What is the scariest movie you've watched?


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I watched The Exorcist while on student exchange in Italy (10th grade, not long before my 16th birthday). I didn't understand half of what was said, but the visuals scared the **** out of me.

I was forced to watch is before I was even in elementary and I was traumatized for years, lol. So much so, that nothing else ever scared me. Isn't she effin' creepy looking?

Hard to separate Horror from Chiller. Though were I to omit overt horror (i.e. gore) then;

Paranormal Activity

Absolutely no budget, but the atmosphere in it trumped everything else. Who would have though that the sound of slowly stomping footsteps could be so terrifying?

Expanding things a bit;

The Thing

The Fly

The Mist

Seven

Hellraiser

Pan's Labyrinth

Perfume

Alien

Martyrs

Haute Tension

(I've not seen Audition!)

Although there aren't any movies that really scare me, one does give me the willies after watching it: Arachnaphobia.

While the movie isn't really scary, it turns up my spider fear a few notches for a couple of hours. I remember the first time I watched it, I stayed awake for 2 hours, wrapped in a blanket, constantly scanning the room for spiders. It still happens to me, to this day, whenever I watch it although not as long anymore.

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Event Horizon! I haven't seen that in years!

Scary but more entertaining is Ghost Ship (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288477/) (although only 5.3 in IMDB, I really like it!).

But topping the scary list for me is Dead Silence (Dead"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455760). 6.0 on IMDB, but it's about a ventriloquist and her dummies. That's pretty scary.

Sorry I couldn't make the links nice but whatever format I type, it makes them crappy.

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Event Horizon! I haven't seen that in years!

Scary but more entertaining is Ghost Ship (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288477/) (although only 5.3 in IMDB, I really like it!).

But topping the scary list for me is Dead Silence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455760). 6.0 on IMDB, but it's about a ventriloquist and her dummies. That's pretty scary.

Sorry I couldn't make the links nice but whatever format I type, it makes them crappy.

I agree with Event Horizon. It terrified me in the theater. But later when I watched it, it was not nearly as scary.

The first 2 Hellraiser movies, possibly as I watched them when I was 12-13. First one had the better plot but the second one was scarier:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104409/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095294/

My fav John Carpenter horror, The Prince of Darkness:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777/

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