Think I'll give that one a miss if you found that shocking, and not the fire extinguisher bit in that French film that name escapes me at the mo!!!
(EDIT: Irreversible - horrible film)
I found my face breaking a rather sinister smile whilst watching the fire extinguisher scene, infact I rewound it a couple of times just to watch that face cave in, and to see if it bothered me.
It didn't ;)
The rape scene was horrible not because of what you saw, but cos' of the dialogue. Very strange seeing a seemingly normal woman being raped and then beaten within an inch of her life by a violent gay pimp.
Yeah don't watch Bunman it gives Salo a run for it's money in the sick department, the chopstick scene is awful, and there's a scene where he hacks some little kids to death. What makes this movie stick in your mind is it's based on real events.
The Mothman Prophecies - another really spooky one and based on reported events. It was set over a much shorter space of time and more centred around the main character, but there really were all these freaky sightings reported right up until the Point Pleasant Silver Bridge collapsed.
Supernatural, that's ghosts and stuff right? Well I'd have to say the Exorcist nails it but I remember a documentary on the BBC about the Enfield Poltergeist where they supposedly captured the voice of a dead guy who had died in the chair of a stroke. It was terrifying to watch because it did seem so believable. It's the only ghost story I take seriously.... erm and its not a film.
Scary movies don't really scare me much either. Some can make me jump but most are pretty predictable.
However, I always found the bit in "American Werewolf in London" where he transforms for the first time in the living room quite scary...don't know why but I did, I was only about 10 when I saw it though.
And, from the same film I think, there's a dream bit (I think it's a dream) in a forest where he's in a bed and all of a sudden his eyes open but they are like an evil colour...think it's the same film??
Yeah, it's the same film. This is one of my all time faves and the only film that I still have to close my eyes for parts of (that bed scene is one) as it scared the hell out of me when I first saw it as a kid (I think I was 5 or 6!). An excelent film that I'm praying doesn't get a modern remake ;-)
There's not very many films that scare me either as I know I'm only watching a film. I still jump on the odd occasion though, but more on that in a bit...
Actually, no one mentioned the the British classic Dead of Night, which is very eerie. It's a compilation of a few short horror stories, a format which was quite common for a few decades. Most of these sort of films were quite weak, or even if they were amusing they weren't frightening, but Dead of Night is by far the best. It's dated, in black and white (it's made in about 1946, I think), and some of the stories are weak now, but what makes it stand out from other horror films, even to may horror films who still class it as one of the best horror films ever made, is the overlying story, Usually in compliation horror films, the story that binds the tales together is fairly weak, but in this one it's very good, and the ending is still one of the most frightening scenes in cinema history. Very well recommended.
I was going to mention this film as it's another of my all time faves! The story with the kid in the hidden room and the last one with the dummy are the two that stand out for me. The golf section kind of spoils things by being funny rather than scary, but it breaks the film up and gives it a much needed lift, otherwise this film could have been a bit too strong. Well worth tracking down!
I'm going through a phase of watching spooky films at the moment. Haunted hoses especially. Over the last week or so I've watched...
The Haunting (remake). Actually pretty good until it goes all CGI heavy at the end and then it all turns to shit!
The Haunted Mansion (Disney). Bassed on the ride at Disney World, I thought it was a good family film. OK, so the plot is see through, but the special effects are great and if I were a kid watching it then it would scare me to death, esp the zombie bit.
Paranormal Activity. I really quite enjoyed this. It's something different from the usual haunted house kind of films and although it does drag on a little bit (lots of filming them in bed), it moves along at a decent pace and yes, it did make me jump at the very end!
House on Haunted Hill (remake). I loced this when it came out. Only the crap CGI ghost at the end let this one down for me. Looking back on it now (post Saw) it seems rather tame with it's gore, but it was good at the time and worth watching at least once.
Return to the House on Haunted Hill. Slightly poor sequel, but entertaining none the less. A little bit naff, but worth a watch at least once.
One other film/program that needs mentioning here is Ghostwatch that was shown on the BBC on Halloween many years ago. I remember being totally suckered in by this "live" broadcast and I remember the uproar in the papers the following day too. A semi-recent day "War of the Worlds" and woth tracking down if you can find a copy of it's limited DVD run.
I still think that the original Amityville Horror was scary, that bit near the end where the blood was running down the walls, it made my skin crawl when i first saw it.
One other film/program that needs mentioning here is Ghostwatch that was shown on the BBC on Halloween many years ago. I remember being totally suckered in by this "live" broadcast and I remember the uproar in the papers the following day too. A semi-recent day "War of the Worlds" and woth tracking down if you can find a copy of it's limited DVD run.
i remember my mum laughing her head off to that.
i on the other hand couldn't sleep that night. I stayed awake all night watching ceefax or something.
i think there was a pan shot through a room where you saw the thing, and i nearly shat myself.
i think if you watch something wanting to be scared you will be, but if you watch something waiting for it to scare you, nothing will happen.
oh an exorcist 3 was nearly another brown trouser moment for me. the bit in the hospital with the nurse. gah. prrrp.
@ dave - yeah that enfield thing was a spooky documentary for sure.
i on the other hand couldn't sleep that night. I stayed awake all night watching ceefax or something.
i think there was a pan shot through a room where you saw the thing, and i nearly shat myself.
I watched that by myself.
The bit that scared me was when the studio realise that the footage they are seeing is not live, and then it starts to kick off.
Didn't sleep well that night. I only realised it was a setup when I saw in the credits that the ghost was played by someone.
I got the DVD when it came out. It's fun to play spot "pipes"
I'm a 21st Century digital boy, I don't know how to live but I've got a lot of toys.
I watched that by myself.
The bit that scared me was when the studio realise that the footage they are seeing is not live, and then it starts to kick off.
