Movies that scare ya. I mean really SCARE you to the core?

[policerevolvercollector]

"Gaslight": no gore, no violence. Just Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotton, masterful black-and-white cinematography, and steadily building tension and fear. A masterpiece.

Paula , surely you remember don't you? There is no party tonight.......

Additon to my earlier post: favorite vampire films

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067490/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/?ref_=nv_sr_3

Neither of these were made in the standard mold. In fact, in The Night Stalker, no one actually believed in vampires until the final reel. Darren McGavin's character is just about getting the big story that will get him a better job and if he can humiliate the powers that be that exiled him to a minor paper in the meantime all the better. The last few minutes in the movie when Kolchak is inside the vampire's house are some of the scariest ever put on film. The vampire is a 73 year old wealthy Romanian nobleman with a great backstory!

 

[radar1972]

My older kids were freaked out by the clown under the bed in "Poltergeist".

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

Marathon Man

 

[BearBio]

I agree with "Gaslight." I'm not sure I'd say "scarey" as much as "intense."

I remember seeing one that I think was called "Cyclops" when I was a kid. That one scared me, but I really don't remember why.

The Wizard of Oz also scared the snot out of me as a kid. Not the ever popular flying monkies though. It was those XXXXX talking trees, throwing things and grabbing at people. I'd never seen any monkeys where I lived, riding, walking or flying, but I'd sure seen trees.

Play Misty for Me. My favorite Clint Eastwood movie. Totally out of character for him, but that crazy gal (Jessica Walter) scared me half to death.

I met a girl like that one time. My mom and I were watching "Play Misty" and she turned to me and asked "Remind you of anyone?" Funny-she had never met her-just talked to her on the phone!

 

[the ringo kid]

I cant believe that nobody has mentioned those Hannibal Lector movies? I never saw the 2nd, but only about 30-45 mins of the first one. We had to attend a Shift Meeting and the supervisors wanted us to watch the first Lector movie. Of a room with around 110 officers in it, most left with in about 20 minutes,I left at somewhere between 30-45 minutes.

 

[policerevolvercollector]

I cant believe that nobody has mentioned those Hannibal Lector movies? I never saw the 2nd, but only about 30-45 mins of the first one. We had to attend a Shift Meeting and the supervisors wanted us to watch the first Lector movie. Of a room with around 110 officers in it, most left with in about 20 minutes,I left at somewhere between 30-45 minutes.

Let me see if I remember the order:

1) Manhunter

2) Silence of the Lambs
3) Red Dragon

Is that correct?

 

[BC38]

I haven't seen a movie in the last 35+ years that scared me. A few surprise GOTCHA scenes have made me jump, and a few gory scenes that have made me flinch. But as far as being truly frightened by a movie - hasn't happened since I was on junior high, and probably ain't gonna happen...

 

[mc5aw]

Only two films ever frightened me ... "The Shining" (I still cannot watch the twins), and "Se7en" where Kevin Spacey is exceptionally evil.

 

[OMCHamlin]

2016, Obama's Amerika

 

[walkin jack]

Just remembered one more The Attack of the Killer Shrews. Those were some persistent little dodgers!!! The escape scene is about all I remember of it by now but that is enough.

 

[the ringo kid]

Let me see if I remember the order:

1) Manhunter

2) Silence of the Lambs
3) Red Dragon

Is that correct?

Thanks for the reminder. Nr dos it is. Ive never heard of the other two.

 

[the ringo kid]

More I remember---were the "It" and "It Lives" movies. Such in bad taste for a movie.

 

[Teddydog]

For me, there were a couple that really stayed with me as a young teen:

1) The Blob
2) The Thing (the early 80's one). Literally gave me nightmares for a good long time.

I had one other that I recalled while reading the thread but can't think of it right now.


Rob

 

[RonJ]

When I was little, it was Frankensteins Monster, the Mummy and the Werewolf. Dracula had me checking under the bed every night. Universal Pictures had great monsters. I still like the original Lon Chaney Jr. werewolf.
Heck, at that age even the campy Japanese monsters scared me. Rodan and Godzilla accounted for streaks in my underwear, I'm almost sure.

 

[finesse_r]

Let me see if I remember the order:

1) Manhunter

2) Silence of the Lambs
3) Red Dragon

Is that correct?

No. Manhunter and Red Dragon are the same movie, under different names.

There are four movies Around Hannibal

1. Hannibal Rising – (Hannibal as a child in Europe)
2. Manhunter and Red Dragon (These are the same movie & the best of the bunch)
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Hannibal

 

[DeathGrip]

Mommie Dearest.

 

[Bozz10mm]

"The Exorcist" scared the tar out of me. I had to sleep with the light on that night. And I was 25 years old. I guess the next scariest was "Poltergeist", but not enough to make me want to leave the light on.

 

[policerevolvercollector]

No. Manhunter and Red Dragon are the same movie, under different names.

There are four movies Around Hannibal

1. Hannibal Rising – (Hannibal as a child in Europe)
2. Manhunter and Red Dragon (These are the same movie & the best of the bunch)
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Hannibal

I remember Manhunter because the "prison" where Hannibal Lector (Brian Cox) was housed is an art museum here in Atlanta! William Peterson (later of C.S.I. fame) was Jack Crawford & he carried a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Spl. loaded w/ Glasers. They actually worked that into the dialog.

 

[RonJ]

I think Silence of the Lambs is the best movie, but Red Dragon is the best book. Dollarhyde was a better villain than the almost campy Hannibal Lector (in the movies) but the script and acting made up for him. Buffalo Bill was also scarier than Lector.

 

[walkin jack]

"The Exorcist" scared the tar out of me. I had to sleep with the light on that night. And I was 25 years old. I guess the next scariest was "Poltergeist", but not enough to make me want to leave the light on.

One of my favorite movie scenes from any movie was at the end of the original Poltergeist where Craig T. Nelson yanks the motel room door open and shoves the little tv on the roller stand out the door with extreme prejudice and then straightens up look around does a fist-pump kind a thing and then goes back inside the motel room and slams the door. It was just very cool.