2006-06-25 18:42:10 · 12 answers · asked by Kara 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
There's 2 type of scary films: ones with cheap pops that just kind of make you jump and those that establish true mood. Most horror films nowadays, especially Hollywood horror, plays with the cheap pops. But true horror comes from the establishment of mood.
For my money, Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick are the two masters of this. Vertigo and Psycho are two of the creepiest, Vertigo not needing to spill a drop of blood. It's all psychological. And nearly all of Stanley Kubrick's arthouse films, starting with 2001: A Space Odyssey, create that mood. However, I believe his horror masterpiece stands with The Shining.
There's also plenty of foreign films out there which do very well with mood. The top one that comes to mind is Les Diaboliques directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The entire film establishes a mood that something is not quite right, which all leads to a truly horrific climax.
Or, you can go the grindhouse route and try to sit through Hostel or that new Omen remake. It's your choice.
2006-06-25 20:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by VonCouch 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The scariest Movies I have ever seen;
The Ring (original Japanese version,
the american one--blah.)
The Grudge (also original Japanese vers)
The Exorcist only gets a nod for Reagan pee- ing in front of the guests. That part Bothers me more than the rest of the movie added together.
2006-06-26 02:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by faery_glamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get into the japanese ones, such as the ring, but to me the scariest movie, Dark Water....freaky stuff. There was recently an American version, but it didn't compare with the original.
2006-06-26 02:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by the_burberry_boi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, The Blair Witch Project, not because of its "realistic" production values, but because you never actually see what is terrifying the characters. And the last shot has stayed with me for years.....
Also Jacob's Ladder, because it's not about monsters/ghosts, but rather, hallucinations of the mind which are worse than anything.
2006-06-26 01:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by rosebud76 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find movies that are 'realistic' to be scarier than the ghosty ones...I found Silence of the Lambs, and Red Dragon terrifying because that kind of stuff ACTUALLY could happen.
2006-06-26 01:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by Fivens 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The movie that scares me the most is definitely the exorcist and I also was scared by Amityville horror
2006-06-26 01:51:01 · answer #6 · answered by amber_1_16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it would have to be a tie between Poltergeist, Signs, Jeepers Creepers, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. They all really scared me.
2006-06-26 01:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by tf77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Others"
2006-06-26 10:09:18 · answer #8 · answered by cub_voyager 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i say WhiTe NOiSe because the scary thing is, it could happen.
2006-06-26 01:50:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wish i could name one but nothing has scared me yet. reality is much more frightening!
2006-06-26 01:46:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