scary movies

[grannywils]

There's no such thing as a scary hollywood movie :teehee:

I would disagree, but only to say that I haven't seen a good scary movie come from Hollywood in a long time.

Some older films still hold up extremely well, though; have you ever watched Wait Until Dark (Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, et al.)?

Have you ever watched Marathon Man (Dustin Hoffmann, Sir Lawrence Olivier, et al.)?

Both of those are incredible... scary, suspenseful, and without relying on gore-factor for their chills. ;)

 

Those were both good ones. I prefer that type of suspense too. Don't much go for the gore or blood and guts. :ohdear:

[Deleted472477User]

There's no such thing as a scary hollywood movie :teehee:

If you want real horror, (apart from snuff films), watch the August Underground Trilogy. It's the most disturbing thing you'll see other than genuine snuff films.

Don't click on the link if you are overly sensitive.

 

These films are amongst the few I won't touch, mostly because I don't know how I'll feel about myself or how I'll feel inside after watching them. I don't object to them, it's more I'm in a weird space emotionally lately and don't think I should watch them. I do know some of the stuff that happens, so this isn't a totally blind decision.

 

A few other extreme films I won't touch:

 

Men Behind the Sun

Nekromantik

Cannibal Holocaust

Cannibal Ferox

 

otherwise, I love horror. I've watched scary films since I was four years old, I'm made of pretty strong stuff, but I know my own limits.

 

Also, I nominate Requiem for a Dream as scariest non-horror film. Any film with *addiction* as the protagonist is damned disturbing.

 

As for favorites:

 

The Thing (1982 version)

Event Horizon

Frozen (the idea of heights + stranded = scared crapless Nyx)

The Descent (without the sanitized happy ending)

Slither, more because it makes me laugh than scares me

Edited October 8, 2011 by nyxalinth

[BareFootScholar]

There's no such thing as a scary hollywood movie :teehee:

If you want real horror, (apart from snuff films), watch the August Underground Trilogy. It's the most disturbing thing you'll see other than genuine snuff films.

Don't click on the link if you are overly sensitive.

 

These films are amongst the few I won't touch, mostly because I don't know how I'll feel about myself or how I'll feel inside after watching them. I don't object to them, it's more I'm in a weird space emotionally lately and don't think I should watch them. I do know some of the stuff that happens, so this isn't a totally blind decision.

 

A few other extreme films I won't touch:

 

Men Behind the Sun

Nekromantik

Cannibal Holocaust

Cannibal Ferox

 

otherwise, I love horror. I've watched scary films since I was four years old, I'm made of pretty strong stuff, but I know my own limits.

 

Also, I nominate Requiem for a Dream as scariest non-horror film. Any film with *addiction* as the protagonist is damned disturbing.

 

As for favorites:

 

The Thing (1982 version)

Event Horizon

Frozen (the idea of heights + stranded = scared crapless Nyx)

The Descent (without the sanitized happy ending)

Slither, more because it makes me laugh than scares me

 

Haha :tongue: Exploitation films don't bother me much, my step-dad used to make me watch snuff-films, so I'm desensitized now.

I've seen Cannibal Holocaust and Men Behind the Sun. Men Behind the Sun was very much similar to the Guinea Pig series, but not as twisted and strange.

But August Underground I think is still worse than any of them.

 

Tis best you don't watch them :tongue: I like that you are sensible.

 

Requiem for a Dream is probably my favorite film, up there with Pulp Fiction, Pan's Labyrinth and Fight Club :happy:

[Deleted472477User]

 

Haha :tongue: Exploitation films don't bother me much, my step-dad used to make me watch snuff-films, so I'm desensitized now.

I've seen Cannibal Holocaust and Men Behind the Sun. Men Behind the Sun was very much similar to the Guinea Pig series, but not as twisted and strange.

But August Underground I think is still worse than any of them.

 

Tis best you don't watch them :tongue: I like that you are sensible.

 

Requiem for a Dream is probably my favorite film, up there with Pulp Fiction, Pan's Labyrinth and Fight Club :happy:

 

A lot of it for me is animal cruelty. Men Behind the Sun had live animals die in it, as did the cannibal films. This isn't an issue of me valuing animal life over human. It's more knowing that after filming the movies, no matter how gruesome they got, the humans got up, washed off the fake blood, and went home. The animals didn't have that. So it's harder for me knowing they died for the film, as opposed to being used for food or other survival reasons.

 

Mind, when it comes to books, I have a much higher tolerance. Ed Lee writes some very good stuff, but the really good stuff isn't sold at Barnes and Noble. You have to get it online.

[BareFootScholar]

 

 

A lot of it for me is animal cruelty. Men Behind the Sun had live animals die in it, as did the cannibal films. This isn't an issue of me valuing animal life over human. It's more knowing that after filming the movies, no matter how gruesome they got, the humans got up, washed off the fake blood, and went home. The animals didn't have that. So it's harder for me knowing they died for the film, as opposed to being used for food or other survival reasons.

 

Mind, when it comes to books, I have a much higher tolerance. Ed Lee writes some very good stuff, but the really good stuff isn't sold at Barnes and Noble. You have to get it online.

 

I had the very same issue. Animals have no clue what is going on, and they are so much more innocent than any human.

 

Have you read Salo by Marquis De Sade? I think that would have to be the most disturbing book written by the most depraved genius I've ever read :tongue:

[Deleted472477User]

 

 

A lot of it for me is animal cruelty. Men Behind the Sun had live animals die in it, as did the cannibal films. This isn't an issue of me valuing animal life over human. It's more knowing that after filming the movies, no matter how gruesome they got, the humans got up, washed off the fake blood, and went home. The animals didn't have that. So it's harder for me knowing they died for the film, as opposed to being used for food or other survival reasons.

 

Mind, when it comes to books, I have a much higher tolerance. Ed Lee writes some very good stuff, but the really good stuff isn't sold at Barnes and Noble. You have to get it online.

 

I had the very same issue. Animals have no clue what is going on, and they are so much more innocent than any human.

 

Have you read Salo by Marquis De Sade? I think that would have to be the most disturbing book written by the most depraved genius I've ever read :tongue:

 

I haven't yet. But I've heard stories. If you can stomach Salo, do look for Teratologist or Brain Cheese Buffet. Charlee Jacobs' Dread in the Beast is outstanding, too.

 

 

Also, I'm dying to see the Thing prequel coming out on Friday, but I'm dead broke. I want to see if it does the original justice.

[marharth]

I have never liked the horror genre.

[Nintii]

Generally I hate horror films but recently four of us lay huddled under the blankets screaming like little girls when we watched a really old flick called Phantasm ... I hate horror films with mirrors in them ... you look in the cupboard and then close the door and then *all fall down* in the reflection behind you .................... !