Scariest movie you ever saw! Mine was

[FalconEddy]

I've seen MANY. Some were scary, and some were just bloody and gross.

But, the one movie that scared me into a state of nervous paranoia for a couple of weeks was. . .

The Exorcist.

JAWS only scared me for a few days, and I've seen it several times since its theater opening.

However, I'll NEVER watch The Exorcist again. Once in the theater during the opening weekend was more than enough for me.

. . Falcon

[ablethevoice]

I'm a big horror movie fan so I don't get "scared" at all any more with any visual graphic stuff the filmmaker might choose to throw at me...
However, I was a sensitive youth and I recall several films which stayed with me for quite the number of days after seeing them.
The 1965 film "DIE, MONSTER DIE" scared the absolute crap out of me the first time I saw it.
Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING was another sleep-with-a-light-on wonder, as was SALEM'S LOT (Tobe Hooper's version)

Finally, after watching PHANTASM at my mom's house alone late one night, I was driving home with my dome light on - all the time expecting The Tall Man to appear in my rear-view mirror, "Booooooy!"

[ablethevoice]

Originally Posted by SPL db

I saw a movie when I was between 7-9 in the mid seventies that scared me pretty good.

It had made it to TV by then and I remember watching it with my parents...

About all I remember from the movie is that it takes place on an airliner that was either
possessed or haunted.

I only remember two scenes from the movie... one of the crew had to go through one
of the cargo holds, and "whatever" was on board had turned the hold into a deep freeze
where if the cold itself didn't kill ya, touching anything gave you instant frostbite.

There was a point when the crew member was walking along and the guy looks over
and there was a german shepard that was in a dog crate that was frozen in mid bark.

The second scene was all the passengers where in the first class area of the plane and
"whatever" was trying to get in and the carpet on the floor started bubbling up and one
of the stewardesses took a doll from a little girl and had drawn an evil face on the doll and
showed it to the bubbling carpet and it went back down...

I was under the cover that my mom had on the couch after that!

Still don't know what the name of that movie was...

Scott

TERROR AT 37000 FEET. Wasn't it a demonically-possessed fireplace mantle or headboard being shipped in the cargo hold of the plane? And wasn't it William Shatner starring? That's the first thing that popped into my mind while reading your description.

EDIT: OOPS!! I quoted and posted before reading the whole thread, not realizing the question had already been answered... TWO YEARS AGO.
I stand embarrassed.

[clydeselsor]

Originally Posted by Celt

I like scary movies...always have...but they have rarely ever scared me. That being said, one of the best is "The Haunting" (1963) with Julie Harris. It doesn't try to scare you with horrific special effects...instead it just suggests it.

I love that movie!

[rsfmotoman]

Originally Posted by WhiteSE

Well, for long term heebie jeebies it has to be The Exorcist...

I saw it when i lived in Argentina...I was alone (folks out town) in a huge 9th and 10th flr duplex apt....I came home and had to ride the creepy elevator..slept with every light on for 3 nights...

I'm right there with ya!

Definitely the Exorcist...nothing comes close, period.

[mwicks]

The Exorcist scared the ba-jesus out of me when I was 8.

Suspiria is one of my favorite movies that freaked me out at the time. Neither movie scares me at all now, but I still really enjoy Suspiria for the overall production and awesome soundtrack.

And although it's not really "scary" in the traditional sense, "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" is really an experience. Kinda like getting punched in the guts.

[rsfmotoman]

Originally Posted by Mr. Lin

I know it's so cliche by now, but I still find the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre to be one of the eeriest and most disturbing movies I've ever seen. The ambiance of that film makes it easy to imagine yourself in that scenario.

I have the same thoughts regarding that film too. I never felt so alone...

[Zeromancer]

Originally Posted by whoaru99

Lots of good ones.

Event Horizon was a more recent one that really gave me the willies...

That movie was creepy fun!!!

[ablethevoice]

Originally Posted by Zeromancer

That movie was creepy fun!!!

Yes, indeed! It was also very Lovecraftian in tone although at no place in the film was any of H.P. Lovecraft's pantheon of creepy beasties ever invoked. Sam Neill did a disturbingly good job in that movie... almost as good a job as he played the adult Damian in The Final Conflict.

[macca_dj]

PHANTASM 1979
put me off of playing Steelies and marbles

[75Center]

Mine was an old movie from the 60's - could have been The Haunting on Hill House.

There is a scene where two women are sharing a room in an old house. They are in twin beds. In the middle of the night, they are awakened by strange noises or movements in the room. Due to their fear, they reach out to hold hands across the room between their beds. When they wake up the next morning - the beds are too far apart for them to be able to hold hands. SOMETHING ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM BETWEEN THEM HOLDING EACH OF THEIR HANDS.

To this day - I cannot sleep with my arm extended off the bed.

[Cosmic]

One more of the 'local yokels get their come-uppance' films:
"I spit on Your Grave."

Camille Keaton is a writer who's gone to the country to find peace to write. Local cretins do very bad things to her. And that's just the set-up....

The bathtub scene will make any man wince. Guaranteed.

A nasty little film in the tradition of "Chainsaw Massacre" where the shortcomings of the filmmaking combine with the story to take it to a level that's altogether....oogy.

(Wait, no one mentioned 'Misery', as I recall.)

C.

[elgato8905]

For me me it would have to be the movie "Gothic" made somewhere around 1986. Never has a movie affected me the way that one has. Nothing in it will jump out and scare you nor will you see any blood or gore but it will make you feel like you just watched something very, very bad and wrong. Watch it in a dark room late at night and you WILL be freaked out. The first time I saw it I was twenty years old and I had trouble getting through the whole thing.

[Rome]

Anyone here remember "Rabid" with Marilyn Chambers?

Rome

[soundweasel]

Originally Posted by 75Center

Mine was an old movie from the 60's - could have been The Haunting on Hill House.

There is a scene where two women are sharing a room in an old house. They are in twin beds. In the middle of the night, they are awakened by strange noises or movements in the room. Due to their fear, they reach out to hold hands across the room between their beds. When they wake up the next morning - the beds are too far apart for them to be able to hold hands. SOMETHING ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM BETWEEN THEM HOLDING EACH OF THEIR HANDS.

To this day - I cannot sleep with my arm extended off the bed.

I remember that movie!! That freaked me out, too!!!!