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

[dougb1946]

I found the matter of fact violence to POWs really disturbing in "Unbroken". It is done so casually that you just accept it and don't really react until you have time to think about it and realize that the movie is understating the violence, that it really happened, and you may know people who were victims. I had a neighbor who made the walk up the Bataan Peninsula.

That being said, the movie that was scariest for me was "Ammie Come Home" based on the book, same title. You don't want to read this book after dark, especially in an older house. Not violent, not bloody, just spooky.

 

[snubbyfan]

Living in small town West Virginia, near a river.
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[Skeet 028]

My Father in Law scared the bejeebers out of me.He fought with the British Commandos for 4 yrs prior to D Day. He truly had been a stone cold killer with them. We were sitting around one day having a drink(he lived with us for his last 7 years). Said..you know what my favorite weapon was when I was with the Brits...Course I said no..what?? He kinda giggled and said..that they gave him a machete bout two feet long almost a 1/4 inch thick at the back..sharp as you could make it..Had a D handle..giggled again kinda spooky like then said..cut a man clean in half with that. Scared the cr*p out of me..He was serious...and I was living in the same house with him and married to his daughter!! Sometime later he said that the really spooky ones were the Sihks they had in the commando groups. He also told me a lot more stories. And these were remembrances of fact. He did not embellish. 2 Bronze Stars Silver Star French Croix de Guerre He was a REAL deal

 

[the ringo kid]

Entertained ?I spent $4.00 on the movie ticket and $6.00 on new Fruit of the Looms. Yea I was entertained all right. lol

When that movie was on--so was: The Big Red One--on another movie channel. I didnt have control of the remote--so I missed Lee Marvin kicking German butts. ill take a good war movie over horror stuff anytime.

 

[the ringo kid]

"Nightmare on Elm Street" scared me a bit when I was a kid. I did have issues with nightmares and that movie did not help.

I'm grown up now, and don't get phased by any of that foolishness.

The original Jaws--did that samething to me.I was six at the time and saw it in the threater.It scared the beJesus out of me. The first scenes where the female swimmer gets bumped,then nabbed and dragged back and fourth--The next scene that I remember that got to me was when some kids leg got gnawed off--then when they were all out searching for the shark--that scene where a diver is looking at a hole in a boat that was sunk--out pops a head with an eye hanging by a tendon.

End of long story--at home--my bedroom door was cocked open about 5 inches--so the nightlight would shine in enough to see the door to go use the restroom. However,the top of the ajar door-made a shark fin shaped shadow on the wall--thanks to the nightlight. My bed was maybe six or so feet from that door and waking up seeing that--would make me go into a cold sweat.

 

[the ringo kid]

I think we've left the scary phase of the thread and now we're off with the entertaining ones?

BTW, the scariest part of Alien was the guy alone and looking for the cat. Once again psychological horror well done.

That guy was: Harry Dean Stanton. Ive seen him in many movies--but nothing like him in Alien.

 

[the ringo kid]

I take it you are not a fan of Gen. Sheraton?

W.T.Sherman. Im not a big fan of his either even though ive read that he had Southern sympathies.

 

[the ringo kid]

Living in small town West Virginia, near a river.
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Gee,when posting that--WHY---does dueling banjos come to mind?

 

[Skeet 028]

W.T.Sherman. Im not a big fan of his either even though ive read that he had Southern sympathies.

Yeah..he had southern sympathies. He musta hated the south..

 

[snubbyfan]

Gee,when posting that--WHY---does dueling banjos come to mind?

Who's pickin' a banjo?
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Jest fer good measure.
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[the ringo kid]

Yeah..he had southern sympathies. He musta hated the south..

No--he actually liked the south. This is akin to his internal feelings about going against something he liked. Robert E.Lee did the same thing when he went along with Virginia--instead of the union.

Whether the thing about Sherman is revisionist history or not? I cant say BUT--I can say that he was also a guest of honor at a major Confederate soldiers reunion one year.If he was so hated? or hated the South so much?I highly doubt he would have been asked to attend.

Also,most folks out there--do not realize that Confederate general: Nathan Bedford Forrest--was a guest of honor for the organization that one day--would become the naacp. The lady in charge asked him to speak at their gathering--I forget which year? and the lady presented him with a rose--and he kissed her cheek.

Back to scary--or flat out--disgusting gore movies.I have an extreme distaste for those wrong turn movies.

 

[Murphy's Law]

You kidding me, "Predator" hands own. Jumped out of my chair and least 5 times! That's how I judge a scary movie.

