Scariest movies?

Question

What's the scariest movie/s you've ever seen?

Answer 1

the dawn of the dead remake

Answer 2

To me, the scariest movies are the ones about things that could actually happen, like these:

Fail Safe: A communication glitch causes a routine Air Force drill to go horribly wrong when some of the planes fail to receive the "just a drill" message and head off for Russia to drop their nuclear bombs.

Dr. Strangelove: A very similar scenario to Fail Safe, but played as a very dark comedy.

Armageddon: An asteroid is on a collision course with the Earth. Enough said.

Open Water: I haven't seen it because I dive and I'd rather not even ponder the worst-case scenario except to take precautions to avoid it.


By the way, I think one of the scariest traditional sci-fi/horror movies is John Carpenter's version of "The Thing". The effects were groundbreaking for their time and are still creepy today, and the concept of an alien that can imitate any person or other living thing makes for some great suspense and paranoia.

Answer 3

The original "Halloween," from John Carpenter, defined what has become the slasher genre but did it with amazing flair and economy. There's barely any blood in the movie, but the unrelenting pursuit of his victims and his seeming indestructibility made Michael Meyers an iconic boogeyman. It's too bad he's become a caricature in the many sequels. Don't bother with Rob Zombie's upcoming remake, though. It's probably just bloody and in your face. Stick to Carpenter's 1978 original.

Another pair of Carpenter greats are "The Thing" (How do you cope when the monster could look like anyone you know?) and "In the Mouth of Madness" (downright unnerving and will make you question the notion of sanity).

Good runners-up as contender for scariest movie: "The Shining," the original B+W "Night of the Living Dead," "Alien, "The Exorcist" and "The Ring."

Answer 4

The Grudge
all the others I was going to list pale in comparison. Never has a movie scarred me into sleeping with my lights on for two weeks.

Answer 5

Pulse... for sure... So scary, my friend was also really scared she couldn't turn of her T.V which was in front of her so she called her dad on her cell to come down stairs and turn of the T.V. and it was scary because I never get scared in scar movies, maybe a few jumps. And I also think The messengers was pretty scary. MY friends couldn't stop screaming... What whimps.

Answer 6

I like The Grudge. That sound the ghost makes, because of a broken neck, was really creepy. So was the kid ghost making the cat noises.

Answer 7

WEll hitcher was suposed to be scary but it was dumb and 1408 was not scary the mesangers was pretty good and the chainsaw masacer looked scary and gorry

Answer 8

Steven King's IT. Saw it when I was 9 years old.Never saw it since after works.it scared the poo out off me.And I now hate clowns.

Answer 9

I would say the grudge too...and ring.
Asian horror movies tend to be really scary .

Answer 10

28 months later was excellent. Took the wife for mother's day and she couldn't stop jumping out of her seat.

Answer 11

The Messengers!! I loved it, well, I love all horror movies but I loved this movie!!