Scariest horror film or book.

spankysue

Not a film but the night that Ghostwatch aired (1992), I was hysterical with fear (was only 9 at the time), can remember my mam coming upstairs to me trying to calm me down telling me they were just actors, still didn't sleep one wink that night though

Gokei

spankysue wrote: »

Not a film but the night that Ghostwatch aired (1992), I was hysterical with fear (was only 9 at the time), can remember my mam coming upstairs to me trying to calm me down telling me they were just actors, still didn't sleep one wink that night though

was that the one with Sarah Green on Halloween Night?
If so, it was the first our whole area had heard of a mocumentary. The bit where the scrapes appeared on the girls back on the night vision camera!!

I was only a nipper too, but think i remember they had to issue an apology after the uproar



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Mickey H

The RTE Guide.

cade

For a few years now I've generally found horror films to be better than comedies for giving me a laugh, refer to Sarah Michelle Gellars, The Grudge, for example. I did however recently get to see The Conjuring in the cinema, and that had me on edge for the duration. It's also the first time I've been in the cinema and had groups of surrounding women burst out screaming.

All that said, I'm really looking forward to the IFI's annual Horrorthon. They usually have a bunch of great and so-bad-they're-amazing films, so that shall keep me occupied.

spankysue

Gokei wrote: »

was that the one with Sarah Green on Halloween Night?
If so, it was the first our whole area had heard of a mocumentary. The bit where the scrapes appeared on the girls back on the night vision camera!!

I was only a nipper too, but think i remember they had to issue an apology after the uproar



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That's the one, scared the living bejesus out of me and one of the things that really freaked me out was that one of the girls had the same name as me, I thought Pipes was out to get me next, don't know why the fcuk I thought that haha!

It's mental that it hasn't been shown since, would be great if the BBC showed it this year on Halloween to mark its 21st anniversary......which is scary enough by itself....

Barna77

I read Pet Sematary some months ago, while not scary, couldn't stop reading it becasue of the tension on it. But the movie.... I can't think of it without sweating.

I've noticed that I don't find books as scary as movies. Maybe because it's a visual thing.

The first Paranormal Activity scared the bejaysus out of me. But then the sequels were meh.

timthumbni

spankysue wrote: »

That's the one, scared the living bejesus out of me and one of the things that really freaked me out was that one of the girls had the same name as me, I thought Pipes was out to get me next, don't know why the fcuk I thought that haha!

It's mental that it hasn't been shown since, would be great if the BBC showed it this year on Halloween to mark its 21st anniversary......which is scary enough by itself....

What made it worse is that at that time mockumentarys weren't really known as someone a few posts back said.

The other thing was that Sarah green wasn't the sort of person you expected to be part of something like this. Probably people would laugh at it now but back then it caused a bit of an uproar. Lol.

timthumbni

xgwishyx wrote: »

I've just read it through, sitting here wide-eyed with goosebumps at my desk, and very glad I live in a city right now with no caves nearby. Fantastic read, cheers for the link, you can come out of the bush now.

If you liked ted the caver, try googling The Dionaea House.

It's sort of a similar style. Word of warning though living in the city will not save you from this one. Spooky.

hefferboi

Sinister


Freakiest film I've ever seen. I had goosebumps whenever they showed the home movies or your man's face.

omega man

Antichrist (William Dafoe). Complete mind fu@k which left me very unsettled after watching late one night on my own! Wish I hadn't seen it to be honest.

SimonLynch

Took a girl on a first date to Friday the 13th in the Savoy back in the 70s or early 80s at her insistence (I wanted to go to Kramer Vs Kramer for ulterior motives) She shrieked like a mad thing thoroughout the film and just as we were settling down and getting somewhere while the boat floated over the lake that mad c*nt came out of the water. Thanks Jason, you utter sh1tbag.

RichT

westies4ever wrote: »

My all time favoutie is 'The Thing' - the original from 1982. God the paranoia is suffocating!

That's actually a remake of The Thing From Another World (1951) which is also well woth a view IMO.

Ush1

Check out El dia de la bestia. Spanish horror film about the anti christ, sort of black humour also.

Ush1

Check out El dia de la bestia. Spanish horror film about the anti christ, sort of black humour also.

DainBramage

It has its detractors but I thought Blair Witch was pretty feckin spooky when it first came out.

Read this book if you want to be scraed ****lesss: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe/

Balaclava1991

Don't Look Now has the scariest ending I have ever seen.

xgwishyx

Barna77 wrote: »

I've noticed that I don't find books as scary as movies. Maybe because it's a visual thing.

Total opposite for me, I could watch horror flicks all night no bother.

