movies/tv Scariest horror film you have ever seen

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

What is the scariest horror movie you have ever seen and why ?

 

for me it would be The Woman In Black, Dead Birds, and The Decent were all pretty freaky the last two weren't as clever as The Woman In Black but they still made me jump allot, and ya I don't really have good taste in movies

[Jimmy Bronymian 140]

For me, I would say The Blair Witch Project. For some reason that one really got to me, it gave me nightmares for weeks and made me really paranoid at night

[Shankveld 4,949]

It's not horror, but: The Mothman Prophecies

couldn't go to the washroom at night for two weeks after. ~

[GrooveBroove 680]

A good majority of Insidious.

I yelled some expletives a few times.

I'm just not a big scary movie guy, so that movie alone filled a big quota.

[Rainbow Dash Loyalty 1,275]

Quarantine, after watching that movie, I couldn't sleep for weeks without thinking about it xP It's one of the scariest movies I've ever seen in my life!

[One 498]

Justin Bieber Never Say Never has to be the worst horror film of all time! Don't believe me? Then why not watch it, I dare you.

[Nightfall 3,950]

I've seen only two, really... Alien and Aliens.

 

Alien was probably scarier. The fact that it's one alien... Wait... Never mind, watch it on your own. No spoilers here...

[apokatastasis 7]

Well, let's see, I've seen Poltergeist, The Shining, The Ring... I think that's about it. How sad. Of those three, though, eh, the first was probably the scariest.

[MachineGunLola 408]

The Woman In Black, Insidious, Mirrors, Silent Hill, The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, The Descent, Dead Birds, yeah, I watch horror movies all the time, but only a few actually scare me.

^^~

[Jokuc 8,173]

HERE COMES THE HORROR MEGA-FAN!

I don't really think many moves has scared me at all. I watch way too much horror to even react anymore.

 

The Woman In Black, Insidious, Mirrors, Silent Hill, The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, The Descent, Dead Birds, yeah, I watch horror movies all the time, but only a few actually scare me.

^^~

 

Insidious was good at the start then it started to suck.

 

The Grudge

..Which one? There are 9 of them.

Most people have only seen the American remake (facehoof /)_- ), so I guess that is the one you have seen?

 

"Rosemary's Baby" is a classic creepy horror movie. It doesn't really scare me anymore as it did long ago when I first watched it, but that is because of the reason I said a few lines up, I watch way too much horror to even react anymore. I remember that The Strangers scared the shit out of my little sister when I showed it to her. Haha!

 

The movies [REC] and [REC]2 scared my friends alot when I showed them. We sometimes have horror movie nights where I fix the movies since they know I have over 1000 horror films and know what scares them and what is good. Haha

 

Oh by the way, if any of you ponies wants to ask me about horror movies I gladly help! I have seen the most stuff.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Mr. Pillow

[Twiliscael 3,960]

I actually haven't seen many horror movies despite my love for being freaked out. Instead I read creepypasta and play Slender when I want a good scare.

[LunaShy 168]

Paranormal activity

 

 

The Descent

 

Both movies are terrifying, especially in theators man i couldnt sleep after paranormal

[MallaJong1 202]

The Experiment (inspired by the Stanford University Prison Experiments) was psychologically horrifying for me and had me think about the essence of the human mind and its tendencies to self-destruct.

I've heard The Exorcist is the rated the scariest movie in film history. I have not seen it, though.

Child's Play is the reason my little sister, to this day, is still scared of dolls (she turns 15 in a few days).

I enjoy a good horror flick, so not much scares me. Though I do remember the recent Chernobyl Diaries had a very horrifying setting. The setting is what truly made the film. A post-nuclear radiated Ukraine that has been abandoned by society,

[Moon Rat 4,772]

I'm gonna have to say that Paranormal Activity scared the living daylights out of me

 

I couldn't sleep for the next 3 nights (which isn't so bad but still, it's precious sleep)

[Ol' Sarge 885]

Wow, you guys need to Netflix / You Tube some of the classics! Try The Exorcist (the original), The Shining, The Omen, It, Psycho. Not that is really anything wrong with some of the offerings today, but in a world that had no real special effects, they had to rely on the story and the suspense. Too much nowadays they rely on scare tactics and gore.

