What are your top 5 scariest movies of all time?

Question

I want some movies that will make me want to sleep with the light on...thanks! If you have any good websites with lists of scary movies, that would be helpful too.

Answer 1

1: The Haunting (original version, not the recent CGI travesty) - no blood, little visual effects, scary as Hell.
2: Don't Look Now - put me off visiting Venice for life.
3: Halloween - forget the sequels, the original is the daddy.
4: Ghostwatch - a BBC Halloween special which was presented as a live broadcast with Michael Parkinson in the studio and Sarah Greene on location at a haunted house in the suburbs. It was in the form of such shows as Springwatch but very slowly escalated into pure horror ending with Greene apparently dead and Parky seemingly possessed by the spirit of a child killer. It was so disturbing that at least one viewer killed themselves as a result of watching the show. Now THAT's scary. I watched it from about half an hour into the show and thought that it was for real. I was so upset by the end that I relaxed by watching:
5: The Fog: still scary after all these years despite its effect being lessened if you watch Ghostwatch first. Phantom leper pirates with sharpened hooks are no match for a possessed Parky.

Answer 2

Mind if I suggest more than 5? (I hope not)
1. The Changeling (1979)
2. Scream Trilogy
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer/I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
4. A Nightmare On Elm Street
5. Halloween/Halloween 2
6. Friday The 13th
7. Frailty
8. Identity
9. The Other (1972)
10. Scanners
11. Child's Play
12. The Shining (TV 1997)
13. Alien
14. Misery
15. Seven
16. The Omen (1976)

Answer 3

It depends on what scares you! if out and out gore scares you more than psychological stuff the list will be different so some scary movies are not scary to some people but pant wetting for others, here is a list of a few good scary movies but for different reasons:

The Exorcist (religous demonic possession horror)

Dawn of the Dead (zombies can be scary and either the original or the remake will do)

Jaws (scared a lot of people from going near the sea)

Salems Lot (Vampire horror from Stephen King)

Event Horizon (Sci-Fi Horror)

but like anything personal taste will play a large part in whats scares you.

Answer 4

Old classics are the best!

1) The Wicker Man (original)
2) The Exorcist
3) The Shining
4) Any of the Poltergeist
5) Any Nightmare on Elm street.

Answer 5

Don't know of any websites off-hand sorry.But here are 5 pretty good horror flicks.
1. IT
2. House of 1000 Corpses
3. The Shining
4. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5. Original Exorcist

Answer 6

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
John Carpenter's The Thing
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Jeepers Creepers
An American Werewolf in London

Answer 7

The Sixth Sense: Couldn't sleep for two weeks with the light off when I first saw it in the theater. More of a psychological thriller.
The Exorcist the first one.
The Omen the original.
The Japanese have great scary movies. Heard Dark Water was pretty good and Ju On (American version, The Grudge, came after.)

Oh yeah, just thought of The Shining, the one with Jack Nicholson and The Others with Nicole Kidman.

Any ghost ones, the serial killers and gross ones aren't really scary to me.

Answer 8

1. Saw 1 & 2
2. The Grudge 1 & 2
3. The Ring 1 & 2
4. The Hills Have Eyes
5. Hostel

Answer 9

Wrong Turn
The Descent
Halloween series
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Hills Have Eyes
Boo
Jeepers Creepers series

Thats a few of my favourites

Answer 10

1. The Hills Have Eyes
2. Saw Trilogy
3. The Grudge
4. Hostel
5. Wolf Creek