Didn't sleep well that night. I only realised it was a setup when I saw in the credits that the ghost was played by someone.
I got the DVD when it came out. It's fun to play spot "pipes"
I thought Event Horizon was fairly spooky. Kind of a cross between Hellraiser and 2001 A Space Odyssey. Dark Water is probably my favorite of the Japanese horrors. Jacob's Ladder always freaks me a bit.
Supernatural, that's ghosts and stuff right? Well I'd have to say the Exorcist nails it but I remember a documentary on the BBC about the Enfield Poltergeist where they supposedly captured the voice of a dead guy who had died in the chair of a stroke. It was terrifying to watch because it did seem so believable. It's the only ghost story I take seriously.... erm and its not a film.
I vaguely remember watching that, it was quite scary at the time but i'm not sure if it was real or not.
I've got thet 'Ghost Watch' on dvd, i wanted to see it again as when it was orginally shown i initially thought it was real but as it went on i realised it was fake (the dialog was too scripted) but there was a scene where you glimpsed the 'ghost' in a mirror in one of the bedrooms, i only noticed that on the dvd version and i crapped myself, it was a very good mock documentary.
Oh and that scene in Exorcist 3 in the hospital with the nurse is very creepy (i was watching that one night by myself on Sky!)
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Think I'll give that one a miss if you found that shocking, and not the fire extinguisher bit in that French film that name escapes me at the mo!!!
(EDIT: Irreversible - horrible film)
I found my face breaking a rather sinister smile whilst watching the fire extinguisher scene, infact I rewound it a couple of times just to watch that face cave in, and to see if it bothered me.
It didn't ;)
The rape scene was horrible not because of what you saw, but cos' of the dialogue. Very strange seeing a seemingly normal woman being raped and then beaten within an inch of her life by a violent gay pimp.
Yeah don't watch Bunman it gives Salo a run for it's money in the sick department, the chopstick scene is awful, and there's a scene where he hacks some little kids to death. What makes this movie stick in your mind is it's based on real events.
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Yeah, it's the same film. This is one of my all time faves and the only film that I still have to close my eyes for parts of (that bed scene is one) as it scared the hell out of me when I first saw it as a kid (I think I was 5 or 6!). An excelent film that I'm praying doesn't get a modern remake ;-)
There's not very many films that scare me either as I know I'm only watching a film. I still jump on the odd occasion though, but more on that in a bit...
I was going to mention this film as it's another of my all time faves! The story with the kid in the hidden room and the last one with the dummy are the two that stand out for me. The golf section kind of spoils things by being funny rather than scary, but it breaks the film up and gives it a much needed lift, otherwise this film could have been a bit too strong. Well worth tracking down!
I'm going through a phase of watching spooky films at the moment. Haunted hoses especially. Over the last week or so I've watched...
The Haunting (remake). Actually pretty good until it goes all CGI heavy at the end and then it all turns to shit!
The Haunted Mansion (Disney). Bassed on the ride at Disney World, I thought it was a good family film. OK, so the plot is see through, but the special effects are great and if I were a kid watching it then it would scare me to death, esp the zombie bit.
Paranormal Activity. I really quite enjoyed this. It's something different from the usual haunted house kind of films and although it does drag on a little bit (lots of filming them in bed), it moves along at a decent pace and yes, it did make me jump at the very end!
House on Haunted Hill (remake). I loced this when it came out. Only the crap CGI ghost at the end let this one down for me. Looking back on it now (post Saw) it seems rather tame with it's gore, but it was good at the time and worth watching at least once.
Return to the House on Haunted Hill. Slightly poor sequel, but entertaining none the less. A little bit naff, but worth a watch at least once.
One other film/program that needs mentioning here is Ghostwatch that was shown on the BBC on Halloween many years ago. I remember being totally suckered in by this "live" broadcast and I remember the uproar in the papers the following day too. A semi-recent day "War of the Worlds" and woth tracking down if you can find a copy of it's limited DVD run.
Surprised no-ones mentioned 28 Days Later - pity it was great for the first hour and utter crap for the second.
Although not really that creepy or scary, Dog Soldiers was a cracking low-budget werewolf film.
i remember my mum laughing her head off to that.
i on the other hand couldn't sleep that night. I stayed awake all night watching ceefax or something.
i think there was a pan shot through a room where you saw the thing, and i nearly shat myself.
i think if you watch something wanting to be scared you will be, but if you watch something waiting for it to scare you, nothing will happen.
oh an exorcist 3 was nearly another brown trouser moment for me. the bit in the hospital with the nurse. gah. prrrp.
@ dave - yeah that enfield thing was a spooky documentary for sure.
Not sure Zombies via virus falls into the supernatural realm.
not sure chopsticks up your jaffer counts as supernatural either. :razz:
I watched that by myself.
The bit that scared me was when the studio realise that the footage they are seeing is not live, and then it starts to kick off.
Didn't sleep well that night. I only realised it was a setup when I saw in the credits that the ghost was played by someone.
I got the DVD when it came out. It's fun to play spot "pipes"
this might ruin your game. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmSswG04zvc
i wish the beeb would have the balls to do something like that again.
Mothman Prophecies
Night of The Living Dead
Amityville Horror
28 Days/Weeks Later
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Thing
I vaguely remember watching that, it was quite scary at the time but i'm not sure if it was real or not.
I've got thet 'Ghost Watch' on dvd, i wanted to see it again as when it was orginally shown i initially thought it was real but as it went on i realised it was fake (the dialog was too scripted) but there was a scene where you glimpsed the 'ghost' in a mirror in one of the bedrooms, i only noticed that on the dvd version and i crapped myself, it was a very good mock documentary.
Oh and that scene in Exorcist 3 in the hospital with the nurse is very creepy (i was watching that one night by myself on Sky!)