With books I get so sucked in that I must look like a crazy person to others on the luas, wide eyed and hiding behind my kindle, frantically reading to get past the scary bit.

Mike Guide 69

cml387 wrote: »

Screenplay for the 1989 film was by Nigel Neale (RIP) always a guarantee of quality. I saw it and it is well done, a certain atmosphere pervades the film.

Fantastic film, i remember it clearly watching it as a kid back on Christmas Eve in 1989, really put a damper on my christmas that year, i have the bbc radio play and it is really scary.

I saw the play about 10 years ago, in covent garden and it is as eerie as ****!!. The character of the woman walks around the stage and around the aisles , really creeps out the audience, it is terrifying, use of smoke/screams/noise, i'd recommend anyone to go and see the play, best version of the lot

Mike Guide 69

Kettleson wrote: »

You have been warned!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpgooLqWoY4

Very similar to "whistle and i'll come to you", i loved the 1968 version, which starred Michael Hordern, good old fashioned scary story, proper shivers, (oh, the blanket scene, eerrrr!!!!):eek:

B0jangles

RichT wrote: »

That's actually a remake of The Thing From Another World (1951) which is also well woth a view IMO.

I thought it was o.k., but you'd definitely have to be watching it through a 1950's cheap film/paranoia about the soviets filter to get unnerved.

I really liked the actress who played the main female character (I think her name was Margaret Sheridan?) Waaay more personality that the rest of the main cast, who I think were pretty wooden.

Edit: Holy Weird Revelation: The Thing was played by James Arness, AKA that cowboy in every single cowboy film or show from the '40s to the '90s

Eeden

jamezy wrote: »

Im going to through Misery into the mix (the movie, never read the book) . Its so tense and unsettling i found it really creates that tightness in the chest a good horror should!

The film was scary enough, but I've never read a scarier book. I remember sitting in my kitchen, actually afraid to turn the page :eek:

ardinn

Academic wrote: »

Correct answer. A brilliant piece of film making, with the world's scariest door.

Yes, a door can be scary in the right context.


Ac

Same as another poster I watched the exorcist at 14 at home alone and it still lives with me - I do not watch horrors anymore and up to that point I was really enjoying watching 2/3 horrors a week!

The film coarsed evil throughout imo and for 6 months I couldnt sleep.

Linda Blairs cracked face is still an image I dread!

On the point of doors, anytime someone would be going up the stairs to the girls room, they would show the door - and because you never knew what would be through it at any time, I never hated a door as much in my life!

Doom

StinkyMunkey wrote: »

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/?ref_=nv_sr_2

The most disturbing movie I've ever seen, not exactly scary, but extremely disturbing. It's probably over 20 years since I seen it, and the thought of it still disturbs me.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Another extremely disturbing movie. I was very disturbed after watching half it, so I fast forwarded it till the end.

Anything that involves childern suffering I evade like the plague. Unfortunately I like post apocalyptic so thought movie number 2 would be right up my alley - I regretted watching it.

The Road...the book is much worse. ..affected me for weeks.

Barna77

ardinn wrote: »

On the point of doors, anytime someone would be going up the stairs to the girls room, they would show the door - and because you never knew what would be through it at any time, I never hated a door as much in my life!

I mentioned Paranormal Activity earlier on.

First time I watched it, nighttime , it was summer and then went to bed and it was roasting so the bedroom door was left open. I spent all night looking at that bloody open door......

Academic

B0jangles wrote: »

Same here; I got the complete XFiles boxset last christmas [...] I'm all about the Monster of the week

Yes, I agree. At its best the X-Files was quite original and really creative. None of it really scared me, but there was some really smart writing on that show, and some really intelligent humour.

Cheers,

Ac

jill_valentine

timthumbni wrote: »

What made it worse is that at that time mockumentarys weren't really known as someone a few posts back said.

The other thing was that Sarah green wasn't the sort of person you expected to be part of something like this. Probably people would laugh at it now but back then it caused a bit of an uproar. Lol.

Dara O Briain was talking about it on something a while ago, and it was funny - he noted that you could never really get away with it today, it would be the equivalent of showing Ant kill Dec out of the blue.

Gokei

ardinn wrote: »

it still lives with me - I do not watch horrors anymore and up to that point I was really enjoying watching 2/3 horrors a week!
Linda Blairs cracked face is still an image I dread!

If you have it that bad, try googling for a behind the scenes video and see them all laughing and being just actors with the make up on..


Might help.



Edit; dont bother, just did that there, scary shít!

oldyouth

The Road.