[Cynic 336]

Well, I don't watch many horror movies, but Paranormal Activity freaked me out for a bit. I'd say that was probably the scariest I've watched.

[Magicon 468]

I'm not a big fan of horror but when I do watch it I want suspense and thriller rather than just scare tactics and I hate gore. The exorcist gave me nightmares for two weeks. It was a messed up movie, but it was really good. Psycho is one of my favs simply because it's a classic. I like Blair With and Paranormal Activity (which is currently my favorite). So, yeah...

[Cherry Blossom 864]

I would have to say the Ju-on Grudge and paranormal activity. Those two movies made me a pretty paranoid person when it comes to demons and evil spirits. Sometimes I find japanese horror movies scarier than the ones in america, then again the last part of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was just bloodcurdling.

Edited July 26, 2012 by SnowPegasus

[SrFrog 927]

"Poison for the Fairies" and all through the film the scenes build for the final climax, with only minimal ambiance music to go along with it. So it kind of sticks with ya' after it ends but only if you don't question it.

[Jokuc 8,173]

The Experiment (inspired by the Stanford University Prison Experiments) was psychologically horrifying for me and had me think about the essence of the human mind and its tendencies to self-destruct.

I've heard The Exorcist is the rated the scariest movie in film history. I have not seen it, though.

Child's Play is the reason my little sister, to this day, is still scared of dolls (she turns 15 in a few days).

I enjoy a good horror flick, so not much scares me. Though I do remember the recent Chernobyl Diaries had a very horrifying setting. The setting is what truly made the film. A post-nuclear radiated Ukraine that has been abandoned by society,

 

Yeah many people rates The Exorcist as the scariest movie ever because of the simple reason that they DO NOT WATCH MANY HORROR MOVIES and they have heard from others that it is so scary. The Exorcist is not scary at all. It have just gotten it's lame rumor to be so scary. The movie is good though so you should definately check it out. It's a film everyone should have seen.

 

The rumors with The Exorcist is pretty much the same that happened with the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". To explain what I mean here I'll tell something that happened in Sweden. The movie was originally released 1974 in USA, but it wasn't shown in Sweden until 2000. Why? Because of "Chainsaw Massacre" in the name, people thought the movie were going to be super-brutal and full of blood and gore. (Which isn't the case since it only contains one "bloody" scene where a guy cuts himself) Anyways, without even watching the movie themselves, the persons who decided which movies that would make it to the cinema, said that it "was too brutal" to be Shown in the theatres. After the theatre-ban people started to make rumors that it was the most disgusting movie ever and etc. After just some days hte movie got banned in the whole country. This happened in alot of other countries too. The rumors spread across the world and the movie were banned everywhere. Heck, look at the UK, they didn't get the movie until 2010. After some years in Sweden people started to get their VHS verisions of the terrifying movie. They thought - because of the rumors - that the movie were going to make them shit themselves. But no. They got disappointed because it wasn't what they had heard.

 

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I'm gonna have to say that Paranormal Activity scared the living daylights out of me

 

I couldn't sleep for the next 3 nights (which isn't so bad but still, it's precious sleep)

 

Well, I don't watch many horror movies, but Paranormal Activity freaked me out for a bit. I'd say that was probably the scariest I've watched.

 

I would have to say the Ju-on Grudge and paranormal activity. Those two movies made me a pretty paranoid person when it comes to demons and evil spirits. Sometimes I find japanese horror movies scarier than the ones in america, then again the last part of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was just bloodcurdling.

 

Paranormal activity

 

The Descent

 

Both movies are terrifying, especially in theators man i couldnt sleep after paranormal

 

I'm not a big fan of horror but when I do watch it I want suspense and thriller rather than just scare tactics and I hate gore. The exorcist gave me nightmares for two weeks. It was a messed up movie, but it was really good. Psycho is one of my favs simply because it's a classic. I like Blair With and Paranormal Activity (which is currently my favorite). So, yeah...

 

I can't see why people think Paranormal Activity is so scary. I think it is pretty lame actually. The movie is way overrated too.

 

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Wow, you guys need to Netflix / You Tube some of the classics! Try The Exorcist (the original), The Shining, The Omen, It, Psycho. Not that is really anything wrong with some of the offerings today, but in a world that had no real special effects, they had to rely on the story and the suspense. Too much nowadays they rely on scare tactics and gore.

