Favorite Scary Movie?

[Marino]

Now that we are in October I was wondering, what is everyone's favorite movie?

For me it is the original Halloween, just a classic.

[Blzer]

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Either I have low standards or other movies just didn't scare me much, but the only movie that ever really scared was The Ring. Don't really know if it's my favorite scary movie... then again, I've never really been afraid of other movies before, so I don't know if others count.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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I never liked The Ring...that whole thing with the horses...just lame to me, I never even understood how they put that together. I've seen it a couple of times and just get bored or something.

Scream was pretty crazy to me when it came out. Probably the first movie with a twist that I can remember.

Chain Saw Massacre got me also when it first came out. Looking back neither of those are very good to me.

[bsb13]

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I dont know what my favorite scary movie is but I believe most of the good ones where made in the 70's and 80's. Most scary movies today are garbage.

[Brandwin]

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Halloween or Night of The Living Dead (original).

[Herky]

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Halloween.

[Jerbear]

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When I was young I was scared to death of Steven King's IT. Watching it now, it is so tame compared to today's standards.

[Blzer]

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When I was young I was scared to death of Steven King's IT. Watching it now, it is so tame compared to today's standards.

Hell, even today's TV shows are gorier than what was shown in cinemas 30 years ago. Kind of weird.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Gore does not equal scary.

The Haunting is possibly one of the best scary movies of all time, zero gore. Texas Chainsaw Massacre doesn't have a drop of blood in it. Stuff like that. Scary movies are good because how well they are shot and the imagery.

[Blzer]

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Gore does not equal scary.

Didn't say it does... it was just interesting for him to make that comparison with what he's seen back then and looking back at it now; didn't have to do with how scary it was.

The Haunting is possibly one of the best scary movies of all time, zero gore. Texas Chainsaw Massacre doesn't have a drop of blood in it. Stuff like that. Scary movies are good because how well they are shot and the imagery.

Like I said above... plus I'm still not sure what the OP meant... scariest movie ever, favorite movie that's categorized as a "scary" movie, or favorite movie that you've been scared by? If either the first or third, my only answer can be The Ring, because that's all that has legitimately scared me. If it's the middle, I still don't know. My ***** girl friends say Saw scares them, so I guess that's my answer for the middle one.

[Marino]

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Scary movie can be what ever scared you. Gore or not, it is whatever scares and gets the attention of the viewer. To me I think the best kind of scary movie is the psychological horror, that is the best kind to me at least.

[Cyros]

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28 Days Later. I don't really watch scary movies though.

[born_bad]

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My favorites:

An American Werewolf in London
The Shining
The Exorcist
Night of the Living Dead (original)
Dawn of the Dead (original)
The Others
Evil Dead 1 & 2
Poltergeist
John Carpenter's The Thing

The original Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and Wolfman movies are awesome, too.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Didn't say it does... it was just interesting for him to make that comparison with what he's seen back then and looking back at it now; didn't have to do with how scary it was.


Like I said above... plus I'm still not sure what the OP meant... scariest movie ever, favorite movie that's categorized as a "scary" movie, or favorite movie that you've been scared by? If either the first or third, my only answer can be The Ring, because that's all that has legitimately scared me. If it's the middle, I still don't know. My ***** girl friends say Saw scares them, so I guess that's my answer for the middle one.

I wasn't really replying to what you said, just saying in general, sorry, didn't mean it to sound that way.

I also didn't want to imply that gore doesn't equal scary. Just saying in general.

[Blzer]

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Gotcha, guess you didn't quote me so I suppose that makes sense, ha!

But you're right. In fact, sometimes movies that focus more on blood will focus less on tension, meaning gory movies may actually be less scary.