Scariest movie, barr none.
Posted on 02/27/2020 8:07:34 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Interesting. Saw Psycho and the old version of Night of the Living Dead in a public theater back in the day. The screams from the audience were more frightening than the shows.
Carnival of Souls was filmed in and around Salt Lake City in the 60s.
As a native, it’s great (yet sad) to see all of the old places.
The scene where the teacher hangs herself really disturbed me as a 6 year old.
The Exorcist scared me to the point I could not sleep well for many nights. My heart goes out to Linda Blair who had to go through those scenes.
Top are two good movies....
The Haunting (1963).
That was my choice too. I saw it in the theater, black and white flick, and very intense for that time period.
Agreed.
Phantasm didn’t make the list?
I still can’t watch the finale of “Freaks” from the 1930s either although the film is quite dated
The Omen was made in 1976. My youngest son was born in 1971. I'd read the book and then saw the movie, and was tempted to check my son's scalp to see if there was a 666 on the back of his head. Rosemary's Baby was another good movie. I read that book too, then saw the movie.
I didn’t do that again until decades later, when, as an adult, I almost watched Hannibal Lecter have Ray Liotta’s brain for dinner.
At the time I saw it the Omen spooked the crap out of me.
We had had a party at our house the night before with voluminous amounts of alcohol and pot. The next day hangover so intense that it didn’t really feel like a hangover, but almost like a mescaline high, as Jim Morrison was said to describe it.
So I and another guy in the same condition went to the afternoon movies and saw The Omen. We left the theater somewhat stunned and remained in that way for the rest of the day. Under those conditions the movie was supremely spooky and surrealistic.
I’m certain that I would not be affected that way now. Ha ha
When I was in the second grade my brother and I went to the Saturday matinee by ourselves and saw the original The Fly, with Vincent Price. I had nightmares for months.
I still can’t watch the finale of “Freaks” from the 1930s either although the film is quite dated
I was 10 or 11 when I saw Mr. Sardonicus. I had nightmares for weeks (or longer).
Found a copy of it in my 40s, it seemed rather pedestrian.
The Shining didn’t make the list? One that I liked a bunch was The Changling starring George C Scott... a scary flick that didn’t get much attention.
I remember audiences being freaked by The Exorcist when it debuted. I never saw it, but that’s what the news was going on about at the time.
A good folk-horror double-bill is 1973’s “The Wicker Man” and last year’s “Somartag”
The TV long version or the cut for movie screens short version? I like the long version.
Scariest movie, barr none.
I feel like I missed a big part of growing up because I never discovered the fun of scary movies until late in life.
The Blair Witch Project and the first Paranormal Activity movies are two “found footage” movies I really enjoyed.
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