 

The Shining, The Omen, IT and Psycho <3 How I love them! "...HEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!" ..That line is just brilliant.

Well I should have posted those along with alot of others if this thread was "greatest horror movies". But this thread is about the scariest and honestly I don't find any of them that scary . They are very good movies though. The Exorcist is for me one of the most overrated horror movies ever. It was good but not scary at all and I got sick of all "the power of christ.. blah blah blah"-talk. I get annoyed when movies has TOO much religion talk in it.

 

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Speaking of good horror movies, here are some other ones I like.

(NOTE: I do these in my head and I don't remember every good move)

 

Halloween (1978)

Friday the 13th Part I (1980)---

Friday the 13th Part II (1981)----> These three are the best in the series imo.

Friday the 13th Part III(1982)---/

(Friday the 13th Part V (1985) and Friday the 13th Part VI (1986) are actually quite OK too.)

The Thing (1984)

Nosferatu (1922)

Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979) (Yes it is spelled with an Y instead of I)

Salem's Lot (1979)

Ringu (1998)

The Ring (2002)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Alien (1979)

Aliens (1986)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Suspiria (1977)

Hellraiser (1987)

American Psycho (2000)

Scream (1996)

Saw (2004)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Amytyville Horror (1979) (I actually saw this one like one week ago, I had seen it before that though)

Carrie (1976)

Black Christmas (1974)

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

[PlunderSteed 1,252]

Awesome topic is awesome

 

My favorites, in no particular order:

 

Alien (1979)...the stark setting, the somber mood, the dystopian "mega corporation", and the HOLY-SHIT-FUCK-WHAT-IS-THAT-THING?!?

 

28 Days Later (2002)...the overwhelming sense of despair, tempered by shades of hope. Also, biological weapons *shudder*

 

The Cell (2000)...very imaginative visuals, creepy antagonist

 

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)...hands down, the most loveable and diabolical villain I've ever seen!

[XrosOver 613]

I may be a horror lightweight but after living in Japan and taking residence in a house similar to the Grudges it messes with your mind....(if it wasn't obvious the Grudge was my pick)

[Ol' Sarge 885]

 

The Shining, The Omen, IT and Psycho <3 How I love them! "...HEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!" ..That line is just brilliant.

Well I should have posted those along with alot of others if this thread was "greatest horror movies". But this thread is about the scariest and honestly I don't find any of them that scary . They are very good movies though. The Exorcist is for me one of the most overrated horror movies ever. It was good but not scary at all and I got sick of all "the power of christ.. blah blah blah"-talk. I get annoyed when movies has TOO much religion talk in it.

 

Ahhh, but the OP asked what was the scariest horror movie YOU have ever seen. That opens it up to personal opinion. Just because you don't find the Exorcist scary, doesn't mean nobody should. My wife for example is so scarred by that movie, she cannot even watch an advertisement for it without turning away.

 

I do agree with some of your honorable mentions: Nightmare on Elm Street did scare me pretty good the first time I saw it.

[Jokuc 8,173]

Ahhh, but the OP asked what was the scariest horror movie YOU have ever seen. That opens it up to personal opinion. Just because you don't find the Exorcist scary, doesn't mean nobody should. My wife for example is so scarred by that movie, she cannot even watch an advertisement for it without turning away.

 

I do agree with some of your honorable mentions: Nightmare on Elm Street did scare me pretty good the first time I saw it.

 

Reminds me of my mother, I showed her a movie (I don't remember the name atm, but it was something with weird creatures in a forest) she got so scared she litereally started to cry afterwards. She gets scared of anything though.. Edited July 26, 2012 by Mr. Pillow

[Mudkip 100]

I'm not sure if anyone here has seen or even heard of this movie. Its called "Abominable" It take place in I believe the Adirondacks or Catskills Mtns. Its about this guy who recently lost his wife in a ski accident. He goes camping with his nurse (he became handicap during the accident). Later the night his camp gets terrorized by a huge I sasquatch like thing (yes i know it sounds like a B-movie).

It actually was a good movie and I recommend watching it but you won't want to go outside for weeks even if you live in the city. I think its by Stephan King.