 

[Arik]

Teletubies!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Teletubies!

Imagine being chased by Dipsey.

 

[the ringo kid]

Imagine being chased by Dipsey.

Or worse yet: Barney and Pee Wee Herman.

 

[SC_Mike]

Anything on MST3K.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I gotta fess up. As a 6 year old, in a small English village, I had never seen a movie. My mom and I walked to the square to the cinema. The screen was huge to me and the film in color no less.

I was awe struck. It made such an impact on me that it is etched in my memory. I was in heaven. My joy turned to fright. The movie was "Bambi". When Bambi's father was killed I cried. When the forest caught fire I buried my face in mom's lap.

It was a lot for a kid to take with no experience with tv(we didn't own one yet) much less wide screen.

I was shaken. I didn't want to sleep alone. Dad said "come along boy, I know what will help".

We walked to the corner pub. Dad stood me on a chair and gave me my first dart lesson. He gave me a small shandy(ginger ale & beer) to sip on. All was right with the world. The beginning of a long pub love affair.

I miss my dad.

 

[soFlaNative]

Eh......er.......eh?

At least you're big enough to admit you "like" it.
Thank you.
Sorry about you skipping you're next meal

 

[Smith357]

Let's keep it Family Friendly boys.

 

[soFlaNative]

Let's keep it Family Friendly boys.

Beg pardon.
Will do.

 

[snubbyfan]

Let's keep it Family Friendly boys.

And supper friendly.

 

[ACORN]

Caltiki, The Immortal Monster. I think I was five when I saw it. About a blob that eats your skin off and spits out the skeleton. Everything after that seemed tame.

I saw that when I was in grade school. It scared the tar out of me!

 

[BearBio]

I don't watch 'horror' movies, finding them not at all entertaining, so I haven't see a movie of that genre lately.

The last movie that truly scared me was the first 'Alien' movie. it was a masterpiece. You never really saw the alien until the very end. It was a GOOD movie, directed by the extremely talented Ridley Scott.

The most amazing thing about 'Alien' was that the sequel 'Aliens' was arguably better, but not really too scary. More action oriented. It made the cover of Time magazine, and that is saying something, I think.

The first one was a Gothic horror story set in space and the second was a wild west shoot-em-up.

I turn 65 next month. My wife and some of her friends love horror movies (maybe "gorror movie" is more correct). She and several of these friends majored in English and several are published authors. Together they form one of the local writing clubs. I "asked" (challenged them?) to each write me a Gothic "horror" story for my birthday in their favorite genre. One will be sci-fi soft porn, one will be a Civil War story, one will be a Startrek novel/novella. This is based on what these women like to write. My wife writes poetry and has promised me something along the lines of Poe's "Ligeia". I'll let you know how they turn out.

 

[sigp220.45]

I'm with Snubby on this one. I went into the theater a 13 year old lad with plans to be a paleontologist, and came out with one thought: I need a job where I can have a gun ALL THE TIME. And the die was cast.......

The three amigos in happier pre-hillbilly times:

 

[e3mrk]

the original House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price.
The basement scene where the Girl goes into the closet and turns around to see that creepy old woman about a foot away from Her.
I have seen that Movie about a hundred times and I know what is going to happen and when it will happen but it still makes Me jump. As a Kid I was really afraid to go in Our basement at night because of that Movie.

 

[reddogge]

Not a horror movie per se but I once saw a movie on a tour bus going to Yellowstone and it was about the caldera under Yellowstone exploding and what happens to the world. Based on fact and it scared the crappe out of me. Can't remember the title though.

 

[Club Gun Fan]

Any movie with Adrienne Barbeau. Nuf said!

 

[Skeet 028]

Not a horror movie per se but I once saw a movie on a tour bus going to Yellowstone and it was about the caldera under Yellowstone exploding and what happens to the world. Based on fact and it scared the crappe out of me. Can't remember the title though.

Oh Thanks reddogge...It's only 60 miles from where I live..Nightmare tonight!!

Ah The Fog...Nice rememberance there gun club fan. It was a little bit spooky too.

 

[LL617]

The Haunting of Hill House [the original]. No special effects, really. Just angles, music, and sounds that trigger your own imagination. Scariest movie ever!

 

[Club Gun Fan]

Oh Thanks reddogge...It's only 60 miles from where I live..Nightmare tonight!!

Ah The Fog...Nice rememberance there gun club fan. It was a little bit spooky too.

Remember SWAMP THING? I do!