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Author Topic: Scariest Movie (Scenes) Hillary Charles Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 748 From: York, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-28-2003 04:18 PM                     That was another magic moment in the 1978 "Invasion..." For me, the dog scene was made weirder with that (banjo?) music. One of the Simpsons Halloween episodes included that scene.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-28-2003 10:09 PM                        I think the movie that "creeps me out" the most is Hitchcock's "The Birds." Mostly because there is NO happy ending and NO explanation for what happens. Every time I see a whole lot of birds sitting on a wire, I think of that movie. The "score" of the movie is also very haunting. (No music -- just bird sounds.)  |  IP: Logged Steven Privett Expert Film Handler Posts: 208 From: Pasadena, TX, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 10-28-2003 11:01 PM                    What's scary is I was just having this conversation today. "Trilogy Of Terror" was awfully scary. My parents let me watch that at tender young age. With Karen black and that little Zulu doll. "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory" The scene where they are going through that tunnel. One moment they are laughing and enjoying chocolate rivers and candy. The next, they are being scared for their lives in a psychodelic tunnel as Willy rants a chilling poem. I found a wav file of that poem online. You should too.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 10-28-2003 11:09 PM                  Steven, great choice! Whenever I see Karen Black (Jason's sister ---they look alike) in a film, I think of that short! VERY well done! >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 10-31-2003 07:55 PM                     Two movies come to my mind that scared me so much as a youngster that I couldn`t watch them any longer: 1. SOLARIS by Andrej Tarkowskij - nothing offensive, but the idea that the whole planet was a kind of brain sending ghosts to that lonely astronaut created an unbelievable claustrophobic tension for me - would like to see it in a theatre again. 2. NIGHT OF THE DEMON - when Dana Andrews searchs the mansion of the film´s villain, he descends a stairway into the hall, and just when he is out of frame, a hand grabs the bannister in that wide-angle shot - I jumped out of my seat even this year while watching the DVD... That POLTERGEIST kitchen scene which Bobby Henderson mentioned is one of my favourites, too.  |  IP: Logged Jesse August Film Handler Posts: 58 From: Vancouver British Columbia Registered: Jul 2003 posted 10-31-2003 08:30 PM                     How about the scene from Deliverance when Ned Beatty squeals like a pig for the mountain man? Just kidding, the only thing to scare me is my new photo to your left. I knew it looked creepy, but not that creepy. I will have to submit something a little more suitable. Jesse  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-31-2003 10:36 PM                        I remember the movie "The First Power" scaring the heck out of me when I was starting off as a projectionist....... (It was with Lou Diamond Phillips)  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-01-2003 07:34 AM                        The Ring freaks the hell out of me, just thinking about it. I too remember The Bugs, freaky show. I loved Soylent Green... "its made of people" or in the future simpsons world "soylent green, now with more girls". Dave  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 11-01-2003 08:52 AM                        Are you guys sure "The Bugs" wasn't actually "They Live"?? I have seen the movie you speak of several times, but I thought the movie was called "They Live", and I think the word they write on the wall is "We Live". Anyway... I have been to a lot of horror movies, and even some regular ones, and usually the only thing that freaks me out is what I call the jump scenes. Take the movie "The Bone Collector" for example... Denzel Washington is doing his whole speaking in quiet tones bit, and suddenly the SWAT team arrives and the door of the truck bangs open. That one can still get me even when I know its coming... Things like that I like, but they are more startling than scary. I have enver seen Jaws in the theater. I remember when it came here that summer - it had to have been in the theater for at least 2 months here, but I never went to see it because I thought it was stupid (Junior High School). I have since seen it many times and think its a good movie, but Deep Blue Sea is better. I think the only horror movie that officially creeped me out was the original Nightmare on Elm Street. I think I had the willies for 2 weeks after that one. 6th row center in the theater, sitting behind a group of girls I didn't even know, but they were passing the bottle and sharing. I think if I hadn't have been have tanked when I saw it I really would have been messed up. It came it a time where just about every horror movie on the planet had a "been there, done that" kind of thing going. It was a totally new concept, and I clearly remember that by the end of the movie we didn't know if we were awake or asleep - the first couple times they made that metal-on-metal kind of fingernails on the chalkboard sound was good enough for goosebumps. I had gone to the late show, and I remember when I got home that night and was fumbling to put the key in the lock, the neighbor's dog moved or something and its chain jingled... All the hair stood up on the back of my neck and I had goosebumps the size of trucks! Noises in the dark like that bothered me for at least a week after that. Of course all the sequels suffered from "been there, done that" syndrome, and you pretty much knew what was going to happen the whole time... they didn't make them any scarier, just grosser.... to me, gross is not scary. I know that Rachel was terrified of Willie WOnka as a child (I think her brother forced her to watch it) and I still can't get her to watch it today...  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 11-02-2003 09:48 PM                     The scene in the Twilight Zone(original series) where the human guy realizes what "How to serve Man" really means.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-03-2003 01:53 AM                        I'll go with The Innocents & The Uninvited. Two movies that just creep you out.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 11-03-2003 10:21 PM                     quote: I know that Rachel was terrified of Willie WOnka as a child (I think her brother forced her to watch it) and I still can't get her to watch it today... Thanks, I really appreciate you telling everyone that! But yep, now that its out...that would be #1.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-03-2003 10:30 PM                        For a small child, films depicting loss of a parent or pet can be very upsetting. Titles that come to mind are "Bambi", "The Lion King", and "Old Yeller". These films can make an audience of children cry during the scenes of loss.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-03-2003 10:32 PM                        I'm thinking Children of the Corn. Something about that Malakai (sp?) fella creeped me out. I can't really think of a flick that's ever really scared me too bad.. And, just for the record, my sister is Katie.. not Karen.. close but no cookie..  |  IP: Logged Aldo Baez Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 11-04-2003 01:03 AM                    When I was with my girlfriend a few years back when the exorcist was re-released I decided to watch it with her after we had closed.. It was about 3am when we started it in a dark totally empty theatre and surrounding streets. Man that was scary (it was the first time watching it for both of us.) The part in the re-release where they had the face on the cupboard nearly made me pee my pants. After the movie was over we pretty much ran out of the booth and theatre.  |  IP: Logged

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