It creeped me out as a different type of 'scary' than I had come across before. The film didn't live up to it though

westies4ever

RichT wrote: »

That's actually a remake of The Thing From Another World (1951) which is also well woth a view IMO.

yip - seen it many times as well, also exellent. Not as claustrophobic though. The recent prequel (what happended the norwegians) is not as good but worth a look.

westies4ever

anyone remember this little gem? It was a tv movie shown when i was a kid and it scared the wits out of me then - its on youtube now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083844/?ref_=nv_sr_1

beakerjoe

hefferboi wrote: »

Sinister


Freakiest film I've ever seen. I had goosebumps whenever they showed the home movies or your man's face.

Awful film....Big let down. after the first 20 mins, all potential goosebumps where gone.

TBH i havent been scared by a film since I seen the ring. Damn my age

westies4ever

beakerjoe wrote: »

Awful film....Big let down. after the first 20 mins, all potential goosebumps where gone.

TBH i havent been scared by a film since I seen the ring. Damn my age

sinister is creepy enough to watch - the home movies were quite well done, but it really doesnt add up when you put any sort of thought into it. and it doesnt stand up to repeat viewing.

i mean shouldnt there be a lot more families? and what did it do before video was invented?

kunst nugget

beakerjoe wrote: »

Awful film....Big let down. after the first 20 mins, all potential goosebumps where gone.

TBH i havent been scared by a film since I seen the ring. Damn my age

It was the same problem with Insidious. Spooky opening half, ridiculous concluding half (astral planing me arse!).

The Conjuring though is worth a look, I think.

beakerjoe

kunst nugget wrote: »

It was the same problem with Insidious. Spooky opening half, ridiculous concluding half (astral planing me arse!).

The Conjuring though is worth a look, I think.

Mama was the same, as soon as you see the "monster" I lose interest.

I suspect the Conjuring is similar but ill give it a bash. I think ill wait for a high ranking score on Rotten Tomatoes til i see another horror flick in the cinema

kunst nugget

beakerjoe wrote: »

Mama was the same, as soon as you see the "monster" I lose interest.

I suspect the Conjuring is similar but ill give it a bash. I think ill wait for a high ranking score on Rotten Tomatoes til i see another horror flick in the cinema

The end of Mama was particularly dumb - how the hell were they going to explain or cover up what happened? And your man wandering around lost in the forest happens to meet up with them just at the right time? Nah…

I've watched pretty much all the mainstream horror movies (and a fair auld batch of the indie ones) and The Conjuring has been the best of the big budget ones to come along in a long, long time.

beakerjoe

kunst nugget wrote: »

The end of Mama was particularly dumb - how the hell were they going to explain or cover up what happened? And your man wandering around lost in the forest happens to meet up with them just at the right time? Nah…

I've watched pretty much all the mainstream horror movies (and a fair auld batch of the indie ones) and The Conjuring has been the best of the big budget ones to come along in a long, long time.

Grand you've sold me on The Conjuring. Last one to give me somewhat the creeps (not much scares) would be The Strangers. Think its the fact that it could actually happen.

Have seen alot and have been disappointed in the last 10 years or so.

dark crystal

kunst nugget wrote: »

It was the same problem with Insidious. Spooky opening half, ridiculous concluding half (astral planing me arse!).

The Conjuring though is worth a look, I think.

See, I thought The Conjuring suffered from the very same last act let down as Insidious and Sinister.

Had it just carried on as a creepy supernatural story the whole way through and not degenerated into the usual schlock shock ending like it did, I would have preferred it. It had the potential to be great, but just turned into an

Exorcist

knock off at the end instead.

I do prefer ghost stories to gory horror and two of my favourites are The Others and Stir of Echoes. The Shining, though, is a bona fide classic.

Loanshark Blues

I remember watching the mini series of The Tommyknockers when I was about 5. Scared the piss out of me..

kunst nugget

dark crystal wrote: »

See, I thought The Conjuring suffered from the very same last act let down as Insidious and Sinister.

Had it just carried on as a creepy supernatural story the whole way through and not degenerated into the usual schlock shock ending like it did, I would have preferred it. It had the potential to be great, but just turned into an

Exorcist

knock off at the end instead.

There was a bit of that to be fair but I thought it handled it deftly enough not to make it a total letdown - I think

possession

was kind of signposted throughout so it wasn't the wtf letdown that the likes of Insidious had.

dark crystal

kunst nugget wrote: »

There was a bit of that to be fair but I thought it handled it deftly enough not to make it a total letdown - I think

possession

was kind of signposted throughout so it wasn't the wtf letdown that the likes of Insidious had.

Yeah, Insidious was goosebumpingly spooky up until the part where the old medium lady appeared and then it went rapidly downhill.

