also, "Ticket to Heaven," a 1981 drama about a guy who gets drawn into a cult. Freaky!

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Updated On: 12/13/10 at 04:24 PM