scariest movie youve ever seen — Page 2

If you won't watch movies with subtitles, you've mised the beautiful CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - and no, it's not just a fancy kung fu movie.

When I was a kid, the original DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS scared the hell out of me. It was shot in black and white, and had a sort of documentary news footage feel.

Rear Window is one of my favorites.

And, regarding foreign films with subtitles: on the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon DVD, you can watch the movie with dubbed English instead of subtitles. It RUINS the film. The only way to watch it is with subtitles.

The original Night of the Living Dead. Black and white, lousy acting, it had nothing going for it...except that it was the first of it's kind and when I saw it in a nearly empty theater at a midnight movie I about crapped! Long time ago, but I still remember it!

Stephen King's IT scared the crap out of me when I was little. Then I realized that it was Tim Curry as the clown and it made me smile. Everything from a transvestite to a killer clown. The man is so versatile. . .

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"Don't Look Now" with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, directed by Roeg.

"The Haunting" The original only with Claire Bloom and Julie Christie.

By the way, Jon -- I saw TRIFFIDS as a kid,too, and It's in color. It just seems in black and white.

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The Japanese version of "The Ring". Oy.

"Jeepers Creepers" also freaked me out.

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Anyone seen St. John's Wort? The cover looks interesting. I was wondering if it was worth renting.

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Ringu2 is eerie, but The Exorcist still puts the hair on the back of my neck on end!

My Exorcist story:

In 1980, I was a senior in high school, and VCR's weren't brand new but they weren't in wide use. I also come from a very small town and they didn't use the school money for things like books and tapes, God forbid, we needed all the money for the football team...

Anyway, for some bizarre reason, the school got their hands on a tape of The Exorcist and we were forced to watch it in Sociology class. I'm not a fan of scary movies in the first place, but that one - oh my dear lord - great cinema, but scary as crap.

Fast forward two weeks or so, and they announce that they're going to show the same damn movie in English class too!!! I mean WTF???? So I said, no thanks, I'll be in the library. Isn't that weird though?? I've never been able to figure that whole thing out.

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre - the original one.

I saw it in college - stoned. Not a good idea. Scared the you-know-what out of me!

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I said this on the other thread, but The Passion Of Darkly Noon. And as for The Eye, I agree with Matt_G. The beginning was probably the most scared I have been in a movie theatre in a very long time, but then the last reel looked like it was directed by someone else altogether. It totally didn't fit with what had gone before.

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The Ring

Anyone see the new Exorcist that just opened today?

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You know, every scary movie scares me if I'm watching it all by myself at home. If I'm with someone else, it's hard to scare me. But The Exorcist scared me. The Ring scared me only in one part. Pet Sematary has always scared me just with the part of Zelda, the sister that has spinal meningitis that they show in a flashback. Ever since I was young, I cannot watch the part with her. I think she is actually played by a guy though.