Still, that whole 'tiptoe through the tulips' scene, for me, ranks as one of the creepiest scenes in a horror movie ever, though!

B0jangles

dark crystal wrote: »

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Ooh, you just reminded me, The Dark Crystal is pretty damn disturbing for a puppet film for kids.

dark crystal

B0jangles wrote: »

Ooh, you just reminded me, The Dark Crystal is pretty damn disturbing for a puppet film for kids.

Would you believe, I've never seen it

connollys

Havent read the whole thread so forgive me if already mentioned but El Orfanato is one of the best Ive ever seen. Doesnt rely on cheap just scares, builds tension excellantly.

Jude13

P.Walnuts wrote: »

Can anybody fill me in how this ended, I gave up, still slightly curious...

Please please read it, it is well worth it. The suspense is built up superbly and an eerie ending.

Barna77

Some spoilers out there! :mad:

connollys wrote: »

Havent read the whole thread so forgive me if already mentioned but El Orfanato is one of the best Ive ever seen. Doesnt rely on cheap just scares, builds tension excellantly.

I don't get the fuss about El orfanato... Tomasito is not that scary.

gimli2112

Paranormal Activty 1 scared the shy*e out of me. It wasn't too bad watching it at the time but couldn't get it out of my head for about a week afterwards.

Book would be a short story " The Bogeyman" It was in a book of short stories "Late Shift" ??? or something by Stephen King. Been checking closets before bed ever since.

mathie

Back when I was a student I went interrailling with my now wife and we ended up wandering around Paris on one of our last days before we headed home. We'd been travelling for 3 1/2 months and back in those days internet cafes were few and far between so we'd very little contact with the back home and especially not about cinematic releases.

We stumbled across a small cinema with a bunch of documentaries showing. It all looked incredibly low budget, none of the films had an actor my wife or myself recognised so we picked something at random and in we went.

About eight other people were in the cinema which had a capacity of about 40. "What have I done?" I asked myself. Two hours and a few quid down the drain. But I kept an openmind.

The film started out innocently enough. A few hikers heading off up to the woods. Nothing I hadn't seen before. But this time it was all on camcorder. It sounds stupid but I fuilly believed it was real. We stayed for about 3/4s of the movie but then had to leave out of sheer terror.

The worst for me was the transition from day to night. The relief of the movie entering the day parts and the dread of the night parts where the people were being terrorised by "something".

We both greeted the outside of the cinema with relief. We were in bits.

We then came home and heard that the film was on general release back home. We went to see it again with some friends and it had zero impact on me.

The contrast of the small cinema, where noone made a sound and the belief that the events were real vs the Savoy cinema and a few clowns laughing and relieving tension.

The film? The Blair Witch Project.

DoozerT6

Has anybody mentioned The Human Centipede? SyFy were showing it on rotation a good few months back...I was too chicken to watch it.

Is it as bad/disturbing/gross as I imagine it to be?

BadCharlie

30 Days of Night.
Its not the Scariest movie i have watched but i loved it all the same. Somehow when i watch it, it just looks real "that is what i find so scarie".

westies4ever

mathie wrote: »

Back when I was a student I went interrailling with my now wife and we ended up wandering around Paris on one of our last days before we headed home. We'd been travelling for 3 1/2 months and back in those days internet cafes were few and far between so we'd very little contact with the back home and especially not about cinematic releases.

We stumbled across a small cinema with a bunch of documentaries showing. It all looked incredibly low budget, none of the films had an actor my wife or myself recognised so we picked something at random and in we went.

About eight other people were in the cinema which had a capacity of about 40. "What have I done?" I asked myself. Two hours and a few quid down the drain. But I kept an openmind.

The film started out innocently enough. A few hikers heading off up to the woods. Nothing I hadn't seen before. But this time it was all on camcorder. It sounds stupid but I fuilly believed it was real. We stayed for about 3/4s of the movie but then had to leave out of sheer terror.

The worst for me was the transition from day to night. The relief of the movie entering the day parts and the dread of the night parts where the people were being terrorised by "something".

We both greeted the outside of the cinema with relief. We were in bits.

We then came home and heard that the film was on general release back home. We went to see it again with some friends and it had zero impact on me.

The contrast of the small cinema, where noone made a sound and the belief that the events were real vs the Savoy cinema and a few clowns laughing and relieving tension.

The film? The Blair Witch Project.

funny enough the first time i saw it, it scared the living daylights out of me. i will never forget driving home that night on dark country roads, i was terrified.

it really doesnt stand up to repeat viewings though. have seen it since and it had no effect either.